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GamingPerspectives

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene is a husband and wife team that love Hobby Gaming. We play RPGs and Boardgaming and wish to share our love of this hobby with everyone we know.

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Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 155:...

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2021/06/07

Skill checks can become too monotonous. GM's often cringe when a PC fails a skill check to hear another player saying "I will check too." with the sound of rolling dice. Saul discusses with Jolene how he thinks that use of "Skills" can be made more fun and even more exciting by implementing a few ideas to your gaming style. We would like to thank everyone that put us over 10,000 downloads. Thank you all for listening and please share our podcast with friend and family.

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28:36

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 154:...

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2021/06/02

As a GM would you let a player, play a traitor in your Roleplaying game? At a Con Game or in a One Shot would you as a GM make a character that is a traitor to be used by a player. This week Mike asked about installing or using a traitor in your RPG. He asked if it was a good idea or bad. Mike also wanted to get our take on using this idea in an adventure or campaign. Saul would for the longest time say that was a hard "No!" Much along the lines of playing an evil character having

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01:11:27

Gaming Perspectives With Saul and Jolene Bonus...

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2021/05/26

In this Episode Saul and Jolene interview Gabriel Garcia who is writing War Stories a World War Two RPG using the Year Zero system. Saul came across Gabriel's post about War Stories on Facebook. Saul has been a fan of supernatural WWII RPGs such as D20s Weird War II, Savage Worlds Weird War, and Saul even used Spycraft 2.0 to run a series of Weird War II adventures for his home group. Seeing what he liked in War Stories playtest PDF he decided to ask Gabriel to do an interview and see

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31:33

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 153:...

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2021/05/25

As more and more people get vaccinated and the Pandemic is starting fade, the thing all gamers have been craving is In Person Gaming. Saul and Jolene discuss moving some of their online games back to In Person gaming. Saul and Jolene talk about what they like about gaming in person compared to online. Saul ponders if there are some elements from online gaming that will continue when game go away from the virtual table and back to the dinner table. What do gamers miss most from

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34:02

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 152:...

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2021/05/16

A question from the internet is this week's topic for the latest episode. How do you restart or come back to a campaign that has been on an extended break? Saul and Jolene discuss two ways to get back to your campaign in this episode. The first one is the easier one, and that is just start exactly where you left off. This seems like the best and easiest way to restart or come back to a campaign. There are some things you can do to make this a smoother transition in getting back to the

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49:30

Gaming Perspectives With Saul and Jolene Bonus...

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2021/05/12

In this bonus episode Saul and Jolene interview Paul Mitchener creator of Liminal an urban fantasy rpg based in England and it's folklore. Liminal was successfully Kickstarted by funding 6 times it goal. Liminal uses a very creative 2d6 system in which you can create a wide variety of character in little time. Recently Paul Kickstartered Out of the Ashes a fantasy post apocalyptic rpg. Out of the Ashes will use a similar dice mechanic but instead of 2d6 it is a 2d10 system. Saul and

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31:54

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 151:...

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2021/05/09

In this episode Saul and Jolene what makes a good RPG. For Saul it comes down to two things, Setting and Rules make a game good. Saul and Jolene use recent and older games they have played to discuss this topic. Saul starts with 4 game setting he really likes but seem to fall short in the rules department. Games mentioned in his podcast are Cyberpunk, Dark Conspiracy, Space Opera, Shadowrun, Liminal and Victoriana. Thank you all for listening. All we ask is that you share our

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39:47

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 150:...

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2021/05/02

The Middle of the Campaign is the most meaty and the where most of the game happens. Most GMs come up with great beginnings with an eye to the end but most of the game takes place in this nebulous part of the campaign, I am calling the middle. So how do you plan for this part of the campaign? Saul and Jolene discuss how to plan for the middle of the campaign. Discussing different types of game setting, types of rpgs, the amount of player agency and how it will affect the planning of

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39:21

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 149:...

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2021/04/25

Saul and Jolene continue their conversation about comparing old rpgs versus new rpgs in which they only got as far as the 1980's. So in this, second part which Saul changes the name of the episode to "Evolution of RPGs" they discuss how RPGs changed in the 1990s, the 2000's and in the last 10 years. As always we would like to thank you all for listening and please share our podcast.

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01:17:07

Gaming Perspectives With Saul and Jolene Bonus...

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2021/04/21

Today we have a bonus episode, an interview of Stephen Turner of Britannia Game Design the creators of Chivalry and Sorcery 5th edition. C&S has a long history, first published in 1977 by Fantasy Games Unlimited. In this interview we discover Stephen's gamer roots and then learn of how he became to be the publisher if this historic RPG and plans for the future of Britannia Game Design. As always thank you all for listening. Chivalry and Sorcery have a "Bundle of Holding" that

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34:55

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 148:...

