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Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 161: Space Opera RPG

     Saul and Jolene went on a family vacation and Saul was unable to edit last weeks episode on time.   To make up for that Saul decided to talk about his Favorite RPG of all time or as he stated "one of the Top 3 RPGs" on his favorites list.  
     If you listen to this podcast with any regularity Saul brings up Space Opera RPG from Fantasy Games Unlimited as Jolene's says, "ALL THE TIME".  So Saul decided to spend as much time as Jolene would allow for Saul to "review" Space Opera.  
    Thanks for listening 
   Music by Alazarin, song The Space Patrol off the album Iaxartes Tholous
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Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 160: Homebrew Games

     This episode is about Homebrew games.   What is Homebrew.  Should you do it.  Who should you admit that you have a "Homebrew" game.  Can you get a shot to take care of this problem?
    Saul as usual goes way off the rails on this topic, and Jolene on multiple occasions has to wrangle Saul back to the topic.  This time Saul was in a bit of a tangent mood though.  
   Thanks for listening.
 
  Music by Hasen Chat, song Coming Home.
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Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode159: Describing Your Game Con Game.

     The topic for this episode was found by Jolene when she was looking at Game Hole Con's Facebook post which asked about how to go about describing their game for an upcoming  Game Hole gaming convention.  It was from a GM that had run games previously at Game Hole Con but they noticed a slightly different worded policy about adult content games.  
     So we decide to talk about how to describe your game for a game convention and possibly your friends.
     Now that large gathering are started to be permitted in Cities across the U.S. and people are feeling safer due to their precautions and the widely available vaccines, people are going back to Game Cons.  One of the first and largest is Game Hole Con in Madison Wisconsin taking place on October 21-24th 2021.
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    Music by Hasen Chat, song Play Your Game.
   Available from Tribeofnoise.com
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Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 158: The Bait and Switch

    Saul and Jolene discuss the Bait and Switch game.  It is when you, as the GM, present a game of a genre, a type a particular setting or even a system, but when the players sit down to play, you switch it up on the players and try to run something other than presented.  Saul discusses an idea with some fellow GM's and they inform Saul that its a bad idea and say its a "Bait and Switch" game.  Saul was thinking it was just a way to surprise the players and didn't think he was baiting and switching players.  Still he didn't run the game and years later still thinks he wants to try it but present more information about the game he wants to run.
     Saul and Jolene ran what they call the "Big D&D Game at DunDraCon" where they ran 3 tables of 6 players using 5th Edition rules.  Each table was a different genre but they were all connected by an over arching storyline.   Saul and Jolene discuss whether that was a bait and switch game.  
     Thank you all for listening.  All we ask is that you share our podcast.
  Music by Tamale Wally, song Switch U.
   Available from Tribeofnoise.com

Gaming Perspectives With Saul and Jolene Episode 157: Why Play RPGs?

     In this Episode Saul and Jolene discuss why play rpgs.  Many people who have never played an RPG don't have a clue as to what roleplaying is all about.  Usually they know about many misconceptions and stereotypes which Saul concedes might have been somewhat true in the 1980's but is now no longer valid.  Even in the 70's and 80's those stereotypes only matched a small percentage of the gamer population.  
     Saul and Jolene actually argue against those stereotypes and discuss how playing games, especially RPGs can help people socialize and promote positive social interactions.  Their experience with their son, their friend's kids and kids they have met at gaming conventions,  demonstrate how RPGs and help kids socialize, learn critical thinking, consequences for actions and use their imagination in very creative ways.  
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   Music by Temple Velocity,  song Wicked Games off the album Murder of Crows
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Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 156: Red Herrings in RPGs

     This week Saul and Jolene talk about fish.  Red Herring in RPGs is the topic.  Should GMs use this story idea in their RPG adventures?  Saul talks about his past experiences with Red Herring in the games that he has run.  
     Jolene likes the idea of using Red Herring as a way of making the world more expansive or more real. 
    Thank you all for listening and all we ask is that you share our podcast.  
 
   Music by Darikus, song Mysterious.
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Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 155: Making Skill Checks Exciting

     Skill checks can become too monotonous.  GM's often cringe when a PC fails a skill check to hear another player saying "I will check too." with the sound of rolling dice.  
    Saul discusses with Jolene how he thinks that use of "Skills"  can be made more fun and even more exciting by implementing a few ideas to your gaming style.
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Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 154: A Traitor in Your RPG

     As a GM would you let a player, play a traitor in your Roleplaying game?  At a Con Game or in a One Shot would you as a GM make a character that is a traitor to be used by a player.   This week Mike asked about installing or using a traitor in your RPG.  He asked if it was a good idea or bad.  Mike also wanted to get our take on using this idea in an adventure or campaign.
      Saul would for the longest time say that was a hard "No!"  Much along the lines of playing an evil character having an embedded traitor in your adventuring party might be a game or group killing endeavor.
     Saul might have had his mind changed after buying and running the Alien RPG by Free League, where one of the types of characters is the "Company Man" who if you have seen Aliens the movie you would know why nobody would trust that character.

Gaming Perspectives With Saul and Jolene Bonus Episode: Gabriel Garcia writer of War Stories a WWII RPG

     In this Episode Saul and Jolene interview Gabriel Garcia who is writing War Stories a World War Two RPG using the Year Zero system.  Saul came across Gabriel's post about War Stories on Facebook.  Saul has been a fan of supernatural WWII RPGs such as D20s Weird War II, Savage Worlds Weird War, and Saul even used Spycraft 2.0 to run a series of Weird War II adventures for his home group.  
     Seeing what he liked in War Stories playtest PDF he decided to ask Gabriel to do an interview and see who was this creator from Miami.  Turns out that this is not Gabriel's first foray in writing gaming material.  
    Listen and Saul and Jolene grill Gabriel Garcia about his gaming roots, his RPG street cred and why Year Zero engine for a World War Two RPG.
       Thanks for listening.  All we ask is that you share our podcast with family and friends.

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 153: Going Back to In Person Gaming

      As more and more people get vaccinated and the Pandemic is starting fade, the thing all gamers have been craving is In Person Gaming.  Saul and Jolene discuss moving some of their online games back to In Person gaming.   Saul and Jolene talk about what they like about gaming in person compared to online.  
     Saul ponders if there are some elements from online gaming that will continue when game go away from the virtual table and back to the dinner table. 
     What do gamers miss most from in person games?  What everybody else misses.  The list is long.  From food, to miniatures and terrain, to maps and mats, all of these are what people miss from roleplaying in person.  
    Thank you all for listening and please share our podcast with friends and family.
 
   Music by The Prisoner Reformed, song Going Back to Texas, off the album The Prisoner Reformed.
    Available from Tribeofnoise.com