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Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
Tuesday Jan 28, 2025
This week we get a little long-winded (but lots of fun) with d20Network alum and GamerNationCon regular Brev Tanner! Brev is many things, including Author, Gamer, General Nerd, and Movie Buff, so we invited him to come and have a chat about the many, many ways we can use movies to help inspire and improve our games! Check out Brev's books "The Dark Tome" and "Riders of the Storm" here: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Brev-Tanner/author/B07NYNT27P?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true
Check out The Movie Defenders here: https://moviedefenders.libsyn.com/
d20Network Spotlight: Eberron Renewed -- https://zencastr.com/Eberron-Renewed
Movies (to steal from) of the Week:
Steve S: The Hunt for Red October -- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099810/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Black Moon Rising -- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090735/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Brev T: Skyfall -- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1074638/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Bone Tomahawk -- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2494362/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
The Black Hole -- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078869/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
*We have an affiliate link with Drive-Thru RPG. All this does, is give us a small percentage of your purchase cost on Drive-Thru as a "referral bonus". It does not cost you, as a consumer, anything extra.*
We greatly appreciate the donations of our Patreon supporters: Eric Witman, Jeff McKinney, Joshua Gopal-Boyd, Dave Smith, Brett Bowen, Streety, Nate Doverspike, and Dec! Y'all make keeping this going possible!
As always folks, have fun, be kind to each other, and go play some rpgs!
Join the conversation on our Discord! Me And Steve RPG Discord https://discord.gg/5wWNcYW
You can reach us at meandsteverpg@gmail.com
On Facebook as Me and Steve RPG Podcast
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Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
Tuesday Dec 17, 2024
This week we have a chat about using a change of perspective to enrich your gaming experience! Sometimes we get so set in how we *always* so things that we miss just how much more interesting things could be if we looked at them a little differently!
If you want to check out the Carrion Company campaign, you can find it here -- https://www.toatabletop.com/podcast
d20 Network Spotlight: The Story Told -- https://thestorytold.libsyn.com/
Game of the Week:
Steve G: The Crawling Chaos -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/504471/the-crawling-chaos?affiliate_id=2018399
Steve S: Shadow of the Weird Wizard -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/457226/shadow-of-the-weird-wizard?affiliate_id=2018399
*We have an affiliate link with Drive-Thru RPG. All this does, is give us a small percentage of your purchase cost on Drive-Thru as a "referral bonus". It does not cost you, as a consumer, anything extra.*
We greatly appreciate the donations of our Patreon supporters: Eric Witman, Jeff McKinney, Joshua Gopal-Boyd, Dave Smith, Brett Bowen, Streety, Nate Doverspike, and Dec! Y'all make keeping this going possible!
As always folks, have fun, be kind to each other, and go play some rpgs!
Join the conversation on our Discord! Me And Steve RPG Discord https://discord.gg/5wWNcYW
You can reach us at meandsteverpg@gmail.com
On Facebook as Me and Steve RPG Podcast
On BlueSky @meandsteverpg.bsky.social
Our Drive-Thru RPG affiliate link https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=2018399
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Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
This week we bring you a short discussion around the idea of so called "Dump Stats" inspired by a comment on our Discord server!d20 Network Spotlight: Eberron Renewed -- https://zencastr.com/Eberron-Renewed
Game of the Week:
Steve G: Bombs & Burgers -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/503078/bombs-burgers?affiliate_id=2018399
Steve S: Los Kobolds -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/503952/los-kobolds?src=newest_since&affiliate_id=2018399
*We have an affiliate link with Drive-Thru RPG. All this does, is give us a small percentage of your purchase cost on Drive-Thru as a "referral bonus". It does not cost you, as a consumer, anything extra.*
We greatly appreciate the donations of our Patreon supporters: Eric Witman, Jeff McKinney, Joshua Gopal-Boyd, Dave Smith, Brett Bowen, Streety, Nate Doverspike, and Dec! Y'all make keeping this going possible!
As always folks, have fun, be kind to each other, and go play some rpgs!
Join the conversation on our Discord! Me And Steve RPG Discord https://discord.gg/5wWNcYW
You can reach us at meandsteverpg@gmail.com
On Facebook as Me and Steve RPG Podcast
On Twitter @AndRPGs
Our Drive-Thru RPG affiliate link https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=2018399
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MeandSteveTalkRPGs
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Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
We are 2 Steves once more!this week Steve asks Steve for advice about how to find more players for an in-person game. Now, some of the specifics mentioned won't apply to everyone, but we're hoping that the concepts can help some of you who find yourselves in the same boat!
d20 Network Spotlight: Court Games -- https://court-games.pinecast.co/
Crimson Gold Agonies -- https://cgapodcast.com/
Game of the Week:
Steve G: Watchdogs of Killcade -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/501507/watchdogs-of-killcade?affiliate_id=2018399
Steve S: Cosmere RPG -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/489715/cosmere-rpg-beta-rules-preview?affiliate_id=2018399
*We have an affiliate link with Drive-Thru RPG. All this does, is give us a small percentage of your purchase cost on Drive-Thru as a "referral bonus". It does not cost you, as a consumer, anything extra.*
We greatly appreciate the donations of our Patreon supporters: Eric Witman, Jeff McKinney, Joshua Gopal-Boyd, Dave Smith, Brett Bowen, Streety, Nate Doverspike, and Dec! Y'all make keeping this going possible!
