A podcast about board games, role playing games and gaming conventions! We bring on game designers, creators, players and game masters to talk about their passion.
Episodes
Tuesday Jul 24, 2018
Tuesday Jul 24, 2018
Our True Dungeon Guru, Larry, returns to share with us some more basics about this game, talking event types, difficulty levels, and volunteering opportunities. But the real fun of this episode is hearing Rich and Larry talk about True Raid, a special invite-only event that they got to participate in. At the end of this episode we talk N1 - Journey in to the Astral Bliss, the first part of the new True Dungeon storyline.
There are a couple spoilers at the end so if you're hoping to go into N1 fresh we warn you ahead of time so you can stop the episode when we start the discussion about N1.
In this episode, we talk about one of my favorite D&D lampoons: Cubicles and Careers
Topics:
Gen Con E-Tickets (and true dungeon ghost tickets)
Volunteering for True Dungeon
True Raid (a special event for true dungeon backers)
N1 - Astral Journey to the Bliss (first installment of the new TD story line)
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Monday Jul 16, 2018
Monday Jul 16, 2018
This week we bring Al back to join Rich in telling us all about Origins Game Fair this year. They played a ton of games and give us a rundown. The Pathfinder 2E sneak peek they got is in an earlier episode, and the True Dungeon they played will be covered in a future episode. This is all about the smaller games and passion projects they got to enjoy.
Games they played:
- Rich brought an escape room
- They played D&D 3D - 1st Edition (battle royal style D&D)
- Clout!
- Gunfights and Gambling
- Robot Rise
- Legends of Andor
- Tunnel and Trolls (choose your own adventure game)
- One Deck Dungeon
- Expedition
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Tuesday Jul 10, 2018
Tuesday Jul 10, 2018
Heather (@kratrina) returns to tell Rich and me all about Shadowrun 5th Edition (affiliate link)! This is such a large game to unpack. We just scratch the surface and provide an introduction to the game and setting. We'll be revisiting this game to dive deeper into the storyline and system.
Bonus towards the end: Heist sessions can involve a ton of planning, where characters figure out how to do the heist. If your game struggles to fit all that planning time in at the table and still do the heist, this rule hack from HSG can help! It serves to make the heist more cinematic, and encourage improvisation and adaptability from the players and GM.
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Tuesday Jul 03, 2018
Tuesday Jul 03, 2018
This week Al comes back to chat about his and Rich's time at Origins Game Fair, and their experiences with the upcoming playtest for Pathfinder 2nd Edition! This episode is packed full of system detail and commentary about what they gleaned from a short 2-hour game.
Quick plug for Glass Cannon Podcast, Al had listened to part of their series on Pathfinder 2e and shared some tidbits from their own research. Great guys! give them a listen.
We talk about the Tripple action economy, 3 Phases of gameplay, Death and Dying, and so much more
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Monday Jun 25, 2018
Monday Jun 25, 2018
This week Mike returns to talk about Cyberpunk 2020, a roleplaying game from the 90s and how it influences the upcoming PC game Cyberpunk 2077. We talk about the system a bit, how lethal it is. Mostly we focus on the setting, Night City, and about how that's likely to be present in Cyberpunk 2077. We're super excited about this project from CD Projekt Red. If you're as excited as we are about the game and want to try your hand at the pen and paper RPG we've got lots of resources in the episode about how to sink your teeth into this game and setting.
RPG books worth picking up (affiliate links):
Night City sourcebook full of general city knowledge good for folks hungry for details of what might be in Cyberpunk 2077
Chrome books 1 & 2 Gear
Chrome books 3 & 4 More Gear
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Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Larry comes back to tell Rich and me all about True Dungeon tokens! These tokens are critical to the success of any True Dungeon adventure. There are so many tips Larry shares with us: Buying, trading, selling tokens. Most common types like trade tokens, reserve, monster bits, transmuted, legendaries and artifacts! and of course tips on how to transport these very expensive and valuable items.
We also discuss some True Dungeon news and correct some errors from our first episode about True Dungeon.
