Podcasts about happy jacks rpg podcast

embers04 Campaign: Dying Embers | System: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition | GM: Jameson | Players: Clara, Joey, Blythe, Nick| Info: Dying Embers is set in a world of fantastical technology and magic, at war with one another.  We follow a band of unlikely heroes as they work together to uncover the Empire Engine's secret plans.|    Visit http://www.happyjacks.org/dyingembers for a full list of this game’s videos and podcasts. |   Tags: podcast, podcasts, rpg, actual play, rpg ap, twitch, youtube, stream, dungeons and dragons, dnd, D&D, 5th edition, homebrew  

autumn04 Campaign: Autumn People System: Chronicles of Darkness GM: Tappy Players: Aabria, Nick, Samantha, Eli Info: Monsters and demons lurk in the shadows of the diesel era, the light of technology as yet unable to pierce the shadows of the wild and deep.  But monsters lie in wait while technology progresses ever forward; and now the spectre of war lies upon the globe. But something even more sinister lies beneath the surface, and a group of renowned and respected supernatural experts is called back into action to see how far the rabbit hole goes.   Visit http://www.happyjacks.org/autumnpeople for a full list of this game’s videos and podcasts.   Tags: podcast, podcasts, rpg, actual play, rpg ap, chronicles of darkness, autumn people, world of darkness, white wolf, monsters  

Welcome back to the Gaming With Gage, your podcast for roleplaying games and the periphery.Thank you for being here!This week I had the chance to talk with Stu Venable of Happy Jacks RPG Podcast. Stu started Happy Jacks back in 2009 and it's one of the best gaming podcasts around. We chatted about Stu's gaming journey and different levels of crunch in games.If you have great ideas for topics or guests you can reach out to us on Our Website, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Discord!Please subscribe, rate and review the show on iTunes and AndroidSubscribe on Apple PodcastSubscribe on AndroidNow let’s jump into our chat with Stu Venable

hjrp2208 Your hosts: Stu, Dave77, Stork Thank you to Easy Roller Dice for supporting this episode of Happy Jacks RPG Podcast. Check out their Kickstarter for their new over-sized dice cups (with lids!) at easyrollerdice.com/cup. Show Notes! Matthew asks about GMing for newbies. Harold asks "does space combat have to be boring?" And Craig sends us a pseudo-horror story about GMing mediocrity.  

hjrp2016 In this Episode: GMing Topic: Building villains. Brendon from Ontario writes in about helping teenagers play better, and Clockwork Monk writes in about seven hours of superheroic shenanigans. This episode of Happy Jacks RPG Podcast is brought to you by listeners like you. If you would like to support the show, go to happyjacks.org/patreon.  

hjrp2016 In this Episode: GMing Topic: Building villains. Brendon from Ontario writes in about helping teenagers play better, and Clockwork Monk writes in about seven hours of superheroic shenanigans. This episode of Happy Jacks RPG Podcast is brought to you by listeners like you. If you would like to support the show, go to happyjacks.org/patreon.  

HJRP2002 This episode of Happy Jacks RPG Podcast is sponsored by EasyRollerDice.com. Check out the Kickstarter for their innovative dice tray, including a staging area so only the dice you're rolling are in the tray. You can find it at:  www.easyrollerdice.com/tray Thank you to EasyRollerDice.com for their continued support! If you like the show, please consider supporting our sponsors. In this Episode: Stu, Bill and Dave77 report from Gencon50. Sgt Dan writes in with some idea on character/group creation. Ben from Texas asks for some advice when he chokes.

HJRP2001 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, Gina Eight years ago today, we released our first episode of Happy Jacks RPG Podcast. We didn't realize this at the time of recording, but in celebration, I've included our original, crappy artwork for the show both here and attached to the .mp3 file. According to my FTP list, we've published 380 episodes (though it's probably more like 375). We'd like to raise a glass to our listeners old and new. You've listened, you've critiqued, you've contributed and you've sat through more Human Centipede references than I can count. Thank you for your patronage, support and feedback. -- Stu In this episode: Out of print GM asks: Running a villain game for kids? Mr Manowar writes in about our divisive hobby. Abacus from Missouri writes in about Hit point Fudging. And David from Florida sends us a GM success story.  

