High Level Games Podcast

Here at HLG, we support small, independent content creators trying to get ahead. And one of the best is PAN, the Pagan Angel Network, a fantastic horror/rpg/being awesome podcast that, if you are a fan of those kinds of genres or games, you should become a fan of them! They are starting a Patreon, and we would love it if you would be able to give them a bit of love! Don't just take my word for it, listen to the host and founder, Zachary: Hi, I'm Zach, a writer, veteran/survivor of the Hollywood entertainment industry, dogsitter, filthy K-pop stan, and English tutor. I love the horror genre, especially cosmic horror, and I love tabletop RPGs.   Since I started my podcast PAN, the Pagan Angel Network, in 2017, it has essentially been an unpaid part-time job for me. I have released 141 episodes across 10 different series, involving talent from all across the country. PAN's episodes have been downloaded a thousand times over the previous month alone. And now, we have launched a Patreon: patreon.com/paganangelnetwork If you are able, please consider pledging your support for a month or longer! Patreon is the best way for artists and creators to get sustainable income and connect with their fans. In these uncertain times, we really need what creators and artists give to the world. Supporting a creator on Patreon is quick and easy: - You can become a supporter of PAN for as little as $3 a month. - Supporters at even the lowest payment tier receive full perks and benefits. - Right now, supporters can access deleted scenes and behind-the scenes development material from the Stygian Viziers and listen to the first episode of our next series a week early. Thank you for considering this way to support me and the tabletop gaming hobby.

Episode 8 of the new High Level Games podcast is the next in our ongoing show focused on looking at various settings of various game lines. We start with the Ravenloft setting for Dungeons and Dragons and in this episode we talk about some of the religions of the setting. Come listen while we discuss faith in the darkness.  Come join the conversation on Twitch Wednesday nights at 8:30 PM UTC -5  Please follow all our shenanigans at www.highlevelgames.ca

Episode 7 of the new High Level Games podcast is the next in our ongoing show focused on looking at various settings of various game lines. We start with the Ravenloft setting for Dungeons and Dragons and in this episode we talk about Souragne. We tackle some of the difficult terrain of the realm but also revel in the undead horrors the realm presents! Come join the conversation on Twitch Wednesday nights at 8:30 PM UTC -5    Please follow all our shenanigans at www.highlevelgames.ca 

Episode 6 of the new High Level Games podcast is the first in our ongoing show focused on looking at various settings of various game lines. We start with the Ravenloft setting for Dungeons and Dragons and in this episode we talk about Forlorn. Don’t go out on the MOOOOOORRRSSSSSSS! There be ghosts in this here Loch. Please follow all our shenanigans at www.highlevelgames.ca

Episode 5 of the new High Level Games podcast is the first in our ongoing show focused on looking at various settings of various game lines. We start with the Ravenloft setting for Dungeons and Dragons and in this episode we talk about Kartakass. We really enjoyed this episode and enjoyed discussing Wolfweres and Harkon Lukas.   Please follow all our shenanigans at www.highlevelgames.ca 

Episode 4 of the new High Level Games podcast is the next installment in our ongoing show focused on looking at various settings of differing game lines. We start with the Ravenloft setting for Dungeons and Dragons and in this episode we talk about Falkovnia. This is our final episode on Dracula analogues. This is a hard domain to run a game in which we talk through and deconstruct… to death.   Please follow all our shenanigans at www.highlevelgames.ca

Episode 3 of the new High Level Games podcast is the first in our ongoing show focused on looking at various settings of various game lines. We start with the Ravenloft setting for Dungeons and Dragons and in this episode we talk about Dominia, Gundarak, and mental health and asylums in the pre-modern era. This episode doesn’t get graphic, but it does touch on this topic in some depth. This gothic horror setting is one of the best loved for D&D and after this episode we hope you’ll understand why! Please follow all our shenanigans at www.highlevelgames.ca

