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Gaming Perspectives With Saul and Jolene Episode 121: Player Character Backstories

        Saul and Jolene talk about PC Backstories.  From the pages long ones that creative and very imaginative players make to the two sentences that other players give their poor GMs, Saul and Jolene discuss what to do with what the players give their gm. 
      Saul and Jolene both agree that if a GM gets a good length backstory it gives great insight into what that particular player wants to see in your game.  Of course as a GM, one has to be careful what they read into what player's commit to paper or electronic file.
     As always thank you all for listening and please share our podcast.
 
   Music by  Marinos Arkadinos, song Shadows of the Past.
   Available from Tribeofnoise.com

Gaming Perspectives With Saul and Jolene Bonus Episode Interview with Christoffer Sevaldsen Author of the Black Void RPG

     Jolene and Saul were lucky enough to have back on the microphone, Christoffer Sevaldsen author of the Black Void RPG.  Christoffer has a new Kick Starter campaign to further support his "Esoteric Dark Fantasy" rpg called the Black Void.  The new project is "Black Void: Under Nebulous Skies- A Voidfarer's Travelogue, Campaign and Sourcebook".  Saul and Jolene really enjoyed talking to Christoffer after is first successful Kick Starter campaign to publish the Black Void, they were particularly glad to speak to him before his latest Kick Starter Campaign this time around.
     The interview covers a bit about the Black Void RPG Core book and the latest offerings from Christoffer and his team supporting this evocative dark fantasy game.  Though the core book is packed with setting information, fans of the game always want more, and Christoffer is really delivering with this "Tome" as he put it.  Christoffer explains what the book encompasses.  He also gave us tidbits of information about non Black Void projects he is thinking about in the future.
     The Black Void and supporting material can be found at:  https://www.blackvoidgames.com/
      The Kick Starter for Under Nebulous Skies starts next week so keep an eye out.  Also if you are an early adopter you will receive a PDF of a 130 page adventure PDF,  FREE right after the campaign ends called "Into the Oblivious Depths"
  As Always Thanks for listening and all Saul and Jolene ask is that you share our podcast.
 
  Music by Sonik Enyaw,  song The Void Beyond.
   Available from Tribeofnoise.com

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 120: Houserules in RPGs

       In this episode Saul and Jolene discuss Houserules in rpgs.  Saul uses his boyhood rules of Monopoly which were actually heavily houseruled.  It wasn't until he played much later as an adult that many of the rules as he knew them were not actually official rules of Monopoly.  Saul then moves the conversation to Original D&D and how immediately many people started houseruling this set of rules.
     Saul and Jolene discuss different types of houserules used in RPGs and if you do use alternate rules or special house rules, you should always tell your players about them.
 
    As always thank you all for listening and all we ask is that you share our podcast.
 
   Music by Joshack, song Funkyhouserule's- Why I Couldn't See Your Love(Right Before Your Eyes)
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Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 119: The Ideal GM

   The Ideal GM, what is it and why does it exist.  Saul and Jolene discuss the idea of having a player compare their GM from their past and comparing them to the current GM usually in a way that conveys that current GM does not measure up.  Usually this is a player that has been playing a good amount of years.
    On the other hand it could be a new player that has seen popular actual plays and wants or expects their games to be just like that!
    
  As always thank you all for listening and please share our podcast.
 
   Music by Soosu, song The Mountain Breeze of Nostalgia, off the album Green World.
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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.
   As Always thanks for listening and please sure our podcast
 
  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.
    As Always thanks for listening, all we ask is the you share our podcast.
 
  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.
 As Always thanks for listening and please share our podcast.
 
    Music by Tobin James and Damaged Goods, song Join The Party, off the album       Rules of the Road.
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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.
    As Always, we would like to thank you all for listening and all we ask is that you share our podcast.
 
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.
    As Always, we want to thank you all for listening and please share our podcast on your favorite social media.
 
   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.
   
    As Always, thanks for listening and please share our podcast.
 
   Music by Diogo Gregor Marins, song Rusted Memories of a Hero, off the album Faces of Madness
   Available from Tribeofnoise.com