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     We Interviewed Stephen Price after he contacted Saul via the social networks telling us he and a group of friends were starting a new game convention in Milford MA.  that will take place next year from April 17-19th 2020.   We had a very good interview but unfortunately we lost over half of the interview.  Still we wanted to publish this interview for any and all folks near this convention.  The people working on this game con are committed to giving attendees the best possible gaming experience.  We hope to get Stephen on the microphone again and talk more about this exciting con.

    Again we apologize to Stephen and Rising Phoenix Game Con for the technically difficulties we had.

    Here is the website for the Con:  https://risingphoenixgamecon.com/

     In this Episode Saul and Jolene talk about Actual Plays.  Are they good or bad for RPGs.  From the very well produced and acted ones like Critical Role to the people playing in their RPG Cave eating and drinking and talking over each other.  Saul and Jolene discuss the different views of how "Actual Plays" can hinder RPGs and the people that play them and on the other hand how people see it as a positive to the RPG hobby. 

     As always thanks for listening and all we ask is that you share with family and friends.

    Music by Lucky Dragons, song Actual Reality off the Actual Reality album.

  Available at FreeMusicArchive.com

     Gabriel Vega the Director of Convention Development and Organizer of Pacificon had some "Breaking News" and wanted to do and interview give Saul and Jolene first dibs on this News.   Gabriel has been organizing Pacificon for the last 15 years here in the SF Bay Area.  Gabriel has also started some smaller specific gaming and interest convention in the Central Valley.  Saul and Jolene have been going to Pacificon since Gabriel bought the convention from previous owners.  Pacificon takes place over the Labor Day weekend at the Santa Clara Mariott which will be the new location for DunDraCon in 2021.

     Saul asks about Gabriel's gaming roots and it goes back, way back to 1977 and how a particular set of events led to Gabriel's close connection to gaming and Gaming Conventions.

      Gabriel pulled good joke on Saul and literally left him speechless when he joked about what the big news was.  The Breaking News is pretty cool adding another gaming convention to the SF Bay Area coming next year.

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          Things that you can easily do to immerse your players at your RPG table.  Saul and Jolene discuss simple and cheap things you can do to get buy in from your players.  From special character sheets, handouts, notes  to maps, all these things and more can get your players really into the setting of the game.  Saul discusses the different things he has done to get the players ready to play Dresden Files, Tekumel, Star Trek Adventures and other RPGs .  

         So get creative and get ready to lead your players into an more immersive game at your game table.

   As always thanks for listening and all we ask is that you share our podcast with family and friends.

    Music by North Hive, song Immersion off the album Immersion

  Available from FreeMusicArchive.com

     Romance in RPGs, Saul and Jolene talk about why this has not happened much in their games at home.  Romance can add an interesting element to any RPG games.  Jolene finds an RPG specifically about romance.  Actually a trio of rpgs by Emily Care Boss.  This was not the romance in RPGs that Saul was thinking about, Saul was thinking of more of a courtly romance or adding a love interest to a PC character.  Also discussed is romance between players and some pitfalls this might lead to.  Jolene's research yielded some funny and cautionary tales of romance done wrong in games.  All in all if players are mature enough and willing romance in an RPG can add a lot of roleplaying opportunities. 

    As always, thank you all for listening and please share our podcast with family and friends to help get our podcast to as many listeners as possible.

   You can look at and buy Emily Care Boss' romantic rpgs here: http://www.blackgreengames.com/shop/romancetrilogy

     Music by Pianochocolate, song Romance, off the album Blueberry.

     Available from FreeMusicArchive.com

http://www.blackgreengames.com/shop/romancetrilogy