What Would The Smart Party Do?

Episode 182 - How To GM with Justin Alexander

The lads are delighted to have returning Good Friend of the Show, RPG producer and designer at Atlas Games, Justin Alexander. He's got a new book coming out, available in all good purveyors of such things,

So You Want To Be A Game Master. Join for great insights, some not seen or heard before on the Alexandrian (or maybe anywhere!) and to get a unique precis of what is in this fine work.

Visit Justin's excellent RPG resource The Alexandrian, as check out what's hot at Atlas Games.

If you dig actual plays played with vim and vigour, check out the new Unconventional GMs YouTube channel.

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We always welcome lovely reviews on iTunes or elsewhere too. If you're less keen, give us a shout, we'd are open to development opportunities! :)

Episode 181 - Gaming in Ukraine with Tasha from idearoll

Fresh from The Kraken gaming retreat, the lads have met old friends and made new ones. Chief among those is Tasha from the idearoll youtube channel, who joins them this week to talk about gaming events, the scene in Ukraine and challenges of the current environment. A great episode full of enthusiasm and community spirit!

You can find the idearoll channel below (in Ukrainian), which also has several other links for supporting the team's efforts.

idearoll on YouTube.

Get yourself a copy of the Vaesen Spirits and Monsters of Mythic Ukraine on Drivethru here.

Charitable links:

Defence And Demining

Medical Aid

Rebuild Ukraine

Come Back Alive

Hospitallers

If you dig actual plays, check out the new Unconventional GMs YouTube channel. Lots of great games played with vim and vigour in two hours or less.

Get in touch, the lads love to hear from you!Twitters: twitter.com/the_smart_partyEmail: [email protected]Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/thesmartpartyPatreons: patreon.com/thesmartparty

We always welcome lovely reviews on iTunes or elsewhere too. If you're less keen, give us a shout, we'd are open to development opportunities! :)

Episode 180 - Shadow of the Weird Wizard with Rob Schwalb

Returning special guest Rob Schwalb, creator of Shadow of the Demonlord, Punk Apocalyptica, D&D designer and more, returns to the show to tell us all about his design process and work on his new Kickstarter, Shadow of the Weird Wizard.

You can jump on in for the Kickstarter project here, or just pick up the free quickstart to see if it's your sort of thing!

Shadow of the Weird Wizard.

If you dig actual plays, check out the new Unconventional GMs YouTube channel. Lots of great games played with vim and vigour in two hours or less.

Get in touch, the lads love to hear from you!Twitters: twitter.com/the_smart_partyEmail: [email protected]Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/thesmartpartyPatreons: patreon.com/thesmartparty

We always welcome lovely reviews on iTunes or elsewhere too. If you're less keen, give us a shout, we'd are open to development opportunities! :)

Episode 179 - Pendragon 6e with David Larkins

Returning special guest David Larkins, Line Editor for the King Arthur Pendragon RPG joins the lads to talk about the new edition, it's starter set and get back to basics on what Pendragon is all about for new players and old hands alike!

If you dig actual plays and reviews of played modules, check out the new YouTube channel.

Get in touch, the lads love to hear from you!Twitters: twitter.com/the_smart_partyEmail: [email protected]Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/thesmartpartyPatreons: patreon.com/thesmartparty

We always welcome lovely reviews on iTunes or elsewhere too. If you're less keen, give us a shout, we'd are open to development opportunities! :)

Episode 178 - Starforged With Shawn Tomkin

Returning special guest Shawn Tomkin, designer of Ironsworn and of particular interest this time, Starforged. It's an excellent Sci Fi RPG and well worth digging into, which is exactly what the lads do this time!

If you dig actual plays and reviews of played modules, check out the new YouTube channel.

Get in touch, the lads love to hear from you!Twitters: twitter.com/the_smart_partyEmail: [email protected]Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/thesmartpartyPatreons: patreon.com/thesmartparty

We always welcome lovely reviews on iTunes or elsewhere too. If you're less keen, give us a shout, we'd are open to development opportunities! :)

Episode 177 - Wilderness Travel

Fancy a trip to the Isle of Dread!? This episode the lads take a look at traveling in the wilderness, how to make it interesting and what tips and trips can improve the journey.

