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Game Mastery episodes

  • Episode 34: GM Tips and Stories - Part 5 of 5 - Vampires and LARPing

    Favorite LARPing stories and how they promote inclusion. GMing tips and learning to let everyone have time int he spotlight. How to handle interpersonal conflict in-game and between players. Conflicts of personality, just between players liking each other, independent of anything egregious. There are personal GM rules of intervention, but also organization-based. Plus, favorite vampire stories!

    30 min
  • Episode 34: More about the game! - Part 3 of 5 - Vampires and LARPing

    How often can you expect to have games available as a player? How much time does Jessica put in to administering the history, logs, characters, GMing and everything? GMs are responsible for more than just showing up each week and running a module. Vampire GMs might be more hands-on with the actual player’s characters than a D&Der is used to. The more the GM knows about the people and characters, the better the story.

    28 min
  • Episode 34: Intro - Vampires and LARPing

    We 're joined in a 5-part episode by Jessica, an experienced Vampire: The Masquerade GM.

    New year, new ideas, new formats!

    Thank you for your support this past year!

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    Steve(n): On today's game mastery. We talked to Jessica and experienced vampire the masquerade GM, and we've broken the episode into chunks to see how you like the format. Versus one long episode, we had an audio issue in the first 10 minutes of part one. It affected both our main and backup recordings, but the content was important.

    So we left it in. And welcome to year two of gay mastery. Thank you for listening. And don't forget to rate, review and share. It's how we grow to create better content for you.

    1 min
  • Episode 33: Review - Avatar RPG Quickstart

    In a world... where cartoons are not cartoons, and Andrew is flummoxed by inappropriately managed emotion, we take a journey into a role playing game made for children... and talk (maybe too much) about why a certain gaming mechanic bugged us.

    Magpie Games is Kickstartering an rpg based on the Last Airbender and Legend of Korra series, and we tried it out in a one-shot GM'd by the wonderful Lili Sparx!

    We meant to talk about the experience of gameplay as the focus, but we ended up spending most of the time talking about the merits of one of the game's key mechanics. If you're into behavioral therapy, Stoicism, and developmental psychology in real-world situations, you might get a bigger kick out of this than our other episodes [laughs].

    The takeaways?

    - Our GM was GREAT. Highly recommended! We hope Lili will join us for a follow-up one day.

    - If you love Avatar, GET THIS GAME!

    - If you are a mental health professional rpg'r, get this game, but be prepared to want take Mark's hack-your-game brush to it. Otherwise, the interpersonal mechanics will bug ye!

    Avatar kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magpiegames/avatar-legends-the-roleplaying-game?ref=1ajf7r&gclid=Cj0KCQjwg7KJBhDyARIsAHrAXaHX9bdSwS6AXSGM8pT1z385-cYHFXAILY7bcNFXIzYBzlXkIzRarecaAiX2EALw_wcB

    LIli's Magpie Games' page https://magpiegames.com/lili-sparx/



    51 min
  • Episode 32: Selling Magic for Shoes

    Steve(n) let's Mark help guide him on whether or not to sell his few remaining higher-dollar Magic cards. Car payment on one hand, Reserve List items on the other...


    If you've ever had to look at your collectables and make the hard decision about what to sell when you need cash, come on in and listen to Steve(n) debate his choices. If you're independently wealthy, never had to run down to your local game shop to sell boxes of cherished gaming treasures, then listen in just to hear Steve(n)'s reaction when he finds out how much Fallen Empires boxes are now.

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    Steve(n)'s nostalgic Urza's Deck: https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/big-green-bauble-crunch/

    Just what is a Gaea's Cradle, anyway: https://tinyurl.com/y7tbaa4j

    Article on investing in Magic from 2019: https://strategy.channelfireball.com/all-strategy/mtg/channelmagic-articles/now-you-can-literally-invest-in-magic-cards/

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    Magic: The Gathering is a collectible card game created by Richard Garfield. For the past 27 years, it has grown in popularity unlike any peer game or competitor in the world. It was recently named the world's most complex game we know of- in all of known human history. And now, single cards on what is called the Reserve List have shot up in value like crazy. These are cards that will never be reprinted, and their rarity and power make them highly sought after for both competitive and casual play, plus collectability. 

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic:_The_Gathering


    21 min
  • Episode 31: GM Interview - The Serial Killer Campaign
    Jorge and Austin meet up with us for the conclusion of out 3-part series on The Serial Killer Campaign. And what a ride!
    The results of our last episode blew us away, and we were completely surprised by the player reactions to the reveal.
    The insights in this episode were 180 degrees from where we thought we'd be after the first.
    Come learn about Jorge's campaign's evolution from Out of the Abyss (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_the_Abyss_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)) to something entirely unique to his playgroup. See if Austin's character survives the revelations from Asmodeus, and decide for yourself if friendships make for better gaming.
    Plus, check out the works of the one guy who everyone wished had come on the podcast, but didn't. We will continue to give this no-show a hard time, even as we promote his books, because if he's part of the family of gamers we met on this 3-episode journey, he can't be bad ;)
    https://www.amazon.com/Marvin-Barbarian-David-L-Wesley/dp/1976348862/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=marvin+the+barbarian&qid=1627600806&sr=8-1&asin=1976348862&revisionId=&format=4&depth=1
    1 hr 16 min
  • Episode 30: Player Interview - The Serial Killer Campaign

    The fiend is revealed!

    On this episode, we talk to Rosie, Corey, Jon, and Shylah about this amazing campaign.

    Was there drama? Should there have been drama? How many people do they think Lucius had a hand in killing? Did anyone suspect?

    And is everyone still friends...

    If you haven't listened to the first episode in this series, check out https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/etavft

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    How do players handle discovering that a murderer was in their midsts? Does having a close-knit group mean you can take gaming risks that you couldn't with strangers? What makes a good gaming group? And is talen-tuh-ted a word?

    1 hr 22 min

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