Me And Steve Talk RPG‘s

Who doesn't love big, giant, stompy robots? This week we're joined by Brett and Phil from Studio 404 Games to talk about mecha, mecha anime, mecha gaming, and most importantly, their fabulous Genesys supplement "Mechasys".  A good time is had by all, and there's lots of talk about all the fun you can have with mecha in you games! Studio 404 Games links:      Website:  https://www.studio404games.co...

This week we're doing a little more exploring of adventure/campaign writing, but we're specifically talking about developing the adversaries for your player characters.  We lean into Steve G's writing experience to try and help Steve S, and the rest of you to just do things better and easier!   d20 Network Spotlight:  Werewolf the Podcast -- https://keepontheheathlands.podbean.com/   Game of the W...

The Steves have a chat about their recent experience playtesting the upcoming Anarchy in Dragon City with Brett from Studio 404 ( https://www.studio404games.com/ ).  This leads to thoughts about the how and why playtesting is done, along with a couple other tangents about assorted things!   d20 Network Spotlight:  The Forge -- https://forgegenesys.com/   Game of the Week:      Steve G: Punk Fu --...

We have a chat around some of our processes for planning and prepping for running campaigns, story arcs, and sessions.  So have a listen, and join in the conversation on the discord ( https://discord.gg/5wWNcYW ) because I'm sure we can all learn from each other! d20 Network Spotlight:  Order 66 -- http://feeds.feedburner.com/Order66   Game of the Week:      Steve S:  King of Dust -- https://www.d...

Lead Rules Design on Gamma World 4e, Lead Writer for the 2e Ravenloft box set, plus worked on Fallout 3,4, & 76, a number of the Elder Scrolls games, including Lead Designer for Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. Usually I have some clever title or something, but this week, I think the above says enough!  Any one of those credits are significant, but the whole list, plus more??!!?? We have a chat with game...

This one's a thought-provoking little chat inspired by our Discord users! We have a chat about "weird genre-mixing games", and just follow the rabbit-hole!   d20 Network Spotlight:  Squad Tactica -- https://open.spotify.com/show/4jJs4hS87TLPJlwzd3uw5w   Game of the Week:      Steve G:  Cyberpulp Daydreams -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/385335/Cyberpulp-Daydreams?affiliate_id=2018399      ...

This week we're getting the down-low on a game we initially discovered via our 'Game of the Week' segment!   This week the Steves are joined by Wade Dyer, the creator of Fragged Empire, and the rest of the Fragged line of RPGs to talk about his games, and the recently launched Kickstarter campaign for the second edition of his "flagship" game, Fragged Empire.  At the time of recording, the campaig...

Crowdfunding is a HUGE part of the RPG industry right now, and this week, the Steves are joined by freelance writer Egg Embry (d20 Network blog, EN-World, Ghostfire Gaming, Knights of the Dinner Table) to talk about this very thing!   You can find Egg at:      Twitter: https://twitter.com/EggEmbry      Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/egg.embry      d20 Network blog -- http://www.d20radio.com/ma...

This week we welcome back previous guest Miguel Colon ( Episode 39: Cloudsea ) to talk about his new project on Kickstarter, Malpractice!  It's a fun, lite solo game, where you play a fresh-from-med-school doctor, who goes to work for the Mob to try and pay down those terrifying student loans!  You can find that here --> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mcolon/malpractice-a-card-based-rpg    ...

It occurred to us that we've never done an episode talking about combat in games!  And we all know that's a HUGE part of what happens at many tables.  So here's a conversation about some of our thoughts surrounding combat in RPGs, and maybe some ways to make it more interesting for everyone!   d20 Network Spotlight:  Tabletop Tales -- https://anchor.fm/whatcomesafter   Game of the Week:      Steve...

This week we're chatting with Dustin from The Staggering Dragon podcast about those curveballs that get thrown around the gaming table.  Given that his table seems to trade fairly heavily in them, it seemed like a good topic to get his insight on.   Plus it was just a really fun gaming-centric conversation, and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did!   d20 Network Spotlight:  The Staggering Dragon...

Way back in September we did a Q&A episode, and we got a number of questions surrounding the topic of "player engagement".  So we promised to do a show about just that.  So, here it is!      Reference links: Robin's Laws of Good Game-Mastering -- http://www.sjgames.com/robinslaws/   The Player-Type quiz -- https://captainjoy.chunkyboy.com/RPGs/PlayerQuiz.html   Explanation of those types -- http:/...

