Me And Steve Talk RPG‘s

This week I'm joined by my friend Brett to have a chat about "Rule Zero", or "The Golden Rule of RPGs" or whatever you may know it as.  As with any Me and Steve conversation, it wanders and meanders, but it was certainly a fun one to have!   Links for Brett / Studio 404      Website -- https://www.studio404games.com/      Totalcon --  https://www.totalcon.com/      In Darkened Dreams LARP -- https...

Welcome to session 2!  A new cast member joins as things start to get interesting in Origin, and we have a rather unique incident to tie it all together. Part 1 of the second session of our Ruby and Fire actual-play using the Exalted game engine  from Onyx Path (Drive-Thru link) .   The Cast:     GM/Storyteller: Decurion     Firamar Saelen : Jen     Finn Breakwater: Dave/Sarcastic     Pale Nimbus...

Inspired by the work of another content creator, we have a discussion around in-character secrets, and it's potential impacts on the game, and the dynamics of the table!   d20 Network Spotlight:  How We Roll -- https://howwerollgaming.com/podcast/   Game of the Week:      Steve G: Plan 9 From Outer Space -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/542469/plan-9-from-outer-space-the-game-a-science-f...

Welcome to the last part of our first play session of this campaign! We have our first combat, and then are asked to assist in a rather large undertaking!  Enjoy!   Part 3 of the first session of our Ruby and Fire actual-play using the Exalted game engine  from Onyx Path (Drive-Thru link) . In this session the circle discovers and explores a tomb that may well be linked to one of their own!   The...

This week I'm joined by 2 parts of the creative team behind Duginthroat Divided, which is an adventure location designed for Old School Essentials. It's a modular, drop-in location for lots and lots of old-school adventuring fun, and would easily port to any OSR system of your choice! It's currently on Kickstarter, though if you're coming to this later, it will release in the usual places as well!...

Welcome to part 2 of the first session of our Ruby and Fire actual-play using the Exalted game engine  from Onyx Path  (Drive-Thru link) . In this session the circle discovers and explores a tomb that may well be linked to one of their own!   The Cast:     GM/Storyteller: Decurion     Firamar Saelen : Jen     Finn Breakwater: Dave/Sarcastic     Pale Nimbus 'Nim' : Logan (of  The Story Told  podcas...

We're happy to welcome back Brian Colin this week, to talk about his current Kickstarter campaign for Vast Grimm: Escaping Stasis, a box set with some re-arranged older material, some new material, and just generally cool stuff! We also chat about some of the other goings-on at Creature Creation, and just general gaming nerdness, so pull up a speaker, and listen in, and enjoy!   Vast Grimm: Escapi...

This week we Steves have a chat about ways to get better buy-in for campaigns via a literary concept! We also put a name to a concept that's been put forth on the show before, and just generally talk RPG stuff!   d20 Network Spotlight: Wonderous Atlas of Creation's Destiny -- https://wondrousatlas.wordpress.com/   Game of the Week:      Steve G: Hyper-Neon Racers -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en...

This week we're launching a new actual-play campaign! We're using the Exalted game system from Onyx Path (Drive-Thru link) , and it's being run for us by a friend and listener, Decurion, who also ran the Tomb of Dreams AP which we put out a little while back.   The Cast:     GM/Storyteller: Decurion     Firamar Saelen : Jen     Finn Breakwater: Dave/Sarcastic     Pale Nimbus 'Nim' : Logan (of The...

This week we bring you a conversation about fumbles, critical failures, and wanting not to know things!   d20 Network Spotlight: We Fix Games -- https://glitterfoxmedia.com/we-fix-games-2/   Game of the Week:      Steve G: Oxygen Hog -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/536144/oxygen-hog?src=newest_recent&affiliate_id=2018399      Steve S:  Steel Ghost / Ghost Ape System -- https://www.d...

  Step back for a moment to 1993, and remember the awe that filled your mind when you got those first glimpses of that ill-fated park, hidden out on an island.  I know I'm not the only one who's wanted to explore that as an RPG playground, and until now, the choices have been rather limited.  But the ttRPG world is ever-adapting, and this week we bring you a conversation with Zac Goins, the lead o...

This week we're joined by Wil, lead designer on a team that's re-imagining an older game, called Tribe 8, published by Dream Pod 9.  He and his team, which includes Logan, co-host of The Story Told podcast, have taken their love of Tribe 8 and meshed it with the modern Forged in the Dark mechanics to bring this deep, rich setting back to life! It's dark, supernatural, post-apocalyptic fun, waiting...

