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The podcast about discovering our next favorite role-playing game, or building it.

Hellbreaker Studios


    • Jul 31, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 10m AVG DURATION
    • 18 EPISODES


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    16: From Elves to Hellbreakers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2022 82:52


    Welcome to Idle Inspiration, the podcast about finding our next favorite role-playing game...or building it. This week, David and I do some game design and adapt The Burning Wheel's Elves for the Hellbreaker universe. If you're interested in the Hellbreaker universe, you can check out a summary of the setting here. LINKS:TwitterYouTubeTwitchPatreonCaleb's WebsiteDiscord

    15: Our Review of the Burning Wheel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2022 78:11


    Welcome to Idle Inspiration, the podcast about finding our next favorite role-playing game...or building it. This week, David and I talk about our favorite role-playing game: Luke Crane's The Burning Wheel. LINKS: Podcast WebsiteYouTubeTwitch ChannelPatreon Campaign Caleb's Website Discord

    14: The Hellbreaker Universe

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2022 52:10


    Welcome to Idle Inspiration, the podcast about finding our next favorite role-playing game...or building it. This week, David and I talk about an ongoing project of mine: The Hellbreaker Universe. LINKS: Podcast WebsiteYouTubeTwitch ChannelPatreon Campaign Caleb's Website Discord

    13: Hacking Magic in The Burning Wheel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2022 42:17


    Welcome to Idle Inspiration, the podcast about finding our next favorite role-playing game...or building it. This week, David and I do some quick game design and try to hack The Burning Wheel to add a new magic sub-system: The Nine Disciplines of Crow Inquisitors. Check out Crow Inquisitors here. LINKS: Podcast WebsiteYouTubeTwitch ChannelPatreon Campaign Caleb's Website Discord

    12: Bonds, Part Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2021 81:04


    Welcome to Idle Inspiration, the podcast about finding our next favorite role-playing game...or building it. This week, David and I talk about Bonds again, with David giving us a full breakdown of the game in preparation for our new playtest campaign. LINKS: Podcast WebsiteYouTubeTwitch ChannelPatreon Campaign Caleb's Website Discord

    Bonus: Planning Our Future Campaigns

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2021 158:38


    Welcome to Idle Inspiration, the podcast about finding our next favorite role-playing game...or building it. This week, in a piece of fun bonus content, our regular gaming group gets together to talk about the plans for our future campaigns. LINKS: Podcast WebsiteYouTubeTwitch ChannelPatreon Campaign Caleb's Website Discord

    11: Game Mastering with Connor

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2021 62:09


    Welcome to Idle Inspiration, the podcast about finding our next favorite role-playing game...or building it. This week David is absent, but my brother Connor and I talk about his recent stint as the GM for a post-apocalyptic campaign. LINKS: Podcast WebsiteYouTubeTwitch ChannelPatreon Campaign Caleb's Website Discord

    10: Bonds

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2021 69:44


    Welcome to Idle Inspiration, the podcast about finding our next favorite role-playing game...or building it. This week David and I talk about his long-running game design project: Bonds. LINKS: Podcast WebsiteYouTubeTwitch ChannelPatreon Campaign Caleb's Website Discord

    9: Transitioning to Online Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2021 54:36


    Welcome to Idle Inspiration, the podcast about finding our next favorite role-playing game...or building it. This week David and I talk about our transition to gaming online and streaming it live for an audience rather than simply playing in-person around a table. LINKS: Podcast WebsiteYouTubeTwitch ChannelPatreon Campaign Caleb's Website Discord

    8: Adaptations and Conversions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2021


    Welcome to Idle Inspiration, the podcast about finding our next favorite role-playing game...or building it. This week David and I talk through my conversion of the Savage Tide adventure path from Paizo Publishing to Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, and some tips and tricks you might use doing something similar. LINKS: Podcast WebsiteYouTubeTwitch ChannelPatreon Campaign Caleb's Website Discord

    7: Fate Core/Accelerated

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2021 68:19


    Welcome to Idle Inspiration, the podcast about finding our next favorite role-playing game...or building it. This week Caleb and David talk about Fate Core and Fate Accelerated by Evil Hat Productions. LINKS: Podcast WebsiteYouTubeTwitch ChannelPatreon Campaign Caleb's Website Discord

    6: The Mistborn Adventure Game & Beyond

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2021 61:48


    Welcome to Idle Inspiration, the podcast about finding our next favorite role-playing game...or building it. This week Caleb and David have Connor on to discuss their move from D&D 3.5 into other role-playing games, specifically the Mistborn Adventure Game from Crafty Games. LINKS: Podcast WebsiteYouTubeTwitch ChannelPatreon Campaign Caleb's Website Discord

    5: The Alchemist Class

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2021 94:43


    Welcome to Idle Inspiration, the podcast about finding our next favorite role-playing game...or building it. This week Caleb and David do a game design review and critique on a homebrew class for the Fifth Edition of Dungeons & Dragons that a member of our community made. LINKS: Podcast WebsiteYouTubeTwitch ChannelPatreon Campaign Caleb's Website Discord

    4: Dungeons & Dragons 3.5

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2021 60:23


    Welcome to Idle Inspiration, the podcast about finding our next favorite role-playing game...or building it. This week Caleb and David talk about Dungeons & Dragons 3.5, the version of D&D they played first and are most familiar with. They discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of the game and their experiences with it. LINKS: Podcast WebsiteYouTubeTwitch ChannelPatreon Campaign Caleb's Website Discord

    3: Savage Tide

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2021 92:08


    Welcome to Idle Inspiration, the podcast about finding our next favorite role-playing game...or building it. This week most of our old gaming group gets together to talk about our first long running role-playing game campaign: Paizo's Savage Tide adventure path. LINKS: Podcast WebsiteYouTubeTwitch ChannelPatreon Campaign Caleb's Website Discord

    2: A Philosophy of Role-Playing Games

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2021 66:20


    Welcome to Idle Inspiration, the podcast about finding our next favorite role-playing game...or building it. This week David and I talk through a philosophy of role-playing games, why we play role-playing games, and why you should too. LINKS: Podcast WebsiteYouTubeTwitch ChannelPatreon Campaign Caleb's Website Discord

    1: Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2021 69:27


    Welcome to Idle Inspiration, the podcast about finding our next favorite role-playing game...or building it. A big thanks to my patrons on Patreon for making this podcast possible! Specifically, Alyssa Albee, Emily Valdez, and Josh Vincent. This week David and I introduce ourselves, our history with tabletop role-playing games, and the point of this podcast. Link to our old Savage Tide campaign write-ups LINKS: Podcast WebsiteYouTubeTwitch ChannelPatreon Campaign Caleb's Website Discord

    Trailer

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2020 1:15


    Welcome to Idle Inspiration, the podcast about finding our next favorite role-playing game...or building it. Join me and my co-host David as we talk about tabletop role-playing games in all their variety—the good, the bad, and the “rolled-a-natural-one-on-their-charisma-save”. We’ll discuss our favorite games, talk about what makes role-playing games great, and reminisce about past experiences. We’ll also take some time at the drawing board coming up with ideas for new tabletop games to scratch that designer’s itch. Come listen every other Saturday on your favorite podcatcher or watch on YouTube. LINKS: Podcast WebsiteYouTubeTwitch ChannelPatreon Campaign Caleb's Website Discord

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