Gnomecast
A rotating cast of gnomes from Gnome Stew (the award winning gaming blog) get together to talk table top role playing games, game mastering, and playing games. It's a gaming gab off to avoid becoming part of the stew.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 41 minutes
- Episodes
- 55
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Gnomecast #220 – Virtual vs. In-Person
Join Ang along with Josh and Jared as they talk about the pros and cons of playing virtually online versus playing in person face-to-face. Listen to them talk about what they love about both ways of…
Gnomecast #219 – Fabula Ultima Review
Josh and Chris take over the Gnomecast as Ang is on her Gnomecation. They talk JRPGs and the JRPG TTRPG Fabula Ultima. They played through a session 0 and four four hour sessions. Now they’re here t…
Gnomecast #218 – Revisiting Niche Protection
Join Ang along with Jared and JT as they revisit a topic they discussed way back in episode 80: Niche Protection! When is it important to make sure that each PC has a specialty that is theirs alone?…
Gnomecast #217 – GM Burnout
Join Ang along with Chris and special guest Carl Lehmann as they talk about GM Burnout. How it happens, what to do when you’re in the middle of it and how to prevent it.
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Gnomecast #216 – How Do You Prep
Join Ang and JT as Matt leads the questions on how to prep for our games and how to make that easier for yourself.
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Gnomecast #215 – Getting Them to Play Something Else
Join Ang along with Jared and Tomas as they talk about how to get a group stuck on playing one particular game to try something else.
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Gnomecast #214 – Styles of Play
Join Ang, along with Josh and Senda as they talk about the different styles of roleplaying games and why it can help improve your experience to understand what types you enjoy most.
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Gnomecast #213 – Fury of the Forsaken with Lou Anders
Join Jared as he interviews Lou Anders and discusses Fury of the Forsaken. An addition to the Thrones and Bones, it explores Norrøngard, a setting inspired by Norse myth and Scandinavian folklore.
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Gnomecast #212 – Problem Players
Join Ang and Jared, along with special guest Carl Lehmann as they talk about problem players and what to do about them when you find one at your table.
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Gnomecast #211 – Continuity Concerns
Join Ang along with Chris and Phil as they talk about managing continuity for you and your players in your campaigns. Does it matter? How much attention do you need to give it? What if you’re runnin…
Gnomecast #210 – System Screen Burn
Join Ang along with Josh and JT as they talk about how to navigate having multiple game systems embedded in your brain. Notice? Perception? Awareness? Which does this system use!?
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Gnomecast #209 – AI and RPGs
Join Ang and special guest, Charles Cohen, as they talk about emerging AI technology and its place in the RPG space.
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Gnomecast #208 – Tracy Sizemore and The Han Cluster
Join Jared and Tracy Sizemore as they discuss her Savage Worlds setting The Han Cluster, an optimistic sci-fi roleplaying game.
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Gnomecast #207 – With Great Power
Join Ang along with Jared and guest Andy Jaksetic as they talk about the immense responsibility of running Super Hero RPGs to the best of your abilities! From street level to cosmic, they talk about…
Gnomecast #206 – Splitting the Party
Join Ang, Josh and JT as they talk about the dreaded, forbidden topic of splitting the party! Is it good? Is it bad? Does it depend? They’ll talk about it all.
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Gnomecast #205 – Mastering Mysteries
Join Ang, Chris and Tomas as they discuss all the ins and outs of running mysteries in a variety of game systems!
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Gnomecast #204 – Running vs. Playing
Join Ang, JT, and guest Alex Thomas as they talk about the difference in the skills needed to run games versus play games. They dive into what they like about both and why it’s important to have bot…
Gnomecast #203 – Resolutions Old & New
Join Ang, JT, and Tomas as they look at what they hoped to accomplish RPG wise in 2024, how that turned out, and what they’re hoping for in 2025.
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Gnomecast #202 – Surviving the Holidays
Join Ang, Matt, and Senda as they talk about how to help your gaming group survive the inevitable scheduling woes of the holiday season.
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Gnomecast #201 – Oops! All Bards
Join Ang, Jared and Josh as they talk about what to do when you have characters in your game whose mechanical abilities overlap and you can’t rely on traditional ‘niche’ protection to move the spotl…