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Casting Shadows

Runeslinger"s podcast about roleplaying games, acting, reacting and interacting with the alchemy of play~ Visit the Casting Shadows blog at https://castingshadowsblog.com Visit us on YouTube at https://youtube.com/runeslinger or search for @Runeslinger For TwiXter, BlueSky, and Facebook: @Runeslinger Do you use Discord? Try me at Runeslinger#7592 Contact me via Speakpipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/CastingShadowsPodcast

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00:22:30

#RPGaDay2022 - Day 28 to the End

Casting Shadows ·

2022/08/31

This is a compiled post for #RPGaDay2022. You can read versions of these at https://castingshadowsblog.com in daily posts with lots of extras and more context (precious context!) and/or watch a composite posting on Runeslinger, my YouTube channel. Do you want to get involved? Get the infographic with all the questions at https://autocratik.com and leap into this adventure in positivity. #RPGaDay2022 is part of an annual event now in its 9th year. Links mentioned in the episode: - Down in a Heap • A

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00:51:01

Episode 3.17 Call-ins on Skills and Skill Improvement...

Casting Shadows ·

2022/08/30

Following on from the previous episode on (My) relationship with Call of Cthulhu, we take two short listener calls from Menion (aka Rob) of the Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi podcast, who is currently diving deeply into Runequest: Glorantha, and Jason (aka the other Jason) of the Nerd's RPG Variety cast, who continues doubling down on the variety these days with his refreshing breadth of gamer-relevant topics, and stretch them out for almost an hour. Can you survive this gauntlet of game

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00:30:41

#RPGaDay2022 - Day 22 through 27

Casting Shadows ·

2022/08/28

This is a compiled post for #RPGaDay2022. You can read versions of these at https://castingshadowsblog.com in daily posts with lots of extras and more context (precious context!) and/or watch a composite posting on Runeslinger, my YouTube channel. Do you want to get involved? Get the infographic with all the questions at https://autocratik.com and leap into this adventure in positivity. #RPGaDay2022 is part of an annual event now in its 9th year. Links mentioned in the episode: - Nerd’s RPG Variety

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01:14:55

Episode 3.16 On (My) Call of Cthulhu

Casting Shadows ·

2022/08/24

In response to a great series of episodes and call-ins on the Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Bandit's Keep podcast, I have labored to produce this "brief" episode on my relationship with Call of Cthulhu and some of what I have seen of its use in my own groups and out there in the cold, cold world. Links: Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast • A podcast on Anchor Bandit’s Keep • A podcast on Anchor - - 380 In Defense of Call of Cthulhu by Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (anchor.fm) Hindsightless • A podcast on Anchor Call

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00:49:46

#RPGaDay2022 - Call Ins! and Day 15 through 21

Casting Shadows ·

2022/08/22

This is a compiled post for #RPGaDay2022. You can read versions of these at https://castingshadowsblog.com in daily posts with lots of extras and more context (precious context!) and/or watch a composite posting on Runeslinger, my YouTube channel. Do you want to get involved? Get the infographic with all the questions at https://autocratik.com and leap into this adventure in positivity. #RPGaDay2022 is part of an annual event now in its 9th year. Links mentioned in the episode: - Nerd’s RPG Variety

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00:39:48

#RPGaDay2022 Bonus for "Forever GMs" - Week 4 Day 22...

Casting Shadows ·

2022/08/21

A week of #RPGaDay2022 posts about character from the perspective of the GM. For a different take, check out my Week 4 post on YouTube and the written blog~ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/runeslinger/message

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00:40:27

#RPGaDay2022 - Day 8 through 14

Casting Shadows ·

2022/08/14

This is a compiled post for #RPGaDay2022. You can read versions of these at https://castingshadowsblog.com in daily posts with lots of extras and more context (precious context!) and/or watch a composite posting on Runeslinger, my YouTube channel. Do you want to get involved? Get the infographic with all the questions at https://autocratik.com and leap into this adventure in positivity. #RPGaDay2022 is part of an annual event now in its 9th year. Links mentioned in the episode: - Nerd’s RPG

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00:20:02

#RPGaDay2022 - Day Seven: System

Casting Shadows ·

2022/08/07

#RPGaDay2022 - Day 7: Share a cool part of a system you love You can read daily posts on these questions at https://castingshadowsblog.com with lots of extras and more context (precious context!) Do you want to get involved? Get the infographic with all the questions at https://autocratik.com and leap into this adventure in positivity. #RPGaDay2022 is part of an annual event now in its 9th year. Links mentioned in the episode: - Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast • A podcast on Anchor -

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00:40:54

#RPGaDay2022 - Day Two through Day Six!

Casting Shadows ·

2022/08/05

Question responses for days two through six: 1. Who would you like to introduce to RPGs? 2. What is a great introductory game? 3. When were you introduced to RPGs? 4. Where would you host this first game? 5. Why will they like it? 6. How will you introduce it to more people? You can read versions of these at https://castingshadowsblog.com in daily posts with lots of extras and more context (precious context!) and/or watch a composite posting on YouTube: #RPGaDay2022 - Day 2 through 6 -

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00:12:01

#RPGaDay2022 - Day One - Who?