As always folks, have fun, be kind to each other, and go play some rpgs!
Join the conversation on our Discord! Me And Steve RPG Discord https://discord.gg/5wWNcYW
You can reach us at meandsteverpg@gmail.com
On Facebook as Me and Steve RPG Podcast
On Twitter @AndRPGs
Our Drive-Thru RPG affiliate link https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=2018399
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MeandSteveTalkRPGs
We are proud members of the d20 Radio Network! http://www.d20radio.com/main/
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
This week we bring you a conversation about just how seriously we take lore (and a couple other aspects) in gaming. If you have thoughts, please feel free to leave a comment, or come to the Discord, and tell us there! (See link below!)
d20 Network Spotlight: The Story Told -- https://thestorytold.libsyn.com/
Game of the Week:
Steve G: Spectral Exterminators -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/472859/spectral-exterminators?affiliate_id=2018399
Steve S: Ghost Ops -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/246179/ghost-ops-a-modern-day-covert-ops-rpg?affiliate_id=2018399
Check out info for the PGX convention here: https://www.pittsburghgamingexpo.com/
Wurmbrew eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wurmbrew-2024-tickets-1010504404877?aff=oddtdtcreator
*We have an affiliate link with Drive-Thru RPG. All this does, is give us a small percentage of your purchase cost on Drive-Thru as a "referral bonus". It does not cost you, as a consumer, anything extra.*
We greatly appreciate the donations of our Patreon supporters: Eric Witman, Jeff McKinney, Joshua Gopal-Boyd, Dave Smith, Brett Bowen, Streety, Nate Doverspike, and Dec! Y'all make keeping this going possible!
As always folks, have fun, be kind to each other, and go play some rpgs!
Join the conversation on our Discord! Me And Steve RPG Discord https://discord.gg/5wWNcYW
You can reach us at meandsteverpg@gmail.com
On Facebook as Me and Steve RPG Podcast
On Twitter @AndRPGs
Our Drive-Thru RPG affiliate link https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=2018399
Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MeandSteveTalkRPGs
We are proud members of the d20 Radio Network! http://www.d20radio.com/main/
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
Tuesday Jul 30, 2024
This week it's a little more of a ramble around things that we do "between" games, low-level prep and inspiration sources/techniques, and a little just kinda nerdy conversation!
d20 Network Spotlight: Fortune & Strife -- https://courtgamespod.notion.site/Fortune-and-Strife-28a0bb0b38ba4bdf859e9b011290b4ed
Game of the Week:
Steve G: Aviary: a Murder Most Fowl -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/488614/aviary-a-murder-most-fowl?affiliate_id=2018399
Steve S: Panic at the Dojo -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/247607/panic-at-the-dojo?affiliate_id=2018399
Also: Check out the "Perilous Pamphlet Pack" on Kickstarter -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/philipreed/perilous-pamphlet-pack-a-box-for-rpg-brochure-adventures?
*We have an affiliate link with Drive-Thru RPG. All this does, is give us a small percentage of your purchase cost on Drive-Thru as a "referral bonus". It does not cost you, as a consumer, anything extra.*
We greatly appreciate the support and donations of our Patreon supporters: Eric Witman, Jeff McKinney, Joshua Gopal-Boyd, Dave Smith, Brett Bowen, Streety, and Nate Doverspike! Y'all make keeping this going possible!
As always folks, have fun, be kind to each other, and go play some rpgs!
Join the conversation on our Discord! Me And Steve RPG Discord https://discord.gg/5wWNcYW
You can reach us at meandsteverpg@gmail.com
On Facebook as Me and Steve RPG Podcast
On Twitter @AndRPGs
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Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
Tuesday Jul 16, 2024
This week we borrow some inspiration from a Neal Litherland video -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2n-Z2mD510 and have a talk about treating your setting as a character!
d20 Network Spotlight: OP Cast -- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/opcast
Game of the Week:
Steve G: Apocalypse Frame -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/485431/apocalypse-frame?affiliate_id=2018399
Steve S: Kuroi -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/475488/kuroi?affiliate_id=2018399
Also check out: I want to save the world but I'm just a lvl 1 skeleton -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/473404/i-want-to-save-the-world-but-i-m-just-a-level-1-skeleton?affiliate_id=2018399
*We have an affiliate link with Drive-Thru RPG. All this does, is give us a small percentage of your purchase cost on Drive-Thru as a "referral bonus". It does not cost you, as a consumer, anything extra.*
We greatly appreciate the support and donations of our Patreon supporters: Eric Witman, Jeff McKinney, Joshua Gopal-Boyd, Dave Smith, Brett Bowen, Streety, and Nate Doverspike! Y'all make keeping this going possible!
