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A podcast dedicated to the Mayfair Games DC Heroes Role Playing Game! Hosted by The Irredeemable Shag and Siskoid! Part of the Fire and Water Podcast Network!

The Irredeemable Shag and Siskoid


    • Jul 16, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 17m AVG DURATION
    • 35 EPISODES


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    Let's Roll: GURPS Swashbucklers/Deadlands

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2024 71:06


    Let's Roll covers the END of Siskoid's Shiftworld campaign using GURPS Swashbucklers and GURPS Deadlands, in this case, with his players Pout and Bébert joining him for one last discussion. And there was much rejoicing, probably. Plus, GameMaster Advice about how to quickly and efficiently craft large casts of Non-Player Characters! Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Subscribe via Apple at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-roll-fire-and-waters-role-playing-podcast/id1078162750 or Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/0eCs23TGRRrHTzLbxvWwoR Leave us a comment, we'll roll with the punches!

    Hero Points: Come on Down!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2024 89:33


    Hero Points is back! Siskoid and Shag present another Hero Points/JLI Bwah-Ha-Ha Podcast crossover by covering "Come on Down", an adventure module featuring Justice League Europe. To protect the League's secrets from reaching enemy hands, Justice League Europe must compete in an interstellar game show against the Forgotten Villains. Relevant images and credits in the Hero Points Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Subscribe via Apple at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-roll-fire-and-waters-role-playing-podcast/id1078162750 or Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/0eCs23TGRRrHTzLbxvWwoR Thanks for listening! Let's Roll!

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    Let's Roll: GURPS Greece/Space

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2023 80:50


    Let's Roll returns to Siskoid's Shiftworld campaign, as his players Pout and Bébert are once again invited to discuss this long-running GURPS game, this time focusing on GURPS Greece and GURPS Space, with a small detour through the Star Wars RPG - the theme shall be MYTHIC role-playing, yeah, that works. Plus, GameMaster Advice about how to run a space opera role-playing game! Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Subscribe via Apple at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-roll-fire-and-waters-role-playing-podcast/id1078162750 or Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/0eCs23TGRRrHTzLbxvWwoR Leave us a comment, we'll roll with the punches!

    Let's Roll: Marvel Universe

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2023 78:09


    In this episode, Siskoid and special guest Ryan Blake look at the Marvel Universe RPG, not to be confused with TSR's Marvel Super Heroes RPG, the Marvel Saga RPG, nor the Marvel Multiverse RPG... this is the one with the stones! All the deets on this funky little game which had a lot of people curious, plus GameMaster advice about aggro... oh, did someone get angry? Who fights who? Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Subscribe via Apple Podcasts at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-roll-fire-and-waters-role-playing-podcast/id1078162750 or Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/0eCs23TGRRrHTzLbxvWwoR Leave us a comment, we'll roll with the punches!

    Let's Roll: GURPS Time Travel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2023 69:08


    Siskoid and special guest Pout Ouellet discuss yet another chapter of their Shiftworld campaign by addressing time travel in gaming, and how GURPS specifically deals with what can be a difficult genre. Plus, GameMaster Advice on that very topic. Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Subscribe via Apple Podcasts at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-roll-fire-and-waters-role-playing-podcast/id1078162750 or Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/0eCs23TGRRrHTzLbxvWwoR Leave us a comment, we'll roll with the punches!

    Let's Roll: Call of Cthulhu

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2023 73:38


    Siskoid and special guest Ian Fletcher walk a dark path and discuss the classic Call of Cthulhu role-playing game originated by Chaosium Games. It's all about horror, cosmic, existential and otherwise, right down to the GameMaster Advice column. Hold on to your sanity, investigators, it's going to be a terrifying ride! Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Subscribe via Apple Podcasts at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-roll-fire-and-waters-role-playing-podcast/id1078162750 or Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/0eCs23TGRRrHTzLbxvWwoR Leave us a comment, we'll roll with the punches!

    Let's Roll: James Bond 007

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2023 68:53


    Let's Roll: GURPS Steampunk/Vikings

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2023 58:52


    Let's Roll: AD&D Planescape

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2022 64:05


    Siskoid welcomes back Jonathan Schaefer-Hames to discuss what stands as both gamers' favorite D&D setting of all time - Planescape! From the City of Doors, your philosophers with clubs travel the wide, magical multiverse in this critical darling of the AD&D 2nd edition era. And in the GameMaster's Advice segment, Siskoid talks about in-universe information services and how they can be deployed to enhance any number of campaigns. Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Subscribe via Apple Podcasts at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-roll-fire-and-waters-role-playing-podcast/id1078162750 or Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/0eCs23TGRRrHTzLbxvWwoR Leave us a comment, we'll roll with the punches!

