How much does loot matter in the games we like to play? Do we like finding gear and goodies? Why or why not? You will want stick around until the end when Sean poses an encounter to Brett to see how he would handle it. Announcements Ed Nagy still has openings for Gatsby and the...
Smash cuts, spotlight moves, scene flips? Keeping the action moving cutting from one situation to the next in your role-playing games. Announcements Gamhole con Evercon Random Encounter Edwin Nagy emails us on Episode 208 Comments on 208 from G+ Die Roll Brett Cave Dwelling Crocs in Gabon Spiders blamed for broken siren playing creepy nursery...
We discuss emails, feedback and comments from some of our listeners. Announcements Brett brags about QCC Matt Mercer is a special guest at Gamehole Con 2018 Evercon Random Encounter Email from Thomas Hook Email from Bill Durfy Email from Blake Ryan Comments from Brian Ross Tony Baker poses a question Mike P. emails us This...
Your player character dies. What happens at the table? Thanks to George Sedgwick on this one. Announcements Gamhole con Evercon Random Encounter Jared Rascher and Michael Phillips comment on G+ Die Roll Brett Dry summer in England reveals some hidden archeological sites Sean Svilland campaign setting, free to download demo Burn Byte playtest on Roll20...
Manifest Zone co-hosts Wayne Chang and Kristian Serrano join us to clear up low magic, high magic and touch on Eberron and how it’s NOT high magic. Announcements Gamhole con Evercon QCC Random Encounter Voicemail from Chris Shorb Email from George Sedgwick Die Roll Sean Handbooker Helper, a new show by Critical Role that goes...
Over time our rpg ame mastering style or the way we play has changed. We talk about some things we stopped doing. Announcements Queen City Conquest – Sept 7, 8, and 9 Gamehole Con! Evercon submissions are open! Random Encounter Vmail from Joe Cwik Thomas from Beholders Horde emails us Crimfan comments on 204 Email...
Some games allow you choices through advancement, and many of us may confuse that those choices with character optimization. But what if it’s just a way to differentiate your fighter from another fighter? Announcements Queen City Conquest – Sept 7, 8, and 9 Gamehole Con! Evercon submissions are open! Random Encounter Vmail from Blake Ryan...
We have skimmed the surface of rpg campaign settings every once in a while. While we don’t go into detail on any one specific setting, like every week, we express our thoughts around this part of role-playing games. Announcements Gamehole Con! Evercon submissions are open! Pemberfoot, get well. Random Encounter Crimfan comments about suboptimal characters...
Playing characters with low abilities, aka stats for rpg pc’s. Good? Bad? Hopeless? Announcements Gamehole Con submissions for events is open! Evercon submissions are open! Die Roll Sean Car Wars step aside for Gaslands! By Osprey Games. Read more about it on Geek & Sundry. Manifest Zone, podcast on Eberron, covers Wayfinder’s Guide to...
Inspired by DM Cojo, we talk about low-level play. Only this time we have someone help us define it and stay on track. Chris Sniezak from Misdirected Mark/Encoded Designs provides some additional insight. Announcements Gamehole Con submissions for events is open! Evercon submissions are open! Die Roll Sean Dave Hanlon was interested to know what...
Meta gaming round 2 with Alex. Then it’s Random Encounter, Die Roll and a special thank you. Announcements Evercon submissions are open! Gamehole Con submissions for events is open! New Guests – Check Facebook and Twitter for upcoming announcement Thanks to Derek Pennycuff for the list of destinations for Brett to hit on his way...
Dilly! Dilly! BS’ers. We tackle a few Random Encounters, but the main topic is pretty thin to nonexistent. Announcements Gamehole Con submissions for events is open! Evercon submissions are open! Random Encounter Pete Wyeth comments on Facebook on ep 198 Christopher Grey on 198 – Character Evolution Email from Hot Dog the Barbarian regarding episode...
Let’s talk about why it’s important to have a PC change as the campaign happens. The idea of “My character wouldn’t do that” is, IMO, often built on the idea that the character will not learn or change or adjust based on the things they encounter in the world. So, let’s dig into this. Announcements...
Game events at gaming conventions often times exude a certain level of excitement. Some people may actually play differently when they’re at a convention. Maybe there’s a way to bring the positive components to our home games. Announcements Gamehole Con submissions for events is open! Evercon submissions are open! Brett got his Black Cube Avalon...
There’s a time and a place that’s good for your player character to either run away or surrender in your rpg. Or is there? dot dot dot Announcements Gamehole Con submissions for events is open! Evercon submissions are open! Free RPG Day Random Encounter Jim Fitzgerald tweets Thomas Hook emails us on Tweaking Monsters Blake...
