Focusing on the idea of personal play, Doc chats with Lena who is fresh off the release of the first episode of her brand new podcast. It’s a long one, but it’s totally worth it! Follow Lena’s pod on Twitter! Follow Lena on Twitter! And her Blog! And even a Google Translate version! AAaaaand a MORE
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Gnomecast #44 – Resisting the Shiny
Join Ang, Camdon, and Phil on Gnomecast for a follow-up discussion of J.T.’s Gnome Stew article “Resisting the Shiny” and a discussion about ways to handle that constant urge to try new games. Will they be able to resist the shiny sufficiently to keep them out of the stew? Keep up with all the gnomes by visiting MORE
84-By The General’s Hand
Senda and Emily sit down to play a game that wasn’t meant to be able to be played on a podcast–By the General’s Hand. It’s new from Broken Ruler Games & Todd Crapper based on an episode of another podcast Gaming… Source: She’s A Super Geek 84-By The General’s Hand
Tips for Running Long Campaigns
What do you plan for? How detailed should your notes be? How do you stay committed? Long Campaigns: How Do? Lucky for us, Monica has quite a lot of experience running the serial epics, and she has some tips and advice for GMs who want to up their campaign game. Also discussed: Pretenders to the MORE
Panda’s Talking Games 114 – Power Level 9000
Show us how you handle different power levels in one shots and campaigns! Phil and Senda talk about the pros and cons of starting at low levels, medium levels, or high levels, and handling speed of advancement. Also, we fell down a rabbit hole discussing one of the Ditch Lilies more experimental pieces, Night of MORE
Avanti 13-Body in the Water
Our heroes finally get to rest, but in the morning light something in the water brings more questions than they already had.
Cypher Speak Episode 35: Lost in Translation!
In this episode Darcy and Troy talk about running translations in the Cypher System. Topic suggestion from: Blake via Email Shout Out to The Lounge Poddities: Troy – Angry GM Kickstarter Darcy – Welcome to Warda – Amazing Warda Actual Play!
Panda’s Talking Games 113 – One Shots at Cons vs. at Home
Show us how you prep differently for one shots at cons vs. one shots at home! Phil and Senda talk about generality and accessibility vs. specificity and customization, time frames, etc. Please forgive my slightly sick voice this week — I am starting to feel better! Also, the panda tweet that wasn’t a panda tweet, MORE
The Lounge #8 – James D’Amato
Talking about his upcoming book, The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide: Prompts and Activities to Create the Most Interesting Story for Your Character, about the One Shot Network, improvising, and just cool game talk! Find James on Twitter! Check out One Shot Network! Find me on Twitter! As Always, Support Contessa!
Gnomecast #43 – Gnomecast at Origins 2018
Join a whole stewpotful of gnomes for a collection of mini-interviews recorded during the Origins Game Fair 2018 in Columbus, Ohio. Ang interviews Camdon, Wendelyn, and John, then John interviews Ang, and then John goes on to talk to Chris, Phil, Senda, Bob, Tracy, Darcy, and Kira! You can catch a whole bunch of the MORE