Me And Steve Talk RPG‘s

This week it's a Patreon-supporter question based episode! (Thanks Jesse!)      One of our supporters asked for our thoughts on how to use super-hero tropes and concepts to improve F-20 fantasy games, so we Steves sat down and had a chat about it! Hopefully y'all find it thought provoking and useful! d20 Network Spotlight: The Story Told -- https://thestorytold.libsyn.com/   Game of the Week      ...

Late upload this weeks Steve's computer decided to throw a temper tantrum of a four year old that didn't get ice cream. Thank you Eric, Ben, Ricky and Hagen for recording this with us. The GamerNation Con 8 Kickstarter campaign has funded and closed! As of the time of release I don't have another link to give you, so check for updates here! -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gncon/gamer-natio...

As we start a sort of series here on "Supers" games, we're joined by game developer Michael Surbrook to talk about the Prowlers & Paragons system, as well as his forthcoming campaign setting for it, called Well of the Worlds. So join if for some wonderfully super-powered game talk! Links for Prowlers & Paragons, and Michael Surbrook:      Mobius Worlds Publishing: https://mobiusworldspublishing.co...

Those guys continue on their adventure looking into the mysterious Santa Fest! Thank you Ben Ricky and Hagen for recording this with us. The GamerNation Con 8 Kickstarter campaign has funded and closed! As of the time of release I don't have another link to give you, so check for updates here! -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gncon/gamer-nation-con-80s   *We have an affiliate link with Driv...

Here's one we actually recorded a while back (like late January I believe), but it's just a fun little romp about comedy at the table, and funny stories, and stuff like that! d20 Network spotlight: The OPCast -- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/opcast   Game of the Week      Steve G: Goblin Jug Band -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/414326/Goblin-Jug-Band?affiliate_id=2018399      Ste...

Good things come to those who wait, you patience has paid off and here is our session 0 and a full session 1 of Monster Of the Week! I want to thank Ben for running this for us he's a very talented GM and very grateful that he was able to take over while we were between campaigns. This short campaign was recorded over the holidays so there is a rotating door of players. Longer episode this week bu...

On this episode of Retrostar an old friend arrives from somewhere far out there. Thank you Ben and Hagen for allowing us to record and playing with us!   The GamerNation Con 8 Kickstarter campaign has funded and closed! As of the time of release I don't have another link to give you, so check for updates here! -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gncon/gamer-nation-con-80s   *We have an affilia...

This week we're joined by independent comic writer/artist Luke Stone to talk about the HYBRIDS rpg (now on IndieGoGo), based on the comic of the same name.  Nick Tockert, the designer for the game system also joins us, and we talk about the setting, themes, and design of the game. HYBRIDS is currently live on the IndieGoGo funding platform -- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hybrids-double-featu...

This week we welcome back Opti from Fragging Unicorn Games, and his cohort Ryan, to talk about the game they're bringing to Kickstarter the same day this episode releases.  It's called Subversion, and its a cool, fantasy-cyberpunk game with a focus on principles and community! For more than that, you'll just have to listen!      Find the Kickstarter for Subversion here -- https://www.kickstarter.c...

     This week we sit down for a chat about the recent controversy about the "OGL" or Open Gaming License.  We're joined by ttrpg design/development veteran Owen K C Stephens (WotC, Paizo, Green Ronin, Evil Genius, and Rogue Genius, plus others and freelancing) for him to give us a bit of a lesson and also perspective on the way the OGL has been used, and how it's been important in the development...

Our crew embarks on an epic run to a RAX with Burt Reynolds! Thank you Ben and Hagen for allowing us to record and playing with us!   The GamerNation Con 8 Kickstarter campaign has funded and closed! As of the time of release I don't have another link to give you, so check for updates here! -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gncon/gamer-nation-con-80s   *We have an affiliate link with Drive-T...

This week we bring you a conversation around rules and creativity.  Do rules restrict creativity, encourage it, or have nothing to do with it?  We also get into a little bit of talk about if we're playing (and thinking) with the the rules as written, or rules as remembered!   d20 Network Spotlight:  Werewolf: the Podcast -- https://keepontheheathlands.podbean.com/   Game of the Week:      Steve G:...