    Hero Points: When a Stranger Calls

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2022 81:17


    Hero Points is back! (How do you feel about an annual engagement on the Let's Roll feed?) Shag and Siskoid are in fact doing a Hero Points/JLI Bwa-Ha-Ha Podcast crossover by covering When a Stranger Calls, an adventure module set sometime before JLI #12. Can Dr. Fate and the rest of the team put a stop to Wotan's newest scheme? Relevant images and credits in the Hero Points Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Subscribe via Apple Podcasts at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-roll-fire-and-waters-role-playing-podcast/id1078162750 or Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/0eCs23TGRRrHTzLbxvWwoR Thanks for listening! Let's Roll!

    Let's Roll: GURPS Mecha

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2022 55:12


    Chapter 5 of Siskoid's GURPS Shftworld campaign feature GURPS Mecha, the game of giant robots and anime action! To discuss this game and Mecha/anime role-playing opportunities, he welcomes back to the show his players Daniel "Pout" Ouellet and Alexandre "Beb" Hébert. It all leads to a GameMaster's Advice column about dice rolling! Ready to roll yourselves? Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Subscribe via Apple Podcasts at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-roll-fire-and-waters-role-playing-podcast/id1078162750 or Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/0eCs23TGRRrHTzLbxvWwoR Leave us a comment, we'll roll with the punches!

    Let's Roll: Spelljammer

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2022 58:57


    Part 2 of Let's Roll's look at the greatest Dungeons & Dragons settings has Siskoid and special guest Fred Melanson talk about Spelljammer, AD&D's Adventures in Space! How does THAT work? And ultimately, what made the game line fail? Plus, how to create your own genre mash-ups, in the GameMaster Advice column. Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Subscribe via Apple Podcasts at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-roll-fire-and-waters-role-playing-podcast/id1078162750 or Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/0eCs23TGRRrHTzLbxvWwoR Leave us a comment, we'll roll with the punches!

    Let's Roll: Hong Kong Action Theatre!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2022 78:07


    Siskoid and special guest Furn go 10 years back in time to when they were playing Hong Kong Action Theatre! (or HKAT, 2nd edition) on a kung fu fightin', gun fun shootin', wire fu flyin' episode of Let's Roll! Action film emulation! Actors taking on roles! Martial arts madness! Order out for dumplings and grab the edge of your seat for some role-playing podcast action! (Depending on what you're doing while you listen.) And in the GameMaster Advice column, Siskoid discusses Cinematic Points! with an exclamation point! Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Subscribe via Apple Podcasts at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-roll-fire-and-waters-role-playing-podcast/id1078162750 or Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/0eCs23TGRRrHTzLbxvWwoR Leave us a comment, we'll roll with the punches!

    Let's Roll: GURPS Mars/Ice Age

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2022 58:47


    Chapters 3 and 4 of Siskoid's GURPS Shftworld campaign feature GURPS Mars and GURPS Ice Age (yes, cavemen), which are similar in a number of ways. To discuss these games and their role-playing opportunities, he welcomes back to the show his players Daniel "Pout" Ouellet and Alexandre "Beb" Hébert. It's also a good avenue to talk about how a GameMaster can surprise his or her players. Ready to roll? Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Subscribe via Apple Podcasts at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-roll-fire-and-waters-role-playing-podcast/id1078162750 or Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/0eCs23TGRRrHTzLbxvWwoR Leave us a comment, we'll roll with the punches!

    Let's Roll: Forgotten Realms

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021 61:52


    Siskoid has finally bowed down to public pressure and produced an episode about Dungeons & Dragons. But it's too big a topic, so he and his guests, fellow DungeonMasters Fred Melanson and Jonathan Schaefer-Hames, are drilling down into the specifics of D&D's default setting - the Forgotten Realms! What's so great about this world and why has it become THE choice of sword & sorcery adventuring? Plus, GameMaster advice and your feedback from our previous episode. Let's Roll... NOW ON ITS OWN FEED! Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Subscribe via Apple Podcasts at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-roll-fire-and-waters-role-playing-podcast/id1078162750 or Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/0eCs23TGRRrHTzLbxvWwoR Leave us a comment, we'll roll with the punches!

