◇ Topic: Mike asks how to make weapons feel unique and varied, Emails: Steffi wants our takes on open table secrets that cause problems, Eric from New Jersey has a Con Report | Hosts: Jason & Enge◇ 00:33 – Welcome & Episode Summary | 1:38 – Announcements: Next Discord Game Daze will be in May (happyjacks.org/discord) & Savage Worlds actual play starting April 4th! | 1:38 – Indie Designer of the Month: Craig Campbell (he/him) of NerdBurger Games (nerdburgergames.com)| 2:54 – Topic: Mike asks how to make weapons feel unique and varied | 28:13 – Steffi wants our takes on open table s ..read more

◇ Topic: Micro RPGs, Emails: Eric from New Jersey made some rash GM choices and needs ideas, | Hosts: Kimi, Clara & Samantha ◇ 00:33 – Welcome & Episode Summary | 1:34 – Announcements: Next Discord Game Daze will be in May (happyjacks.org/discord) & Savage Worlds actual play starting April 4th! | 2:22 – Indie Designer of the Month: Logan Timmins (he/him) (breathingstories.itch.io)| 4:38 – Topic: Micro RPGs | 19:42 – Eric from New Jersey made some rash GM choices and needs ideas | 33:34 – BeardHare talks about how PBP has helped with TTRPG burnout | 51:15 – Episode Closing | 53:53 ..read more

◇ Topic: How do you balance the PC spotlight as a GM?, Emails: JDGriz asks when it’s ok for your PC to be the center of attention, Conner from Ireland asks how to deal with the character who needs to be talked into everything | Hosts: Kimi & Enge ◇ 00:33 – Welcome & Episode Summary | 3:55 – Announcements: Next Discord Game Daze will be in May (happyjacks.org/discord) & Savage Worlds actual play starting April 4th! | 6:48 – Indie Designer of the Month: Logan Timmins (he/him) (breathingstories.itch.io)| 15:36 – Topic: How do you balance the PC spotlight as a GM? | 35:45 – JDGriz ask ..read more

◇ Topic: Using TTRPGs to explore parts of yourself, Elly talks about player responsibility for table dynamics, Gurg Murg shares some experience with player feedback | Hosts: Kimi & Emily ◇ 00:33 – Welcome & Episode Summary | 1:17 – Announcements: Next Discord Game Daze will be in May (happyjacks.org/discord) & Kimi went to GAMA Expo! | 1:41 – Indie Designer of the Month: Logan Timmins (he/him) (breathingstories.itch.io)| 3:43 – Topic: Using TTRPGs to explore parts of yourself | 21:31 – Elly talks about player responsibility for table dynamics | 34:10 – Gurg Murg shares some experi ..read more

◇ Topic: What is something that TTRPGs don’t do well… yet? Bill from Canada compares rumors to truths, & Josh from Denver gives us an OrcCon recap | Hosts: Kimi, Riley & Clara ◇ 00:33 – Welcome & Episode Summary | 1:26 – Announcements: Next Discord Game Daze will be in May (happyjacks.org/discord) & Kimi went to GAMA Expo! | 2:03 – Indie Designer of the Month: Logan Timmins (he/him) (breathingstories.itch.io)| 22:02 – Topic: What is something that TTRPGs don’t do well… yet? | 01:04:43 – Bill from Canada compares rumors to truths | 01:24:49 – Josh from Denver gives us an OrcCon ..read more

◇ Topic: What type of player are you? Does it change based on system or setting? Davi asks “Am I the A-hole?”, and Doogler shares some game stories | Hosts: Kimi, Enge, & Samantha ◇ 00:33 – Welcome & Episode Summary | 1:41 – Announcements: Next Discord Game Daze will be in March! (happyjacks.org/discord) | 3:07 – Indie Designer of the Month: Anna Landin (she/her)(https://annalandin.itch.io/)| 8:13 – Topic: What type of player are you? Does it change based on system or setting? | 27:33 – Davi asks “Am I the A-hole?” | 39:57 – Doogler shares some game stories | 01:04:45 – Episode Closin ..read more

◇ Topic: Has a movie ever inspired a character or a campaign you made? Jörn from Sweden asks about players who reject the premise, Ken from Canada asks about running games for big groups and shares an update, Mike likes Pinnacles! | Hosts: Jason, Jay, Pooja, & Clara ◇ 00:33 – Welcome & Episode Summary | 1:24 – Announcements: We have a Savage Worlds actual play GMed by Enge starting up soon! Our March 2nd Game Daze was a huge hit! We had 9 games in all different systems! The next one will be in May! (happyjacks.org/discord) | 01:43 – Indie Designer of the Month: Logan Timmins (he/him ..read more

◇ Live from OrcCon 2024 at the Hilton LAX in Los Angeles! A great panel show with members of our audience and stories from lots of different con games. Since it is a live event, the audio quality is not the same as our normal episodes recorded in our studio. ◇ ◇ Find us on Youtube ◇ Twitch ◇ Twitter ◇ Instagram ◇ Facebook ◇ Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co ◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time. ◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintai ..read more

● Topic: What are the pros and cons of running prewritten adventures? ● Emails: Mike is planning to publish adventures and wonders if there is hope for small publishers? Charger 347 talks about making magic items that aren’t too complicated ● Hosts: Kimi, Pooja, & Alex ● 00:33 – Welcome & Episode Summary ● 1:41 – Announcements: OrcCon in February 16th-19th! We will be doing a live show on Saturday night. (strategicon.net) | Next Discord Game Daze will be March 2nd! (happyjacks.org/discord) ● 4:40 – Indie Designer of the Month: Anna Landin (annalandin.itch.io) ● 08:48 – Topic: What are ..read more

◇ Topic: Playing games with societal or political messages embedded in their design, a new GM wants advice on how to handle x-card moments, Steffie from Scotland says the Rule of Cool is bad | Hosts: Kimi, Pooja, & Alex ◇ 00:33 – Welcome & Episode Summary |  01:19 – Announcements: OrcCon in February 16th-19th! We will be doing a live show on Saturday night. (strategicon.net) | Next Discord Game Daze will be in March! (happyjacks.org/discord) | 02:43 – Indie Designer of the Month: Chris Gray (sunderedhold.com)| 04:03 – Topic: Playing games with societal or political messages embed ..read more