Over the last week or so, I've listened to a couple of podcasts that had important milestones in their history:

Have Games, Will Travel

Have Games, Will Travel: For a Few Games More #50 marked Paul Tevis' last podcast.  He also recently announced that he was stepping down as the co-host of The Voice of the Revolution as well, so basically, he's leaving the world of podcasting altogether.  He spent some time in the show explaining why he made this decision, which I totally get and understand and support.  But I will certainly miss him.

I give Paul all of the credit for single-handedly renewing my interest in RPG's.  After playing traditional RPG's for most all of my life, I was pretty burned out on them when I found the modern boardgaming hobby a few years ago.  But in my search for good boardgaming podcasts, I happened to run across HGWT, which at the time was splitting time between boardgames and RPG's pretty well.  Soon, however, I found myself completely enthralled with his descriptions and explorations of all these cool, new hippy/story role-playing games.  

Paul mentioned this week on his blog that many people's well-wishes have begun to sound like eulogies, and I'm afraid mine is going there too.  So I'll stop here and just say that I gladly welcome the chance to meet and hopefully game with Paul sometime in the future.      

The picture to the upper-right is of Paul from the cover of A Penny For My Thoughts, and is included here to reinforce the feeling of this being a eulogy.  May his podcasting rest in peace...


Boardgames To Go

On the other hand, Mark Johnson just released Episode #100 of Boardgames To Go!  He's one of the fathers of boardgame podcasting (second only to Derk & Aldie's Geekspeak), and the show has been around for nearly 5 years!  Thankfully, Mark fully intends to continue podcasting on his slightly-less-than-regular schedule with no end in sight. 
 
Mark's podcast is, by his own description, no-frills and relaxed.  But he also manages to consistently bring quality, insightful content with every show.  His longevity in the hobby brings a vital perspective to the podcasting community, and the connections and trends that he sees are often quite unique.  Boardgames To Go is always one of the first things I listen to whenever I see it on my iPod, and I strongly recommend that any boardgame hobbyist check it out.