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It is the end of the year… time for a rant. The gang gets together to share their personal game master pet peeves. Among the top pet peeves…

* Cell phones and mobile devices at the table

* New Shaken rule

* PEG Inc. 2015 GenCon Announcements

* Recycling/Re-inventing previously published materials

* And the list goes on….

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Savage Worlds Deluxe, G+Savage Worlds GM Community, Happy Jack’s RPG Podcast, Smiling Jack’s Bar and Grill, Sin City Savages, OrcCon 2016, Fallout 4, Steam Winter Sale 2015 

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Hosts:  Jerrod ‘Savage Daddy’ Gunning, Chris Fuchs,

How often do you compromise? We discuss the ups and downs of compromise. Does the Game Master have the right to say no? When does compromise cross the line and become pandering to your players?

The gang explores the ins and outs, and give some topical advice along the way.

Hosts: Jerrod ‘Savage Daddy’ Gunning, David Scott, and JIB

Links: Savage Worlds Deluxe, G+Savage Worlds GM Community, Happy Jacks RPG Podcast

 

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With Star Wars the Force Awakens opening nationwide this Friday, we take the opportunity to discuss Star Wars as a source for the Savage Worlds Game Master.

 

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Savage Worlds Deluxe, G+Savage Worlds GM Community, Happy Jack’s RPG Podcast, Smiling Jack’s Bar and Grill, Sin City Savages

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Hosts:  Jerrod ‘Savage Daddy’ Gunning, Chris Fuchs, and David Scott

What is power creep? The basic definition goes something like this: inflation for inflation’s sake. Savage Worlds is one of the few roleplaying game systems where power creep just isn’t an issue.

But what about the Savage Worlds companions, and licensee settings?. Does a superhero need Strength d12+18? Is it possible to play a superhero campaign using the core rules? The gang gets together to discuss power creep, and offers some tips on how to avoid it in your own self-created fan settings.

Hosts: Jerrod ‘Savage Daddy’ Gunning, David Scott, Chris Fuchs, and JiB

Links: Savage Worlds Deluxe, G+Savage Worlds GM Community, OrcCon 2016, DM Scotty, Satan Claus is Coming to Town

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We discussed how outside influences, such as video games, affect our experience at the table. Is there an evolution in gaming whereby expectations of play if informed by indie roleplaying games, videogames, movies and other media?

Are outside influences a good thing for Savage Worlds, and tabletop roleplaying games in general?

 

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Savage Worlds Deluxe, G+Savage Worlds GM Community, Happy Jack’s RPG Podcast, Smiling Jack’s Bar and Grill, Sin City Savages, OrcCon 2016, Genghis Con 2016

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Hosts:  Jerrod ‘Savage Daddy’ Gunning, Chris Fuchs, David Scott, and JiB

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As a Savage Worlds GM when do you enforce a rule, ignore a rule, or make them up on the fly? We start the conversation with situational application of commonly ignored or hand waved Savage Worlds Rules: like Encumbrance, Thirst, Hunger, etc. By situational, we mean “it only matters, when it is dramatically appropriate in the game/story”.

Savage Worlds Rules are incredibly modular and easy to drop in or out of your game to fit the particular setting, or situation.

If you choose to ignore Encumbrance Rules, as an example, players shouldn’t waste their points at character creation on the Brawny Edge.

Savage Worlds does not have rules for basic economy or money. If you want to make it matter in your setting, then Nemesiz: Optional Wealth Rules is a great free supplement from Gramel.

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Savage Worlds Deluxe, G+Savage Worlds GM Community, Happy Jack’s RPG Podcast, Smiling Jack’s Bar and Grill, Sin City Savages, Noshavember, Loot Crate, Frank Turfler’s Patreon, 

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Is clockwork-like party cohesion and teamwork necessary? Is the conventional wisdom within our hobby encouraging players to create characters with complimentary motivations and backgrounds in service of the group template or a metagame system mechanic?

Would your game be better served by a group of unique characters with different motivations that find a way to work together in the context of the story? Is it possible for greedy and heroic characters work together? According to Star Wars (Han Solo and Luke Skywalker), they can. Is inner party conflict an element of drama missing from your game?

As a Game Master, how do you handle inter party conflict in a way that doesn’t blow up your game and cause hurt feelings among the players at your table?

Special guest, Jim Ryan, joins us to discuss the ins-and-outs of characters at odds.

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Savage Worlds Deluxe, G+Savage Worlds GM Community, Happy Jack’s RPG Podcast, Smiling Jack’s Bar and Grill, Sin City Savages, Jim Ryan’s website, Crucible of Realms, Transmissions from the 9th World, Noshavember, JIB’s Actual Plays,

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We get together to discuss the importance of Yes, And… to roleplaying on both sides of the GM screen. When is it okay so say, “No, but…”? What does “Yes, and…” actually mean in context of a collaborative storytelling game? And much, much more….

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Savage Worlds Deluxe, G+Savage Worlds GM Community, Happy Jack’s RPG Podcast, Smiling Jack’s Bar and Grill, Sin City Savages, Noshavember, JIB’s Actual Plays

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Hosts:  Jerrod ‘Savage Daddy’ Gunning, Chris Fuchs, David Scott, and JiB

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We’re back from hiatus with a new topic for Game Masters! What do you do when the players go so far afoul of your planned adventure or plot?  How do you get them back on track? We discuss…

* The Quantum Ogre & Player Agency

* Preparing “open” adventures

* And more…

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Savage Worlds Deluxe, G+Savage Worlds GM Community, Happy Jack’s RPG Podcast, Smiling Jack’s Bar and Grill, Sin City Savages, No Shave November, Cast of Cards by Warning Label

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Hosts:  Jerrod ‘Savage Daddy’ Gunning, Chris Fuchs, David Scott, JiB, and Scott W.

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So, the Savage Worlds GM Hangout Podcast is NOT coming to an end. It is NOT ‘pod fading’. Anyone who knows me, knows I’m a Haunter; one of those Halloween geeks who decorates their yard like a realistic cemetery and converts their garage into a near professional haunted house walkthrough.  Well, this year I stepped up my game, and my Halloween passion has unwittingly monopolized my free time.

After a long Halloween hiatus, the Savage Worlds GM Hangout resumes its weekly scheduled starting 11/4/2015.

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Savage Worlds Deluxe, G+Savage Worlds GM Community, Sin City Savages,

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Hosts:  Jerrod ‘Savage Daddy’ Gunning, Chris Fuchs, David Scott, and Scott W.