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Wednesday Sep 18, 2019

HSG89: White Wolf's Vampire: The Masquerade

Wednesday Sep 18, 2019

David has wanted to talk about this tabletop roleplaying game since day one of HSG. Finally, our friend Mike from Gen Con is free to revel in a shared love for White Wolf Entertainment, the World of Darkness, and Vampire: The Masquerade. Yes, David was once a little goth kid trying to figure things out. The products from White Wolf shaped his early role-playing experiences and shaped him into the kind of game master, dungeon master, and storyteller he is today. Mike similarly was brought up with White Wolf products and shares his passion for the franchise, and what it means to him to get to play this game.

We run through the Vampire editions, talk a bit about 5th edition Vampire, and the hunger dice mechanics. Mostly, we focus on the original Masquerade product, White Wolf's history and how it was run through the wringer at CCP Games. Its time at CCP set White Wolf up to struggle after its sale to Paradox Interactive, and how the creation of new White Wolf RPG content really falls to Modiphious.

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Tuesday Sep 10, 2019

HSG88: Pathfinder 2e with Logan Bonner

Tuesday Sep 10, 2019

Logan Bonner from Paizo joins us to talk about the game, the book, the journey, and the lessons learned in the creation of Pathfinder Second Edition! We are so fortunate to have him on the show. Logan really let us look at how this project came together, dive into some of the thought processes behind 2nd Edition pathfinder, how it compares to other tabletop RPGs, and to first edition. Rich and Dave have enjoyed getting to beta test PF2e in past episodes but this really takes the cake.

Pathfinder Second Edition continues the theme of high fantasy, high action roleplaying they're known for, but with some seismic shifts to how the game delivers that style of play to players. Paizo has often focused on player choices and character customization, but in our reading of PF2e they've gone the extra step to make a system that is fundamentally customizable for the game master. Everywhere we looked we found rulesets we liked that could be easily transformed or dropped without breaking the rest of the game. Logan helps us navigate some of those waters.

Great, enjoyable, and informative episode for folks who aren't already fully versed on all things Pathfinder and Paizo.

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Tuesday Sep 03, 2019

HSG87: RPG Storytelling Part 1: The Modern Campfire

Tuesday Sep 03, 2019

Rob, from The Table is Yours Podcast, returns to kick-off a new series of episodes we're very excited about. We'll be breaking down the components of storytelling in tabletop role-playing games. This episode starts broadly so we can dive into details later, but we focus on the nature of the conflict, the role of obstacles vs. conflicts, the role of rivals and enemies, and the nature of defeating an obstacle and winning a conflict. We provide some tips for GMs to help sow conflict into their worlds, with plenty of room to fill in details later. We also provide some thoughts on player responsibility at the table and how in an RPG everyone has a role to play. Everyone is a storyteller (managing the world or characters) and the audience. This feedback loop results is a fun game with an interesting and engaging collection of stories to share with one another. Above all, we emphasize the importance of being mindful about the choices DMs and players make to improve games for everyone.

This episode is a bit more in the vein of theory and topics than usual. Let us know what you think and what other topics in this series you'd like to hear about!

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Thursday Jul 11, 2019

HSG80: KublaCon 2019 Wrap Up with Brent

Thursday Jul 11, 2019

The original Shelfie and all-around rockstar HSG community member, Brent, joins Rich and me to talk all about his first convention experience - KublaCon! I swear he's ruined for all other cons. He met and played games with probably half of all board game designers. Brent had an excellent time at KublaCon. So much so, he made a fan page on Facebook: Fans of KublaCon after hearing our episode about the similarly titled 'Fans of Gen Con' (HSG:53)

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Stay on to the end to hear about hotdogs.

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Monday Jun 10, 2019

HSG77: 3D Printing Part 3: Modifying & Building Your Printer

Monday Jun 10, 2019

This is part 3 of our series on 3D printers. We bring a friend of David's to the show, Ryan, who has a great deal more experience with 3D printers. He has heavily modified printers and has a nice approach to building your own in a way that's not so overwhelming. Ryan has a lot of knowledge to share, so we paired it down to the big highlights.

A few great resources he shared with us:

simplify3D troubleshooting guide - visual dictionary

3dprinting subreddit

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Likely our last episode for a bit. If you have more questions or ideas on this space share them with us! We'll gladly revisit if there's more interest.

Tuesday May 21, 2019

HSG76: Cyberpunk 2020 Actual Play: Session 4B "Epilogue"

Tuesday May 21, 2019

After escaping the scene at Grindhouse the group lays low for several weeks at SnitchRich's family hideaway. This is the last session of our game and serves as an epilogue.

This episode is the last half of session 4 completing our little experiment.

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Monday May 20, 2019

HSG75: Cyberpunk 2020 Actual Play: Session 4A "Epilogue"

Monday May 20, 2019

After escaping the scene at Grindhouse the group lays low for several weeks at SnitchRich's family hideaway. This is the last session of our game and serves as an epilogue.

This episode is the first half of session 4.

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Thursday May 16, 2019

HSG74: Cyberpunk 2020 Actual Play: Session 3B "Grindhouse"

Thursday May 16, 2019

Just a little punk rock show with some uninvited guests while a boy and a girl meet in a diner in cyberspace.

This is the second half of Session 3.

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Wednesday May 15, 2019

HSG73: Cyberpunk2020 Actual Play: Session 3A “Grindhouse”

Wednesday May 15, 2019

Plans are in place and the crew moves to put on the concert of Tres' life while Snitch Ritch dives into the net for a clandestine meeting with his girlfriend, but where the fuck did Tres go?!

This is the first half of Session 3.

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