Episode 49: Knights and Samurai (audio product)

We spent 2011 painstakingly researching the cultures and wars that shaped the knight and samurai in order to give you an hour of solid entertainment. It would take us longer to list all of the topics we cover in the episode than the actual running time. (I’m not sure how that’s mathematically possible, but it’s true.) We even manage to squeeze in some Roman history, if Spa...   [click here for more]

Episode 57: Narrative Structure (audio product)

Is Savage Worlds better than Marvel Heroic Roleplaying: Basic Game?

[Three sentences before.]In this episode, we discuss narrative techniques from movies and novels that you can use to make your games more fun. We look at in media res, flashbacks, flash forwards, flash sideways, epistolary novels, and reverse chronology. We also offer advice for new gamemasters, including which...   [click here for more]