Me And Steve Talk RPG‘s

This week we're joined by a local (to us) creator that I met at PGX. Anthony "LibrarianNPC" DeMinico joins us to talk about his current Kickstarter for a really cool game called "Weeaboomers", which is a game for those of us who fall into the currently-way-too-middle-aged fans of 80's, 90's, and early '00's anime! You'll have to listen to get all the details, but I'll just say this game sounds awe...

Ok folks, first off, apologies for the audio on this one, between illnesses and con-brain-fog, We didn't realize the audio wasn't up to usual standard until it was too late to record again. But anyways, This week Steve talks to Steve about the con that was PGX 2023! That's pretty much it! Enjoy!  And to any and all of you that I may have met there, I hope you had as good a time as I did!   d20 Net...

No, no, no! It's not what you thing if you hear those words from us! Or at least not mostly. This week we're joined another person from the d20 Network, JT Dimino (co-host of Primed by Cortex) for a discussion that started around "player knowledge vs character knowledge". From that jumping off point we kind of meander on about how we deal with things when the players have things on the sheet that...

This week's episode is brought to you by a suggestion from our Discord server! What are your thoughts on, and how do you use random tables, random generators, oracles, and even AI creation tools? We Steves have a chat about exactly that! d20 Network Spotlight:  Werewolf: the Podcast -- https://keepontheheathlands.podbean.com/   Game of the Week:      Steve G: The Crow (for Everyday Heroes) -- http...

This week we Steves have a discussion around stealing inspiration from known sources and how to get away with people not recognizing it. And we kinda frame it all around a classic film from 1990. There's some good fun here! d20 Network Spotlight: The Story Told -- https://thestorytold.libsyn.com/   Game of the Week      Steve S: Mekra Descent -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/452872/Mekra-De...

This week we have a discussion brought about by a power outage! d20 Network Spotlight: OpCast -- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/opcast   Game of the Week:      Steve G: Carbon 2185 -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/283725/Carbon-2185--A-Cyberpunk-RPG-Core-Rulebook?affiliate_id=2018399      Steve S: Dept. X -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/452246/DEPT-X--A-RULES-LIGHT-ROLEPLAY...

This week we have a talk about those feelings of burn-out that creep in on many of us from time to time. It happens, and sometimes, maybe just talking about it a little helps... Short Episode this week due in-part to tech issues (Now resolved, I believe. I have opened up the computer and disconnected the offending audio components!)   d20 Network spotlight: Table//Flip -- https://podcasters.spotif...

One Steve, plus a guest this week! I'm joined by YouTuber XP Lovecat to have a talk about the benefits that we can gain from playing a variety of different games and systems. Yeah, I probably don't need to talk to most of our regular audience about this, but you could also point some of your friends who you're trying to convince to try other games to have a listen! Links for XP Lovecat:      YouTu...

This week we bring you a chat with Egg Embry about GenCon 2023, just in case you weren't able to attend yourself.  Conversations with Egg are always fun, and go a little bit of everywhere!  Also, there were some technical issues with parts of the recording, but we've done our best to make it sound like it makes sense. Links for Egg:      Multiverse Con -- https://www.multiversecon.org/      Dragon...

This week we have a conversation about our "dream games", along with a few other bits and pieces. We'd also love to hear what all of your dream games are! So come join us on our Discord (see link below)! d20 Network Spotlight: Court Games family -- https://courtgamespod.notion.site/   Game of the Week:      Steve G: Beak, Feather, & Bone -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/311602/Beak-Feat...

This week we brave the perils of fritzy internet connections to bring you a quick talk about tone, and how it's use differs somewhat between campaigns and 1-shot adventures. d20 Network Spotlight: The Wonderous Atlas of Creation's Destiny -- https://wondrousatlas.wordpress.com/   Game of the Week:      Steve G:  Frostbite (A Mork Borg Adventure) -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/422938/Frost...

This week we're doing another "system overview" episode, and this time it's the "Year Zero Engine" that powers many games from Free League, including Tales From The Loop, Coriolis, Mutant Year Zero, Vaesen, Alien, Twilight 2000, and Blade Runner, to name a few. To do so, we're joined by veteran Danish gamer and GM Jacob Sorensen. So sit back, grab a drink, and enjoy as we talk some cool Swedish ga...

