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 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.
Available at FreeMusicArchive.com
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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Sunday Mar 03, 2019
Sunday Mar 03, 2019
In this Episode Saul and Jolene talk about Magic Items in your campaign. They discuss what thoughts and processes they use to come up with magical items. First decision for the GM is how much magic is in your world. Whether its a home brew world or one that you buy this first decision has a great impact on the amount of magic in your world and therefore the amount and type of magical items in that world. Saul spills the beans on why he puts up magic shops in his world even though he personally doesn't like the idea of a "magic shop" in his world. Jolene brings up a magical item that Saul gave to a player as he passed the campaign to Jolene. This item shows how a GM has to be careful in dole out magical items with strange abilities as players can often exploit these items in ways the GM had not envisioned.
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Music by Myndra, song Magic Tool off the album Songs From Your Collarbone.
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Saturday Feb 23, 2019
Saturday Feb 23, 2019
Fresh from going to Dundracon, Saul and Jolene talk about one of the most influential literary works that has influenced Fantasy Role Playing Games. Middle-Earth the world created by J. R.R. Tolkien is one of the most well known worlds in the fantasy genre. Saul proposes that if it were not for The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings books that RPGs as we know them probably would not have existed or at least not in the way they are today. That is because, Saul says that Gary Gygax was influenced greatly by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Jolene has her view on the matter but regardless on where you stand on that discussion, there have been many attempts at making a RPG where you could play in that world. From M.E.R.P to The One Ring, Saul and Jolene talk about playing an RPG in the world of Middle Earth.
Music by Jahzzar, song Wizard off the album Dune.
Available at FreeMusicArchive.com
Monday Feb 18, 2019
Monday Feb 18, 2019
We got all kinds of people to join us on the microphone as we recorded Live at DunDraCon on Sunday.
We would like to especially thank David Jones for coming back to us to tell us what his DDC experience had been. We had a Pre-DDC interview where we got to know David. Mike E. the executive producer of Kublacon and shared us new things happening at his game convention. We got Dundrcon staff Rachelle B the Publicist, Ariel P LARP coordinator, Meg C Demo coordinator and Con Reg Deputy, Becky T. Teen Room coordinator.
And we got a long time running GM Doc Cross a legend at DDC who has run a Toon rpg for the last 33 years!!
Items mentioned in our podcast.
Kublacon
The Roleplay Workshop
SCA
Doc Cross on Face Book and d.cross on Twitter
Dystopia Rising
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Next is KublaCon where we will be doing another Live Recording of Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene.
Thanks again.
Monday Feb 18, 2019
Monday Feb 18, 2019
Saul and Jolene attend one of the favorite local gaming conventions called DunDraCon, which was nice enough to give us room in their very busy and packed to the gills convention to do a live recording of our podcast. For us we learned a great deal about setting up our podcast for live recording. But it was a lot of fun and we got some great comments by con attendees that stopped by our table. This was our first recording in a crowded space so the level of background noise if much higher than our regular "studio". Its also not edited except for a bad word than had to be bleeped, but I think it was a good first effort.
We would also like to Thank Dundracon attendees Cathy M. Elaine C. and Bay C. for stopping by and answering our questions.
Saul and Jolene.. Sorry no intro or outro music which should return with our regular Episodes.
Have a Good Day!!
Saul and Jolene