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
241 – The Conflicted Party Tale
An explosion of discussion happens in this episode about using the conflict mechanic as two GMs talk about their strategy for completely integrating the mechanic into their adventures and sessions.
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00:41:55 |
Mon 15 Apr 2019
240 – The Momentum Tale
We talk about how to end a scene and how to keep narrative momentum up when interest feels like it’s flagging. From adventure starts and getting that spur into adventure to the pacing when your play…
00:32:08 |
Mon 08 Apr 2019
239 – The Narrative Tale
We talk about getting your players to narrate their actions more, from beginners who have never played an RPG before, to dungeon crawlers, to GMs who are there to relax.
Things talked abou…
00:41:49 |
Mon 01 Apr 2019
238 – The Explosive Character Tale
Ben and Rissa watched a live stream of Star Wars the RPG and things happened, over the top things, things that made us want to talk about it. Here we are talking about what happens when a group tha…
00:35:16 |
Mon 25 Mar 2019
237 – The Starting Character Tale
A longtime patron got in touch with us about something that was on their mind and we thought it would make a good episode. This is talking about what do you give characters to start with and how do…
00:36:19 |
Mon 18 Mar 2019
236 – The Force Majeure Tale
We have Adam Beltane on from the Force Majeure Podcast to talk about their experience with running their games, how they prepare, and how they got into the fun of Star Wars Roleplaying
Things…
00:44:43 |
Mon 11 Mar 2019
235 – The Escort Tale
We looked to a list of RPG plots and figured out many ways of making them work, from escorting NPCs to transporting items, to what happens when you find a ghost ship?
Things discussed in this…
00:37:29 |
Mon 04 Mar 2019
234 The Variable Party Tale
We talk about the need of theatrics at the table and how and why the need grows the less you know the players at the table as well as how it can become harder to do at the table.
We reference…
00:38:26 |
Mon 25 Feb 2019
The Trope Tale
Tropes get brought up quite a bit, we’ve heard it so much, from how a scene is hollow because there isn’t anything else attached to the trope to how some tropes repeated enough can be harmful to yo…
00:35:56 |
Mon 18 Feb 2019
The Writers Block Tale
Rissa ran into writers block and we go through a few ways of inspiration while doing a very good method of talking out what lead to the indecision.
Talked about in this episode
* The Singl…
00:35:33 |
Mon 11 Feb 2019
The Clue Path Tale
We talk with Leslie from Heroes and get questions about how to make sure your adventures don’t hit dead walls when giving players paths forward, especially with setting scenes and making sure that …
00:47:05 |
Mon 04 Feb 2019
The Branded Tale
I got watching the Bumblebee trailer and then wouldn’t stop talking about it, so Rissa and I got talking about how to bring our more favorite franchises into being used in Genesys and Star Wars.
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00:35:30 |
Mon 28 Jan 2019
The Environmental Tale
We look at environments and how to make them matter to your players who have taken talents and species that would make use of them. We also talk about how to lead the way in getting the most use out…
00:35:41 |
Mon 21 Jan 2019
The Social Tale
We’re back and talking social skills, how we use them, how the intent of the rolls are a good indication of how they should be adjudicated, and how two skills can be used for the same roll
Th…
00:45:41 |
Mon 14 Jan 2019
The Single Shot Tale
Thinking about the one shots we’ve run, and how we’ve gone into preparing the adventures. We look at two vastly different styles of creating an experience for our players.
Things we talked ab…
00:42:58 |
Mon 07 Jan 2019
The Road Ahead Tale
We talk about what 2018 has brought to the show and where we’re planning to take Heroes and Tales in the next year.
Things we talked about in the show:
* Tales from the Loop* Jeff Romo* Th…
00:37:11 |
Mon 31 Dec 2018
The Charming Combat Tale
We talk about how big can one social check be in a combat action, especially one that has gone on quite long. From there we talk about types of actions that are easier to adjudicate and give some f…
00:42:04 |
Mon 24 Dec 2018
The Present Player Tale
People aren’t always paying attention and can be distracted by a great many things, we talk about when it starts impacting their participation at the table as well as others.
Thing talked abo…
00:35:41 |
Mon 17 Dec 2018
The Adding a Player Tale
We look at the difficulties in adding a new player and their character in the middle of an ongoing campaign and making it as seamless and as rewarding as possible.
Thing we talked about in th…
00:41:38 |
Mon 10 Dec 2018
The Secret Society Tale
Secret societies show up in more places than we’d normally think. They are a very valuable story telling tool and we explore them in a fashion that makes them easier to use.
Things talked about in th…
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00:38:26 |
Mon 03 Dec 2018
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