    Let's Roll: Pendragon

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2021 74:28


    For the first time, Let's Roll discusses a role-playing game Siskoid has never played. He OWNS a copy of Pendragon, the role-playing game of Arthurian romance, but has never managed to get a game together. Not so his guest, Gene Hendricks, who HAS played and Gamemastered Pendragon a lot. A CamaLOT. Let's Roll... NOW ON ITS OWN FEED! Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Subscribe via Apple Podcasts at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-roll-fire-and-waters-role-playing-podcast/id1078162750 or Spotify at https://open.spotify.com/show/0eCs23TGRRrHTzLbxvWwoR Leave us a comment, we'll roll with the punches!

    Let's Roll: GURPS Autoduel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2021 64:18


    GURPS Autoduel is the role-playing setting for Steve Jackson Games' once-popular wargame, Car Wars, and also chapter two of the Shiftworld campaign Siskoid ran back in the early aughts. He welcomes back to the show Daniel "Pout" Ouellet and Alexandre "Beb" Hébert to the the show to talk about the world of autoduelling and how to insert other types of games into your RPG. Ready to roll? Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Subscribe via iTunes as part of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-fire-and-water-podcast/id463855630 Leave us a comment, we'll roll with the punches!

    Let's Roll: Stupor Powers!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 84:00


    Last Christmas, Siskoid played Stupor Powers! The First-Class Role-Playing Game for Third-Rate Heroes with a group of players. Now, Siskoid welcomes the game's co-designer and comics pro Steve Ellis (Only Living Girl, High Moon) to the Fire and Water studios to discuss the genesis of the game and more besides. Then, Siskoid talks about where prospective GameMasters (of any game) can START in our GM Advice column (plus you feedback on the previous episode). Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Subscribe via iTunes as part of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-fire-and-water-podcast/id463855630 Leave us a comment, we'll roll with the punches!

    Let's Roll: GURPS Black Ops

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2021 51:32


    GURPS again? Yes, well, it's quite versatile. And with GURPS Black Ops/Warehouse 23, Men in Black as if directed by John Woo, we certainly tested its limits on the cinematic side of things. Players Chalif and Fred discuss their experience with GameMaster Siskoid on this short, but high-octane campaign. Then, Siskoid talks about creating diceless moments for players in out GM Advice column. Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Subscribe via iTunes as part of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-fire-and-water-podcast/id463855630 Leave us a comment, we'll roll with the punches!

    Let's Roll: Dream Park

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2021 74:39


    Dream Park - it's a series of novels by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes ABOUT the future of role-playing, and then turned INTO a postmodern role-playing game by R. Talsorian Games. Siskoid not only ran this game for years, but also modified it considerably to suit his purposes. He re-invited one of his key players, Daniel "Pout" Ouellet, to discuss the experience of playing a player put through his paces by a GameMaster played by a GameMaster. It gets META! Plus, our GameMaster Advice column, and your feedback from the previous episode. Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Subscribe via iTunes as part of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-fire-and-water-podcast/id463855630 Leave us a comment, we'll roll with the punches!

    Let's Roll: GURPS Old West

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2020 66:19


    Next up on Let's Roll, Siskoid and his players Daniel Ouellet and Alexandre Hébert discuss GURPS Old West, where the latter two played brothers, and Siskoid started a cross-genre story that is sure to get more play on future episodes. But for now, what is GURPS? How do you role-play a western? And in the GameMaster Advice column, how much should you plan, and how much can you improvise? Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Subscribe via iTunes as part of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-fire-and-water-podcast/id463855630 Leave us a comment, we'll roll with the punches!

    Let's Roll: Savage Worlds - Evernight

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 49:05


    Spinning out of Hero Points, it's the debut of FW Presents: Let's Roll, the show that looks at OTHER role-playing games. In this case, GameMaster Siskoid invites two old friends, Marty and Chalif, to talk about the Savage Worlds Evernight campaign they played a decade ago. What made that story so special? What are the basics of the Savage Worlds system and of the Evernight setting? And what universal lessons can be gleaned from the experience? Plus, Siskoid lends some GameMaster advice about party traditions! Relevant images and credits in the Let's Roll Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Subscribe via iTunes as part of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-fire-and-water-podcast/id463855630 Leave us a comment, we'll roll with the punches!