Recorded live at TsunamiCon 2015, JiB from Happy Jacks RPG Podcast runs an impromptu game of Dungeon World for some of our convention regulars. The game featured some of our most devoted listeners and community contributors, including Mikey Mason for part of the evening (before other obligations drew him reluctantly away from the table). Enjoy! The Metagamers Anonymous Actual Play series is sponsored by Lone Wolf Development, makers of Hero Lab, and Plate Mail Games!  

Recorded live at TsunamiCon 2015, JiB from Happy Jacks RPG Podcast runs an impromptu game of Dungeon World for some of our convention regulars. The game featured some of our most devoted listeners and community contributors, including Mikey Mason for part of the evening (before other obligations drew him reluctantly away from the table). Enjoy! The Metagamers Anonymous Actual Play series is sponsored by Lone Wolf Development, makers of Hero Lab, and Plate Mail Games!  

HJRP1906 This episode of Happy Jacks RPG Podcast is sponsored by EasyRollerDice.com... (You can get 15% off their gun metal dice series by going to https://easyrollerdice.com/collections/metal-dice and using the code SALE15) ...and listeners like you. Your Hosts: Stu, Stork, Bill, Kimi Show Notes! Raemus asks for some Murder Mystery help. Andreas gives us a glimpse into another gaming culture. Axle asks about character development in a condensed/intense session. Ryan sends us a GM Confession.      

Welcome to our final episode in our series examining Warcraft: Orcs and Humans, where we welcome guest Bill Roper! Dev Game Club looks at classic video games and plays through them over several episodes, providing commentary. Quick show note: We had some technical difficulties with Bill's mic, so he's a little quiet. Apologies. It is worth boosting your headphones to hear him. Podcast breakdown: 0:38      Bill Roper Interview 1:12:41 Break 1 1:13:06 Outro, next game Issues covered: Blizzard pre-Warcraft, how Bill got in, voice over, joining up to do anything, having empathy for orcs, manual symmetry, making investments in quality, notepads add heft, guerrilla marketing, "Growing up Blizzard," inclusivity and the "Mom test," getting into the RTS market, raising the bar back and forth with Westwood, SVGA resolution, LAN multiplayer, desynchronization bugs, pushing the capabilities of the engine, stringing missions together into a story, constant iteration of game writing, ebb and flow of mission types, longer development time for 1993, everything going right for Warcraft 2, emergence of the multiple click voice lines, letting the team find a new feature, AAA production focus vs indie innovation ability, planning for innovation and leadership buy-in, great ideas come from everywhere, Blizzard culture and design credited to the team, flip-side: killing your babies, everybody playing the game, the quote board, the world's most expensive QA team, meritocracy, Blizzard's influence on the industry and its inclusivity, simple to learn/difficult to master, supporting approachability with humor and aesthetics, grognard capture, free multiplayer clients with the single-player game, genesis of Battle.Net, pay-to-play multiplayer services, the influences that led to the orcs, the origins of Medivh's name, exiling the wolf riders, characterizing units through voice and portraiture, embedding character into the gameplay, telling side stories because you don't know what the player looks like, audio cues as feedback system, economical design, micro-management, building on roads, mini-map choices: essentially just an alert, no playing the game off the mini-map, trolling pro players, avoiding mini-map distraction, design discipline. Games, people, and influences mentioned or discussed: Warcraft series, Starcraft series, Diablo series, Champions, Star Trek Online, Blizzard, Silicon & Synapse, Justice League Task Force, Lost Vikings, Rock n' Roll Racing, Dune 2, Herzog Zwei, Blackthorne, Mars: Bringer of War (Hölst), Glenn Stafford, Allen Adham, Mike Morhaime, Magic: The Gathering, Jeopardy, MAD magazine, Davidson & Associates, Bethesda Game Studios, Oblivion, Command & Conquer, Westwood Studios, Ron Millar, id Software, Epic Megagames, Starfighter games, Bob Fitch, Republic Commando, Daron Stinnett, Dave Brevik, Erich and Max Schaefer, Farmville, Mafia Wars, Mario Kart, Hearthstone, Chris Metzen, Wing Commander, Skyrim, Myth series, Stu Venable, GURPS, Happy Jacks, Poxy Boggards. Links: You should follow @BillRoper on Twitter! Check out his podcast, Happy Jacks RPG Podcast! Or their website! Bliss out to the RennFaire strains of the Poxy Boggards! Next time: Super Metroid! Play until you get the charge beam (save around that) @brett_douville, @timlongojr, and @devgameclub DevGameClub@gmail.com

