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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Episodes
Saturday Feb 09, 2019
Saturday Feb 09, 2019
Saul and Jolene discuss what systems are good for running mystery adventures. Saul really likes the Gumshoe line of RPGs which are specifically made for running mystery games. Also good for mystery games is the Fate Core system as it is not a combat heavy game. Jolene reminds Saul that he had run a couple mystery games using Pathfinder and 5th Edition D&D. Other subjects relating to mysteries are discussed in relation to rpgs from movies like Murder on the Orient Express and tv shows like, The Rockford Files, The Republic of Doyle, and Scooby Doo.
The Full line of Gumshoe games can be found here: http://site.pelgranepress.com/index.php/gumshoe/
Information about the Rockford Files show: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071042/
The Saturday Morning Cartoon Scooby Doo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooby-Doo
The Republic of Doyle tv show : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Doyle
Music by Jared Leibowich, song We Love Mystery
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Saturday Feb 02, 2019
Saturday Feb 02, 2019
In this episode Saul and Jolene talk about Player Narrative Control in RPG's. It is sometimes difficult to define some of the terms that pop up in Role Playing games. Saul defines what Narrative Control means to him and Jolene questions his definition. Saul and Jolene discuss this term and what it means in role playing games. Saul describes games that don't have implicit narrative control like old school games like Original D&D, Space Opera, Shadowrun and those that do like Feng Shui, Fate and GM less games. Jolene questions if it is needed or even wanted by players, Saul ponders that with certain players that want that kind of experience player narrative control can make a good rpg session.
Some links to things mentioned in this Episode,
Critical Role a very popular actual play program played and GMed by voice actors. They are very famous in video games and animated shows but are very good at playing D&D. They play D&D 5th Edition using a world made up by Matt Mercer a very inventive storytelling GM. They are playing their 2nd campaign. Both campaigns are available as a video and pod cast. https://critrole.com/
The Secret Kabal Podcast is mainly a board game podcast but recently included another podcast that deals with RPGs, mainly D&D 5th edition
http://www.thesecretcabal.com/
Music by The Blend, song Control on the album, Losing the Game.
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Sunday Jan 27, 2019
Sunday Jan 27, 2019
Can roleplaying games be more than games? Saul and Jolene talk about psychology in roleplaying games. Jolene curiosity was piqued when this subject was brought up in the many esoteric conversations she has with Saul. After a bit of research and discussion with Saul the present episode was born. There has always been talk about how rpgs can be used other than a game. It turns out there have been many programs and research on the subject of roleplaying games.
Below are articles and programs where rpgs are used as tools for therapy.
Operation Z Day, a program to help clients use public transportation in Tocoma http://www2.rpgresearch.com/blog/using-role-playing-games-for-autism-spectrum-participants
http://www.seattleschild.com/Valuing-Difference-Local-Programs-Help-Kids-on-the-Spectrum-Connect/
https://geekandsundry.com/role-playing-gamers-have-more-empathy-than-non-gamers/
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1609&context=etd
Music by Nick Bommorito, song Folk Psychology from the album Harp Fragments.
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Saturday Jan 19, 2019
Saturday Jan 19, 2019
In this Episode we talk about the TV cult hit Supernatural RPG. It is a favorite show of both Saul and Jolene. They discuss the Supernatural RPG published by Margaret Weis Productions. Saul talks about why he liked the system, now called, Cortex Classic. And of course the show the RPG is based on. It is a modern day monster hunting game. Saul tells a story of Jolene trying to play from the couch until she finally has enough and joins the table to play.
The game creator was Jamie Chambers not the person I mentioned on the podcast.. oops..
Music by Mystified, Song Spooky on the album Themes.
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Saturday Jan 12, 2019
Saturday Jan 12, 2019
In this episode Saul and Jolene talk about how they make encounters and things they consider when making those encounters. Jolene talks about killing Saul's newly made Paladin character in the first session he gets to play in. Well luckily for Saul they are playing 5th Edition D&D so the Paladin only went down for a couple of rounds. So Saul and Jolene discuss what goes through their minds as they try to make encounters that are challenging and fun but not overpowering. A few examples of encounters that did not go well but we learn from all things especially mistakes.
