◇ Shawn from DC asks about encounters and experience in games, Jason from California discusses the experience of women in the hobby, Erica Odd shares about “it’s what my character would do!” | Hosts: Kimi, CADave & Nick ◇

00:33 - Welcome & Episode Summary |

01:10 - Announcements: Season 31 is ending soon! We will take a 2 week break after episode 25 and be back with Season 32 the first week of May!

01:52 - Shawn from Washington, DC asks about encounters and experience in games |

35:07 - Jason from California discusses the experience of women in the hobby |

01:01:02 - Erica Odd shares about “it’s what my character would do!” |

01:10:30 - Episode Closing |

01:12:04 - Song: "Heavy Mahogany" by The Dread Crew of Oddwood (https://thedreadcrewofoddwood.com/)

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◇ Eric from New Jersey asks how to handle mixed species PCs, Ben from Texas talks GM plot tropes, & MadKingChristopher asks how we got here | Hosts: Kimi & Clara ◇

00:33 - Welcome & Episode Summary |

 01:07 - Announcements: Season 31 is ending soon! We will take a 2 week break after episode 25 and be back with Season 32 the first week of May!

03:53 - Eric from New Jersey asks how to handle mixed species PCs |

28:02 - Ben from Texas talks GM plot tropes |

47:45 - MadKingChristopher asks how we got here |

01:07:31 - Episode Closing |

01:09:23 - Song: "The Bird Song" by The Merry Wives (mwow.net)

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o Forlornhope22 brings up GMs that punishing Players, Michael asks about elocution, and Sean from NJ has a new frame of mind about safety tools | Hosts: Kimi, Nick, & Rose ◇

00:33 - Welcome & Episode Summary |

01:38 - Announcements: Season 31 is ending soon! We will take a 2 week break after episode 25 and be back with Season 32 the first week of May!

03:36 - Forlornhope22 asks about GMs Punishing Players |

42:29 - Michael asks about elocution |

01:08:45 - Sean from NJ has a comment about safety tools |

01:24:23 - Episode Closing |

01:26:51 - Song: "A Thousand Lives" by The Mary Sues (marysuesband.com)

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◇ Jörn in Sweden hates cinematic descriptions in games, Charger347 wants to rename styles of playing TTRPGs, Eric from New Jersey shares a horror story | Hosts: Kimi, CADave, and Alex ◇

00:32 - Welcome & Episode Summary |

01:45 - Announcements: Happy Jacks Discord Game Daze! Join happyjacks.org/discord to play in community games on April 8th!

02:58 - Indie Designer of the Month: AshyFeet Games (ashyfeet.com) |

04:44 - Jörn in Sweden hates cinematic descriptions in games |

18:17 - Charger347 wants to rename styles of playing TTRPGs |

49:03 - Eric from New Jersey shares a horror story |

58:47 - Episode Closing |

01:00:45 - Song: "True Survivor" by Super MadNES (poxyboggards.com)

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◇ Thomas from Denmark asks how to game with teenagers who act like teenagers, Ken from Canada wants to know how to keep card prompt games fresh with two players, and Eric from Texas asks how we decide to what games to support on crowdfunding sites | Hosts: Kimi, CADave, and Alex ◇

00:32 - Welcome & Episode Summary |

02:16 - Announcements: Happy Jacks Discord Game Daze! Join happyjacks.org/discord to play in community games on April 8th!

02:49 - Indie Designer of the Month: AshyFeet Games (ashyfeet.com) |

04:05 - Thomas from Denmark asks how to game with teenagers who act like teenagers |

28:20 - Ken from Canada wants to know how to keep card prompt games fresh with two players |

38:50 - Eric from Texas asks how we decide to what games to support on crowdfunding sites |

01:09:55 - Episode Closing |

01:10:58 - Song: "Drink 'til I Die" by The Poxy Boggards (poxyboggards.com)

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◇ Eric from Oregon talks about ways to work with players as a blind GM, EricaOdd asks how to avoid oppression tourism in games, Rose asks what rules we always skip | Hosts: Kimi, Nick, Moe ◇

00:32 - Welcome & Episode Summary |

01:47 - Announcements: Happy Jacks Discord Game Daze! Join happyjacks.org/discord to play in community games on April 8th!

