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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Saturday Apr 18, 2020
Saturday Apr 18, 2020
In this Episode Saul and Jolene talk about one of their favorite genres, Steampunk. Saul talks about various books of the Steampunk genre he has read. Saul and Jolene discuss the various RPGs that fall under the genre of Steampunk. Some are dismissed as not Steampunk by Saul but Jolene thinks that some of those dismissed by Saul are Steampunk. In the end Jolene asks Saul to run a RPG of the Steampunk variety.
As always thank you all for listening and please share our podcast in your favorite social media.
And during these times Stay Safe everyone!
Music by Slendit, song Steampunk.
Available from Tribeofnoise.com
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
Sunday Apr 12, 2020
This week Saul and Jolene discuss new RPGs for every new movie, tv show or book. Do we really need a new game for these intellectual properties that we see. Saul has always said you don't but lately, he seems to have changed his mind a bit.
In this episode listeners learn that Saul has a large RPG collection, their personal copy of Ticket to Ride has seen over a thousand plays, and that certain IP's deserve their own rpg if they are done well. Of course as usual Saul meanders around this topic while Jolene steers the conversation back to the topic.
As always, thanks for listening and all we ask is that you share our podcast on your social media channels.
Stay Safe Everyone!
Music by Rama Demetrius Dyushambee, song What's Your Game, off the album Let's Heal It.
Available from Tribeofnoise.com
Saturday Apr 04, 2020
Saturday Apr 04, 2020
In this episode Saul and Jolene talk about the differences between "Hard Science Fiction" and plain ole science fiction in RPGs what it means and some differences. From artificial gravity, FTL travel, personal and ship combat and other topics are covered in this fun discussion about what your flavor of science fiction you like and give many examples of RPGs that tackle these different types of SF.
As always, thank you all for listening and all we ask is that you share our podcast on the social media you use.
Also we ask all of you to stay safe during the current Covid-19 pandemic.
Music by Aton Hotep, song Duel in Space.
Available from Tribeofnoise.com
Sunday Mar 29, 2020
Sunday Mar 29, 2020
This week Saul and Jolene discuss the using of "real life" events in RPGs. Saul and Jolene talk how using real life events maybe problematic at your game table. Do you really want to use a recent event as a back drop to your game? Will inclusion of serious, real life altering events cause some of your players not to have fun at your game table?
Saul and Jolene give tips on how to keep things fun at your table when using real life events in your role playing games.
As Always Thanks for Listening and all we ask is that you share our podcast in your social media.
Stay Safe Everyone!
Music by Jon Aiken, song Welcome to the Real World, album by the same name.
Music available from Tribeofnoise.com
Sunday Mar 22, 2020
Sunday Mar 22, 2020
In this week's episode Saul and Jolene talk about Sub-Optimal Characters. The discussion kinda meanders this week from creating flawed characters, to a discussion of Min-Max players, problems as story elements etc.
As Always thanks for listening and all we ask is that you share our podcast in your social media networks.
Also with the Covid-19 outbreak please stay safe. You all should know the drill, wash your hands for 20 seconds, don't touch your face and maintain social distancing. Stay Safe Everyone!
Music by Cindy Ex25Cents, song Hard Times, off the album Cindy Stepping Out.
Available from Tribeofmusic.com
Saturday Mar 14, 2020
Saturday Mar 14, 2020
Getting the Gang Together, as adult gamers this tends to be a big problem. Just getting a day when you can play a nice rpg session in can be daunting in today's world of tight schedules. Saul and Jolene talk about this subject on why as adults we just can't play like we used to when we were kids.
Saul and Jolene also discuss some simple PC tools you can use to get a better chance of getting a game group together.
As always thank you all for listening and all we ask is that you Share on your social media networks. Thanks!
Music by Incognito Souls, song Get It Together, off the album Ten From Within
Available at tribeofnoise.com
Saturday Mar 07, 2020
Saturday Mar 07, 2020
In this episode Saul and Jolene talk about Dark Themed RPGs. They talk about the different games that explore darker themes than most RPGs that focus on Adventure and Heroics. From post-apocalyptic to games where you play monsters such as Vampire, Werewolf, Monster Hearts, Saul runs through games he has played and at times run.
Jolene with much less experience in playing different RPGs wonders about the fascination with playing monsters. She also wonders about consent in games that tend toward dealing with darker subjects or more mature orientated games.
As always thank you all for listening and please share our podcast in your social networks.
Music by Quietness47, song A Rose in the Darkness.
Available at Tribeofnoise.com
Sunday Mar 01, 2020
Sunday Mar 01, 2020
Civility is boardgames. What is more important your friendship or "WINNING"! Saul and Jolene talk about boardgame civility, at home, at tournaments or conventions. What games don't make it to the table because there is too much player interaction. Backstabbing element in the game? Better make sure all your players can handle it.
Saul and Jolene talk about a question a listener had on if it was okay to block someone from getting to a city in a Ticket to Ride boardgame?
Or in Carcassone, adding a tile to a castle claimed by another player to make it more difficult for that play to finish and score more points?
Saul and Jolene have friends that like to play very contentious games and others who don't.
Ticket to Ride is available anywhere, even Target
Carcassone is a great easy to learn tile laying game available anywhere they sell hobby games.
Leaving Earth is available at https://lumenaris.com/leavingearth.html
Music is by Jahazzar, song Be Nice off the album 1Up.
Available at Tribeofnoise.com
Saturday Feb 29, 2020
Saturday Feb 29, 2020
In this Episode Saul and Jolene talk to Brandon Raasch of BARD Games. Currently Brandon has a Kickstarter for the boardgame The Lost Worlds of Josh Kirby. This is the second time we have had the pleasure of talking to Brandon while he has had a live KS campagin.
In this episode Brandon talks about his new game The Lost Worlds of Josh Kirby and the interesting finds the Josh Kirby estate has found looking previously unpublished art for the game. An interesting find were letters written to Josh Kirby by Ray Bradbury, which is a pretty significant find to any fan of either artist.
With the great art and a great gamer's game The Lost Worlds of Josh Kirby is a great game to add to any gamer's library.
Here is the link to the Kickstarter Campaign for the Lost Worlds of Josh Kirby:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lostworldsjoshkirby/the-lost-worlds-of-josh-kirby
Here is the link to BARD games home page.
https://www.bardgames.fun/
Music by Alazarin, song Lost Worlds.
Available at Tribeofnoise.com
Monday Feb 24, 2020
Monday Feb 24, 2020
Saul and Jolene went to Dundracon 44 in San Ramon California over the President's Day weekend. On Saturday they recorded at DDC and had two people join them on the microphone one was the much mentioned Felipe, Saul's older brother, and Phil, Saul's long time friend and fellow gamer. Felipe is the older brother that got Saul started on his lifetime love of hobby gaming with the introduction of Original D&D in 1978. Phil, Saul met in a high school Geometry class, but didn't game with him until Saul returned from college and was re-introduced to Phil by Jim, a fellow friend and gamer.
This episode is lightly edited and does have substantial background noise of a gaming convention in full swing, even while recording in a "quiet" hall, on a Saturday morning.
Some of the recording was lost due to the use of new equipment but that loss of recording was minimal.
As always thanks for listening and please share our podcast in your social media networks.