Me And Steve Talk RPG‘s
Wide-ranging tabletop role-playing discussion, a variety of guests, and occasional actual-play content. All done with a casual, conversational vibe. Everything from tips for playing and GMing, to rule system discussions, with plenty of whatever happens to cross our minds along the way! Are we ”experts”? No! Do we really love ttRPGs? HECK YEAH!!! To that end, we‘re just looking to start conversations to help folks better understand how they can have more fun playing make-believe, and chucking dice!
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Episodes
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Monday Feb 15, 2021
This one was really interesting for us. There's been a pretty good buzz in certain circles of the gaming industry lately over solo-play, and that made us curious. Add to that that we had a listener request for the topic, so we went and found someone who knows a good bit about playing games solo. His name is John Lopez, and he goes by @rpg_solo on Twitter, as well as running the SoloRPG Patreon, where he shares resources for solo-play gaming. There is a whole lot in information in this one folks, and apologies if we didn't ask the questions that you'd like to hear the answers to, because we were learning as we talked!
Among the resources mentioned in the show are:
The Mythic GM Emulator: -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/20798/Mythic-Game-Master-Emulator?affiliate_id=2018399
The Recluse solo engine: -- https://gravenutterance.itch.io/recluse
d20 Radio Podcast of the Week: Court Games -- https://courtgamespod.com/ It's a discussion podcast about various aspects of the Legend of the Five Rings RPG, as well as the card game, along with interviews, etc.
Game of the week:
Steve G: Kids on Brooms -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/314452/Kids-on-Brooms-Core-Rulebook?affiliate_id=2018399
Steve S: Stalker -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/100243/STALKER--The-SciFi-Roleplaying-Game?affiliate_id=2018399
John Lopez: Calypso -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/331547/Calypso?affiliate_id=2018399
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Monday Feb 08, 2021
Monday Feb 08, 2021
This week we welcome back GM Chris Witt (from The Forge and Order 66 podcasts), to continue our adventure in Genesys!
Should you want to purchase the Genesys core rulebook, you can do it here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/228813/Genesys-Core-Rulebook?affiliate_id=2018399
Keep in mind that the psionic powers in this adventure are part of a (at the time of release) not-yet-published supplement that GM Chris will be publishing through the Genesys Foundry on Drive-Thru RPG.
The Cast:
GM Chris as The GM
Steve G as "Cherry Bomb"
Steve S as "M-80"
Eric as "Roman Candle"
Jesse as "Black Cat"
Background audio sourced in part from https://tabletopaudio.com/
d20 Podcast of the week: Crimson Gold Agonies -- A newbie friendly, Legend of the Five Rings, actual-play podcast. https://cgapodcast.com/#home-section
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Monday Feb 01, 2021
Monday Feb 01, 2021
We're back with a "normal" episode! This week we have a chat around one of the things that most GMs dread: Power Spirals. We talk about what they are, how to recognize them, what causes them, how to avoid them, and how to deal with them once they start.
d20 Radio Podcast of the Week: The Genesys Archives -- https://anchor.fm/thegenesysarchives Its an actual-play podcast using the Genesys game engine. Their current campaign is an urban fantasy campaign, set in Las Vegas!
Game of the week:
Steve G: Tales from the Loop -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/210617/Tales-from-the-Loop-RPG-Rulebook?affiliate_id=2018399
Steve S: Justice Velocity -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/235233/Justice-Velocity?affiliate_id=2018399
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Monday Jan 25, 2021
Monday Jan 25, 2021
This week we welcome back GM Chris Witt (from The Forge and Order 66 podcasts), to start our adventure in Genesys!
Should you want to purchase the Genesys core rulebook, you can do it here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/228813/Genesys-Core-Rulebook?affiliate_id=2018399
Keep in mind that the psionic powers in this adventure are part of a (at the time of release) not-yet-published supplement that GM Chris will be publishing through the Genesys Foundry on Drive-Thru RPG.
The Cast:
GM Chris as The GM
Steve G as "Cherry Bomb"
Steve S as "M-80"
Eric as "Roman Candle"
Jesse as "Black Cat"
Background audio sourced in part from https://tabletopaudio.com/
You can reach us at meandsteverpg@gmail.com
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Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Special bonus content! We recorded a 1-shot in the Genesys RPG from Edge Studios. The Steves recruited a couple of members from their Discord to join them as GM Chris, of The Forge, and Order 66 podcasts runs us through a short adventure in a game that we've never played before! This is our sort of intro/session zero, before we actually started playing. Further episodes should start 1/26/21, and continue bi-weekly from there!
Should you be interested in picking up this rpg, here's a link for the core book. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/228813/Genesys-Core-Rulebook?affiliate_id=2018399
GM Chris can be found on The Forge -- https://forgegenesys.com/
and Order 66 -- http://feeds.feedburner.com/Order66
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Monday Jan 18, 2021
Monday Jan 18, 2021
To follow a bit on our cyberpunk genre theme, this week Steve has a conversation with Opti from the Neo-Anarchist podcast, and Mr. Johnson from The Arcology podcast. Despite some technomancer interference, we start by talking about Shadowrun, the classic cyberpunk/fantasy game that is near and dear to both their hearts! From there, we talk about some of the projects of their gaming company, Fragging Unicorn Games, including their minis skirmish game, Gangs of the Undercity, and a upcoming RPG set in the same world! And we finish by talking with Mr. Johnson about a pretty cool little side project he has going!
