Celeste Conowitch is the Producer of and Dungeon Master for Venture Maidens, an actual play 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons podcast. In Venture Maidens, Celeste and three friends entertain each other and their audience by creating tales of adventure and danger in a fantasy realm!

Celeste is a California based writer who holds a theater degree from San Francisco State, and a lifelong love of tabletop games. As well as Venture Maidens, you can find Celeste featured on many podcasts and Streams throughout the RPG community.

She is a co host for 'DM Nastics', a bi weekly podcast for to DMs work out their minds, and appears as a featured DM for Wizards of the Coast's Podcasts of Annihilation, Podcasts of Foes, and Podcasts of Waterdeep projects which can be found on the official Dungeon Delve feed.

Join Celeste and CfG host GM Radio Rob as they talk about making a living from gaming.

FOLLOW CELESTE

At:

The Venture Maidens Official site - https://www.venturemaidens.com/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/cconowitch

Dungeon Master's Block Forums, the home of DM Nastics - http://dungeonmasterblock.freeforums.net/

FOLLOW GM RADIO ROB

At:

Radio Rob Farquhar - http://www.robf.com.au/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/GMRadioRob

And at Coaching for Geeks - https://www.coachingforgeeks.com/author/rob-farquhar/

MEANWHILE... AT COACHING FOR GEEKS HQ

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Check out Role Play Gourmet and throw some XP into your cooking stat - https://www.coachingforgeeks.com/tag/role-play-gourmet/

We'll see you next time!

Oliver William Walker designs games at Just Add Water. He mets Robin to talk about his career, from college, through university, experiments with games, networking, and moving into the real world of work.

Robin met Oliver at EGX, where he was participating in a 'disabilities in the gaming industry panel' as Oliver has bipolar disorder. The two touch on how employers can make life easier for anyone with any kind of mental disorder. Remember kids! Everyone is different and your needs may vary, but all employers can do more to help.

Whether you want to find out how to get into the gaming industry, how to support your team or get some support for yourself, or are just plain nosey, this one's for you.

MORE FROM OLIVER Check out Oliver's site and play some games for free! - https://oliverwilliamwalker.co.uk/

Follow Oliver on Twitter - https://twitter.com/olivergamedev

Listen to the session from EGX - https://soundcloud.com/user-240178044/disabilities-in-the-games-industry

JUST ADD WATER

Find out more about Just Add Water (and check out the 'careers' tab) - http://www.jawltd.com/

Follow JAW Ltd on twitter - https://twitter.com/jawltd

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Don't forget to hit that subscribe button, download a few of the old episodes if you're new, and we'll see you next week.

Jackson Pope makes boardgames by hand. With cardboard, craft knives, and a lot of patience, he's published 6 games in this manner. Now he's Kickstarting Flick Fleet - 

Robin joins Jack to talk about the games, tools, and inspiration that led down this strange career path. 

FLICK FLEET KICKSTARTER

Less than a week remains, go back Flick Fleet Now!

FOLLOW JACKSON

On:

Twitter - https://twitter.com/jackson_pope

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jacksonpopeeg/

Website - http://www.eurydicegames.co.uk/

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Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe - especially on Apple as we had to change RSS feeds...

We'll see you next week. Never forget to be awesome.

Guest: Will Jones of Encounter Roleplay

Will is a D&D S*x Icon and the creator of the Twitch, YouTube and podcast channel Encounter Roleplay, specialising in live streams and podcasts of folks playing roleplaying games. The channel has built a reputation on a flavour of play where the player characters aren't adventurers so much as desperate folk struggling to do right in harsh, relentless realms.

Encounter Roleplay has allowed Will to be self-employed for the past two years via Twitch affiliation, YouTube ad revenue and Patreon backing.

FOLLOW WILL

https://twitter.com/EncounterWill

https://www.encounterroleplay.com/

https://twitter.com/EncounterRP

https://www.patreon.com/EncounterRoleplay

Host: GM Radio Rob

Rob Farquhar is a podcaster, voice talent, writer and, most importantly, game master of tabletop roleplaying games. Previously hosted The Paid to Play Podcast, a career podcast about getting paid to do what you love doing, and Only In Death, an actual play podcast using Deathwatch, a roleplaying game in the Warhammer 40,000 Roleplay line.

http://www.robf.com.au/

https://twitter.com/GMRadioRob

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Join the community for a chance to win a My Geek Box Monthly! www.facebook.com/groups/coachingforgeeks

Get critting in the kitchen with Role Play Gourmet where cooking is an adventure: https://www.coachingforgeeks.com/geek-life-and-geek-culture/level-up-your-life-skills/

Join the mailing list for exclusive content and offers PLUS BLACK FRIDAY DEALS! https://robinbates.activehosted.com/f/3

Hit that subscribe button, never forget to be awesome, and we'll see you next week.

