Level Up Your Gaming: Tabletop RPG Podcast

In today's episode we talk about how to bring in other game systems into your current game system.  How do I work out the rules with a system change?  Can I use any story element?  Are there times when other game system story or mechanics don't fit?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgaming...

In today's episode we talk about how much detail you need prepared to run a game.  How detailed should my NPCs be?  How much time should I spend creating locations?  Do I need an ending to start a game?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgamingpodcast@gmail.com or  Follow us on Facebook and enga...

In today's episode we talk about how to make your games standout from one another.  How do I keep things fresh?  Why would I want to change what I do best?  What are some other conflicts I can create a story around?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgamingpodcast@gmail.com or  Follow us on Face...

In today's episode we talk about checking in with your players in your game.  How to I read feedback visually?  How should I approach for feedback?  How can I change direction if I notice players are disengaged?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgamingpodcast@gmail.com or  Follow us on Facebook...

In today's episode we talk about how to expand social roleplaying in a game.  Do I require my players roleplay out all social scenes?  How do I incorporate my characters social benefits into the scene?  How to I make the social contest meaningful?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgamingpodcast...

In today's episode we talk about how to address problems as a player in a game.  What are some of the problems we may face as players in the game?  How do we approach each problem?  What if communication doesn't work?  Are there any problems we can overlook?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupy...

In today's episode we talk about improving your play styles.  What makes a good player?  How you should look to improve as a player?  How to you mesh well with your GM?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgamingpodcast@gmail.com or  Follow us on Facebook and engage with us at https://www.facebook...

In today's episode we talk about communication between players in character development.  What are important things to discuss between players?  How do you avoid overlap in development?  What subjects are off limits and how to you communicate them?  How do you develop intertwined backstories during development? We answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email...

In today's episode we talk about experience systems.  What types of experience systems are there?  Is there a best choice?  What if I don't want to use experience?  How to I augment systems to create my own experience system?  What are some things to avoid when giving experience?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, o...

In today's episode we talk about salvaging a game that is failing.  How do I identify the problem?  What if it's a GM problem?  What if it's the players?  Do we need to start all over?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgamingpodcast@gmail.com or  Follow us on Facebook and engage with...

In today's episode we talk about critical failures.  What are critical failures?  How do we use critical failures?  How do you prevent them from hamstringing your players?  How can you use them to improve your game?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgamingpodcast@gmail.com or  Follow us on Face...

In today's episode we talk about your recurring bad guy.  How do I give them proper motivation?  How do I hook my players into finding them?  How do I handle underlings?  When do I let my players finally see the villain?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgamingpodcast@gmail.com or  Follow us on...

In today's episode we talk about 9 more things we probably shouldn't be doing as GMs.  Below is the list. You probably shouldn't have in game tasks take too long or have too many steps. You probably shouldn't limit NPC knowledge in the moment. You probably shouldn't role play out a whole scene of NPC's talking to one another. You probably shouldn't require overly...

In today's episode we talk about creating emotion in your players.  How do I get my players to feel emotion?  What types of emotion should I be shooting for?  How do I handle emotional scenes?  What if my players don't feel the emotions?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgamingpodcast@gmai...

In today's episode we talk about improving your dungeons.  Why do I need to add story to my dungeons?  Why do I need to care about the monsters or traps in my dungeons?  Do I always need to force my players through the dungeon.  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgamingpodcast@gmail.com or  Follo...

In today's episode we revisit music and sound in games.  Why is it important to use music and sound in game?  What do I gain from it?  How should I get started and what should I avoid?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgamingpodcast@gmail.com or  Follow us on Facebook and engage with us at http...

In today's episode we talk about improving your mass combat.  How do I handle mass combat?  How to I make sure it doesn't get boring and slow?  What are the purposes of mass combat?  How to I engage all players in large extended combats?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgamingpodcast@gmai...

In today's episode we talk about saying yes to your players instead of requiring rolls for everything.  Where did we get this idea?  How has it worked so far?  Are the players finding it enjoyable?  What are the pitfalls with the system of saying yes?  What are some modifications you can put on the system to still have player engagement?  We answer all these questions and more in today's...

In today's episode we talk about handling character deaths.  How should I handle a character death?  Why am I killing the character?  Should this death be epic?  Is killing the character the only way?  How to I reintegrate the new character after a character death?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelu...

In today's episode we talk about leading your players with the Carrot or the Stick.  Which is a better technique for moving my players through my game?  What is one better than the other?  Is it an all or nothing thing?  How do I execute either method?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgamingpo...

In today's episode we talk about stonewalling your players.  How far off the set path do I let my players stray?  Why are my players moving completely outside of the story I have designed?  Is it ever alright to stonewall players? How do I limit my players without completely shutting them down?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, qu...

In today's episode we talk about setting difficulties in your game.  How do I handle my players with their different power gaps?  What if my players don't have optimal characters?  How do I get my players to work more in character in combat regardless of difficulty? How do I create tension and challenge without blowing out the difficulty?  We answer all these questions and more in today&...

In today's episode we talk about The World of Darkness RPG Werewolf the Apocalypse.  What is The World of Darkness?  What is Werewolf?  What does a game look like?  What do you like about Werewolf?  How can I improve my Werewolf games today.  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgamingpodcast@gmail...

In today's episode we talk about telling a connected game.  How do I segment a long game idea into shorter games?  How do I keep engagement with the game being disjointed?  How to I stay organized in planning this game?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgamingpodcast@gmail.com or  Follow us on...

In today's episode we talk about character classes and being stuck in a lane.  Why do I have to choose the most optimal class/race combinations?  Are my players just trying to obtain a specific power?  Can you give low level players high level powers?  How can you get better role play out of your characters by breaking class molds?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episo...