Gaming And Bs Rpg Podcast | Tabletop Roleplaying Game Tips And Advice For Game Masters And Players

Dragonlance, it was an idea by Tracy and Laura Hickman that became a D&D game at TSR. It ultimately went on to be adventure modules, books and even a movie. Announcements Sean’s content on Patreon Random Encounter Jared of House Rascher comments on GM meta Matt of House of Bohnhoff on Metagaming vs Immersion Blake...

Metagaming, we covered it. This is more meta terms the game master may use in a game. An example, “That’s a side quest, it’s not part of the main plot.” Announcements Gameholecon.com Evercon.org – 20th Anniversary! AwesomeDice.com final giveaway Winner for June is Peter. Avalon KS –  Hard copy process update: waiting for proofs Ran...

“Your PC falls 120′ and suffers 60 points of damage”. No problem, I still have 60 left. Sometimes it’s a small thing that throws us off, and sometimes it’s something bigger. What are the boundaries/levels of “Suspension of Disbelief” that we’ll put up with and where does it break, and ruin a game for us? ...

A while back Brett brought up the idea of running home games more like convention games – asking why we don’t do that. We’re going to revisit this topic but with a slightly different angle that I think should be more useful: Using the con game magic to bring back the wonder in your home...

Ok, so what is a small role-playing game group? What games might be played and what do you have to keep in mind when you’re playing with a small group of players. Announcements Avalon KS AwesomeDice.com GameholeCon Evercon Random Encounter Roman emails us on Hindrances James on meta currencies and inclusivity Bret goes back to...

PC Hindrances, some systems you take them in order to gain extra points to be converted to boons, buffs and edges. But what if your players take them, but they don’t end up being a hindrance. Announcements Avalon KS If you backed at a level that grants you a PDF you should have gotten your...

Dark Trails is a role-playing game inspired by HP Lovecraft and authored by David Baity. We have him on to talk about his new game and the weird west. Announcements Sign up to receive updates, insights, deals – be entered to win a set of dice from AwesomeDice.com.  Gamehole Con! – Run under our banner. Just...

All Random Encounters this week. Well to include Die Roll too! Announcements Join our email list – be entered to win a set of dice from AwesomeDice.com.  Gamehole Con! Evercon! Random Encounter Vmail from Chris of house Shorb about meta currencies. Nick of house Hopkins episode 175 and 177 George from House Sedgwick messages us...

How can we be better about welcoming everyone that is not like Brett & Sean into the hobby? It can be difficult if you see things through the same lenses every day, so we tapped Paige Leitman to help us gain some perspective. Links Paige Leitman on Twitter   Nahual – rpg of Mexican urban...

Meta currencies like bennies in Savage Worlds, momentum in Star Trek Adventures, light and darks side points in FFG’s Start Wars, FATE points…we talk about them. Thanks to Peter Skanes for the topic! Announcements Sign up to receive updates, insights, deals – be entered to win a set of dice from AwesomeDice.com. James Sweetland, you win for April! Gamehole Con! Event registration opened...

Read it all. Skim it. Take notes. How do you consume RPG setting material? Thanks Jim Fitzpatrick for the point of inspiration! Announcements Sign up to our email list, be entered to win set of dice from AwesomeDice.com Gamehole Con! Evercon! Gaming and BS on Instagram Random Encounter Matt of House V. comments on Recovering...

It can be a little bit intimidating and difficult to recover after you run a bad game. How do you engage the players again? Do you discuss issues with the game at that point? Do you just move on? Dow do you approach resolving or improving? Questions posed by Tony Baker, we try and tackle...

Victor Raymond joins Sean to talk about the OSR, MAR Barker – author of Empire of the Petal Throne, and Tekumel! Announcements Sign up to receive updates, insights, deals – be entered to win a set of dice from AwesomeDice.com. Gamehole Con! Event registration opened up April 14th. Consider running a game under our banner! Random Encounter...

Waterborne adventures. Ships! Pirates! Storms! Dragon Turtles! We talked about this a bit back on episode 219, but now we’ve got an expert in such things on hand to help us out! Announcements Sign up to receive updates, insights, deals – be entered to win a set of dice from AwesomeDice.com.  Winner of set of...

Puzzles in games.  How do we set them up? How do we use them? Announcements Sign up to receive updates, insights, deals – be entered to win a set of dice from AwesomeDice.com. Sean’s raising money for Leukemia & Lymphoma Society – click here on ways to help. Deadline June 1st, 2019. Random Encounter Audio...

TPK or total party kill. Is it ever a good time for a TPK? Announcements Join our email list. Be entered to win a set of dice from AwesomeDice.com Random Encounter Comment from Matt of House V. Sky of House Slayton emails us T of house Monger writes Cory Welch writes us about Call of...

Brett wants to know more about Sean’s venture into Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game by Chaosium. Announcements Join our email list and be entered to win a set of dice from AwesomeDice.com  Random Encounter Email from Judge Brandon Comment from Crimfan Comment from Matt V. Peter Skanes on Zones Voicemail from GM Cojo Die Roll...

We flip the tables this episode, as Brett says, and talk about players becoming rpg game masters. Announcements Sign up to receive updates, insights, deals – be entered to win a set of dice from AwesomeDice.com.  Post Gary Con review Sean eats crow, not literally, he doesn’t know how to properly prepare it. Random Encounter...

We talk about some recent happenings in our RPG campaigns. Announcements Sign up to receive updates, insights, deals – be entered to win a set of dice from AwesomeDice.com.  Gary Con Random Encounter Email from the Monger – GM’s as good players and zones Matt Voegtli comments on playtesting. Matt Martinez emails us – design...

Do game masters make good players? Well, do they? Announcements Join our email list, get entered to win from AwesomeDice.com Gary Con Avalon KS Update Random Encounter Email from Laramie Wall: bad endings and things you don’t know Louis H emails us: loose ends, discovery Monger P emails us: Gumshoe? Topic idea Matt Voegtli leaves...