Good GMs Podcast

No more theory — this one is actual play so you can see exactly how 2D20 works at the table in real time. James Gordon Ross is back, this time as Overseer James, running James and Chuckie through a live Fallout 2D20 demo. Tune in for the conclusion next week, and check out the video version on our Patreon for free. Chuckie's playing Petey Redwing , vault dweller, level two, first day above ground....

James Gordon Ross returns to teach James and Chuckie the 2D20 system ( Modiphius ), using his 120-session Fallout campaign as the working example. A real toolbox episode for anyone curious about momentum-based dice systems. ✨Pro-Tips✨ How momentum works: extra successes roll into a shared pool the whole party can spend from, so one hot roller can carry the table Threat: the GM's mirror currency,...

James and Chuckie talk about one of the most underrated GM skills out there — making NPCs that your players actually give a damn about. Chuckie's got a gift for this stuff. The voices, the dialogue, running full conversations between characters — James has been wanting to pick his brain about it for a while, and this episode is the result.  ✨Pro-Tips✨ Props, even imaginary ones, are Chuckie...

Chuckie is off causing rambunction in Ann Arbor, so host James Austin Currie is joined by returning favourite and expert GM, James Gordon Ross, neither of whom, despite having three names, are serial killers.  In this episode, the bois dive deep into the machinations of the Big Bad. Whether you're running a globe-spanning cosmic horror campaign or a politically charged city-wide game, handlin...

Don’t take a quiet player personally. If they're showing up to your table, they want to be there. As a GM, your job isn't to force them into the spotlight, but to figure out why they’re quiet and give them the space to step up when they’re ready. James and Chuckie break down the different flavors of silent players you'll meet at the table: The Unsure Player: Common in convention one-shots. They lo...

Did you miss out on the cosmic horror and community vibes at Chaosium Con in Ann Arbor, Michigan? This week on Good GMs, James and Chuckie sit down to recap Chuckie’s weekend at this uniquely intimate tabletop gaming convention. Boasting a comfortable crowd of around 450 attendees, Chaosium Con is the ultimate space to skip the massive stadium crowds of Gen Con and actually rub shoulders with indu...

Welcome back to the Good GMs Podcast ! Today, James Currie and Chuckie Tee are talking about the art of "Frankenstein-ing" your tabletop games. We’re looking at those specific rules or mechanics from one system that are just too good not to steal and port over to another. After all, it's your homebrew—might as well make it the game you actually want to play. ✨Pro-Tips✨ Chuckie highlights a recen...

Welcome to a very special episode of the Good GMs Podcast! Today, we PIVOT TO VIDEO~ And are joined by the legendary founders of 12 to Midnight, Ed Wetterman and Preston DuBose, to talk all things Savage Worlds: East Texas University (ETU). *Youtube listeners have heard this episode, and can skip ahead to the eleven minute mark to hear an EXCITING ANNOUCEMENT! Good GM's will be hosting our first e...

Welcome to another episode of the Good GMs Podcast ! Your hosts, James Currie and Chuckie Tee , are joined by a legendary figure from their gaming past: screenwriter and long-time DM, James Gordon Ross . We’re putting aside the usual notes to talk about the evolution of the hobby and a revolutionary new system currently in the works. ✨Pro-Tips✨ The $10 Dungeon Master : James Gordon Ross shares a...

Welcome to the second episode of the Good GMs Podcast ! Today, Chuck and James are diving into the messy, sometimes stressful, but always essential world of game prepping . Whether you’re a "read every page" kind of GM or more of a "wing it and hope for the best" type, we’re talking about what works, what doesn't, and how to survive when your players decide to set your notes on fire. In This Episo...

Get Good! Welcome to the first episode of Good GMs, a podcast for game masters and tabletop gaming storylikers. We’re James and Chuck, lifelong Game Masters who can’t stop thinking about role-playing games. We’ve spent years running sessions, building worlds, and discovering stories we never planned. Sometimes things work perfectly, and sometimes we screw up spectacularly, but we always learn, lau...