Podcasts about Gamma World

In this episode, I explore the idea of living life as an RPG (Role-Playing Game)—what it means to own your narrative, choose your playstyle, define your character arc, and fully embrace the journey of discovery, challenge, and transformation. Inspired by my love of RPGs like Dungeons & Dragons and Gamma World, I break down a Life RPG Framework that helps map out our personal adventures.

Jolene read a post from a father of three young daughters who he wanted to run a roleplaying game for but one daughter was very adverse to combat and violence.  Jolene talked to Saul about the post and they discussed the various games they had run for very young and new RPGers.   When their son was young, Saul regularly ran games at local con for kids.  From D&D to Gamma World,  Saul ran "kids" games at con for several years.  Jolene has run games for her son and his friends at home.  She also has run games at local Northern California game cons.          Though Saul ran more traditional RPGs for Kids at local Cons he has toned down the violence and used alternatives to combat in many of his kids and adult games.  From their discussion of how they ran games for kids and the Reddit Posting dad's predicament they decided to do an episode on the subject.     Thank you all for Listening      Web Art by Jim Foster      Episode Art by Michael Shean-Jones     Music by Roland Zimmerman, song  Peacable Milieu     Available from Tribeofnoise.com     Used Under the Creative Commons License 3.0     https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Scott found his father's 1st Editon Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Master's Guide at age 8 in 1983, and his path was set. He moved on from D&D to Car Wars, Gamma World, Vampire: The Masquerade, and Starfinder, both playing and game mastering, untill settling on Mörk Borg and its ilk during the pandemic. Now he is finding out the ups and downs of crowdfunding and self-publishing as he attempts to bring his own post-apocalyptic vision into the world with Wasteland Degenerates! We talked about bugs, about game design, about post-apocalypse fiction and games. We chatted about how our boring normal lives intervene in our work, and how it somehow helps shape it. Check out Scott's Links! Back Wasteland Degenerates: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/scott-c-mcdonald/wasteland-degenerates VOTE FOR ME (or whoever you prefer) FOR BEST PODCAST HOST on the CRIT AWARDS! And vote for the your other favorite creators from our hobby! ⁠https://www.critawards.org⁠ Thank you for listening to Weird Games & Weirder People! Please subscribe to the show to keep up with new episodes! If you would like to support the show, leave a review and/or head to our ko-fi page and pay us a coffee! It will help keep the podcast going! It will really help us!  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/wgnwp⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ You can also support me buy buying one of my games! Kosmosaurs just got released in print, and it is my new RPG inspired by Saturday morning cartoons about Space Dinosaur Rangers defending the galaxy from evildoers!   Get your copy right here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠bit.ly/kosmosaurs⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Get other games of mine on Exalted Funeral: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=Diogo+nogueira⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Or buy anything at DriveThruRPG using this link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.drivethrurpg.com/?affiliate_id=338514⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Or buy something from my itch store: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://diogo-old-skull.itch.io⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER! This is super new and I am trying a new thing! I share offers, news, behind the scenes, articles, curiosities, and rants about being me! Fun, right? RIGHT!? Check out our latest post:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://diogonogueira.substack.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Stuff mentioned in the Episode: Updating soon!

Torgo cuts his eye(!), Vlarg juts his lip fur, and everyone goes on a reading tear as we talk about Balatro, 3 Body Problem, Warrior, Fallout games, Winter Tide, Man, F*ck this House, The Devil Rides out, The Book of Accidents, Shadow of the Torturer, Black River Orchard, 101 Horror Books to Read before You Get Murdered, Gamma World, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, The Vision get its own series, the Star Tre prequel movie, Club 33: the Movie, and Apple+ suggests a new talent payment structure. So, watch those paper cuts, it's time for a GeekShock!

What's this? Your Fab Four covering Gamma World again? Keep patient True Believers, because this isn't the Gamma World you remember from the late 1970s. This is the 1992 revamp of our favorite game of mutations and murderbots! New rules system, new mutations, and yet the same favorite mutant creatures you know and love. Is […]

Today on System Sunday I talk about TSR's Gamma World! Gamma World on DrivethruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/44/Wizards-of-the-Coast/subcategory/9730_262/Gamma-World Red Dice Diaries now on Substack! https://reddicediaries.substack.com/ Ways to contact me:  Google Voice Number for US callers: (540) 445-1145 Speakpipe for international callers: https://www.speakpipe.com/NerdsRPGVarietyCast The podcast's email at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com Find me on a variety of discords including the Audio Dungeon Discord. Invite for the Audio Dungeon Discord ⁠https://discord.gg/j5H8hGr PLAY web forum http://www.dekahedron.com/boards/index.php Home page for this show https://nerdsrpgvarietycast.carrd.co/ Home page for Cerebrevore, the TTRPG panel discussion podcast https://cerebrevore.carrd.co/ Come to: GrogCon in Orlando, FL on 29 Sep to 1 Oct, 2023 ⁠https://www.grogcon.com/grogcon4/ Proud member of the Grog-talk Empire having been bestowed the title of The Governor Most Radiant Grandeur Baron The Belligerent Hero of The Valley. ⁠https://www.grogcon.com/podcast/⁠ Ray Otus did the coffee cup  art for this show, you can find his blog at https://rayotus.carrd.co/ TJ Drennon provides music for my show. Colin Green at Spikepit https://anchor.fm/spikepit provided the "Have no fear" sound clip. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376/message

