RPG From Scratch
Ever wanted to create your own tabletop RPG? Imagine it: a gleaming, glorious system combining everything you love about gaming and dropping the crap you can’t stand. Embark on a D.I.Y. docu-quest for tabletop roleplaying perfection as we design, test, and rebalance our own RPG From Scratch! We chronicle our tabletop trials and errors, grapple with game design, explore the art of mechanics and storytelling, and adventure through epic playtesting campaigns. New episodes weekly!
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- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 59 minutes
- Episodes
- 118
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2024
Design Episode 73 :: Summit of the Nine
The hombres dive into the intricacies of world-building, focusing naming mountain ranges and the creation of the Guf city-states. As the podcast continues to unfold, listeners can look forward to fur…
00:39:57 |
Mon 27 May 2024
Design Episode 72 :: Death Becomes You
In this episode of RPG From Scratch, our Homebrew Hombres dive deep into character classes and abilities! They discuss giving Command its very own Attendant to boss around both in and out of combat a…
00:56:18 |
Mon 31 Jul 2023
Design Episode 71 :: Lost in Translation
In this exciting episode of RPG From Scratch, we're talking about how to bring the fun of Artifacts to the digital world of play-by-post forums. We mull over what it would take to adapt to this uniqu…
00:37:31 |
Mon 01 May 2023
Design Episode 70 :: Ctrl + ROLL
In this exciting episode of RPG From Scratch, we're talking about how to bring the fun of Artifacts to the digital world of play-by-post forums. We mull over what it would take to adapt to this uniqu…
00:41:25 |
Mon 24 Apr 2023
Design Episode 69 :: The Nice One
In this episode, we flesh out Radiance levels 7-10 giving them new spells and powerful abilities. We also nail down the racial abilities Savothians. And if that wasn't enough, we also take a closer l…
01:04:02 |
Mon 06 Mar 2023
Design Episode 68 :: The Lamplighters
In this episode, we flesh out Radiance levels 7-10 giving them new spells and powerful abilities. We also nail down the racial abilities Savothians. And if that wasn't enough, we also take a closer l…
00:57:02 |
Mon 20 Feb 2023
Design Episode 67 :: Knights of the Round Tabletop
We explore the concept of hazardous items and how the Leyliners (and McGargle) would classify them. But that's not all - we also take a detour to discuss the preparation process for polishing off the…
01:01:33 |
Mon 23 Jan 2023
Bonus :: Discussing The Open Gaming License
The Hombres gather to discuss the recent news regarding Hasbro and their proposed changes to the Open Gaming License, the motivations behind it, and what kind of licensing structure we plan on using …
00:25:31 |
Fri 13 Jan 2023
Design Episode 66 :: Step by Step
The Hombres create another premade character to add to the canon. We also map out a baseline of what each step should get on steps 7 through 10, putting us on the home stretch of where we see everyon…
00:45:46 |
Mon 09 Jan 2023
Design Episode 65 :: Darkness before the Sunrise
The Hombres tackle two more premade characters! We introduce the world to Cirril - the goth pirate, with a longing in his soul and a song in his heart, and backing him up is Lady Sunrise, a swamp sto…
00:43:26 |
Mon 21 Nov 2022
Design Episode 64 :: Giving up the Ghost
Maxx debuts his first listener-submitted items. The Hombres reunite to tackle the big questions. What is life after death? Who lives here? How exactly does one Pounce?
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00:44:05 |
Mon 07 Nov 2022
Design Episode 63 :: Iconics
The Hombres get back in the lab to tackle Step 6 Radiance, really giving them glowy bois the blasting power they need to match their dazzling personalities. Also, we discuss the utility of premade ch…
00:51:05 |
Mon 24 Oct 2022
Design Episode 62 :: State of the Art
The Hombres get our artist, Jarrod Pope on to talk about character design from the perspective of a player, an artist, and a game designer.
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00:35:37 |
Mon 05 Sep 2022
Design Episode 61 :: X Marks the Man
In this episode, the Hombres get back into Step Six with Champion, get a surprise visit from a being beyond understanding, and throw a few bones to the Marksman players out there!
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01:01:18 |
Mon 08 Aug 2022
Design Episode 60 :: Wondrous and Wacky
The gang gets further into the rules of death and dying. Radiance gets an upgrade in Step 3. Also, how do you deal with unfinished side quests as a GM?
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00:33:10 |
Mon 27 Jun 2022
Design Episode 59 :: The Index
The Hombres get elbow deep into the organizational structure of The Leyliners and the history of the Akaenoshian Empire.
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01:44:18 |
Mon 13 Jun 2022
Design Episode 58 :: Throwing the Fight
The Hombres get in your bags and sort 'em out. Think you're strong enough to bear the weight of this system? Think again. Better hire a Dillo to drag your piles of dyron and enchanted toilets. Only t…
01:23:14 |
Mon 04 Apr 2022
Design Episode 57 :: Submissive and Readable
Join the Hombres this week as we discuss the ever-compelling topic of economics! Also, we discuss the kinds of parties that GMs should be balancing combat encounters around at every size.
Big news! T…
00:34:58 |
Mon 07 Mar 2022
Design Episode 56 :: Secret Knowledge
What do you know? Are you willing to roll for it? Join the Hombres as they come up with guidelines for knowledge checks, light levels, and echolocation!
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00:37:26 |
Sat 22 Jan 2022
Design Episode 55 :: Sunny Dispostion
In this episode, the Hombres hammer out a better version of Initiative, talk more about Opposed Rolls, and NPCs with attitude.
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00:37:34 |
Sat 15 Jan 2022
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