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 13, 2019
Saturday Apr 13, 2019
In this Episode Saul and Jolene talk about knowing the rules for a rpg game. How important is it, how necessary is it for a GM to know the all the rules? What about the players? Saul and Jolene talk about their trials and tribulations of knowing the rules to rpgs they have run in the past. They talk about running new Role Playing Games at your home game and at game conventions. They discuss what can happen when a GM is not as knowledgeable of the rules as their players. This could make the game pretty difficult for the GM.
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Music by Bob Ostertag, song Right Like a Railroad, off the album Fear No Love.
Available from FreeMusicArchive.com
Tuesday Apr 09, 2019
Tuesday Apr 09, 2019
When you interview someone that has been around hobby gaming longer than you been alive you never know what you going to get. We did know we were going to get a wealth of information about local gaming conventions. We discover why Mark is one if not the only person that GM's Arduin at Dundracon, because of his special connection to that classic rpg. Also as the event planner for DDC, Mark also gives us an inside peek of cons that we as attendees don't usually see. Add a very frank conversation about all the local game cons that Mark goes to and you get an informative and at times surprising revelations. Like what Bay Area game con has the best rpg games? Listen to find out.
Join us for a great talk with Mark Schynert the "event planner" at DDC and active attendee at Kublacon and other Bay Area Cons.
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Tuesday Apr 09, 2019
Tuesday Apr 09, 2019
Another bonus interview episode this time is with Kublacon GM Mike G. He has been running games at local cons for many years and he is one GM that is not afraid to play new or different games. We learn about his early intro into rpgs and why he likes to play rpgs that are a bit off the beaten path. Mike also shares with us how his gaming con experience has changed for the better because of a different way of looking at attending gaming conventions. This interview gives great insight into a really determined GM that wants to give players a great con experience. Find out what game he is running and if it intrigues you, sign up and play in one of Mike Garcia's games you won't regret it. See you at Kublacon!!!
Here is a link to Golden Sky Stories. Check it out at: http://starlinepublishing.com/our-games/golden-sky-stories/
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Saturday Apr 06, 2019
Saturday Apr 06, 2019
In this episode Saul and Jolene talk about Shadowrun 5th Edition. Saul started running Shadowrun back in the early 1990's. He ran a campaign that lasted a couple summers. He loved the setting which was a mix of William Gibson's Neuromancer and the magical world of Tolkien. Jolene discovered Shadowrun last year at a Gaming Flea market where she encountered a few Shadowrun books and asked me if I had ever heard of it. She had bought me four or five supplements. She was enticed by the art and the story elements of the setting. I dugout my old 1st Edition books and set to re-reading the books.
I had acquired the newest edition on PDF in a charity bundle a few years before. But I like physical books and bought one online. This 5th edition book is massive. I was shocked how the latest writers went against the latest trend in rpgs of making them simpler and streamlined. Shadowrun 5th edition did not go in that direction and doubled down on the crunch in my opinion. Even so I decided to offer the game to our group they jumped at playing and on New Years Eve of 2018 I ran my first session in over 25 years.
It was a HUGE hit with everyone. Even if the rules crunch was intimidating the setting and genre was much too good to resist and they wanted to play again. We just finished another session and it looks like it will now be the game our group will play in our Saturday game. So after you make a snack run at the local Stuffer Shack Chummer sit down with your favorite soycaff, turn on your Augmented Reality to high(whether you use AR glasses or just connect to your cybernetic eyes) and lets talk about Shadowrun.
As always thank all of you for listening and all we ask is that you share with your friends, family and on your social networks to get our podcast to as many listeners as possible. Thanks again.
We use the Shadowrun character generator Chummer 5. It is a free resource that you can find and download for free just search for Chummer 5
Here is a very good start to a series of videos on how to play Shadowrun 5th Edition by the charming Lauren Bond.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvEEmCPQgy8&list=PLArPinp0lXCuTbptzAktglQi-DIVXeIiV
Here is another series by Aaron Der Schaedel. Not a polished as the above videos but still very informative.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek_zr666sV8&list=PLArPinp0lXCuTbptzAktglQi-DIVXeIiV&index=11
Music by Jan Morgenstern, song Chasing Shadows off the album The Secret Number.
Available at FreeMusicArchive.com
Saturday Mar 30, 2019
Saturday Mar 30, 2019
In this Episode Saul and Jolene talk about a "Bad GM". They discuss things you should do as a player when you have this problem in a RPG. First is identify the problem. Then get consensus with your fellow players. Then once the problem in confirmed then its time to be an adult, and have that kind of conversation. This is much more complicated issue so Saul and Jolene discuss the many different aspects of this problem. Of course Saul has to digress a couple of times to share a stories that may or may not have relevance, but as usual Jolene has the talent to bring him back on topic.
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Music by Terry Malts Band, song It's Not Me.
