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Gaming on the Frontier podcast covers the gamut of roleplaying topics from how to handle time travel in your game, playing extreme characters, to topics that every GM ought to know.

Bruce Sheffer


    • Jun 2, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 849 EPISODES


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    Episode 778 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Dealing with the Fae part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2025 60:01


    This week we finish our discussion of how to navigate the treacherous waters of the Fey Realm.  How to bargain and how to leave with your future intact. 

    Episode 777 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Dealing with the Fae part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 26, 2025 48:01


    This week we discuss Fae social structure, Fae needs, and Fay bargains and how to not get crippled.

    Episode 776 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Choosing or Creating the Best Game System pt 4 ep 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2025 52:27


    This week we finally bring our meta discussion of how to create or choose the best game system for your game to a close.

    Episode 775 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Choosing or Creating the best game system part 4 ep 1

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2025 63:46


    This week we start our 4th and final section of the meta discussion of how to choose or create the best system for your game.

    Episode 774 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Witch Hunts part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2025 51:57


    This week we finish our discussion of why and how to add a witch hunt to your campaign regardless of the genre

    Episode 773 Gaming on the Frontier - Witch Hunts part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2025 53:42


    This week we define what is a witch hunt and how to add it as a dramatic element into your campaign

    Episode 772 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Building or Choosing the perfect system part 3-2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2025 39:41


    This week we finish part 3 of choosing or building the perfect game system for your game.

    Episode 771 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Building the Perfect System part 3-1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2025 73:24


    back again with more of how to create or choose the best system.  You can always modify it if you know what you want.

    Episode 770 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Favorite Villainous Races part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 51:12


    This week we complete our pitch to include our favorite villain races in your campaign

    Episode 769 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Favorite Villainous Races part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2025 50:11


    This week we continue to present our favorite villain races to test your players

    Episode 768 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Favorite Villainous Races Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2025 45:25


    This week we begin our survey of your hosts favorite villain races to test the players against.

    Episode 767 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Best Chosen or Created Game System 2 part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2025 45:09


    This week we continue to lay out the issues a gm faces when choosing the best game system for their game or even creating a new one.

    Episode 766 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Best Chosen or Created Game System 2 part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2025 49:27


    This week we continue to lay out the issues a gm faces when choosing the best game system for their game or even creating a new one.

    Episode 765 Gaming on the Frontier: Making the Perfect RPG System 1 part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 67:14


    We continue our discussion of how to choose or make the best rpg system

    Episode 764 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast: Making the Perfect RPG System 1 part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 47:15


    This week we begin a long examination of the factors that go into choosing or creating a game system for your campaign.

    Episode 763 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Supervillian Psych Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 46:27


    This week we wrap up our discussion of the face and mind of evil (EVIL I SAY) and how it differs from what drives the Superhero

    Episode 762 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Supervillian Psych part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2025 45:56


    This week we discuss what drives a supervillian and what makes them different from a superhero

    Episode 761 Gaming on the Frontier - Superhero Psych Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 50:11


    This week we finish our discussion of what torments lay in the mind of the superhero.

    Episode 760 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Superhero Psych part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 51:07


    This week we try to suss out why superheroes are different from the person on the street.  What goes through their minds?  What makes them Different.  Are they any different than supervillians?

    Episode 759 Gaming on the Frontier - Adding Kids and SOs to your Group part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 44:12


    this was a big topic so it took 3 weeks.  Hope you are still with us as we discuss the best ways to add Kids and significant others to your gaming group.

    Episode 758 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Adding Kids and SOs to your Group Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2025 54:40


    We continue to discuss your best options when adding kids and significant others to your gaming group

    Episode 757 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Adding Kids and SOs to your Gaming Group Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2025 49:09


    This week we begin our investigation on how to best include kids and significant others as active parts of your gaming group.  How does this change play?

    Episode 756 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Going Rogue Again for Christmas part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 62:02


    This week we continue our celebration of giving ourselves the greatest gift: Freedom.

    Episode 755 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Going Rogue Again for Christmas part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 61:13


    This week we celebrate Christmas with the best present: Freedom.

    Episode 754 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Stealing the best for your adventures part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2024 57:56


    This week we finish exhorting you to steal from the best and hope you actually do it.

    Episode 753 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Stealing the best for your adventures part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2024 59:50


    This week we exhort you to steal from the best to make your adventures awesome

    Episode 752 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Creating New Gods Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2024 60:19


    We draw a close on the sunset of the old gods and the dawn of the new ones.  

    Episode 751 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Creating New Gods Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2024 66:36


    So you want to make a new god?  Old ones not good enough for you, punk?  Well here's how to do it without looking like a newbie gm.  Part 1

    Episode 750 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Keeping Opponents Relevant Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 50:33


    this week we finish our saga of keeping the opponents introduced early in the campaign still have some teeth later.

    Episode 749 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Keeping Opponents Relevant Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 45:15


    This week we continue to say "Don't you hate when your best bad guy gets completely outclassed by the PC's when he used to stomp all over them".  We do too.  Here are some tips to keeping your opponents relevant for longer.