    Hero Points: The Live Role-Playing Session

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2020 121:31


    You asked for it! One of the Fire and Water Podcast Network's Patreon stretch goals was for us to finally pull the trigger on a live (well, live-to-tape) DC Heroes role-playing session with Network hosts and guests taking the roles of superheroes they are associated with. A long time in the making (and even longer in the asking), GameMaster Siskoid sits across from the virtual gaming table from players Shagg, Chris Franklin, Bass and David Gallaher and runs the Bwa-ha-ha JLI introductory adventure from the 2nd edition boxed set, "Exposed"! But who's playing who? For that, you have to listen! Check out the image gallery for the character sheets and more! Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content? Leave comments on our HERO POINTS website - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/heropoints9/ Images from this episode - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/heropoints11-images/ E-mail - firewaterpodcast@comcast.net WRITEUPS.org - http://www.writeups.org/ MEGS DC Heroes RPG Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/MEGSDCHEROES/ Subscribe via iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dc-rpg-the-hero-points-podcast/id1078162750 This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online - #FWPodcasts Please consider supporting us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Thanks for listening! Let's Roll!

    Hero Points Character Profile: Batman

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2019 88:08


    Siskoid sits down with KnightCast's Chris Franklin to compare Batman's DC Heroes RPG stats and his portrayal in the comics. A flagship character like that, surely Mayfair Games got it right! We ask an expert to make sure! Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content? Leave comments on our HERO POINTS website - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/heropoints9/ Images from this episode - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/heropoints11-images/ E-mail - firewaterpodcast@comcast.net WRITEUPS.org - http://www.writeups.org/ MEGS DC Heroes RPG Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/MEGSDCHEROES/ Subscribe via iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dc-rpg-the-hero-points-podcast/id1078162750 This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online - #FWPodcasts Please consider supporting us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Thanks for listening! Let's Roll!

    The Hero Points Podcast: Dream Machine

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2019 63:21


    GameMasters Siskoid and David Gallaher discuss the 1986 DC Heroes adventure module Dream Machine, by Mark Acres, starring the one and only Joker. Can the New Teen Titans or Your Own Heroes defeat him and their worst nightmares? It's an unusual adventure we think can be adapted for a variety of games. Check it out. (The Hero Points Podcast is in no way affiliated with the upcoming Joker movie, but we're opportunists.) Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content? Leave comments on our HERO POINTS website - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/heropoints9/ Images from this episode - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/heropoints10-images/ E-mail - firewaterpodcast@comcast.net WRITEUPS.org - http://www.writeups.org/ MEGS DC Heroes RPG Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/MEGSDCHEROES/ Subscribe via iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dc-rpg-the-hero-points-podcast/id1078162750 This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online - #FWPodcasts Please consider supporting us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Thanks for listening! Let's Roll!

    Hero Points Character Profiles: The Power of Fishnets

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2019 58:02


    Siskoid sits down with The Power of Fishnets' Ryan Daly to compare Black Canary and Zatanna's DC Heroes RPG stats and their portrayal in the comics. Two very different characters, except in terms of fashion. Did Mayfair Games get them right? We ask an expert! Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content? Leave comments on our HERO POINTS website - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/heropoints9/ Images from this episode - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/heropoints9-images/ E-mail - firewaterpodcast@comcast.net WRITEUPS.org - http://www.writeups.org/ MEGS DC Heroes RPG Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/MEGSDCHEROES/ Subscribe via iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dc-rpg-the-hero-points-podcast/id1078162750 This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online - #FWPodcasts Please consider supporting us on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/fwpodcasts Thanks for listening! Let's Roll!

    FW Presents: Find Your Joy: Grimtooth's Traps Too

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2019 9:06


    Siskoid finds his joy when his 11-year-old self buys his first role-playing manual, Grimtooth's Traps Too. What is it? How did it change his life? How did it later intersect his life? And most importantly, how did it help him find his joy? All relevant images in the FWP Supplemental. This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK Visit our WEBSITE: http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/ Follow us on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online: #FWPodcasts Subscribe via iTunes as part of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST: http://itunes.apple.com/podcast/the-fire-and-water-podcast/id463855630 Thanks for leaving a comment!

    DC RPG: The Hero Points Podcast, Episode 8 - GameMaster Advice

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2018 40:32


    Siskoid takes the reigns of the show to dole out GameMaster advice, house rules and campaign inspiration for superhero-themed roleplaying in this bonus episode of Hero Points. Whatever game you're using, we hope you'll find something of interest here. Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content? Leave comments on our HERO POINTS website - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/heropoints8/ E-mail - firewaterpodcast@comcast.net WRITEUPS.org - http://www.writeups.org/ MEGS DC Heroes RPG Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/MEGSDCHEROES/ Subscribe via iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dc-rpg-the-hero-points-podcast/id1078162750 This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online - #FWPodcasts Thanks for listening! Let's roll!

