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The new D&D Movie: Honor Among Thieves has been out for about a month.  Jolene and Saul went to go see the movie and decided to do a Spoiler Free episode.  No Spoilers.  If you have seen the trailers…

     Jolene has always liked Gnomes( She pronounces gnome with a hard G) and when we were thinking of a new episode we thought about the last couple of episodes dealing with Elves and Dwarves.  We ag…

     Saul was persuing the internet looking at Steam Punk  RPGs and stumbled across  Carbon Grey a Diesel Punk RPG by Magnetic Press.  It uses a slightly tweaked version of the Classic Star Wars D6 s…

    We got a text asking about the different version of OSR RPGs so Saul and Jolene read through some of the OSR games that Saul has collected in printed and PDF format.  Jolene also looked at variou…

     In this episode Saul and Jolene discuss using your good skills while running RPGs.  All GMs have skills and talents.   Saul and Jolene agree that when GMs do this they make better games for thei…

     Dwarves in RPGs,  Saul and Jolene discussed Elves in a previous episode and they could not ignore the other popular RPG race, Dwarves.  Saul again harkens to Tolkien origins but doesn't believe …

     After reading about a shortage of DMs in New York article and on different social media Saul and Jolene looked into this idea.   First of all is there a DM shortage?  The article was in Hellgat…

Saul and Jolene are back to chatting about AI Chat.  After dismissing doing an episode on AI Chat Bots and RPGs, a few articles they each read convinced each of them to discuss this subject on the mi…

          In this episode Saul and Jolene discuss Elves in RPGs.  From how they are portrayed in books, myth and popular culture.  Some GMs ban players from playing Elves for various reasons.  Playi…

       At the end of 2022 AI art websites started to emerge.  In RPGs where art is utilized from the making of RPGs and supplements in various forms to, GM using art to help describe their world, t…

    In this episode Saul and Jolene discuss Class based RPGs Vs Classless RPGs.  What are the advantages each has and how they work.  
     Whether a RPG is classless or class based it affects game…

     We did this interview a while ago.  There was some recording issues on our end and Saul had to do a lot of editing and post production in other to get the sound as best as possible.  
     Julia…

      In this episode Saul and Jolene discuss different ways to create an adventure.  Saul calls it "Big Picture" Vs "Detailed" games  Each have their advantages.   Big Picture for Saul means coming …

     Hey there everyone, Jolene would just like to say to you all this is the last episode on the OGL Saga.  So quite a few events happened since our previous episode about the OGL and this is episod…

    This this Episode Saul and Jolene talk about coming up with a new campaign.  From the first thoughts to gathering the players together around the table to play.
   Saul explains for him the ideas…

    Hey There Listeners,
   Saul and Jolene were not going to enter the fray with the OGL "Contraversy" but news about the subject keep coming every day.  From the leaked new OGL called 1.1, to th…

     Why do we play TTRPGs?  The simple answer is to have fun.  Other than the simple answer what other reasons do we play RPGs and what can we learn from playing RPGs.
      Jolene came up with th…

    Happy New Year!  As 2022 ends Saul and Jolene decided to do an episode of Top Ten RPGs they want to play in 2023.  Saul cheated on number 10 and threw in a quick list of 8 games that he wants to …

Jolene came across a blogger discussing some comment he had heard or been told.  Those were along the lines of "Your not a 'Real' GM if you don't make your own world or setting".  Your not a Real GM …