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      With Halloween coming up real soon, Saul and Jolene were discussing the idea of Horror RPGs specifically what it takes to run a good horror game.   Though Saul would say he is not the type of g…

      Saul and Jolene have experienced that player that wants to direct the other players action.  In boardgames its called quarterbacking.  In the old days of Original D&D and Advanced D&D there was…

     Saul was looking at the Dragon Bane RPG boxset that was a gift from this brother Felipe.   He was looking at Low Fantasy Gaming and wondered why Dragon Bane was more successful.   They both very…

          One of the many plights of GMs of RPGs is the dreaded getting the players to learn a new game.  Due to Saul's seeking to find that perfect RPG or just likes the "new shiny."   Due to this…

Play and GM RPGs long enough and you will experience a gut busting funny RPG session.  This happens whether your are playing D&D, GURPs or any other RPG.  Play long enough and there is that session w…

After GMing for any significant period of time one has to deal with some unusual character requests.  Sometimes players want to try something new or just different.  Every once in a while a player wi…

     Jolene asked Saul, "What do you think the most played character class is?"  Saul immediately said, "Fighter."  Jolene asked how he came up with that guess.  A discussion followed about the most …

     Jolene was asking Saul if he thought his views on RPGs had changed over the years.  At first Saul didn't think his views had changed but Jolene was being very wiley and knew they had.  It did no…

In this episode Saul and Jolene talk about a question saw on Facebook that asked, "Does being a paid GM change your game?  There were plenty of comments and Saul picked out a few to discuss how it co…

     Saul and Jolene were talking about "leveling up" in RPGs.  They were talking about the difference between D&D and Shadowrun.  Saul thought about all the different ways RPGs handled character adv…

    Jolene and Saul have been to many local gaming conventions over the years.  They usually attend 3 game cons a year.  All local SF Bay Area conventions.   They have always thought about going to a…

        Now that Saul and run Bladerunner the RPG three times and has gone over the Bladerunner RPG by Free League, Saul and Jolene decided to do a quick review of the game.   Saul pre-ordered the …

     In this episode we interview Sean Nittner of BigBadCon.  Saul and Jolene have a great talk with Sean Steward of BigBadCon a convention in the Bay Area that is one of the most inclusive and loved…

     For this episode Saul was trying to come up with his current favorite RPG game system.  As Saul was discussing his favorite system Jolene asked about another system, then another and then anothe…

Social rules in Rpgs is something that is usally overlooked or not included in RPGs.   As the hobby gets more and more people outside the Wargame Hobby the idea of rules including social conflict r…

     Location, location, location.  Everyone knows how important locations are in real estate, but what is less known is the importance of locations in RPG adventures.  No matter the genre or the gam…

     In this episode Saul and Jolene talk about what you should look for in a RPG for brand new players.   At first it seems like an very easy thing to assertain.  Pick a super easy rpg to run.  But …

     Saul and Jolene were talking about some bad dice rolls that were happening in the last session of their Shadowrun 5th Edtion game.  The discussion covered how players usually do not want to ro…