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    In this bonus episode Saul and Jolene interview Paul Mitchener creator of Liminal an urban fantasy rpg based in England and it's folklore.  Liminal was successfully Kickstarted by funding 6 times it goal.  Liminal uses a very creative 2d6 system in which you can create a wide variety of character in little time.  Recently Paul Kickstartered Out of the Ashes a fantasy post apocalyptic rpg.  Out...

     In this episode Saul and Jolene what makes a good RPG.  For Saul it comes down to two things, Setting and Rules make a game good.        Saul and Jolene use recent and older games they have played to discuss this topic.  Saul starts with 4 game setting he really likes but seem to fall short in the rules department.      Games mentioned in his podcast are Cyberpunk, Dark Conspiracy, Space Oper...

     The Middle of the Campaign is the most meaty and the where most of the game happens.  Most GMs come up with great beginnings with an eye to the end but most of the game takes place in this nebulous part of the campaign, I am calling the middle.  So how do you plan for this part of the campaign?        Saul and Jolene discuss how to plan for the middle of the campaign.  Discussing different ty...

    Saul and Jolene continue their conversation about comparing old rpgs versus new rpgs in which they only got as far as the 1980's.  So in this, second part which Saul changes the name of the episode to "Evolution of RPGs" they discuss how RPGs changed in the 1990s, the 2000's and in the last 10 years.     As always we would like to thank you all for listening and please share our podcast.

    Today we have a bonus episode, an interview of Stephen Turner of Britannia Game Design the creators of Chivalry and Sorcery 5th edition.   C&S has a long history, first published in 1977 by Fantasy Games Unlimited.  In this interview we discover Stephen's gamer roots and then learn of how he became to be the publisher if this historic RPG and plans for the future of Britannia Game Design.    ...

     In this episode Saul and Jolene talk how RPGs have changed over the years.  From the first RPGs on the scene like Original D&D and Traveller to the games that came out in the 90's and on to the last 20 years, RPGs have changed.      The episode went a bit long so this will be a two part episode, continuing with the games from the 1990's to today.        We would like to that all of you that l...

In Media Res in RPGs is the topic for this episode.  What is  In Media Res?  Saul and Jolene first discuss what it is and where it is commonly seen.  Saul recounts a couple examples of the writing and filming technique he has read in books and seen in movies.     From there Saul and Jolene discuss how to apply this to your session of your favorite rpgs.  What are some of the advantages and some of...

     Saul and Jolene explore RPGs which subject are animals or anamorphic in nature.  Saul talks about his first experience playing an animal rpg called Bunnies and Burrows.  Saul goes into some details about B&B.  Saul recounts the next game being Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles which he briefly collected the comic books but didn't get the RPG until the mid 90's after the first TNMT movie had come o...

     Though Saul and Jolene touched on the subject before Saul thought that a whole episode detailing Solo RPGs would be worth while.        With the Pandemic still raging across the world, though there is light at the end of the tunnel, some people are not able to play with their normal group and for one reason or another do not want or cannot play RPGs online.  And they want to still get that RP...

     In this Episode Saul and Jolene talk about making a good RPG Villain.   They discuss only a few tips of many ways you can make a villain in your RPG stand out and not be a cliche.  Saul offers two examples from games that he has run.  One was a convention game which was played in an 8 hour session at a local game con, the other is from a long running home D&D game.      Each example showcases...

    In this episode Saul and Jolene discuss how damage is determined in RPGs.  Though there are many implementations of how damage is determined, Saul believes there are really only two ways damage is dealt with in RPGs.  Static and Random.       As usual Saul goes meandering off topic but this time Jolene was a bit at fault for his digression.  Saul and Jolene discuss what they like and dislike a...

  If you play any games you need to learn the rules, and RPGs are no different.  Most likely you play or are interested in a new game that is published and you have to Learn New RPG Rules.  Saul and Jolene in this episode discuss learning the rules of new RPGs, or RPGs that are new to you.    If you are learning a new, recently published game then, according to Saul, you are in luck since we are i...