As always folks, have fun, be kind to each other, and go play some rpgs!
Join the conversation on our Discord! Me And Steve RPG Discord https://discord.gg/5wWNcYW
You can reach us at meandsteverpg@gmail.com
On Facebook as Me and Steve RPG Podcast
On Twitter @AndRPGs
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Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
Tuesday Jun 25, 2024
This week we bring you a discussion around knowing when to end a campaign, partially brought on by (younger) Steve preparing to do just that!
d20 Network Spotlight: The Story Told -- https://thestorytold.libsyn.com/
Game of the Week:
Steve G: Craving -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/479625/craving?affiliate_id=2018399
Steve S: Skyjackers -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/475326/skyjackers?affiliate_id=2018399
*Warpland KS -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/allrolledup/warpland-0?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=warpland
*We have an affiliate link with Drive-Thru RPG. All this does, is give us a small percentage of your purchase cost on Drive-Thru as a "referral bonus". It does not cost you, as a consumer, anything extra.*
We greatly appreciate the support and donations of our Patreon supporters: Eric Witman, Jeff McKinney, Joshua Gopal-Boyd, Dave Smith, Brett Bowen, Streety, and Nate Doverspike! Y'all make keeping this going possible!
As always folks, have fun, be kind to each other, and go play some rpgs!
Join the conversation on our Discord! Me And Steve RPG Discord https://discord.gg/5wWNcYW
You can reach us at meandsteverpg@gmail.com
On Facebook as Me and Steve RPG Podcast
On Twitter @AndRPGs
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Tuesday May 28, 2024
Tuesday May 28, 2024
Fueled by listener request, we Steves further discuss action and intrigue in the context of gaming!
This time we're focusing around techniques, or at least examples of how to transition between the 2 to help have more enjoyable games!
d20 Network Spotlight: The Order 66 -- https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/order-66-podcast-38220?
Game of the Week:
Steve G: M.I.S.C -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/481331/m-i-s-c-rpg-played-with-cards?affiliate_id=2018399
Steve S: Deathmatch Island -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/473883/deathmatch-island?affiliate_id=2018399
*We have an affiliate link with Drive-Thru RPG. All this does, is give us a small percentage of your purchase cost on Drive-Thru as a "referral bonus". It does not cost you, as a consumer, anything extra.*
We greatly appreciate the support and donations of our Patreon supporters: Eric Witman, Jeff McKinney, Joshua Gopal-Boyd, Dave Smith, Brett Bowen, Streety, and Nate Doverspike! Y'all make keeping this going possible!
As always folks, have fun, be kind to each other, and go play some rpgs!
Join the conversation on our Discord! Me And Steve RPG Discord https://discord.gg/5wWNcYW
You can reach us at meandsteverpg@gmail.com
On Facebook as Me and Steve RPG Podcast
On Twitter @AndRPGs
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Tuesday May 14, 2024
Tuesday May 14, 2024
This week we bring you a discussion about dungeons, and why the seem to be so popularly produced, and yet also create so much complaining amongst segments of the gaming community.
d20 Network Spotlight: Eberron Renewed -- https://zencastr.com/Eberron-Renewed
Game of the Week
Steve G: Phantasmagoria -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/479211/phantasmagoria?affiliate_id=2018399
Steve S: The Eternal Grind Cafe -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/473753/the-eternal-grind-cafe?affiliate_id=2018399
*We have an affiliate link with Drive-Thru RPG. All this does, is give us a small percentage of your purchase cost on Drive-Thru as a "referral bonus". It does not cost you, as a consumer, anything extra.*
We greatly appreciate the support and donations of our Patreon supporters: Eric Witman, Jeff McKinney, Joshua Gopal-Boyd, Dave Smith, Brett Bowen, Streety, and Nate Doverspike! Y'all make keeping this going possible!
As always folks, have fun, be kind to each other, and go play some rpgs!
Join the conversation on our Discord! Me And Steve RPG Discord https://discord.gg/5wWNcYW
You can reach us at meandsteverpg@gmail.com
On Facebook as Me and Steve RPG Podcast
On Twitter @AndRPGs
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Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/MeandSteveTalkRPGs
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