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These are live recordings from the Tavern Discord. Folks in the RPG industry come in and have discussions, very much in the style of a panel at a convention. The hosts change every week and talk about things ranging from art, minis, cartography, terrain, vtts, game theory, DMing & Player advice, and anything else that strikes their fancy. Toward the end of the show, we open the show up to audience members for questions. If you would like to be on the show as an audience member or a host plea ...
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Rob Conley (Bat in the Attic), Glen (Welcome to Mystara) and Ben Gibson (Coldlight Press) join us. We talk about how we handle dealing with NPCs in a sandbox setting and some tips,rulings vs rules and how to keep the game flowing, current project work and other topics. The introduction song features Frontex VS Zombies by artist Die Leere im Kern De…
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Mark (Elthos RPG) & Alan (Chronicles of Ember) join me to talk about 'The Dangerous World of Homebrew RPGs' and what you signup for when you decide to create a homegrown RPG. We also discuss adventures in live-play podcasting, our own homebrew systems, and we field questions from the audience! The introduction song features Frontex VS Zombies by ar…
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Tonight we welcome Glenn (Welcome To Mystara), Brandon and Lalla (Babies with Knives), and Fil Kearney ('Tap Untap Burn' and many others on DMs Guild). As we delve into a couple of topics: Magic systems in games, and what makes a good magic system? Sometimes a setting brooches into dark subject matter. We'll talk about how to address uncomfortable …
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Welcome Lalla and Brandon (Babies with Knives), Glen (Welcome to Mystara and Mr Welch's Mad Musings), and Caleb (Survivors of Serath) cover several gaming topics tonight, including: When choosing to run a game with exotic races, we offer opinions on what makes different racial choices work in a fantasy rpg. The importance of presentation in a gamin…
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It is a fullhouse. Join Lalla (Babies with Knives), Glen (Welcome to Mystara), Andrew (FASA), Rob (Bat in the Attic), and Alex (Autarch) as we talk about the industry. We will discuss whether the dark future of Cyberpunk arrived and if so, how? We also talk about what is happening in today's current distancing climate with gaming and game promotion…
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Lalla of Babies With Knives and Pexx of Frog God Games talk with Brian about Babies with Knives and online Actual Plays. We also talk about playstyle preferences, what kind of bias different people bring to the game, and our differing GM styles. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rpgcoasttocoast/support…
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Its a full house! Join Alan (Chronicles of Ember), Glen (Welcome to Mystara), Jeff (Two Kings Games), Andrew (FASA), & John (Frog God Games). We cover making railroads enjoyable, silly uses of magic items, the effect of VTTs, and what defines a game? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rpgcoasttocoast/support…
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Glenn of Welcome to Mystara, and Jeff of Two King Games share thoughts on how to promote your product: the good, the bad, and really ugly. Is the Fantasy Setting Space too Full? We also get crashed by Frog God Games Marketing Director Pexx! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rpgcoasttocoast/support…
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Alexander of Autarch LLC, Mark of Elthos RPG, and Alan the creator of 'Chronicles of Ember' join the show. We talk about each of our projects, starting with a new Super Hero game, 'Ascendant'. We talk mechanics in particular, math, and using challenge tables for conflict resolution. We also go into running games with backstabbing PCs, and how to lu…
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Anna of World Building Magazine, Dino of the same, Chris the handsome DM, and Glen of Welcome to Mystara appear in this week's episode. We open up talking about our first time... playing RPGs. It gets better from there as we dive into how to build your dungeons to make sense, favorite settings, and Narrative RPGs vs Tactical RPGs. --- Support this …
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Our first chat of 2020! and what could be more appropriate than to discuss a little science fiction. Courtney of the Blog Hack N Slash, Mark of Elthos RPG and Andrew of FASA discuss the impact of science fiction authors on the cyberpunk genre and what it means to RPGs, we also discuss how technology has impacted TTRPGs and how some things never see…
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Special Guest Host Bad Mike brings us the year in review edition with guests Eric Tenkar, Pexx, Smokestack Jones and Laramie. We talk about the the RPG year in conventions, kickstarters, and social issues. We also reminisce about years past and where we are going in 2020 (so disappointed about the lack of cybernetics). You don't want to miss this f…
