In this episode of Excess Advantage, we have some great news! Guillaume and I have started the French Genesys community! Pour les francophones, il y a maintenant des groupes sûr Facebook et Discord! Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/jdrgenesys/ Discord server: https://discord.gg/bUqj2nD Now, you all probably know that I am American, b…

In today's episode, we take a break from the EPG review and I have a nice chat with Guillaume about his Skills Guide. It's been a #1 best seller on Foundry practically since the day it dropped, and for good reason! In this episode, we focus on the magic skills section because he has some amazing new rules for limiting starting magic without chargin…

In today's episode, we continue with the Expanded Optional Rules from the EPG: Social Encounters. This episode only discusses the basic of social skills as well as the new options and suggestions in the EPG. If you would like to hear my in-depth coverage of the social encounter mechanics, check out episode 113 (https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/ep…

In today's episode, I tackle maybe one of the most controversial aspects of the EPG: specialization trees! These talent trees originated in the Star Wars RPG, which is the predecessor of Genesys. I try to be as impartial as I could, but personal preferences do crop up. If you don't yet have your copy of the EPG, you can get the PDF at DriveThruRPG:…

Greetings and welcome! This is the first of my more bite-sized episodes (clocking in a just under 20 minutes) and I take a deep dive into the EPG, Part 3 Chapter 1: Expanded Magic rules. In this episode, I talk about the new magic talents and actions added in the EPG and how I feel like the EPG is a love letter from the devs to the community. --- S…

Just a quick episode to update all y'all on what's happening with the podcast as well as the future of Genesys! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/excess-advantage/message

In this episode, I do a bit more of a deep dive into the vehicle rules and how to use them in your game. I focus on the different types of vehicle-centric campaigns. Small-craft combat and what is needed for a dog-fight. Other vehicular actions available to those who aren't the pilot or gunner. The intro/outro music is "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod…

With the recent release of the Expanded Player's Guide and the inclusion of vehicle creation rules, there has been a renewed interest into vehicles. So today we do a deep dive into the rules for vehicles: what a vehicle is, how it works, what it can and can't do and how vehicular combat differs from personal combat! The intro/outro music is "Take a…

Due to real life circumstances, the podcast is over. Just remember, regardless of success or failure of your roll always check…for excess advantage. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/excess-advantage/message

Welcome to the first interlude episode of season 2! Due to an unfortunate family emergency, Scott was unable to make our regular recording day so I stepped in and gave a monologue on how you can ask good questions and give quality answers when interacting with the online community. While this advice is aimed at the Genesys community specifically, t…

Welcome back to Excess Advantage! Today, Scott and I discuss stealing from other games: what to steal, what not to steal and how to do it well. We discuss how to mitigate changes to the at-the-table mechanics as well as stealing prep/behind-the-scenes material whole-cloth from other games. Specific items discussed: The Perilous Wilds, a Dungeon Wor…

In today's episode, I am not only joined by everyone's favourite part-time host Scott, but Sam Stewart himself! Sam is back to answer all our questions about Android: Shadow of the Beanstalk!It's going to be a long one today, so I hope you enjoy spending the next hour with us!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/exce…

Welcome to another great episode! Today I am once again joined by Scott and we discuss the magic system in Genesys. We go in-depth about how it works as well as the whys it works. One of the big things we talk about towards the end is the post by /u/greatfrito with a table for making your own magic implements! Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: ht…

Welcome to the conclusion of the Genesys setting master class. If you missed the prior episode, please go back and listen to that one first so you'll get the entire class instead of just half of it.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/excess-advantage/message

In February 2019, Scott and I did a Genesys master class on setting creation. Today we proudly present part 1 (of 2) of that talk. The class itself went for over an hour and a half, but I was able to distill it down into two episodes of just over a half hour each! This episode is more scattershot than prior, mainly because there is a live audience …

Today is the ultimate episode in the Adversaries series in which Scott "DrainSmith" and I build one nemesis each. We also get to talking about what makes for a good nemesis, rival or minion. It's a great episode and a wonderful conclusion! In this episode, Scott shamelessly mentions his Dispensary of Genesys which is a one-stop shop for all amazing…

Welcome to the penultimate episode in the Adversaries series! Today I am joined by none other than Scott "DrainSmith" himself as we build a few adversaries! During the build process, we not only tell you what the numbers are but why we choose what we do and workshop things a bit. Do note, though, that the adversaries Scott gives us are straight fro…

Today's episode is a brief "welcome to season 2!" that includes a shoutout to GhostDM, a listener question sent in from Josh and a short teaser of what's coming in season 2! I hope you enjoy.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/excess-advantage/message

Today's episode is a quick one. I just want to let all y'all know what's coming next for season 2 of Excess Advantage.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/excess-advantage/message

Today is part 2 of the dev interview. We have some great conversations and just overall had a blast!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/excess-advantage/message

Welcome to the penultimate episode of season 1 of Excess Advantage! This episode is an extra-special one because of the number of co-hosts I have: 3 of the mods from the Discord server/FB group/subreddit and 3 from FFG! That's right, join us as we chat with Sam Stewart, Tim Cox and Tim Huckelbery! We discuss so many things in part 1 of the chat tha…

Part II of my delve into making adversaries. Today is all about how to create them. I go step-by-step, following the book, talking about how each step works, with examples along the way. Just remember two very important points: • Step 1: Develop a Concept is the most important step. It informs all the decisions you make • Your PC sheets are the bes…

Today's episode is the first in a series of 3 as we delve deep into adversaries and how they work. Part 1 is all about the mechanics of adversaries: how minions, rivals and nemeses work mechanically, as well as what they can bring to your encounters. Also in this episode, I talk about joining us on various platforms.--- Send in a voice message: htt…

