GamingPerspectives

Episode 245: Surviving a Game Con, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

    Jolene and Saul have been to many local gaming conventions over the years.  They usually attend 3 game cons a year.  All local SF Bay Area conventions.   They have always thought about going to a larger game convention such as Origins, Gen Con and now Game Hole Con, but have yet to make the trek to one of those larger game cons.       But all conventions have similar hurdles to enjoy them as much as possible.   In this episode Saul and Jolene share tip that not only help you survive but thrive and have as much fun as possible at any game convention you might attend.   As Always Thanks for listening.    Web Art by Jim Foster    Episode art by Michael Shean-Jones
   Music by Diane Tell,  song Where No One Can Survive.    Available from Tribeofnoise.com    Used under the Creative Commons Licence 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode

Episode 244: Bladerunner RPG Review, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

 
        Now that Saul and run Bladerunner the RPG three times and has gone over the Bladerunner RPG by Free League, Saul and Jolene decided to do a quick review of the game.   Saul pre-ordered the Core book and the Starter Kit.         Though Saul really liked the components of the Starter Set the scenario was quite to Saul's liking.  Saul would call himself a fan of the Original Bladerunner movie, Jolene on the other hand has a slightly different opinion.   But no matter what her opinion of the movie was she really enjoyed playing in the world of Bladerunner.     So listen as Saul and Jolene discuss the Bladerunner movie, the RPG and the book it is based on called, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.    Thank you all for listening.    Web Art by Jim Foster    Episode Art by Michael Shean-Jones
  Music by Ainst,  song  Dead Runner, off the album Eggs are the Eggs.  Available from Tribeofnoise.com  Used using the Creative Commons License 3.0   https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode

Bonus Episode: Sean Nittner Interview BigBadCon 2023, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

     In this episode we interview Sean Nittner of BigBadCon.  Saul and Jolene have a great talk with Sean Steward of BigBadCon a convention in the Bay Area that is one of the most inclusive and loved gaming cons on the West Coast.  We discuss with Sean his vision of Big Bad Con,  the Pandemic effect and the post pandemic recovery.  What Big Bad Con Does for the gaming community.   Big Bad Con is a charity con so you can have a great time playing games and feel good about donating to an official non-profit charity.
   You can go to https://www.bigbadcon.com/
  to get all the info you need about Big Bad Con.
 
  Thank you all for listening.
   Web Art by Jim Foster
    Episode Art by Michael Shean-Jones
   

Episode 243:Favorite RPG Game System, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

     For this episode Saul was trying to come up with his current favorite RPG game system.  As Saul was discussing his favorite system Jolene asked about another system, then another and then another.  You all get the picture.     After some discussion Saul and Jolene decided to make an episode of Saul's favorite RPG Game System.     Thank you all for listening.
    Web Art by Jim Foster    Episode Art by Michael Shean-Jones
    Music by Phaze 2 Jazz, song My Favorite Guy, off the album Options   Available from Tribeofnoise.com   Used using the Creative Commons License 4.0
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Episode 242: Social Rules in RPGs, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

 
Social rules in Rpgs is something that is usally overlooked or not included in RPGs.   As the hobby gets more and more people outside the Wargame Hobby the idea of rules including social conflict rules.   Looking at posts about this subject many of those posting stated that they did not like the idea of one simple roll of the dice to determine social conflict.  From convincing the guard to let them in without an invitation, trying to get information from a witness not wanting to cooperate, to gaining favor from a warlord.   These are all examples of Social Conflict in RPGs.       Some games have social conflict rules, other include some rudimentary rules, while other rules completely leave out these kind of rules.  Saul and Jolene discuss how these rules might work but then segue onto the subject of Social Rules at the RPG Table.  This is most important at public or convention games where you are likely to play with complete strangers.        As Always Thank You All for Listening
       Web Art by Jim Foster       Episode Art by Michael Shean-Jones
 
   Music by Porch Light Prophets, song Like Me Now   Available from Tribeofnoise.com   Used under Creative Commons License 4.0    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode

Episode 241: Locations in RPGs, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