HJRP1614 Your host: Stu, Stork, Tim, Kimi and Dan & Wayne from Feartheboot.com Show Notes: Andreas from Sweden asks "do we need advancement?" Morgan writes in with an epiphany on GMs/Players and Prep. Chris asks for advice on scheduling. Toby writes in with some thoughts on Kickstarter. And Drayle 88 treats us to a gaming nightmare.

HJRP1613 Your Hosts: Stu, CADave, HosierRob, Tim and Dave77 from Spirit of 77. Show Notes: John from Maryland asks about travel in RPGs. Ryan writes in about what the players and characters want to do and what would be fun overall. Michael from Calif tells us about his Rusty GMing and End of Game Surprise Comic. Dan from Redlands tells us of his tragic return to gaming, and Ed from Minnesota asks if his story is a gaming horror story... Here's Michael's group's comic: http://dungeonsanddrawgons.tumblr.com/  

HJRP1612 Your hosts: Stu, Gina, Kimi, Stork Show Notes! Zombie@Heart writes in asking about character immersion.  Ken asks about running games you’d rather not run. Honken in Sweden writes in about Traveller, Noobs and something else.  Weaslecreature sends a heavily medicated email - mostly about the con and last week’s show Jorn in Sweden treats us to some information about that delectable Malort.  Sergeant Dan asks a question about pregame questions. Kurt from Murica writes in with a GM Confession. Links Mentioned: In lieu of Fear the Con this year, some Booters are organizing DruCon. June 3-4, 2016, near St. Louis, MO. A Link to Kurt's puzzle.  

HJRP1611 Your hosts: Stu, Bill, Gina and Tim Show Notes! We talk about our experiences at the Convention, Liam in Australia has a question about pacing in his Call of Cthulhu game. Simon in London shares some interesting fear mechanics.  The Reverend Doctor Johnson set’s Stu straight on Goodman Games’ Kickstarters. And Thomas in Denmark has some comments and a question about his Savage Worlds Rippers game.

HJRP1610 Live from Orccon 2016 This episode was recorded live at Strategicon's Orccon 2016.  

HJRP1609 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, Bill and JiB  

HJRP1608 - with the Angry GM Your hosts: Stu, Stork, Tim, Kimi and the Angry GM.

HJRP1607 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, Kimi, Tim Links Mentioned: DND5E OGL/SRD: DnD5E OGL/SRD - The DMs Guild - What is the DMs Guild? - DMs Guild Creator Resources Storium - Strolen's Citidel Show Notes: We talk about DnD5E and the new OGL announcement. GM Zach wrote in about our advice on GM screens. Willow writes in about some play-by-post type things. Chris asked the age-old question: Traveller or Savage Worlds? Bert in Berlin complains, loves us and asks a question. Bled Drug give us a GM Confession (your sins are absolved) and asks a question.    

HJRP1606 Your hosts: Stu, Kimi, JiB, Gina, Kris Show Notes! Trent asks about campaign prep, so we talk about hat for a bit. Jerry asks for some advice about starting a new game. Minnesota Gooch writes in about how he names characters. Sean from North New Jersey ask for some AP recording advice. Simon from Seattle relates a GMing story. And Adam from Fresno in Japan relates his bad GMing confession.  

HJRP1604 Your Hosts: Stu & Stork Show Notes! We close out the year with a two-man episode. With Star Wars: the Force Awakens having opened the day before -- and the holidays -- it was just the two of us. There will be NO EPISODE on CHRISTMAS DAY. If Stu finds time, he'll release a little GM Briefing around then. Ben from Texas asks us about aligning player expectations and wants with the theme of the game the GM is planning. He also suggest the Edge of the Empire episode of The One Shot Podcast. Alverant wrote in with a response to PunkMonkey's email about a player waiting for the "plot train." Linus writes in about maps, Kult and a podcast recommendation. Yeknom tells us about his convention game experiences. And Sir Guido sends in a horror story.