Gamma World, the 1978 Post Apocalyptic roleplaying game from TSR. It was my very first TTRPG.I can still fondly remember picking the boxed set up from this hole in the wall gaming store. At the time, the store focused on selling model railroad accessories and miniatures for wargames, but they had one book shelf in the corner that held roleplaying books.  The cover of the box had an image of a destroyed and overgrown city with men carrying laser rifles approaching it.I bought it immediately and read it cover to cover as soon as I got home.I wanted to play so badly, but no one I knew played roleplaying games, much less ran roleplaying games. So, I started prepping, making characters, and coming up with ideas. Then I wrangled a few friends and started running my very first roleplaying game.It was a glorious disaster.Over the years I became the forever Game Master or Dungeon Master or Keeper or Referee or … well the names for the role varies as much as the styles and that's what Mike and I will be discussing in this episode. We are talking about Game Masters, what it is and what types of styles and skill you should develop or avoid to make your games epic.Mike, do you remember the very first game you ever ran? What is the role of the Game Master?

In this episode Bill, Edwin, and Lou discuss the classic Top Secret module, TS003: "Lady in Distress."  This GenCon XIV tournament module features a cruise ship taken over by terrorists who are after a secret bio weapon smuggled on board by a rogue Spanish scientist.  BUT FIRST: Mike Carr - TSR legend and co-writer of this adventure - spends some of his afternoon with us answering a few questions about the module.  Bill is in the hot seat for Geek Credit and the mailbag doth provide...  Below we have some bonus anecdotes from Merle Rasmussen the OG Admisstrator and founder of the Top Secret game.  We are looking to have both him and Mike back for full-length episodes. Mr. Rasmussen: "(Mike) and I are long-time friends. Mike was working for TSR before I submitted modern espionage rules. We wrote letters to each other (before the internet) and I sent him a copy of my rules with the working title SPY WORLD (inspired by GAMMA WORLD). Mike sent me the note from Gary Gygax, “Accept this MS [manuscript] as soon as it is typed.” I then hired typists to complete the work. Mike and I independently filed the rules under “TOP SECRET.” When we discovered this coincidence, it was obvious the game should be titled, TOP SECRET®! I wrote a module to be included in the TOP SECRET® COMPANION. It involved terrorists using Carbonophage Microbes to destroy the carbon-carbon reinforced surfaces of the Space Shuttle. I was paid by TSR, unfortunately, they would hold my product for a year. Space Shuttle Challenger exploded seconds after liftoff killing all crew members on board. This is the problem writing contemporary role-playing games-- reality sometimes catches up. I also submitted material for TOP SECRET: NEW WORLD ORDER® that ended up on the cutting room floor. Good news! Last night I saw editing on HACKNOIA® GONZO MODERN Role-Playing Game by Jolly Blackburn and Merle M. Rasmussen. SOLARIAN GAMES hopes to publish the conspiracy, supernatural, and espionage rules. They signed a licensing agreement with KENZER & COMPANY years ago. Jolly is a fan of TOP SECRET® and spoofed my serious spy game in his Knights of the Dinner Table® cartoons calling it HACKNOIA®. I suggested we create HACKNOIA® for real. Players create characters like James Bond, but play them like Maxwell Smart. He said he couldn't write rules. I told him I couldn't draw comics. We shook on the deal. SOLARIAN GAMES must be nearing completion. They are on their third editor and they politely asked me to stop writing! " -more to come from Mr. Rasmussen in future episodes!        

Not all old school games are hard to find or expensive! OD&D https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/44/Wizards-of-the-Coast/subcategory/9730_9737/DD-Original-Edition Moldvay Basic https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/110274/DD-Basic-Set-Rulebook-B-X-ed-Basic?cPath=9730_9736 Cook Expert https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/110792/DD-Expert-Set-Rulebook-B-X-ed-Basic?cPath=9730_9736 AD&D 1E https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/44/Wizards-of-the-Coast/subcategory/9730_9734/ADD-1st-Ed Boot Hill https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/44/Wizards-of-the-Coast/subcategory/9730_31160/Boot-Hill Gamma World 1E https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/249987/Gamma-World-1e?cPath=9730_262 Wee Warriors https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/32/Precis-Intermedia/subcategory/126_33884/Wee-Warriors Sir Pellinore's Game https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/32/Precis-Intermedia/subcategory/126_43948/Sir-Pellinores-Game What Price Glory https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/32/Precis-Intermedia/subcategory/126_44853/What-Price-Glory Tunnels & Trolls 1E https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/130768/Tunnels--Trolls-1st-Edition-reprint Arduin https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/373165/Arduin-Trilogy Tri-Tac https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/431435/Tri-Tac-Genesis-I-BUNDLE Call of Cthulhu 2E https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-classic-2-deluxe-boxed-set-pdf/ Ways to contact me: Google Voice Number for US callers: (540) 445-1145 Speakpipe for international callers: https://www.speakpipe.com/NerdsRPGVarietyCast  The podcast's email at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com Find me on a variety of discords including the Audio Dungeon Discord. Invite for the Audio Dungeon Discord ⁠https://discord.gg/j5H8hGr Home page for this show https://nerdsrpgvarietycast.carrd.co/ Home page for Cerebrevore, the TTRPG panel discussion podcast https://cerebrevore.carrd.co/ Come to: GrogCon in Orlando, FL on 29 Sep to 1 Oct, 2023 ⁠https://www.grogcon.com/grogcon4/ Proud member of the Grog-talk Empire having been bestowed the title of The Governor Most Radiant Grandeur Baron The Belligerent Hero of The Valley. ⁠https://www.grogcon.com/podcast/⁠ Ray Otus did the coffee cup  art for this show, you can find his blog at https://rayotus.carrd.co/ TJ Drennon provides music for my show. Colin Green at Spikepit https://anchor.fm/spikepit provided the "Have no fear" sound clip. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376/message

