bloftin2 RPGcast

In this episode I respond to some call-in messages from Jason, from the nerds RPG variety cast.

In this episode I talk about some gaming things I’ve been working on the last few days including a new planet for my Traveller game and my use of the subsector editor.

In this episode I talk about improvisation in role-playing game sessions, inspired by Che Webster at Roleplay Rescue.

In this episode I talk about what I’ve been doing, having one of my gaming friends in my martial arts class, and sharing a game that I love with another friend from skateboarding.

Just a quick episode, or actually not that quick, in which I talk about what’s coming up in gaming, what I’ve been doing, and the pressure of being a successful YouTuber.

In this episode I just give a quick recap of what’s been going on in my gaming life the last couple of weeks and discuss a YouTuber that I like.

In this episode I briefly talk about the skills that have actually helped me do a better job game mastering over the last 10 years.

In this episode, I talk a little bit about canceling our dungeons and dragons session from yesterday. And some other stuff too.

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In this episode, I talk about some new miniatures. I just bought today, and a few other things about my campaigns.

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In this episode I talk slightly about my anxiety over tomorrow’s presidential election, having the energy to GM, combat encounters with no combat, and using “contests” in D&D 5e.

Session writeups of the 5e campaign can be found here.

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In this episode, I just do a quick talk about what I’ve been doing lately.

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In this episode, I talk about our last gaming session and talk a little bit about maintaining the atmosphere I want in our game.

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This episode I do a quick update on our game from yesterday, and a couple of things that I was pleased with as the dungeon master.

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In this very short episode, I gave a quick update on our campaign, some fun we had with it, and some thoughts on it. Yes, I know that’s quite non-descriptive. You’ll just have to spend five minutes listening.

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In this episode, I play a couple of calls that came in through speak pipe, comment on those, and just talk a little bit about what I’ve been doing this week. And yes, in the podcast I say it is Episode 8. That is incorrect. This is #9.

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In this episode, I talk a little bit about the urge to buy new gaming systems and the psychology of thinking that these things are going to make our gaming better.

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In this episode, we hear Jason call in again, I talk a little bit about our last session, and talk about the problem of thinking about gaming all the time and obsessively

In this episode, I give a quick session report, and comment about a recent post on the Roleplay Rescue blog regarding the old Steve Jackson games, publication Roleplayer.

Link to the the writeup of Session 5 of our D&D campaign.

In this episode, I talk about the Streets of Avalon gaming book by Brett from the Gaming and BS podcast, then I quickly talk about a little revelation I had today about how I think about my campaign.

In this episode, I just tell you a little bit about what I’m doing in gaming right now and then I play a voicemail from Jason, from the Nerds RPG Variety Cast, and talk a little bit about electronic tools at the table and making information accessible to the neurodivergent.

Also, here is Tales from the Stinky Dragon and here’s picture of Riley

Finally, a short episode. A quick report on our Dungeons & Dragons campaign, and a little talk about some of the tools I’m using as game master at the table.

In this episode, I explain a little bit about the hosting company. I’m using for this podcast. I won’t do this kind of thing often, but because this host is very different with regard to commenting and other social media functions, I thought I should mention it. And then I discuss differences in gamemaster styles, based on a conversation I had with my wife last week.

This episode went 10 minutes longer than I really intended mostly due to the discussion of the hosting company. This also will not be the norm. Thanks for hanging in there.

In this introductory episode, I will go over some goals of this podcast and why it’s so simple. I’ll also talk about the new campaign I just started.

Link to Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser info