Me And Steve Talk RPG‘s

This week we have a chat around balance in RPGs, and how generally, we both think that it's an over-emphasized thing.  If you want to know more, you'll have to listen!

d20 Network Spotlight:  The Story Told -- https://thestorytold.libsyn.com/

Game of the Week:

     Steve G: Heavy Weighs the Crown -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/548048/heavy-weighs-the-crown?affiliate_id=2018399

     Steve S: Iron Grit Demo -- https:/...

The plot thickens as we find out more about the assassin, and the events leading up to us encountering him!

Part 2 of session 2 of our Ruby and Fire actual-play using the Exalted game engine  from Onyx Path (Drive-Thru link).

 The Cast:

    GM/Storyteller: Decurion

    Firamar Saelen : Jen

    Finn Breakwater: Dave/Sarcastic

    Pale Nimbus 'Nim' : Logan (of The Story Told podcast)

    Mofid Parviz : (Young) Steve

    Wonderous C...

This week I'm joined by my friend Brett to have a chat about "Rule Zero", or "The Golden Rule of RPGs" or whatever you may know it as.  As with any Me and Steve conversation, it wanders and meanders, but it was certainly a fun one to have!

Links for Brett / Studio 404      Website -- https://www.studio404games.com/

     Totalcon --  https://www.totalcon.com/

     In Darkened Dreams LARP -- https://indarkeneddreamslarp.wordpress.c...

Welcome to session 2!  A new cast member joins as things start to get interesting in Origin, and we have a rather unique incident to tie it all together.

Part 1 of the second session of our Ruby and Fire actual-play using the Exalted game engine  from Onyx Path (Drive-Thru link).

  The Cast:

    GM/Storyteller: Decurion

    Firamar Saelen : Jen

    Finn Breakwater: Dave/Sarcastic

    Pale Nimbus 'Nim' : Logan (of The Story Told po...

Inspired by the work of another content creator, we have a discussion around in-character secrets, and it's potential impacts on the game, and the dynamics of the table!

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

Game of the Week:

     Steve G: Plan 9 From Outer Space -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/542469/plan-9-from-outer-space-the-game-a-science-fiction-gothic-horror-cult-film-rpg-...

Welcome to the last part of our first play session of this campaign!

We have our first combat, and then are asked to assist in a rather large undertaking!  Enjoy!

Part 3 of the first session of our Ruby and Fire actual-play using the Exalted game engine  from Onyx Path (Drive-Thru link). In this session the circle discovers and explores a tomb that may well be linked to one of their own!

  The Cast:

    GM/Storyteller: Decurion

 ...

This week I'm joined by 2 parts of the creative team behind Duginthroat Divided, which is an adventure location designed for Old School Essentials. It's a modular, drop-in location for lots and lots of old-school adventuring fun, and would easily port to any OSR system of your choice! It's currently on Kickstarter, though if you're coming to this later, it will release in the usual places as well!

Kickstarter link:  https://www.kic...

Welcome to part 2 of the first session of our Ruby and Fire actual-play using the Exalted game engine  from Onyx Path (Drive-Thru link). In this session the circle discovers and explores a tomb that may well be linked to one of their own!

  The Cast:

    GM/Storyteller: Decurion

    Firamar Saelen : Jen

    Finn Breakwater: Dave/Sarcastic

    Pale Nimbus 'Nim' : Logan (of The Story Told podcast)

    Mofid Parviz : (Young) Steve

   ...

We're happy to welcome back Brian Colin this week, to talk about his current Kickstarter campaign for Vast Grimm: Escaping Stasis, a box set with some re-arranged older material, some new material, and just generally cool stuff! We also chat about some of the other goings-on at Creature Creation, and just general gaming nerdness, so pull up a speaker, and listen in, and enjoy!

Vast Grimm: Escaping Stasis on Kickstarter -- https:/...

This week we Steves have a chat about ways to get better buy-in for campaigns via a literary concept! We also put a name to a concept that's been put forth on the show before, and just generally talk RPG stuff!

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

Game of the Week:

     Steve G: Hyper-Neon Racers -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/536695/hyper-neon-racers?a...

This week we're launching a new actual-play campaign! We're using the Exalted game system from Onyx Path (Drive-Thru link), and it's being run for us by a friend and listener, Decurion, who also ran the Tomb of Dreams AP which we put out a little while back.

  The Cast:

    GM/Storyteller: Decurion

    Firamar Saelen : Jen

    Finn Breakwater: Dave/Sarcastic

    Pale Nimbus 'Nim' : Logan (of The Story Told podcast)

    Mofid Parviz...

This week we bring you a conversation about fumbles, critical failures, and wanting not to know things!

d20 Network Spotlight: We Fix Games -- https://glitterfoxmedia.com/we-fix-games-2/

Game of the Week:

     Steve G: Oxygen Hog -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/536144/oxygen-hog?src=newest_recent&affiliate_id=2018399

     Steve S:  Steel Ghost / Ghost Ape System -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/535548/s...

  Step back for a moment to 1993, and remember the awe that filled your mind when you got those first glimpses of that ill-fated park, hidden out on an island.  I know I'm not the only one who's wanted to explore that as an RPG playground, and until now, the choices have been rather limited.  But the ttRPG world is ever-adapting, and this week we bring you a conversation with Zac Goins, the lead on a project called Raptor Ruckus! I...

This week we're joined by Wil, lead designer on a team that's re-imagining an older game, called Tribe 8, published by Dream Pod 9.  He and his team, which includes Logan, co-host of The Story Told podcast, have taken their love of Tribe 8 and meshed it with the modern Forged in the Dark mechanics to bring this deep, rich setting back to life! It's dark, supernatural, post-apocalyptic fun, waiting to be experienced by anyone who da...

It's that time of year again (well actually a little late, but we cover that early on!) The 2025 edition of the Pittsburgh Gaming Expo is upon us, and it's happening October 3-5th at the Monroville Convention Center, just outside of Pittsburgh proper.

This week I'm joined by Wizz, one of the organizers of the show to have a chat about all the fun and coolness that you can expect to find if you should choose to come to the show!  An...

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?...