Episode 2 of the new High Level Games podcast is the first in our ongoing show focused on looking at various settings of various game lines. We start with the Ravenloft setting for Dungeons and Dragons and in this episode we talk about Lamordia and how it rips off Mary Shelly. This gothic horror setting is one of the best loved for D&D and after this episode we hope you’ll understand why! Please follow all our shenanigans at www.highlevelgames.ca

Episode 1 of the new High Level Games podcast is the first in our ongoing show focused on looking at various settings of various game lines. We start with the Ravenloft setting for Dungeons and Dragons. This gothic horror setting is one of the best loved for D&D and after this episode we hope you’ll understand why!   Please follow all our shenanigans at www.highlevelgames.ca 

Three heroes from the Kingdom of Pugmire and the Monarchies of Mau head out to save the lands from the machinations of the mad and the horrors of the Unseen! Josh Heath as the GM David Horwitz as Nerma Javona Love Pepin as Princess Yosha Philip Pepin as Spike  Part 4 of 4 Picture Reference: ​http://theonyxpath.com/appendix-p-realms-of-pugmire/ ​

Three heroes from the Kingdom of Pugmire and the Monarchies of Mau head out to save the lands from the machinations of the mad and the horrors of the Unseen! Josh Heath as the GM David Horwitz as Nerma Javona Love Pepin as Princess Yosha Philip Pepin as Spike  Part 3 of 4 Picture Reference: ​http://theonyxpath.com/appendix-p-realms-of-pugmire/ 

Three heroes from the Kingdom of Pugmire and the Monarchies of Mau head out to save the lands from the machinations of the mad and the horrors of the Unseen! Josh Heath as the GM David Horwitz as Nerma Javona Love Pepin as Princess Yosha Philip Pepin as Spike  Part 2 of 4 Picture Reference: ​http://theonyxpath.com/appendix-p-realms-of-pugmire/ 

Three heroes from the Kingdom of Pugmire and the Monarchies of Mau head out to save the lands from the machinations of the mad and the horrors of the Unseen!   Josh Heath as the GM David Horwitz as Nerma Javona Love Pepin as Princess Yosha Philip Pepin as Spike    Part 1 of 4  

Josh Heath sat down with the creators of A COG in the Machine to talk about their new blockbuster larp Eskhaton, which is coming to Providence, RI in April of 2019. Take a listen to learn more about the the cosmic horror in this game with themes similar to the Lovecraftian Mythos, set in the hometown of the creator of that mythos. The venue is on the beach, and has all kinds of elements that make it perfect for the immersive experience Ken, Garrett, and Tyler have developed.  Check out their event here!

Short interview with the creators of Real Royalty about their next run of that epic fantasy larp and their amazing game Kindling, recorded at HLG Con.

Join High Level Games for a playtest of Hero Builder, a new tabletop game using the tried and true d20 system, but with a huge range of customization. Our heroes form an intergalactic super group dedicated to keeping the peace and getting paid, and things get crazy really quickly! Each character was designed with the help of the game's creator and our GM, Thomas of the Table Candle team.    Hero Builder is currently available for sale as a PDF on DriveThruRPG for US$15.00.

There’s a diplomatic function aboard the USS Bonaventure. The crew meet and mingle with some of the system’s most irritating and disturbing personalities, while being required to maintain a polite and friendly demeanor. Afterwards, a spatial anomaly occurs!

An accident occurs while vital cargo is being unloaded from the USS Bonaventure to Starbase 117. The Starbase crew take over handling the remaining cargo, and shore-leave is cut short. Upon arriving at Castoria, the crew prepares for an upcoming diplomatic function.

The crew of the USS Bonaventure, survivors of Wolf 359, reunite for a 5 year mission to the planet Castoria, a recent addition to the United Federation of Planets. Along the way the Bonaventure stops at Starbase 117 on the edge of the Shackleton Expanse. Shenanigans ensue.

