On this episode of Let's Roll!, Siskoid welcomes the Irredeemable Shag and his GameMaster Patrick Pence to talk about the granddaddy of science fiction games, Traveller! Plus, GameMaster Advice on how to use (or not use) any given RPG's big Meta-Arc! Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: https://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork U...
Jul 08, 2025•1 hr 17 min
On this episode of Let's Roll!, Siskoid welcomes back Daniel "Pout" Ouellet to cover Torg Eternity, the genre mash-up cinematic game they've been playing together for the past three years. Plus, GameMaster Advice on how the GameMaster's voice might change with the game's genre! Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.face...
Apr 08, 2025•1 hr 33 min
Siskoid doles out GameMaster advice in this special "column" episode, focusing on how to start gaming. How do you get your kids involved in the hobby? How do you massage expectations based on your new group's past experiences? And how do you make playing small or low-level parties exciting? This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG onlin...
Mar 11, 2025•26 min
On this episode of Let's Roll!, Siskoid welcomes fellow GameMaster Ian Fletcher back to the show to cover Iron Crown Enterprise's Middle-Earth Role Playing (or MERP), the first and longest-serving role-playing game set in the worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien. Plus, GameMaster Advice on how to handle magic items in your fantasy campaigns! Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterp...
Nov 05, 2024•1 hr 10 min
Let's Roll covers the END of Siskoid's Shiftworld campaign using GURPS Swashbucklers and GURPS Deadlands, in this case, with his players Pout and Bébert joining him for one last discussion. And there was much rejoicing, probably. Plus, GameMaster Advice about how to quickly and efficiently craft large casts of Non-Player Characters! Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwat...
Jul 16, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Hero Points is back! Siskoid and Shag present another Hero Points/JLI Bwah-Ha-Ha Podcast crossover by covering "Come on Down", an adventure module featuring Justice League Europe. To protect the League's secrets from reaching enemy hands, Justice League Europe must compete in an interstellar game show against the Forgotten Villains. Relevant images and credits in the Hero Points Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwa...
Feb 18, 2024•1 hr 30 min
Let's Roll returns to Siskoid's Shiftworld campaign, as his players Pout and Bébert are once again invited to discuss this long-running GURPS game, this time focusing on GURPS Greece and GURPS Space, with a small detour through the Star Wars RPG - the theme shall be MYTHIC role-playing, yeah, that works. Plus, GameMaster Advice about how to run a space opera role-playing game! Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 21 min
In this episode, Siskoid and special guest Ryan Blake look at the Marvel Universe RPG, not to be confused with TSR's Marvel Super Heroes RPG, the Marvel Saga RPG, nor the Marvel Multiverse RPG... this is the one with the stones! All the deets on this funky little game which had a lot of people curious, plus GameMaster advice about aggro... oh, did someone get angry? Who fights who? Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PO...
Sep 12, 2023•1 hr 18 min
Siskoid and special guest Pout Ouellet discuss yet another chapter of their Shiftworld campaign by addressing time travel in gaming, and how GURPS specifically deals with what can be a difficult genre. Plus, GameMaster Advice on that very topic. Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK pa...
Jul 04, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Siskoid and special guest Ian Fletcher walk a dark path and discuss the classic Call of Cthulhu role-playing game originated by Chaosium Games. It's all about horror, cosmic, existential and otherwise, right down to the GameMaster Advice column. Hold on to your sanity, investigators, it's going to be a terrifying ride! Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/...
May 02, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Siskoid and special guest Ryan Blake take on Victory Games' James Bond 007 RPG, a true classic that proved a precursor to such games as DC Heroes and Torg, very cutting edge for its day and with a relatively modern feel even today. So brush off your "00" license, pick up a few things from Q, and give us a listen! Plus: In the GameMaster's Advice segment, Siskoid introduces the concept of an RPG-related Movie Night! Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a pro...
Mar 07, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Siskoid welcomes back Daniel "Pout" Ouellet to continue their GURPS Shiftworld discussion, this time covering the award-winning GURPS Steampunk and GURPS Vikings, with a glancing blow at GURPS Atlantis. What are these books/settings like, and what opportunities do these genres offer? And in the GameMaster's Advice segment, Siskoid talks about building soundtracks for your games! Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCA...
