One Steve is freshly back (and still tired from) GNC9, the other is still sad he couldn't make it, and so we invited 2 other folks from the GamerNation to join us for a recap of the festivities! And first off, apologies to those who didn't get mentioned, but if you were there, there's just so much fun going on that as you remember stuff other things slip through the gamer-brain! But we hope you enjoy our somewhat brief recap of the fun and enjoyment that is GamerNationCon, and frankly, we hope t...
Apr 16, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 187
This week the Steves ramble on a bit about our feelings and opinions (and the reality) around "generic" game systems. Of course, as we do, there's some rambling and rabbit trails, but thoughts and opinions are shared! d20 Network Spotlight: GamerNationCon 9 -- https://tabletop.events/conventions/gamer-nation-con-9 Links for the couple fundraisers/bundles we mentioned: Retrograde Gaming GoFundMe -- https://www.gofundme.com/f/retrograde-shop-rescue-and-relocation?fbclid=IwAR3jqyYCiRqXVuF6ySNxoxYpQ...
Apr 02, 2024•45 min•Ep. 186
This week we get a little more tactical and crunchy than is perhaps our usual. This week we're again joined by Doug from Gaming Ballistic to talk about his Dungeon Fantasy RPG solo adventure Saethor's Bane (Currently on Backerkit), as well as some talk about GURPS, and just general gamer nerdery conversation! Doug also lets us in on some snippets from the publishing side of being an RPG creative, and we just generally geek out! Links for Gaming Ballistic: Saethor's Bane on Backerkit -- https://s...
Mar 26, 2024•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 185
This week we continue last weeks discussion, though this week we're talking more about the action side of things! d20 Network Spotlight: GamerNationCon 9 -- https://tabletop.events/conventions/gamer-nation-con-9 Game of the Week: Steve G: The Tower & The Garden -- https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/468681/the-tower-the-garden?affiliate_id=2018399 Steve S: The Gaia Complex -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/370915/The-Gaia-Complex--A-Game-of-Flesh-and-Wires?affiliate_id=2018399 ...
Mar 19, 2024•41 min•Ep. 184
This week we start with 2 words to inspire the episode, but then take it back to one, and agree to talk about the other word next week! But anyway, some talk about what we both feel are two pillars of good RPG play, those being "action" and "intrigue". And next week the other half! d20 Network Spotlight: GamerNationCon 9 -- https://tabletop.events/conventions/gamer-nation-con-9 Game of the Week: Steve G: The Lost Universe - NASA Science -- https://science.nasa.gov/mission/hubble/multimedia/onlin...
Mar 12, 2024•40 min•Ep. 183
This week we have a rambling chat with none other than the inspiration for the "Scale" episode a couple weeks back! We're joined by Neal Litherland to just get to know the creator a little better! We chat about Army Men and it's supplements, design philosophy, some of Neal's other projects and work, and kind of whatever flows through our brains. Links for Neal & his work-- https://taking10.blogspot.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@AzukailGames https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/browse?keyword=...
Mar 05, 2024•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 182
Another installment in our unofficial series of "one word" themed shows! This week it's "Background"! We chat around what we like to both receive as GMs, and give as players, and some about why, and also little bit about "background" as something the GM gives the players about the setting. d20 Network Spotlight: Court Games, Fortune & Strife, and Crimson Gold Agonies -- https://courtgamespod.com/ https://courtgamespod.com/L5RFnS/ https://cgapodcast.com/ Come Play with us at GamerNationCon 9!...
Feb 27, 2024•40 min•Ep. 181
In this week's episode, we have a discussion of "scale" inspired by Neil F Litherland's article you can find here -- https://taking10.blogspot.com/2024/02/gms-and-players-keep-scale-of-your.html It really brought out some things that I hadn't consciously thought about, but that I now realize that I really should! d20 Network spotlight: The Wonderous Atlas of Creation's Destiny -- https://wondrousatlas.wordpress.com/ Game of the Week: Steve G: Black Bag -- https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/prod...
Feb 20, 2024•51 min•Ep. 180
This week we're excited to bring you a conversation with freelance RPG writer Keith Kappel! Keith has done a lot of work with Fantasy Flight Games, and now, Edge Studios on both the Star Wars RPG, and Genesys, and we have a chat about inspiration, the constraints of writing as a freelancer, and for very established IPs. We also talk about how one might approach breaking into this line of work, and some things that could help you along your way to do so! Keith's work on Drive-Thru RPG (including ...
Feb 13, 2024•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 179
So this one's a bit odd. It's a kind of rambly (even for us) discussion around the word "space" and how it get's used in RPGs. Add to it that we're both a little under the weather, and well, this is what you get! Enjoy! d20 Network Spotlight: Eberron Renewed -- https://zencastr.com/Eberron-Renewed GamerNationCon KS link (for updates, etc) -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gncon/gamer-nation-con-9-the-fellowship-of-the-gamers Game of the Week: Steve G: Candela Obscura -- https://www.driveth...
