Seize the GM
Helping to improve your art of GMing.
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 100
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2023
Episode 113: Interview with Tony, Dave and Kurt from BattleLords
Main Topic Questions How would you describe Battlelords of the 23rd Century? Right away is anyone on the team current or prior military? In Charlie Foxtrot there are a bunch of scenarios and examp…
00:58:05 |
Thu 31 Dec 2020
Episode 112: Twas the Night Before Christmas
Main Topic I read the short piece of Twas the Night Before Christmas. It is a family tradition to read this to my daughter on Christmas Eve and I thought I would share it with...
00:05:26 |
Thu 24 Dec 2020
Episode 111: Victorian Ghost Stories
Main Topic I Zendead and the host of Octoberpod the YouTube Channel do a pair of readings. They are the old school Victorian Ghost stories. My story is “The Story of the Goblins Who Stole...
00:53:05 |
Thu 24 Dec 2020
Episode 110: Fireside Chat with the Cast
Main Topic So we are just doing a bit of sitting back and chatting about the show. Just what we have been doing since we last checked in with everyone on here. We will be...
00:53:01 |
Thu 17 Dec 2020
Episode 109: Designing Non-Human Monsters
Main Topic Human monsters are pretty easy for people to make. Sort of. It is just take the things you find disturbing or deplorable and make the person do them. But creating a monster that...
00:38:25 |
Thu 03 Dec 2020
Episode 108: Breathing Life into Locations
Main Topic The old adage of location, location, location is not lost on us this time as we start talking about locations in your games. How do you make a location come alive? Each of...
00:42:02 |
Thu 19 Nov 2020
Episode 107: Raising up that reclusive Gamer at the Table
Main Topic Have you had or do you have that player that seems to just sit there? That player that never seeks the spotlight? You may have yourself a reclusive player. Is this a problem...
00:40:26 |
Thu 05 Nov 2020
Episode 106: Genre Subversion
Main Topic What happens when you take a genre and you twist it with something else? You get a new idea or a genre subversion. So what are the possible options I hear you ask?...
00:26:09 |
Thu 22 Oct 2020
Episode 105: Cities More than Just Silent Backdrops
Main Topic The City with a capital C is it just a placeholder or can and should it be more in your games? If you are designing your city from scratch then it is usually...
00:40:09 |
Thu 08 Oct 2020
Episode 104: Pitch Session/ Session Zero
Main Topic What is a pitch session and what is a session zero? Are they the same or are they different? Sometimes it is good to do them as separate sessions and other times it...
00:42:04 |
Thu 24 Sep 2020
Episode 103: What do you mean I am not perfect?
Main Topic So as with all things gaming and gaming adjacent we as GM’s are not perfect. I know it is shocking, but we make mistakes as well. Those mistakes could be in remembering the...
00:42:11 |
Thu 10 Sep 2020
Episode 102 Special Update
So we needed to add an update for the last episode. Sorry, hope we got everything updated.
00:01:26 |
Fri 07 Aug 2020
Episode 102: Josh H Talks about Earthdawn and the New Kickstarter
Main Topic The Empty Thrones Kickstarter Earthdawn by FASA Games Immediately on the heels of a successful Kickstarter for a marvelous book, shedding light on a corner of the Earthdawn setting never…
00:51:32 |
Thu 23 Jul 2020
Episode 101: Opti and Fraggin Unicorn Kickstarter
Main Topic Opti from Fraggin’ Unicorn Games joins us to talk about the Gangs of the Undercity Kickstarter and more! So for those that don’t know who Opti is. Tell us a little of how...
00:55:36 |
Wed 15 Jul 2020
Episode 100: A long and strange trip it has been
Main Topic Today we talk about the things we have done and the things we will be doing. What has gone well? What has gone … weller? Goals and hopes? Dreams and despairs? Music is...
00:45:05 |
Thu 09 Jul 2020
Episode 99: Statblockapolooza the 4th
Main Topic Zendead Theme: Urban Primitive Joules Theme: Twilight of the Paragon Guard-a-Manger Theme: Alt-history Stat Blocks Zendead AlIce 2.0 April 24, 1892 The manor house of Lady Alice Engelwood …
00:33:53 |
Thu 02 Jul 2020
Episode 98: GM Library, the 4th
Main Topic Every so often we like to look at the books that a GM should have in their library to enhance their role as a storyteller. Check out one of the previous installments linked...
00:37:03 |
Thu 18 Jun 2020
Episode 97: Actual Play vs. Home Game
Main Topic So if you have spent any time looking at gaming podcasts and this one is no different you have seen that they have Actual Plays or AP’s. So what is an AP and...
00:32:33 |
Thu 04 Jun 2020
Sandbox Adventures vs. Structured Adventures
Main Topic So once you start working on individual adventures in your game there are a few terms thrown around. The big ones are Sandbox and Structured. What do they mean and what are the...
00:48:12 |
Thu 21 May 2020
Episode 95: NPC Staples
Main Topic When I say NPC what comes to mind? Staples in a game are the NPC’s Regardless of how you design a campaign or just a single session NPC’s will be a part of...
00:35:20 |
Thu 07 May 2020
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are the property of Seize the GM. This content is not affiliated with or endorsed by eachpod.com.