We take a couple monsters each and tweak them just a bit. Announcements Gamehole Con submissions for events is open! Evercon submissions are open! Random Encounter John Steve comments on Brett Feels Crimfan comments on Part-time Gods Email from Thomas @ Beholders Horde Die Roll Brett Chained Grave Sean So you want to run a...
Brett shares his not-so-good experience with his long-standing game group. Announcements Gamehole Con submissions for events is open! Evercon submissions are open! Random Encounter Voicemail from DM Cojo Blake Ryan emails us about Cold Shadows Vece Young emails us Ron Bishop leaves us a comment about Cold Shadows Die Roll Sean How Tolkien created Middle...
We go over the rules of Cold Shadows. An espionage role-playing game by Gallant Knight Games. Announcements Gamehole Con submissions for events is open! Die Roll Rob Wieland did an article on Cold Shadows over on Geek & Sundry Tabletop Radio Hour podcast did an actual play – spoiler. Gallant Knight Games, publishers of Cold Shadows...
Playing gods in your rpg. Who better to help us with such a topic than the person that created Part-Time Gods rpg, Eloy Lasanta! Checkout Eloy’s kickstarter for Part-Time Gods 2nd Edition happening up until June 10, 2018. Third Eye Games New Agenda Publishing Announcements Gamehole Con submissions for events is open! Evercon event submissions opens on June 1st!...
True Dungeon, showing up at major cons in the U.S., and something more than escape room. We talk to the founder and creator of this immersive live-action, walk-through, Dungeons & Dragons adventure set, Jeff Martin! True Dungeon at Origins! True Dungeon – official website Volunteering to work True Dungeon True Dungeon on Youtube True Dungeon...
Last minute change in topic leads us to talk about dynamic big bad evil guy (BBEG) in your rpg. To make a boss fight ‘interesting’, we talk about pulling punches or buffing them on the fly. Announcements Gamehole Con submissions for events is open! Queen City Conquest funded! This means Brett is heading to NY...
Brett is going to walk us through how he goes about building an rpg encounter while Sean questions and snipes from the sidelines. Announcements Gamehole Con submissions for events is open! Queen City Conquest KS Random Encounter Edwin Nagy emails us Todd Crapper is catching up on episodes, posts on G+ Die Roll Brett Arc...
Sean is going to walk us through how he goes about building an rpg encounter while Brett questions and snipes from the sidelines (don’t worry, roles get reversed next episode). Announcements Gamehole Con submissions for events is open! Support the QCC! Random Encounter Emails from Sky Slayton and Christopher Grey Die Roll Sean GenCon has...
Inspiration from Blake Ryan. Blake poses the question, “have you ever used something from one game setting or system to another. For example using Githyanki/Githzeri/Mind Flayers in Conan or Lankmar? Something not part of the setting but not hard to insert either. Or, vampire clans from vampire the masquerade in D&D or Shadowrun? as pcs or npcs?...
We’ve talked about limits in our games before, but I wanted to focus on this a bit further. I mean, it’s fine to say something like “limiting options is good” but is that all the time? Only during PC generation? How about during gameplay? Let’s discuss Announcements 2018 Listener Survey Will end on 4/15 Gamehole...
Skill roll limits in your rpg: Those times when everyone wants to make a Perception check to try and ensure that the group “wins” and gets the information. Announcements 2018 Listener Survey Will end on 4/15 – 77 responses so far compared to 29 the last time we ran it. Gamehole Con registration opened up...
Hex crawl! We enlist some help from Eric Hoffman and Jason Hobbs to talk about this type of adventuring in your rpg’s. Announcements 2018 Listener Survey – 77 responses so far compared to 29 the last time we ran it. Eric Hoffman from Stormlord Publishing (on drivethru affiliate link), publisher of Black Powder Black Magic...
Inspired by a post by Jared Rascher, we take a look at rolling dice or just succeeding based on the actions of the player character in your rpg. In other words, if you narrate your situation well, should you just succeed? Announcements Congrats to Misdirected Mark for 300 episodes! Listener survey will be going out...
Let’s talk about those “old” settings, adventures, and so on – the ones that are for the previous edition of your favorite game, but you want to use them with the newer version. Do you really need to do the work to convert them, can you just use them “as is”, or does it depend...
When we setup a campaign how to we want to deal with the PCs’ actions – We all know the player character’s are the most important people in the game, but is this about the world working around the PCs and their backstories, or about the PCs imposing themselves onto the world? Announcements Gary Con...
