HeyJaredRPG Lessons Learned
The show where you can learn from our mistakes...We talk about our games, and the lessons we learned while playing them.
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L5R5E Mini-Campaign, Part 3 (Legend of the Five Rings, 5E) (opens the original)
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Dusty and Tanner return to Rokugan with Legend of the Five Rings! They talk about their latest session, including "mythology episodes", introducing supernatural elements into grounded games, GM backseat driving, dilemmas that end up having clear answers, campaign villains, how often to engage with the game's core mechanic, D1 glazing, relationship building with NPCs, the best way to study for a setting, and players controlling NPCs. Legend of the Five Rings: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/produ
Tanner's Campaign: Churwood Concluded (The Tan Hack) (opens the original)
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Tanner talks with Dusty about the mixed conclusion to his homebrew OSR sandbox game. Topics of conversation include how to conclude an open-ended story, Macguffins that don't work, how random encounters can generate plot, the dedication of players, GM ego, magic item design, and how (mostly) awesome The Monster Overhaul is. The Tan Hack: https://thecrystalmaw.itch.io/the-tan-hack The Monster Overhaul: https://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/The-Monster-Overhaul.html The Ruined Asylum of Uulgr
L5R5E Mini-Campaign, Part 2 (Legend of the Five Rings, 5E) (opens the original)
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The Legend of the Five Rings mini-campaign continues! Dusty and Tanner talk about the second session, including an unexpected story climax, themes in RPG stories, misalignment driving storytelling, player monologues, reining in GMPCs, what prep looks like for a narrative game, and GM vs player obligations in play. Legend of the Five Rings: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/257004/legend-of-the-five-rings-core-rulebook Intro / Outro Music: Mirror Image by BernardW100!
L5R5E Mini-Campaign, Part 1 (Legend of the Five Rings, 5E) (opens the original)
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Tanner runs L5R 5E for Dusty as a start of a new campaign! They chat about telegraphing and predicting story moments, giving a player character a sidekick, making complex characters, role-playing in-character, how game settings and systems can influence role-playing choices, transitioning from pre-published to homebrewed adventures, pulling punches as a GM, when to house rule or let the system roll, rolling dice on your own vs publicly, tailoring a story to your players, and structuring a campai
G.I. JOE the Roleplaying Game! (Essence20: Snake Pit) (opens the original)
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Dusty and Tanner check out the G.I. Joe RPG! Topics include setting the tone before the game, adapting a group-focused game to 1 player, system cheat sheets, pre-made adventure structures, how an adventure teaches you a system, adventures that are too easy, games that make themselves a pain to play digitally, wrestling with Fantasy Grounds, and the idea of too much new-ness. G.I. JOE Roleplaying Game Beginner Box:https://renegadegamestudios.com/g-i-joe-roleplaying-game-beginner-box-boot-camp Int
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