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Andrew (Fasa), Glen (Welcome to Mystara), Leland (Metal Express), and Brian (Lost Relic Industries) discuss giving clues to players and how to keep them from getting stuck, humor in your games, parallel player missions and the overwatch concept, and some old print games worth looking at for Christmas and the Holidays. --- Support this podcast: http…
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Warning, some of the contents of this episode are graphic. Leland of Metal Express, Glen of Welcome to Mystara and Brian from Lost Relic Industries dive into the dark side of RPGs with the all time worst RPGs. We talk about an 'RPG' that is so disturbing, we aren't sure that it should be labeled as an RPG. Moving on, we cover religions in the campa…
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Guests discuss various TTRPG topics. Leland of Metal Express, Glen of Welcome to Mystara and Brian from Lost Relic Industries kick it off with our top 3 favorite RPGs, then quickly move into discussions about tortured writers, controversial writers, psychology of non human npcs, consistency in art, and more. --- Support this podcast: https://podcas…
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The "Get Off My Lawn!" Episode! Join Lucas (TW2 Creations), Glen (Welcome to Mystara), And Brian (Lost Relic Industries). We offer opinions and frequently complain about topics such as: nerd typeCasting, sequels and otherwise bad writing, body type representation in RPG art through the ages, and anything else we can. --- Support this podcast: https…
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Guests discuss various industry and hobby relevant issues relating to Table Top Role Playing Games. Join Andi (FASA games), Courtney (Hack and Slash), Glen (Welcome to Mystara), and Jeff (Tabula Rasa) as things get dark and we explore morality plays and how far dark can you go in a horror setting. Also much discussion about visual aids and artwork,…
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Guests discuss various industry and hobby relevant issues relating to Table Top Role Playing Games. Ari (Dancing Yak Miniatures), Mark (Elthos RPG) and Brian (Lost Relic Industries) discuss home brew gaming in the past and today, how to reach an audience in the game community, and the rpg and miniatures industry. --- Support this podcast: https://p…
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Guests discuss industry and hobby topics relating to Table Top Role Playing Games. Friday the 13th full moon episode! Glen (Welcome to Mystara), Lucas (TW2 Creations),Pexx (Frog God Games), and Tenkar (Tenkar's Tavern) discuss: 'Batman Effect' or gaining synergies by being prepared for an enemy, Low vs High Fantasy, Social contracts at the table, a…
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Join our hosts gmandij (FASA Games) Janet (World Anvil), Dimitris (World Anvil), Tom Knauss (Frog God Games), & TheGlen (Welcome to Mystara) as they talk about How do you make players feel empowered at your table, Campaign Managers: what we can offer them as content creators, Everything wrong with Game of Thrones Season 8, and Dealing with players …
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Join our hosts Andrew1879 (FASA Games), የሁዕዕረቿነ (Strange Gods), SketchbookLP, jasonzavoda, and Pexx (Tavern Custodian) as they discuss: What is the weirdest playable character you have seen actually work? TTRPG in popular media Do half races make sense in the way they are generally presented? Setting neutral design such as in Ghost of Saltmarsh The…
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Join our hosts Jolheft (Virtua Rasa), Pexx (Tavern Custodian), and Jason Zavoda as they discuss How important is having different languages in game?, Players randomly dropping from your game and how to recover?, What happened to some of the writers from Dragon Magazine? --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rpgcoasttocoa…
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Join our hosts Andrew (FASA Games), Rob Conley (Bat in the Attic), Andi (FASA Games), and Dasmachine (Lost Relic) as they discuss Player expectations, Are there generational differences?, Care and feeding of megadungeon, How do you keep a game as balanced as possible?, and To what extent should flavor drive mechanics and vice versa? --- Support thi…
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Join our hosts Hack & Slash, Andrew1879 (FASA Games), VB-Wyrde (of Elthos), DinoStompah (WBM), & dasmaschine (Lost Relic) as they discuss Metagaming and why it isn't a problem, Favorite Easter egg or cultural reference that nobody got, Campaign Design: best and worst design strategies, Using biomes and climate to build both immersion and encounters…