As we return for the exciting conclusion of our two part first episode of Retrostar our crew investigates the mysterious crate!   Thank you Ben and Hagen for allowing us to record and playing with us!   The GamerNation Con 8 Kickstarter campaign has funded and closed! As of the time of release I don't have another link to give you, so check for updates here! -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...

As has become our tradition, around the Christmas/New Years time, we drop a little mini-episode, just to let all of you know a little of what's going on in the background, what plans are for the future, and so on.  Usually we drop this between Christmas and New years, but time got away from us this year, so you're getting it as the first episode of the new year! We'll be back to the chaos that you...

This week the Steves have a discussion about that classic trope of splitting the party!  We talk some of the pitfalls, and benefits of doing it, and also talk about our feelings about it, and experiences doing so!   The GamerNation Con 8 Kickstarter campaign is live!!!  Find it here (and even pledge to get a game run by one of the Steves!) -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gncon/gamer-nation...

Follow our groovy crew and their misadventures through outer space in this newest installment of Retrostar, a very narrative, rules-light celebration of retro-sci-fi! Thank you Ben and Hagen for allowing us to record and playing with us! Also, the GamerNation Con 8 Kickstarter campaign is live!!!  Find it here (and even pledge to get a game run by one of the Steves!) -- https://www.kickstarter.com...

This week the Steves have a chat around our preferences regarding "generic" or "universal" systems, versus systems dedicated to a particular genre/setting.  Along the way we discuss our feelings on the cyberpunk genre, and also some thoughts on personal nostalgia.   d20 Network Spotlight:  Werewolf: the Podcast -- https://keepontheheathlands.podbean.com/   Game of the Week:      Steve G:  The Cryp...

Here is the short session zero from our Retrostar actual play we recorded a little while ago. We are working on a brand new intro for these actual play sessions so just a cold open this week.  Thank you Ben and Hagen for allowing us to record and playing with us! Also, the GamerNation Con 8 Kickstarter campaign is live!!!  Find it here (and even pledge to get a game run by one of the Steves!) -- h...

This week the Steves are joined by Micah (also known as FatCrab) from the Table/Flip podcast to talk about creating and running settings, and how to appropriately set your players expectations for those settings.  Most of this talk centers around the Genesys system and settings for it, but as with the discussion of canon last week, the principals apply to pretty much any game!   d20 Network Spotli...

This week, 1 Steve is fishing, so the other Steve has a talk with GM Phil from the Order 66 podcast about "Canon" and how to use (and deal with) it in your games!  There's a lot of talk about Star Wars specifically, but the concepts are able to be applied to most anything! Check out Phil and his Studio 404 Games friends at https://www.studio404games.com/   d20 Network Spotlight -- The Order 66 pod...

This week we bring you a conversation that starts around getting comfortable, and how it can help you get better RP in your games, which then veers into comedy games, and then a talk about safety tool use in comedy and horror games. d20 Network Spotlight: The Forge -- https://forgegenesys.com/   Game of the Week:      Steve S: Gobblin' -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/254667/Gobblin?affilia...

As a sort of 'closer' to Spooky-month, we sat down to chat with Bridgett Jeffries about just what it is that makes horror gaming fun for those who enjoy it. For those who don't know, Bridgett is an amazing, and amazingly fun person.  She's a podcast host, streamer, writer, and a community ambassador for Chaosium.      We talk about what got us started in gaming, how we got interested in horror gam...

This week we welcome Kyle Skarp, better known as "Skarpie" on various Discord servers.  We talk about the wonderful supplement for Genesys that he co-authored with Scott Zumwalt, called "Hell is Full" along with ways to take pieces of it and turn up the gritty and deadly in other Genesys settings!      Check out Hell is Full on the Genesys Foundry on Drive Thru -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/prod...

This week the Steves are joined by local (to them) creator Alexandra Frund Clinton, who has written an RPG called The Deittman Files about ghost hunting, and paranormal investigation! It's a pretty darn cool game, and a very cool conversation is had! Links for Alexandra and The Deittman Files:     The game on Drive-Thru: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/366442/The-Deittman-Files-a-Ghost-Huntin...

This week we welcome fellow d20 Radio hosts Logan and Griffin from the Story Told podcast to come talk about a game that is near and dear to both of them, Changeling! It's a fun time, and we Steves get to learn a bit about a game that certainly hasn't gotten the attention of some of it's siblings.   Check out more of Logan and Griffin on their own The Story Told podcast at https://thestorytold.lib...