From Creating D&D and Skyrim to Writing The Loki Redeemed Trilogy - Meet Creator Bruce Nesmith Bruce Nesmith started his career as a programmer, and game designer, creating materials for Dungeons and Dragons, Marvel Superheros products, Gamma World supplements and board games. He moved on from his career at TSR, Inc and to Bethesda Softworks, where he worked on Elder Scrolls and Fallout games, and he held the role of lead designer on The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Bruce has moved on from the gaming world, turning back to writing full time.  He joins me today on The Power to Pivot Podcast to discuss The Loki Redeemed Trilogy, an epic journey of Loki's redemption.  Are you ready? It's time to pivot! Order The Loki Redeemed Trilogy on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3Nmr7Vx Stay connected with Bruce on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100065304827763 About The Show On the Power to Pivot Podcast, you will hear from authors, artists, creatives, entrepreneurs, and others who have made the choice to push fear aside, choose again, and create change in their own lives. We are on a mission to bringing you stories and positive messages that can truly change the world, inspiring and empowering others on their own path to personal freedom. Visit us online at ⁠www.thisiswhereyoupivot.com⁠ - sign up for our newsletter, check out the blog, and learn more about March Forth: The Magazine, which is now available on newsstands. Download a copy of This Is Where You Pivot by show host Elizabeth A. Miles: https://amzn.to/2BOwLK5 Stay in touch on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marchforthmediaco/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/media_forth Download your copy of March Forth: The Magazine: https://www.magzter.com/US/March-Forth-Media-Co/March-Forth--The-Magazine/Lifestyle/ #bookstoread #authorinterview #authorspotlight #indieauthor #creativeconversations #shareyourstory #useyourvoice #creativewriting #powertopivot #marchforth #skyrim #dungeonsanddragons #creatvity #creativejourney #bookstoread #amazonbooks --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/powertopivot/support

In this episode: We talk more about our Gamma World game, problems with The Last of Us, and we take a look at a recent purchase, "Into the Wyrd and Wild." If you enjoy our content, consider subscribing to our Patreon! - https://www.patreon.com/theoldwarlock More from the Old Warlock: - Website: https://theoldwarlock.com/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialold... - Clothing: https://theoldwarlock.myspreadshop.com/ Thanks!

In this episode: The Fate Mill from Tower House Creative. a One Page Dungeon Contest, More Magic Items, Elves in Jim's World, and Gamma World!  

Welcome to Dev Game Club, where this week we elaborate our series on Rogue by looking at one that continues its legacy, that is, Rogue Legacy 2. It's right there in the name! Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Sections played: A few hours (well, about a dozen for Brett) Issues covered: Rogue-likes and Rogue-lites, comparing it a bit with Spelunky, the journal in Spelunky, games like it Tim has played, getting something out of runs, unlocking character types, bespoke levels vs tiled spaces and level generation, kitchen sink design, the clarity of the legacy, the punishment of starting over from scratch, not feeling like I got any further, quality of life improvements, the many ways you can make choices, terrific music, seeing your life flash before your eyes, humorous traits, saying yes to everything, sequel polish, the verb mix, grinding here vs JRPGs, improving skills, wrapping Rogue elements, multiple currencies, maintaining the Rogue with taking the gold, psychology of gold, removing a pillar and losing some enjoyment, knowing someone who beat Rogue, beating Darth Vader, an emergent property of Rogue, making a game you could play yourself, the cleverness and wondering how deep it can go, the punishment of Dark Souls and the progression layer, preferring an endpoint, long-term commitment, other Rogues to check out, a discussion of kit-bashing, kit-bashing and the art department, model kits and the origin of the term, kit-bashing in film, learning to parry. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Spelunky, Clue (obliquely), Colin Northway (obliquely), Dead Cells, Castlevania, Darius Kazemi, Oliver Uv, Cellar Door, PlayStation Vita, Dark Souls, Hades, Humphrey Bogart, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Darren Johnson, TIE Fighter, Derek Yu, Boss Fight Books, Sebastian Deken, Final Fantasy VI, Civilization, Paul Pierce, Haden Blackman, Diablo, njallain, Roguelike Celebration, International Roguelike Convention, Brogue, Caves of Qud, Gamma World, Cogmind, Michael Brough, 868-HACK, mysterydip, Maas Neotek Prototype, Ian Milham, Dead Space, Bethesda Game Studios, Fallout (series), Skyrim, Republic Commando, Star Wars, Industrial Light & Magic, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Bloodborne, Kirk Hamilton, Aaron Evers, Mark Garcia. Next time: TBA! Links: Darius Kazemi on Generating Spelunky Caves of Qud and Wave Function Collapse Brogue's Mechanisms Michael Brough on Roguelikes Twitch: brettdouville or timlongojr, instagram:timlongojr, Twitter: @timlongojr and @devgameclub Discord: https://t.co/YVZOe7ZygI DevGameClub@gmail.com

Our Gamma World roleplaying adventure continues... -- Website: http://www.doomsdaydoopydoo.com -- Twitter: https://twitter.com/doomsdaydoopy

