GamingPerspectives

Episode 179: TPKs in RPGs

    In this episode Saul and Jolene discuss TPKs.  Saul has very little experience with TPKs and had for many years seen it as negative.  A sign of a terrible GM, or Players not playing very intelligently.
    Years later with one whole TPK under his belt his attitude toward TPKs has changed.  Jolene is not totally convinced that TPKs can be a good resolution to a campaign or a game.  
   Thanks for Listening.
 
   Music by Hansen Chat, song Party Crasher.
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Episode 178: Nostalgia in RPGs, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

     Saul has been noticing quite a few Kickstarters and new editions of old RPGs.   Some of them really old such as Runequest, Tunnels and Trolls and Twilight 2000.   In fact the Twilight 2000 4th edition by Free League funded extremely well. 
     In this episode Saul and Jolene discuss what could be driving the reprinting and the new editions of some very old games and why are they doing so well?
 Thanks for Listening.
  Music by Sonic Mystery, song Nostalgia
   

Episode 177: Playing Your Best Game, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

     At one point as a RPG players your going to get into a situation where you may not be playing in a game that isn't your favorite.  Whether the RPG game Shuffler at the Game Con did you wrong or your GM really wants to run a game that isn't exactly the type of game you really like you need to decide to play or make the best of it.
     In this episode Saul and Jolene discuss games where the ones they participated in were not high on their list of the type of game they usually preferred.  From your friend's house to the Game Con you might be stuck, roped, or land in a RPG that isn't "your cup of tea."  Well listen to this episode and see what Saul and Jolene have done and do in this situation.
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    Music by Cheri C. Russell, song You Played Yourself
   Available from Tribeofnoise.com
 

Episode 176: Co-GMing RPGs, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

      Saul and Jolene wondered about multiple GMs running a campaign together.  Not at the same time but alternating GM between adventures or story arcs.  When Jolene searched on the subject most of the hits were about GMs running the game together.   
    Saul has had a few experiences with co-gming one successful another not so much.  For the most part Saul and Jolene think Co-GMing could be a good thing if you do work before the games begin.
 
   Music by Izzy Iz Zuddin, song Friend or Foes,  from the album Nocturnal Personalities
   Available from Tribeofnoise.com
 
 
 
   

Episode 175: Flames of Freedom RPG, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

     A while back Saul Kickstarted Flames of Freedom rpg.  Over the Labor Day Weekend Saul and Jolene returned from the first Game Con in over a year and a half and the Flames of Freedom greeted them when they got home.  
    Saul and Jolene discuss the Flames of Freedom RPG in this episode. 
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   Song by Silva Breeze, song Freedom Song
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Episode 174: Prehistoric RPGs, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

     This topic comes from Jolene reading RPG forum and Redit posts.  Jolene asked Saul if there were any published RPGs and Saul actually had one RPG in his collection and almost Kickstarted two prehistoric RPGs.  They talked about the subject and decided to do an episode on this very interesting RPG topic.
     The three games discussed are Paleo Mythic by Osprey Publishing, Wurm from Choasium and Cavemaster by Jeff Dee.
    Saul found a D&D 5th Edition setting book called Planegea on Kickstarter that is a fantasy pre-historic setting.  Here is the link if you want to check it out. : https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/atlasgames/planegea?ref=recommendation-no-result-discoverpage-8
  
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   Music by John Kaza, song Caveman
  Available from Tribeofnoise.com

Episode 173: Halloween Themed Games, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

The Halloween episode, where Saul and Jolene talk about running Halloween Themed Rpg games.
     Saul talks about obvious Halloween themes such as Horror and Mystery games that would fit in perfectly with the holiday motif.
    Saul discusses well known games such as Call of Cthulhu to lesser known games such as Dark Conspiracy and Stalking the Night Fantastic.  
    Jolene points out to Saul other game RPG games would be a good fit.  Liminal, Alien and WWII RPGs would be good fits with Halloween themed games
    Many games are mentioned in this episode.  
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    Music by Hansen Chat,  song Halloween Party Part 2.  

Episode 172: GMing to Your Strengths, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

     Saul and Jolene discuss playing to your GMing Strengths.  If your good at art, lean into your art skills and bring that talent to the game table.  If your good at making funny voices use that skill at your gaming table.  Saul and Jolene discuss these and other skills that can make your GMing at the game table a better experience.  
      Saul of course goes way off course a couple of times and so you have  a bit of longer episode.  Saul mentions two books which he could not remember the titles of during the recording of the episode. One was Hamlet's Hit Points by Robin D. Laws .  The other book was Improv for Gamers by Karen Twelves.  Both of these books are easily available online.  They may also be available from your favorite hobby and games store.  
  As always thank you all for listening.
 
 Music by Human Vibe, song Strength of My Will.'
  Available from Tribeofnoise.com

Episode 171 Making Non-Generic RPGs into Generic RPGs, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

    A few episodes ago Saul made a comment about 5th Edition D&D.  The gist of the comment was that a ruleset not intended as a generic RPG be used as a generic RPG.   This was aimed specifically at D&D 5th edition due to one the popularity of the RPG and because of that popularity it has spawned many different RPGs using that ruleset.   This was due to the number of RPG PDFs that Saul had bought and was not impressed with the use of D&D 5th edition rules OGL.  
       That was a while ago and since then he has played many different RPGs and now Saul is thinking he may have been wrong.  Especially after looking at a few RPGs whose rules have been used for completely different genres that what the original rules were used for.
     Saul and Jolene discuss this topic with Saul using three systems that in his mind were never intended to be used as a multi-genre, generic ruleset, but actually do a great job of exactly that.  
    Thank you all for listening and please share our podcast.
   Music by Counterfeiti, song Generic, off the album A Glimpse, an Eclipse.
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Episode 170: No Villain In Your RPG Adventures, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

    A listener posed a question to Saul and Jolene, does there need to be a Villain in your RPG adventure or campaign.   Saul's first  thought that sure you can and Jolene wasn't so sure.  
    Saul came up with three different instances where you may not need a Villain pulling all the strings trying to thwart the player characters.  Listen to that discussion between Saul and Jolene, though even after what Saul said she didn't seem that convinced.  
   Thank you all for listening and all we ask is that you share our podcast with your gamer friends.
 
   Music by Amity in Fame,  song The Villain.
   Available from Tribeofnoise.com