Gnomecast

By Gnome Stew

What's Gnomecast about?

A rotating cast of gnomes (from Gnome Stew, the award winning gaming blog) gather every two weeks to discuss table top gaming topics from their articles and elsewhere. Will we be good enough to avoid being thrown in the stew?

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Gnomecast episodes:

04.10.2024
Gnomecast #186 – Mixing Genres
Ang has a chat with Bryan Steele about his work with Evil Genius Games and Everyday Heroes, along with all the other things he has been doing as a Professional Nerd for the last twenty-plus years.
03.27.2024
Gnomecast #185 – Taking Over
Ang has a chat with Bryan Steele about his work with Evil Genius Games and Everyday Heroes, along with all the other things he has been doing as a Professional Nerd for the last twenty-plus years.
03.13.2024
Gnomecast #184 – D&D and Me
Ang has a chat with Bryan Steele about his work with Evil Genius Games and Everyday Heroes, along with all the other things he has been doing as a Professional Nerd for the last twenty-plus years.
02.28.2024
Gnomecast #183 – New Players, New Characters
Ang has a chat with Bryan Steele about his work with Evil Genius Games and Everyday Heroes, along with all the other things he has been doing as a Professional Nerd for the last twenty-plus years.
02.14.2024
Gnomecast #182 – Video Games to RPGs
Ang has a chat with Bryan Steele about his work with Evil Genius Games and Everyday Heroes, along with all the other things he has been doing as a Professional Nerd for the last twenty-plus years.
02.01.2024
Gnomecast #181 – Bridgett Jeffries, Community Coordinator
Ang has a chat with Bryan Steele about his work with Evil Genius Games and Everyday Heroes, along with all the other things he has been doing as a Professional Nerd for the last twenty-plus years.
01.17.2024
Gnomecast #180 – Meet a New Gnome – Josh Storey
Ang has a chat with Bryan Steele about his work with Evil Genius Games and Everyday Heroes, along with all the other things he has been doing as a Professional Nerd for the last twenty-plus years.
12.20.2023
Gnomecast #179 – Little Details, Big Worlds
Ang has a chat with Bryan Steele about his work with Evil Genius Games and Everyday Heroes, along with all the other things he has been doing as a Professional Nerd for the last twenty-plus years.
12.06.2023
Gnomecast #178 – Interview with Bryan Steele
Ang has a chat with Bryan Steele about his work with Evil Genius Games and Everyday Heroes, along with all the other things he has been doing as a Professional Nerd for the last twenty-plus years.
11.23.2023
Gnomecast#177 – Superhero Games
Ang, Chris, & Jared talk about superhero games and get off on a variety of comic book and superhero media tangents. Links WhatdoIKnowJR.com - Jared's Reviews Supergods by Grant Morrison Screen Crush Youtube Channel Themershard Ornament
11.08.2023
Gnomecast#176 – Canon Characters
Ang, Chris, & Jared talk about using Canon Characters in your games. They touch on their experiences as a GM and player and then give some tips and tricks to make it a little easier for you to make you...
10.25.2023
Gnomecast#175 – Tips for Attending Conventions
Some of us are attending conventions once again and thought we should share our best tips for how to go about existing in the convention space. Enjoy.
10.11.2023
Gnomecast#174 – Gaming Anniversary
We have a 20 year gaming group anniversary to celebrate and Ang does it with her crew by recording a Gnomecast. They talk about how they've kept this group going for 20 years, the changes, and challenges they've delt with,...
09.27.2023
Gnomecast#173 – Welcome Back Walt
The gnomes are happy to welcome back Walt to the gnome tree. Walt is one of the original gnomes and an RPG game designer with more writing credits than he can remember. From Cubicle 7s Victoriana to Green Ronin's days...
09.13.2023
Gnomecast#172 – RPG A Day Conversation
Ang, Chris, and Senda get together to talk about some of the RPG a day questions from 2023.
08.30.2023
Gnomecast#171 – Shadow of the Weird Wizard Interview
JT sits down with the Demon Lord himself, Rob Schwalb from Schwalb Entertainment to talk about his newest game, Shadow of the Weird Wizard.
08.16.2023
GNOMECAST #170 – Session 0 Redux
Session 0. We're doing it again. Why? Because it's important. Why is it important? Because it helps groups understand who the characters they're playing are, why the characters are doing what they're doing, places them firmly into the campaign and...
08.02.2023
GNOMECAST #169 – Plot Seeds
Not every seed that's planted in the ground grows which is why you need to get some fertile soil, space your seeds in the soil properly, water them as needed, and monitor those seeds as they begin to spout and...
07.19.2023
GNOMECAST #168 – Alex Thomas from Green Ronin
The gnomes welcome Alex Thomas from Green Ronin, the line developer for Mutants and Masterminds. Ang might have also Gulliver travelled him to a chain to get this interview. Either way, the conversation is pretty good, filled with super hero...
07.05.2023
GNOMECAST #167 – Parties…like the ones you dance at
We're talking about parties. Not adventuring parties. Masquerades, balls, shindigs, gatherings, formal dances, ragers, raves, and festivals. Chris and Jared want to help you drop that holiday party right in the middle of your game and make it as memorable...
06.21.2023
GNOMECAST #166 – The Quantum Ogre
It's here. It's there. It's every bleeping where. Quantum Ogre. Quantum Ogre.
06.07.2023
GNOMECAST #165 – Scheduling Difficulties
On today's Gnomecast we talk problems with scheduling. To cover that we have Ang, along with Tomas and Phil to talk about the true BBEG of ttrpgs. Time to break out the +4 calendars.
05.24.2023
GNOMECAST #164 – Demiplane with Adam Bradford
Jared takes some time to speak with Adam Bradford, the person behind Demiplane. a place for Digital Tools, Content, and Services to Discover, Prep, and Play All Your Favorite Tabletop Roleplaying Games.
05.10.2023
GNOMECAST #163 – Collaborative World Building
Today we have myself Ang, along with Senda and Jared to talk about Collaborative World Building. What it is, how to do it, games that can help you get better at it, the pitfalls, the bonus for doing this, and...
