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Episode 264: New RPGs for 2024, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

         This Episode Saul and Jolene discuss some RPGs that are making their was to being published in 2024.  Saul threw in a couple that have just been published in the last months of 2023.   These are games that have piqued the interest of Saul and Jolene.     Podcast Error: the first RPG discussed by Saul he stated was called the Lost Isle but it is called the Hidden Isle.  The link to their Kickstarter page is here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/causacreations/the-hidden-isle    Our Apologies for this mistake.
 Thank you all for listening      If you have any question or game topics which you would like Saul and Jolene to discuss  you can reach Saul or Jolene at gamingperspectives.com@gmail.com      Web Art by Jim Foster       Episode Art by Michael Shean-Jones.
    The author of Shadow of the Demon Lord and Shadow of the Weird Wizard  is Robert Schwalb. Here is his website: https://schwalbentertainment.com/shadow-of-the-demon-lord/ 
    I didn't mention the author of Pendragon that is Greg Stafford. Here is Chaosium website: https://www.chaosium.com/pendragon-rpg/  
     Here is the link to the Marvel Multiverse RPG:  https://www.marvel.com/rpg    
    The Walking Dead RPG information can be found at the Free League website here: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/the-walking-dead-universe-roleplaying-game/        Music by Lady Jazzer, song Carol of the Bells   Available from Tribeofnoise.com   Used under the Creative Commons License 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ 
 

Episode 263: Beginner Miniature Games, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

     A bit different in this episode Saul and Jolene talk about Miniature Wargames.   Miniature Games come in all genres, from large armies to single miniatures on a table.   Some have large books for rules others don't.  Jolene was asking about miniature games that were not Warhammer 40K and easy to play.   Saul has played more miniature games than Jolene but she has been going to conventions and has watched many miniature games and asked the players many questions about their games.  Most have been very accomodating to tell her what the games were about.       Saul and Jolene looked at miniature games which would be good for beginners or ease of entry into the miniature game hobby.    Some games were tied to Intellectual properties like Star Wars and The Walking Dead, others had their own settings and worlds.   The genres go from survival, sports, war, fantasy, science fiction and more.  The common thread among the games discussed were that they were very easy to start playing for a miniature game.      As always thanks for listening.    Web Art by Jim Foster    Episode Art by Michael Shean-Jones
    Music by Timbrelane, song Wargames    Available from Tribeofnoise.com    Used under the Creative Commons License 3.0    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
 
 

Episode 262: NPC Dialogue, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

     Saul saw a post on Reddit about a GM who had problems Roleplaying Dialogue with the PC when they were talking for the NPCs.   The GM also wanted the players to do more RP in their sessions.   Saul realized this was a big problem for a GM that wants more RP from his players but was really intimidated by NPC dialogue.  There were quite a few help hints in the responses but other Reddit users.  Saul thought some of them were really ingenious and talked to Jolene about this as a toplic for the podcast.       Jolene agreed with Saul that this GM was in quite a Pickle.  Whether you call it  nerves, bu tterflies, or "stage fright" those things have to be overcome for a GM to be able to run a RPG session.   There are things you can do to overcome these obsticles.  As you try and learn them,  different techniques will help you run NPCs better.    Thank You All for Listening     Web Art by Jim Foster    Episode Art by Michael Shean-Jones
    Music by Ed Nopoli, song Speechless.   Available from Tribeofnoise.com   Used under the Creative Commons License 4.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
    
 
 

Bonus Episode: Interview with Panny and Aled of Leyline Press, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

    In this Bonus Episode we interview Panny and Aled of Leyline Press who just very recently fullfilled their Kickstarter for Salvage Union a post apocalyptic mech game.  I came across their rather large "Quickstart" rules a while ago and was impressed with the scope of their free quickstart PDF and how well their RPG was presented.      I remembered dealing with Panny when he worked for Modiphius and talked with him on Discord.   After a quick chat we decided to do an interview.      Salvage Union is quite a smart and rules light Post Apocalyptic Mech game.  But there is quite a bit of variety for a light game as far as Mech building and personalization which I find very much needed in a Mech game of any kind.   Order your Salvage Union RPG from the Leyline Press website.  Any order over 40 pounds or $50 dollars and change will get you free shipping for the entire month of December.   Here is their website link: https://leyline.press/        As Always Thank You All For Listening.      Web Art by Jim Foster    Episode Art by Michael Shean-Jones

Episode 261: Metacurrency Kills Roleplaying, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

    Saul was looking at FB posts and he read a post concerning the topic of metacurrency in RPGs games.  The Original Poster had a rather negative view of metacurrency.  One that too many new RPGs were using this "gimmick".  Another complaint was that it drew him out of the immersion of the roleplaying session with the use of metacurrency which there was little or no explanation about the metacurrency in the actual play.   Another problem was that it seems lazy roleplaying game design.     This post got quite a few responses and Saul asked Jolene about her thoughts on the subject.  After that discussion a decision was made to make it an episode topic.    Hopefully all of you in the states had a great Thanksgiving.     Also we would love to hear from you and you can reach Saul and Jolene at: gaming.perspectives@gmail.com   Contact us for anything you want to let us know,  topics we should do an episode on, what you like and don't like about our podcast.   As Always thanks for listening.  Web Art by Jim Foster  Episode Art by Michael Shean-Jones     Music by Music Matter, song If You Got Money.   Available from Tribeofnoise.com   Used under the Creative Commons License 4.0    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Episode 260: Roleplaying In Combat, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