It's that time of year again (well actually a little late, but we cover that early on!) The 2025 edition of the Pittsburgh Gaming Expo is upon us, and it's happening October 3-5th at the Monroville Convention Center, just outside of Pittsburgh proper. This week I'm joined by Wizz, one of the organizers of the show to have a chat about all the fun and coolness that you can expect to find if you sho...

We persevered through some technical difficulties to get y'all this one! Metagaming can cause some controversy in the community, and while it's hard to say when it becomes "bad", today we discuss a situation where it definitely had, along with some thoughts about how to deal with it, and honestly why we feel this situation had just gone too far for the health of the game table.   d20 Network Spotl...

This week I'm joined by by friend Daryl, who's also part of the How We Roll podcast to have a chat about what we think game designers "owe" us when we buy a game, or maybe more accurately, what we think we can expect when we buy a game.  it's a good, fun discussion, so listen in, and then swing by the discord and let us know your thoughts and expectations!   d20 Network Spotlight:  How We Roll --...

Short one this week as late night recording just made thinking difficult! A little chat about timers, investigative games, and so one!   d20 Network Spotlight: The Order 66 -- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/order-66-podcast/id276381727   Game of the Week:      Steve G:  Gutgun -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/526781/gutgun?src=newest_print&affiliate_id=2018399      Steve S:  C...

A little self-exploratory food for thought this week! Forgive the brief notes, my home has been invaded for the week by 5 of my nieces/nephews, and I'm sneaking this in amongst the chaos!   d20 Network Spotlight:  The Wonderous Atlas of Creation's Destiny -- https://wondrousatlas.wordpress.com/   Game of the Week:      Steve G:  Kremin -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/529053/kremin-the-g...

Hard to believe it's been almost 5 years since we started putting this show out onto the interwebs! Join us for one of our traditionally rambly conversations about the things along the road, and a few other random thoughts of interest as we kinda kick back a little bit!   d29 Network Spotlight: Werewolf: The Podcast -- https://www.buzzsprout.com/1797037   Game of the Week:      Steve G:  The Rogue...

Imagine if you will, a game inspired by Judge Dredd, Robocop, GWAR, and the Toxic Avenger. Oh, wait, you don't have to. It already exists! I have gotten to play it, and I own a copy of it, and it's a whole lot of fun, and this week, I'm joined by it's creator Brian Shutter! So come hear about all the cool, neo-80s inspired, post-apocalyptic fun that can await you, should you choose to try it!   Ne...

This week I'm joined by someone who I've had the pleasure of meeting a couple times in-person, and who is also behind a service that I very much enjoy using. This week it's a conversation with JJ from the team behind RPGSessions.com, which is a website/service/VTT specifically designed for the narrative dice system games (Star Wars and Genesys). While I love playing games online, I don't particula...

This week I'm joined by creator, and fellow GamerNationCon attendee Adam B to talk about his creations, which include the freshly-released Deeper Dungeons, as well as Darker Futures, and Further Stars, which are all really cool and very useful books for generating NPCs, as well as factions, sites, and all sorts of other useful things for your games in various genres. If you're interested in these...

This week it's a conversation about stealing techniques from different sources, inspired by a wonderful little Canadian drama series called Cardinal. We have a bit of a chat around things like intertwining story elements, wrapping those elements up, and how sometimes looking at something different can help you learn new things!   d20 Network Spotlight:  I Should Roll -- https://ishouldroll.com/  ...

When is it ok to go how zany in a game? And how do you "control" the table to keep the tone of the session where you'd like it? That's exactly what we have a chat about in this week's episode! So join us for the conversation!   d20 Network Spotlight:  The Genesys Archives -- https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/thegenesysarchives/   Game of the Week:      Steve G:  The No-Prep Gamemaster -- ht...

This week I'm joined by JT Dimino for a chat inspired by a combination of a cheap Bluetooth speaker and a song by Megadeath! We have a bit of a chat around making sure that you're getting the point you intend to across to your table while you're GMing! Also there's some talk about finding help and information in unexpected places. Links: d20 Radio Discord Server:  https://discord.gg/aj3JdFtSM8 Ref...

This week I got to sit down with another awesome person I met at GamerNationCon!   I'm joined by Nate, from The Tabletop Empire YouTube channel to talk about his channel, their Dark Underworld actual-play, some of the things that happen before we all get to see anything, and of course we talk about why Star Wars is just an absolutely awesome setting for roleplaying games.   If you want to check ou...