    Episode 748 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Keeping Opponents Relevant Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2024 43:56


    Don't you hate when your best bad guy gets completely outclassed by the PC's when he used to stomp all over them.  We do too.  Here are some tips to keeping your opponents relevant for longer.

    Episode 747 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Managing Overpowered PCs Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2024 63:58


    This week we finish our delve into how to control those characters that start of fine but grow to be so powerful that they seem to overwhelm any narrative and challenge you create.

    Episode 746 Gaming on the Frontier - Managing Overpowered PCs Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 60:24


    This week we delve into how to control those characters that start of fine but grow to be so powerful that they seem to overwhelm any narrative and challenge you create.

    Episode 745 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Space Game 3 part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2024 48:01


    This week we finish our design session of our new space rpg and get ready to alpha test it.

    Episode 744 Gaming on the Frontier - Space Game 3 part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2024 47:11


    This week we finish up on the design of our new interplanetary space game and submit it to Jonathan for approval

    Episode 743 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Horror in SciFi part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2024 59:12


    this week we conclude with more tips to terrify the PC's

    Episode 742 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Horror in SciFi part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2024 62:29


    This week we get into the nitty gritty of how to scare the PC's in a SF game

    Episode 741 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Essential Indices and module components part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2024 60:28


    Wow, what a mouthful.  We wanted to re-iterate how essential a good index is in a module as well as the game manual.  Following that we talk about what should be in each game supplement so the GM has what she needs to do her job.

    Episode 740 Gaming on the Frontier Essential Indicies and Module Components pt 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2024 59:33


    Wow, what a mouthful.  We wanted to re-iterate how essential a good index is in a module as well as the game manual.  Following that we talk about what should be in each game supplement so the GM has what she needs to do her job.

    Episode 739 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Improved Supernatural Landscapes part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 60:42


    This wee we examine how to add complexity, logic, and cohesion to your supernatural adventures.

    Episode 738 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Improved Supernatural Landscapes part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2024 45:49


    This week we talk about enriching and adding complexity to your supernatural rpg adventures to add cohesion and provide adventure hooks for later.

    Episode 737 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Essential Game Manual Components pt 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 55:24


    This week we finish our discussion of what has to be in the game manual for it to be a success but we still have to cover Game Supplements as well so keep tuning in.

    Episode 736 Gaming on the Frontier: Essential Game Manual Components pt 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2024 7:24


    This week we begin to set in stone the most essential components that must be in a game manual for the rpg to be a success.

    Episode 735 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - What works 2 part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2024 72:14


    This week we return to showing what tactics work and don't in good storytelling and adventure design.  Thinks to do and avoid.  Thing 1 and Thing 2 here is a list of episode names and some links to make finding the episode you want easier   https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-uMLUq0UzDKo5HSoMT9Rx5DjfDFqhY4nm4yEEU42a5U/edit?usp=drive_link

    Episode 734 Gaming on the Frontier - What Works 2 part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2024 58:24


    This week we return to showing what tactics work and don't in good storytelling and adventure design.  Thinks to do and avoid.  Thing 1 and Thing 2   here is a list of episode names and some links to make finding the episode you want easier   https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-uMLUq0UzDKo5HSoMT9Rx5DjfDFqhY4nm4yEEU42a5U/edit?usp=drive_link

    Episode 733 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Anthropomorphic RPGs part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2024 62:34


    This week we concentrate on the nuances of your Human Like beast characters and how to integrate them well into your game play.

    Episode 732 - Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Anthropomorphic RPGs Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2024 60:52


    Want to play a character that is more animal than human?  Want to do it right?  Listen as we discuss what makes these characters real and fun to play

    Episode 731 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Space Game 2 part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2024 64:28


    This week we finish Jonathan's update on the development of the Space Game for the other hosts to play.  This week, there is lots of information about the ships, equipment, and what our characters can do.   here is a list of our episodes for easy searching https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-uMLUq0UzDKo5HSoMT9Rx5DjfDFqhY4nm4yEEU42a5U/edit?usp=sharing

    Episode 730 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Space Game 2 pt 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2024 64:05


    This week we return to the space game our host Jonathan is developing for our hosts to play.  He tells us what game system and important information about the setting for our characters.  Trav and I are very eager to play this.   Here is a list of our episodes for easy searching https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-uMLUq0UzDKo5HSoMT9Rx5DjfDFqhY4nm4yEEU42a5U/edit?usp=sharing

    Episode 729 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast: Being the best you can be part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 24, 2024 69:38


    This week we finish our discussion of the issues that come up during character generation and how to surpass them.   here is a list of our episodes for easy searching https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-uMLUq0UzDKo5HSoMT9Rx5DjfDFqhY4nm4yEEU42a5U/edit?usp=sharing  

    Episode 728 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast: Being the Best You Can Be part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2024 64:04


    This week we our new host Kerrie explores how you can take the blinders off during character generation and make the character you really want to play   here is a list of our episodes for easy searching https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-uMLUq0UzDKo5HSoMT9Rx5DjfDFqhY4nm4yEEU42a5U/edit?usp=sharing

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