04.25.2023
Public Access with Jason Cordova
Game Crush is a conversation between folks who love a game. Sometimes it's with two people who just enjoy the game and sometimes it's between a fan and the designer. Today Chris is talking with Jason Cordova for the first...
04.12.2023
GNOMECAST #162 – Hex Crawls
Today we have myself, Ang, along with JT and Senda and today we’re going to talk about introducing new players to roleplaying games.
03.29.2023
GNOMECAST #161 – Introducing New Players
Today we have myself, Ang, along with JT and Senda and today we’re going to talk about introducing new players to roleplaying games.
03.15.2023
GNOMECAST #160 – One Bad Player to Make a Change
Today we have myself, Ang, along with Jared and JT. Today we’re going to talk about how one bad player can make you change how you GM, in both good and bad ways.
03.01.2023
GNOMECAST #159 – Playing for an Audience
Today's episode talks about playing for an audience. With Panda's. No. Wait. The Panda's are on the episode. Just listen. It'll make sense quickly.
02.15.2023
GNOMECAST #158 – Plot v Agency
Today's episode is going to talk about how to balance the GM’s plot with the players’ agency.
02.01.2023
GNOMECAST #157 – Spliting the Party
You go down that hallway and I'll go down this one. You want to split the party? Is that a good idea? Well, Ang, Thomas, and Chris are here to tell you why it is, some tips for how to...
01.19.2023
GNOMECAST #156 – Games in 2023
Welcome to the Gnomecast. This week it's about those games we want to get to the table in 2023. So give it a listen and maybe you'll be inspired to run a game you've never heard of.
12.21.2022
GNOMECAST #155 – Novice GM Questions Part 2
This week's Gnomecast is getting back to basics, again..., with Ang and JT as they let Lori ask them a bunch more questions for the beginning GM. It's Part two time.
12.07.2022
GNOMECAST #154 – Novice GM Questions
This week's Gnomecast is getting back to basics with Ang and JT as they let Lori aske them a bunch of questions for the beginning GM.
11.23.2022
GNOMECAST #153 – Your Favorite Adversaries
We're talking about our favorite baddies and then get a little deeper into the variations of adversaries in our ttrpgs.
11.09.2022
GNOMECAST #152 – GM Burnout
You can't muster up the energy, the game isn't fun anymore, you feel trapped by the scope of your prep and campaign. It's all just too much. Then hits the burnout. This episode provides a variety of gnomes giving you...
10.26.2022
GNOMECAST #151 – Published Adventures
What tries to be a short-form thing, while also diving into a deeply embedded aspect of gaming that can also be considered highly annoying? Well an episode of the Gnomecast talking about Riddles of course!
10.12.2022
GNOMECAST #150 – Riddle Me This
What tries to be a short-form thing, while also diving into a deeply embedded aspect of gaming that can also be considered highly annoying? Well an episode of the Gnomecast talking about Riddles of course!
09.28.2022
GNOMECAST #149 – Travel and Journey’s
This episode of the Gnomecast features Ang, Phil, and John talking about getting around in RPGs.
09.12.2022
GNOMECAST #148 – Know When to Roll’em
On this episode we’re going to talk about that GM skill of knowing when to ask for dice rolls and went to not. As the saying goes, “Y’gotta know when to roll ‘em, y’gotta know when to hold ‘em…”
08.31.2022
GNOMECAST #147 – One DnD
Welcome to the GnomeCast, the Gnome Stew’s tabletop gaming advice podcast. Here we talk with the other gnomes about gaming things to avoid becoming part of the stew. So I guess we’d better be good. Today we have myself Ang,...
08.17.2022
GNOMECAST #146 – Media Influence
Today we are going to talk about the D&D movie trailer and how media influences our games!
07.20.2022
GNOMECAST #145 – STEVE KENSON ON TWILIGHT ACCORD
Join Jared for a discussion with game designer extraordinaire Steve Kenson as they talk about Twilight Accord, a fantasy TTRPG centering queer identities, culture, and heroes.
07.06.2022
Gnomecast #144 – Player Roles
Join Ang, Jared, and J.T. for a discussion about the different roles players (not their characters!) can play to help contribute more to the game. Can these gnomes spread around enough responsibilities to avoid being thrown in the stew? Links for...
06.22.2022
Gnomecast #143 – Get to Know a New Gnome: Lori Caskey-Sigety
Ang is joined by newest gnome Lori for another installment of "Get to Know a New Gnome." Get to know Lori's gaming background, other interests, and future plans for the Stew. Links for this episode: Check out Lori's book Home: Selected...
06.08.2022
Gnomecast #142 – Extreme Survival Tips with Shawn Merwin
Jared is joined by special guest Shawn Merwin for a discussion about the setting and new rules of Ghostfire Gaming's apocalyptic fantasy D&D; supplement Arora: Age of Desolation. Links for this episode: Arora: Age of Desolation from Ghostfire Gaming is on...
05.25.2022
Gnomecast #141 – Rival Parties
Join Ang, Jared, and Tomas (again!) for a discussion about ways to handle running a group of characters to rival your game's PCs or even running two separate PC groups! Can these gnomes deal well enough with their rivals to...
05.11.2022
Gnomecast #140 – The Many Settings of D&D
Join Ang, Jared, and Tomas for a discussion about their experiences and opinions of different settings for Dungeons & Dragons through the years. Can these gnomes live in enough different worlds to keep them out of the stew? Links for this...
04.27.2022
Gnomecast #139 – Flee from James Introcaso!
Jared is joined by very special guest James Introcaso, Lead Designer of MCDM Productions, to discuss "Flee, Mortals!", the MDCM monster book for 5e. They talk design process and decisions, plus some of James' other work, both past and future. Links...
04.13.2022
Gnomecast #138 – Helping Magic Happen
Join Ang, Jared, and Senda for a discussion about those magical gaming moments that keep you coming back for more, and how as a GM you can help those moments along. Can these gnomes have enough magic moments to keep...