High Level Games is proud to present the first episode of our newest series! Introducing Star Trek Adventure! We have been streaming the gaming sessions as they happen but this podcast is a fully produced and edited version. We hope you enjoy it! During a battle with the Borg in Wolf 359, the USS Saratoga is utterly destroyed with many of the crew perishing. Years later, survivors of that fateful encounter are reunited to serve on the USS Bonaventure.

In this amazing episode of Leveling UP, Quinn and Josh discuss level mechanics and experience points. They also talk a lot about hilarious characters and flaws, and the design goals behind why stuff does what it does in RPGs! You can also learn more about HLG Con and the products we are producing for your games!

Sean Patrick Fannon has been involved in the RPG community for several decades. He sat down with Quinn and Josh to discuss bringing in new players to the community and how to mentor them at the table. The discussion then shifts to discussing mentoring new creators and making positive changes to the gaming community. Evil Beagle Games commits to ensuring more voices are heard and being open to inclusive products. Quinn also takes a few good natured shots at Star Wars fans.

This is part thirty five of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain.  In this, the final episode of The Aether Sea by High Level Games, the crew of the Free Ship Liberty tries to take on the general who has been taking their people from free town in a final confrontation. Will him and his minions kill the crew or will the crew prevail? What crazy weapon will Gril find to use this time, and how long will Captain Fletcher talk to people while everyone else fights his battle? TUNE IN TO FIND OUT! We would like to thank everyone for listening to our Aether Sea actual play episodes. It has been a lot of fun to play it, and we hope that you enjoyed listening to it as much as we enjoyed creating it. Thanks for being with us through this, and we hope you will join us for our upcoming Star Trek actual play! After the Homeworld was ruined by magical warfare, dwarves, elves, goblins, humans and trolls have left it to seek their fortune among the stars.  We play a small crew of misfits just trying to keep their ship running and their mouths fed in the vast Aether Sea.  Our crew inhabits a rich, high-fantasy universe of magic-powered sailing ships, steampunk gadgets, interstellar travel, intrigue, and good old piracy.  Aether Sea - A World of Adventure for Fate Core was written by Ed Turner.

In Episode 2 of our daring second season, Quinn and Josh talk with Fay Onyx of Writing Alchemy about Making Gaming Accessible. Together they discuss Unfamiliar Heroes, Magic Goes Awry (with Owlbear Rescues), and about ways to ensure our game tables are accessible in every way to a diverse group of players. There was also mention of post-apocalytic Muppet Babies, and if that isn’t your thing… well… I’m not sure why you listen to our podcast. Lasers and Feelings is discussed: http://www.onesevendesign.com/laserfeelings/   And Monsterhearts 2.   This is a fun filled episode.

This is part thirty four of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain.  The crew continue the battle with the General's minions with the help of their new ally. They convinced a goblin to switch sides with talks of freedom! The general is getting away, but Gril is hot on his heels as the crew tries to mop up his lieutenants.  After the Homeworld was ruined by magical warfare, dwarves, elves, goblins, humans and trolls have left it to seek their fortune among the stars.  We play a small crew of misfits just trying to keep their ship running and their mouths fed in the vast Aether Sea.  Our crew inhabits a rich, high-fantasy universe of magic-powered sailing ships, steampunk gadgets, interstellar travel, intrigue, and good old piracy.  Aether Sea - A World of Adventure for Fate Core was written by Ed Turner.

This is part thirty three of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain.  The crew are taken to meet the General of the group that have taken their people away from Freetown. The General refuses to recognize their authority and return their people, but Gril has promised to do unspeakable things to the people responsible for their colonists going missing. What could possibly happen next? After the Homeworld was ruined by magical warfare, dwarves, elves, goblins, humans and trolls have left it to seek their fortune among the stars.  We play a small crew of misfits just trying to keep their ship running and their mouths fed in the vast Aether Sea.  Our crew inhabits a rich, high-fantasy universe of magic-powered sailing ships, steampunk gadgets, interstellar travel, intrigue, and good old piracy.  Aether Sea - A World of Adventure for Fate Core was written by Ed Turner.