     Location, location, location.  Everyone knows how important locations are in real estate, but what is less known is the importance of locations in RPG adventures.  No matter the genre or the game, locations are where the adventures take place.       Saul and Jolene dicuss the importance of location in rpgs games and adventures and how each location does not and should not be mapped out in detail but that means some might have to be.  For a GM it is important to know which ones are need details and others that do not.  It saves precious time for GMs to work on other parts of the game session.     As Always Thank You All for Listening.     Web Art by Jim Foster     Episode Art by Michael Shean-Jones
     
    Music by Matt Leibowitz, song Some Places.      Available from Tribeofnoise.com   Used under the Creative Commons License 3.0
 
 
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Episode 240: An RPG for New Players, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

     In this episode Saul and Jolene talk about what you should look for in a RPG for brand new players.   At first it seems like an very easy thing to assertain.  Pick a super easy rpg to run.  But there are other things to consider other than just what game to run.     What are the players expectations,  what genre are they interested in, what kind of adventure do you want to experience.  These and many more considerations will help you determine what RPG you should choose to run.
    Thank you all for listening.
    Web Art by Jim Foster    Episode Art by Michael Shean-Jones
    Music by Artron, song A New Hope.    Available from Tribeofnoise.com    Used under the CC 3.0 License     https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode
 
 
 

Episode 239: Leaning into Bad Rolls, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

 
     Saul and Jolene were talking about some bad dice rolls that were happening in the last session of their Shadowrun 5th Edtion game.  The discussion covered how players usually do not want to roll bad and be reletively successfull in all their characters endeavors.  But what when rolls go bad, really bad.     The idea of Leaning into Bad Rolls came up and Saul and Jolene decided to do an episode on "Leaning  into Bad Rolls".   Not simple failures as in missing in combat or failing a skill roll but failing critically.  What can GMs and Players do when misfortune falls upon the bold..    Thank you all for listening.    If you want to contact us for any reason please email Saul and Jolene at gamingperspectives.com@gmail.com   Web Art by Jim Foster    Espisode Art by Michael Shean-Jones
  Music by Edna Polic, song Lean on Me   Available from Tribeofnoise.com  Used by CC license 4.0  https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode

Episode 238: The New D&D Movie No Spoiliers, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

The new D&D Movie: Honor Among Thieves has been out for about a month.  Jolene and Saul went to go see the movie and decided to do a Spoiler Free episode.  No Spoilers.  If you have seen the trailers then you should feel safe listening to this episode.      So what are Saul going to be talking about?  Three things.  How is the setting of the movie, Forgotten Realms presented to the viewers of the movie.  Did they spend a lot of time describing, presenting or discussing the world of the Forgotten Realms?      The 2nd topic was how well were the classes presented by the characters in the movie.  The the actors, the script and their actions illustrate the classic D&D classes of the RPG?  From the main characters to the secondary characters could D&D player identify the classes that those actors were trying to portray?  If they did how well did they do it?     Did the movie do a good job of portraying  an actual D&D adventure/campaign?  If it did how did it do it?      Saul and Jolene then finish up the episode of their overall opinion on the movie.     Thanks for listening     Web Art by Jim Foster    Episode Art by Michael Shean-Jones
Music by Scorpio Dragon,  song Knife in the Dark, from the album The One Ring and other Stories Used through the CC license 3.0https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode

Episode 237: Gnomes, Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene

     Jolene has always liked Gnomes( She pronounces gnome with a hard G) and when we were thinking of a new episode we thought about the last couple of episodes dealing with Elves and Dwarves.  We agreed that Gnomes was a good topic to continue our discussion of playing other character races other than humans.     Gnomes for Saul had been one of those groups that he had never played.  Saul usually played humans and possibly played one elf back in AD&D days so he could play a multi-class character.  Though recently Saul has favored playing two Gnomes in the last two fantasy genre RPGs he has played, Pathfinder 1st Edition and Low Fantasy Gaming.      Saul really enjoyed playing the happy go lucky, hard to damper character with a large blunderbuss,  which in one game he called the Brindlebox Express.        So Saul and Jolene agree that Gnomes are really fun and cool to play where there is a lot of room for roleplaying.    Thanks for Listening.  Web Art by JIm Foster  Episode Art by Michael Shean-Jones.     Music by Kaleidoplasm, song Gnome Werk  Available from Tribeofnoise.com  Used with CC licence 4.0
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