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Alien Familiar RPG Podcast episodes
- Episode 162: Historical Accuracy vs Game Balance
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Hosts: Clayton and Jordan
In this episode we discuss balancing Real World accuracy with fun game rules
Geek Things
- Clayton – Holistic Dungeon Master on Youtube
- Jordan – Daddy Rolled a 1 on Youtube
- Old School Rules on Youtube
- Kingdom Two Crowns video game
1 hr 2 min - Episode 161: Mapmaking
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Hosts: Clayton & Eliot
In this episode we talk about creating and using maps in games
Things we talked about:
- Worldographer
- Inkarnate
- Azgaar
- Whatabou Medieval Fantasy Generator
- World Anvil
- Campaign Cartographer
- Procreate
Geek Things
- Eliot – Star Wars: Ahsoka
- Clayton – Map Crow – Building Better Dungeons on youtube
1 hr 11 min - Episode 160: Review of The Misty Isles Pt1
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Hosts: Clayton, Jordan, and Eliot
In this episode we start to review a few island adventures found in the original Misty Isles adventure
Jordan’s Map of The Misty Isles
Geek Things:
- Clayton – World of Antiquity youtube channel exploring Egyptian Pyramids
- Jordan – Oppenheimer film
- Eliot – Firefly (2002)
1 hr 40 min - Episode 159: Dicebag Disco 5
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Hosts: Clayton and Jordan
In this episode we talk about several topics: Character Class does not equal character personality, when miscommunication between characters can enhance the game, how to run a high-level or high-powered game
Geek Things:
- Clayton – The Templin Institute on Youtube
- Jordan – Public domain, early film movies available on youtube
- A Trip to the Moon
- The Witch
- A whole bunch of other films by George Méliès
57 min - Episode 158: Review of Palace of the Vampire Queen
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Hosts: Clayton and Jordan
In this episode we discuss our experiences with the classic adventure Palace of the Vampire Queen
Geek Things
- Clayton – MyHouse.WAD – Inside Doom’s Most Terrifying Mod by Power Pak
- Jordan – Mount & Blade series of video games
1 hr 20 min - Episode 157: DM Deception
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Hosts: Clayton, Eliot, Jordan
In this episode we talk about when it is right for the DM to deceive the players
Things We Reference
- Tomb of Ra-Hotep by Alan Lucien
- Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History
- Rashomon Effect
Geek Things
- Clayton – Bite-Sized Nightmares on youtube
- Eliot – The Complete Fiction of HP Lovecraft
- Jordan – The Last of Us on HBO
1 hr 20 min - Episode 156: Minigames
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Hosts: Clayton and Jordan
In this episode, we talk about minigames with greater RPGs
Geek Things
- Clayton – Charlie Hopkinson youtube channel
- Jordan – On Downtime and Demesnes by Courtney Campbell
- Henry V directed by Kenneth Branagh
1 hr 12 min - Episode 155: The Ruined Tower of Zenopus
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Hosts: Clayton, Eliot, and Jordan
In this episode we give our thoughts and experiences with the classic module
Zenopus Archives
Geek Things
- Clayton – Wizards and Warriors youtube channel
- Jordan – Zenopus Archives
- Eliot – The Legend of Vox Machina Season 2
1 hr 7 min - Episode 154: OGL CC SRD IP AI and WotC
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Hosts: Clayton and Jordan
Guest: Yochai Gal, creator of fun games
In this episode we talk about several of the recent developments in the hobby, including missteps of Hasbro concerning the Open Gaming License and the new horizon of content created by Artificial Intelligence
Things we reference in the episode:
- The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric S Raymond
Geek Things
- Clayton – Why It’s Rude to Suck at Warcraft by Folding Ideas
- Yochai – Games: Agency as Art by C. Thi Nguyen
- Jordan – TheAIWizard on youtube
1 hr 4 min - Episode 153: Living in a Magical Society
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Hosts: Clayton, Eliot, and Jordan
In this episode we explore what it would be like living in a world with D&D magic
Geek Things
- Clayton – Dr. Geoff Lindsey youtube channel about English accents and pronunciation
- Eliot – Magical Industrial Revolution book on drivethrurpg from Skerples
- Jordan – Bandits Keep podcast and youtube channel
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About Alien Familiar RPG Podcast
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A podcast that gives heuristics-driven advice on tabletop roleplaying gaming