Lauran Carter has worked with some of the big names in gaming - Electronic Arts, Microsoft Xbox, Codemasters, Lionhead Games - and now SEGA/Two Point Studios. Overseeing the community management aspect of Two Point Hospital's launch, Lauran knows a thing or two about engaging with a community, handling trolls, and building a brand.

Join Lauran and Robin as they talk all things community management - how to get into the industry,  the skills needed, social media, and how being lovely can get you far. If you're in any creative industry this one is not to be missed! FOLLOW LAURAN On Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheAlbionGirl On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thealbiongirl/ The Supercoolcast: https://supercoolcast.co.uk/ SEGA/TWO POINT STUDIOS

Two Point Hospital: https://www.twopointhospital.com/

Two Point Studios: https://www.twopointstudios.com/

ROCKET JUMP EVENTS COMMUNITY MANAGERS' SUMMIT

If you're interested in community management in any way, and are free on the 3rd of December, come along to the Rocket Jump Community Managers' Summit, hosted by Lauran:  https://rocketjumpevents.com/

MEANWHILE, AT COACHING FOR GEEKS

Our Careers Service is now available with CV templates, interview coaching, and more! https://www.coachingforgeeks.com/level-up-your-career/ Join the mailing list for exclusive Black Friday deals coming soon... https://robinbates.activehosted.com/f/3 We'll see you next week when GM Radio Rob meets Encounter Roleplay. In the meantime, be awesome!

The Coaching for Geeks Show returns! And what better way to celebrate Season 2 than with terrible heroes who got picked last for adventuring.

Jamie Noble Frier, AKA The Noble Artist, joins CfG Robin Bates to talk of Hero Master: An Epic Game of Epic Fails which is currently in its final week on Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thenobleartist/hero-master-an-epic-game-of-epic-fails-the-board-g

From digital artist to game designer, Jamie has worked on novels, boardgames and even League of Legends has seen output from his digital quill.

Now his focus has turned to creating a board game of his own - and what a game it's shaping up to be. A humorous card game of dysfunctional dungeon crawling for 2-4 players. Light-hearted humour meets surprisingly deep strategy in Hero Master: An Epic Game of Epic Fails.

Find out more about the Kickstarter journey, game design, and Jamie even offers up his help and advice to anyone who wants it in the CfG Facebook group.

Since we recorded the Kickstarter campaign has gone live, smashing through it's target in a matter of hours. Get on board now and fund Hero Master while you still can!

Follow Jamie:

Hero Master Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thenobleartist/hero-master-an-epic-game-of-epic-fails-the-board-g

Noble Artist website - https://thenobleartist.com

Hero Master Facebook community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/HeroMastergame/

The Noble Artist Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thenobleartistofficial/

Meanwhile at Coaching for Geeks HQ:

The website is undergoing a massive overhaul with new series; learn to cook and gain XP with The Role Play Gourmet and all things cosplay with The Stitch coming soon -  https://www.coachingforgeeks.com

Our community has hit 1222 members - we have some surprised planned! Come and join us - https://www.facebook.com/groups/coachingforgeeks/

Don't forget to like, share, subscribe, and tell your friends - we have lots more to come in Season 2 with geek dating with Rami, excitable fitness with Coach Austin and new team member GM Radio Rob talking all things Patreon, and plenty of surprised along the way.

Coaching for Geeks - we're back, and we mean business.

More MCM interview goodness - this time the Overwatch voice actors took to the press room.

Actor and stand-up comedian Lucie Pohl (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Red Dwarf) plays Overwatch’s resident guardian angel Mercy. A peerless healer, Swiss scientist Mercy – real name Angela Ziegler – is a staunch advocate for peace. However, when the going gets tough and innocents are imperilled, the angelic doctor can be counted on to don her Valkyrie swift-response suit and jump into the action.

