GM box

GM box

By Åsa Tornborg & Johan WinqvistLeisureGamesHobbies
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  • Balancing encounters

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    This episode we discuss how to balance different kinds of encounters to suit your players. And Åsa has some questions about her new campaign.

    Vincent's "The Inked" subclass for Warlocks in 5e: https://www.dndbeyond.com/subclasses/64911-the-inked

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    38 min
  • Convention scenarios

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    A long while ago we went to a convention and played a lot of roleplaying games!

    The complete notes for the mystery scenario, expanded to make sense to non-Vincent people:
    Lady A — Murdered, along with a faked vampire bite. Secretly a Mummy and heavily controlled by her husband.

    Lord A — Husband of Lady A. Secretly a Mummy who kept his wife and their daughter, AD, gaslit about his control. Suspects Mr B.

    Mr B — Had an affair with Lady A and knows she was afraid of her husband. Suspects Lord A.

    Mrs B — Medium. Suspected her husband's affair and was killed by Lord A when she discovered they were Mummies.

    Valet V — Knows Lord A is abusive... and admires him for it. Suspects Lord A but tries to throw anyone else under the bus.

    Maid M — Discovered Lady A's body. She has fallen in love with AD and suspects her of the murder, but will try to save her loved one.

    AD — Daughter of Lord and Lady A. Secretly a Mummy. Has fallen in love with M and killed Lady A to run away and start a new life with M.

    Each Mummy has an urn with their heart stashed away. Destroying the heart kills them.

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    35 min
  • Lore dump - Making the ancient

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    In this episode Åsa tries to know things on the subject about how stuff gets older.

    Tiny topics: How different systems handles character death.

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    41 min
  • Mapmaking

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    We talk about making maps for all your possible needs. From tolls to needs, from single locations to whole cities and regions. And Johan gets passionate about rivers.

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    42 min
  • Getting back into it

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    There are times when the game is interrupted for long periods of time. Maybe you needed a break, everyone was away for the summer, or there was a global pandemic preventing you from seeing each other in person. Whatever it was, you are now excited to get back to it... but how? We'll give you some tools and tricks that can help you back on track!

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    20 min
  • How to talk to your players

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    We are finally back! Pardon the long wait, and the sound quality of this episode, and the fact that we are a bit rusty. :P

    We always say, "talk to your players", but sometimes that is easier said than done. In this episode we give you advice on how to do this without putting unnecesary strain on you or the player in question.

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    35 min
  • Death

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    CW: death (big surprise)

    In this episode we discuss how to deal with player character death, and how to use death as a storytelling tool.

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    24 min
  • AQ

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    This episode we answer a few episodes from our listeners.

    The book mentioned in the episode epiphany is "Les dîners de Gala" by Salvador Dalí". More examples of amazing/disturbing dishes are: frog creme, snail ragu and pheasant in port (sounds fairly tasty actually). 

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    37 min
  • Players, we love you. Please help!

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    This episode we reach out to our beloved players with a collection of advice to make your and your GM's gaming experience even better!

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    31 min

About GM box

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This is a podcast where one veteran game master and one green game master discuss the ins and outs of GM-ing. We give tips on how to be a better GM, or at least how to avoid some pitfalls. The focus…