Max Lander and Aaron King dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuable nuggets of mechanics, lore, and strangeness. They read the fucking manual so you don't have to. This episode is the season finale! We rank the 12 games we've read so far in an intense hour of judgment and argument. (Not really; most of them were pretty easy.) We also answer listener questions! If you want to make your own ranking before you listen, here's the list of games we've read: Traveller, Cyberpunk 2020, AD&D's Complete Book of Humanoids, 13th Age, Gamma World, Changeling: The Lost, Original D&D, The Game of Dungeon/Minneapolis Dungeon, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, GURPS, Star Frontiers, and Cyberpunk Chromebook. We also make extensive mention of Bloodbeam Badlands by Viditya Voleti, which you can get here. If you want to support the hosts, check out the RTMF Ko-Fi store for limited-run zines and merch. If you want to chat about the episode, join our Discord! Music by will jobst. Sound effect attribution: FX128 by jalastram.

Our Gamma World roleplaying adventure continues... -- Website: http://www.doomsdaydoopydoo.com -- Twitter: https://twitter.com/doomsdaydoopy

Our Gamma World roleplaying adventure continues... -- Website: http://www.doomsdaydoopydoo.com -- Twitter: https://twitter.com/doomsdaydoopy

Our Gamma World roleplaying adventure continues... -- Website: http://www.doomsdaydoopydoo.com -- Twitter: https://twitter.com/doomsdaydoopy

In this episode we discuss Gamma World's first adventure, GW1: Legion of Gold with Matt Gullett of Long Con and No Class RPG Podcast fame.  We talk a little Hobbit and some RPG art and YES, Bill even gets to report on some actual gaming he's done!  Here's the link to the Long Con, to the No Class Podcast (soon to be on Twitch) and you'll have to keep your eyes peeled for for Matt's Kickstarter, "Caverns of the Dead God."  https://longconrpg.com/ https://soundcloud.com/no-class-rpg-podcast

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Lead Rules Design on Gamma World 4e, Lead Writer for the 2e Ravenloft box set, plus worked on Fallout 3,4, & 76, a number of the Elder Scrolls games, including Lead Designer for Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. Usually I have some clever title or something, but this week, I think the above says enough!  Any one of those credits are significant, but the whole list, plus more??!!?? We have a chat with game designer (now turned author) Bruce Nesmith about the twists and turns that a career in game design has brought him.  From starting at TSR straight out of college, on through working at Bethesda Softworks, and now, to writing novels.  Bruce even shares the wild story of how he initially got recruited into the gaming industry!    Here's Bruce's current novel "Mischief Maker" on Amazon -- https://www.amazon.com/Mischief-Maker-Norse-Mythology-Reimagined/dp/195306213X/ref=sr_1_1   d20 Network Spotlight:  Eberron Renewed -- https://thegeekpantheon.com/category/podcast/eberron-renewed/   Game of the Week:      Steve G:  Fight! 2e -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/307634/Fight-2nd-Edition?affiliate_id=2018399      Bruce N:  Eclipse Phase 2e -- https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/284022/Eclipse-Phase-Second-Edition?affiliate_id=2018399      Steve S:  Havoc Brigade -- https://gshowitt.itch.io/havoc-brigade   We greatly appreciate the donations of our Patreon supporters: Eric Witman, Jeff McKinney, Jesse!, and Joshua Gopal-Boyd!  Y'all make keeping this going possible!   As always folks, have fun, be kind to each other, and go play some rpgs!   You can reach us at meandsteverpg@gmail.com On Facebook as Me and Steve RPG Podcast On Twitter @AndRPGs on TikTok @meandsteverpgpodcast Support us on Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/MeandSteveTalkRPGs   Join us on our Discord! Me And Steve RPG Discord  https://discord.gg/5wWNcYW   We are proud members of the d20 Radio Network! http://www.d20radio.com/main/  

Max Lander and Aaron King dig through RPGs of yore to bring you valuable nuggets of mechanics, lore, and strangeness. They read the fucking manual so that you don't have to. This episode, we're joined by will jobst of Good Luck Press. We talk about Gamma World, the 1978 post-apocalyptic RPG. Learn about game archaeology, artifact diagrams, and zoo-pessimism. And check out will's new post-apocalyptic driving RPG, TORQ! If you want to support the hosts, check out the RTMF Ko-Fi store for limited-run zines and merch. If you want to chat about the episode, join our Discord! Music by will jobst. Sound effect attribution: FX128 by jalastram.

Our Gamma World roleplaying adventure continues... -- Website: http://www.doomsdaydoopydoo.com -- Twitter: https://twitter.com/doomsdaydoopy

This time we look at the Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes episode 'Gamma World' where someone gets really angry! We also review out favourite MCU of 2021.

Owen K.C. Stephens is an Award winning Roleplaying Game Designer who has worked for Paizo, Wizards of the Coast, Green Ronin Publishing, and more. His works include Star Wars, Star Wars Saga, Pathfinder, Starfinder, Gamma World, and Everquest just to name a few.