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2021/04/20

In this episode Saul and Jolene talk how RPGs have changed over the years. From the first RPGs on the scene like Original D&D and Traveller to the games that came out in the 90's and on to the last 20 years, RPGs have changed. The episode went a bit long so this will be a two part episode, continuing with the games from the 1990's to today. We would like to that all of you that listen to our podcast we really appreciate you listening and sharing. Correction: Saul makes

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33:46

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 147:...

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2021/04/11

In Media Res in RPGs is the topic for this episode. What is In Media Res? Saul and Jolene first discuss what it is and where it is commonly seen. Saul recounts a couple examples of the writing and filming technique he has read in books and seen in movies. From there Saul and Jolene discuss how to apply this to your session of your favorite rpgs. What are some of the advantages and some of the hurdles that are involved in using In Media Res in your RPG session. As always thank you all

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34:05

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 146:...

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2021/04/04

Saul and Jolene explore RPGs which subject are animals or anamorphic in nature. Saul talks about his first experience playing an animal rpg called Bunnies and Burrows. Saul goes into some details about B&B. Saul recounts the next game being Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles which he briefly collected the comic books but didn't get the RPG until the mid 90's after the first TNMT movie had come out by New Line Cinema. Jolene's first encounter with this kind of game was in Gamma World were

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35:43

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 145:...

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2021/03/28

Though Saul and Jolene touched on the subject before Saul thought that a whole episode detailing Solo RPGs would be worth while. With the Pandemic still raging across the world, though there is light at the end of the tunnel, some people are not able to play with their normal group and for one reason or another do not want or cannot play RPGs online. And they want to still get that RPG feel from a table top game. Enter the Solo RPG experience. Saul and Jolene discuss how today's

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Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 144:...

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2021/03/21

In this Episode Saul and Jolene talk about making a good RPG Villain. They discuss only a few tips of many ways you can make a villain in your RPG stand out and not be a cliche. Saul offers two examples from games that he has run. One was a convention game which was played in an 8 hour session at a local game con, the other is from a long running home D&D game. Each example showcases the tips Saul used in creating a Villain that the players really learned to hate and cheer each time

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Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 143:...

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2021/03/14

In this episode Saul and Jolene discuss how damage is determined in RPGs. Though there are many implementations of how damage is determined, Saul believes there are really only two ways damage is dealt with in RPGs. Static and Random. As usual Saul goes meandering off topic but this time Jolene was a bit at fault for his digression. Saul and Jolene discuss what they like and dislike about the ways damage is determined in RPGs. As Always Thank You for listening. Music by

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Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 142...

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2021/03/07

If you play any games you need to learn the rules, and RPGs are no different. Most likely you play or are interested in a new game that is published and you have to Learn New RPG Rules. Saul and Jolene in this episode discuss learning the rules of new RPGs, or RPGs that are new to you. If you are learning a new, recently published game then, according to Saul, you are in luck since we are in a "Golden Age" of RPGs. Jolene isn't as convinced about this "golden age" but does admit that some

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33:26

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode 141:...

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2021/02/28

In this episode Saul and Jolene talk about the reasons to look at and buy a new edition of a RPG. Some reasons for a new edition are fixing errors as simple as typos, rule contradictions, or a reworking of a task resolution system to make the game run smoother are good reasons for a new edition. Do the rule changes till does it warrant buying a new edition? Listen and find out what Saul and Jolene think of new editions of roleplaying games. As Always we thank you for listening. Please

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32:20

Gaming Perspectives with Saul and Jolene Episode140:...

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2021/02/22

In this episode Saul and Jolene discuss armor in RPGs. Saul and Jolene discuss the most popular ways armor is represented in RPGs. From D&D's Armor Class to Traveller's ablative armor. Each way armor is handled is a mix if how easy one wants to express the use of armor in a RPG against how realistic the game wants to represent armor. Games discussed are D&D in all its iterations, Traveller, Liminal, Shadowrun, GURPs, The One Ring. They each handle the often discussed issue of armor in

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36:36

Gaming Perspectives With Saul and Jolene Episode 139:...

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2021/02/14

In this episode Saul and Jolene talk about Light RPGs. Saul defines what he means by "light" RPGs and gives examples of what he considers light RPGs. Saul and Jolene discuss RPGs from Tales From the Loop to the one page RPG called Lazers and Feeling. As Always Thanks for Listening. All we ask is that you share our podcast. Music by The Curtains and Their Terrifying Story, song Say Light off the album, Shake My Fire. Available from Tribeofnoise.com

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