I continue my overview of Vampire: the Masquerade by White Wolf Games. This week I talk about the virtues and humanity, backgrounds, diablerie, frenzy, rotschrek, and awarding and spending experience points. Check Out my NEW PODCAST - Lex Out Loud Interested in Beta Reading for my new novel, Critical Balance? Find out more here. Get a free 30 day trial of Audible with my affiliate link. Call the Game Master's Journey voice mail: 951-GMJ-LEX1 (951-465-5391). If you’re a new listener, and you’d like to go back to the beginning, here’s a link to Episode 1. If you’re interested in worldbuildi ..read more

I continue my overview of Vampire: the Masquerade by White Wolf Games. This week I go over the Disciplines—the various vampiric powers—as well as the clans of vampires. I also talk about generation and how the blood pool mechanics work. Check Out my NEW PODCAST - Lex Out Loud Interested in Beta Reading for my new novel, Critical Balance? Find out more here. Get a free 30 day trial of Audible with my affiliate link. Call the Game Master's Journey voice mail: 951-GMJ-LEX1 (951-465-5391). If you’re a new listener, and you’d like to go back to the beginning, here’s a link to Episode 1. If you ..read more

I give an overview of Vampire: The Masquerade RPG by White Wolf Games. In this first part I talk about some of the things I’ve learned from Vampire that have made me the GM I am today. I discuss how the prelude concept from Vampire changed my games forever, and I’ll go over nature, demeanor, and personality archetypes in more detail. Check Out my NEW PODCAST - Lex Out Loud Interested in Beta Reading for my new novel, Critical Balance? Find out more here. Get a free 30 day trial of Audible with my affiliate link. Call the Game Master's Journey voice mail: 951-GMJ-LEX1 (951-465-5391). If yo ..read more

This week I give a brief introduction to the Storyteller RPG system by White Wolf. This is the system used for the World of Darkness games, including Vampire: the Masquerade, Werewolf: the Apocalypse, Changeling: the Dreaming, Mage: the Ascension, and Wraith: the Oblivion. This versatile system is easy to learn, easy to teach, and easy to run, and it’s one of my favorites. Check Out my NEW PODCAST - Lex Out Loud Interested in Beta Reading for my new novel, Critical Balance? Find out more here. Get a free 30 day trial of Audible with my affiliate link. Call the Game Master's Journey voice mail ..read more

Craig joins me again today to continue our discussion of his Mage chronicle. We talk more about the open-ended magic system of Mage and how, to a large degree, the biggest limitation is the players’ own imaginations. We also talk about Pathfinder’s Adventure Paths and how vignettes and preludes can add depth to the tabletop RPG experience. Check Out my NEW PODCAST - Lex Out Loud Interested in Beta Reading for my new novel, Critical Balance? Find out more here. Get a free 30 day trial of Audible with my affiliate link. Call the Game Master's Journey voice mail: 951-GMJ-LEX1 (951-465-5391 ..read more

Craig joins me to discuss his Mage chronicle he’s running. What is it like running a game where the player characters can do just about anything they can imagine? We also talk about the differences between more mechanics-focused games and more narrative-focused games. Check Out my NEW PODCAST - Lex Out Loud Interested in Beta Reading for my new novel, Critical Balance? Find out more here. Get a free 30 day trial of Audible with my affiliate link. Call the Game Master's Journey voice mail: 951-GMJ-LEX1 (951-465-5391). If you’re a new listener, and you’d like to go back to the beginning, he ..read more

I’m often asked if I’ve ever considered creating my own RPG system, and the answer is Yes! Today I talk about some of the features that my ideal RPG system would have. Check Out my NEW PODCAST - Lex Out Loud Interested in Beta Reading for my new novel, Critical Balance? Find out more here. Get a free 30 day trial of Audible with my affiliate link. Call the Game Master's Journey voice mail: 951-GMJ-LEX1 (951-465-5391). If you’re a new listener, and you’d like to go back to the beginning, here’s a link to Episode 1. If you’re interested in worldbuilding and/or my D&D campaign setting of ..read more

I field some questions from listener-GM Matt Yancik on topics of game mastering: my GM philosophy, managing the table & players, and GMing compared to playing. I then talk a bit about the new Mage: the Ascension campaign I’m playing in and reminisce about my time with the old World of Darkness games Changeling: the Dreaming & Vampire: the Masquerade. Check Out my NEW PODCAST - Lex Out Loud Interested in Beta Reading for my new novel, Critical Balance? Find out more here. Check out my interview with Matt Yancik. Hear part 2 of the interview on episode 56 of my podcast, Lex Out Loud. Get ..read more

This week I resurrect the show to discuss how problem solving can be a refreshing alternative to combat in your RPG. Check Out Lex’s NEW PODCAST - Lex Out Loud Call the Game Master's Journey voice mail: 951-GMJ-LEX1 (951-465-5391). If you’re a new listener, and you’d like to go back to the beginning, here’s a link to Episode 1. If you’re interested in worldbuilding and/or Lex’s D&D campaign setting of Primordia, check out the first worldbuilding episode. You can go to this page to see all the episodes that discuss worldbuilding. Check out Lex's latest D&D supplement, Adventurers o ..read more

In the final episode of Game Master’s Journey, Lex discusses campaign length and why he thinks modern TV shows give us an excellent guide to follow ..read more