This episode was misplaced and inserted afterward hence the weird numbering. But anyway...Our Gamma World roleplaying adventure continues as Meecho, Glume, and Mr. Mallory take shelter in an old bar with an old friend to rest up for the danger ahead.    -- Website: http://www.doomsdaydoopydoo.com -- Twitter: https://twitter.com/doomsdaydoopy -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/doomsdaydoopydoo

Our Gamma World roleplaying adventure continues as Meecho, Glume and Mr. Mallory return to Super Adventure Funland for the third time to try to right some wrongs. Then things get weird...Jamie Lee Curtis pooping weird....   -- Website: http://www.doomsdaydoopydoo.com -- Twitter: https://twitter.com/doomsdaydoopy -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/doomsdaydoopydoo

Beyond The Dice is a Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Narrative Podcast. Which takes place in a Cyberpunk/Wasteland world with a Western/ Cinematic Soundtrack! Our friends group all go away on Holiday to play board games and drink beer, we make this episode for some fun with some people you haven't met before. It takes place in the Wastelands outside of New Ettica. Come on a journey with Luke the DM, Andy, Curry, Aiden, Damien and Levi. If you like Dungeons & Dragons, Cyberpunk 2077, Akira, Stranger Things, Blade Runner, hover cars and other rad stuff then you will love this. Special Thanks to NRW Records for allowing the use of 'Crystal Protocol' by Waveshaper. Support Beyond the Dice www: http://beyondthedice.com/ Store: https://store.beyondthedice.com/  Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/beyondthedicetv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/btdpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/beyondthedicetv Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beyondthedice/   Support NRW Records: YouTube: http://bit.ly/1aIGam6 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/1yIcZLb Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1O5W1NZ  Artwork: https://sasawatintakul.artstation.com/   Way Out West by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/

Beyond The Dice is a Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition Narrative Podcast. Which takes place in a Cyberpunk world with a Synthwave / Cinematic Soundtrack! Our friends group all go away on Holiday to play board games and drink beer, we make this episode for some fun with some people you haven't met before. It takes place in the Wastelands outside of New Ettica. Come on a journey with Luke the DM, Andy, Curry, Aiden, Damien and Levi. If you like Dungeons & Dragons, Cyberpunk 2077, Akira, Stranger Things, Blade Runner, hover cars and other rad stuff then you will love this. Special Thanks to NRW Records for allowing the use of 'Crystal Protocol' by Waveshaper. Support Beyond the Dice www: http://beyondthedice.com/ Store: https://store.beyondthedice.com/  Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/beyondthedicetv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/btdpod/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/beyondthedicetv Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beyondthedice/   Support NRW Records: YouTube: http://bit.ly/1aIGam6 Soundcloud: http://bit.ly/1yIcZLb Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1O5W1NZ  Artwork: https://sasawatintakul.artstation.com/   The Life and Death of a Certain K. Zabriskie, Patriarch by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/vendaface/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/

For the 86th episode of Podcast at Ground Zero we have brought back Thom Wilson from Throwigames to talk more about Gamma World and his creations for it. Thom has independently produced several original Gamma World modules, a Gamma World … Continue reading →

Join Chris, Andy, and guest GM Joel Boonstra as they venture off-script and deep into the heart of 1980s children’s cartoons! With the help of the Gamma World roleplaying game, they create a team of barge-dwelling crime-fighters certain to dominate Reagan-era toy store shelves and Saturday morning TV.

Join Chris, Andy, and guest GM Joel Boonstra as they venture off-script and deep into the heart of 1980s children’s cartoons! With the help of the Gamma World roleplaying game, they create a team of barge-dwelling crime-fighters certain to dominate Reagan-era toy store shelves and Saturday morning TV.

World of Gamma is a Powered by the Apocalypse homage to the 1980s TSR game Gamma World. Played on the Gauntlet

Our Gamma World roleplaying adventure continues as Meecho and Glume reunite with an old friend, a strong handed Constable and an unforgettable, lobster clawed gangster. Mallory, tries to make sense of it all.   -- Website: http://www.doomsdaydoopydoo.com -- Twitter: https://twitter.com/doomsdaydoopy -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/doomsdaydoopydoo

The Positive Material Plane Call ins: Jason of the Nerds RPG Variety Cast 3 great things about our hobby Game & Gamer Mindsets Def. of Mindset:a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how to interpret and respond to situations. Games and Their Mindsets: Dungeons and Dragons (Clones +OSR, 13th Age , Pathfinder,Warhammer, Shadow of the Demon Lord, Rolemaster) TSR vs WOTC Dungeons and Dragons 1. Definitional Characteristics of TSR/OSR vs WOTC DnD 2. 3e and the FEEL of DnD Savage Worlds (GURPs/Gurps-lite, Cortex System, Hero System) RIFTS (Paranoia, Gamma World, Over the Edge) Call of Cthulhu (Trail of Cthulhu, Alien the RPG) Vampire and World of Darkness Fate (other highly narrative games Dungeon World, Blades in the dark, Genesys) Amber Diceless (Dragonlance fifth Age, Marvel Super Adventure Game) Gamers and Their Mindsets GM presents challenges and the PCs overcome them/GM must have balanced encounters The world is open and dangerous … you never know what you might encounter. GM is god in his world. His game – his rules The GM is just a player/he is bound to the fate of the rulebook as well. Player Agency is paramount. No railroading at all! We're here to play a game/run a module/play an adventure…get on the train No restrictions on characters/all player ideas are perfectly fine and valid. Building an elaborate back story is paramount to a good game experience. GM is the enemy. Adversarial GM- I am trying to kill your character. We are creating a shared story. Rule of cool only thing that matters. PCs should only die at appropriately dramatic moments Your character does not matter until he gets to the table. Let's just roll dice and kill stuff. What is my motivation in this scene? Balance is the key to the game. Chaos and Randomization baby! A Cabin Con Moment What is your mindset at CC? Beat This Game 3rd edition Dungeons and Dragons (2000) Shameless Plug Time: If you would like to support our show, please check out our website at: www.biggusgeekuspodcast.com/support Any contribution is much appreciated, and we thank you for your consideration. Please share the podcast with your friends. Its available most places you can get your podcasts. If you have an app that's unsupported, let us know! Our email is questions@biggusgeekuspodcast.com feel free to send any questions or comments to us. We would also like to encourage you to check out a few podcasts that we like: Red Dice Diaries (with John Alan Large and his wife Hannah) Radio Grognard (with Glen Halstrom) The Tale of the Manticore (a unique dramatized quasi-actual play) Tavern Chat (with Eric Tenkar) Nerd's RPG Variety Cast (Jason) Shadow of the GM (Barry) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus/support

