Star Wars

When Luke and Han got their awards at the end, I remember wanting to be Luke Skywalker.

Oh, sorry, I didn’t give you a spoiler alert.

Wait…

If I have to give you a spoiler alert for Star Wars you are not from this planet. Just for future reference this episode will likely be filled with spoilers so consider yourself warned.

Now, where was I…

That’s right, Luke Skywalker, I wanted to, no needed to be Luke Skywalker. I wondered if that new role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons would let you play Luke?

The short answer

Hell Yes.

In this episode Christina, another avid “B” movie fan, and I are going to talk about movies. 

Specifically, Why and How to use them as fodder for your roleplaying games. We will also give you a few of our favorites to add. But before we get to the specific movies lets answer the Why and How questions.

• Star Wars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_(film)
• Ninja Hunter: https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/39879-ren-zhe-da-jue-dou?language=en-US
• Streets of Fire: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streets_of_Fire
• Godzilla: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_(1954_film)
• Prince of Darkness: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Darkness_(film)
• The Last Dragon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Dragon
• My Science Project: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Science_Project
• Rollerblade 7: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Roller_Blade_Seven
• Predators: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predators_(film)
• The Warriors: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warriors_(film)
• Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Men_Don%27t_Wear_Plaid
• The Dirty Dozen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dirty_Dozen

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So, you gave it a shot, and liked it. Now after a few games your eyes have been opened to the wonderful world of tabletop Roleplaying. What’s next?

Don’t worry, we’ve got your back.

On this episode of Epic Adventure Christina and I are going to break down our favorite Roleplaying games that aren’t D&D and why we love them so much.

We are going to give you our three favorite games with a little background and description in case you are interested. They are not in any particular order, and we recommend checking them out, buying them, and using them to run Epic Adventures.

Christina, start us off with one of your favorite games.

Here are links to Christina’s Games

• Apocalypse World: http://apocalypse-world.com/
• Night Witches: https://bullypulpitgames.com/products/night-witches
• Pasion De Las Pasiones: https://magpiegames.com/pages/pasion
• Cortex Prime: https://www.cortexrpg.com/
• Savage Worlds: https://peginc.com/savage-settings/savage-worlds/
• Fate: https://fate-srd.com/

Here are links to Steve’s Games

• GURPS: http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/
• Call of Cthulhu: https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg/
• Feng Shui: https://www.atlas-games.com/fengshui/

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Color me intrigued…pun intended.

Session Zero rolled around and Mike got us started.

“If you click on the following link, it will take you to a website that has some information you might want about the game we are starting” he said.

So, I clicked the link.

The link took me to Legend Keeper.Com and that’s where I was introduced to how Mike plans for his games. Hundreds of pages of lore and information, images, links, locations, it was…a lot.

But that’s how Mike rolls. So today Mike and I are going to talk about Worldbuilding, how we go about putting things together and give you a few tips and tricks that might work for you.

Mike Howlett is the cofounder of Odd Fish Games. He is a longtime gamer, writer, designer, and one of my partners on this podcast.

Mike, You and I go about worldbuilding very differently. How do you got started?

Mike and Steve talk about important steps in worldbuilding, thought process, and how to get things moving. We also discuss two very different strategies and how they both have their strengths and weaknesses.

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But what should we talk about next?

“What do you think, world building? Campaign creation? Game design?” I said….

“Why don’t we start basic with how to Roleplay” Christina responded

Wait, what…you mean like How to Roleplay, sure that should be easy…not.

Welcome to the most difficult easy topic we could cover How to Roleplay and because it was Christina’s brilliant idea, she gets to start us off,

It’s all yours Christina…

Steve and Christina chat about what roleplaying is, and how to get started. We also address common mistakes new players make and some ideas for taking your games to the next level.

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Nothing could be further from the truth.

In this episode we are going to explore creating compelling characters and give you some things to think about the next time you put pen to paper and start making that Half Dragonborn Half Tiefling Ranger Barbarian Warlock Noble.

The rulebooks for RPG’s love to talk about character classes, character races, character archetypes...with that many characters being thrown around you would think we are in a Monty Python sketch.

Players often fail to understand that characters are made up of personality traits…not stat blocks.

Joining me today to talk about creating compelling characters is Christina Stiso one of my partners in crime on this podcast Christina is a long-time gamer and Creative Designer for Oddfish Games. She is a PhD student studying game-based learning and on the board of directors of the nonprofit organization “Tabletop Gaymers.”

Christina, you have a knack for creating compelling characters. It seems like every game you play in your character quickly becomes a standout. What’s your secret?

Christina and Steve talk about tips and tricks to build and play compelling characters in your TTRPG.

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It only seemed proper that we kick off our new podcast “Epic Adventure” with this.

But we are going to take that one step further. We are going to talk about other gaming systems that we recommend.

My name is Steve Kellams and I am just a fan with a radio voice. I started tabletop gaming in the late 70’s with Napoleonic miniatures. In 1981 I dove headfirst into Tom Moldvay version of D&D and since then roleplaying and tabletop gaming has been a passion of mine. I’ve been lucky enough to get the opportunity to host this podcast with a few amazing people who are going to join me on this Epic Adventure.

Mike Howlett is the cofounder of OddFish Games, a great independent game company with some fun little systems and a phenomenal universal solo roleplaying system you should check out. He is a longtime gamer, writer, game designer with more irons in the fire than hours on the clock.

Christina Stiso is a gamer and Creative Designer for Odd Fish Games. She is a PhD student studying game-based learning and on the board of directors of the nonprofit organization Tabletop Gaymers.

Mike Howlett breaks down the history of the OGL. We also talk about some game systems we love and why this isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

Here are some of the game companies discussed.

• Wizards of the Coast: https://company.wizards.com/en
• Piazo: https://paizo.com/
• Hasbro: https://corporate.hasbro.com/en-us
• Azora Law: https://azoralaw.com/
• MCDM: https://www.mcdmproductions.com/
• Apocalypse World: http://apocalypse-world.com/
• Oddfish Games: https://oddfishgames.com/
• Wyrd Games: https://www.wyrd-games.net/
• Free League Games: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/
• Dread the Game: https://dreadthegame.wordpress.com/about-dread-the-game/
• GenCon: https://www.gencon.com/
• Old School Essentials: https://necroticgnome.com/
• Chaosium: https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg/
• Games Workshop: https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Home?_requestid=52855178
• Savage Worlds: https://peginc.com/savage-settings/savage-worlds/
• Modiphius: https://www.modiphius.net/en-us

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