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Join your hosts Andrew1879 (FASA Games), TheGlen (Welcome to Mystara), Aurelien (Koryo Hall Adventures), Todd (Hexed Press), & gmandij (FASA) as they discuss the current rise of roleplaying and especially dnd around the world and especially here in Korea, The increasingly disturbing gate-keeping that is going on regarding Purity tests, NPCs: buildi…
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Join your host melkor (Strange Gods), Tom Knauss (Frog God Games), dasmaschine (Lost Relic), Rob Conley (Bat in the Attic), Pexx (Tavern Custodian) as they discuss avoiding and or concealing the railroad in adventure design, Sandbox Campaigns, Best Practices in an advertising a new product, and whatever else strikes their fancy. --- Support this po…
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Join our hosts Dancing Yak Miniatures Mage (Tavern Magensch) & Hack & Slash as they talk about Plotting, Plodding, and Prodding (when and how to use them), How do you get a commission (someone please give me a commission already), Mapmaking and Cartography (How to go about it), and whatever else strikes their fancy.(edited) --- Support this podcast…
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Join our hosts Frank (Mottokrosh Machinations) gmandij (FASA) Todd (Hexed Press) Mage (Tavern Magensch) & Pexx (Tavern Custodian) as they discuss Meaningful travel and journeys, Spell buffs and debuffs best and worst uses in game, What materials do you use for preppering your games and running them; what works and what doesn't, Personal investment …
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Join our hosts የሁዕዕረቿነ (Strange Gods), Andrew1879 (FASA Games), Hack & Slash, Alex Putnam (Freelancer), & Douglas (Gaming Ballistic) as they discuss Participation and how to encourage it in new players, Development: in public or behind the veil, Different Value in online communities, talk vs. text vs. video, How do you keep your home games going wh…
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Join our hosts Xeka (Smunchy Games) Don (Hellebarde Games) gmandij (FASA) Hack & Slash & የሁዕዕረቿነ (Strange Gods) as they discuss How adding bio-diversity to a setting can add to immersion and storytelling, Scaling including CR systems and suitability to table and/or portability, Do you go by strict dice roll or make exceptions for players/story, and…
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Join our hosts BearEclair (Strange Gods), dasmaschine (Lost Relic), Archon (Autarch), Dancing Yak Miniatures, & Smunchy (Smunchy Games) as they discuss How to interest people in trying an rpg/system that is new to them, Why player agency matters, 3D printing and what the future looks like, Fuck the chosen ones plot line, and whatever else strikes t…
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Join our hosts dasmaschine (Lost Relic) Andrew1879 (FASA Games) Ed (Shades of Vengeance) SagaNick (Saga RPG) & feralgames as they discuss Creative Influences or Inspiration, Crowdfunding, How to make your characters real, Best mechanics that make cities or civilizations come to life in a campaign, and complexity good or bad? Support the Podcast her…
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Join our hosts @የሁዕዕረቿነ (Strange Gods) @SagaNick (Saga RPG) @Rob Conley (Bat in the Attic) @Gothridge & @Eric C as they discuss PvP, Best mechanics that make cities or civilizations come to life in a campaign, Co-DMing, Themed Campaigns, and how to talk to publishers in the game industry. Support the Podcast here: https://anchor.fm/breakfast-club/s…
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Join our hosts bstern (Virtua Rasa), melkor (Strange Gods), @የሁዕዕረቿነ (Strange Gods), Douglas (Gaming Ballistic), & @Hack & Slash as they discuss whether or not technology is mandatory for players of D20 based games (3rd edition/3.5/Pathfinder 1, 4e, 5e etc...), House Rules, Fixing Broken Systems, Hilarity, Rules for Rule Design Support the Podcast …
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Join our hosts የሁዕዕረቿነ (Strange Gods), Frank (Mottokrosh Machinations), sizzoul (Strange Gods) Pexx (Tavern Custodian), and Andi FASA as they discuss World Building Techniques, The Use of Technology in a Fantasy Setting, Realms Planes and Planets, and How to handle player actions for derailing purposefully or not. Support the Podcast here: https://…
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Join our hosts Archon (Autarch), Hack N Slash, Douglas (Gaming Ballistic), & Badmike as they discuss the Longevity of D&D, Art not the Artist, How Best to Promote your Product(s), and whatever else strikes their fancy. Support the Podcast here: https://anchor.fm/breakfast-club/support --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sho…
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Join our hosts Purplegrl23 (Lost Relic) Dasmaschine (Lost Relic) Douglas (Gaming Ballistic) Melkor (Strange Gods) & Pexx (Tavern Custodian) for a very dark and grim discussion about Death and Mortality in gaming. Support the Podcast here: https://anchor.fm/breakfast-club/support --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rpgc…
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