This is part thirty two of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain.  The captain won't let Gril do what he wants with the hands, and instead insists that Freetown should be goverened by rules that apply to everyone, not just everyone except Gril. They then head out to try to find out where the people stolen from Freetown have been taken to so that they can be brought back.  After the Homeworld was ruined by magical warfare, dwarves, elves, goblins, humans and trolls have left it to seek their fortune among the stars.  We play a small crew of misfits just trying to keep their ship running and their mouths fed in the vast Aether Sea.  Our crew inhabits a rich, high-fantasy universe of magic-powered sailing ships, steampunk gadgets, interstellar travel, intrigue, and good old piracy.  Aether Sea - A World of Adventure for Fate Core was written by Ed Turner.

Tara Clapper of The Geek Initiative and CHARIOT LARP and Josh Heath of High Level Games and Keep on the Heathlands talk about their Geeky Blogs. They discuss a series of topics and engage the awesome audience they had at GenCon. Have you ever wanted to get good advice on how to run a Geeky Blog? This is the best advice you’ll get.

Josh sat down the Jennifer Brozek and talked about all kinds of cool things, including writing as a freelancer in the RPG industry and some of the books she’s worked on. Jenn is a renowned award winning fiction writer. In our interview, Jennifer revealed she is going to be writing a young adult series for the Battletech universe. We also talk about Colonial Gothic, and Industry Talk, a book about writing in the RPG industry.

In our first episode of Season 2, Quinn and Josh talk about the vision of Leveling Up, High Level Games, some of our awesome accomplishments, and what we hope our community can bring to gaming as a whole. We briefly discuss HLG Con in Atlantic City Oct 12-14 2018 and talk some of the new products we've launched as well. HLG is seriously leveling up, will you Level Up with us?

This is part thirty one of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain.  After destroying an entire battleship Andrew lets the players know that they have completed a major milestone. They get to make some major changes to their characters and upgrade some skills and abilities! After the book keeping is done the crew heads back to Freetown to try to figure out what to do next... and to collect some hands?!? After the Homeworld was ruined by magical warfare, dwarves, elves, goblins, humans and trolls have left it to seek their fortune among the stars.  We play a small crew of misfits just trying to keep their ship running and their mouths fed in the vast Aether Sea.  Our crew inhabits a rich, high-fantasy universe of magic-powered sailing ships, steampunk gadgets, interstellar travel, intrigue, and good old piracy.  Aether Sea - A World of Adventure for Fate Core was written by Ed Turner.

VP Quinn sat down with the crew at Modiphius to discuss Tales From the Loop, which won several awards at GenCon. They also talk about the new Fallout game, Star Trek Adventures, and some other awesome stuff. You can hear Quinn’s excitement and interest throughout. If you are looking for one of the best interviews from our GenCon experience, this is it!

This is part thirty of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain.  The crew has managed to slip away from the automaton on the ground but an even bigger threat awaiting in the sky! The Hegemony Battleship Dominion is here, ready, and better than the Liberty at combat in almost every way. Will the crew fight or will they do what they always do? After all... it's never to late to run! After the Homeworld was ruined by magical warfare, dwarves, elves, goblins, humans and trolls have left it to seek their fortune among the stars.  We play a small crew of misfits just trying to keep their ship running and their mouths fed in the vast Aether Sea.  Our crew inhabits a rich, high-fantasy universe of magic-powered sailing ships, steampunk gadgets, interstellar travel, intrigue, and good old piracy.  Aether Sea - A World of Adventure for Fate Core was written by Ed Turner.

