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Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
126: Savage Worlds, RIFTS, Studio 404, and more! W/ Darren West
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
This week I'm joined by the newest member of Studio 404 Games, Darren West, who I also got to meet (and play a game with) in-person at GamerNation Con!Darren is also a freelance RPG writer, one heck of a minis painter, was selected as a launch author for the Genesys Foundry, and is also just a really, really nice person!Anyway, we sat down and had a ramble about Studio 404, Savage Worlds, RIFTS (and Savage RIFTS), vtt gming, and probably a few other things I can't recall at the moment! So come on, enjoy the ride and join us!
For more info on Studio 404 Games, visit their website at -- https://www.studio404games.com/
Find Darren's "Headra's Shard (part 1)" adventure for Terrinoth (Genesys) -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/284406/Haedras-Shard-Part-1?affiliate_id=2018399
d20 Network Spotlight -- Table/Flip/ -- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tableflip/
Game of the Week
Steve S: A Few Honest Cops -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/439900/A-Few-Honest-Cops?affiliate_id=2018399
Darren W: Just Drive -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/433624/Just-Drive-A-Ground-Vehicle-Supplement-for-Genesys?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, Jesse!, Joshua Gopal-Boyd, Dave Smith, Brett Bowen, and Rasmus R Byriel! 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
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Tuesday May 30, 2023
125: Adversarial GMing (revisited)
Tuesday May 30, 2023
Tuesday May 30, 2023
So the other weekend I was hanging out at a local game shop and got into a conversation about Cyberpunk Red. The other person was saying that they felt like the game almost seemed to want to be run more adversarially than they were used to running their usual game (PF1). Which of course led to conversation, and then to conversation between we Steves.So "Listen Up, You Primitive Screwheads!" as we have a little chat around this topic, and a few other things cyberpunk-ish!d20 Network Spotlight: Genesys Archive -- https://anchor.fm/thegenesysarchives
Game of the Week:
Steve S: Agents of Concordia -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/299757/Agents-of-Concordia-Core-book?affiliate_id=2018399
Steve G: Baby, We Were Born to Run! -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/327741/Baby-We-Were-Born-to-Run?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, Jesse!, Joshua Gopal-Boyd, Dave Smith, Brett Bowen, and Rasmus R Byriel! 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
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Tuesday May 23, 2023
124: Gamer, Know Thyself!
Tuesday May 23, 2023
Tuesday May 23, 2023
This week we bring you an introspective conversation borne out of our own feelings and struggles. It's a talk about coming to grips with what you're good at, and what you aren't, and also letting yourself be ok with those things.
d20 Network Spotlight: Eberron Renewed -- https://zencastr.com/Eberron-Renewed
Game of the Week
Steve G: Feral -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/435116/Feral?affiliate_id=2018399
Steve S: Never Going Home (Beginning and End KS) -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jiangshi/never-going-home-the-beginning-and-the-end
or the category on DT -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/9148/Wet-Ink-Games/subcategory/38340/Never-Going-Home?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, Jesse!, Joshua Gopal-Boyd, Dave Smith, Brett Bowen, and Rasmus R Byriel! 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
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Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
120: F-20 Super-Fantasy
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
This week it's a Patreon-supporter question based episode! (Thanks Jesse!) One of our supporters asked for our thoughts on how to use super-hero tropes and concepts to improve F-20 fantasy games, so we Steves sat down and had a chat about it! Hopefully y'all find it thought provoking and useful!d20 Network Spotlight: The Story Told -- https://thestorytold.libsyn.com/
Game of the Week
Steve S: Proxi M.T's USED Android Catalogue -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/425263/Proxi-MTs-USED-Android-Catalogue-An-inuniverse-zine-for-Mothership-RPG?affiliate_id=2018399
Steve G: OFF/FACE Tribute RPG -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/430274/OFF-FACE-TRIBUTE-RPG?affiliate_id=2018399
The GamerNation Con 8 Kickstarter campaign has closed, but you can find it here. -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gncon/gamer-nation-con-80s
More info, tickets, etc can also be found here: https://tabletop.events/conventions/gamer-nation-con-80-s
*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, Jesse!, Joshua Gopal-Boyd, Dave Smith, and Brett Bowen! 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
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Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
113: Split the Party (not like firewood)!
Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
Tuesday Dec 27, 2022
This week the Steves have a discussion about that classic trope of splitting the party! We talk some of the pitfalls, and benefits of doing it, and also talk about our feelings about it, and experiences doing so!