This week we talk Wizz and Colt, two of the organizers for our local gaming convention, the Pittsburgh Gaming Expo (or PGX for short). It's held Sept 30th - October 1st, 2023 at the Monroville Convention Center, just outside of Pittsburgh PA. You'll have to listen for the details, but let's just say that it's a really fun time of table-top and video gaming, cosplay, music, and just nerdy, geeky cu...

Once more urged on by out Patreon supporters, this week it's a talk about crunch, what we think it is, and what we use as a reference point when talking about games, and so on. We also talk a little bit about what we like in game mechanics, things already used in certain games that we really like.   d20 Network Spotlight: The Genesys Archives -- https://anchor.fm/thegenesysarchives   Game of the W...

This week we bring you a discussion requested by one of our wonderful Patreon supporters! Following the discussion about character advancement, which we discussed in more of a mechanical sense, Blue Nova asked us our thoughts around more narrative advancement. So, ever wanting to give y'all what you want, we have a talk about just that! d20 Network Spotlight: The Forge -- https://forgegenesys.com/...

Part 3 of our little series here! This week we have a conversation around character death, and ways it can be handled in games. Also some talk around the (perhaps infamous) safety request of character death being taken off the table.   d20 Network Spotlight -- Order 66 -- http://feeds.feedburner.com/Order66   Game of the Week      Steve G: Monster Kart Mayhem -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/produc...

Somewhat continuing from thoughts from last week's show, this week the Steves chat about character advancement, and the different ways some systems handle it. (There may or may not be some minor ranting.)   d20 Network Spotlight: Werewold: The Podcast -- https://keepontheheathlands.podbean.com/   Game of the Week      Steve G: Public Access -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/429340/Public-Acc...

This week the Steves have a discussion about cheating in ttrpgs. Brought on by a situation in one of Steve's games, we chat a little about what it can be, and how to handle it. Not by any means a definitive thing, but some food for thought. d20 Network spotlight: The Story Told -- https://thestorytold.libsyn.com/   Game of the Week:      Steve S: Tri-Cube Tales/ Hunters of Victorian London -- http...

This week I'm joined by the newest member of Studio 404 Games, Darren West, who I also got to meet (and play a game with) in-person at GamerNation Con! Darren is also a freelance RPG writer, one heck of a minis painter, was selected as a launch author for the Genesys Foundry, and is also just a really, really nice person! Anyway, we sat down and had a ramble about Studio 404, Savage Worlds, RIFTS...

So the other weekend I was hanging out at a local game shop and got into a conversation about Cyberpunk Red. The other person was saying that they felt like the game almost seemed to want to be run more adversarially than they were used to running their usual game (PF1). Which of course led to conversation, and then to conversation between we Steves. So "Listen Up, You Primitive Screwheads!" as we...

This week we bring you an introspective conversation borne out of our own feelings and struggles. It's a talk about coming to grips with what you're good at, and what you aren't, and also letting yourself be ok with those things.   d20 Network Spotlight: Eberron Renewed -- https://zencastr.com/Eberron-Renewed   Game of the Week      Steve G: Feral -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/435116/Fer...

This week we're joined by the hosts of a new podcast on the d20 Network! Aramithius and Raelz who host the Wonderous Atlas of Creation's Destiny podcast join us to talk a little about Exalted, specifically as a rather super-powered fantasy rpg. It's a lively conversation, as we even talk about a spaceship that's also a god! Find Wonderous Atlas of Creation's Destiny at     https://wondrousatlas.wo...

This week we're talking about the current Kickstarter from High Level Games, a game called Army Men, and we're joined by the head of High Level Games, Josh Heath (also of Werewolf: the Podcast and the OpCast), and the lead designer for the game, Neil Litherland. Army Men is a 5e driven game about playing in the world of those classic molded figures we all played with, and can still find so easily...

We Steves are freshly back from our adventure to Dallas TX, for GamerNation Con 8, and figured we'd do a little "rewind" show to kinda recap all the fun we had,. We're also joined by writer for the d20 Network blog, Ben Erickson , who we got to meet, and game with over the course of the convention. Long story, really short, folks, this con is one heck of a good time, and we Steves are going to do...

Tune in for the Exciting Conclusion to Monster of the Week! Thank you Eric, Ben, Ricky and Hagen for recording this with us. *We have an affiliate link with Drive-Thru RPG.  All this does, is give us a small percentage of your purchase cost on Drive-Thru as a "referral bonus".  It does not cost you, as a consumer, anything extra.*   Monster of the Week https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/143518/M...