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Are we seeing a decrease in the sales of RPGs? Over the last few weeks, a lot of small publishers have ceased to exist from the DMs Guild. In the region of 500. Given the thousands of people there, it doesn’t sound like much, but how many people are leaving and how many people just publish one product and then give up? On part two, we discuss if games in which you discover a winning strategy that works every time and allows you to win every game are good games. Are you interested in playing a game you know you’re going to win even before you start playing? And last, but not least, a review of Be like a Crow, a solo journaling RPG by Kritical Kit that puts the players in the wings of crows, rooks and ravens in a variety of environments, from high fantasy to political intrigue in the medieval British Court. ********************************************** Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting. If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine⁠⁠⁠⁠ About us: Paco and

This episode of the GMS Magazine podcast kicks off with host Paco Garcia and co-host Chris from Dias XMachina chatting about Paco's recent trip to Dragonmeet in London. After the Dragon Meet discussion, the hosts switch gears to talk about some recent news in the tabletop roleplaying game industry, starting with an investment announcement from Evil Genius Games. Evil Genius Games has secured funding from Alumni Ventures to develop a "games as a service" platform. Paco and Chris turn their attention to everyone's (least) favorite billionaire, Elon Musk, and his recent comments about potentially buying Hasbro. Moving on from billionaire shenanigans, Kickstarter projects that seems to be going nowhere. Chris also shares his experience with Notebook LM, a Google tool that can generate podcasts from text. This leads to a discussion about the potential dangers of AI-generated content and the importance of verifying information. Finally, Chris wraps up the episode with a review of the board game "Super Motherload

Language can be a tricky thing with many nuances for different expressions. “Guys” is one of those words that raise eyebrows depending on how you use it. Do you use it as a gender-neutral pronoun or do you use it as a male pronoun? Recently Gary Gygax came back to the fray when petulant billionaire Elon Musk decided to attack anyone and everyone who thought that Gygax was sexist. He was. Undeniably. But there was more to him than that. We talk about it. And two reviews: The Lost Mountain Saga, of which I think I have already spoken in the past. This multi-adventure campaign for Vaesen and authored by Ellinor DiLorenzo takes the players to the north of Sweden to investigate what is going on in the depths of the mine of a remote town that has recently seen a new life. And Chris talks about Apocrypha, one of his favourite games and why he thinks it is better than the Pathfinder card game. ***************************************************** Useful links: This video has been produced for ⁠⁠https://www.gmsmagaz

Violet Daisy Games was born with the aim of providing quircky and different types of roleplaying games to its audience. Since they they’ve released a colouring book, been successful in a crowdfunding campaign to get a game about narrating your own demise and have another on the way to make sure your characters meet in an original place and not just any tavern… And there is a lot more to them than that! I got together with Anna Maria Jackson-Phelps to talk about the company, its ethos and the plans for present and very likely glorious future. ********************************************** Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting. If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► ⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine⁠⁠ About us: Paco and Martin are a couple who love playing games and recording videos about them. Paco has been playing RPGs since he discovered Dragonlance in 1984 and found his love for Boardgames in 2007. He’s an avid reader and has a very keen interest in gaming and the people who make t

On November 5th 2024, the American people spoke at the ballots and Trump won the elections, again. What will be the consequences in the gaming world? We also talk about Pay What You Want and people using AI to generate games to be "sold" in that way. And a review of tyle placement, puzzle game Segongsa, from Magic Beans Games. Find out more on the Boardgame Geek website: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/395528/segongsa ********************************************** Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting. If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► ⁠https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine⁠ About us: Paco and Martin are a couple who love playing games and recording videos about them. Paco has been playing RPGs since he discovered Dragonlance in 1984 and found his love for Boardgames in 2007. He’s an avid reader and has a very keen interest in gaming and the people who make them. Martin is a chartered surveyor who just loves media production. He is in charge of all the editing and the technology w