Josh sat down with Dave Martin of The Wrecking Crew to do a joint interview with Eddy Webb. Eddy is a veteran game designer, with credits in hundreds of RPGs and other projects. He wrote for a Futurama app, Game of Drones, too. In this interview we focus in on Pugmire and Monarchies of Mau, two newer games created and produced by Pugsteady (Eddy’s company) and Onyx Path Publishing. We also talk about Eddy’s recent move to Ireland, which is pretty cool.

This is part twenty nine of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain.  The crew is desperate to get out of the hallway and back to their ship to make an escape, but there are a ton of guards in their way. Little do they know that that is only the beginning of their worries, as a gigantic combat automaton gorilla monstrosity awaits them above to make sure that the keep stays secure! After the Homeworld was ruined by magical warfare, dwarves, elves, goblins, humans and trolls have left it to seek their fortune among the stars.  We play a small crew of misfits just trying to keep their ship running and their mouths fed in the vast Aether Sea.  Our crew inhabits a rich, high-fantasy universe of magic-powered sailing ships, steampunk gadgets, interstellar travel, intrigue, and good old piracy.  Aether Sea - A World of Adventure for Fate Core was written by Ed Turner.

This is part twenty eight of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain.  The fight in the (newly buttressed) keep continues. Gril is fully in the fight now and Archie is losing his mind. What weapon will grill find to fight with this time, and will Archie actually attack the enemies of the crew, or does he have a new one now? After the Homeworld was ruined by magical warfare, dwarves, elves, goblins, humans and trolls have left it to seek their fortune among the stars.  We play a small crew of misfits just trying to keep their ship running and their mouths fed in the vast Aether Sea.  Our crew inhabits a rich, high-fantasy universe of magic-powered sailing ships, steampunk gadgets, interstellar travel, intrigue, and good old piracy.  Aether Sea - A World of Adventure for Fate Core was written by Ed Turner.

Ever wanted to play Carcassone but never knew how to play it? What about Scythe, 7 Wonders, or ICECOOL? All of these games are options that will be available in an app called Dized. What is Dized? Its an app that teaches you how to play a game. Just like if you had a friend who was a master of that game. Honestly, this is a fantastic idea and I can’t believe it’s taken this long for an app like this to roll out. The app is running an IndieGogo campaign, and I sincerely recommend checking it out. In the audio interview below, Sean and Josh talk with one of the lead developers of the game. Pretty quick interview, but we focus on the key elements of the app, talk about some future options, and really get excited together!

This is part twenty seven of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain.  Combat continues and things take a nasty turn. Gril finally makes it to the fight in a spectacular way to help out but that doesn't go as expected. Can the crew fight their way out to the ship? Will Archie kill Gril? Will Gril let him? Come give it a listen to find out! After the Homeworld was ruined by magical warfare, dwarves, elves, goblins, humans and trolls have left it to seek their fortune among the stars.  We play a small crew of misfits just trying to keep their ship running and their mouths fed in the vast Aether Sea.  Our crew inhabits a rich, high-fantasy universe of magic-powered sailing ships, steampunk gadgets, interstellar travel, intrigue, and good old piracy.  Aether Sea - A World of Adventure for Fate Core was written by Ed Turner.

This is the Who Is White Wolf presentation from GenCon50. On Saturday of GenCon 2017, White Wolf gave a presentation on who they are, what they have planned for the future, and took some questions from their fans. Presenters are Dhaunae De Vir, Martin Ericsson, Shane Defreest, and Karim Muammar. Also speaking near the end, Mark Rein-Hagen.

This is part twenty six of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain.  Gril is trying to chase down his snarf, but the rest of the crew gets into a fight without their best combatant! Trapped in a small room full of explosive alchemical reagents things go from bad to worse as they find out the dangers of wild magic events, and fire mixed with explosives in enclosed spaces! After the Homeworld was ruined by magical warfare, dwarves, elves, goblins, humans and trolls have left it to seek their fortune among the stars.  We play a small crew of misfits just trying to keep their ship running and their mouths fed in the vast Aether Sea.  Our crew inhabits a rich, high-fantasy universe of magic-powered sailing ships, steampunk gadgets, interstellar travel, intrigue, and good old piracy.  Aether Sea - A World of Adventure for Fate Core was written by Ed Turner.