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Gnomecast episodes:

Gnomecast #186 – Mixing Genres

Gnomecast #185 – Taking Over

Gnomecast #184 – D&D and Me

Gnomecast #183 – New Players, New Characters

Gnomecast #182 – Video Games to RPGs

Gnomecast #181 – Bridgett Jeffries, Community Coordinator

Gnomecast #180 – Meet a New Gnome – Josh Storey

Gnomecast #179 – Little Details, Big Worlds

Gnomecast #178 – Interview with Bryan Steele

Gnomecast#177 – Superhero Games

Gnomecast#176 – Canon Characters

Gnomecast#175 – Tips for Attending Conventions

Gnomecast#174 – Gaming Anniversary

Gnomecast#173 – Welcome Back Walt

Gnomecast#172 – RPG A Day Conversation

Gnomecast#171 – Shadow of the Weird Wizard Interview

GNOMECAST #170 – Session 0 Redux

GNOMECAST #169 – Plot Seeds

GNOMECAST #168 – Alex Thomas from Green Ronin

GNOMECAST #167 – Parties…like the ones you dance at

GNOMECAST #166 – The Quantum Ogre

GNOMECAST #165 – Scheduling Difficulties

GNOMECAST #164 – Demiplane with Adam Bradford

GNOMECAST #163 – Collaborative World Building

Public Access with Jason Cordova

GNOMECAST #162 – Hex Crawls

GNOMECAST #161 – Introducing New Players

GNOMECAST #160 – One Bad Player to Make a Change

GNOMECAST #159 – Playing for an Audience

GNOMECAST #158 – Plot v Agency

GNOMECAST #157 – Spliting the Party

GNOMECAST #156 – Games in 2023

GNOMECAST #155 – Novice GM Questions Part 2

GNOMECAST #154 – Novice GM Questions

GNOMECAST #153 – Your Favorite Adversaries

GNOMECAST #152 – GM Burnout

GNOMECAST #151 – Published Adventures

GNOMECAST #150 – Riddle Me This

GNOMECAST #149 – Travel and Journey’s

GNOMECAST #148 – Know When to Roll’em

GNOMECAST #147 – One DnD

GNOMECAST #146 – Media Influence

GNOMECAST #145 – STEVE KENSON ON TWILIGHT ACCORD

Gnomecast #144 – Player Roles

Gnomecast #143 – Get to Know a New Gnome: Lori Caskey-Sigety

Gnomecast #142 – Extreme Survival Tips with Shawn Merwin

Gnomecast #141 – Rival Parties

Gnomecast #140 – The Many Settings of D&D

Gnomecast #139 – Flee from James Introcaso!

Gnomecast #138 – Helping Magic Happen