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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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Episode 268: Age in RPGs, Gaming Perspectives with...

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2024/01/21

Aging in RPGs. Some games have rules about them, some games ingnore age of the characters and other games, age is an intrical part of the game. Saul and Jolene talk about age in RPGs from the very young and the very old. How and what effects are there due to age seem reasonable and how do different RPGs handle age in their games. Thanks for listening, we really appreciate it. Web Art by Jim Foster Episode Art by Michael Shean-Jones Music by The Jody Band, song

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39:29

Episode 267: New GM Advice, Gaming Perspectives with...

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2024/01/10

Reading from the Reddit post about RPGs, Saul came across a post by a first time GM who was looking for advice on his ideas that he has for a brand new campaign. The new GM wanted to embed a powerful NPC with the party that would grow in power as the party grew in power. There was quite a few responses and Saul talked about the post with Jolene. There was quite a bit of discussion and funny stories about new GM mistakes and the current episode is the result. Thank You All for Listening

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Episode 266: Side Quests, Gaming Perspectives with...

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2024/01/07

In this episode Saul and Jolene discuss the use of Side Quests in a tabletop RPG. Should you add Side Quests to your rpg campaign? What are Side Quests? What different types of Side Quests are there? Are there any problems with using Side Quests? Happy New Year to all of you. Thanks for listening. Web Art by Jim Foster Episode Art by Michael Shean-Jones Music by John Vandergriff, song Side Quest. Available from FreeMusicArchive.com Used under the Creative

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33:28

Episode 265: Getting Your Game to the Table, Gaming...

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2023/12/28

Most GM that have been in the hobby for a while will have one, two or a few RPG games that have never hit the table. Saul is no exception to this problem. Though Saul might have quite a few more RPGs on his bookshelves than most but then again he has been playing RPGs since 1978. Still whether it's a couple games of half you collection of RPGs that you have not played it does become a bit depressing seeing all that gaming goodness go unplayed. Saul read a post on Reddit of a GM

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36:16

Episode 264: New RPGs for 2024, Gaming Perspectives...

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2023/12/21

This Episode Saul and Jolene discuss some RPGs that are making their was to being published in 2024. Saul threw in a couple that have just been published in the last months of 2023. These are games that have piqued the interest of Saul and Jolene. Podcast Error: the first RPG discussed by Saul he stated was called the Lost Isle but it is called the Hidden Isle. The link to their Kickstarter page is here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/causacreations/the-hidden-isle Our

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Episode 263: Beginner Miniature Games, Gaming...

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2023/12/15

A bit different in this episode Saul and Jolene talk about Miniature Wargames. Miniature Games come in all genres, from large armies to single miniatures on a table. Some have large books for rules others don't. Jolene was asking about miniature games that were not Warhammer 40K and easy to play. Saul has played more miniature games than Jolene but she has been going to conventions and has watched many miniature games and asked the players many questions about their games. Most have

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33:48

Episode 262: NPC Dialogue, Gaming Perspectives with...

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2023/12/07

Saul saw a post on Reddit about a GM who had problems Roleplaying Dialogue with the PC when they were talking for the NPCs. The GM also wanted the players to do more RP in their sessions. Saul realized this was a big problem for a GM that wants more RP from his players but was really intimidated by NPC dialogue. There were quite a few help hints in the responses but other Reddit users. Saul thought some of them were really ingenious and talked to Jolene about this as a toplic for the

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58:30

Bonus Episode: Interview with Panny and Aled of...

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2023/12/06

In this Bonus Episode we interview Panny and Aled of Leyline Press who just very recently fullfilled their Kickstarter for Salvage Union a post apocalyptic mech game. I came across their rather large "Quickstart" rules a while ago and was impressed with the scope of their free quickstart PDF and how well their RPG was presented. I remembered dealing with Panny when he worked for Modiphius and talked with him on Discord. After a quick chat we decided to do an interview. Salvage

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37:53

Episode 261: Metacurrency Kills Roleplaying, Gaming...

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2023/11/28

Saul was looking at FB posts and he read a post concerning the topic of metacurrency in RPGs games. The Original Poster had a rather negative view of metacurrency. One that too many new RPGs were using this "gimmick". Another complaint was that it drew him out of the immersion of the roleplaying session with the use of metacurrency which there was little or no explanation about the metacurrency in the actual play. Another problem was that it seems lazy roleplaying game design. This

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40:21

Episode 260: Roleplaying In Combat, Gaming...

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2023/11/15

Roleplaying during combat scenes? Is this possible. It seems that most "real" Roleplayers check out during this part of the roleplaying game because it is the least interesting, too tactical, too simulationist. Saul and Jolene counter this mindset and say that you can indeed have Roleplying during Combat. They discuss different games and playstyles. With creative input from the GM and the players the roleplaying of an RPG does not have to stop when the combat dice hit the table. Thank

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41:03

Episode 259:When the GM is Wrong, Gaming Perspectives...