Sometimes we all just need to remember that no matter how seriously we take our games, they are after all just games, and we're doing it to have fun. So we have a little talk about that. Also, on the news front, Me and Steve have launched our Patreon site, for any of those of you who might want to give us a little something to help out with hosting, and other production costs.  We're not putting a...

We all know that feeling.  You're running a game, and it's just not matching up with the time you want it to take.  But how do you fix that? That's why we're having a conversation with Justin Ecock, from the Terrible Warriors podcast.  He's had lots of experience making games fit into the amount of time slotted, both for his podcast, as well as conventions, and even doing events at restaurants!  S...

     We're ringing in the New Year with a chat with independent RPG creator Gavriel Quiroga.  He currently has a game called Hell Night on Kickstarter (ends Jan 22, 7AM US Eastern time), as well as having written both Neurocity, and Warpland.      We talk a bit about his previous two projects, as well as what we can expect from Hell Night, and he even lets us in on what he's moving on to next!  An...

This week, we Steves are taking a little break, but still bringing you something fresh to listen to!        We had the opportunity to do an "episode swap" with the Justin, and his wonderful crew from the Terrible Warriors podcast! Both of us have listened to numerous actual plays that the Terrible Warriors have recorded, and this is one of their latest!  This is "At the Foot of the Titans", episod...

It's time once again for our little update episode for between Christmas and New Years.  It's just us saying a "Thank You" to all you listeners for sharing your time with us, and also us trying to let you know what our intentions are going forward with the show for the next year.   d20 Network Podcast of the Week:  The Story Told -- https://thestorytold.libsyn.com/   As always folks, have fun, be...

This week we welcome back our Aussie friend GM Hooly (of The Forge podcast) to have a talk that was suppose to be about playing and running IP based RPGs.  We actually did talk a bit about that, but in true Me and Steve fashion, we diverge all over the place, but still stay (sorta) on-topic-ish.   We chat a bit about some of the famous properties that have been made into games, some of which have...

The old saying goes "A rolling stone gathers no moss."  And that's as good a description on this conversation as I have! From Steve unsettling himself writing an adventure, to cavemen rolling rocks down hills, to creative pressures, to taking a step back, this one meanders a little bit of everywhere!   d20 Network Podcast of the Week:  Genesys Archives -- https://anchor.fm/thegenesysarchives   Gam...

This week we're getting under the hood, and looking a little bit at the "nuts & bolts" of games.  And to assist in this we're joined by Jay Little, who was the system designer for (among other things) Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 3rd Ed, FFG Star Wars/Genesys, and also, the 2d20 system for Modiphious, as well as X-Wing miniatures 1ed, and numerous other games.      As always, it's a bit of a ramblin...

This week the Steves are joined by fellow d20 Network host Tom B (of the Shared Sagas Podcast) to have a talk around tricks and tips for something we all do, and probably all struggle with.  Running those pesky pre-written adventures and modules!   d20 Network Podcast of the Week:  Shared Sagas -- https://sharedsagas.podbean.com/ or on Facebook at : https://www.facebook.com/Shared. Sagas/   Game o...

This week the Steves are joined by Tony and Dave from 23rd Century Productions to talk about their game Battlelords of the 23rd Century.  It's a sci-fi, space, military game set in a corporate-controlled future.  Not only have they released an updated new edition fairly recently, they have a Kickstarter live for a supplement ( http://bit.ly/FAKickstart ), and they are also working on an adaptation...

This week the Steves have a talk about playing "sub-optimally"! It's a conversation about a different way to look at playing rpgs, and just maybe a way you can add a different layer of enjoyment to your table.   d20 Network Podcast of the Week:  Adventure Game Engine Interest Series (or AGEIS) https://soundcloud.com/ageispodcast/tracks   Game of the Week:      Steve S:  Hello My Name is Death -- h...

As what is likely a wrap to our dark/gritty/horror mini-series for October, and now a little beyond, we were extremely fortunate to be joined by Chris Spivey of Darker Hue Studios, to talk about the games he's written, namely Harlem Unbound (in 2 editions) and Haunted West. Not only is Chris a game designer and developer, but (as we learn) he's also a HUGE fan of history.  He's on a mission to mak...

This month we've been talking about dark and horrific games.  But, they're not always the easiest games to run, so, in an effort to help all of you learn how to run these games better (and ourselves too), we sat down with Kenneth Hite to pick his brain and experience on ways to run horror games, and to run horror games better. For those unfamiliar, Ken has been playing, running, and writing horror...