Tabletop Hot Takes

Funky and Aria discuss their Favorite Stories in Gaming™. Funky gets too emotional, and Aria gets too right. This was a really fun episode for us, and we may continue it in the future as a series. Y'all should share your Favorite Stories in Gaming™ too. This is a really fun concept we found from Matt Colville at https://youtu.be/T9jxVbg_RWQ?si=8ZWMjjn18h77slUq . -----------------------------------...

SPAAACE GHOOOSTS!! Aria and Funky talk about using random tables to create settings, specifically galaxies of explorable planets and solar systems. They talk about knowing where the river is in New Orleans, wombats, and how perfect is the enemy of done. You can follow the link here for a LOT of reference material from Funky that he used for all this. If you are curious about any further details, o...

Funky and Aria discuss Pathos. Why does it not belong on Funky's table? Is Pathos a cat? They get into equity in the spotlight, Trotskyists, and cool warrior-poets. ----------------------------------------- Our Patreon -----------------------------------------

Funky and Aria discuss Noodle Incidents. What they are, how to use them for fun and profit, and being in silly moods. ----------------------------------------- Our Patreon -----------------------------------------

Funky and Aria discuss Heroism. What it really means, sleep-deprived writing, and Funky's awesome grandmother are all brought up. Funky's audio was pretty messed up for this episode as he tried to figure out a new system. Many apologies are given for this. ----------------------------------------- Our Patreon ----------------------------------------- Stuff Referenced in this Episode: Behind the Ba...

Funky and Aria discuss Aria's Unified Theory of Cohesive Game Design tm . They get into hackable systems, generic systems, and the hopeful first sponsor of the podcast. ----------------------------------------- Our Patreon ----------------------------------------- Systems Referenced in this Episode: Cortex Prime Hack! The RPG Apocalypse World GURPS Forged in the Dark FATE Draw Steel! Battle System...

Funky and Aria discuss exploiting game writing for fun, not-fun, and profit. We explore the world of why numbers are stupid, the Greater Seattle Polycule™, and carrying hundreds of ceramic plates around. ---------------------------------------------------- Our Patreon ----------------------------------------------------

Clickbait title aside... Funky and Aria discuss what plagiarism really is, and why you should maybe do it actually. All kinds of niche media abound. ---------------------------------------------------------- Our Patreon Gurren Lagann - Cuz we mentioned it... sorta... Mostly I just wanted an excuse to say the line... Leverage - You REALLY should know more about Leverage Burn Notice - If you feel yo...

Funky and Aria discuss bad games they know with good lessons to learn from them. This delves into pandas in World of Warcraft, 17th century england, and the eponymous classic movie Equilibrium ----------------------------------------- Our Patreon ----------------------------------------- Systems Referenced in this Episode: Clockwork & Chivalry 2nd Edition Tails of Equestria Hackmaster Shadowru...

MAKE YOUR ALIENS WEIRDER!! JUST DO IT! Funky and Aria discuss weird alien people and why they should be weirder. This includes Tolkien, The Doctor, elves, and planets miniaturized into people. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Our Patreon - patreon.com/TabletopHotTakes ------------------------------------------------------------------------

The second in our series about Genres. We pick right up with mysteries. We explore the required baseline for mysteries and how they can and can very much NOT work in TTRPGs. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Our Patreon - patreon.com/TabletopHotTakes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mystery Novel Structure Simplified -...

Funky and Aria discuss Gender, Sexuality, and TTRPG history. They chronicle changes to approach of gender in society and games alike. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Our Patreon - patreon.com/TabletopHotTakes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The First Female Gamers - Medium article about the first female gamers and th...

Funky and Aria discuss one way to categorize players. They cover the difficulty of ungendered words to describe mean people, Funky having a bit of a breakdown, and trying to not break Shadowrun. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Our Patreon - patreon.com/TabletopHotTakes ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Matt Colville -...

Professors Funky and Aria begin their series on the Eras of Role Playing. They discuss Gary Gygax, Dave Arneson, their epic friendship, and eventual rivalry They even mention writing on napkins, and promise not to sue each other. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Our Patreon - patreon.com/TabletopHotTakes ------------------------------------------------------...

We review the small, and very accessible, TTRPG Let's Rob RJ McIlhenney and Steal Her Golden Quill. We cover why it's great, how we could play it with our coworkers at Starbucks, and get bleeped a LOT! Our Patreon - patreon.com/TabletopHotTakes Link for the system: Let's Rob RJ McIlhenney and Steal Her Golden Quill Links for systems mentioned: Tails of Equestria

The beginning of a series exploring genres. We begin with a 101 course into the term of genre. We then explore the Horror genre, how it can work, how it can fail, and some spooky hot takes. We talk about some favorite horror movies and systems, and chat about amish playing TTRPGs. Our Patreon - patreon.com/TabletopHotTakes Sources: Alien - Look out! Its a man in a suit! Truly an apex predator. Hot...

After last episode, we decided we needed to talk about one of the most polarizing and essential systems in a TTRPG: The resolution system Our Patreon - patreon.com/TabletopHotTakes Links for the systems mentioned: Or8cle - A GM-less TTRPG played with a Magic 8-Ball. Short and easy to run. Dread - A Horror TTRPG played with a Jenga tower. When the tower falls, so does your character. Lasers & F...

Some of the most unique TTRPGs we have found in our travels. This only scratches the surface of the good, weird stuff out there. There will be a part 2 and onward in the future. Our Patreon - patreon.com/TabletopHotTakes Links for the systems mentioned: Terror Thirteen: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/63498/Terror-Thirteen?term=terror+thirteen Totally Real Human Adults: https://crlegge.itch.i...

We discuss a favorite game of Aria's (and soon to be Funky's too), Ryuutama. It's a fabulous exploration of exploration and pastoral fantasy. Our Patreon - patreon.com/TabletopHotTakes DriveThruRPG link for Ryuutama - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/151366/Ryuutama--Natural-Fantasy-Roleplay

We talk perspectives on one of the oldest discourses in TTRPGs Our Patreon - patreon.com/TabletopHotTakes Bibliography: Keep on the Borderlands - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17158/B2-The-Keep-on-the-Borderlands-Basic Gamedeveloper - https://www.gamedeveloper.com/disciplines/the-dungeon-master-an-interview-with-gary-gygax Bleak Spirit - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/296546/Bleak-Spi...

We talk about or favorite and least favorite mechanics or ideas from any TTRPG for an easy first episode. Our Patreon - https://patreon.com/TabletopHotTakes?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=join_link Links to DriveThruRPG for all the games we mention: Shadowrun - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?filters=1700_0_0_0_0&...