Tales From the Hydian Way

We look at the humble droid and how Star Wars plays with the idea of a mechanical being. From droid pcs who are looking to become more than the sum of their programming to droid tools that bridge the divide between alive and not we look to see some story possibilities in our mechanical friends.Items talked about in the show:

* Wikipedia Android (robot)

* Shale – Dragon Age

* Star Trek the Next Generation

* Transit

* Mass Effect – EDI

* C-3PX

* Friends like These

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We talk about Halloween and how to use some of the themes in it to make your Star Wars game much more interesting. From using fear, to showing your players the wicked path they’ve wrought the theme of Halloween and horror can be powerful motivators.

We talk about the following in the episode:

* The Thing

* Lothcat

* Bobcat

* Dia de Muertos

* The Purge

* Raiders of the Lost Ark

* Christmas Carol

* Metal Gear Solid III

* The Crow

* Scooby Doo

* Jekyll and Hyde

* Alien

* Alien Isolation

* Aliens

* Dice for Brains

* Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 

* Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

* Hulk

* Cabin in the Woods

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Or have fun as we relax on the bogwing with nothing creepy going on at all.

Gear is always an issue, finally Ben asked Joshua and David how they deal with it. We talk about how to use gear in your game from giving out credits and gear to giving a few ideas on how to get the players to keep it at base.

We talk about the following in the episode:

* Knights of the Old Republic

* I Jedi

* Chronicles of the Gatekeeper

* Exalted 3rd edition

* Ghtroc 720

* Oldboy

* MacGyver

* Fallout

* Losers

* A-team

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Or sit down and have a game of Pazaak with us as we tell more Tales from the Hydian Way

We talk about Savage Spirits and some amazing stories that can come from the specializations and species in the supplement. Going from the coldness of the Executioner to finding great stories that fit the Hermit we bring you a new perspective on the Seeker Sourcebook

We talk about in this episode:

* Farscape

* Dice for Brains

* A-Team

* League of Extraordinary Men

* King Solomon’s Mines

* The Odessy/ Odysseus

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Or come with us as we seek the furthest reaches of the force and the wild ways that it can show itself.

Ben David and Joshua talk about conflict and the dialogue that opens up from using it. From how to do it badly to how to make things much more interesting.

This week we talked about some of our favourite places to find conflict

* Dice for Brains

* Attack of the Clones

* Conan the Barbarian

* Chronicles of the Gatekeeper

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Or come with us and sit down at the sabacc table to tell new Tales

We talk about what in space can cause your players a hard time and how to make it more interesting in an adventure and story. From the terror of a black hole to the raw power of getting close to a star being in a starship can be fraught with danger.We talked about the following on the show:

* NOAA Space Weather

* Star Trek – Mutara Nebula

* The Abyss

* Purrgil

* Murder Mystery Game

* Interstellar

* Age of Rebellion GM Screen

* Futurama

* Firefly

* Knights of the Old Republic

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Or be with us as we calm our passengers down from the unexpected switch flipping.

What do you do when you’re planning on throwing your players into a disaster? Why are there certain tropes to use and to avoid? We look to some that come up and many of the research you can use to make your game feel even more amazing.

Movies and things we discussed in this episode:

* The Poseidon Adventure

* Dante’s Peak

* Mass Effect

* Episode 104 – The Atypical Tale

* Shaun of the Dead

* Gravity

* Rise of the Rune Lords

* Godzilla Vs Mothra

* Jurassic Park

* San Andreas

* Tremors

* Twister

* Armageddon

* Die Hard

* Cliff hangar

* Lethal Weapon TV

* Spiderman

* Cassandra – Greek Myth

* Towering Inferno

* Helix

* Ready.gov

* Getprepared.gc.ca

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Or jam out to some wookiee hair metal as we play with falling asteroids.

We talk about exploration and how to avoid some of the pitfalls that are so easy to come up against when bringing this to your players. From having a place be devoid of life to not remembering to have a goal once the players get to a new place we give a few ideas on how to make your exploration better.

* Mad Adventurers

* No Mans Sky

* Cool Ghosts

* Extra Credits

* Indiana Jones

* Tomb Raider

* The Force Awakens Beginner Game (yes Ben’s memory has cross linked the two)

* Outbound Flight

* Dragon Age 2

 

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Or wander through the wilds of the jungle with us as we discuss more below

We talk of Thrawn and grand villains as well as thugs that are easier to completely defeat. The discussion goes from why you want to use them and how you can frame long term villains within their own narrative for how they got there.

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Heir to the Empire Trilogy

Inspector Gadget

Leverage

Power Rangers

Star Trek The Next Generation

The Jedi Accademy Trilogy

Courtship of Princess Liea

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Or talk things over with us as we figure out where all the different citadels are on the Hydian Way.

We talk of Star Wars and how technology should be a support for your story unless it becomes the complete centre of it. We go from discussing the tech and some of the oddities to discussing how to use it at your table in ways that move the story forward.

this week we talk of:

* Dam Busters

* Flash Gordon

* John Carter/Princess of Mars

* Lord of the Rings

* Star Trek

* Flintstones

* 2001 (HAL)

* Halo (Cortana)

* Mass Effect 2 (EDI)

* Lexx

* Farscape

* Star Trek Deep Space 9

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Or we can talk this over with Tento and her dancing battle droids.