Roleplaying during combat scenes?  Is this possible.  It seems that most "real" Roleplayers check out during this part of the roleplaying game because it is the least interesting, too tactical, too simulationist.   Saul and Jolene counter this mindset and say that you can indeed have Roleplying during Combat.     They discuss different games and playstyles.  With creative input from the GM and the players the roleplaying of an RPG does not have to stop when the combat dice hit the table.     Thank You All for Listening.     Web Art by Jim Foster     Episode Art by Michael Shean-Jones
    Music by Jort, song Keep On Fighting, off the album Yarn    Available from Tribeofnoise.com   Used Under the Creative Commons License 3.0    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
 

Episode 259:When the GM is Wrong, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

      This is a subject that is very close to every GM.  Saul who has been a GM for over 40 years has gotten things once or twice over those years from rules, to setting GMs can make mistakes.  Usually these mistakes do not have any long lasting effect on a long running game.        When Jolene told Saul about this topic from a Reddit topic, Saul starting thinking of mistakes he has made over the years and most were pretty small but couple affected the players characters significantly.    The Reddit poster had a question about approaching a GM about a ruling mistake by his GM.  He was a new player, this was his first campaign but it had been going on for a year.   With a new level came a new spell and a bad ruling by the GM that hobbled the player's character.  He wanted to know how to approach his GM without making him mad and getting kicked out of the group.       Saul and Jolene decided to record an episode to this subject.   Listen to Saul's biggest GMing mistakes by his own admission and how he dealt with the problem.    As Always Thanks for Listening, we really appreciate each and everyone that downloads and listens to the Podcast.    Web Art by Jim Foster   Episode Art by Michael Shean Jones
   Music by Jahzzer, song The Wrong Way   Available from Tribeofnoise.com   Used under the Creative Commons License 4.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode.en

Episode 258: Urban Campaigns, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

     Saul was thinking about running an Urban FRPG in the near future and looked to see what kind of materials where available for running an Urban Campaign.   A campaign in that takes place entirely in a city.  He talked to Jolene about it.  She was intrigued by the concept and went off to find what she could on the subject.     Saul remembered a Physical Geography class from Jr. College that discussed where and why cites sprouted in certain areas.  Also how cites are constructed when planned or not, how they are populated and groups that form inside a city.    Saul and Jolene also discuss that most RPG campaign  of different genres usually take place in urban settings.  They discuss the various games they played and play where the primary location is the big city.    Thank you all for listening    Web Art by Jim Foster    Episode Art by Micheal Shean-Jones
     The two Waterdeep books that Saul was trying to remember were Dungeon of the Mad Mage and Dragon Heist.        Music by Edna Poli, song Life in a Big City   Available from Tribeofnoise.com    Used under that Creative Commons License 4.0
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Episode 257: Running Horror RPGs, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

      With Halloween coming up real soon, Saul and Jolene were discussing the idea of Horror RPGs specifically what it takes to run a good horror game.   Though Saul would say he is not the type of gamer that like the horror genre he does own more than a few Horror RPGs.  One of the first horror RPG he bought was Stalking the Night Fantastic back in the late 80's and Dark Conspiracy in the 1990's.  Saul now has quite a few what one would term Horror genre RPGs.       So how to you run an horror rpg and make it scary.  Jolene and Saul talked about the few horror rpgs that they have played in and the ones that were a bit scary had some similarities.   Talking about those games that were scary Saul and Jolene decided to do an episode about horror games and how to make them scary.    *The End of the World Series of RPG Books that Saul mentions was published by Fantasy Flight Games       Thank You All for Listening.      Web Art by Jim Foster       Episode Art by Michael Shean-Jones
    Music by Tim Kulig,  song Horror House.   Available from Tribeofnoise.com    Used under the Creative License 4.0     
 

Episode 256: The Player Director, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

      Saul and Jolene have experienced that player that wants to direct the other players action.  In boardgames its called quarterbacking.  In the old days of Original D&D and Advanced D&D there was the Caller, who told the DM who did what to make the game go by faster.  Back in the day Saul's brother and friends did not play that way.  Once he went to a D&D club and that was exactly how they played, and for Saul is was not fun at all.      So years later Saul and Jolene have experienced this phenomena at various tables at various times.  Saul and Jolene discuss this topic and give tips on how to deal with fellow players that want to do this in their games.  So if you have a director at your RPG table or find one in the wilds of some random RPG table, listen and see how to best deal with those situations.     Thank you all for Listening      Web Art by Jim Foster     Episode Art by Michael Shean-Jones
    Music by Trevor Horton, song Direction, off the album Heaven and Earth    Available from Tribeofnoise.com    Used under the Creative Commons license 4.0    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode.en