If you're new to TD, listen to our 3rd episode. It is all about True Dungeon, before diving into this guide. This guide is indented more for intermediate players or new players that are looking at their stack of tokens wondering what to do with them.
Our first episode about True Dungeon (start here if you're new): https://highshelfgaming.podbean.com/e/true-dungeon-the-best-game-at-gen-con-and-beyond/
Downloadable resources: https://truedungeon.com/resources
Token Database: http://tokendb.com/
Character generator: http://www.davidallenkrause.com/TrueDungeonCharacterGenerator.aspx/
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Tuesday Jun 12, 2018
Tuesday Jun 12, 2018
This week Ryan returns with a new guest, Steven to share with us all the awesome things you can do with LEGO these days. Rich and I were blown away by BrickQuest and Mobile Frame Zero. The former being a classic fantasy dungeon adventure game and the latter is a custom mech fighting game! so cool! Steven and Ryan delve deep for us into the LEGO community talking about how to get into these games, find conventions, and join local LEGO User Groups (LUGS)
LEGO Community locator: https://lan.lego.com/clubs/overview/
Where to buy all kinds of LEGO: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/main.page
LEGO Convention: https://www.brickfiesta.com/
LEGO Games:
BrickQuest: http://www.brickquest.com/brickquest/
Mobile Frame Zero: http://mobileframezero.com/mfz/
MFZ - Intercept Orbit (space combat): http://mobileframezero.com/mfz/mobile-frame-zero-002-intercept-orbit/
MFZ - Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/252503984838645/about/
A gallery of mech creations: https://www.flickr.com/groups/438009@N25/pool/
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Tuesday Jun 05, 2018
Tuesday Jun 05, 2018
This week we are joined by returning guests Rob Croy and Ben from The Table is Yours Podcast. They're here to talk about RPGs set in the east, Samurai Drama role-playing games specifically. We only had time for 4 games but it was a lot of fun.
We run the gamut from old-school 1e Dungeons and Dragons: 'Oriental Adventures', to 'Legend of the Five Rings' (4th Edition by AEG), to 'Blood and Honor' another John Wick game, and lastly the completely strange and unique 'Reflections' which turns out to be a draw dropping game and concept.
Don't have time to read all the little stories that come with your L5R LCG card packs?! TTIY has you covered with a new audio series. We're happy to broadcast that The Table is Yours is relaunching as an underground audiobook series of the new L5R fiction and literature published by Fantasy Flight.
Note: links to games for purchase use an affiliate link. If you buy from that link we will get a small % of the sale.
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Wednesday May 30, 2018
Wednesday May 30, 2018
This week Rich and I are joined by the founder of an inspiring initiative, Jack Berberette of the DOTS RPG Project located here: https://www.dotsrpg.com/
DOTS RPG is a project focused on making tabletop gaming, RPGs specifically, more accessible for the blind and now other impairments and disabilities. The project has a ton of attention right now and they're engaged with many companies, developers, and groups to try and make this world a bit better for people who're unfortunately unable to see, hear, or roll dice. Truly inspiring effort, and we're so fortunate to have gotten Jack on our show to talk about all the good they're doing.
Also mentioned on the show is the RPG Research group: http://rpgresearch.com/ Another promising initiative. "We use a research-driven approach to create inclusive and accessible programs that measurably improve people’s lives through music and role-playing games." Very cool project.
You can follow Jack and his project on Twitter at @DOTSrpg and donations to their project directly aide in providing these special dice to the people who need it. This link will get you to their donation page: https://www.dotsrpg.com/heroes-wanted
Also, Jack just found a new app for the deaf! https://texthear.com/
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Thursday May 24, 2018
Thursday May 24, 2018
This week Rich and I follow a great suggestion from the GenCon Facebook Group to dedicate an episode to food and drinks at the convention and surrounding Indianapolis area.
We take a DnD approach to this starting with 1st level GenCon attendees and the truly authentic first-timer experiences. Later, we talk about mid-level attendee fun like food trucks, and lastly some epic-level advice to really maximize game time and enjoyment of the convention.
If you're interested in joining us for our GenCon meetup (August 2018) join the HSG Facebook Group where we'll coordinate everything or take careful notes at the end of this episode for details.
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