In this episode Chris Dias talks to reknown game designer Mike Selinker about Apocrypha and the new edition of Lords of Vegas. About Apocrypha: The Apocrypha Adventure Card Game allows you to play it as a cooperative card game, or with a game master as a role playing game. The world is on the brink of an apocalypse, set in motion by monsters only your characters can see. Gameplay is story-based, and features deck construction and character growth. Over time, characters will unlock repressed memory fragments that will add new powers. Each mission has a unique setup and goal, which often involves hunting down a true threat hiding among the cards at the nexuses that characters investigate. The base game, called The World, comes with 584 cards, 20 six-sided dice, 1 rulebook, 1 storybook, 30 dividers, and 10 character stand-up tokens; The World contains the starting chapter of Candlepoint, Wisconsin, and also the Skinwalkers chapter. Eight more chapters appear in two expansions, The Flesh and The Devil, as well

In this episode Chris and I talk about Spiel 2024 and bring you reviews of Cerebria and Codetalk. We also discuss about having paid GMs AND paid players! You can find out more about Codetalk on the Boardgamegeek website: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/267941/codetalk Also on the publisher’s site: https://magicbean12.cafe24.com/shop6/ For more about Cerebria: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/236781/cerebria-the-inside-world-origin-box And the publisher’s site: https://mindclashgames.com/ The Rascal News article: https://www.rascal.news/former-world-of-game-design-employees-claim-tabletop-company-exploits-workers-and-clients/   ********************************************** This channel is dedicated to all those games you might never hear about otherwise. Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting. If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine   Useful links: This video has been produced for https://www.gmsmagazine.com For our RPGs channel ► https://www.youtube.c

This game is based on Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway known for its distinctive metropolitan structure. The game has no board and no game board spaces. Players compete to build roads across each other’s highway and to place their cars. A unique architectural 3-dimensional space will be created on the table following the simple building guidelines. In addition to the intermediate Basic Rules, the game also includes Mission Rules, in which players aim for highest score by completing various missions. Build your own unique highway with the balance of your fingertips and a creative construction strategy. Up to 6 people can play together with the 2 player version! Tokyo Highway how-top-play at Spiel 2024 ********************************************** Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting. If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine ********************************************** About us: Paco and Martin are a couple who love playing games and recording videos about the

"Hang on Mama, I'm on my way!" Toto the black cat said, skittering towards the lopsided tower looming before him. Find out more on the Boardgamegeek website: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/424751/cat-and-the-tower Having been told that his mother left the world of the living to become a star in the sky, Toto and the rest of his feline friends bound unwaveringly for the top of the tower in the hopes to meet her again. In Cat and the Tower, you will work together with other players to help Toto the cat on his way up a perilous tower to reach the stars, where he believes his mother is waiting for him. Each turn will have you choosing options from the cards available to either build the tower ever higher, or testing how steady you can keep your hand by performing dexterity challenges that will help Toto climb up higher to his destination. It is up to you and the other players to build the tower yourself, which will require a constant balancing act of mismatched walls and moving Feline Friends. Depending

The third and last past of this episode is all about the world, time travelling and how characters can belong in different ages and eras. Through the Hedgerow is a fantasy roleplaying game of hope and heroism in which gifted mortals and Fay creatures fight across time in an eternal battle for the soul of the countryside. Find out more on the Osprey Games website: ⁠⁠https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/through-the-hedgerow-9781472856111/⁠⁠ Through the Hedgerow is a fantasy roleplaying game of time travel and supernatural adventure set in the hidden world of the countryside. As Knights of the Briar Company, you are Champions of the Light, charged with protecting the soul and magic of the land against the agents of the Dark, who seek only destruction and chaos. This eternal battle is fought throughout history, from the war-torn Dark Ages and 17th Century to the upheaval of the Industrial Revolution and World War Two. As one of the Fay – sorcerous birds, animated scarecrows, intelligent spiders, and other beings

