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
The Thisspiasian Tale
We started to talk about playing different species for your games and how to make it matter for your players. From how NPCs interact to how to set expectations at the table
Things talked about in thi…
Things talked about in thi…
00:42:05 |
Mon 09 Jul 2018
The Closing Tale
Episode 200, you’d think we’d talk about something profound. We talk about one of the most profound things you can actually do for your campaign. How to end it. Three hosts talk about the different k…
00:43:15 |
Mon 02 Jul 2018
The Challenging Player Tale
The topic of difficult players came up in discussion in the Tales twitter DMs. This brought up the different sorts of ways players and GMs can not see eye to eye on ideas and drew us to this episode …
00:41:59 |
Mon 25 Jun 2018
The Gambler Tale
We were asked about a particular build for a character, it raised a bit of a flag for us and all hosts decided we should talk about specializations that require a bit more work by those around the ta…
00:42:57 |
Mon 18 Jun 2018
The Han Tale
We have a huge group to talk about Solo: A Star Wars Story and share our perspectives. To a person we liked the movie, but we also are the sort who can look at it and see what could be done better.
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01:05:12 |
Mon 11 Jun 2018
The Difficulty Tale
Communicating difficulty in an encounter is trickier than just giving out a number of dice. The players need to know before hand how to set their expectations. We discuss how and a few things that wo…
00:41:01 |
Mon 04 Jun 2018
Into The Character Tale
We talk about how to inhabit a character and create a perspective to separate two characters in a scene. We also touch on ways of acting to make a character unique in your play group as a player
Thin…
Thin…
00:47:44 |
Mon 28 May 2018
The Module Tale
Ben and Rissa discuss running a module and some of the pitfalls that can emerge from trying to follow too close to the text as written.
Things talked about in this episode:
* Beyond the Rim
* Friend…
Things talked about in this episode:
* Beyond the Rim
* Friend…
00:41:59 |
Mon 21 May 2018
The Steam Setting Tale
We created a steampunk setting in Genesys and look to different ideas that could come from the location we’ve created in Firemouth Outpost.
Things talked about in this episode:
* Heroes of the Hydia…
Things talked about in this episode:
* Heroes of the Hydia…
00:46:04 |
Mon 14 May 2018
The Genesys Vehicle Tale
Ben Rissa and David talk about vehicles in Genesys and how they’re different from Star Wars while trying to remember all the rules for both systems.
Things talked about in this episode:
* Sea of Th…
Things talked about in this episode:
* Sea of Th…
00:45:31 |
Mon 07 May 2018
The Rissa Tale
No, we haven’t gone full Star Trek. We’re bringing on a new host and we’re interviewing her in this episode to give our listeners an idea of her style and some of the things she’s bringing to the tab…
00:35:05 |
Sun 29 Apr 2018
The Starting Player Tale
Ben and Marcus talk about some of the mechanics involved with starting characters and why somethings are more important than others at low XP amounts.
Things talked about in this episode:
* Old Man …
Things talked about in this episode:
* Old Man …
00:47:37 |
Mon 23 Apr 2018
The Tale Vs Darkside
Ben has Marcus on to talk about his Force and Destiny podcast he creates with his kids and the lessons that can be learned from there. So much of the advice can be well used for bringing in any new p…
00:38:42 |
Mon 16 Apr 2018
The Tools Tale
Ben and David talk about preparation tools for GMs and players as well as communication and character creation.
Things talked about in this episode:
* Adversary Cards
* OneNote
* Obsidian Portal
* B…
Things talked about in this episode:
* Adversary Cards
* OneNote
* Obsidian Portal
* B…
00:41:41 |
Mon 09 Apr 2018
Map Tales
Ben has guest Leslie on to talk about ways to use maps and things to consider when using maps in person and online for your players.
Things talked about in this episode:
* Leslie
* Heroes Obsidian P…
Things talked about in this episode:
* Leslie
* Heroes Obsidian P…
00:44:44 |
Mon 02 Apr 2018
The Surprised GM Tale
Kristine and Ben talk about what they do when the players surprise them and leave them wondering what to do next.
Things we talked about on the show:
* Weik
* Deadspace
* Stay on Target
* Mouseguard
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Things we talked about on the show:
* Weik
* Deadspace
* Stay on Target
* Mouseguard
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00:36:56 |
Mon 26 Mar 2018
The Backgrounder Tale
We talk about some of the ideas and issues of starting a player character and how much background is too much, as well as how much is not near enough.
Things talked about in this episode:
* Angel – …
Things talked about in this episode:
* Angel – …
00:40:47 |
Mon 19 Mar 2018
The Villainous Tale
Ben and David talk about villains and how to present them to your players as fallible beings who can be defeated.
Things talked about in this episode
* Horus Heresy
* Bruce Banner
* The Joker
* Inju…
Things talked about in this episode
* Horus Heresy
* Bruce Banner
* The Joker
* Inju…
00:42:56 |
Mon 12 Mar 2018
The Absent Player Tale
We’ve all had players missing a game or having to leave the game, Kristine and Ben talk about how to make the blow softer and strategies to make it more fun for you and your group.
Things talked abou…
Things talked abou…
00:36:02 |
Mon 05 Mar 2018
The Genesys Tale
Ben and Kristine discuss with David what we’ve taken away from the Genesys core book and some of the interesting tidbits we are looking forward to for the system.
Things talked about in this episode
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Things talked about in this episode
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00:44:50 |
Mon 26 Feb 2018
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