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- Ep. 116: Planning a Haunted House Game
In this week’s episode, Kevin and Steve talk about how to make a great Haunted House episode/campaign. We discuss planning, some common tropes, and of course, how to subvert some of those ideas to surprise your players. We hope you enjoy and take care of yourselves!
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53 min - Ep. 115: Planning a Cosmic Horror Game
In this week’s episode, Steve and Kevin discuss what elements make a great cosmic horror game and create one of the best episodes of this series. It’s a Lovecraft exploration with some Weird Fiction on top. We hope you enjoy and take care of yourselves!
Kevin’s Favorite Lovecraft
- “The Rats in the Walls”
- “The Outsider”
- “The Music of Erich Zann”
- “The Call of Cthulhu”
- “The Thing on the Doorstep”
Cosmic Horror Recommendations
- Jean "Moebius" Giraud and H. R. Giger
- Hellboy by Mike Mignola
- Junji Ito
- Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, Night Gallery
- X: The Man with the X-ray Eyes (1963)
- Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
- Alien (1979)
- John Carpenter's "Apocalypse Trilogy" (The Thing, Prince of Darkness, & In the Mouth of Madness)
- Altered States 1980
- Evil Dead
- Re-Animator (1985) & From Beyond (1986)
- Dark City (1998)
- The Mist (2007)
- Cabin in the Woods (2012)
- The Lighthouse (2019)
- The Terror by Dan Simmons
- Zendikar
Weird Fiction Recommendations
- Edgar Allan Poe “The Tell-Tale Heart”
- Algernon Blackwood “The Wendigo”
- Arthur Machen “The Great God Pan”
- Robert W. Chambers “The King in Yellow”
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1 hr 19 min - Ep. 114: Complicated vs. Complex Backstories
In this week’s episode, Steve and Kevin talk about what makes a complicated backstory and what makes a complex backstory. We also discuss how to make a complicated backstory into a complex one. We hope you enjoy and take care of yourselves!
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58 min - Ep. 113: Character Flavor Research
In this week’s episode, Steve and Kevin discuss what research to do when making a character. We discuss name, background, even a little adaptation. We hope you enjoy and take care of yourselves!
Background Resources:
- Behind the Name website
- Baby Names by Decade
- Great Courses
- Masterclass
- Libby by Overdrive
The Science Youtuber Steve mentions:
Youtuber Carl Sagan
Kevin’s Top Dana Andrews films
- The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
- The Ox-Bow Incident (1942)
- Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950)
Kevin’s Top Dan Duryea films
- Scarlet Street (1945)
- Ball of Fire (1941)
- Criss Cross (1949)
Viking Recommendations
- The Northman (2022)
- Valhalla Rising (2009)
- The Vikings (1958)
- Northlanders, comic by Brian Wood
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52 min - Ep. 112: Roleplay! We're all Cringe Here!
In this week’s episode, Steve and Kevin encourage people to roleplay and discuss several ways to roleplay beyond the obvious. We hope you enjoy and take care of yourselves!
Some images we mention:
Fat Batman and Superman
Bat-Hulk
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32 min - Ep. 111: Playstyles
In this week’s episode, Steve and Kevin discuss how understanding different playstyles can help improve tabletop roleplaying games. Players try different playstyles to broaden their RP experience! GMs can be aware of different playstyles to plan games that better suit their players! We hope you enjoy and take care of yourselves!
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40 min - Ep. 110: Making Requests of the GM
In this week’s episode, Steve and Kevin tell you how to get stuff from your GM. It’s best when you work with them and possibly sign up for some bad stuff down the line. GMs should also try to be amenable too! We hope you enjoy and take care of yourselves!
PS: We make a reference to the Hadozee in this episode. We don’t mean any offense. We literally don’t read the official lore and mostly just adapt rules to better settings. We reject the official Hadozee lore because it’s terrible, and we believe our listeners can craft better lore.
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50 min - Ep. 109: Character Adaptation 101
In this week’s episode, Steve and Kevin and special guest Monster discuss character adaptation. We go over several methods including: breaking down character elements, using world building to alter a character, putting a twist on aspects of the character, and using the jist of a character to create a spiritual sequel. We hope you enjoy and take care of yourselves!
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1 hr 8 min - Extra 9: Spelljammer: Adventures in Space
In this week’s extended bonus episode, Steve and Kevin and special guest Monster talk about Spelljammer: Adventures in Space. We hope you enjoy and take care of yourselves!
PS: We talk bout the Hadozee in this episode, and don't make any reference to the lore. We don’t mean any offense. We literally don’t read the official lore and mostly just adapt rules to better settings. We reject the official Hadozee lore because it’s terrible and lazy, and we believe our listeners can craft better lore.
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1 hr 35 min - Ep. 108: Character Options: Keeping Options Open
In this week’s episode, Steve and Kevin talk about how to make a character who is adaptable or open to several story situations. We talk about providing ambiguity in backstory, making interesting roleplay choices, and some places where chance can make things more fun. We hope you enjoy and take care of yourselves!
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About Roleing Imperfection
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Our podcast features two friends with over fifteen years of gaming experience chatting about tabletop role playing games. Our philosophy involves complex character design integrated with fully fleshed…
out worlds. We aim to help people write characters, play tabletop rpgs, and run their own games. Each episode will break down a different roleplaying topic with stories from our past games and suggestions for how to make your games better.New episodes launch Thursdays! Remember to play what you love, and, may your characters do something epic!