The GamerNation Con 8 Kickstarter campaign is live!!! Find it here (and even pledge to get a game run by one of the Steves!) -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gncon/gamer-nation-con-80s
*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, Jesse!, Joshua Gopal-Boyd, Dave Smith, and Brett Bowen! 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
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Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
112: Generic vs. Dedicated Systems
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
This week the Steves have a chat around our preferences regarding "generic" or "universal" systems, versus systems dedicated to a particular genre/setting. Along the way we discuss our feelings on the cyberpunk genre, and also some thoughts on personal nostalgia.
d20 Network Spotlight: Werewolf: the Podcast -- https://keepontheheathlands.podbean.com/
Game of the Week:
Steve G: The Crypt Has Opened -- https://happyjakgames.itch.io/the-crypt-has-opened
Steve S: The Broken Cask -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/365717/The-Broken-Cask?affiliate_id=2018399
The GamerNation Con 8 Kickstarter campaign is live!!! Find it here (and even pledge to get a game run by one of the Steves!) -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gncon/gamer-nation-con-80s
*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, Jesse!, Joshua Gopal-Boyd, Dave Smith, and Brett Bowen! 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
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Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
111: Setting Expectations w/ Micah aka FatCrab
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
Tuesday Nov 29, 2022
This week the Steves are joined by Micah (also known as FatCrab) from the Table/Flip podcast to talk about creating and running settings, and how to appropriately set your players expectations for those settings. Most of this talk centers around the Genesys system and settings for it, but as with the discussion of canon last week, the principals apply to pretty much any game!
d20 Network Spotlight: Table/Flip -- https://anchor.fm/tableflip/episodes/
Additionally you can find Micah as FatCrab on the Genesys Community Discord -- https://discord.gg/tXwJTGxukU
the d20 Network Discord -- https://discord.gg/w6hcQV8dGM
Or on our Discord -- https://discord.gg/VZ9NTZS
His work on the Genesys Foundry can be found here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?author=Micah-Shalom%20Kesselman
And the Studio 404 Setting Notebook can be found here -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/292839/Setting-Notebook
Game of the Week:
Steve G: Chum -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/415696/CHUM?affiliate_id=2018399
Steve S: Tian Shang: Lone Wolf Fists -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/416442/Tian-Shang-Lone-Wolf-Fists?affiliate_id=2018399
Micah K: The Quiet Year -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/110152/The-Quiet-Year?affiliate_id=2018399
Also, the GamerNation Con 8 Kickstarter campaign is live!!! Find it here (and even pledge to get a game run by one of the Steves!) -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gncon/gamer-nation-con-80s
*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, Jesse!, Joshua Gopal-Boyd, and Dave Smith! 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
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Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
110: What About Canon? with GM Phil
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
Tuesday Nov 22, 2022
This week, 1 Steve is fishing, so the other Steve has a talk with GM Phil from the Order 66 podcast about "Canon" and how to use (and deal with) it in your games! There's a lot of talk about Star Wars specifically, but the concepts are able to be applied to most anything!
Check out Phil and his Studio 404 Games friends at https://www.studio404games.com/
d20 Network Spotlight -- The Order 66 podcast -- http://feeds.feedburner.com/Order66
GamerNation Con Kickstarter link! -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gncon/gamer-nation-con-80s?ref=r6ct2s&token=d20c62d2
Game of the Week:
GM Phil: Transformers -- https://renegadegamestudios.com/game-world/transformers/transformers-roleplaying-game/
Steve S: The Silver Road -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/397439/The-Silver-Road?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, Jesse!, Joshua Gopal-Boyd, and Dave Smith! 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
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Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
109: Comfort, Comedy, Horror, and Safety
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
Tuesday Nov 15, 2022
This week we bring you a conversation that starts around getting comfortable, and how it can help you get better RP in your games, which then veers into comedy games, and then a talk about safety tool use in comedy and horror games.d20 Network Spotlight: The Forge -- https://forgegenesys.com/
Game of the Week:
Steve S: Gobblin' -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/254667/Gobblin?affiliate_id=2018399
Steve G: Delta Green: The Conspiracy -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/411202/Delta-Green-The-Conspiracy?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, Jesse!, Joshua Gopal-Boyd, and Dave Smith! 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
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Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
108: What’s so Fun About Horror with Bridgett Jefferies
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
Tuesday Nov 08, 2022
As a sort of 'closer' to Spooky-month, we sat down to chat with Bridgett Jeffries about just what it is that makes horror gaming fun for those who enjoy it.For those who don't know, Bridgett is an amazing, and amazingly fun person. She's a podcast host, streamer, writer, and a community ambassador for Chaosium.
We talk about what got us started in gaming, how we got interested in horror gaming specifically, some tips on running horror games, and have a whole lotta laughs in the process.
*ALSO CORRECTION* The Delta Green scenario talked about is actually called "Last Things Last" and is included in the Delta Green quickstart, which is called "Need to Know".
If you're interested in hearing or seeing more of Bridgett's work she can be found on the Miskatonic University Podcast -- http://www.mu-podcast.com/ , or links to her streaming, etc can be found at the Symphony Entertainment website -- https://www.symphonyentertainment.com/ . And, work she's done for the Miskatonic Repository can be found here https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?author=Bridgett%20Jeffries&?affiliate_id=2018399
d20 Network spotlight: Eberron Renewed -- https://thegeekpantheon.com/category/podcast/eberron-renewed/
Game of the Week:
Steve G: Old, Not Out -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/414044/Old-Not-Out?affiliate_id=2018399
Steve S: Brindlewood Bay (Kickstarter Edition) -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/410316/Brindlewood-Bay-Kickstarter-Edition??affiliate_id=2018399
Bridgett J: Dark Places and Demigorgons (for OSE) -- https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ericfrombloatgames/dark-places-and-demogorgons-for-old-school-essentials
*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, Jesse!, Joshua Gopal-Boyd, and Dave Smith! 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
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