Shadow of the GM

Shadow of the GM

By Barry Dewey-RobertsonLeisureGames
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Shadow of the GM episodes

  • S3E3: The Warlock! Persepctive

    I this episode I begin OSR October by review a British OSR inspired game. Warlock! by Fire Ruby Designs. Is it the best game in the world, is it the worst? Well, listen to me rant and then you can decide for yourselves.

    As always I can be contacted by email at:

    And you can leave me a message at:

    https://www.speakpipe.com/gmsshadow

    If my amazing sales pitch didn't convince you and you'd like to check out Warlock! for yourselves, then head over to Fire Ruby Designs at:

    https://firerubydesigns.co.uk/

    11 min
  • S3E2: On Communities

    In this episode I discuss my recent thoughts on TTRPG communities. Please note, this episode is mostly my personal feelings and maybe could be a bit ranty, so feel free to skip this if you wish.

    If you want to contact me with replies, comments questions etc, then feel free to email me at:

    Also, if you want to leave me a voice message you can use my Speakpipe link here:

    https://www.speakpipe.com/gmsshadow

    16 min
  • S3E1: How to be a GURPS GM or what's so good and not so good about GURPS

    In this return to my podcast I deliver on my promise to talk more about GURPS. Here I begin by doing a whistle-stop tour of the book "How to be a GURPS GM" by Warren "Mook" Wilson and Sean "Krom" Punch. If you like what you hear then the book can be found at Warehouse 23 following the link below:

    https://warehouse23.com/


    As always, if you want to leave me a voice message you can use my Speakpipe link here:

    https://www.speakpipe.com/gmsshadow

    Or email me at [email protected]

    19 min
  • S2E24: OSR-October BFRPG!
    This is my contribution for OSR October where I, like many others, wax lyrical about Basic Fantasy RPG!
    Basic Fantasy RPG can be found here:
    https://www.basicfantasy.org/
    You can find the Redcaps Podcast here with an interview with Chris Gonnerman:
    https://www.theredcaps.net/
    Che Webster of Roleplay rescue also talks about BFRPG in his blog here:
    https://roleplayrescue.com/2022/10/15/basic-fantasy/
    And last and by no means least, if you want to leave me a voice message you can use my Speakpipe link here:
    https://www.speakpipe.com/gmsshadow
    9 min
  • Bonus Call in Extravaganza!
    What do you mean this episode is long just because I've not published calls for over 6 months! Rude.. oh wait.
    The many call ins today are from Jason Connerly of the Nerds RPG Variety Cast, Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Karl Rodriguez of the GMologist Presents and Kevin of the Redcaps Podcast. Please check out their shows for more great content.
    To leave a message on SpeakPipe, please use the link below:
    https://www.speakpipe.com/gmsshadow
    I'm also on Twitter:
    @GMsShadow
    Email:
    And you can always try Anchor at:
    https://www.anchor.fm/gmsshadow
    47 min
  • S2E23: The Fantasy Trip - Melee playthrough

    Spurred on by an episode of The Red Caps Podcast I finally decided to have a bit of a solo play using The Fantasy Trip: Melee rules. 

    The Fantasy Trip: Melee by Steve Jackson Games, available in print and as a free PDF here:

    http://www.warehouse23.com/products/the-fantasy-trip-melee-pdf

    Virtual Tabletop was Foundry VTT using the GURPS Game Aid and custom form fillable PDFs Accessed using the PDF Foundry (now deprecated) module for Foundry. If you want to know how I linked the sheets, ask me how, but maybe wait until after Foundry V10 is out with the new PDF viewer! 

    If you don't want to use Anchor to leave a message, I also have a SpeakPipe account here: 

    https://www.speakpipe.com/gmsshadow

    The Red Caps Podcast can be found here:

    https://www.theredcaps.net/

    My original blog post can be found here:

    https://gmsshadow.wordpress.com/2022/09/14/the-fantasy-trip-melee-playthrough/

    25 min
  • S2E22: Campaign Design
    In this episode I discuss how I plan (or to some degree don't plan) my GURPS Campaigns. Unlike my episode on Prime Directive this relates to longer running campaigns and how I run them as open worlds.
    To leave a voice message please use SpeakPipe where you can leave up to an 90 second audio clip: https://www.speakpipe.com/gmsshadow
    Or you can email me at [email protected]
    15 min
  • S2E21: Why I don't like Game Systems I should like...
    This episode is inspired by a reply to a comment I made on Twitter. So let me ramble on slightly about game systems I like... but also, that I don't like. Please be warned, this episode does maybe ramble on a bit, but hopefully there's something thought provoking in there as well!
    21 min

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