HJRP1603 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, Samantha and Tim A big thank you to EasyRollerDice.com for sponsoring this episode! Check out their new Legendary Copper and Serpent's Blood metal dice offering. Use coupon code SANTA for 10% off on your order. Also: if you sign up for their newsletter, you will get an additional code for 5% off. Double dip! Show Notes! Jeff in Michigan asks us to discuss the pitfalls of using real life places, people and events. He also asks about a player who desperately wants railroad tracks for the game. Ryan asks us to play "who's the douchebag?" Him, or his player who wandered off on his own. (this is always a fun topic) Hank tells us about a Kickstarter failure rate study. He also, in a PS, tells us about Smek JRR Tolkien toll utlosning, a delightful game about giving old JRR a handy. It's NSFW and requires the old Shockwave plugin. William tells us about the strange healing powers of Numenera for wayward gamers. Matthew from the UK sends us what should be a regular part of the show: a confession from a GM for some poor judgement, and how he learned from his mistake. It involves a transexual samurai. And Pete from St Albans delights us with a horror story. Thanks again to EasyR0llerDice.com for sponsoring this episode of Happy Jacks! If you have a moment, please check out their site.  

HJRP1602 Your Hosts: Stu, Stork, CADave and Walt from the Bamf Podcast. Show Notes! It's SwedeFest! on Happy Jacks. Andreas from Sweden writs in about maps, how to use them and how to keep them relevant in the game. Jonas from Sweden writes in about having a slightly too large potential gaming group. Nicholas from Sweden asks about a conundrum regarding a party that just doesn't play together well. Tommy from Sweden talks about death mechanics. Pete from St Albans writes about his group, his next game and plugs his youtube channel, where he discusses his home-brewed RPG system: https://youtu.be/-h75Zcl3xxM Toby writes in about gaming old games, getting better at GMing and online tools. He even has a podcast where he records his sessions and then analyzes them afterwards. And N Eric Philips writes in about linear combat.  

HJRP1601 Your Hosts: Stu, Stork, Bill and Scott Kurtz of PVPOnline.com and TableTitans.com.  

HJRP1520 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, Gina, Bill Show Notes! Russano asks us about unquantifiable drawbacks balancing mechanical benefits. Jerry writes in about Mage 20th Anniversary. Simon writes in about Roll20 and the FFG Star Wars games. Bill the listener gives us a horror story.

HJRP1519 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, Michael and Tim Show Notes! Benji (Michael) gives us a run down on a couple of online gaming tools he's been looking at. Saelorn ask us about bad game systems. Eric give us an interesting tactic for snipers. Goodmush begins an inter-state feud. JimTo is now hosting on RPG Circus. Give him a listen. Minnesota Gooch sets some shit straight. Niklas in Sweden sends us a HORRIBLE gaming nightmare (this is one of the ones describing a horrible *person* not bad gaming).  Be warned.

HJRP1518 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, CADave and David Kizzia from Spirit of '77. Many thanks to David Kizzia for coming out to Pasadena for the show. Spirit of '77 is an Apocalypse World hack available from Drivethrurpg and other online RPG retailers. For more info, go to spiritof77game.com. Show Notes: Willow writes in to defend GMPCs. Jason asks about props. Corbin Twa asks from help as a returning GM. Mitch from Oakland writes in to defend Pathfinder Society and talks about the good work they're doing up in the Bay Area (good on ya, Mitch!). Chad in Michigan asks about giving players background information during the game. And Azhrei, president of the Fear the Boot forum community, relates an incredible gaming horror story.  

HJRP1517 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, Kimi and Tim. This episode of Happy Jacks is sponsored by Easyrollerdice.com. Easyrollerdice is now offering a two-sided top-notch game mat, as well as their quality dice. Use the promo code 'HAPPY' at check out and save 20% on your entire order. Show notes! Craig asks us how to make snipers interesting. He also mentioned his game, Project Cassandra. Johnny from New Zealand writes in about boss fights. Adam from Fresno in Japan writes in about a lesson about DJing and how it helps with GMing. Chandlin asks us for some advice. John asks for some advice about running a solo game. Aviv tells us about a convention game in Israel, and Adam in Atlanta treats us to a gaming horror story.

