Tales From the Hydian Way

We talk about adventures without combat in this episode. And look at many different ways of creating a dramatic narrative without forcing the players to pick up a blaster.

This week we strike inspiration from:

* Moneyball (book / trailer)

* Nick Watanabe (twitter)

* All The Presidents Men (trailer )

* Spotlight (trailer)

* Groundhog Day (trailer)

* Star Wars Shadow Games (book)

* The West Wing (trailer)

* Schindlers List (trailer)

* Dragon Age Inquisition (site)

* House of Cards (trailer)

* Usual Suspects (trailer)

* Medicine Man (trailer)

* Outbreak (trailer)

* Astonishing Legends (link)

* Babylon 5 (trailer)

* Blues Brothers (trailer)

* Smokey and The Bandit (trailer)

* Wacky Races (trailer)

* Seaquest DSV (trailer)

* Star Trek Voyager

* Alien (trailer)

* Aliens (trailer)

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Or you can talk with us and Doctor Zahn about the migration patters of Rathtars in the Star Wars galaxy below

We talk NPCs and how to make them and your base interesting in an Age of Rebellion setting, as well as the varried locations you’ll run across in Edge of the Empire and Force and Destiny.In this episode we talk about:

* Star Wars Aftermath

* Star Wars The Old Republic

* Mass Effect 2 opening: Mass Effect 2: Opening/The Normandy Destroyed

* No One Lives for Ever Interesting Conversation from No One Lives Forever

* NOLF Moments: You Look Like You Need A Monkey

* Firewatch

* Metal Gear Solid

* Dice For Brains

* Star Trek The Next Generation

* Star Trek Deep Space 9

* Star Trek Voyager

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You can listen below as David installs a vocoder into Ben’s treadwell droid.

 

We go looking at new ways your players can slip deeper into a crime lords grasp and how you can give the players two choices that they don’t want to take. Ben and David talk about how crime in fiction isn’t always happy go lucky and can be a huge moral quandary for those involved.

Listen and learn about what new wickedness our three hosts come up with on this weeks Tales from the Hydian Way.

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Or listen in below as we talk about hauling freight for odd lizards.

We talked about The Crossroads Sector last week. This week we populate it with a family with a dark secret, a desperate criminal with a heart of gold, and a ghost ship that holds a terrifying secret. Listen and learn about what new wickedness our three hosts come up with on this weeks Tales from the Hydian Way.

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See if you can evade the Huntmaster with us as we tell more Tales below.

Wow, we made it to 100 episodes of Tales. We’re celebrating by giving you a huge gift of a new sector with interesting planets and some dangerous places where the profit can be bigger then a smuggler can imagine.

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Come with us to Rebirth and the wicked pleasures you can find there as we talk about the Crossroads Sector.

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We talk of the repercussions of using the force publicly in the Empire and how it becomes this impending doom that is creeping upon the players. From Moffs to Hutts and every where in between we find the ways people will try to control the power of the force.

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Or you can watch as we have a productive meeting at the Zog-Corp building and listen in to our ideas.

This week we talk to Susan White, the player of Behr on Dice for Brains. We talk to Susan about being a new player at the table and how to be better at improvisation from the player side of the screen.This week we mention Meetup.com a local organizational site that can lead to many groups you’d not normally find.

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We have Ross Rockafellow back to talk more about morality, conflict, and sith flying squirrels with us to learn how to use each more effectively at our tables.

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Or listen to us talk about the darkness and wonder that can be found within a new player

 

Ross Rockafellow from Dice for Brains sent us a message about wanting to answer some listener questions with our group of opinionated GMs. Little did he know that we wanted to ask a few questions of our own.

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Or walk into the bar with us and meet the most wicked Hutt of the Anoat sector.