If you dig actual plays and reviews of played modules, check out the new YouTube channel.

Get in touch, the lads love to hear from you!Twitters: twitter.com/the_smart_partyEmail: [email protected]Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/thesmartpartyPatreons: patreon.com/thesmartparty

We always welcome lovely reviews on iTunes or elsewhere too. If you're less keen, give us a shout, we'd are open to development opportunities! :)

Episode 176 - Dungeons Not Dragons

Whether you're from the old school days of white-lined maps on blue backgrounds, or newly arrived at the idea of maps, scouring the internet for your Roll20 backgrounds, dungeons have a long and storied history in RPGs. Join the lads as they look back over the years at dungeons, what makes them good and how they can be used better.

If you dig actual plays and reviews of played modules, check out the new YouTube channel.

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We always welcome lovely reviews on iTunes or elsewhere too. If you're less keen, give us a shout, we'd are open to development opportunities! :)

Episode 175 - Paragon System with Sean Nittner and Tim Denee

If you're a fan of the show, you'll know we love AGON, powered by the Paragon system. This time the lads are delighted to be joined by Sean Nittner, the co-author and independent game designer Tim Denee, who's done some great stuff with the game. Come on in for a deep dive on the game design process, what makes these sets of games great and how to squeeze more gaming juice from your sessions!

Evil Hat have a ton of great games you can peruse for your delectation on their website.

You can see more of Tim's great work on his website, Old Dog Games

If you're in the US, or plan on travelling there for a convention, find out about Big Bad Con here.

If you dig actual plays and reviews of played modules, check out the new YouTube channel.

Get in touch, the lads love to hear from you!Twitters: twitter.com/the_smart_partyEmail: [email protected]Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/thesmartpartyPatreons: patreon.com/thesmartparty

We always welcome lovely reviews on iTunes or elsewhere too. If you're less keen, give us a shout, we'd are open to development opportunities! :)

Episode 174 - Beyond Dread Portals (a.k.a. Climinal)

This time the boys are joined by Good Friend of the Show and returning guest Dr Mitch and Newt from D101 Games to talk about their new project Beyond Dread Portals. A game for those wanting to move slightly away from what D&D has to offer, but with some familiarity so the leap of faith isn't too scary!

The Beyond Dread Portals Kickstarter page

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/645319106/beyond-dread-portals

D101 Games website

https://d101games.com

More about OpenQuest

https://openquestrpg.com

Crypts and Things

https://d101games.com/product/crypts-and-things-remastered/

Reboot the Future

https://d101games.com/product/crypts-and-things-remastered/

If you dig actual plays and reviews of played modules, check out the new YouTube channel.

Get in touch, the lads love to hear from you!Twitters: twitter.com/the_smart_partyEmail: [email protected]Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/thesmartpartyPatreons: patreon.com/thesmartparty

We always welcome lovely reviews on iTunes or elsewhere too. If you're less keen, give us a shout, we'd are open to development opportunities! :)

Episode 173 - Third Floor Wars (a.k.a. Third Party Podcaster)

A third podcaster, Craig Shipman from Third Floor Wars joins the lads this time to talk about some of our collective GM experiences at running three different games. From Blades in the Dark to Savage Worlds by way of Call of Cthulhu, this mighty triumvirate of gaming tells you what's hot and what's not, with tips, tricks and experiences of running these popular RPGs.

To listen to John Harper's series on running Blades and more, head on over to his Youtube channel.

The the glorious media empire of Third Floor Wars and more of Craig's great content visit the website here.

If you dig actual plays and reviews of played modules, check out the new YouTube channel.

Get in touch, the lads love to hear from you!Twitters: twitter.com/the_smart_partyEmail: [email protected]Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/thesmartpartyPatreons: patreon.com/thesmartparty

We always welcome lovely reviews on iTunes or elsewhere too. If you're less keen, give us a shout, we'd are open to development opportunities! :)