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    In this episode Saul and Jolene talk about the killing of NPCs in your RPGs.  Player Characters may at some point kill an Non Player Character in your roleplaying game.  What happens when PCs eit…

      This week Saul and Jolene discuss ways to bring your RPG character to life.  Ways and tips that you as a player can do to make your character seem more real or realistic.  Mainly to help new pl…

      Saul and Jolene discuss Traps! in your RPG games.  Saul discusses how he has never really used traps in his fantasy RPGs.   Saul talks about his earliest recollections of playing D&D and how tr…

     Technology has greatly advanced since the introduction of RPGs in the mid 1970s.  Saul and Jolene discuss the pros and cons of having today's tech at the gaming table.  For the most part the dis…

     Saul and Jolene talk about sticking to canon in RPGs.   Saul usually tries to be a rebel but feels sticking to official "canon" of a setting or IP is important.  It may not be really important t…

     Saul and Jolene talk about "Backtracking" in your RPG, also known as RetConning.  Jolene read about a GM asking about advice on a situation where a two player game resulted in a TPK and one of t…

     The classic Druid class in D&D is discussed by Saul and Jolene in this episode.  Though not a favorite of Saul or Jolene they have had a number of players in their groups who played druids.  Fro…

     This is our 100th Episode which means we are only four weeks away from 2 years of podcasting which is a pretty good milestone in podcasting. People like the big round numbers so this is 100 week…

       Saul and Jolene talk about "Realistic" Post Apoc RPGs.  Having discussed this genre when they talked about Gamma World we decided that another sub genre needed to be discussed in detail as the…

       Today Saul and Jolene talk to Marcus Bone.  Like Saul, once Marcus saw the cover of Dark Conspiracy RPG in 1991 he had to have it.  Though Saul liked the theme and the game overall Marcus was …

    In this episode Saul and Jolene discuss "Saying Yes AND..."  as GM tool to keep the players engaged in your roleplaying session.  Of course Saul has to relate it to the ancient history of his fir…

     This this episode we took an off podcast discussion and invited long time friend Mike to come on the microphone and talk about his idea that modern RPGs "coddle" players.   And that this "coddli…

     In this Episode Saul and Jolene talk about one of their favorite genres, Steampunk.  Saul talks about various books of the Steampunk genre he has read.  Saul and Jolene discuss the various RPGs …

     This week Saul and Jolene discuss new RPGs for every new movie, tv show or book.  Do we really need a new game for these intellectual properties that we see.  Saul has always said you don't but …

   In this episode Saul and Jolene talk about the differences between "Hard Science Fiction" and plain ole science fiction in RPGs what it means and some differences.   From artificial gravity, FTL t…

     This week Saul and Jolene discuss the using of "real life" events in RPGs.  Saul and Jolene talk how using real life events maybe problematic at your game table.  Do you really want to use a rec…

     In this week's episode Saul and Jolene talk about Sub-Optimal Characters.  The discussion kinda meanders this week from creating flawed characters, to a discussion of Min-Max players, problems a…

      Getting the Gang Together, as adult gamers this tends to be a big problem.  Just getting a day when you can play a nice rpg session in can be daunting in today's world of tight schedules.  Saul…

     In this episode Saul and Jolene talk about Dark Themed RPGs.   They talk about the different games that explore darker themes than most RPGs that focus on Adventure and Heroics.  From post-apoca…

      Civility is boardgames.  What is more important your friendship or "WINNING"!  Saul and Jolene talk about boardgame civility, at home, at tournaments or conventions.  What games don't make it t…