Feb 06, 2024•36 min•Ep. 178
This week we chat about prep, and knowing when you've prepped enough and just need to throw it on the table, and start playing! We share some insights on our processes, and also admit to some of our struggles. GamerNation Con Kickstarter is live for another day or 2! Best little gaming con in Texas or anywhere else! -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gncon/gamer-nation-con-9-the-fellowship-of-the-gamers Game of the Week: Steve G: Bad Comedians in Hell -- https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/...
Jan 30, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 177
One Steve is missing a bit of his voice, and bot are probably missing a bit of their minds! But one we go with another episode! This week we have a bit of a chat around simple ways to get more of what your players want in your games! The GamerNation Con 9 Kickstarter is live! Come have a great time, and play games with us! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gncon/gamer-nation-con-9-the-fellowship-of-the-gamers Game of the Week: Steve G: Notorious Style -- https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/pr...
Jan 23, 2024•40 min•Ep. 176
This week GM Chris comes back to Me and Steve at long last! And we're talking about the awesomeness that is GamerNation Con 9, and the Kickstarter that's now underway (and btw, well past fully funded at the time of this episode's release!) Folks, I really can't say it any better than it's a helluva good time, and definitely worth making the trip for! Link for the Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gncon/gamer-nation-con-9-the-fellowship-of-the-gamers Game of the Week: Steve S: Gri...
Jan 16, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 175
This week we take a look at trying to get Steve out of a (mostly self-inflicted) GM rut! Here's to hoping this discussion helps someone out there dealing with the same kind of thing! And please, come discuss any issues like these or others you've experienced (or are experiencing) with the great community we have on our Discord! https://discord.gg/5wWNcYW D20 Network spotlight: The Forge -- https://forgegenesys.com/ Game of the Week Steve G: Deadly New Year -- https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/...
Jan 09, 2024•50 min•Ep. 174
Join us on this romp through a wonderful one page rpg called The War on Christmas! We want to thank Eric and Terri for helping Join the conversation on our Discord! Me And Steve RPG Discord https://discord.gg/5wWNcYW You can reach us at meandsteverpg@gmail.com On Facebook as Me and Steve RPG Podcast On Twitter @AndRPGs on TikTok @meandsteverpgpodcast Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MeandSteveTalkRPGs We are proud members of the d20 Radio Network! http://www.d20radio.com/main/ Epic...
Jan 02, 2024•40 min•Ep. 173
New week! New "Honorary Steve"! JT Dimino returns to have another chat about Cortex Prime, and give the Steves some more information on a system that honestly we've felt like we should love, but can't seem to get our heads into! d20 Network Spotlight: the OP Cast -- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/opcast/ Game of the Week: Steve S: Five Torches Deep -- https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/264584/five-torches-deep?affiliate_id=2018399 JT: Noirlandia -- https://turtlebun.itch.io/noi...
Dec 26, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 172
This week we have a chat about the recent announcement of layoffs at Hasbro, and specifically WotC. It sort of ties into things we touched on in recent episodes, so we thought we'd have a talk about it. Link to the ENWorld article with names, etc. https://www.enworld.org/threads/updated-hasbro-laying-off-1-100-employees.701567/?fbclid=IwAR1wJ0hAA_XUWtMe6V0Mf6youeuojjh5gpDyaV-ZhVWXT8TynYc1ughlEH4 d20 Network Spotlight: Eberron Renewed -- https://zencastr.com/Eberron-Renewed Game of the Week: Stev...
Dec 19, 2023•48 min•Ep. 171
This week we're joined by Alan Bahr of Gallant Knight Games to talk about his (still active at the time of publishing, but barely) Kickstarter for Tiny Cyberpunk, which is built off their Tiny D6 engine. It's a fun chat, and we learn about a system that we weren't really familiar with, so give a listen! Gallant Knight Games links: Website: https://www.gallantknightgames.com/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/197460570660754 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gallantknightgames Drive-...
Dec 05, 2023•58 min•Ep. 170
Welcome to our 150th Episode!!! This week we're joined by a friend, and owner of one of our local game shops Alex. You've heard Alex with us before, talking about the Pittsburgh Gaming Expo (PGX) which he's also one of the organizers of. But this week he joins us to give some rather candid thoughts and opinions around the realities of running a gaming shop. This episode is a bit longer than usual, but we felt like it was time to give the view from yet another side of this hobby that we all love,...
Nov 28, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 169
Big news!!! Learned literally as we were sitting down to record this, Studio 404 plans to release "Anarchy in Dragon City" on Cyber Monday!!! We were just going to have a fun chat with Brett Bowen from Studio 404 because he's cool and fun, but then he told us that their long-term project, Anarchy in Dragon City for the Genesys RPG is due to release less than a week after this podcast. Both us Steves have had the pleasure of helping playtest this setting with Brett, and as you'll hear, we both re...
