GamingPerspectives

     Saul and Jolene talk about the OSR.  What is it, why are there so many different versions.  Why do people want to play this old style game.  Saul remembers his Original D&D and AD&D days.  Jolen…

     In this Bonus Episode we talk to Theresa D. a game board player(Scrabble) and game Ap developer.  Saul and Jolene met Theresa at KublaCon game Convention in May and decided to talk more about he…

     In this episode Saul and Jolene talk an old rpg Gamma World by TSR.  It was the first RPG owned by Saul and it was Jolene's first RPG game she played way back in the early 80's.   Saul and Jolen…

     Saul and Jolene talk about Ghosting in RPGs.   So what is ghosting and where does this term come from.  Saul listens to many podcasts and it was a term used on another gaming podcast called "Gam…

         In this episode Saul and Jolene talk about the Barbarian class in Dungeons and Dragons.  From the first time Saul saw the optional class in 1985 in issue 63 of The Dragon magazine.  The Barb…

          Saul and Jolene discuss the buying of new RPGs.  Why do people continue to buy new RPGs?  If players and GMs like a particular RPG why would you buy new ones.  What makes gamers continue to…

           Today Saul and Jolene talk about Cathartic Gaming.   In previous episodes this subject has been mentioned from time to time , but we thought it deserved its own episode.  Saul gives the de…

       In this episode Saul and Jolene tackle the sensitive subject of feedback in your RPG game.  Most GM's want to get information on how their games went and what they can do to improve on their g…

          In this episode we interview Brandon Raasch of Bard Games.  Saul first met Brandon a few years ago when he played in his Monterey Dresden game at DunDracon, a local N. Cal, gaming conventio…

     Today we have Sean Nittner the person that puts on BigBadCon in the Bay Area.  We wanted to get Sean to talk to us because BigBadCon is not a typical game con.   It has a different heart that ot…

     In this Episode Saul and Jolene talk about one of the oldest RPG's Traveller.  Traveller is a science fiction rpg that continues to be published to this day.  First published in 1977 Traveller c…

     Well, we are almost at Episode 52, which makes it a year of our podcasts.  We missed a week due to going to Kublacon over Memorial Day weekend. But we did publish two bonus episodes that we reco…

     This Bonus Episode was recorded on Saturday at Kublacon.  A little tired we got to our spot at 9am and began recording shortly there after.  Here is some notes about this show.

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     First of all I want to apologize for the lateness of this episode.  Technical difficulties prevented us from post these right after recording.  And even before we left for Kublacon our podcast c…

     What happens when your game goes a direction that you had not thought it would?  This happens to every GM.  Whether your a railroady type of GM or a more improve type sometimes your players real…

    Saul and Jolene talk about Off Game Table Discussions.  What happens when you don't have enough time at the game table to Roleplay as much as you wanted during a game session?  The reasons why yo…

     Mike Eckert, the Executive Producer, of Kublacon is back with our third interview 14 Days before Kublacon.  Saul and Jolene get a bit of his time to talk about Kublacon which is only 14 days awa…

      Kublacon is only a couple weeks away and we have another interview with a Kublacon staff member.  This time Becky Thomas the Coordinator of Kublacon Youth Program joins us on the microphone.   …

     Ever gamer has a special relationship with dice.  And table top gamers are no different or possibly more fervent with their dice.  Usually they can never have enough or couple always use another…

     Continuing our Pre-Kublacon interviews, we got Vern R. to join us this time.  Vern is the RPG Coordinator for Kublacon and Pacificon.   He is a LONG time gamer and has played with many excellent…