Two-Headed Game Master

Creating supplemental rules for your TTRPG can be a way to help simulate a unique idea or situation, and it can be fun to attach a system of rolls to something. However, if you are like us it can be easy to go off book for every little thing and before you know it character sheets are covered in sticky notes. Then GMs and Players alike have trouble remembering how the novel mechanics for that cool...

What does food and being cold have in common? If you were waiting for a punchline, keep waiting. Answer: they are RPG resources. Different game systems put emphasis on different resources but keeping track of them can be challenging. Today’s episode is brought to you by the fun police, if keeping track of a resource isn’t fun -> don’t do it. There I just saved you an hour of your time… www.2HGM...

Loop there it is, loop there it is! (record scratches) Welcome to a hard science episode where we talk expertly about brain chemistry. Just kidding we’re idiots, but we do talk about human’s love of watching numbers increase only to be reset to zero after reaching a certain point. (another record scratch…opps bricked it)   www.2HGM.com Music: Pondhillow's Finest, The Burning Saviours

We were thinking about language in our tabletop games, and language in society, and were like huh that is kinda weird ain’t it. Language is of course extremely important in society, but we don’t know if it is as important in TTRPG. www.2HGM.com Music: Pondhillow's Finest, The Burning Saviours

Around and around it goes, looking for its nose…END OF RHYME! Speaking of things that go around and around, how about them players? No, we are not calling your players promiscuous. What if your players could come in and out from one session to the next, that’d be pretty cool right.  www.2HGM.com Music: Pondhillow's Finest, The Burning Saviours

The sequel to our previous episode about asynchronous text adventuring. Sicko Zone is back, it is bigger, badder, and even more sicker than ever! We have learned new lessons and spread our sickness to more people. Catch the sickness now! www.2HGM.com Music: Pondhillow's Finest, The Burning Saviours

We are thinking outside the box playing a little game of what if. Join us as we ponder a Djinn’s proposition, you are no longer constrained by the trials and tribulations of scheduling roleplaying sessions. However, you have to pick if you will be a GM or a player for the rest of eternity. NO SWITCHING!  www.2HGM.com Music: Pondhillow's Finest, The Burning Saviours

Kiera and Jahar continue their fight to find a place in the crumbling solar system.  With no family except each other, will these kids ever find a safe place to rest their heads?  www.2HGM.com Music: Pondhillow's Finest, The Burning Saviours

This episode is all about crunchy rolls, not the anime distributor of a similar name but the concept of unnecessary rolls in a TTRPG adventure. It seems like we at least mention ‘crunch’ every block of episodes, so enjoy this contextualization of ‘Hard’ v ‘Soft’... No more explanation necessary!  www.2HGM.com Music: Pondhillow's Finest, The Burning Saviours

Kiera and Jahar continue their fight to find a place in the crumbling solar system. With no family except each other, will these kids ever find a safe place to rest their heads? www.2HGM.com Music: Pondhillow's Finest, The Burning Saviours

We have a step by step guide to pick the next hot TTRPG for you! Spoiler it is Afterlife: Apocalypse Fantasy Role-Playing, get your copy now. JK, but it could be, point is we discuss how to break the decision down into manageable pieces.   www.2HGM.com Music: Pondhillow's Finest, The Burning Saviours

Kiera and Jahar continue their fight to find a place in the crumbling solar system.  With no family except each other, will these kids ever find a safe place to rest their heads?  www.2HGM.com Music: Pondhillow's Finest, The Burning Saviours

The GM is responsible for tons of stuff, why not take something off that plate. We have recently played some TTRPG games that cut down on the rolls that the GM does. Less work? Sign me up! www.2HGM.com Music: Pondhillow's Finest, The Burning Saviours

Kiera and Jahar continue their fight to find a place in the crumbling solar system.  With no family except each other, will these kids ever find a safe place to rest their heads?  www.2HGM.com Music: Pondhillow's Finest, The Burning Saviours

Sharif joins us again, this time for an adventure in the retro-sci fi of Dangerous Spaceman Against the Shrieking Void. Two kids find themselves in a dive on Venus, deep in debt and few options. Quite the setup for adventure. www.2HGM.com Music: Pondhillow's Finest, The Burning Saviours

Get you tips here, tricks for sale! Struggling to bring character emotion into your game, struggle no longer. We discuss some ways to bring the complex emotions out of your characters. Hopefully you’ll become so attached from the emotional buy in that tears will be shed when your character dies! RIP www.2HGM.com Music: Pondhillow's Finest, The Burning Saviours

Happy Halloween! As is tradition around here we played a spooky one shot. Join the players in a fight for their lives at the remote Camp Wolfskul in Norway. Instead of the first night of the camp counselor's vacation, an ancient evil is unleashed and is out for blood...among other things. www.2HGM.com Music: Pondhillow's Finest, The Burning Saviours

*Giant robot sounds* The drift is becoming destabilized, oh no! This is now a podcast about Pacific Rim! Bet it’d be a better podcast if we actually did that. Sorry for getting your hopes up… We talk about syncing up with your roleplaying group. www.2HGM.com Music: Pondhillow's Finest, The Burning Saviours

In this edition of turning a media product into a TTRPG session we break down the Evil Dead. Ooooo spooky! Tune in to hear our breakdown of the Evil Dead and the secret sauce to make your session fun and spoopy. www.2HGM.com Music: Pondhillow's Finest, The Burning Saviours

An imagination based game like a TTRPG is all about keeping a picture in your mind. Descriptions are the tool we use to get there. People often forget that we humans have 5 senses, try using them to make a clear picture of the scenery, characters, weather, etc. www.2HGM.com Music: Pondhillow's Finest, The Burning Saviours

Do you remember your communications course? Neither do we… When Game Mastering, you have a targeted audience; the players. We talk about an assumption we have held for years about our players, and how that assumption has kinda made us big juicy cheeks (_!_) www.2HGM.com Music: Pondhillow's Finest, The Burning Saviours

Games are about winning, and what is more winning than standing over the lifeless corpse of your enemy. That’s pretty dark though, so we talk about winning without taking every single life. …And it can be nice for the players to lose a fight without a total party wipe. It works both ways! www.2HGM.com Music: Pondhillow's Finest, The Burning Saviours

Animal companions come in all sizes, from tiny fluff balls that sit on shoulders to rideable giant furry beasts. That was unfortunate phrasing there. Oh well. We talk about running animal companions and there is a lot to talk about! www.2HGM.com Music: Pondhillow's Finest, The Burning Saviours

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She’s a writer, and our friend, please welcome the fantastic Cece! *pause for applause* The topic tonight is story writing and I think we cover it pretty good…but I am paid to say that so…jk I don’t get paid. If you need something written, hit up our homie here: ceceliamerserve@gmail.com www.2HGM.com Music: Pondhillow's Finest, The Burning Saviours