    DC RPG: The Hero Points Podcast, Episode 7: Don't Ask!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2018 84:13


    Siskoid and Shagg finally live their dream and discuss the Ambush Bug adventure module for Mayfair Games' DC Heroes role-playing game, Don't Ask! by Scott Jenkins. You will believe a man can run a humorous superhero game! And if you don't, we'll go over to your house and break all your furniture! (Please send airplane tickets to make this happen.) Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content? Leave comments on our HERO POINTS website - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/heropoints7/ Images from this episode - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/heropoints7-images/ E-mail - firewaterpodcast@comcast.net WRITEUPS.org - http://www.writeups.org/ MEGS DC Heroes RPG Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/MEGSDCHEROES/ Subscribe via iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dc-rpg-the-hero-points-podcast/id1078162750 This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online - #FWPodcasts Thanks for listening! Let's Roll!

    DC RPG: The Hero Points Podcast, Episode 6 - Green Ronin's DC Adventures RPG

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2017 112:11


    When this show started, we said it wouldn't just be Mayfair's DC Heroes RPG, that other systems would get covered. So the Lonely Hearts' Furn joins Siskoid to discuss the most recent DCU role-playing game, Green Ronin's DC Adventures, and the two DCAdv campaigns they were in together. Then, Shagg returns to read your feedback for episodes 4 and 5! Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content? Leave comments on our HERO POINTS website - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/heropoints6/ Images from this episode - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/heropoints6-images/ E-mail - firewaterpodcast@comcast.net WRITEUPS.org - http://www.writeups.org/ MEGS DC Heroes RPG Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/MEGSDCHEROES/ Subscribe via iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dc-rpg-the-hero-points-podcast/id1078162750 This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online - #FWPodcasts Thanks for listening! Let's Roll!

    DC RPG: The Hero Points Podcast, Episode 5 - MEGS vs. FASERIP

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2017 129:08


    Which is better? Mayfair's DC Heroes RPG or the TSR's Marvel Super-Heroes RPG? In this crossover of sorts with Pulp2Pixel Podcasts' Dial G for Gamer, DC MEGS supporters Shagg and Siskoid debate the finer points of each game with Marvel FASERIP super-fans Only Living Boy's David Gallaher and Pulp2Pixel's Dr. G, Man of Nerdology. It's a battle of systems, character modeling and product quality the only way it can be fought: With a podcast and lots of ribbing! Guaranteed: 12 APs of Monstrous content! Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content? Leave comments on our HERO POINTS website - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/heropoints5/ Images from this episode - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/hero-points-05images/ E-mail - firewaterpodcast@comcast.net DIAL G FOR GAMER - http://pulp2pixel.blogspot.ca/2016/10/episode-048-dial-g-for-gamer-03-marvel.html David Gallaher on Twitter: @DavidGallaher David Gallaher's page on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Davidstrss-Gallaher/e/B00JQW2N0I SISKOID'S BLOG OF GEEKERY - http://siskoid.blogspot.com WRITEUPS.org - http://www.writeups.org/ MEGS DC Heroes RPG Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/MEGSDCHEROES/ Subscribe via iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dc-rpg-the-hero-points-podcast/id1078162750 This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online - #FWPodcasts Thanks for listening! Let's Roll!

    DC RPG: The Hero Points Podcast, Episode 4 - Justice League Sourcebook

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2017 152:42


    For Siskoid, it's the fourth episode of the Hero Points Podcast. For Shag, it's also episode 10½ of the Justice League International: Bwah-Ha-Ha Podcast. For you see, the guys cover the Justice League Sourcebook from Mayfair Games' DC Heroes RPG. Every member of the Justice League, whether of America, Detroit, International, America again, Europe, or Antarctica, plus many of their friends, enemies, HQs, gadgets and constitutional documents (you read that right). Get your credentials from Maxwell Lord's office and don't forget to bring your sense of humor... Plus, your feedback from, like, a year ago! It's just like time travel! Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content? Leave comments on our HERO POINTS website - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/heropoints4/ Images from this episode - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/hero-points-04images/ E-mail - firewaterpodcast@comcast.net JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL: BWAH-HA-HA PODCAST - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/jli SISKOID'S BLOG OF GEEKERY - http://siskoid.blogspot.com WRITEUPS.org - http://www.writeups.org/ MEGS DC Heroes RPG Facebook group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/MEGSDCHEROES/ Subscribe via iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dc-rpg-the-hero-points-podcast/id1078162750 This episode brought to you by InStockTrades - http://instocktrades.com This podcast is a proud member of the FIRE AND WATER PODCAST NETWORK: Visit the Fire & Water WEBSITE - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com Follow Fire & Water on TWITTER - https://twitter.com/FWPodcasts Like our Fire & Water FACEBOOK page - https://www.facebook.com/FWPodcastNetwork Use our HASHTAG online - #FWPodcasts Thanks for listening! Let's Roll!