Jan 10, 2023•59 min
Siskoid welcomes back Jonathan Schaefer-Hames to discuss what stands as both gamers' favorite D&D setting of all time - Planescape! From the City of Doors, your philosophers with clubs travel the wide, magical multiverse in this critical darling of the AD&D 2nd edition era. And in the GameMaster's Advice segment, Siskoid talks about in-universe information services and how they can be deployed to enhance any number of campaigns. Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental....
Nov 08, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Hero Points is back! (How do you feel about an annual engagement on the Let's Roll feed?) Shag and Siskoid are in fact doing a Hero Points/JLI Bwa-Ha-Ha Podcast crossover by covering When a Stranger Calls, an adventure module set sometime before JLI #12. Can Dr. Fate and the rest of the team put a stop to Wotan's newest scheme? Relevant images and credits in the Hero Points Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpo...
Sep 13, 2022•1 hr 21 min
Chapter 5 of Siskoid's GURPS Shftworld campaign feature GURPS Mecha, the game of giant robots and anime action! To discuss this game and Mecha/anime role-playing opportunities, he welcomes back to the show his players Daniel "Pout" Ouellet and Alexandre "Beb" Hébert. It all leads to a GameMaster's Advice column about dice rolling! Ready to roll yourselves? Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WE...
Jul 12, 2022•55 min
Part 2 of Let's Roll's look at the greatest Dungeons & Dragons settings has Siskoid and special guest Fred Melanson talk about Spelljammer, AD&D's Adventures in Space! How does THAT work? And ultimately, what made the game line fail? Plus, how to create your own genre mash-ups, in the GameMaster Advice column. Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ ...
May 10, 2022•59 min
Siskoid and special guest Furn go 10 years back in time to when they were playing Hong Kong Action Theatre! (or HKAT, 2nd edition) on a kung fu fightin', gun fun shootin', wire fu flyin' episode of Let's Roll! Action film emulation! Actors taking on roles! Martial arts madness! Order out for dumplings and grab the edge of your seat for some role-playing podcast action! (Depending on what you're doing while you listen.) And in the GameMaster Advice column, Siskoid discusses Cinematic Points! with...
Mar 15, 2022•1 hr 18 min
Chapters 3 and 4 of Siskoid's GURPS Shftworld campaign feature GURPS Mars and GURPS Ice Age (yes, cavemen), which are similar in a number of ways. To discuss these games and their role-playing opportunities, he welcomes back to the show his players Daniel "Pout" Ouellet and Alexandre "Beb" Hébert. It's also a good avenue to talk about how a GameMaster can surprise his or her players. Ready to roll? Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the ...
Jan 11, 2022•59 min
Siskoid has finally bowed down to public pressure and produced an episode about Dungeons & Dragons. But it's too big a topic, so he and his guests, fellow DungeonMasters Fred Melanson and Jonathan Schaefer-Hames, are drilling down into the specifics of D&D's default setting - the Forgotten Realms! What's so great about this world and why has it become THE choice of sword & sorcery adventuring? Plus, GameMaster advice and your feedback from our previous episode. Let's Roll... NOW ON I...
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 2 min
For the first time, Let's Roll discusses a role-playing game Siskoid has never played. He OWNS a copy of Pendragon, the role-playing game of Arthurian romance, but has never managed to get a game together. Not so his guest, Gene Hendricks, who HAS played and Gamemastered Pendragon a lot. A CamaLOT. Let's Roll... NOW ON ITS OWN FEED! Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwat...
Sep 14, 2021•1 hr 14 min
GURPS Autoduel is the role-playing setting for Steve Jackson Games' once-popular wargame, Car Wars, and also chapter two of the Shiftworld campaign Siskoid ran back in the early aughts. He welcomes back to the show Daniel "Pout" Ouellet and Alexandre "Beb" Hébert to the the show to talk about the world of autoduelling and how to insert other types of games into your RPG. Ready to roll? Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATE...
