057 RPG Player to Game Master
From rpg player to game master, it can be a leap. How did we Brett and Sean start gaming? Was it running or playing rpg’s? Then how we got into game mastering and what made us do such a foolish thing. Topic inspired by Jeff Rademaker, we share some of the things we learned and...
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056 Player Control in Roleplaying Games
Player control in roleplaying games, some may call it ‘player agency’. Brett & Sean run themselves in circles trying to define it. Chits, points, fortune or luck dice can allow a player to change things, is that giving them too much control? Topic inspired by listener Eric Farmer, he got us thinking about the role...
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055 Roleplaying for Story
Roleplaying for story, do we do it? First we need to define ‘story’. We, and other like Misdirected Mark, talk about story needs, wants, etc., for our games. If we’re not in it for the story, then what is it? There are dangers in forcing story. Sean Train anyone? Lets face it, story is the end...
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054 Player Character Pain in Roleplaying Games
Player character pain in roleplaying games. Sean believes that the physical piece is tied to mechanics while the mental pain is tied to roleplaying. Sometimes there are mechanics that help simulate pain. Maybe it’s the condition track in WotC’s Star Wars Saga Edition rpg, you take damage and move down a condition track and taking...
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053 Challenges Killing Player Characters in RPGs
Challenges killing player characters, is it tougher to do with today’s roleplaying games? Episode 53 Show Agenda Reading from Curt Thompson’s G+ Intro Announcements Random Encounter – emails, voice mails, social media from listeners Moe Tousignant re: Weird on G+ Darcy Ross re: Weird on G+ Victor Wyatt comment on G+ Voicemail from Joe Matt...
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052 Gear in Roleplaying Games
Gear in roleplaying games may incude a ten foot pole, bag of flower, pouch of marbles and more. How do you handle gear in your rpg. Episode 52 Show Agenda Intro Announcements Gamehole attendees flying in for con. If you give me a heads up AND are flying into Madison, I will try to pick...
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051 Weirdness in Roleplaying Games
Weirdness in roleplaying games. How weird is too weird? Guest Alex Kammer of Gamehole Con joins us. Episode 51 Show Agenda Intro Sponsored by DarkTheatre.net Announcements Thank you to everyone for listening to our BS up to episode 50! Shout outs to those that left audio well-wishes. In no particular order: Kevin Knealy, Roger Brasslet,...
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050 GBS Five Oh, RPG Players
It’s our 50th episode! We talk about tabletop rpg players, a surprise and listener well wishes. Episode 50 Show Agenda Episode 50 – Good Players Intro Sponsored by DarkTheatre.net Announcements Patreon has launched!! Consider a kind contribution to the show and be a Complete BS’er! https://www.patreon.com/gamingandbs Sponsor Greyedout Productions – Head over to www.etsy.com/shop/greyedout and...
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049 Playing in a Modern World
Playing an rpg that takes place in the modern world but with no spin on it like horror, sci-fi, monsters, etc. Episode 49 Show Agenda Episode 49 – Modern Settings Intro Sponsored by DarkTheatre.net Announcements Kristian Serrano and +Ron Blessing from the Savage Blogger’s Network said nice things about us in ep 10 – http://www.savagebloggers.net/episode-010/...
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048 Realism in Roleplaying Games
Realism in roleplaying games, we talk about falling off a 100 story tower and surviving. Real? Well it is a world of elves and magic. Episode 48 Show Agenda Intro Sponsored by DarkTheatre.net Announcements Apologies to Ben Blanding on G+. He called in N. Phillip Cole to say we started mentioning his game in a...
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