GamingPerspectives

Technology has greatly advanced since the introduction of RPGs in the mid 1970s.  Saul and Jolene discuss the pros and cons of having today's tech at the gaming table.  For the most part the discussio...

13 Jun 202035min

Saul and Jolene talk about sticking to canon in RPGs.   Saul usually tries to be a rebel but feels sticking to official "canon" of a setting or IP is important.  It may not be really important to Saul...

7 Jun 202033min

Saul and Jolene talk about "Backtracking" in your RPG, also known as RetConning.  Jolene read about a GM asking about advice on a situation where a two player game resulted in a TPK and one of the pla...

31 Mai 202033min

The classic Druid class in D&D is discussed by Saul and Jolene in this episode.  Though not a favorite of Saul or Jolene they have had a number of players in their groups who played druids.  From Saul...

24 Mai 202032min

This is our 100th Episode which means we are only four weeks away from 2 years of podcasting which is a pretty good milestone in podcasting. People like the big round numbers so this is 100 weekly epi...

17 Mai 202030min

Saul and Jolene talk about "Realistic" Post Apoc RPGs.  Having discussed this genre when they talked about Gamma World we decided that another sub genre needed to be discussed in detail as they can te...

13 Mai 202040min

Today Saul and Jolene talk to Marcus Bone.  Like Saul, once Marcus saw the cover of Dark Conspiracy RPG in 1991 he had to have it.  Though Saul liked the theme and the game overall Marcus was a true f...

6 Mai 202059min

In this episode Saul and Jolene discuss "Saying Yes AND..."  as GM tool to keep the players engaged in your roleplaying session.  Of course Saul has to relate it to the ancient history of his first da...

3 Mai 202034min