GamingPerspectives
Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene is a husband and wife team that love Hobby Gaming. We play RPGs and Boardgaming and wish to share our love of this hobby with everyone we know.
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Episodes
Sunday May 09, 2021
Sunday May 09, 2021
In this episode Saul and Jolene what makes a good RPG. For Saul it comes down to two things, Setting and Rules make a game good.
Saul and Jolene use recent and older games they have played to discuss this topic. Saul starts with 4 game setting he really likes but seem to fall short in the rules department.
Games mentioned in his podcast are Cyberpunk, Dark Conspiracy, Space Opera, Shadowrun, Liminal and Victoriana.
Thank you all for listening. All we ask is that you share our pocast.
Music by RBG8, song Mind Games.
Available from Tribeofnoise.com
Sunday May 02, 2021
Sunday May 02, 2021
The Middle of the Campaign is the most meaty and the where most of the game happens. Most GMs come up with great beginnings with an eye to the end but most of the game takes place in this nebulous part of the campaign, I am calling the middle. So how do you plan for this part of the campaign?
Saul and Jolene discuss how to plan for the middle of the campaign. Discussing different types of game setting, types of rpgs, the amount of player agency and how it will affect the planning of your middle campaign.
Also we had a request to mention a charity from a fellow RPG player.
The Charity is called the RPG Creators Relief Fund. Please give if you can.
http://www.rcrfcharity.org/
As always thanks for listening.
Music by Off Ramp, song The Middle, off the album Dark Matter.
Available from Tribeofnoise.com
Saturday Apr 24, 2021
Saturday Apr 24, 2021
Saul and Jolene continue their conversation about comparing old rpgs versus new rpgs in which they only got as far as the 1980's. So in this, second part which Saul changes the name of the episode to "Evolution of RPGs" they discuss how RPGs changed in the 1990s, the 2000's and in the last 10 years.
As always we would like to thank you all for listening and please share our podcast.
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Wednesday Apr 21, 2021
Today we have a bonus episode, an interview of Stephen Turner of Britannia Game Design the creators of Chivalry and Sorcery 5th edition. C&S has a long history, first published in 1977 by Fantasy Games Unlimited. In this interview we discover Stephen's gamer roots and then learn of how he became to be the publisher if this historic RPG and plans for the future of Britannia Game Design.
As always thank you all for listening.
Chivalry and Sorcery have a "Bundle of Holding" that benefits the Honey Pot Children's Charity.
Here is the link to the C&S Bundle: https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Chivalry
Here is the link to the Charity itself and the amazing work they do:
https://www.honeypot.org.uk/what-we-do
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
In this episode Saul and Jolene talk how RPGs have changed over the years. From the first RPGs on the scene like Original D&D and Traveller to the games that came out in the 90's and on to the last 20 years, RPGs have changed.
The episode went a bit long so this will be a two part episode, continuing with the games from the 1990's to today. We would like to that all of you that listen to our podcast we really appreciate you listening and sharing.
Correction: Saul makes references to Iron Crown Enterprises but in the episode calls it "Iron Crown Industries."
Music by Semantic, song Spiritual Evolution.
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
Sunday Apr 11, 2021
In Media Res in RPGs is the topic for this episode. What is In Media Res? Saul and Jolene first discuss what it is and where it is commonly seen. Saul recounts a couple examples of the writing and filming technique he has read in books and seen in movies.
From there Saul and Jolene discuss how to apply this to your session of your favorite rpgs. What are some of the advantages and some of the hurdles that are involved in using In Media Res in your RPG session.
As always thank you all for listening and please share our podcast.
Music by Media450, song Media450.
Available from Tribeofnoise.com
Saturday Apr 03, 2021
Saturday Apr 03, 2021
Saul and Jolene explore RPGs which subject are animals or anamorphic in nature. Saul talks about his first experience playing an animal rpg called Bunnies and Burrows. Saul goes into some details about B&B. Saul recounts the next game being Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles which he briefly collected the comic books but didn't get the RPG until the mid 90's after the first TNMT movie had come out by New Line Cinema.
Jolene's first encounter with this kind of game was in Gamma World were some of the creatures were mutated animals of which the two most famous mutants were Hoops and Hoppers.
Other games mentions and discussed are Albedo: The RPG, Usagi Yojimbo RPG, Justifiers RPG, Pugmire RPG, The Monarchies of Mau and Historia.
Music by Kin Kobra, song Little Animal, album 29 and Wasted to the Bone.
Available from Tribeofnoise.com
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
Sunday Mar 28, 2021
Though Saul and Jolene touched on the subject before Saul thought that a whole episode detailing Solo RPGs would be worth while.
With the Pandemic still raging across the world, though there is light at the end of the tunnel, some people are not able to play with their normal group and for one reason or another do not want or cannot play RPGs online. And they want to still get that RPG feel from a table top game.
Enter the Solo RPG experience. Saul and Jolene discuss how today's solo games are remarkably different from the "Choose Your Own Adventure Books" of years past. Many of today Solo RPGs implement modern RPG ideas into a Solo rpg experience.
Saul and Jolene discuss the vast number of Solo RPGs that are available in print and in PDF format. So you could literally be playing within minutes. There are also quite a few Solo RPG version of many popular and obscure regular RPGs. Some require a core book from a regular rpg, for example Alone From the Loop, needs the core book for Tales from the Loop but other are complete solo rpgs.
All the games Saul and Jolene discuss are available from Drivethrurpg. By the way they do not sponsor our show in any way.
Some games discussed. Alone From the Loop
Ronin
Ironsworn and many other.
Music by Captain Stu, song Han Solo, off the album Free Music.
Available from Tribeofnoise.com
Sunday Mar 21, 2021
Sunday Mar 21, 2021
In this Episode Saul and Jolene talk about making a good RPG Villain. They discuss only a few tips of many ways you can make a villain in your RPG stand out and not be a cliche. Saul offers two examples from games that he has run. One was a convention game which was played in an 8 hour session at a local game con, the other is from a long running home D&D game.
Each example showcases the tips Saul used in creating a Villain that the players really learned to hate and cheer each time the villain or their machinations are defeated.
Warning Saul goes into a couple long stories of a Space Opera game he ran at a game convention years ago and from his long running D&D home campaign, which is still on going but on hiatus as the group has switched to a Shadowrun 5th Edition campaign.
As always we would like to thank everyone for listening to our small humble rpg podcast.
Music by Amity In Fame, song The Villain.
Available from Tribeofnoise.com
Saturday Mar 13, 2021
Saturday Mar 13, 2021
In this episode Saul and Jolene discuss how damage is determined in RPGs. Though there are many implementations of how damage is determined, Saul believes there are really only two ways damage is dealt with in RPGs. Static and Random.
As usual Saul goes meandering off topic but this time Jolene was a bit at fault for his digression. Saul and Jolene discuss what they like and dislike about the ways damage is determined in RPGs.
As Always Thank You for listening.
Music by Hoffman Sloth, song Damage Done, off the album Hoffman Sloth.
Available at Tribeofnoise.com