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2023/11/10

This is a subject that is very close to every GM. Saul who has been a GM for over 40 years has gotten things once or twice over those years from rules, to setting GMs can make mistakes. Usually these mistakes do not have any long lasting effect on a long running game. When Jolene told Saul about this topic from a Reddit topic, Saul starting thinking of mistakes he has made over the years and most were pretty small but couple affected the players characters significantly. The

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Episode 258: Urban Campaigns, Gaming Perspectives...

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2023/10/30

Saul was thinking about running an Urban FRPG in the near future and looked to see what kind of materials where available for running an Urban Campaign. A campaign in that takes place entirely in a city. He talked to Jolene about it. She was intrigued by the concept and went off to find what she could on the subject. Saul remembered a Physical Geography class from Jr. College that discussed where and why cites sprouted in certain areas. Also how cites are constructed when planned or

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41:44

Episode 257: Running Horror RPGs, Gaming Perspectives...

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2023/10/25

With Halloween coming up real soon, Saul and Jolene were discussing the idea of Horror RPGs specifically what it takes to run a good horror game. Though Saul would say he is not the type of gamer that like the horror genre he does own more than a few Horror RPGs. One of the first horror RPG he bought was Stalking the Night Fantastic back in the late 80's and Dark Conspiracy in the 1990's. Saul now has quite a few what one would term Horror genre RPGs. So how to you run an horror rpg

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Episode 256: The Player Director, Gaming Perspectives...

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2023/10/17

Saul and Jolene have experienced that player that wants to direct the other players action. In boardgames its called quarterbacking. In the old days of Original D&D and Advanced D&D there was the Caller, who told the DM who did what to make the game go by faster. Back in the day Saul's brother and friends did not play that way. Once he went to a D&D club and that was exactly how they played, and for Saul is was not fun at all. So years later Saul and Jolene have

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Episode 255: Why Some RPGs Successful and Others Not,...

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2023/10/11

Saul was looking at the Dragon Bane RPG boxset that was a gift from this brother Felipe. He was looking at Low Fantasy Gaming and wondered why Dragon Bane was more successful. They both very similar products. Both were a D20 based Fantasy RPG, both are simple rules and yet there seems to be a disparity of how each was recieved by the RPG buying community. Saul asked Jolene about this topic and she went to the internet and found various reasons why Dragon Bane was seemingly more popular

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Episode 254: Making Players Learn the Rules, Gaming...

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2023/10/04

One of the many plights of GMs of RPGs is the dreaded getting the players to learn a new game. Due to Saul's seeking to find that perfect RPG or just likes the "new shiny." Due to this affliction Saul tries to share this affliction with all his players. In some of Saul's groups the players groaned everytime they heard Saul had bought a new game. In other groups his players were curiosious about some of the games in Saul's extensive RPG library. In both groups the playes

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Episode 253: The Long and Short Rest, Gaming...

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2023/09/29

This week Saul and Jolene discuss the Long and Short rest from D&D 5th edtion. Jolene had asked Saul what he thought about how these affected the game. Jolene was not prepared for Saul's the long winded tirade about the topic. At some point Jolene stopped Saul and told him it would make a good episode for the podcast. Saul quickly got his GP notebook and starting scratching his thoughts about the Long and Short rest. In short, Saul realized and not right away that he didsn't

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Episode 252:Omitting Rules in Rpgs, Gaming...

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2023/09/22

Many times players and GM's ignore, change or get a rule wrong. Sometime by accident, other times on purpose because they don't like that rule. Known as "House Rules", "Home Rules", and many other names changing and omitting rules is done all the time. There are some type of rules that usually go out the window, whether you play the "Best Selling RPG" or the smallest "Indie RPG ruleset", rules get ignored. Saul and Jolene had a conversation of some rules that are ignored at their RPG

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Episode 251: Funny RPGs, Gaming Perspectives with...

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2023/09/15

Play and GM RPGs long enough and you will experience a gut busting funny RPG session. This happens whether your are playing D&D, GURPs or any other RPG. Play long enough and there is that session where everything comes together it is just play funny. What about RPGs that try to bring that amusement, merriment or funny situations to the forefront of the game. Saul and Jolene have played a wide assortment of games that are intended to be funny and some by their very nature bring out

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Episode 250: Strange Character Requests, Gaming...

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2023/09/07

After GMing for any significant period of time one has to deal with some unusual character requests. Sometimes players want to try something new or just different. Every once in a while a player will approach the GM with a very unusual or strange character idea. This got Saul and Jolene wondering what the most unusual character requests have been put forth by players. Jolene found on Reddit about a player that wanted to play a 5 year of Tiefling. Saul remembered a story about a player

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