Me And Steve Talk RPG‘s
Wide-ranging tabletop role-playing discussion, a variety of guests, and occasional actual-play content. All done with a casual, conversational vibe. Everything from tips for playing and GMing, to rule system discussions, with plenty of whatever happens to cross our minds along the way! Are we ”experts”? No! Do we really love ttRPGs? HECK YEAH!!! To that end, we‘re just looking to start conversations to help folks better understand how they can have more fun playing make-believe, and chucking dice!
Episodes
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:
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...
Welcome to the first session of play for this short Monster of the Week game. 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 shifts at work, so it was kind of a 'last hurrah' for the group that had kind of dubbed themselves "Those Guys".
A big "Thank You!" to Ben for once again running the game, and ...
Let it never be said we don't listen to our listeners! This week we answer a question a listener posted on our Discord (see link at the top of the page, or further down in the notes here) expand a bit on a concept we've mentioned a few times on the show. That being "Anthology Campaigns". For us, they're just another way to tell a story, and maybe also to just engage ourselves a little more, so listen and enjoy!
Welcome to the sort of "session zero" for a short game of Monster of the Week! We recorded this in late spring of 2024, right before I had to switch shifts at work, so it was kind of a 'last hurrah' for the group that had kind of dubbed themselves "Those Guys".
A big "Thank You!" to Ben for once again running the game, and to Terry, Eric, Hagen, and Steve for coming along for the fun! I hope you all enjoy!
Howdy folks! This week we split our discussion between 2 topics, the first, the much maligned trope of "Murder Hobos" (because episode 187), and the other, in-game communication, and how it can, and can be used to, affect the story you're telling.
GamerNation Con X tickets are on sale now! April 3-6 in Dallas (North Plano) TX! https://tabletop.events/conventions/gamer-nation-con-x
Hotel block info: https://www.ihg.com/holidayinn...
Hello, and welcome to a short AP of Exalted! One of our Discord members, Decurion, was kind enough to come and run what is actually the Exalted 3rd Ed Jumpstart adventure for us, and let us record it! This is part 3, and the finale of the adventure!
GamerNation Con X tickets are on sale now! April 3-6 in Dallas (North Plano) TX! https://tabletop.events/conventions/gamer-nation-con-x
If you'd like top check out the game, or even ...
This week we have a talk about the timing at the table, and how to kind of keep things moving, and not let things go too long, or get stale/stalled.
GamenNation Con X tickets are on sale now! April 3-6 in Dallas (North Plano) TX! https://tabletop.events/conventions/gamer-nation-con-x
d20 Network Spotlight: Wonderous Atlas of Creations Destinty -- https://wondrousatlas.wordpress.com/
Game of the Week:
Hello, and welcome to a short AP of Exalted! One of our Discord members, Decurion, was kind enough to come and run what is actually the Exalted 3rd Ed Jumpstart adventure for us, and let us record it! This is part 2 of what should be 3 episodes that make up the adventure!
If you'd like top check out the game, or even this specific adventure, you can find it here!
Exalted 3rd Ed -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/162759/exa...
This week we get a little long-winded (but lots of fun) with d20Network alum and GamerNationCon regular Brev Tanner! Brev is many things, including Author, Gamer, General Nerd, and Movie Buff, so we invited him to come and have a chat about the many, many ways we can use movies to help inspire and improve our games! Check out Brev's books "The Dark Tome" and "Riders of the Storm" here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Brev-Tanner...
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