Eric and Eli look at the most common type of protagonist in wuxia stories: the xia, or knight errant. They examine the codes and conduct of the knight errant by examining the characters of Five Deadly Venoms and The Legend of Drunken Master. An Introduction to the Wuxia Genre Five Deadly Venoms The Legend of MORE
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MMP #276 – You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling
Phil, Chris, Nikki, & Bob talk about game Ennui and what you can do to combat when you’ve just lost that burning desire to play your game. Find this episode in our archive via Patreon. Sponsors Wayward Masquerade Time Stamps 1:14 – What’s Going On 11:10 – The Workshop: Game Ennui 1:11:23 – The Social MORE
62 — Masks: Leave the Maude, Take the Dog
Under attack by mercenaries, our cavalcade of teenage superhero freaks flee the house — leaving their caretaker Mad Maude behind. Angela–GM (Find Angela on twitter or on Gnome Stew) Shyree Trist/”Stardust”–Emily B. (Find Emily B. on twitter and on Whelmed)… Source: She’s A Super Geek
Panda’s Talking Games 75: Happy Ending (The Denouement)
Show us how you handle denouement in one shots and campaigns! Phil and Senda talk denouement as it applies to con games and one shots vs. the fractal of denouement for campaigns. Also, the Lord of the Rings (because of the longest denouement ever), Phil makes weird cat faces, and Senda’s brain doesn’t mix languages. MORE
GnomeCast #24 – Are They Having Fun Yet?
Welcome to the Gnomecast, the Gnome Stew’s tabletop gaming advice podcast. Here we talk with the other gnomes about gaming things to avoid becoming part of the stew. So I guess we’d better be good. This episode we have Ang, Chris, & J.T talking about reading the table and experiences they’ve had where a player they MORE
MMP #275 – QCC 2017 Recap
Phil, Chris, Bob, & Nikki talk about their Queen City Conquest 2017 experiences and many of the games they played and ran. Links Dungeon World Rockalypse Undying Urban Shadows Swords & Wizardry Lightsabers without Master TAG Action Movie World
MMP#274 – Con Games and QCC
Sean Gilgore is in house Misdirected to talk QCC and then Phil and Chris talk con games. Come hang with us at the QCC. Sponsors Wayward Masquerade Time Stamps 1:57 – What’s Going On 23:48 – The QCC 48:09 – The Workshop: Con Games 1:29:49 – The Social Media Depository
61 – Masks: Origin Story
Emily and Senda are joined by Angela Murray of Gnome Stew and Emily Buza of the Whelmed podcast to play Masks, a game of teenage superheroes from Magpie Games. On today’s episode: an origin story of oceanic immensity! How a… Source: She’s A Super Geek
Panda’s Talking Games 74: Phil is Old (Playing with Age)
Show us how you handle older and younger characters at your table! Phil and Senda talk playing characters outside of the average age range for a PC. Also, giggle scripting, the best of the “Tasha” spells, and Senda’s childhood moose obsession. The Gnome Stew article Senda mentioned in the episode:http://www.gnomestew.com/player-perspective/playing-characters-gamers-hate/ Bonus outtakes available for MORE
GnomeCast #23 – Games That Changed Us
Welcome to the Gnomecast, the Gnome Stew’s tabletop gaming advice podcast. Here we talk with the other gnomes about gaming things to avoid becoming part of the stew. So I guess we’d better be good. This episode we have Matt, John & Ang talking about Games that changed the way they played. Links Which Game MORE