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Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 118: Roleplaying Dragons, Gods and AIs

     In this episode Saul and Jolene tackle the idea of playing a Dragon, God or AI.  Something that can be so alien to us that it really is incomprehensible to understand, as humans, their motivations.  So we humans give these beings human like traits.  In roleplaying games, playing some so alien is daunting.  Saul and Jolene discuss how they RP their NPC Dragons, Gods, AI and even Aliens, not Xenomorphs cause they just want to eat you.
      Saul discusses how he has played dragons in D&D and Shadowrun.   Saul and Jolene talk about sources that they use as inspiration for roleplaying this strange and wonderful beings, those sources being books, tv shows and movies.  One show both mention and like is Star Trek series.  One episode in particular for Saul is Devil in the Dark of the Original Star Trek.
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  Here is the article written by an AI: 
    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/08/robot-wrote-this-article-gpt-3
 
   Music by Darikus,  song The Rabbit and the Dragon
     Available from Tribeofnoise.com

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 117: The Wayward Player

     The Wayward Player, is discussed by Saul and Jolene.  The single player that takes their character on their own side quest without discussing it with the other players/characters.  Should the GM be stuck with running two separate games or splitting time between one player and the rest of the group?  Saul and Jolene talk about what would make a player do this and how to handle this situation.
      Saul digresses quite a bit on this episode, and Jolene for once, maybe she was tired lets him ramble a bit too long on certain digressions.  But Saul finally circles back to the topic of the episode.
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  Music by Solxis, song Lone Wolf, off the album Pedal Steel Away.
   Available from Tribeofmusic.com

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 116: The Ideal RPG Group Size

     The Ideal group size is something that has come up in Saul and Jolene's rpg games.  As both GM games, Saul a bit more than Jolene, they both tackle this question in their home games and their convention games.
     To them there are three factors that play into what is the ideal group size.  At one point Saul goes into a lengthy digression about classic Traveller, but Jolene brings him back to the subject of the podcast.
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    Music by Tobin James and Damaged Goods, song Join The Party, off the album       Rules of the Road.
   Available at Tribeofnoise.com 

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 115: Making the GM Dad Play

    Saul and Jolene talk about why groups should make the GM Dad play.  GM Dads are the players that are become the leader of the RPG group you play in.  Usually this person is the one that GMs, he gets the group together, reminds players of play location(pre C0vid) and time.  They call, email and generally keep the group going by herding cats, the players.
     So why is it important for the GM Dad to play instead of just keep doing the great job of GMing all the time.  Saul and Jolene discuss this topic on this weeks episode.
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Music by Scharas, song Hombre Muerto Trabajando,  off the album Scharas.
  Available at Tribeofnoise.com

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode114: Generic RPGs

     In this episode Saul and Jolene talk about Generic RPGs.  Why would one want to buy and use a Generic RPGs like GURPS, Cypher System, Hero, FATE and others.   These RPGs are able to handle different genres with relative ease.  What are some good selling points and how do they differ from game systems geared or made for a specific genre.
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   Music by Counterfeti, song Generic, off the album A Glimpse, an Eclipse.
   Available from Tribeofnoise.com

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 113: Making RPGs Memorable.

     Game stories, every RPG gamer has one, if you started playing back in the 70's with the "Three Little Books" or last month, you have a gamer story.   So what makes a game memorable?  Saul and Jolene discuss this topic on this week's episode.  For many it is what RPGs are for, telling stories.  Others its that nostalgic story of playing when you were a kid, with your friends from school, or your parents who were in the hobby themselves.
      Saul and Jolene talk about what makes their games memorable.  And surprising or not, its not always about the game.
   
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   Music by Diogo Gregor Marins, song Rusted Memories of a Hero, off the album Faces of Madness
   Available from Tribeofnoise.com
 
 

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode112: Solo and One Player RPGs

     In this episode Saul and Jolene talk about Solo and One Player RPGs.  Saul starts with his first sight of Tunnels and Trolls Solo adventures he saw at a Northern California game convention known as Pacificon.  Also Solo adventure rpgs remind Saul of the old "Choose your Own Adventure" series of books.  
     Jolene was asked by a friend to do a Solo adventure in preparation for a CoC game he was going to run, in order to get her into mood of the game.  Her solo CoC adventure ended with her not being able to escape the town and gets burned on a pyre by cultist.  Yes a proper introduction into the world of CoC.
     Saul and Jolene then switch to one player RPG games.  Saul discusses playing one on one sessions with their son when he was 4,  which were more about instilling values than killing monsters and taking their stuff.  
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   Music by Solxis, song Solo Orbit, off the album Smooth Jazz Serenade Vol. 3
   Available from Tribeofnoise.com

Gaming Perspectives With Saul and Jolene Episode 111: Hit Points in RPGs

    In this episode Saul and Jolene talk about Hit Points.  What are they, or what do they represent, where do they come from?  In this episode Saul and Jolene discuss the beginnings of hit points and how games have handled what they represent in different games. 
 
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  Music by Jim Gaven, song Happy and Healthy off the album All Things Possible.
 
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Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 110 Aging in RPGs

     What is the impact of age on a character in RPGs.  Saul and Jolene tackle the concept of character age and how that impacts your character in an RPG.  From D&D to Call of Cthulu rpgs deal with the concept of character age differently.  Some game try to be "realistic" while others completely ignore the subject of character age.  Saul and Jolene talk about players and their choices of how old their characters will be.             Some games like Traveller and Dark Conspiracy players "choose" the age of the character by deciding how many tours/terms their character has before play.
 
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    Music by Jody Band, song Getting Up In Years.
   
      Available at Tribeofnoise.com 

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 109: Tension in RPGs

     Tension in RPGs, is it only for Horror and Mystery RPGs?  Saul and Jolene talk about how to create tension and how it just not for Horror RPGs anymore.  Tension can be a great way to keep players engaged in the game.  Also in games where the players feel tension it usually make game memorable.  But how do you make games tense?
     Saul discusses situations where he created tension in games as varied as Space Opera to D&D.  Jolene takes to the internet to get how other GMs have used tension to make a better RPG experience.
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   Music by Rud Vych, song Tension.
   Available from Tribeofnoise.com