Gnomecast | Gnome Stew https://gnomestew.com The Gaming Blog Mon, 20 May 2024 04:41:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.4 https://gnomestew.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-cropped-gssiteicon-150x150.png Gnomecast | Gnome Stew https://gnomestew.com 32 32 Gnomecast #189 – Kobayashi Maru: Unwinnable Scenarios https://gnomestew.com/gnomecast-189-kobayashi-maru-unwinnable-scenarios/ https://gnomestew.com/gnomecast-189-kobayashi-maru-unwinnable-scenarios/#respond Thu, 23 May 2024 10:00:09 +0000 https://gnomestew.com/?p=52211 https://polygamero.us/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Gnomecast-189.mp3

Ang, Jared and Chris get on the mics to talk about unwinnable scenarios. Why to run them, how to run them, and everything in between!

Links:

Encoded Designs 5e Bundle X-men ’97

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Ang, Jared and Senda chat about how Imposter Syndrome has affected their relationship with running and playing RPGs along with some ideas on how to navigate through those feelings.

Links:

Trans Rights Readathon

Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern

Origins Game Fair

Gamehole Con

U-Con Gaming Convention

]]> https://gnomestew.com/gnomecast-188-imposter-syndrome-and-rpgs/feed/ 0 Gnomecast 187 – Learning About the OSR https://gnomestew.com/gnomecast-187-learning-about-the-osr/ https://gnomestew.com/gnomecast-187-learning-about-the-osr/#respond Wed, 24 Apr 2024 10:00:05 +0000 https://gnomestew.com/?p=52138

Ang gets JT and Walt on the mics to learn more about what the OSR (Old School… Renaissance? Revival? Retro? The R varies) actually is. Join us and learn more about this style of roleplaying game.

 

Links:

JT’s Amazon Book Page

Origins Game Fair

Renegade Game Studios

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Ang, Chris and Josh chat about mixing up genres in our RPGs and as a result touch on what genre is, and why we can and should mash it all up together!

Links:

D&D Lego!

The Nebula Awards

Daggerheart Playtest

]]> https://gnomestew.com/gnomecast-186-mixing-genres/feed/ 0 Gnomecast 185 – Taking Over https://gnomestew.com/gnomecast-185-taking-over/ https://gnomestew.com/gnomecast-185-taking-over/#respond Wed, 27 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://gnomestew.com/?p=52097 http://misdirectedmark.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/GC_185_takingoverGMing_final.mp3 Ang, Jared, and JT get together on the mics to talk about all the ins and outs of taking over the GMing duties in an existing group. Links: Pathfinder Mini-Dungeon Tome D&D 5e Mini-Dungeon Tome Coriolis: The Great Dark Kickstarter Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy Tavern ]]> https://gnomestew.com/gnomecast-185-taking-over/feed/ 0 Gnomecast 184 – D&D and Me https://gnomestew.com/gnomecast-184-dd-and-me/ https://gnomestew.com/gnomecast-184-dd-and-me/#respond Wed, 13 Mar 2024 12:00:03 +0000 https://gnomestew.com/?p=52028

In honor of D&D’s 50th Anniversary, a whole bunch of Gnomes get on the mics to talk about our history with this venerable game. Prepare for a little nostalgia and musings about this hobby we all love.

]]> https://gnomestew.com/gnomecast-184-dd-and-me/feed/ 0 Gnomecast 183 – New Players, New Characters https://gnomestew.com/gnomecast-183-new-players-new-characters/ https://gnomestew.com/gnomecast-183-new-players-new-characters/#respond Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:00:15 +0000 https://gnomestew.com/?p=51940 http://misdirectedmark.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/GC_183_Newplayers_final.mp3

Ang, JT and Senda chat about the logistics of adding new players to your groups and new characters to your games.

Links:
Mythulu Cards
Xenolanguage
Coriolis: The Great Dark Kickstarter
Savage Worlds Science Fiction Companion Kickstarter

]]> https://gnomestew.com/gnomecast-183-new-players-new-characters/feed/ 0 Gnomecast 181 – Bridgett Jeffries, Community Coordinator https://gnomestew.com/gnomecast-181-bridgett-jeffries-community-coordinator/ https://gnomestew.com/gnomecast-181-bridgett-jeffries-community-coordinator/#respond Wed, 31 Jan 2024 12:00:56 +0000 https://gnomestew.com/?p=51879 http://misdirectedmark.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GC_181_Bridgett_Jeffries.mp3 Ang welcomes Bridgett Jeffries, Chaosium Community Coordinator to the Stew, where they talk about what that role means to the modern gaming community. Also, horror games and how our tastes change! Links: ]]> https://gnomestew.com/gnomecast-181-bridgett-jeffries-community-coordinator/feed/ 0 Gnomecast 180 – Meet a New Gnome – Josh Storey https://gnomestew.com/gnomecast-180-meet-a-new-gnome-josh-storey/ https://gnomestew.com/gnomecast-180-meet-a-new-gnome-josh-storey/#respond Wed, 17 Jan 2024 11:00:20 +0000 https://gnomestew.com/?p=51815 https://misdirectedmark.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/GC_180_JoshStorey_Final.mp3

In our first Gnomecast of 2024, Ang welcomes Josh Storey to the Stew! Links:

]]> https://gnomestew.com/gnomecast-180-meet-a-new-gnome-josh-storey/feed/ 0 Gnomecast 178 – Interview with Bryan Steele https://gnomestew.com/gnomecast-178-interview-with-bryan-steele/ https://gnomestew.com/gnomecast-178-interview-with-bryan-steele/#respond Wed, 06 Dec 2023 12:00:07 +0000 https://gnomestew.com/?p=51720 http://misdirectedmark.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/GC_178_BryanSteelInterview_Final.mp3 Ang has a chat with Bryan Steele about his work with Evil Genius Games and Everyday Heroes, along with all the other things he has been doing as a Professional Nerd for the last twenty-plus years.  ]]> https://gnomestew.com/gnomecast-178-interview-with-bryan-steele/feed/ 0