9 minutes of actual Hot Springs Island play, followed by GG NO RE: UNPLUGGED.

We talk about what we actually are looking for when playing and running RPGs, what effect the DM's investment in the setting has on the game, using Coggle with investigative games, creating dungeons map-last instead of map-first, shots fired about the utility of unstocked maps, designing for emergent gameplay vs designing something inherently engaging with emergent gameplay a bonus feature, and old multiplayer games. Enjoy, if you can.

Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/121.

Loosely an actual play, we spend the first 20 minutes talking about Star Wars. Then we look at statues. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/120.

We actually play Hot Springs Island this time! We meet people, kill monsters, and talk about what's good and bad so far about the module, concluding with general thoughts on the role of random generation in modules. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/119.

We talk about how Chartopia can help you organize your random tables, high school drama club, how motion blur is terrible except in VR, and play a little bit of the actual game. More proper play next episode. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/118.

We continue our actual play of Hot Springs Island, using a hacked up version of 5e to be more like the upcoming Pathfinder 2e playtest. This one has us fully exploring a hex and getting sidetracked by film criticism and grits criticism. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/117.

We start our actual play of Hot Springs Island, using a hacked up version of 5e to be more like the upcoming Pathfinder 2e playtest. This one explains the procedures of the book from the GM and player sides and gives some insight into what actually running the thing is like. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/116.

We talk about how to hack 5e to use some rules that have been revealed from the upcoming Pathfinder 2e playtest. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/115.

We talk about our experience with Cthulhu-style investigative horror gaming, contrast it with D&D, and get into that theory. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/114.

We discuss how hexcrawls can be compelling and how they can fail, exemplified in Tomb of Annihilation and Hot Springs Island. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/113.

We have reached our limit with Tomb of Annihilation. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/112.