Nov 21, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 168
Tropes, Star Wars, stories, MASH, Die Hard, Blue Bloods, and Sailor Moon. Plus more! this week it's a "classic" Me and Steve ramble! d20 Network Spotlight: Primed by Cortex -- https://pbcpod.podbean.com/ Game of the Week: Steve G: Girl by Moonlight -- https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/454656/girl-by-moonlight?affiliate_id=2018399 Steve S: The Book of Random Tables: Pirates -- https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/457163/the-book-of-random-tables-pirates?affiliate_id=2018399 *We h...
Nov 14, 2023•54 min•Ep. 167
This one starts off pointed in a very specific direction, but in true Steve fashion, we hijack, and sidetrack ourselves, but still somehow stay remarkably adjacent to the theme behind the topic. Sound confusing? It should make sense if you listen to it! (We hope!) Oh, and btw, here's the link to the video we reference in the start -- https://youtu.be/QA8qUrA2Wfo?si=6g2FkdwNaG2ye2cH d20 Network spotlight: Werewolf: the Podcast -- https://keepontheheathlands.podbean.com/ Game of the Week: Steve G:...
Nov 07, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 166
This week we've got all kinds of fun! We talk with the creator of a cool new game, we grant honorary "Steve-dom" to a very cool guest, and we just have some good fun chatting! We're joined by Clifton Lambert of Fragging Unicorn Games to talk about his current project that's on Kickstarter called HellSlayers. You'll have to listen to get more details, but HellSlayers is a (mostly) Mork Borg powered game, inspired by the classic video game Doom, as well as elements of Roguelike, and a few other th...
Oct 31, 2023•58 min•Ep. 165
This week it's a kinda quick chat around something that I thought was worth bringing up. Are we "accidentally gatekeeping with people new to gaming, or our favorite games? It's a kinda "food for thought" episode! d20 Network Spotlight: Op Cast -- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/opcast/ And yes, apparently I was looking at an outdated page when I talked about their "last episode"! Game of the Week: Steve S: Corporation (2e) Quickstart -- https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/436622/...
Oct 24, 2023•35 min•Ep. 164
This week we're joined by a local (to us) creator that I met at PGX. Anthony "LibrarianNPC" DeMinico joins us to talk about his current Kickstarter for a really cool game called "Weeaboomers", which is a game for those of us who fall into the currently-way-too-middle-aged fans of 80's, 90's, and early '00's anime! You'll have to listen to get all the details, but I'll just say this game sounds awesome! Links for Anthony and his creations: Weeaboomers Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/proj...
Oct 17, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 163
Ok folks, first off, apologies for the audio on this one, between illnesses and con-brain-fog, We didn't realize the audio wasn't up to usual standard until it was too late to record again. But anyways, This week Steve talks to Steve about the con that was PGX 2023! That's pretty much it! Enjoy! And to any and all of you that I may have met there, I hope you had as good a time as I did! d20 Network Spotlight: the Court Games Family Court Games -- https://courtgamespod.com/ Fortune and Strife -- ...
Oct 10, 2023•51 min•Ep. 162
No, no, no! It's not what you thing if you hear those words from us! Or at least not mostly. This week we're joined another person from the d20 Network, JT Dimino (co-host of Primed by Cortex) for a discussion that started around "player knowledge vs character knowledge". From that jumping off point we kind of meander on about how we deal with things when the players have things on the sheet that they simply don't have the ability (or willingness) to roleplay. And then we try to convince each ot...
Oct 03, 2023•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 161
This week's episode is brought to you by a suggestion from our Discord server! What are your thoughts on, and how do you use random tables, random generators, oracles, and even AI creation tools? We Steves have a chat about exactly that! d20 Network Spotlight: Werewolf: the Podcast -- https://keepontheheathlands.podbean.com/ Game of the Week: Steve G: The Crow (for Everyday Heroes) -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/418150/The-CrowTM-Cinematic-Adventure?affiliate_id=2018399 Steve S: Maze Ra...
Sep 26, 2023•57 min•Ep. 160
This week we Steves have a discussion around stealing inspiration from known sources and how to get away with people not recognizing it. And we kinda frame it all around a classic film from 1990. There's some good fun here! d20 Network Spotlight: The Story Told -- https://thestorytold.libsyn.com/ Game of the Week Steve S: Mekra Descent -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/452872/Mekra-Descent?affiliate_id=2018399 Steve G: Mutant City Spies -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/152025/Mutant...
Sep 19, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 159
This week we have a discussion brought about by a power outage! d20 Network Spotlight: OpCast -- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/opcast Game of the Week: Steve G: Carbon 2185 -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/283725/Carbon-2185--A-Cyberpunk-RPG-Core-Rulebook?affiliate_id=2018399 Steve S: Dept. X -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/452246/DEPT-X--A-RULES-LIGHT-ROLEPLAYING-GAME-OF-CONSPIRACIES-MYSTERIES-AND-COVERUPS?affiliate_id=2018399 *We have an affiliate link with Drive-Thru ...
Sep 12, 2023•49 min•Ep. 158
