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The D6 Generation

D6G Ep 180: Beyond the Gates of Antares Review & Rick Priestley Interview

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4.8613 Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2015

⏱️ 234 minutes

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Summary

Rick Priestley, miniature wargaming designer behind so many well known games,  is back in the 3rd chair! We chat with Rick about his latest project: Beyond the Gates of Antares...the new miniature war game from Warlord Games. Later, Craig and Russ then dive into a detailed review of Beyond the Gates of Antares...how does this Sci-Fi 28mm unit based miniature war game play?  All that plus:    - Total Fan Girl - Do You Ever Notice  - The Hollywood Minute - App of the Ep -  & More If you'd like to discuss the show with us and others in our forum thread: .   The following fine organizations help make this show possible:        ==Quick Reference== App of the Ep: 46 min Rick Priestley Antares Interview: 54 min  Total Fan Girl: 2 hr 1 min Hollywood Minute: 2 hr 8 min Beyond the Gates of Antares Review:  2 hr 16 min    Links Discussed in the show: Craig's Blog: Russ's Blog:  Total Fan Girl Blog:  Dice Tower Network:

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0:00.0

This is the D6 generation with your hosts Craig DLant.

0:16.1

No, no, no, cut that, keep that.

0:17.6

Some day it's going to be worth something.

0:19.2

Russ Wakeland.

0:20.7

You put me in an ATST with frickin' wookies attacking me and whatnot?

0:24.4

Now you're talking.

0:26.3

And Rick Priestley in the third chair.

0:31.7

I'm just fine, thank you very much.

0:34.3

With contributions from Total Fan Girl.

0:37.8

Vampires do not sparkle.

0:39.5

And are loyal listeners.

0:41.6

Are you crazy?

0:43.2

That's like 400 hours of gamer nonsense.

0:46.2

Welcome to another edition of Rupid Fire, the round-day discussion of all things gaming,

0:49.7

covered to the speed of a Magriss mounted upon a melchark making a savage strike.

0:53.2

Today's edition is brought to you by all of our fine friends over at Patreon, the ladies and gentlemen who help us keep the lights on. This time around, we'd like to mention Darius, Messarius, Mr. Mersarius, I don't even know. Kirk Klopfenstein, Steen, I don't know. Jamie Searle and Benjamin, oh, this was a lot of really rough ones.

1:11.9

Marshall Osk, I don't know. I'm Giggling and your host. Today, our panelists are Russ, Freeborn Vardossi Vaklin, and the godfather of sci-fi wargaming himself, Rick Algern, Prosperate Priestley. Let's begin. Issue number one. Central to the lore of Beyond the Gates of Antares is the red super giant star

1:08.3

known to astronomers as Antares.

1:10.4

It is the 15th brightest star in the night sky of Earth and one of the four brightest stars near the ecliptic. Question. Antares is also the brightest star in its own constellation, one of the 12 zodiac signs. As such, it goes by another far more dramatic name, the heart of What? Zodiac Animal, Rampen Ares, Russ.

1:46.4

I'm going to go with Leo.

1:48.2

Raging deities, Rick.

1:49.7

Leo, that's ridiculous. Scorpio.

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