HJRP1516 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, Kris, Bill

HJRP1515 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, Gina, Tim The Wrecking Crew is raising money for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Link to the Wrecking Crew's Extra-Life page. Click "donate." Type "The Wrecking Crew" into the search bar and pick a member to donate to. You can also check out the Wrecking Crew's podcast.  

HJRP1514 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, Samantha, JiB Phil Vecchione has a Patreon for his NPC project. Check it out: https://www.patreon.com/encodeddesigns?ty=h Show notes! We discuss ways to introduce new players. Casey from Sioux Falls about the benefits of recording games (even if you don't turn them in to actual plays), the Long Con format and the fact that he got to try out Savage Worlds. The link for the Minnesota Long Con: http://www.conplanner.com/ConventionHome.aspx?c=1182. And his podcast: http://rastlinie.podbean.com/ Jonas from Sweden writes in about understudy characters. Jason asks about Do's and Don't's of co-GMing. Michael gives us his take on paid playtests. MRCJ asks about quality minis. And Tarin gives us his take on making NPC death seem real.  

HJRP1513 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, Tim and Benji.    

HJRP1512 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, Gina, Bill, Kris Show Notes: Dance train asks us how to create an affinity for NPCs with the players. Marco shares his thoughts on Pathfinder Society. Ben in Texas gives us his thoughts on min-maxing. Hyvemynd writes in to catch up, and Juliet shares a game nightmare from Gencon.  

HJRP1511 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, JiB, Tim and Kris Steinbach tells us about his DM, who can't break the GM is God habit. Karlen of the Hill People asks us about a group of players who reject a player's character -- by locking him in a chest and abandoning him. Saelorn clarifies skill checks and rolling 1s in DnD -- and fails to rekindle the dice fudging debate. Czaras from Poland shares some pointers on running an oWoD game. Yeknom writes in about his plans to run two systems he's never played before at a game convention (Dogs in the Vineyard and Legend of the Five Rings). And Dave from Michigan treats us to a gaming nightmare.  

HJRP1510 This is a convention episode, recorded live at Gateway 2015. For more information on Strategicon's fine series of game conventions, check out their site at Strategicon.net.

hjrp1509 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, Gina and JiB

HJRP1508 Your hosts: Stu, CADave, Gina and Jim

HJRP1507 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, JiB, Tim    

HJPR1506 Your hosts: Stu, Kimi, CADave  

hjrp1505 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, Kris and Phil Vecchione. We discuss Engine Publishing's new book, Focal Point.  

HJRP1504 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, JiB and Tim    

HJRP1503 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, Bill and DTPints  

HJRP1502 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, Kimi, Gina and the Angry GM. Many thanks to the Angry GM for joining us.

hjrp1501 Your hosts: Stu, Kurt, Maire and Stork  

HJRO1420 Your hosts: Stu, Tyler, Tim and Kris

HJRP1419 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, Tyler, JiB  

Eldemy10 GM: Stu Players: Bill, Tyler, Kimi, Bruce, Kris System: DnD5E Nearly this entire session in one big combat. Please Note: Happy Jacks Actual Play Podcasts are published unedited. Recordings include side conversations, interruptions, etc.

ELDEMY07 GM: Stu Players: Bill, Tyler, Kimi, Bruce, Kris System: DnD5E Nearly this entire session in one big combat. Please Note: Happy Jacks Actual Play Podcasts are published unedited. Recordings include side conversations, interruptions, etc.

Hosts - Dan, Mack, Bryan, Steve Topic - Its our birthday!  In this, our one year anniversary episode, we walk down memory lane and wax nostalgic about the show, where we've been, how far we've come, and where we'd like to go from here.  All the while, swallowing our pride and making fun of ourselves mercilessly....Enjoy!     Notes from Dan: As mentioned at the top of the show, our friends from Happy Jacks RPG Podcast have had to move their feed.  If you are already a listener of the showand you need your fix, you can find more info here: http://www.happyjacks.org/our-feed-has-changed/ If you're not a listener....shame on you.