In this second part, we cover the types of characters you can create and how they work, their motivations... Through the Hedgerow is a fantasy roleplaying game of hope and heroism in which gifted mortals and Fay creatures fight across time in an eternal battle for the soul of the countryside. Find out more on the Osprey Games website: ⁠https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/through-the-hedgerow-9781472856111/⁠ Through the Hedgerow is a fantasy roleplaying game of time travel and supernatural adventure set in the hidden world of the countryside. As Knights of the Briar Company, you are Champions of the Light, charged with protecting the soul and magic of the land against the agents of the Dark, who seek only destruction and chaos. This eternal battle is fought throughout history, from the war-torn Dark Ages and 17th Century to the upheaval of the Industrial Revolution and World War Two. As one of the Fay – sorcerous birds, animated scarecrows, intelligent spiders, and other beings – you may be sworn to defend hu

In this part we talk about the genesis of Through the Hedgethrow and its mechanics. Through the Hedgerow is a fantasy roleplaying game of hope and heroism in which gifted mortals and Fay creatures fight across time in an eternal battle for the soul of the countryside. Find out more on the Osprey Games website: https://www.ospreypublishing.com/uk/through-the-hedgerow-9781472856111/ Through the Hedgerow is a fantasy roleplaying game of time travel and supernatural adventure set in the hidden world of the countryside. As Knights of the Briar Company, you are Champions of the Light, charged with protecting the soul and magic of the land against the agents of the Dark, who seek only destruction and chaos. This eternal battle is fought throughout history, from the war-torn Dark Ages and 17th Century to the upheaval of the Industrial Revolution and World War Two. As one of the Fay – sorcerous birds, animated scarecrows, intelligent spiders, and other beings – you may be sworn to defend humanity. Or, as a mortal mar

The Chronicles of Future Earth is a cosmic fantasy roleplaying game set in the far, far future of planet Earth. A game of sorcery and demons, fallen civilisations and ancient technologies, monsters, mysteries, and mind-shattering dimensions. This Player’s Guide provides all you need to create and play characters in this fantastic and fascinating world. Together with its companion volumes, the Guide to Future Earth and the Chronicler’s Guide, it uses the Cosmic Fate system, a new incarnation of the Fate Core system, to bring you a deep, original, and action-packed game. Get it now from DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/471763/the-chronicles-of-future-earth-player-s-guide?affiliate_id=318686 This Player's Guide contains: Full rules for play, including actions, combat, advancement, and relationships; Detailed character generation, with many homelands and kindreds, including the Jeniri "Cousins of Humankind" and the Esteri "Not-Humans of Earth"; Maps of the Venerable

Third and last part of this interview with The Terror Beneath author, Scott Malthouse. Find out more about the game here: ⁠https://www.ospreypublishing.com/us/terror-beneath-9781472858399/ Description An investigative roleplaying game of horrors both ancient and modern, inspired by the works of Arthur Machen and powered by the GUMSHOE system.Britain at the dawn of the 20th century. In the depths of the countryside, cults celebrate ancient rites in hidden clearings and caverns, beasts of legend emerge from their lairs to prey upon the unwary, and powerful beings of folklore and myth stir once more. In the urban sprawl of London and other cities, secret societies struggle for power and dominance, rogue alchemists pursue occult ambitions, and scientists fuse modern technology with ancient mysticism to create new horrors.This is the world of The Terror Beneath, an investigative roleplaying game inspired by the works of the master of horror, Arthur Machen. It is into this world that players will step as unwitting

We go onto part 2 of this interview. Find out more about the game here: ⁠https://www.ospreypublishing.com/us/terror-beneath-9781472858399/ Description An investigative roleplaying game of horrors both ancient and modern, inspired by the works of Arthur Machen and powered by the GUMSHOE system.Britain at the dawn of the 20th century. In the depths of the countryside, cults celebrate ancient rites in hidden clearings and caverns, beasts of legend emerge from their lairs to prey upon the unwary, and powerful beings of folklore and myth stir once more. In the urban sprawl of London and other cities, secret societies struggle for power and dominance, rogue alchemists pursue occult ambitions, and scientists fuse modern technology with ancient mysticism to create new horrors.This is the world of The Terror Beneath, an investigative roleplaying game inspired by the works of the master of horror, Arthur Machen. It is into this world that players will step as unwitting investigators, plucked from amongst an oblivious

