Rodney and Elmer interview intermittent gamer, Andrew. Andrew is a teacher who participates in an after school RPG club. He teaches us a bit about that and his experience as a gamer. We talk a lot about D&D and Dread and learning to play the games that you want to play. Finally, we talk about why Andrew's first game wasn't great, but why that didn't stop him from exploring ttrpgs.

This week, Elmer and Rodney talk to Jared (PastaBot on twitter, twitch, and tumblr) abour his RPG experience and video games! We dive into a little discussion of retrogaming. The discussion starts with horny bards and ends with horny advice, so don't miss your chance to check it out!

The GrowedUpGeek, Manny, join Elmer and special guest goblin, Kevin, to discuss the GrowedUpGeek gaming experience, Eberron, and the impact of online play to the #ttrpg hobby.

Elmer and Rodney welcome back Neal to the podcast to discuss all things that go bump in the night. Neal shares some highlights about the evolution of Sundara and we discuss all things horror gaming. What works? What doesn't work? What's with those White Wolf kids? What's that noise? 

Join your intrepid hosts for a discussion with the one, the only, Jan. He has a lot to say about the value of roleplaying games and teaches us quite a bit about different story heavy settings including L5R, Maztica, Planescape, Deadlands, and a few others. He is also the Shmusband who has chimed in in a few other episodes this season.

In this episode, we discuss some old school gaming (Spelljammer, DragonLance, and AD&D) and discuss some movies and tv shows related to gaming culture, how the movies influence the culture and ttrpgs influenced the movies. Please note that several of these movies were made in the 80s and 90s and have not aged well.

One of our favorites is Gamers 2: Dorkness Rising, which you can find on youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOUksDJCijw&ab_channel=LeslieSedlak

This week your intrepid hosts interview Russ from YumDM about his game experience, Dungeons and Dragons 3.0, and West Marches Games. Check out this interview to learn a little about the topic and go to this link to learn about the West Marches Games -> https://arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/78/grand-experiments-west-marches/.

Rodney and I catch up with Tyr, the World's Okayest DM. Tyr tells us about his gaming experience both good and bad and how communication at the table improves things. We also discussed humor in games and traded a lot of stories about the table. 

This week we talk to Patrick about the various games he has played in his 23 year gaming career and how to create a good grim dark atmosphere in a game.

We discuss various Palladium, TSR/WotC, and Games Workshop games.

Remember the following:

Rifts actual play is on https://www.twitch.tv/homebrewshomebrew and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCr-8RJumvs&ab_channel=Homebrew-Shomebrew

Go to https://tiltify.com/@thelionknight42/tales-from-the-table-reproductive-rights-charity-drive to donate to the #DaysOfTales fundraiser for the National Network of Abortion Funds.

We are participating in the Days of Tales July 22nd-24th. Please join us for DnD and Masks on the Dice, Trays, Actions twitch channel to watch.

National Network of Abortion Funds donation link - https://t.co/kSZpCtRwZ5

Upcoming HomebrewShomebrew content

-New episode next Thursday on the main channel - conversation with regular gamer Patrick about Palladium games and atmosphere in games.

-Graveyard Rifts Session 2 is on Saturday at 8/7 CST.

-Listen for a recap of Session 1.