     Saul and Jolene explore RPGs which subject are animals or anamorphic in nature.  Saul talks about his first experience playing an animal rpg called Bunnies and Burrows.  Saul goes into some details about B&B.  Saul recounts the next game being Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles which he briefly collected the comic books but didn't get the RPG until the mid 90's after the first TNMT movie had come out by New Line Cinema.         Jolene's first encounter with this kind of game was in Gamma World were some of the creatures were mutated animals of which the two most famous mutants were Hoops and Hoppers.         Other games mentions and discussed are  Albedo: The RPG, Usagi Yojimbo RPG, Justifiers RPG, Pugmire RPG, The Monarchies of Mau and Historia.         Music by Kin Kobra, song Little Animal, album 29 and Wasted to the Bone.   Available from Tribeofnoise.com

Welcome to the first episode of the podcast that didn't know it's own name! On this episode, David and Ken… Read more S1E1 – Gamma World Hexcrawls, 10K Training, Top 3 New RPGs We Like

The gang of mutants takes on a tank like they are in a Band of Brothers episode! This is audio edited from live session for snappy playback, --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/vanishingtower/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/vanishingtower/support

Who do you Poo Doo bitch? In the second half of our D&D Drunkisode, we fight some Sand Sharks in the weirdest way possible, face the grueling challenge of opening the cardboard box, and come to a surprising twist ending that no one saw coming. Also, Carol releases her first hit single, “Death (Onto the … Continue reading Gamma World (Pt2/2) | OverworldFM Episode 20 – The Drunkisode!

John runs the campaign for the first time in our 4th Drunkisode podcast, playing D&D Gamma World! Max plays Malcolm, a Zombie Dinosaur with a monocle and a thirst for pig flesh, Edward plays Happy, an Empathic Yeti with way too many anxieties, and Tony plays Benson, a Blather Gecko with a dark past and … Continue reading Gamma World (Pt1/2) | OverworldFM Episode 20 – The Drunkisode!

Today we’re thrilled to bring you a game where you can play as a swarm of tiny yetis hanging around with a robot hawk and have an amazing, basically balanced […]

This Episode:  After making their way into the basement of the keep and replenishing their numbers, the crew begins their way through the passageways of the enemy's base.  These badgers are much more organized and technologically capable than they really should be.Direct DownloadRSS FeedStitcheriTunesPodcast LandPlayer FMAnd please, feel free to Contact Us through any means you'd prefer.Music included is provided by Doomstrike

 This Episode:  After making their way into the basement of the keep and replenishing their numbers, the crew begins their way through the passageways of the enemy's base.  These badgers are much more organized and technologically capable than they really should be.Direct DownloadRSS FeedStitcheriTunesPodcast LandPlayer FMAnd please, feel free to Contact Us through any means you'd prefer.Music included is provided by Doomstrike

This Episode:  The crew makes it beneath the keep, and runs into some pretty odd - and possibly deadly - technology.  Fortunately, the badgers don't completely understand how to control it.  Unfortunately, nobody else does either.Direct DownloadRSS FeedStitcheriTunesPodcast LandPlayer FMAnd please, feel free to Contact Us through any means you'd prefer.Music included is provided by Doomstrike

This Episode:  Finally making it to the doors of the keep, the crew realizes that they're in perhaps a little deeper than they originally thought.  Blood - or oil, or ichor, or whatever is inside these guys - is spilled as badger and hero alike fall.Direct DownloadRSS FeedStitcheriTunesPodcast LandPlayer FMAnd please, feel free to Contact Us through any means you'd prefer.Music included is provided by Doomstrike

 This Episode:  After fending off some plants and lizards, they make their way up to the top of the mountain.  And what else sits at the top of a mountain than a keep!  You know what they say about the house a'rocking...Direct DownloadRSS FeedStitcheriTunesPodcast LandPlayer FMAnd please, feel free to Contact Us through any means you'd prefer.Music included is provided by Doomstrike

This Episode:  The android eats poop, while the rest of the crew makes their way up the side of the mountain.  And they fight some plants.Direct DownloadRSS FeedStitcheriTunesPodcast LandPlayer FMAnd please, feel free to Contact Us through any means you'd prefer.Music included is provided by Doomstrike

This Episode:  The group takes on a mission to investigate some strange objects that have been attacking the town.  Their research leads them into the mountains and into danger... of course.Direct DownloadRSS FeedStitcheriTunesPodcast LandPlayer FMAnd please, feel free to Contact Us through any means you'd prefer.Music included is provided by Doomstrike

