Penny Ante
It’s just a friendly, low stakes game of five card draw. Sure, it’s a weird place for poker, but don’t let that bother you. We don’t bet much because we don’t have much. We’re a little picky about who we let sit in, but it looks like you’ll meet the qualifications, and we need some new blood in the game. You in?
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Written by Anne Stringer
Narrated by Ian Jones
Promos
The Parsec Awards
http://www.parsecawards.com
Personal Effects: Sword of Blood
http://www.jchutchins.net/
How To Grow Your Geek
http://www.howtogrowyourgeek.net
The Geekcast
http://www.geekcastonline.com
Penny Ante
Copyright 2009 Anne Stringer
http://anne-stringer.livejournal.com/
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2009 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
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