Tales From the Hydian Way
A podcast about making better stories and adventures in the Star Wars universe and how to GM better
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 150
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2022
281 – The Follow On Tale
Preparing to improvise is one of the trickier things to happen. We talk about some of how players can twist how we change things because how our players act and expect to make a much more engaging …
00:40:57 |
Mon 20 Jan 2020
280 – The Rise of Skywalker Tale Pt 2
We’re all back to talk about the force and redemption in the Rise of Skywalker. The ways that it can feel fulfilling to us and the ways that show an understanding.
Things talked about in this…
00:50:26 |
Mon 13 Jan 2020
279- The Rise of Skywalker Tale PT 1
There was a movie that came out recently that had a crawl and was a Star Wars movie. This is part one of our discussion about the movie, the choices made, and a few thoughts of what we thought woul…
00:50:21 |
Mon 06 Jan 2020
278 – The Specialized Tale
A discussion about how to prepare players for a campaign launches us into talking about how you communicate ahead of time about a general topic, what specializations are allowed, and how to adjust p…
00:39:10 |
Mon 30 Dec 2019
277 – The Return of the Jedi
We look to the first ending of a trilogy in Star Wars, from murder bears to the ending of galactic crime lords we have ideas on where we can put stories that coincide and are inspired by the Return …
00:37:19 |
Mon 23 Dec 2019
276 – The Recap Tale
Getting going again at the start of a new session can be torturous, echoing our favourite hotshot pilot of who talks first. We have ideas on how to keep notes on what comes next and how to start off…
00:36:31 |
Mon 16 Dec 2019
275 – Into the Fire Tale
Taking on deeper topics at the table can be a great way of working through your feelings as a group, but it can be intimidating. We have ideas on how to do it at the table without scaring your play…
00:39:13 |
Mon 09 Dec 2019
274 – The Disruption Tale
It can only mean one thing, invasion. We were emailed a question about a player using the crafting mechanics at the table, from there we expanded the scope into talking about disruptive players and …
00:36:51 |
Mon 02 Dec 2019
273 – The House Rule Tale
When Ben is looking for help coming up with tag team rules for a fight in a game he turns to Rissa for advice and a second set of eyes. We then take a look at a few of our own house rules that we’ve…
00:40:57 |
Mon 25 Nov 2019
272 – The Saber Tale
We were given a prompt on our discord server, and got talking about using sabers and the force in Star Wars adventures and how to make getting a lightsaber into something momentous for the characte…
00:37:36 |
Mon 18 Nov 2019
271 – The Empire Strikes Back Tale
Rissa and Ben take a look at The Empire Strikes Back to see what stories that they get inspired to tell by the movie and little corners that create new avenues for adventures for you to use.
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00:38:39 |
Mon 11 Nov 2019
270 – A Tale of Building
We talk of setting and communicating difficulty to not overpower your characters, and to make sure that your players understand the difficulties that are presented to them. From a single patrol to …
00:37:44 |
Mon 04 Nov 2019
269 – The Lawless Tale
Law enforcement through out the galaxy has different textures that your players can feel. We start off talking about what to do with players who seem to be a law unto their own, not paying Stormtroo…
00:43:27 |
Mon 28 Oct 2019
268 – The Side Quest Tale
We talk about making obligation and character side quests simple and and achievable along side the main plots. From keeping the ideas contained, to getting the players involved we have ideas on how …
00:38:30 |
Mon 21 Oct 2019
267 – The New Hope Tale
We start our series on taking inspiration from the Star Wars movies and seeing what stories we want to tell in the cracks, and what giant plots and galaxy changing things we see as coming from the t…
00:38:57 |
Mon 14 Oct 2019
266 – The Expensive Tale
We talk about the stages of an adventuring party, from the poverty of starting to gaining the experience and equipment to be awesome. Ideas about how to handle the frustrations and lack of equipmen…
00:37:06 |
Mon 07 Oct 2019
265 – The Consequences Tale
There are times when players seem to not recognize when their actions should have consequences for their characters. We give advice on how to tie their actions explicitly back to the character acti…
00:42:40 |
Mon 30 Sep 2019
264 – Tales of the Early Years
Every GM will have issues they have to overcome, there isn’t a set path to learning and being good at it. Rissa and Ben have had to learn along the way from their own mistakes. We share some of the…
00:42:33 |
Mon 23 Sep 2019
263 – The Structured Tale
We started to talk about how to build in the flexibility to deal with your players improvising at the table in the scenes you’re creating. Plus how to shape the fun in a way to not curtail the playe…
00:42:12 |
Mon 16 Sep 2019
262 – The Tale of Vergences
Adam from Force Majure asked about vergences and how to use them to guide the story and adventure. We have several ideas on how to make things even more out there for Star Wars and how we’re able to…
00:38:49 |
Mon 09 Sep 2019
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