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 the newest member of Studio 404 Games, Darren West, who I also got to meet (and play a game with) in-person at GamerNation Con! Darren is also a freelance RPG writer, one heck of a minis painter, was selected as a launch author for the Genesys Foundry, and is also just a really, really nice person! Anyway, we sat down and had a ramble about Studio 404, Savage Worlds, RIFTS (and Savage RIFTS), vtt gming, and ...
So the other weekend I was hanging out at a local game shop and got into a conversation about Cyberpunk Red. The other person was saying that they felt like the game almost seemed to want to be run more adversarially than they were used to running their usual game (PF1). Which of course led to conversation, and then to conversation between we Steves. So "Listen Up, You Primitive Screwheads!" as we have a little chat around this top...
This week we bring you an introspective conversation borne out of our own feelings and struggles. It's a talk about coming to grips with what you're good at, and what you aren't, and also letting yourself be ok with those things.
d20 Network Spotlight: Eberron Renewed -- https://zencastr.com/Eberron-Renewed
Game of the Week
Steve G: Feral -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/435116/Feral?affiliate_id=2018399
This week we're joined by the hosts of a new podcast on the d20 Network! Aramithius and Raelz who host the Wonderous Atlas of Creation's Destiny podcast join us to talk a little about Exalted, specifically as a rather super-powered fantasy rpg. It's a lively conversation, as we even talk about a spaceship that's also a god!
Find Wonderous Atlas of Creation's Destiny at https://wondrousatlas.wordpress.com/
Email them at won...
This week we're talking about the current Kickstarter from High Level Games, a game called Army Men, and we're joined by the head of High Level Games, Josh Heath (also of Werewolf: the Podcast and the OpCast), and the lead designer for the game, Neil Litherland.
Army Men is a 5e driven game about playing in the world of those classic molded figures we all played with, and can still find so easily to this day. The system has been tw...
We Steves are freshly back from our adventure to Dallas TX, for GamerNation Con 8, and figured we'd do a little "rewind" show to kinda recap all the fun we had,. We're also joined by writer for the d20 Network blog, Ben Erickson, who we got to meet, and game with over the course of the convention.
Long story, really short, folks, this con is one heck of a good time, and we Steves are going to do our best to make sure that we get ba...
Tune in for the Exciting Conclusion to Monster of the Week!
Thank you Eric, Ben, Ricky and Hagen for recording this with us.
*We have an affiliate link with Drive-Thru RPG. All this does, is give us a small percentage of your purchase cost on Drive-Thru as a "referral bonus". It does not cost you, as a consumer, anything extra.*
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This week it's a Patreon-supporter question based episode! (Thanks Jesse!) One of our supporters asked for our thoughts on how to use super-hero tropes and concepts to improve F-20 fantasy games, so we Steves sat down and had a chat about it! Hopefully y'all find it thought provoking and useful! d20 Network Spotlight: The Story Told -- https://thestorytold.libsyn.com/
Game of the Week
Late upload this weeks Steve's computer decided to throw a temper tantrum of a four year old that didn't get ice cream.
Thank you Eric, Ben, Ricky and Hagen for recording this with us.
The GamerNation Con 8 Kickstarter campaign has funded and closed! As of the time of release I don't have another link to give you, so check for updates here! -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gncon/gamer-nation-con-80s
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As we start a sort of series here on "Supers" games, we're joined by game developer Michael Surbrook to talk about the Prowlers & Paragons system, as well as his forthcoming campaign setting for it, called Well of the Worlds. So join if for some wonderfully super-powered game talk! Links for Prowlers & Paragons, and Michael Surbrook:
Mobius Worlds Publishing: https://mobiusworldspublishing.com/
Those guys continue on their adventure looking into the mysterious Santa Fest!
Thank you Ben Ricky and Hagen for recording this with us.
The GamerNation Con 8 Kickstarter campaign has funded and closed! As of the time of release I don't have another link to give you, so check for updates here! -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gncon/gamer-nation-con-80s
*We have an affiliate link with Drive-Thru ...
Here's one we actually recorded a while back (like late January I believe), but it's just a fun little romp about comedy at the table, and funny stories, and stuff like that! d20 Network spotlight: The OPCast -- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/opcast
Game of the Week
Steve G: Goblin Jug Band -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/414326/Goblin-Jug-Band?affiliate_id=2018399
Steve S: Frontier Scum -- https://www...
Good things come to those who wait, you patience has paid off and here is our session 0 and a full session 1 of Monster Of the Week! I want to thank Ben for running this for us he's a very talented GM and very grateful that he was able to take over while we were between campaigns. This short campaign was recorded over the holidays so there is a rotating door of players. Longer episode this week but well worth it!
Thank you Ben Ri...
On this episode of Retrostar an old friend arrives from somewhere far out there.
Thank you Ben and Hagen for allowing us to record and playing with us!
The GamerNation Con 8 Kickstarter campaign has funded and closed! As of the time of release I don't have another link to give you, so check for updates here! -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gncon/gamer-nation-con-80s
*We have an affiliate link...
This week we're joined by independent comic writer/artist Luke Stone to talk about the HYBRIDS rpg (now on IndieGoGo), based on the comic of the same name. Nick Tockert, the designer for the game system also joins us, and we talk about the setting, themes, and design of the game.
HYBRIDS is currently live on the IndieGoGo funding platform -- https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/hybrids-double-feature-rpg-and-tpb#/
This week we welcome back Opti from Fragging Unicorn Games, and his cohort Ryan, to talk about the game they're bringing to Kickstarter the same day this episode releases. It's called Subversion, and its a cool, fantasy-cyberpunk game with a focus on principles and community! For more than that, you'll just have to listen!
Find the Kickstarter for Subversion here -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fraggingunicorns/subver...
This week we sit down for a chat about the recent controversy about the "OGL" or Open Gaming License. We're joined by ttrpg design/development veteran Owen K C Stephens (WotC, Paizo, Green Ronin, Evil Genius, and Rogue Genius, plus others and freelancing) for him to give us a bit of a lesson and also perspective on the way the OGL has been used, and how it's been important in the development of the greater hobby.
If you'...
Our crew embarks on an epic run to a RAX with Burt Reynolds!
Thank you Ben and Hagen for allowing us to record and playing with us!
The GamerNation Con 8 Kickstarter campaign has funded and closed! As of the time of release I don't have another link to give you, so check for updates here! -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gncon/gamer-nation-con-80s
*We have an affiliate link with Drive-Thru RPG...
This week we bring you a conversation around rules and creativity. Do rules restrict creativity, encourage it, or have nothing to do with it? We also get into a little bit of talk about if we're playing (and thinking) with the the rules as written, or rules as remembered!
d20 Network Spotlight: Werewolf: the Podcast -- https://keepontheheathlands.podbean.com/
Game of the Week:
Steve G: BIOJACKED -- https://www.drivethr...
As we return for the exciting conclusion of our two part first episode of Retrostar our crew investigates the mysterious crate!
Thank you Ben and Hagen for allowing us to record and playing with us!
The GamerNation Con 8 Kickstarter campaign has funded and closed! As of the time of release I don't have another link to give you, so check for updates here! -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gncon/gamer-nation-con-80s
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