03:49 - Indie Designer of the Month: AshyFeet Games (ashyfeet.com) |

13:32 - Eric from Oregon talks about ways to work with players as a blind GM |

36:55 - EricaOdd asks how to avoid oppression tourism in games |

54:59 - Rose asks what rules we always skip |

01:04:30 - Episode Closing |

01:05:44 - Song: "Oh, Danny Boy" by The Merry Wives of Windsor (mwow.net)

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◇ Budding Butlerian in New Zealand shares a story about players using ChatGTP, Toby wants advice about a disappointing convention experience, Steve from Wisconsin shares his return to gaming and LARP knowledge. | Hosts: Kimi, Nick, CADave ◇

00:32 - Welcome & Episode Summary |

01:19 - Announcements: Tell your friends (or enemies!) about Happy Jacks!

03:03 - Indie Designer of the Month: AshyFeet Games (ashyfeet.com) |

04:08 - Budding Butlerian in New Zealand shares a story about players using ChatGTP |

25:20 - Toby wants advice about a disappointing convention experience |

46:02 - Steve from Wisconsin shares his return to gaming and LARP knowledge |

01:05:05 - Episode Closing |

01:07:58 - Song: "Heigh-ho! The Holly" by The Merry Wives of Windsor (mwow.net)

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◇ Thomas from Denmark asks why the GM gets to make all the final calls in a TTRPG, Eric from New Jersey asks about the pros and cons of gaming on Discord and if he should stop using Skype, Rose asks about some of our favorite experiences with PC relationships | Hosts: Kimi, Riley, Jason ◇

00:32 - Welcome & Episode Summary |

01:10 - Announcements: Successful OrcCon 2023!

01:56 - Indie Designer of the Month: AshyFeet Games (ashyfeet.com) |

05:24 - Thomas from Denmark asks why the GM gets to make all the final calls in a TTRPG |

38:00 - Eric from New Jersey talks about gaming on Discord |

01:02:39 - Rose asks about some of our favorite experiences with PC relationships |

01:16:26 - Episode Closing |

01:18:07 - Song: "Toss a Coin to Your Witcher" by The Mary Sues (marysuesband.com)

◇ Email [email protected] to send in your own topic or question for the show!

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◇ MiniPainterJen asks how to run a session where PCs have personalities in two different realities, Steffi from Scotland asks how to clean up lose ends when a player leaves a game mid campaign, Ed from Minnesota, now in Florida has a challenge for the Happy Jacks hosts about introducing new people to the hobby. | Hosts: Kimi, Rose ◇

00:33 - Welcome & Episode Summary |

01:22 - Announcements: Successful OrcCon 2023!

02:37 - Indie Designer of the Month: Jennifer Adcock (jen-adcock15.itch.io & indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/The-Price-of-Coal.html) |

04:35 - MiniPainterJen asks how to run a session where PCs have personalities in two different realities: tv actors and the characters in the show they are on |

20:08 - Steffi from Scotland asks how to clean up lose ends when a player leaves a game mid campaign |

35:33 - Ed from Minnesota, now in Florida has a challenge for the Happy Jacks hosts about introducing new people to the hobby |

01:09:08 - Episode Closing |

01:10:26 - Song: "Wake Up Whole Again" by Sportive Tricks (sportivetricks.com)

◇ Email [email protected] to send in your own topic or question for the show!

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Ⓒ2023 Happy Jacks RPG Network www.happyjacks.org

◇ Live from OrcCon 2023 at the Hilton LAX in Los Angeles! A great panel show with members of our audience and stories from lots of different con games. Since it is a live event, the audio quality is not the same as our normal episodes recorded in our studio. ◇

◇ Find us on Youtube ◇ Twitch ◇ Twitter ◇ Instagram ◇ Facebook ◇ Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co

◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time.

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Ⓒ2023 Happy Jacks RPG Network www.happyjacks.org