Ryan McHargue, co-host of the Geezers of the Game podcast, joins me today on the show. We discuss what not to do when GMing and other role-playing game advice and tips. We talk about creating planets for Star Wars and Star Trek RPGs, FASA Star Trek, and Ryan’s work with his RPG podcast. Plus we […]

Tales from the Magician’s Skull magazine editor and author Howard Andrew Jones returns to the podcast. In the discussion, we define the sword and sorcery genre. We cover the submissions guidelines for Tales from the Magician’s Skull magazine and Howard tells us feelings about dwarf and elf detective stories. Howard enlightens us as to why

Game designer Luke Miller joins me on the podcast today. We talk gamemaster advice, writing, and running solo tabletop role-playing games. The discussion kicks off with how Luke was introduced to tabletop RPGs and how he became a dungeon master. Then we talk about his new adventure in creating a solo RPG called Journey. Luke

Gamemaster and game designer Guy Sclanders joined me on the podcast. Guy runs the How to be a Great Gamemaster YouTube Channel where posts incredible GM advice. In our discussion today, we touch on various aspects of running tabletop RPGs and Guy gives excellent advice on how to up your game. We also talk about

Director, producer, and author, James L. Conway, joins me on the show today. We discuss his television directing career including shows like MacGyver, Star Trek: TNG, Star Trek: ENT, Smallville, Charmed, The Magicians, and many more. I ask James about storytelling, directing, writing, and more. We talk about his time working on various Star Trek

Role-player and audiobook narrator Zac Katz-Stein joins me on the podcast today. The discussion ranges from dungeon master advice to playing your character to cutting down your GM prep time. We dive deep into tips and tricks that can help tabletop RPG gamemasters. Also, we touch on how Zac began playing RPGs and his work

RPG adventure designer and novelist Beth Ball drops in on the podcast today. Beth and I have a wide-ranging conversation discussing playing role-playing games with one gamemaster and one player, sometimes called one-on-one or duet play. We talk about strategies for effective one-on-one role-playing. We touch on the dreaded gamemaster player character (GMPC) and how

Writer and game designer Tristan Zimmerman joins me once again to take real history and work it into our RPG campaigns. We discuss a Hungarian crown heist, fated rulers in Africa, and a monk with an awesome name. The conversation ranges from an overview of these topics to taking bits of them and working them

Feature film director Sam Firstenburg visits the podcast today. His most famous films include American Ninja, American Ninja II, Ninja III: The Domination, Avenging Force, and Revenge of the Ninja. We discuss American Ninja and Ninja III at length and Sam shares many stories about making them. Also, we delve into Sam’s career working for

Satine Phoenix and Jamison Stone join me on the podcast to discuss Sirens: Battle of the Bards. The new D&D 5e campaign centered around Bards and their wonderous exploits is set in the magnificent city of Salvata. Sirens: Battle of the Bards is currently on Kickstarter. We also talk about how D&D became part of

Former editor in chief of Worldbuilding Magazine and lead game designer for Smunchy Games, Adam Bassett, joins me on the podcast today. We discuss different aspects of worldbuilding and delve into Adam’s work on card games. Adam Bassett Links Learn more about Worldbuilding Magazine and Adam’s other projects. Worldbuilding Magazine Adam’s Twitter Worldbuilding Magazine Twitter

Co-designer of 13th Age and lead designer D&D 4e Rob Heinsoo is my guest on the podcast today. We dive into Rob’s history with RPGs and how playing them has evolved over the years. The discussion ranges into Dungeons and Dragons Fourth Edition and Rob’s thought process in the design. We also talk about the

RPG streamer and writer Anthony Carlson is today’s guest on the podcast. We discuss Anthony’s beginnings as a role-player and his interest in tabletop RPGs. With the increase in streaming content, we talk about what it takes to be a good player while streaming. Anthony also fills us in on The Ascended, the RPG actual

Matt Jowett, Free League Publishing Twitch Director, joins me on the podcast. We discuss streaming tabletop role-playing games and Matt’s position as a Twitch Director. Matt gives us some great tips for gamemastering streaming RPGs. Plus we discuss Free League Publishing games and how you can watch his streams. Matt Jowett Streaming Links Watch the