Tokyo-born Gaku Space (Westworld, Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist) stalks Blizzard’s battlefields as shuriken-shooting cyborg Genji Shimada. The younger sibling of Overwatch hero Hanzo, Genji grew up the spoiled son of the Shimada ninja clan and was almost killed by his brother when he refused to abandon his playboy ways. Transformed into a cyborg by the Overwatch organisation, Genji is now a living weapon possessing superlative mobility and combat skills.

Gavanski’s character Zarya – aka Aleksandra Zaryanova – is one of the world’s strongest women, a celebrated athlete who sacrificed personal glory to protect her family, friends and country in a time of war. Deploying powerful barriers that convert incoming damage into energy for her particle cannon, the stalwart Siberian soldier is an invaluable asset on the front lines of any battle. Want more conventions? Head on over to the blog - https://www.coachingforgeeks.com/blog

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On with the MCM Sessions! And this time it's the guys from Grand Theft Auto V.

Ned Luke, Shawn Fonteno and Steven Ogg voice the three playable protagonists of Rockstar’s acclaimed gangster drama, which is set in the fictionalised LA of Los Santos.

Ned Luke (Boardwalk Empire, Law & Order: SVU) plays middle-aged ex-robber Michael Townley, who is living under witness protection in Los Santos as ‘Michael De Santa’ following a botched bank job. Depressed by his staid new life and dysfunctional family, Michael returns to his bad old ways, kicking off a crime spree of epic proportions.

Los Angeles-born actor and rapper Shawn ‘Solo’ Fonteno plays Franklin Clinton, a former gang member who attempts to ditch his past by working as a repo man for a shady car dealership. However, a run-in with Michael draws Franklin back into the criminal lifestyle, with the pair forging a father/son style bond as they carry out heist after heist together.

Steven Ogg, whose recent small screen credits include Westworld, The Walking Dead and Better Call Saul, plays pilot-turned-criminal Trevor Philips, who used to be Michael’s best buddy back in their bank-robbing days. Unstable, violent and high on his own supply, Trevor runs a drug-trafficking and gun-running operation out of his trailer park home.

Check out the blog for all our MCM coverage - https://www.coachingforgeeks.com/blog

And join the FB gang if you want to cover cons with a press pass - https://www.facebook.com/groups/coachingforgeeks

Bulbasaur! Yes, Tara Sands was the original Bulbasuar in the Pokemon Anime.

She was one of the guests at MCM London Comic Con and we went along to meet her. Her voice can be heard on hundreds of radio and TV commercials, audiobooks, video games, and on several popular cartoons including Pokemon (over 50 roles in the original English dub including Bulbasaur), Yugioh, Digimon, Generator Rex, Hunter x Hunter, Barbie Life In The Dreamhouse, and lots more . She has recorded ads for everything under the sun, including McDonalds, American Express, Ford, Pom, Home Depot, Albertsons and many, many more. You can hear her in video games like Dead Island, Avatar, Singularity, Final Fantasy, and Call of Juarez. Tara has narrated over 100 audiobooks, including the series Sammy Keyes, and Meg Cabot’s Allie Finkle.

Check the CfG blog for all our convention coverage - https://www.coachingforgeeks.com/blog

Join the group and go along to cons as our rep with a press pass - https://www.facebook.com/groups/coachingforgeeks

And give us a subscribe and 5 star review on itunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/coaching-for-geeks/id1139453089?mt=2

Be awesome and we'll be back soon.

We're in between seasons so will be filling your ears with all the MCM London Comic Con press interviews.

Up first - it's the voice of Bender, Jake the Dog, Joker, Wakka, Marcus Fenix, Aquaman, Galactus, Lunatik and many more besides.

Ladies and gentlemen, we had the honour of meting John DiMaggio!

From Futurama to Adventure Time via Final Fantasy and Gears of War - the man with the voice was an absolute delight.

Here's the unedited press interview for your listening pelasure.

Meanwhile... at Coaching for Geeks

So that's Season One done. What now? We'll be back with more coaches, more geeking out, more confidence, careers, creativity, dating, esports, health and fitness.

In the meantime check out the MCM London Comic Con coverage on the blog, plus UK Games Expo, and all the geeky life stuff you could want. - https://www.coachingforgeeks.com/blog

Don't forget to join the FB group for all the latest (come play in our Sunday night Heathstone games) - https://www.facebok.com/groups/coachingforgeeks

And a 5 star review on iTunes or indeed anywhwre else, would really help us out. We won't see you next week, but there will be more from the MCM London sessions.    In the meantime - stay awesome.