First part of my interview with author Scott Malthouse about his game The Terror Beneath. Find out more about the game here: https://www.ospreypublishing.com/us/terror-beneath-9781472858399/ Description An investigative roleplaying game of horrors both ancient and modern, inspired by the works of Arthur Machen and powered by the GUMSHOE system.Britain at the dawn of the 20th century. In the depths of the countryside, cults celebrate ancient rites in hidden clearings and caverns, beasts of legend emerge from their lairs to prey upon the unwary, and powerful beings of folklore and myth stir once more. In the urban sprawl of London and other cities, secret societies struggle for power and dominance, rogue alchemists pursue occult ambitions, and scientists fuse modern technology with ancient mysticism to create new horrors.This is the world of The Terror Beneath, an investigative roleplaying game inspired by the works of the master of horror, Arthur Machen. It is into this world that players will step as unwittin

Friend of the show Dimokritos Saloustros asked me a few questions about Kickstarting your project, so Chris and I come to answer them in the best way we can! ********************************************** Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting. If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► ⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine⁠⁠ ********************************************** About us: Paco and Martin are a couple who love playing games and recording videos about them. Paco has been playing RPGs since he discovered Dragonlance in 1984 and found his love for Boardgames in 2007. He’s an avid reader and has a very keen interest in gaming and the people who make them. Martin is a chartered surveyor who just loves media production. He is in charge of all the editing and the technology we use in our Spain-based studio. ***************************************************** Useful links: This video has been produced for ⁠⁠https://www.gmsmagazine.com⁠⁠ For our RPGs channel ► ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@gmsma

Sigil is the new VTT system for D&D and it does look absolutely marvelous. But is it all it is set to be? https://www.dndbeyond.com/project-sigil ********************************************** Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting. If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► ⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine⁠⁠ ********************************************** About us: Paco and Martin are a couple who love playing games and recording videos about them. Paco has been playing RPGs since he discovered Dragonlance in 1984 and found his love for Boardgames in 2007. He’s an avid reader and has a very keen interest in gaming and the people who make them. Martin is a chartered surveyor who just loves media production. He is in charge of all the editing and the technology we use in our Spain-based studio. ***************************************************** Useful links: This video has been produced for ⁠⁠https://www.gmsmagazine.com⁠⁠ For our RPGs channel ► ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@gmsmagazine⁠

Part 2 of this week's episode. The new D&D Player’s handbook is almost out and we already know a few things that could be interesting. Or not… ********************************************** Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting. If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► ⁠https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine⁠ ********************************************** About us: Paco and Martin are a couple who love playing games and recording videos about them. Paco has been playing RPGs since he discovered Dragonlance in 1984 and found his love for Boardgames in 2007. He’s an avid reader and has a very keen interest in gaming and the people who make them. Martin is a chartered surveyor who just loves media production. He is in charge of all the editing and the technology we use in our Spain-based studio. ***************************************************** Useful links: This video has been produced for ⁠https://www.gmsmagazine.com⁠ For our RPGs channel ► ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@gmsmagazine⁠ For S

Part 1: Intro and news Hobby Shop Museum closes down Gen Con Writers symposium explodes! Hasbro’s boss announces that D&D will use AI in the future ********************************************** Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting. If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine ********************************************** About us: Paco and Martin are a couple who love playing games and recording videos about them. Paco has been playing RPGs since he discovered Dragonlance in 1984 and found his love for Boardgames in 2007. He’s an avid reader and has a very keen interest in gaming and the people who make them. Martin is a chartered surveyor who just loves media production. He is in charge of all the editing and the technology we use in our Spain-based studio. ***************************************************** Useful links: This video has been produced for https://www.gmsmagazine.com For our RPGs channel ► https://www.youtube.com/@gmsmagazine For