In this Episode Saul and Jolene talk about making a RPG from a computer game.  This was from a question that Saul read online about a father that wanted to make a RPG for his kids that played Destiny 2.  Saul thought he recognized the game and even thought he had the older computer game but he was thinking of Mass Effect 2.  Still Jolene and Saul discussed the trials and tribulations of making your own RPG.        It has been Saul's belief that making your own game would be a big work and time investment.  But a few years ago he saw t ..read more

     Saul was looking at Reddit and found a post about how the person didn't like playing "Lighter" RPGs because they were more work for him in roleplaying than a crunchier systems like Pathfinder.  Others also agreed and added comments about why they didn't like RPGs.        Saul and Jolene have tried a few "Light RPGs".  Games like Kobolds Ate My Baby, Sleepaway Camp, The Quiet Year, Tales From the Loop and others.      Listen to hear what Saul and Jolene have to say on the subject.            Than ..read more

          Saul and Jolene decided to ask a question of their gaming friends, Felipe, Cipriano and Michael,  "Why do you still game after playing for so long."   Saul has been gaming with Felipe, his brother, since 1978, with Cipriano right after that and Michael since Junior High.  Though some of them had some short stints of not playing here or there,  Saul and his friends are still playing RPGs today.  So why do they still want to play? Listen and find out.           Thank you all for Listening     &nbs ..read more

     Recently Saul and Jolene were at a local Gaming Convention and at a RPG game and when the group broke for a quick dinner break, one player never came back.   This has happened at gaming conventions and even in home game groups.  What can a GM do to mitigate the affects of the missing player.      Though usually more problematic at a Convention or in a One-shot RPG game there are things that you can do as a GM to make the session still go well.  Saul and Jolene discuss what happened in their Star Trek game when the player playing the Chief Medic ..read more

     Dungeons and Dragons turns 50 this year.  Saul and Jolene discuss what they feel has been some of the most important changes to D&D from it's publication and how it has impacted their lives.      Thanks for Listening.      Web Art by Jim Foster      Episode Art by Michael Shean-Jones       *editorial note:  Saul states that the first hardback AD&D book bought was the Monster Manual but it was the     Dungeon Master's Guide.  The one with the red effrit on the cover.    ..read more

     Jolene was looking online and found a person who was asking for help.  They had never GMed a RPG and they only had two players.  The person was asking if there were any games that were made for one GM and two players.  Jolene asked Saul about this and after a brief discussion they decided to do an episode on the subject.      Jolene and Saul have an episode dealing with single player games, one Saul remembered was Ghost Dog which is a RPG based on the movie of the same title.  It is a RPG where the player is an assassin that lives by a cod ..read more

         A listener and friend asked Saul and Jolene about a question his daughter had asked him.  The questions was, "Should a GM change a dungeon campaign after the players make characters that can see in the dark."  The GM designed the dungeon with the idea of limited visibility of the characters due to it being pitch black in the dungeon.  Slightly upset at the characters the GM decided to change the dungeon.  Is it okay for the GM to change the adventure after devulging information of the game?      Saul and Jolene both discuss t ..read more

      This episode comes from Jolene surfing the internets and finding a post on Reddit.  She mentioned it to Saul and they talked about this idea.  Saul remembered that at some Convention Games a few GM's did this to get the players ready to enter the world of the game,  break the ice between players and do some information dissemination.                 Thank you all for Listening      Web Art by Jim Foster      Episode Art by Michael Shean-Jones     Music by Shirley Jones, song ..read more

          A question was floating around in social media and on Reddit, that if you only had three RPGs to play for the rest of your life which ones would they be.  Saul was intrigued of whittling down all his favorite RPGs down to three that he would play forever if he had only three to play.   Saul and Jolene discussed it a bit and though Jolene didn't like the idea of paring down the RPGs she liked to just three though she reluctantly did come up with a final 3.            Saul was a bit more manic and he listed his favorite s ..read more

      Since Jolene and Saul have been playing various RPGs they have been discussing what they liked and did not like about the RPGs.  One thing they zeroed in on was combat in the different RPGs.  It also made Saul think about some game mechanics he had seen from some pretty old games like Space Opera, TOP Secret SI and many others.         Saul and Jolene discussed how each game dealt with Combat Mechanics.  Some of them they liked others not so much.  This epiosde was born out of the discussion of what combat mechanics they liked those ..read more