Tales From the Hydian Way

We got thinking of the classic question, what do you do when you have a character that feels like a mismatch to your party? David and Ben talk about how to turn this seeming weakness into a vibrant strength. From snipers to faces and many places in between.

* Red Shift Limit

* Heroes of the Hydian Way

* Cereans

* Losers Don’t Stop Believing

* Enemy at the Gates

* Falleen

* Xizor

* A-Team

* The Quick and The Dead

* The Good The Bad The Ugly

* Days of Thunder

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A question arose about hinting to your players that it’s time for their characters to run away. This is our answer, and we give a few ideas on how to make baddies even more present in your adventure. Tess, David, and Ben all have some wicked ways to make your players realize their characters are about to die.

Talked about in this episode:

* Rogue one/A New Hope Mashup

* The Worf Effect

* Red Shirts

* John Wick

* Knights of the Old Republic 2

* Aton Rand

* Occlumancy

* Rescue at Glare Peak

* Vornskr

* Gamorean

* Mass Effect

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Every now and then we get asked by new GMs how to I get started, I love the universe but this RPG thing scares me. This is David and Ben giving a few pieces of advice and telling a few tales of how they learned to use the dice.

This episode we discuss:

* Order 66

* Skill Monkey

* Rise of the Runelords

* Lepskin

* Rogue Podron

* Far Far Away Radio

* Wraith Squadron

* Usagi Yojimbo

* Rebels Season 4 Trailer

* West Side Story

* 2nd Edition WEG

* 3rd edition Wizards of the Coast

* 3rd Edition Revised core Rulebook

* Saga Edition

* Staples Easel Pads

* Jay Little

* The Forgotten

* Dice for Brains

* Redemption Podcast

* Campaign Podcast

* Of Dice and Droids

* Miskatonic University (podcast)

* Desden Files

* Tales Facebook Group

* Heroes Facebook Group

* Brian Casey

* GM Word of the Week

* Begging for XP

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Or you can head into Mos Shuuta with us and talk with Teemo the Hutt

This week we talk about the kinds of campaigns that a diplomat would excel in. From negotiating treaties all the way down to keeping two rebel groups working together. David and Ben give ideas for several campaigns and scenes for you to use and give a few spins on dealing with interpersonal relationships that a GM might not always think of.

Things we talk about on the show:

* Puffer Pig

* Shawshank Redemption

* Rebels Season 4 Trailer

* Saw Gurerra

* Mon Mothma

* Darth Vader Comic

* Garm Bel iblis

* Heir to the Empire Trilogy

* Thrawncast

* House of Cards

* The West Wing

* Thrawn

* Kuat

* Agent Kalus

* The Dark Knight

* Bloodline

* Diplomacy

* Empire’s End

* Rogue Squadron

* Friends like These

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Or you can find out other ways for us to figure out how to deal with that scheming Ohnaka

Ben interviews the rest of the cast of Heroes of the Hydian Way. The dependable editor Kristine, the personable Chris, the deep Brent, and the energetic Leslie all share bits of themselves with you in this episode.

Things talked about in the episode:

* Dice for Brains

* David Wright’s article

* Pablo Hidalgo

* Silhouette zero

* Under a Black Sun

Dramatis Personae

Ben Yendall as the GM

Kristine is playing the Mirialan – Neema Talemy

Chris Ing is playng the Mandalorian – Matu Ordo

Brent Brown is playing the Droid – TV-93 (Teevee)

Leslie is playing the Bothan – Kith Ursi’bek

Editing by Kristine Chester

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We talk about the wonders you can find in the background of a scene. From the rolling conveyor belts of a factory to the people in a bar the extras you bring to the scene in description will be paid back in fun for your whole table.

This week we talk about:

* Terminator 2 

* Terminator

* Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

* Emergent Gameplay

* Rimworld

* Day Z

* Grand Theft Auto Online

* Fantasy Name Generators 

* Battlefront

* Lost in Space

* The good, The bad, the weird

* Naked Gun

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Or you can come with us to a nice quiet meeting with a Drall contact for some Merr-Sonn equipment.

We have some cool ideas that make starship combat more about the story instead of the table in the core book. We look to things you can do on a ship, and even what happens when the space combat is just background set dressing.

In this episode we talked about:

X-wing Miniatures Game

Star Trek Space Combat

Star Trek Undiscovered Country

Sith Masks

Skipray Blastboat

Lepskin

Friends like These

Dead in the Water

Rebels

The Force Unleashed

Akira

Dragon Ball Z

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Or you can sit back in the Bogwings lounge and have some caff during this star ship combat.

We talk about where we get some ideas for campaigns and characters, giving special thought to how to turn movies into Age of Rebellion Campaigns.

Talked about in this episode:

* The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

* Casablanca

* There’s Gambling in here?

* 4 chord song

* Dam Busters

* Three Kings

* King Lear

* Fast and Furious – 4

* Skyrim

* Sink the Bismarck

* The Hunt for Red October

* K-219

* Pilot defection

* MonoMyth

* Forgotten

* Band of Brothers

* Kelly’s Heroes

* Saving Private Ryan

* G I Joe

* Platoon

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Or give us a few clues as we break David out of The Citadel

We talk about how your characters got their first experience and a give few ideas how they spend time between campaigns. From ways to give out experience to ideas for training montages we give you many ideas for passing the time between and before your main adventures.

Talked about in this episode:

* Begging for XP session start

* Dungeons and Dragons

* Mazer

* Dice for Brains

* Heroes of the Hydian Way

* Die Hard

* Under Siege

* A-Team

* Avatar the last Airbender Tales of Ba Sing Se

* Asajj Ventris

* Nemesis Games – Expanse

* Rocinante

* Matu

* The Courtship of Princess Leia

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Or talk with us over caff what goes on on Bonadon

This week we have Ross on to talk about conflict, how to get your players to engage with it, how to make it matter to your players, and how to finally drive them to the dark side.

Things talked about in this episode:

* Dice for Brains

* Gonk Droid

* Dathomirian witches

* Nightsisters

* Dungeons and Dragons

* Zillo Beast

* Skill Monkey

* Wraith Squadron

* Rogue Podron

* Rebels Recon

* Enemy Mine

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Or relax with us in a Bespin casino as we talk with Ross about a little animal smuggling