And now, the conclusion...This is Part Two of the Exemplary DM's oh-so-meta two-part Cliffhanger Episode!How can you as a Dungeon Master take advantage of the dramatic mechanic of the cliffhanger in your campaign tonight? How can you avoid disappointment while preparing for excellence when setting your players up to maximum anticipation?This episode contains items six through ten of our very own tips for pulling off a Cliffhanger in your D&D session tonight!Bad cliffhangers may do one of these:Change the genre.Send the heroes back to medieval Japan.Introduce an unprepared-for permanent change.Bring back someone the players are already fucking sick and tired of, or a villain they literally just killed.Like Harry Potter. Cheat. Have Patrick Duffy walk into a showerSorry, your princess is in another castle.Railroad the players into a scripted action or reaction that they probably would not have otherwise done, robbing them of a decision.Remember, a cliffhanger is supposed to prepare the party for action, not spoil any action. You don't want to rip control away from players.  Tailor the cliffhanger to each one of your characters. End of William's last game session, in which he cliffhangered each of the PC's. The players, who are underground hunting Drow, are traveling through a tunnel to find themselves overlooking a breeding ground for the spider queen spider's.Two of the players notice that the prize artifact of their tribe, missing for years, is embedded in the boss spider's head, serving as its power source.One of the players sees a figure across the room on the far wall, hiding in the shadows, and upon catching a glimpse of her face, realizes it is his long lost love interest.Another player receives a foreboding warning from her sentient artifact.And the final player's sight returns before the battle, just in time for him to open a long lost letter from his time travelling girlfriend, which contains a heart breaking goodbye and a character backstory-referencing warning... oooOOOOOoooohhhh....Now remember, ending a session on a cliffhanger is going to give the players lots of time to think about their reaction. When you reconvene, have your prep work done and your “yes, and” face on, because they may decide to go in a different direction from the one you were hoping. Be willing to be flexible enough to allow them to react.Use a cliffhanger at the beginning of the campaign, which changes the world and shocks the players, much like what happened at the beginning of the new JJ Abrams Star Trek movie, where Kirk's dad dies. Or similarly, when you use a cliffhanger at the end of a vignette, the PC's can discover the resolution of later on. This is pretty much the default use of a vignette.A cliffhanger is not something to be overused, because it can have some negative effects.For example, a cliffhanger can also be a big disappointment if on the return trip, you cheap out and “nerf” the action. (Have Patrick Duffy step out of the shower and say it was all a dream.) No Deus Ex Machina resolutions to your suspenseful conflict, such as Lord of the Rings Eagles sweeping all the dwarves away to safety, unless that was somehow set up or cool for other reasons.If you're afraid of how everybody is going to react, find a way to incorporate your post-cliffhanger goodness without letting them off easy or unrealistically defusing the danger. Put your "yes, and" face on, but don't let it destroy your tension or session. There's a balance. Don't be afraid to ask for a five minute break.Don't hit them too hard, too brutally, too fatal. For example, at the end of Star Trek II, the Wrath of Khan. Spock's dead, they have a funeral, “the most… human.” In the original version of the movie, it ended right there. The test audience reacted very negatively, it was too depressing. They revised the end of the movie to allow for the glimmer of hope that Spock's torpedo pod landed safely on Genesis.Gadgets of the Podcast:Encounter: The Rising Tide - in Christy's campaign, we dropped into an underground tunnel system and found the water rising. We knew only the encounter with an evil force would stop the tides from rising unnaturally. There are lots of ways you can use a "timer" mechanic like this.Character Concept: Grim Harding, the Pathfinder ninja assassin build and a master of stealth, unarmed combat and disguises, and friend to our previous concept submitted by Blair, Oni. A Casey at the Bat version of the ninja. Jon, Blair's friend, sent us a minifesto. From Jon: for the player in every DM, try the Dana Carvey Master of Disguise.Tee Shirt: D&D Character (Pretty Girl) T-shirt from Zazzle courtesy of Christine, just in time for Valentine's Day.Adventure Hook: The Mysterious Gift - the unexpected weapon/artifact/gadget that turns out to be a trick. Just be sure to give the players something for their eventual trouble. The cursed ring of inconvenient flatulence old school cursed item stuff. Perhaps it sends them on a quest for a cure/removal. Magical Item of the Podcast: The Geiger Counter/canary in West Virginia/Sting from The Hobbit - or your genre's similarly-functioning invisible hazard warning device. Greg's three-dimensional compass portal finder from Chad's current campaign, something to detect the rifts between planes.Player Tip:  Don't be a dick … and you can avoid dickitu.de by… not forgetting your table your table etiquette. Lapses in D&D table etiquette could include - reading your phone, reading books on your phone, making a mess (equivalent of spilling the pot in poker), doing annoying things with fingernails, breaking people's things especially the host, drinking loudly, eating loudly, eating smelly stuff, living up to the template of Jerk, Douche, Idiot, and Loser (from season 1, episode 3), doing annoying things with toenails. One rule we always had growing up was that no player was never allowed to lie down, especially if you're sleepy, because you're going to fall asleep. DM Tip: Moons, Stars, Celestial Bodies, Calendars - Civ V uses the Mayan calendar instead of the BC/AD calendar when you play that civ. In Forgotten Realms, the moons had a mechanic for spellcasting. Not to mention lycanthrophy, full moon or new moon effects. Also, lighting effects can be significantly different at night in open terrain with or without a moon.“Stardate 91605.27” Few people can do that translation in their head, but that's not important. It's the very nature of the number that tells us the people in this story are more scientific and scientificker than we are. (That, and the spaceship.)From the beginning of the Gamma World 4e book: “The year is now 2162 (or 151, or 32,173, or Six Monkey Slap-Slap, depending on your point of view). It's been a hundred and fifty years since the Big Mistake, and the Earth is a very different place.”Googled this link to various D&D Calendar systems: http://home.earthlink.net/~duanevp/dnd/calendars.htmBig Thanks for music, once again big thanks to the Diablo String Orchestra, The Kobolds, our listener Chuck for the intro to the gadgets of the podcast jam, and mega-fan Joshua Bentley for voice-overs galore (@voiceofthebigjb).Right-click and Save-As below, or us the RSS feed built into this page.Mirror 1 (128kbps) (Oregon US) (42mb)Check us out on iTunes and give us some reviews and/or ratings and/or hurtful criticism!What do you think?Welcome all our new listeners to the family of ExemplaryDM! Give us reviews in the comments below, hit us up on Twitter @ExemplaryDM, or shoot us an email at exemplary d m at gmail dot com.