This is part twenty five of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain.  The crew has finally made it to Julian's Keep where Archie once again makes things weird with his smoosher ways. To make matters worse, people begin to suspect that the preacher may in fact be an unregistered magic user, and Gril finds out that there may be a snarf in the keep! How will they handle the preacher? How many guards are between Gril and the possibility of finally owning a snarf? Will Archie destroy all chances they have of actually talking on good terms with the people of the keep? Tune in to find out! After the Homeworld was ruined by magical warfare, dwarves, elves, goblins, humans and trolls have left it to seek their fortune among the stars.  We play a small crew of misfits just trying to keep their ship running and their mouths fed in the vast Aether Sea.  Our crew inhabits a rich, high-fantasy universe of magic-powered sailing ships, steampunk gadgets, interstellar travel, intrigue, and good old piracy.  Aether Sea - A World of Adventure for Fate Core was written by Ed Turner.

This is part twenty four of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain.  The crew goes about setting up their new colony and trying to decide how their new civilization outside of the hegemony should be run, but they are on a tight timeline. They have been ordered to go to Julian's Keep within 24 hours, and as they get there they descend into another war zone. To make matters even worse, one of the biggest problems of Archie's past shows up, and it could spell doom for the whole crew! After the Homeworld was ruined by magical warfare, dwarves, elves, goblins, humans and trolls have left it to seek their fortune among the stars.  We play a small crew of misfits just trying to keep their ship running and their mouths fed in the vast Aether Sea.  Our crew inhabits a rich, high-fantasy universe of magic-powered sailing ships, steampunk gadgets, interstellar travel, intrigue, and good old piracy.  Aether Sea - A World of Adventure for Fate Core was written by Ed Turner.

Sean and Phil kick off the most metal gaming podcast on the internet with a discussion about what it means to be metal. They follow up the debate with a countdown of the most metal games on the table, and top it off with a surprise number 1. As always, stay metal. m/   https://heavymetalgm.com/

In the final episode of season one of Leveling Up, Quinn and Josh tackle the dangerous topic of Edition Wars. In this episode you hear only a moderate amount of hypocrisy and a whole lot of self-reflection and guidance on how to bypass the NEW Edition. Not the band either.  

This is part twenty three of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain.  In this episode the crew needs to escape from the war zone that they have gotten themselves trapped in, hopefully without harming too many innocents. They then have some serious decisions to make about where to go and what to do, as they all seem to be (fatefully) bound to this planet. As they travel away from the war zone, they stumble across a big bird that follows them... or is it? After the Homeworld was ruined by magical warfare, dwarves, elves, goblins, humans and trolls have left it to seek their fortune among the stars.  We play a small crew of misfits just trying to keep their ship running and their mouths fed in the vast Aether Sea.  Our crew inhabits a rich, high-fantasy universe of magic-powered sailing ships, steampunk gadgets, interstellar travel, intrigue, and good old piracy.  Aether Sea - A World of Adventure for Fate Core was written by Ed Turner.

This is part twenty two of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain.  In this episode the players discuss making small changes to their characters to start out the session, then start to decide how they want to handle the battle that they are caught up in. Will they fire on the poorly armed peasants? How will Archibald and Halluethiar get back on the ship so that they can all get out of harms way? Will Gril even wait for them or will he just fly away when the captain turns his back? Tune in and find out! After the Homeworld was ruined by magical warfare, dwarves, elves, goblins, humans and trolls have left it to seek their fortune among the stars.  We play a small crew of misfits just trying to keep their ship running and their mouths fed in the vast Aether Sea.  Our crew inhabits a rich, high-fantasy universe of magic-powered sailing ships, steampunk gadgets, interstellar travel, intrigue, and good old piracy.  Aether Sea - A World of Adventure for Fate Core was written by Ed Turner.

