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Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Bonus Episode: Live at Kublacon Saturday

     This Bonus Episode was recorded on Saturday at Kublacon.  A little tired we got to our spot at 9am and began recording shortly there after.  Here is some notes about this show.
    At 1 minute  Kevin a Lifetime Kublacon badge holder joins us right away.                                 We talk to him from a variety of topics.  Thursday night                                       Kubla, playing online, RPGs in prison, kids affecting your                                   gaming.
     21:00           Our friend's son joins us, 15 year old Alan M.  Gives us his                                   first Kublacon memory and it includes a hot tub.  Games he                               has played and what he likes about Kublacon.
     43:30          Steve DeWinter joins us and tells us what he has been doing                              and what he has been working on.  Steve is a very busy man.                               We talk about his name change, Ashland Oregon, and the 40                              novels he has written.
     51:30           Just Do It and Steve's Wizard of Oz novel.
      55:30         Steve's game Starship Hero  Starship-hero.com
      1:00:00      Screen Writer format.
      1:06:00      Movie maker and Radio Drama creator.
      1:08:00      Narrative Adventure Story App, living next to Levi Stadium.
      1:23:00       Jolene is tired and hungry but we are joined by our friend                                   Bay to help us sign off for the day.  The game Sol Bay talked
                           about by Ryan Spangler is available from                                                                   Elephantlaboratories.com
       As always thanks for listening and please share with your friends and family.
       
     

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Bonus Episode: Live from KublaCon Friday

     First of all I want to apologize for the lateness of this episode.  Technical difficulties prevented us from post these right after recording.  And even before we left for Kublacon our podcast computer died.  What I thought was a bad or corrupted boot file was worse.  So it taken a bit longer to get these episodes published.  
      We also recorded longer than our normal 30 minutes and the episodes area about an hour and a half long. 
    So I will be including a bit more detailed show notes.
   1-13 minutes Saul and Jolene talk about what games they  have been playing.
   14  Lifetime pass and Hyatt Regency discussion.
   21  Game of Thrones
   22  Ron Smith co creator of Wizardz Bluff talks about the game he is                     demoing at Kubla.  Can check out the game at Wizardzbluff.com 
    24  Back to Game of Thrones rant by Saul
    26:40  Steve and the Conan Boardgame Kickstarter and mandatory 
                  Kickstarter discussion.
     31:00    Flea Markets and Garage Sales finds.
     40:00    Empire of the Petal Thrones discussion
      48:40   Sean Nittner Comes by and talk about Big Bad Con.  How it                                started and what it has become.   Sean also talks about running                          Agon, Blades in the Dark and Ride or Die.  BigBadCon.com
       1:00:10  Theresa of Temple Gate Games sits and talks about her                                           "Exhibitor" badge and what she is doing at KublaCon.  Their                                products can be seen at Templegategames.com
        1:20:00   We sign off for the day.
 
       As always thanks for listening and please share with your friends and family.  
 
 
    

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode Fifty: Emergency Encounters

     What happens when your game goes a direction that you had not thought it would?  This happens to every GM.  Whether your a railroady type of GM or a more improve type sometimes your players really throw you for a loop. You don't know what to do.  Saul and Jolene discuss the idea of having one or two encounters that you can fit into almost any situation.  Something that you can slide in to help get the players back on track or just to tide you over until the next session where you can figure out what to do next in your campaign.  Though we talk about D&D this could fit into almost any RPG you play from Traveller, Numenera, Deadlands or whatever your playing this could help keep you sane.  
     We are coming up on Episode 52 which is our one year anniversary of starting our podcast.  We are thinking of doing something special.  So stay tuned.
   As always thanks for listening and all we ask is that you share with your family and friends.
 

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode Forty-Nine: Off Game Table Discussions

    Saul and Jolene talk about Off Game Table Discussions.  What happens when you don't have enough time at the game table to Roleplay as much as you wanted during a game session?  The reasons why you don't have enough time is varied but sometimes as adults we only have a few precious hours to play.  And at times to be able to move the story forward you can't RP as much as you like.  Or there are elements about your character that you don't want to hog up all the time talking about your character motivations, insecurities or passions.  The answer is to take those kind of discussions off the "Game Table" and discuss it in chat, email or over a voice chat application or program such as Discord.
     Saul and Jolene talk about how they have used this to enrich their roleplaying games without taking valuable face to face or even online gaming sessions.  This can be used by both GMs and players to give or get more detail about the world, characters or events in the game.   
   As always thanks for listening and please share with your friends and family.
 