Jul 06, 2021•1 hr 4 min
Last Christmas, Siskoid played Stupor Powers! The First-Class Role-Playing Game for Third-Rate Heroes with a group of players. Now, Siskoid welcomes the game's co-designer and comics pro Steve Ellis (Only Living Girl, High Moon) to the Fire and Water studios to discuss the genesis of the game and more besides. Then, Siskoid talks about where prospective GameMasters (of any game) can START in our GM Advice column (plus you feedback on the previous episode). Relevant images and credits in the Let'...
May 11, 2021•1 hr 24 min
GURPS again? Yes, well, it's quite versatile. And with GURPS Black Ops/Warehouse 23, Men in Black as if directed by John Woo, we certainly tested its limits on the cinematic side of things. Players Chalif and Fred discuss their experience with GameMaster Siskoid on this short, but high-octane campaign. Then, Siskoid talks about creating diceless moments for players in out GM Advice column. Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND ...
Mar 09, 2021•52 min
Dream Park - it's a series of novels by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes ABOUT the future of role-playing, and then turned INTO a postmodern role-playing game by R. Talsorian Games. Siskoid not only ran this game for years, but also modified it considerably to suit his purposes. He re-invited one of his key players, Daniel "Pout" Ouellet, to discuss the experience of playing a player put through his paces by a GameMaster played by a GameMaster. It gets META! Plus, our GameMaster Advice column, and ...
Jan 12, 2021•1 hr 15 min
Next up on Let's Roll, Siskoid and his players Daniel Ouellet and Alexandre Hébert discuss GURPS Old West, where the latter two played brothers, and Siskoid started a cross-genre story that is sure to get more play on future episodes. But for now, what is GURPS? How do you role-play a western? And in the GameMaster Advice column, how much should you plan, and how much can you improvise? Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WAT...
Dec 15, 2020•1 hr 6 min
Spinning out of Hero Points, it's the debut of FW Presents: Let's Roll, the show that looks at OTHER role-playing games. In this case, GameMaster Siskoid invites two old friends, Marty and Chalif, to talk about the Savage Worlds Evernight campaign they played a decade ago. What made that story so special? What are the basics of the Savage Worlds system and of the Evernight setting? And what universal lessons can be gleaned from the experience? Plus, Siskoid lends some GameMaster advice about par...
Nov 09, 2020•49 min
You asked for it! One of the Fire and Water Podcast Network's Patreon stretch goals was for us to finally pull the trigger on a live (well, live-to-tape) DC Heroes role-playing session with Network hosts and guests taking the roles of superheroes they are associated with. A long time in the making (and even longer in the asking), GameMaster Siskoid sits across from the virtual gaming table from players Shagg, Chris Franklin, Bass and David Gallaher and runs the Bwa-ha-ha JLI introductory adventu...
Jun 23, 2020•2 hr 2 min
Siskoid sits down with KnightCast's Chris Franklin to compare Batman's DC Heroes RPG stats and his portrayal in the comics. A flagship character like that, surely Mayfair Games got it right! We ask an expert to make sure! Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content? Leave comments on our HERO POINTS website - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/heropoints9/ Images from this episode - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/heropoints11-images/ E-mail - firewaterpodcast@comcast.n...
Dec 10, 2019•1 hr 28 min
GameMasters Siskoid and David Gallaher discuss the 1986 DC Heroes adventure module Dream Machine, by Mark Acres, starring the one and only Joker. Can the New Teen Titans or Your Own Heroes defeat him and their worst nightmares? It's an unusual adventure we think can be adapted for a variety of games. Check it out. (The Hero Points Podcast is in no way affiliated with the upcoming Joker movie, but we're opportunists.) Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content? Leave comments on o...
Oct 04, 2019•1 hr 3 min
Siskoid sits down with The Power of Fishnets' Ryan Daly to compare Black Canary and Zatanna's DC Heroes RPG stats and their portrayal in the comics. Two very different characters, except in terms of fashion. Did Mayfair Games get them right? We ask an expert! Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content? Leave comments on our HERO POINTS website - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/heropoints9/ Images from this episode - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/heropoints9-images...
Sep 03, 2019•58 min