How can you as a Dungeon Master take advantage of the dramatic mechanic of the cliffhanger in your campaign tonight? How can you avoid disappointment while preparing for excellence when setting your players up to maximum anticipation?Are you sitting at the edge of your ear seats?Because we're about to drop a cliffhanger on you. And no, Sylvester Stallone is not involved.We recorded so much content about cliffhangers that we couldn't resist the oh-so-meta urge to split one ginormous cliffhanger episode into more than one episode about ... dun dun dunnnnn ... cliffhanger endings to your campaign sessions!But first ... dun dun dunnnn... we read some emails!from William: Wulfgar's real life manifesto of warTweet from @rzrstrm: with a recommendation for Game Night Games in Salt Lakefrom Robert: EDM stuff and validation of William's Wayne's World referencefrom Blair: Hey Exemplary DM!Who can recommend online Pathfinder char generation tools?perhaps HeroLab?In which we discussed Zero Charisma.Twitter convo about winter from the sprawling metropolis of Rochester, MN, as a preview of the stuff we discuss on twitter, aside from funny dnd quips.Many metals become brittle in cold weather.The frost, sometimes it makes the blade stick.Also, mutated Alpacas in Gamma World. from the wife : i can haz moar podcast?Skill challenges should be well described, not just math, a "choose your own adventure"The side conversations and camaraderie during long journeys and uneventful time from adam: re: Thoughts on a horror campaign? http://weir-with-awl.obsidianportal.com and their professional cartographerHighly recommend DM's do NPC accents, "the better the worse"from andy: DM appreciationpicking up the torchthanks Andy for warming our cockles Top 10 Tips to Implementing CliffhangersAt the end of your next D&D session, pull an old trick from: the end of every Dan Brown chapter, the end of Star Trek:TNG The Best Of Both Worlds Pt. 1, the end of Christopher Nolan's Inception and all three of his Batman films, the final episode of Twin Peaks, the end of X- Men II, the end of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the Back to the Future movies, the end of Matrix Reloaded, the end of the first Kill Bill, the end of the first season of Jericho, the end of the patched version of Portal 1 which came out right before Portal 2, the end of the old BBC show Blake's 7, the end of Half Life 2, the end of Mass Effect 2, the last episode before the break in the middle of The Walking Dead season three, end of the Sopranos, the end of every season of Lost, the every episode of 24 or really right before the commercial break of any action prime time action television show, and of course, that movie Cliffhanger (with Stallone and Merle from The Walking Dead).Why do they use cliffhangers? The Zeigarnik Effect (Ignore the cat in the background. It isn't a cliffhanging cat. Yet.)What we're trying to do here is create a memorable anticipation for the next game session. So like the end of Inception, you really want to know the ending, but unlike Inception, you really want to resolve the action in the next campaign but more importantly - make your characters look forward to it.Cliffhangers require setup in order to connect you to the suspense and the new danger or intrigue that has been introduced and left in the balance. This is where you planning capabilities as a DM come into play. (But don't railroad!) Good cliffhangers do one or more of the following:Reference character backstoryChange the timing of a well thought out planProvide new and sudden inspiration Place one or more loved ones in mortal dangerReveal a terrible betrayalPervert the ending to an otherwise innocent quest (but in a fun way)Renew an old love, hatred, stress, fear or desireIntroduce a new villain or ally, or change an ally to a villain or villain to any allyChange the weather, stars above, lightning, atmosphere or tone, or height of the flame of the candleEncourage discussion or wonderment about what's about to happen away from the tableLet something happen that everyone has wanted to happen for a long time happen, then make them wait for the next session to see the aftermath. W's wife pointed out, in Friends, when Ross and Rachel kissed, everyone wanted to know well what happens next.Say the players finally are made members of the Thieves' Guild, and you end the session there. They'll want to play the next session now that they've entered the state they wanted to be in for such a long time.Give them a new level (and therefore abilities/feats/stats) or a new item, then let the anticipation simmer.... dun dun dunnnn...Season 3, Episode 6, Part Two will be the conclusion of The Cliffhanger Episode... Big Thanks for music, once again big thanks to the Diablo String Orchestra, The Kobolds, our listener Chuck for the intro to the gadgets of the podcast jam, and mega-fan Joshua Bentley for voice-overs galore (@voiceofthebigjb).Right-click and Save-As below, or use the RSS feed built into this page.Mirror 1 (128kbps) (Oregon US) (42mb)Check us out on iTunes and give us some reviews and/or ratings and/or hurtful criticism!What do you think?Welcome all our new listeners to the family of ExemplaryDM! Give us reviews in the comments below, hit us up on Twitter @ExemplaryDM, or shoot us an email at exemplary d m at gmail dot com.