Furiously Eclectic Podcast

Phzoul, GM Age and Kersus chat about Wild West Gaming, Player Agency, the need for gaming palette cleansing, reminiscing on old times and more!

1. Movie Discussion: Wild Bill (1995)
2. Wild West Tabletop Mechanics & Combat Lethality
3. Tactical Combat, Monster Targeting, and Boss Fights
4. Hidden Agendas, Secret Notes, and Doppelgangers
5. Long-Running Campaigns & Complex Subplots (The 255-Session Campaign)
6. Real-World Knowledge in RPGs (The Flour Dust Explosion Debate)
7. System Complexity Evolution: Crunchy Rules vs. Rules-Light Play
8. Personal Gaming History, Nostalgia, and Minis

Phzoul and Kersus (with some Age for seasoning) chat about swords, horses in combat, the prestige of swords (and cost), some Lejendary Adventure, OSRPG, Wild Bill, games where you flee, realism and real-life knowledge in gaming and so much more in this meaty episode.

Note: Some mild Game of Thrones spoilers.

1. GMing Philosophy, Table Trust, and Game Momentum

2. Weapons, Damage Mechanics, and Minmaxing in RPGs

3. Mounted Combat and the Role of Horses

• "Movie Logic" vs. Reality
• Player vs. Character Knowledge
• Table Trust and Minmaxing
• Maintaining Pacing

• The "Short Sword" Paradox
• Skill-Based Damage
• Minmaxing & Weapon Variety
• The Prestige of Swords

• The Weakness of 5e Horses

• The Terror of Horse Charges
• Real-Life Jousting
• Horseback Adventures

Phzoul and Kersus chat about games with some input from Age of Adventure.

The number 13; Historical Superstitions & Real-World Travel Inspirations.

Combat Realism, Shield Mechanics, & Armor Degradation

Table Safety, Phobias, and Running Dark RPGs

GMing Strategy: Pivoting, Special Forces, & "Bait-and-Switch" Scenarios

Pop Culture & Spooky Media as RPG Fodder

D&D 5e vs. OSR, Indie, and Superhero RPGs

Jackalex, Phzoul and Kersus ramble on about gaming.

Forgotten Realms, Inventory/Encumbrance, Knave, Procedural Adventuring, Religion, Voyages of Zylarthen and more!

Kersus and Phzoul chat with DH Cross, author of Insidiae, co-author of World Builder, creator of the Eldritch RPG and so much more!

Sci-Fi RPGs when you don't believe the tech is realistic; Playing criminals without being bad; Playing villains/monsters to their capability; Games we used to love but no longer play; Eldritch RPG; Gygaxian Fantasy Worlds/World Builder's Archive; etc.

Terminus: A Coherence System Game https://suite-ten-gold.vercel.app/

The One Shot RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/4266/one-shot-rpg

Furiously Eclectic Discord: https://discord.gg/cGuB6xK4 (only good for one week)

Phzoul & Kersus banter about gaming.

Cthulhu games, splitting paries, short tribute to Michael Mirth aka Paul Burdick, is Traveller harder to write for, Star Trek, criticizing Age, less is more.

Phzoul, GM_Cactus, Aron and Kersus chat about Social Initiative, hidden initiative - when sessions go wrong - gaming as a useful life skill and more!

This time it's a panel of five.

Aron Clark: On The Table

Chris Clark: Inner City Games Designs

Phzoul: One Shot RPG

Marcello: Friend's Product

We talk Gary Gygax, Lejendary Adventure, Holmes & Clark, Random Encounters, One Shot RPG, and more ignoring Age of Adventure!

Happy Holmes D&D month!

Happy Gary Gygax Day! I miss that man.

Phzoul and Kersus talk about Black Swan Events, cool things to try (running a capital ship), drinking while gaming, useful treasure and more! Age arrives too late and eats cereal.

Note: Spoiler about S01 Game of Thrones and the first book.

Phzoul and Kersus (with a little help from Age of Adventure) chat about:

To Pregen or Not to Pregen;

Fudging die rolls;

Ammo Tracking;

Villains;

and more!