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Wednesday Mar 27, 2019
Wednesday Mar 27, 2019
Matt joins us on our 2nd Pre-Kublacon interview. It is strange to think that over the last 35 years Saul and Matt had crossed paths many times but only really got to know each other by going to local game cons in Bay Area. Matt shares with Saul and Jolene quite a bit of his history and how a kid from North Dakota came to the Golden State and settled in the Bay Area. Matt is a popular GM at game conventions. Matt tells us why Kublacon is very special to him.
We apologize for the wonky audio but it happens sometimes when dealing with the finicky internet. Still I think it is a very worthwhile to listen to this interview even with the less than perfect sound.
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Here is the link to the Kickstarter Matt mentioned. Add Science Fantasy to your 5th Edition game: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/montecookgames/arcana-of-the-ancients-a-5e-science-fantasy-source
Here is the link to Kublacon: https://www.kublacon.com/
Wednesday Mar 27, 2019
Wednesday Mar 27, 2019
Kublacon the convention that takes place here in the Bay Area in Northern California over the Memorial Day Weekend is the biggest game con on the West Coast. Saul and Jolene decided to ask GM, Con-attendees why they like gaming cons and Kublacon specifically. The first one to be interviewed was Honda C., she started playing while in Jr High School but stopped in High School as her gaming friends found other "cooler" things to do. We learn why she likes game cons and why Kublacon is such a good convention for her. Every point she made we totally agree with. Listen to this gamer that found gaming just a few years ago and is making up for lost time. From what she told us, she is making up for lost gaming time. Thanks for doing the interview Honda!
Here is the link to Kublacon; https://www.kublacon.com/
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Saturday Mar 23, 2019
Saturday Mar 23, 2019
In this week's podcast, Saul and Jolene talk about Deadlands. A classic rpg by Pinnacle. Deadlands: The Weird West Roleplaying game was first published in 1996. It is a world that diverges from our own at the Battle of Gettysburg. Soldiers killed in that battle rose from the dead. Also a huge Earthquake caused most of California to collaspe into the Pacific Ocean. Raven a Native American shaman let loose spirits let back into the world. This is the world of Deadlands . A fantastic setting of six guns, crazy machines powered by Ghost Rock, and gamblers able to throw spells. It is a really fun setting. One that Saul wishes he would be able to play more often in.
Music by Saul from watching a Youtube video on how to play Spaghetti music on guitar available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6K_QJmaTJY&t=405s
Off a Squire Strat played into my computer with a Rocksmith tone cable. Reverb and effects added from Audacity. Took an hour of practice to play the simple lesson. Check out the video!
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Saturday Mar 16, 2019
Saturday Mar 16, 2019
Saul and Jolene discuss this useful tool to utilize when running RPGs. What it an X-Card? When should you use it? Why should you use it? Saul and Jolene talk about these topics and Saul remembers when he thought he didn't need to use such a tool because he didn't run "those" type of games. As usual Saul deviates from the topic, but there is some relevance to his meandering stories.
Thanks to all the people to download and listen to our podcast from England, Canada and many states in the U.S. Thanks for listening. All we ask is that you share our podcast in your social networks to get our podcast to as many listeners as possible.
We also have an email account where you can reach out to us and ask questions, give constructive criticism, and if there is something you would want us to discuss, please send us an email at gamingperspectives.com@gmail.com
More information about the X Card can by found here : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SB0jsx34bWHZWbnNIVVuMjhDkrdFGo1_hSC2BWPlI3A/mobilebasic
Music by the tunnel, Song Trigger off the album Sultry Daggers.
Available at FreeMusicArchive.com
Saturday Mar 09, 2019
Saturday Mar 09, 2019
In this episode we decided to change things up a little and discuss a skirmish/miniature game called Gaslands by Osprey Publishing. This neat little miniature game that uses Hot Wheels or Matchbox cars uses an easy set of rules to play. The setting is a near post apocalyptic setting where deadly races are televised across the Earth. At a local game con, Dundracon, Saul played with his good friend Bay, Augustin his son and Ian with very little prep or terrain. We all had a blast. Jolene pointed out that at a local game store there was going to be a demo of this game. So all three of us went.
The people putting on the demo were very well versed in the game and had set up three tables complete with great terrain and painted and "modded" cars with MG's, missles and other weapons. They had great accessories like acrylic templates, special dice and tokens. I even met a friend of mine I hadn't seen in years! We all had a great time. So we decided to talk about it on our podcast. A great thanks to Jay and Chris for putting on a great demo event of Gaslands.
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More info about Gaslands at https://gaslands.com/
At https://www.etsy.com you can find great accessories for Gaslands from MRlasershop and FunBoardGames.
Music by Ian Sutherland, song Sunset and Sh*tty Cars, off the album The Age of Understanding and Assorted Tunes.
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