Our d20 network shout-out this week is Shared Sagas https://sharedsagas.podbean.com/ . They're a fun group of Aussies, sharing actual plays in a variety of game systems.
As I said, there's lots of links this week!
Neo-Anarchist Podcast -- https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/swgmn-3667d/Neo-Anarchist-Podcast-A-Shadowrun-History
The Arcology Podcast -- http://arcologypodcast.com/
Fragging Unicorn Games -- https://fraggingunicorns.com/homepage/
Shadowrun Origins Podcast -- https://shadowrunorigins.libsyn.com/
Legends of Earthdawn Podcast -- http://legendsofearthdawn.com/
Shadowcasters Network YouTube channel -- https://www.youtube.com/c/ShadowcastersNetwork
And lastly, the Squad-Tactica interview specifically about Gangs of the Undercity! -- https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-jtdag-cbdfe93
Games of the Week:
Steve S: Stars Without Numbers - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/226996/Stars-Without-Number-Revised-Edition?affiliate_id=2018399
Mr. Johnson: Itch.io creator Watabou - https://watabou.itch.io/
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Monday Jan 11, 2021
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Here's the second half of our review of Cyberpunk RED from R.Talsorian Games. It's a big book, so we split it for easier listening!
As of the time of release, physical copies are sold out, but should soon be available from the R.Talsorian store: https://talsorianstore.com/collections/cyberpunk
pdf versions as always at Drive-Thru RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/333585/Cyberpunk-RED?affiliate_id=2018399
The mentioned conversion documents, character sheets, and other assorted resources available on the R.Talsorian website: https://rtalsoriangames.com/downloads/
Games of the Week:
Steve S: Alas Vegas - https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/199713/Alas-Vegas?affiliate_id=2018399
Steve G: Cortex Prime - https://www.cortexrpg.com/
d20 Radio podcast spotlight: The Story Told -- https://thestorytold.libsyn.com/
The Story Told is a seasoned variety RPG podcast with tons of discussion, amazing author interviews and a smidge of live play!
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Monday Jan 04, 2021
Monday Jan 04, 2021
We're finally doing it! We got through the 450+ page, new version of the R.Talsorian classic! In all fairness, yes, we both were/are fans of CP2020, so that is definitely going to flavor our opinions of this game, but we're going to do our best to give you an honest opinion. This is a big book folks, so it took us a while to go through, so this is part 1, with part 2 to come next week!
As of the time of release, physical copies are sold out, but should soon be available from the R.Talsorian store: https://talsorianstore.com/collections/cyberpunk
pdf versions as always at Drive-Thru RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/333585/Cyberpunk-RED?affiliate_id=2018399
The mentioned conversion documents, character sheets, and other assorted resources available on the R.Talsorian website: https://rtalsoriangames.com/downloads/
And yeah, you guessed it, this week the Game of the Week is...
Cyberpunk RED!
d20 Radio podcast spotlight: Squad-Tactica, https://shoutengine.com/SquadTacticaAWarhammer40KKillTeamPodcast/
It's a podcast largely focused on Warhammer 40k, and Kill Team, as well as miniatures in general. They also have an awesome Discord community where you can learn a whole lot about painting, and anything minis related!
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Monday Dec 28, 2020
Monday Dec 28, 2020
Just a quick one this week folks! A bit of a conversation to let you all in on our plans going forward into 2021! We've got some things in the works!
Games of the Week:
Steve G: Fragged Cyberpunk -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/340831/Fragged-Cyberpunk?
Steve S: Last Shooting -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/313762/Last-Shooting
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Monday Dec 21, 2020
Monday Dec 21, 2020
This week we kick back and recount memories from games of our past, from the legend of the "Twinkie Avenger", to "Dubs", to "The Night that Bubba Went Crazy", and the ranger "taking a knee", it's a trip down memory lane, as Steve and Steve share some of their favorite gaming stories!
d20 Radio Featured Podcast of the week: Primed By Cortex https://primedbycortex.libsyn.com/ JT and Kirby tell you all you need to know about Cortex Prime, and the creations for it!
Game of the Week:
Steve S: Chamber https://johnharper.itch.io/chamber
Steve G: World Wide Wrestling: Second Edition https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/338750/World-Wide-Wrestling-Second-Edition
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Who are "Me and Steve"?
We are 2 friends who happen to share a first name, and a love of tabletop roleplaying games. This podcast is the result of many, many hours spent standing outside after game sessions just talking about gaming, but we decided to get a couple microphones, go inside, and record it, and then share it with the world!
So join us as we share thoughts, experiences, and interviews with people from across the gaming community, as well as some of our adventures in various games we enjoy!