Me And Steve Talk RPG‘s

We persevered through some technical difficulties to get y'all this one!

Metagaming can cause some controversy in the community, and while it's hard to say when it becomes "bad", today we discuss a situation where it definitely had, along with some thoughts about how to deal with it, and honestly why we feel this situation had just gone too far for the health of the game table.

d20 Network Spotlight: Eberron Renewed -- https://ze...

This week I'm joined by by friend Daryl, who's also part of the How We Roll podcast to have a chat about what we think game designers "owe" us when we buy a game, or maybe more accurately, what we think we can expect when we buy a game.  it's a good, fun discussion, so listen in, and then swing by the discord and let us know your thoughts and expectations!

d20 Network Spotlight:  How We Roll -- https://howwerollgaming.com/podcast...

Short one this week as late night recording just made thinking difficult! A little chat about timers, investigative games, and so one!

d20 Network Spotlight: The Order 66 -- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/order-66-podcast/id276381727

Game of the Week:

     Steve G:  Gutgun -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/526781/gutgun?src=newest_print&affiliate_id=2018399

     Steve S:  Cursed Captains of Cthulhu -- https:...

A little self-exploratory food for thought this week! Forgive the brief notes, my home has been invaded for the week by 5 of my nieces/nephews, and I'm sneaking this in amongst the chaos!

d20 Network Spotlight:  The Wonderous Atlas of Creation's Destiny -- https://wondrousatlas.wordpress.com/

Game of the Week:

     Steve G:  Kremin -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/529053/kremin-the-game-of-cross-dimensional-adventure?...

Hard to believe it's been almost 5 years since we started putting this show out onto the interwebs! Join us for one of our traditionally rambly conversations about the things along the road, and a few other random thoughts of interest as we kinda kick back a little bit!

d29 Network Spotlight: Werewolf: The Podcast -- https://www.buzzsprout.com/1797037

Game of the Week:

     Steve G:  The Rogue Prototype -- https://www.drivethru...

Imagine if you will, a game inspired by Judge Dredd, Robocop, GWAR, and the Toxic Avenger.

Oh, wait, you don't have to. It already exists!

I have gotten to play it, and I own a copy of it, and it's a whole lot of fun, and this week, I'm joined by it's creator Brian Shutter! So come hear about all the cool, neo-80s inspired, post-apocalyptic fun that can await you, should you choose to try it!

Neon Lords Links:

Main Website:  http...

This week I'm joined by someone who I've had the pleasure of meeting a couple times in-person, and who is also behind a service that I very much enjoy using.

This week it's a conversation with JJ from the team behind RPGSessions.com, which is a website/service/VTT specifically designed for the narrative dice system games (Star Wars and Genesys).

While I love playing games online, I don't particularly love using VTTs, but RPG Sessio...

This week I'm joined by creator, and fellow GamerNationCon attendee Adam B to talk about his creations, which include the freshly-released Deeper Dungeons, as well as Darker Futures, and Further Stars, which are all really cool and very useful books for generating NPCs, as well as factions, sites, and all sorts of other useful things for your games in various genres.

If you're interested in these products, you can find these 3 here...

This week it's a conversation about stealing techniques from different sources, inspired by a wonderful little Canadian drama series called Cardinal. We have a bit of a chat around things like intertwining story elements, wrapping those elements up, and how sometimes looking at something different can help you learn new things!

d20 Network Spotlight:  I Should Roll -- https://ishouldroll.com/

Game of the Week:

     Steve G:  Re...

When is it ok to go how zany in a game? And how do you "control" the table to keep the tone of the session where you'd like it?

That's exactly what we have a chat about in this week's episode!

So join us for the conversation!

d20 Network Spotlight:  The Genesys Archives -- https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/thegenesysarchives/

Game of the Week:

     Steve G:  The No-Prep Gamemaster -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/produ...

This week I'm joined by JT Dimino for a chat inspired by a combination of a cheap Bluetooth speaker and a song by Megadeath!

We have a bit of a chat around making sure that you're getting the point you intend to across to your table while you're GMing! Also there's some talk about finding help and information in unexpected places.

Links:

d20 Radio Discord Server:  https://discord.gg/aj3JdFtSM8

Referenced Dave Nihill video:  https:/...

This week I got to sit down with another awesome person I met at GamerNationCon!

  I'm joined by Nate, from The Tabletop Empire YouTube channel to talk about his channel, their Dark Underworld actual-play, some of the things that happen before we all get to see anything, and of course we talk about why Star Wars is just an absolutely awesome setting for roleplaying games.

  If you want to check out The Tabletop Empire check out the...

     This week I'm joined by a couple of friends who also have a podcast on the d20 Radio Network!  I have a chat with Daryl and Robert from the How We Roll podcast to talk about their show, gaming, and some of the fun that we've been able to have together.

     If you want to check out their show, you can find it here:

Main Website:  https://howwerollgaming.com/

YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@HowWeRollGaming

Patreon:  https://...

Welcome to the finale for this short Monster of the Week game. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did playing it!

Terry was able to make this session, though Hagen wasn't feeling well and couldn't make it, but we continued on to finish this short story. 

As folks are I'm sure familiar, sometimes everyone just can't make it, so we just played with who was there!

We recorded this in late spring of 2024, right before I had to switch ...

Ok, yeah, kinda click-baity title...  But really, sometimes we blame the wrong thing, and that's what we're talking about on this episode!  (And we're not suggesting that y'all should hate anyone!)

d20 Network Spotlight -- The Order 66 -- https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/order-66-podcast-38220?

Game of the Week:

     Steve G:  Triangle Agency -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/505881/triangle-agency?affiliate_id=20183...

Welcome to the first half of the 3rd (and final) session of play for this short Monster of the Week game.

Terry was able to make this session, though Hagen wasn't feeling well and couldn't make it, but we continued on to finish this short story. I hope you all enjoy listening to this as much as we enjoyed playing it!

As folks are I'm sure familiar, sometimes everyone just can't make it, so we just played with who was there!

We re...

We're back with a new episode following the fun that was GamerNationCon X! Since I'm sure most of you have heard Steve and I talk about how much fun it is, I thought it would be fun to hear about the experience from someone who had never been there before!  Enter Joe. I met Joe at GNC, and he's part of a great actual-play on the Tabletop Empire YouTube channel called Dark Underworld.

So join us to hear a little about that, and a bu...

Back to new content after a fun and exciting time at GamerNation Con!!!

Welcome to the second session of play for this short Monster of the Week game.

We join in as Oaken, Myles, and Marcus have just come upon the unconscious body of Hecate, the goddess of the crossroads! So what do you do when you find an injured goddess (who also happens to be a mentor of yours)?

As folks are I'm sure familiar, sometimes everyone just can't mak...

     Shopping, it's perhaps the most low-key divisive thing we commonly do in games. Some love doing it, some hate doing it, and some don't care much either way. So how do you keep the whole table interested? Or how do you keep you interested?  That's kinda what we chat around in this episode. Also worth noting, we're likely going to skip a week or 2 with releases, as I'm madly trying to work extra OT at work, prepare stuff to tak...