Casting Shadows ·

2022/08/01

Question for Day One: Who would you like to introduce to RPGs? You can read a version of this at https://castingshadowsblog.com Do you want to get involved? Get the infographic with all the questions at https://autocratik.com and leap into this adventure in positivity. #RPGaDay2022 is part of an annual event now in its 9th year. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/runeslinger/message

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00:26:33

#RPGaDay2022 - Day 0 - Overview and Intentions

Casting Shadows ·

2022/07/31

#RPGaDay is an annual event in August which runs all 31 days of this important month for gaming and gamers. The event is intended to increase the signal of positive posts about the hobby and help strengthen awareness of great games, great gamers, and great gaming ideas. Post in whatever form you like, wherever you congregate socially online and tag those posts with #RPGaDay2022. Don't forget to share cool posts that you see from others, too. The video version of this episode can be seen here:

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00:31:54

3.15a Bonus - In Defense of the Mook, Minion, and...

Casting Shadows ·

2022/07/21

With specific examples from and focus on Mythras, Ubiquity, and FFG Star Wars, this episode goes into some justifications for Mook rules in RPGs. What are they for? How can they differ from game to game? Why do some gamers dislike them? This topic was released simultaneously on the Casting Shadows YouTube channel where it is a part of three ongoing series on playing the three systems in question, as well as continuing the general theme of in-character as-character play, particularly with regard to

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01:34:11

Episode 3.15 Putting the Pulp in our RPGs

Casting Shadows ·

2022/07/19

Featuring calls from Menion aka Rob from Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi, Joe Richter of Hindsightless, and Jason of the Nerds RPG Variety Cast, we expand the conversation about pulps and pulp games to address the questions of how some example systems can affect pulp play, group size for fun and pulpiness, and PCs of unequal capabilities. I hope you will join in on the discussion as despite the length of this episode there is still more to dig into~ Links You can reach Runeslinger at gmail via

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00:58:12

Episode 3.14 Pulps, Pulp RPGs, and Me

Casting Shadows ·

2022/07/17

Inspired initially by discussions in the Saturday Alternators Book Club for RPG players, then finally and fruitfully inspired into actual production by Menion aka Rob of Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi and his callers and guests, this episode explores thoughts on pulp heroic characters and explores some of my connections with these stories in life and gaming. What pulps were "my" pulps? Aren't pulps problematic? Aren't pulp characters set and unchanging (and by extension unrelatable,

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00:44:55

Episode 3.13 Alien, Encouragement, and Immersion - oh...

Casting Shadows ·

2022/06/11

Please join me as I navigate three very different topics with the help of some kind callers. This episode features calls from hosts of The GMologist Presents, Hindsightless, Spikepit, and Nerd's RPG Variety Cast podcasts. Karl, Joe, Colin, and Jason were kind enough to listen to one or more episodes of this podcast and have called in to give depth and meaning to the conversation. Links to those shows are below. Topic One: Difference between Cinematic and Campaign Modes in Free League's Alien

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00:43:18

Episode 3.12 Updates and Immersions

Casting Shadows ·

2022/06/01

Sections include notes on my appearance on Roundtable Roulette ( https://youtu.be/3PlkIWaajKs ) with Craig Shipman and Seth Skorkowsky, thoughts about the next RPGaDay, more on our ongoing but sometimes interrupted Alien Campaign, and a special focus on the once-again recent and always interesting topic: immersion thanks to an interesting series of observations and call-ins appearing on the Nerds' RPG Variety Cast. Alien Playlist: Alien Actual Play:

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00:36:58

Episode 3.11 On Troupes, Generation Games and...

Casting Shadows ·

2022/04/02

Joe of Hindsightless and Karl of the GMologist Presents were kind enough to leave voice messages to which I could respond in part of this episode and then seque into talk about two favorite techniques for RPGs: troupes of characters and games spanning generations of such characters~ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/runeslinger/message

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00:45:17

Episode 3.10A Bonus Content - One Use of Operation:...

Casting Shadows ·

2022/03/28

Bonus Content - This is a more detailed description of how Queensryche's concept album Operation Mindcrime informed the play of a Mage: The Ascension chronicle in the mid-nineties called Broken Homes. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/runeslinger/message

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00:47:24

Episode 3.10 Music in Preparation for Improvisation...

Casting Shadows ·

2022/03/27

Music can be a useful tool when playing an RPG, but in my experience, I have found it to be even more useful in preparation for play. in this episode I survey some of the ways I have found to aid my preparation for improvisation with music and playlists. We also touch on, thanks to the interest of The GMologist Presents and Hindsightless podcasts, the use of the incredible Operation: Mindcrime in these pursuits~ Part 1 - Context of using music for Improvisation and Example 1: character

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00:31:46

Episode 3.9 Three Favored Systems? A contest~

Casting Shadows ·

2022/02/23

The blame for this episode rests squarely on the shoulders of Jason of the Nerd's RPG Variety Cast. If you have not yet given him your thoughts on this matter, please do so now: Contest Links Nerd's RPG Variety Cast Voice Mail link to Nerd's RPG Variety Cast Links from this Episode: System 1 System Details Campaign Recap Actual Play Series System 2 System Details Numerous Actual Play Series (some with annotations) System 3 Actual Play Series (with annotations) The Written Blog: Casting Shadows

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