This is part twenty one of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain.  In this episode the crew decides what to do with the now derelict ship that they took their new passengers from. The passengers themselves are not happy about the Liberty's destination as the crew proceeds to try to drop off their cargo and nearly mutinies. As the Liberty comes in to land and drop off the alchemy supplies they realize that they are landing in an active war zone! After the Homeworld was ruined by magical warfare, dwarves, elves, goblins, humans and trolls have left it to seek their fortune among the stars.  We play a small crew of misfits just trying to keep their ship running and their mouths fed in the vast Aether Sea.  Our crew inhabits a rich, high-fantasy universe of magic-powered sailing ships, steampunk gadgets, interstellar travel, intrigue, and good old piracy.  Aether Sea - A World of Adventure for Fate Core was written by Ed Turner.

This is part twenty of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain.  In this episode the crew continues their engagement with the old worn down Hegemony ship. After some fighting they manage to board it and find that the crew is far from what they expect and realize that they may be the bad guys this time. Can Gril manage to turn off his killer instinct? How will the rest of the crew handle the unexpected news? Tune in and find out! After the Homeworld was ruined by magical warfare, dwarves, elves, goblins, humans and trolls have left it to seek their fortune among the stars.  We play a small crew of misfits just trying to keep their ship running and their mouths fed in the vast Aether Sea.  Our crew inhabits a rich, high-fantasy universe of magic-powered sailing ships, steampunk gadgets, interstellar travel, intrigue, and good old piracy.  Aether Sea - A World of Adventure for Fate Core was written by Ed Turner.

This is the first episode of a new podcast here at High Level Games. The hosts are Johnny Titanium, a long time adventurer, and Dreadmage Donzarion, a fearful Lich. In this new podcast the hosts will be talking in character about RPG related topics.  In this episode, our heroes discuss adventuring parties, and break down the standard components of what makes a good group, plus give out a little advice so you can go out and form an adventuring party of your very own!

This is part nineteen of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain.  In this episode the players update their characters after finishing some story points, then the characters proceed to travel through space. As they go, they come across an old and rather beat up looking Royal Navy vessel that begins to try to run as soon as it sees them. The crew, happy to be giving chase instead of running for once immediately follows them. Archibald comes up with a plan involving the preacher to slow down the ship, but doesn't tell the preacher and things get very weird for the crew very fast. Will they catch the other ship while fighting with themselves? After the Homeworld was ruined by magical warfare, dwarves, elves, goblins, humans and trolls have left it to seek their fortune among the stars.  We play a small crew of misfits just trying to keep their ship running and their mouths fed in the vast Aether Sea.  Our crew inhabits a rich, high-fantasy universe of magic-powered sailing ships, steampunk gadgets, interstellar travel, intrigue, and good old piracy.  Aether Sea - A World of Adventure for Fate Core was written by Ed Turner.

High Level Games had our corporate retreat on June 3rd this year and as part of it we played some games! This episode is a recording that was taken from one of those games called "Sixteen Tons" which was ran by Matthew Barrett. Sixteen Tons is a tabletop RPG about undead servants who rediscover their lost memories, and find themselves on the run from the forces that would turn them into mindless slaves again. In this first adventure, 'Tabula Rasa,' players learn about the world and create the initial set of characters through their actions. As a side note, we all connected online to play this, and as such we have to deal with peoples internet connections and Matthew's was a bit slow on the upload. This means that the players sometimes had a hard time understanding him as the sound on our ends garbled up. Thankfully this recording was taken by Matthew which means that the recording of his voice is still good, but there are a few places in the game where there is a pause or break due to the sound not coming through well to the players. That said, it was an incredibly fun game to play and the cooperative character creation is very interesting with a larger group.