Gaming on the Frontier

This week we examine all the reasons you might be an adventurer instead of a normal life that one might expect.

This week we finish our discussion of which systems are best depending on whether you want cinematic play vs simulation play.

This week we explore which games and systems are better for simulation and why.  Then we examine Cinematic and see if they are better.

this week we talk about threats that will occur in the future that need to be resolved now or threats coming from the future to present that endanger our present.

This week we finish up our discussion about what we consider the best and worst of tabletop gaming and gaming in general.

This week we finish our proposed society with psychic powers as a normal aspect

This week we discuss how the introduction of Psychic powers to a society at different tech levels would affect the development of that society

Merry Christmas.  This week we finish (actually we ran out of time) listing our choice for the very best item to give a character in a Genre.     Atomic batteries to power.  Turbines to speed.

This week we ask what is the best present to give to a character in a game we love.  Merry Christmas everyone

This week we are joined by past hosts and friends for our 700th podcast.   We continue giving our recommendations for best in breed for tabletop rpgs on topics like What system has the fastest combat? If your character had to succeed in a task, which system should you be using? and many more.

This week we are joined by past hosts and friends for our 700th podcast.   We recount our gaming cred for our 30-40 years of experience each Then we move on to recount what was our most successful campaign and why

This week we finish our discussion of how a school for metahumans or whatever race would differ from other 2ndary schools.

This week we begin to discuss how schools for the superhuman would be constructed, what would be the issues, and what would they offer to the students that home-schooling would lack

This week we review traditional ways of increasing tension in table top rpg play and what are some good ones.  Maybe there are some new ways.

This week we discuss why players may be disinterested and how to mitigate to produce a superior game experience for everyone.

This week we finish our analysis of how these npc groups and help or hurt your PC's success.

This week we talk about all the power structures that affect your pc character and how to make sure they have a good effect if possible.

We finish our exploration of how to use colonies in really any kind of game: fantasy, space, alternate history

Such a big topic we had to do another set.

This week we continue our discussion of how to create colonies, their purpose, and why they differ.

This week we look at creating colonies in SF and Fantasy games.

Even more weird small towns and why they are weird for you to build your adventure around or to just make it far more fun than expected.

This week we explore how making a strange town as the backdrop of your adventure can drive the plot or make it really, really weird.

This week we finish our discussion of why making a difference between them can make your campaign and adventures better.

This week we discuss the differences between Magic and Psionics you can have in your campaign and why it matters.