    Music by Damiano Baldoni, song Celtic Warrior off the album Lost Destiny.
  Available from FreeMusicArchive.com
 
 

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Bonus Episode Mike Eckert 14 Day til Kublacon

     Mike Eckert, the Executive Producer, of Kublacon is back with our third interview 14 Days before Kublacon.  Saul and Jolene get a bit of his time to talk about Kublacon which is only 14 days away.  Mike is super busy getting ready to put on one of the biggest gaming conventions on the West Coast and it right here in the San Francisco Bay Area.  We have been attending Kublacon from the very beginning and it was Augustin's ,Saul and Jolene's son, first game convention at the tender age of 6 months.  Augustin does not know a Memorial Day Weekend without Kubla, as we lovingly call it.  
     So we wrangled some free minutes of Mike's time away from Kubla work and he chatted with us about his escapades in the last year attending numerous gaming conventions across the U.S.  and using that knowledge to make changes to certain elements of how Kublacon does certain things.  As always with a larger gaming con in a high populated area, rooms, parking and overall Kubla experience at the fore front of Mike's mind.  Using what he learned from numerous other cons and feedback of 18 years of previous Kublacons convinced Mike and his Kublacon Staff to make some small changes.  As with all our interview episodes this is minimally edited and a bit longer than our usual episodes but we do enjoy doing them. 
      As always thank you all for listening and all we ask is that you please share our podcast with your family and friends.
    For more info on Kublacon go to   https://www.kublacon.com/
    You can still buy a badge and pre-register for games before you get to the con.  Pre-game registration closes on May 15th!
 
   
     

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene The Becky T. Interview

      Kublacon is only a couple weeks away and we have another interview with a Kublacon staff member.  This time Becky Thomas the Coordinator of Kublacon Youth Program joins us on the microphone.   Me and Jolene have known Becky since Augustin was a baby going into Kublacon's then Kids Room, where Becky was in charge.  She ran a very busy and growing population of kid gamers at Kublacon.  Now the Kid's Room is split into two separate rooms one for younger children and teens.  It has been amazing to see the program that Becky runs grow from a good sized room of 40-50 kids to hundreds.   Saul and Jolene find out what an awesome gamer, teacher, storyteller and true pillar of the gamer community Becky has been for over 30 years.  
    As always thank you all for listening and all we ask is that you share our podcast with friends and family.
     Becky Thomas runs the Roleplay Workshop for more info go to  https://roleplayworkshop.com/
    On Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RoleplayWorkshop/
     On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/roleplayworkshop/
   Becky is also running her Abantey Game at Kublacon in the Teen room on Friday from 6pm to Midnight. Sign up at the Teen Room.
 
 
 

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 48: All Things Dice

     Ever gamer has a special relationship with dice.  And table top gamers are no different or possibly more fervent with their dice.  Usually they can never have enough or couple always use another set.  Saul and Jolene talk about their dice.  Are all superstitious?  Probably.  They go on to discuss dice trays and dice towers, and it seems that most gamers have strong opinions as to whether they like these dice accessories.  Saul and Jolene give some reasons why dice trays and towers might be good to have at your table. 
    As Always thanks for listening and all we ask is that you share our podcast with family and friends.
 
      

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Bonus Episode: The Vern R. Interview

     Continuing our Pre-Kublacon interviews, we got Vern R. to join us this time.  Vern is the RPG Coordinator for Kublacon and Pacificon.   He is a LONG time gamer and has played with many excellent gamers from the SF Bay Area.  A local kid Vern grew up in the heart of what would become Silicon Valley.  His gamer story is filled with long treks to hobby game stores and was even impacted by the Satanic Panic of the late 80's and 90's .  He is a tireless worker at Kublacon, as I see him working and playing at Kublacon at all hours.  Me and Jolene are grateful for taking time to join us and tell us his story.  
       As all our interviews this is unedited.
   As always thanks for listening and all we ask is that you share our podcast with your family and friends.

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Bonus Episode: DDC Special Announcement by Mark S.

            This is a bonus special announcement episode by Mark S. of DunDraCon.    In Feb. 14-17th, 2020 DDC will be at the San Ramon Marriot where it has been for the last 28 years.  But in 2021 DunDraCon is moving to the Santa Clara Marriot in Santa Clara.  We wanted to put this news out as quickly as possible so we give you the interview announcement without editing.  Mark shares with us the big news and other changes that he is planning on making starting in 2020 at DDC and then the "Big Change" in 2021 to Santa Clara.  We would like to thank Mark for sharing breaking information.
    As Always thanks for listening and all we ask is that you share this podcast with friends and family.
 
 

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 47: John Carter of Mars RPG

     In this episode we discuss our play test of John Carter of Mars rpg.  It is published by Modiphius and uses the 2D20 system.  This is a "streamlined" version of the 2D20 system used in Mutant Chronicles 3rd Edition, Conan RPG, Star Trek Adventures and the Infinity RPG.  Saul and Jolene played this with their friend Steve and our collective kids.  Saul gave a quick introduction to the setting, rules and we were off to a fantastic adventure on Barsoom.  Thank you all for listening and all we ask is that you share our podcast with your friends and family.
    Full disclosure we received a PDF of the rules from Modiphius.
 
     Music is back. 
   Music by Jahzzar, song Seas of Mars off the album  Galaxy.