GamingPerspectives

       In this Episode Saul and Jolene talk to Brandon Raasch of BARD Games.  Currently Brandon has a Kickstarter for the boardgame The Lost Worlds of Josh Kirby.  This is the second time we have had…

      Saul and Jolene went to Dundracon 44 in San Ramon California over the President's Day weekend.  On Saturday they recorded at DDC and had two people join them on the microphone one was the much …

     In this week's episode Saul and Jolene discuss running a RPG for brand new players.  Things you should consider when running games for players that have never played a roleplaying game.  Thing l…

      Saul and Jolene take a premise of an earlier topic of magic altering structures in a fantasy world and discuss how "Magic" would impact society as a whole.  What would be different? How would t…

        In this episode Saul and Jolene discuss whether Dungeons and Dragons is an ambassador for all RPGs and if that is a good or bad thing.   This topic came from a discussion from another RPG pod…

     This week Saul and Jolene talk about one of Saul's favorite old rpgs called Dark Conspiracy.  It is a game of "near future horror roleplaying game.  Published in 1991 Dark Conspiracy called DC b…

      In this episode Saul and Jolene talk about skill in rpg and whether they diminish RP.  Saul uses the "Sense Motive" skill or similar one as an example of how a skill might kill roleplaying.  In…

     In this episode Saul and Jolene begin a discussion about gamer expectations from the player and GM point of view.  The discussion is about how gamer's expectations about a game they are playing …

       In this episode Saul and Jolene discuss the question every gamer hears from their significant other, "Why Another Edition?"  You already have that roleplaying game. Its crazy that you have mul…

      First of all Happy New Year to you all.  Hope you all had a great holiday season.   So in this episode Saul and Jolene talk about virtual table tops specifically Roll20.

     Saul who has been …

     Once again Saul and Jolene tackle a subject that a listener had posted on their Facebook Page.  That question was would Fantasy Structures be built differently than in our real world history.  A…

     From a post on MeWe seeking advice GMing their first game, this episode was born.  In this episode Saul and Jolene cover some ideas that might prove helpful for a person running their very first…

     Saul and Jolene asked the Webosphere, if there were any topics they wanted covered by the podcast.  One topic was posted on the Gaming Perspectives Facebook page was journals.  Now Saul didn't h…

     Almost every RPG gamer knows about Metagaming.   In the current era, metagaming is considered the ban of any "true" roleplayer.  With a little research and thinking about the subject Jolene foun…

       Saul and Jolene discuss Women at the Gaming Table.  Here Saul relates how growing up there were no girls or women at his gaming table.  Even when Saul went to his first gaming convention women…

     In this Episode Saul and Jolene talk about a RPG that goes back to 1985, King Arthur Pendragon.  Since it debut in 1985 with a box set it has seen a few editions, the latest being Pendragon 5.2.…

     A while back John Wick, no not the Keanu John Wick, the creator of 7th Seas RPG and others, stated in his blog that Dungeons and Dragons was not a Role playing game.  Saul brought this up to Jol…

     In this episode Saul and Jolene talk about the new RPG engine by Free League they are calling the Year Zero Engine.  It is the system that was introduced in Mutant Year Zero RPG and was used in …

            Saul and Jolene discuss the GMPC, the game master player character.  Saul saw a poll on social media about how often should a GM use a GMPC.  All the possible answers varied from always, …

          Hobby Game Stores have evolved from the small mom and pop store of the 1970's and 80's.  Saul and Jolene discuss how they have had to evolve from those small hobby shop game stores that hav…