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Today's episode is all about making your own setting. I talk about my process and share how I use it to create both my Titanfall: Genesys setting as well as a play-by-post I'm running. Each one has different needs and thus are treated differently. Links discussed: Genesys Discord server Official Forums Subreddit Titanfall: Genesys GM Binder--- Send…

Today I am again joined by Adam of Force Majure Podcast and we discuss Story Points! And Rules lawyerism. And other podcasts. And…oh gods, the tangents! I hope you enjoy!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/excess-advantage/message

Today I delve into the short, but dense, Social Encounters chapter. Don't let the 7-page size fool you: it's packed with great information for how to socialize in Genesys. From the simple to the complex. From the quick-and-dirty encounters to the set-piece encounters. It's all here. I do have to apologize for my voice, I was getting over a head col…

Today I am joined by Adam from the Force Majeure podcast (https://forcemajeurepod.com/) and we talk about making stuff up! I talk a bit about my work-in-progress Titanfall: Genesys (https://github.com/c-bec-k/TitanfallGenesys) mod and we talk about his conversion from a Pathfinder game to Genesys, along with a bit of brainstorming a PC sentient rat…

Welcome back to the discussion episodes! Today I am joined once again by Devon as we welcome him into the fold! Some of y'all may remember that he was on episode one of the podcast interviewing me about Genesys since he wasn't familiar with it. Well, this time I'm interviewing him about his Genesys experience!--- Send in a voice message: https://po…

After we met our new hero, M'gann, the party continues their quest to find not only Cylric, but to find answers. On the trail of the rogue druid, however, they are waylaid by more of his insidious minions. Will the team learn to work together in this new party dynamic? What does M'gann bring to the table? Will Maug ever be able to pet a polar bear?…

This episode we talk about creating characters for your Genesys game. The ins and outs, the goods and betters, the fun and fancy-free! Also in this episode I ask you, the listeners, about what you want to hear more of: discussion episodes or live play…or if it's good the way it's been going. Click on that Contact link above to send me your thoughts…

Greetings and welcome back to the live play series! Now that the combat chapter has finished it's time to get back to Fantasy Landia and see how our heroes are doing. Today introduces a new character played by Rich Howard (@Umbralwalker on twitter) playing M'gann. A cleric of the stars—no relation to the DC character ~_^ Join us as our established …

Welcome to the final installment of the combat chapter. Wow, that one sure took a while, huh? There are a lot of fiddly bits in combat and now you know them all! No special show notes today, just an longer-than-normal episode length.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/excess-advantage/message…

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Welcome to part 2 of my coverage of the combat chapter. Pretty much the entire episode deals with making combat checks. There are so many moving parts that this one aspect of the game takes up an entire episode by itself! Without further adieu, let's jump into part 2 of Combat Encounters.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/p…

Welcome to the first episode covering Chapter 6: Combat Encounters. There's just way too much stuff in that chapter to fit into a 20-minute episode while still doing it justice, so I had to chop it into three parts. In part 1 I discuss what a combat encounter is, how it's set up, how to determine who goes when, and what you can do.--- Send in a voi…

This is a rather exciting episode for me! I have six (!) new reviews over on iTunes. Thank you so much to those who wrote a review, it really means a lot to me to read them. Reviews aside, our heroes are battling for their lives against the giant snowman and Sylric's toys-come-to-life! Will the PCs bet them, or will they lie in a toy-strewn grave, …

For this episode, Devon returns to talk with me about characterization. That is, coming up with your character's backstory, their appearance and their outlooks and personality. We discuss quite a few places where you can draw inspiration besides just the Genesys core book, including: Fate Core Character Idea and Phase Trio 20 Questions from Legend …

Our intrepid heroes have survived an attack by wild wolves, but what about the missing children? What about Silric? What's going on? In this episode, the PCs get closer to the answers to these questions and more! Stay tuned to find out!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/excess-advantage/message…

Today's episode is my first listener-requested episode! The listener (I forgot who you are, sorry!) wanted me to cover combat, so here is what I hope to be part 1 of 2. This episode is all about how to inject more narrative flair into your combats and how to avoid boring encounters. In the near future I'll cover the mechanics of combat, but today i…

Last time, we meet our heroes. In todays episode, the PCs have their first encounter with the wilds—and the players have their first encounter with the core mechanics! Fun is had by all, except Maug who is left scratching his head as to what could possibly be happening with the children…and his old friend Cylric.--- Send in a voice message: https:/…

In today's episode, we delve into spending advantage and threat in both combat and social encounters. While I do talk about the tables in the book, I also go into more detail about how to spend them in other ways.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/excess-advantage/message…

This episode we dig deep in Part I: Chapter 1, "Core Mechanics": What's with the funny symbols? How Do I interpret the dice? How the heck do I form my dice pool? I apologize for the length of this episode, but I didn't want to cut it into two pieces since the core mechanics are, well, core to how the game plays. It's just under 29 minutes in length…

Today is episode 1 of my winter-themed live play! It was a blast playing and I hope to be able to do more one-shots like this in the future! Discussion Points in the episode: • I have a patron! Please visit my Patreon page if you would like to support the show and gain access to the patron-only Discord • The players for this game were found on the …

Welcome to the second episode of Excess Advantage! In today's episode, I delve deep into GM territory and discuss how to customize Genesys to meet your needs. This trek takes us to Part III, Chapter 1 in the book. Creating your own skills, archetypes/species, talents, gear and adversaries are all discussed. While this chapter is in the GM's Toolkit…

Welcome to the first episode of Excess Advantage! In this episode, Devon, a long-time friend and co-host of the Shark Bone Podcast, asks me questions about the Genesys RPG. He asks good questions and I hope it helps all y'all learn more about what the game—and this podcast—is all about.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod…

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