    In this episode Saul and Jolene talk about the reasons to look at and buy a new edition of a RPG.   Some reasons for a new edition are fixing errors as simple as typos, rule contradictions, or a reworking of a task resolution system to make the game run smoother are good reasons for a new edition.  Do the rule changes till does it warrant buying a new edition?  Listen and find out what Saul an...

     In this episode Saul and Jolene discuss armor in RPGs.  Saul and Jolene discuss the most popular ways armor is represented in RPGs.  From D&D's Armor Class to Traveller's ablative armor.  Each way armor is handled is a mix if how easy one wants to express the use of armor in a RPG against how realistic the game wants to represent armor.    Games discussed are D&D in all its iterations, Travel...

     In this episode Saul and Jolene talk about Light RPGs.  Saul defines what he means by "light" RPGs and gives examples of what he considers light RPGs.  Saul and Jolene discuss RPGs from Tales From the Loop to the one page RPG called Lazers and Feeling.     As Always Thanks for Listening. All we ask is that you share our podcast.      Music by The Curtains and Their Terrifying Story, song Say...

     In this episode Saul and Jolene talk about the term "crunchy" in RPGs.  Saul, again, goes way back to the beginning when he first started playing roleplaying games, and the first game he played was Original D&D.   Saul does this to explain why he thinks the roots of OD&D being where crunch comes from.  How OD&D set the standard of how a RPG should look and who played RPGs back in the late 70'...

      In this episode Saul and Jolene discuss the Liminal RPG by Paul Mitchener.  It is a modern urban fantasy RPG set in England.  Saul received a free PDF from Modiphius and it garnered enough of an interest that Saul bought a physical copy of the rules.  Saul ran the game twice in two days over a weekend and the game was well liked by the players in two different groups.       Saul and Jolene c...

     In this episode Saul and Jolene talk about GMing Styles.  Saul and Jolene discuss how your GMing style impacts the games that you run from type of adventure to actual the RPG that you like to run.  Your GMing style not only determines the adventures and RPG game you run but the players that you run games for.       Some players may not want to play in certain types of games and your GMing Sty...

      In this episode Saul and Jolene discuss playing more than one character in a RPG.  Saul begins the discussion with playing back in the ole days of D&D where people would "play" a character of a player that could not make the session.  Saul admits they really didn't RP those characters but just went through the mechanics of playing the missing players character.         From there Saul talks...

        Part two of New RPGs for 2021.  Well new RPGs that Saul is really looking forward to in 2021.  In a more quick shotgun style of listing games, Saul rattles through more RPGs that are slated to be published via Kickstarter, pre-order or traditional publishing.       As Always, thanks for listening and all we ask is that you share our podcast.     Music by Nathan Brumley, song Games That Pla...

     Happy New Years to Everyone.  In this episode Saul and Jolene discuss, well mainly Saul does, the most anticipated games for Gaming Perspectives.  Not even covering all the RPGs that are slated to be published in 2021, Saul and Jolene discuss over two podcasts the RPGs they are most interested in playing or running.      Discussed in this episode are Flames of Freedom Kickstarted in the 2nd h...

     In this episode Saul and Jolene talk about the evolution of Experience in RPGs.   Saul starts the conversation talking about how Original D&D dolled out the experience.  Using D&D as one example of how experience has changed and how it is earned in D&D.        Saul and Jolene discuss other games and how they dealt with experience.  From old games like Space Opera and Traveller to Shadowrun. ...

     In this episode Saul and Jolene discuss roleplaying a character using their stats or attributes as a framework for their RP.  Saul and Jolene also discuss how it can be difficult to roleplay a character that is for example,  smarter or more charming than the player and what they can do to overcome this obstacle.      As always, we would like to thank you for listening and all we ask is that y...

    With the current pandemic situation the only type of gaming many are facing in online gaming.  So Saul and Jolene decided to talk about what they have tried and what else is out there for gamers to get their RPG fix and stay safe.          As always thanks for listening and all we ask is that you share our podcast.       

    In this episode Saul and Jolene discuss the planning a short session adventure.  They discuss a short 4 hour 3 session game and the game con favorite the four hour session/adventure.  Running a complete adventure in either length game is much different than running a typical long running campaign style game.         Saul and Jolene go over elements need in running a short session game to a sat...