    DC RPG: The Hero Points Podcast, Episode 3 - Introductory Adventure Modules

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2016 91:29


    The third episode of our HERO POINTS PODCAST -- the show that tackles role-playing games set in the DC Universe! This time around Shag and Siskoid chat about favorite introductory adventure modules! We recap and discuss Mayfair Games "Project Prometheus" and "The Doomsday Program". Finally, we wrap up the show with your Listener Feedback! Check out images from this episode including scans from these modules - http://fireandwaterpodcast.com/podcast/hero-points-03images/ Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content? FIRESTORM FAN - http://firestormfan.com SISKOID'S BLOG OF GEEKERY - http://siskoid.blogspot.com LONELY HEARTS ROMANCE COMICS PODCAST - https://lonelyheartspodcast.wordpress.com THE AQUAMAN SHRINE - http://www.aquamanshrine.net or send us an E-MAIL: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net Subscribe via iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dc-rpg-the-hero-points-podcast/id1078162750 This episode brought to you by InStockTrades - http://instocktrades.com Thanks for listening! Let's Roll!

    DC RPG: The Hero Points Podcast, Episode 2 - The Atlas of the DC Universe

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2014 118:49


    The second episode of our HERO POINTS PODCAST -- the show that tackles role-playing games set in the DC Universe! This time around Shag and Siskoid chat about THE ATLAS OF THE DC UNIVERSE, from Mayfair Games released in 1990. First, we interview comics legend and author of the Atlas, Paul Kupperberg. Then, we provide an overview of the Atlas pointing out some favorite bits. Finally, we wrap up the show with your Listener Feedback! Be sure to check out our Tumblr site for scans from the Atlas: http://fireandwaterpodcast.tumblr.com! Have a question or comment? Looking for more great content? FIRESTORM FAN: http://firestormfan.com SISKOID'S BLOG OF GEEKERY: http://siskoid.blogspot.com PAUL KUPPERBERG'S WEBSITE: http://paulkupperberg.com THE CHARLTON ARROW: http://morttodd.com/charlton.html THE AQUAMAN SHRINE: http://www.aquamanshrine.net E-mail: firewaterpodcast@comcast.net Online Atlas of the DC Universe: http://www.karridian.net/dcatlas.html This episode brought to you by InStockTrades: http://instocktrades.com Subscribe via iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dc-rpg-the-hero-points-podcast/id1078162750 Thanks for listening! Let's roll!

    DC RPG: The Hero Points Podcast, Episode 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2013 118:05


    The inaugural episode of our HERO POINTS podcast -- the show that tackles role-playing games set in the DC Universe! This time around Shag and Siskoid chat about DC HEROES ROLE-PLAYING GAME, the first edition box set from Mayfair Games released in 1985. Future episodes will be released occasionally and will examine various products from DC's long history of role-playing games. Be sure to check out our Tumblr site for a few scans from this RPG: FireandWaterPodcast.Tumblr.com! Leave a comment on our sites: FIRESTORM FAN - http://firestormfan.com SISKOID'S BLOG OF GEEKERY - http://siskoid.blogspot.com THE AQUAMAN SHRINE -http://www.aquamanshrine.com FIRE AND WATER PODCAST TUMBLR -http://fireandwaterpodcast.tumblr.com Have a question or comment? Drop us a line at firewaterpodcast@comcast.net Be sure to visit Writeups.org for an impressive collection of character stats developed by the DC-Heroes Yahoo Group. Also, be sure to check out Siskoid’s own DC Heroes write-ups (circa 2001)! Subscribe via iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/dc-rpg-the-hero-points-podcast/id1078162750 Thanks for listening! Let's roll!

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