Fighting Megacorps to a stand still. High tech, low living. Style over substance. Chrome over flesh. Neons. Techno. These are what differentiate Cyberpunk as a sci-fi genre. Inspired largely by classics such as Blade Runner, Judge Dredd and modern masterpieces like Cyberpunk EdgeRunners, Kevin and I jacked-into the Net this week. We talk about how to introduce cyberpunk traits, the themes of stories you can tell, and even our own take on a cyberpunk setting in South East Asia.

A session zero is an often recommended "best practice" for RPG tables.  In this episode, we are joined by Jean Curci, author of @moonsoontooj, an awesome 5e campaign setting for the world's greatest role-playing game. Jean and I chatted about aligning party goals, table expectations, campaign frameworks, and sharing workloads with players.

Find Moonsoon on twitter at: https://bit.ly/MoonSoonTooj & Facebook at: https://bit.ly/MoonsoonFB

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The Dancing Barmaid, provided by DistroKid, by PGN music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3KXe9XAHF1S3yhR7WxGVAA

How shall we design a compelling recurring villain? Jack and his fellow player/GM, Mint explore this question in this episode. From hacks to ensuring your villain doesn't get unalive on the first encounter to preparing the most epic final battle, this podcast is for both GMs and players who seek to have good tabletop RPG villains at the table.

Learn different ways of running tabletop RPG games. Indulge in the art of collaborative storytelling through roleplay. Dip your toe into new game systems! We invite you to the Danari Tavern's Hearth where the drinks are cold and the fire is warm.

Credits Music:

Teller of the Tales Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...

So you're going to be the Game Master now, are we? Was this great power thrust upon you? Or did you seek it with your own desires? No matter the reason, the big question is whether you play a module/pre-written adventures or homebrew. Today, our good friend Hkun is here to talk about how to use an adventure module, how to avoid certain beginner GM pitfalls, and finding your own voice. 

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Dungeons & Dragons, Call of Cthulhu and Monster of the Week. All these great games bring horror into your table unique in their mechanics. Tonight, I sat down with Val, my dear friend and fellow lover of everything horror, to talk about our inspirations, how to run horror games, safety measures for players, and our own descent into the darkness. 

Always wanted to write characters that your whole table will remember? Make characters so compelling that you can't help but reminisce about their heroism and recount their legends. Thymora smiles upon you listener! For today, we sit down with Kevin and ALeafyleaf to talk about creating compelling characters for your TTRPG games.

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