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Music by, David Hilowitz, song Close Encounter off the album Close Encounter
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Saturday Jan 05, 2019
Saturday Jan 05, 2019
Saul and Jolene talk about Kickstarter. They discuss both the pledging and creating Kickstarter Campaigns. As a long time supporter of a few Kickstarter campaigns, Saul discusses why people support Kickstarter campaigns. Jolene attests to the number of KickStarter that Saul has pledged and who has been pretty happy with most of the pledges. Saul discusses the help that is out there for creators and talks about specific Kickstarter campaigns he has supported in the past and one that is currently active.
Happy New Year Everyone!!!
For tips on how to run a good Kickstarter campaign you can look at a very successful Kickstarter creator Jamie Stegmaier, go to the following web page. https://stonemaiergames.com/kickstarter/
The current Kickstarter RPG that Saul has pledged to and still has 10 days left as of this episode's publication.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/encoded/the-streets-of-avalon
The book mentioned by Saul about medieval life by Phil McGregor available on DriveThruRPG can be found here.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/222678/Orbis-Mundi-2?src=hottest_filtered
Music by Scott Holmes, song Follow Your Dreams.
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Saturday Dec 29, 2018
Saturday Dec 29, 2018
So the whole D&D "Band" can't get together on the next session. Don't cancel play a D&D Boardgame to get your D&D fix. Saul and Jolene talk about D&D themed boardgames that might scratch the D&D itch just so most of you that can get together can still play. Saul and Jolene discuss Castle Ravenloft and some of the other themed games using the same game system. A different type of game is Lords of Waterdeep a worker placement game set in the Forgotten Realms D&D Campaign Setting. Jolene's best advice might be, "Don't sit couples next to each other". And lastly we discuss Betrayal at Balder's Gate, another game set on the famous Sword Coast in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting
Music by Box Cat Games, song "Victory"
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Saturday Dec 22, 2018
Saturday Dec 22, 2018
The Ranger Class first introduced to Dungeons and Dragons players was way back in 1978 in the Advanced D&D Player's Handbook. The class had first been seen in Dragon Magazine issues. In the Players Handbook the Ranger really saw the light of day and it drew many players to this homage of Tolkien's novels. The Ranger has been in D&D ever since in all editions to this day. As a sub-class of a fighter the Ranger is a departure from that class in a sense that Rangers are not a heavy combat class.
The differences from a standard Fighter make the Ranger an interesting class to play. And that departure makes it a fun class to play in D&D.
R.A. Salvatore wrote the Drizzt novels before the year 2000 and so Saul's idea of that character influencing the Ranger Class D&D 3rd Edition is possible.
Star Rangers was a MS-Dos game published in 1995.
Song by Tone Ranger, song Cheyenne off the album Tone Ranger.
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Sunday Dec 16, 2018
Sunday Dec 16, 2018
This week Saul and Jolene talk about where they get Inspiration for the RPG adventures they run. They discuss normal avenues of inspiration for adventures such as movies, tv and books. They also discuss other things that can inspire and help you get an idea for your next adventure. Locations, news articles and many other things have inspired Saul and Jolene to come up with some very entertaining and popular games for conventions and at home. Please share our podcast in your social media which would greatly help get our podcast to more listeners. Thanks for listening.
Music by GOMON, song Inpiration off the album "Vol 3"
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Sunday Dec 09, 2018
Sunday Dec 09, 2018
The classic Cleric is discussed in this episode. Saul thinks they are like the last class to be picked by players, like that last kid picked on the sports team. Why does it seem that everyone thinks a party should have a Cleric but then its a hassle because nobody wants to play one. Saul uses playing Overwatch, a computer game, where the healer is always the last character chosen. Jolene disagrees with Saul on how no one wants to play one. Saul and Jolene discuss the benefits of playing a Cleric and how they offer roleplay opportunities more than other classes.
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Music by Sikhara, song Healing.
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