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Game School
by TSR Podcast Network
Is there an analog RPG you've always wanted to try, but just haven't been able to get started? Want to discover new games, or learn more about ones you already know?Join Satine Phoenix and Chad Parish as they learn a new RPG every show, with the game's designer on hand to teach you.
Episodes
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Workshop - Mitchell Wallace
Our very first workshop, Spence decided to bring in their friend and creative whirlwind, Mitchell Wallace who is one of the founders of the Penny For A Tale Twitch channel and has written for several other games since the recording of this episode. Together Mitchell and Spence make a light…
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Top Secret: New World Order
Game School went to TotalCon and played Top Secret: New World Order with Merle Rassmussen, Allen Hammack, and Jayson Elliot. Top Secret is the new espionage role-playing game from Merle M. Rasmussen, creator of the first espionage role-playing game. Your mission: preserve peace and stability in a...
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Children of the Fall Live Play
Spence ran a Children of the Fall Live Play for Peter, James, and Mary. This is the audio from a live video broadcast we did earlier this year.
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Lucid Dreams Long Play
James, Spence, Peter Bryant, Mary Lindholm, and Steven Wollett went to TotalCon and played Andre Kruppa's game Lucid Dreams. Lucid Dreams is a d10 pool system geared toward the darker, grittier aspects of roleplaying. It has no particular setting, but is designed to handle anything from the Stone...
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Prowlers & Paragons
Prowlers & Paragons is a narration-driven, rules-light system designed to emulate four-color superhero comics. The rules, for the most part, don't tell you what happens. Instead, they tell you who gets to describe what happens. Both the players and the gamemaster take turns narrating events in…
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Tales of Gor
WARNING - This is a Detention episode. As such it may not be suitable for all listeners. There are themes of domination, bondage, and slavery. Tales of Gor brings you into a striking world of science-fantasy roleplaying. Born from the Gorean Cycle (34 books) by John Norman, Tales of Gor brings…
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Champions
Champions was one of the first role-playing games and was published by Hero Games. It was designed to simulate and function in a four-color superhero comic book world. https://www.herogames.com/
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Splintered Godhood
Splintered Godhood, a one-night, improvisational cooperative horror role-playing game for 4 to 5 mature players and one storyteller where each player plays a role in weaving a story of inverted and interwoven layers of reality within which each player is touched by the caress of infinity and...
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Dungeons and Delvers
This lightweight-yet-complete role-playing game is an homage to the "Easy-to-Master" black box of the first role-playing game that does everything the creator wished the original did. Overall the game has a similar feel to the original role-playing game, but there are a number of differences....
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Deryni
The Deryni Adventure Game is based on the popular "Deryni" series of fantasy books by Katherine Kurtz. The novels weave a rich tapestry of romantic chivalry, medieval kings, a powerful Church, and the Deryni, a persecuted race of humans with the gift of magic. Now you can share in the magic!…
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Everyverse
Everyverse RPG features five methods of character generation to suit every situation and taste. It uses the same scale as used to measure Real-world IQ to provide more meaningful information at a glance. Along with tree-like skill arrays go from general to specific. Choose your own ease/realism...
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Meet Your Hosts
It's time to meet the hosts of Game School. Spence and JC spend the hour interviewing each other. This one is just for the fans!
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Star Wars
On this episode JC and Spence interview Jay Little. He is a developer and one of the lead designers of Fantasy Flight Games' Star Wars: Edge of the Empire roleplaying series. https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/#/universe/star-wars
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High Plains Samurai
An action-heavy tabletop RPG of gunslingers, samurai, gangsters, barbarians, steampunk, and superpowers on the brink of destruction. There is a world beyond our own steeped in darkness and struggling in the aftermath of a divine war; a world where its people fight not only to survive but to amass...
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HGMO
The following episode is a Detention episode. The game that we are reviewing has themes that may not be suitable for all listeners. The game we review in this episode is Hot Guys Making Out. As the title implies, the game has homosexual romantic themes. If these themes are not to your taste, we...
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Victorious
Victorious is a superhero steampunk RPG where heroes from the future have traveled back in time and altered the time-line. Through their influence, inadvertent or deliberate, technology has had a jump-start. A series of advancements, based on steam-driven technology, have arisen. The player...
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Cortex Prime
Cortex Prime is a highly modular analog game system that focuses on storytelling and the ability to switch out blocks of core rules like Lego bricks.
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Swords and Wizardry Light
Swords and Wizardry Light combines fast play and introducing new players with nostalgia for the grizzled rpg veterans. Using pen, paper, two types of dice, and two foldable cards, the game can be played with only a few minutes of setup. It is easy to understand the mechanics and has a simple...
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Children of the Fall
Children of the Fall is a post-cataclysmic game with a Lord of the Flies vibe where the players play children around their teen years. All the adults are mindless, vicious savages trying to eat them and when a child reaches adulthood at about seventeen or eighteen, they go mad too. This is a game...
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Lucid Dreams
James and Spence interview Andre Kruppa about his game Lucid Dreams. Lucid Dreams is a d10 pool system geared toward the darker, grittier aspects of roleplaying. It has no particular setting, but is designed to handle anything from the Stone Age all the way to near-future settings. Popular…
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Hyperboria
Season 2 opens with two new hosts, James "Jay Cee" Carpio and Spence. They interview Jeff Talanian about his game Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperborea. It's an awesome OSR game that harkens back to Robert E. Howard's pulp-fiction tales.
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129 7th Sea
Satine and Chad interview John Wick about the second edition of 7th Sea and John runs them on a full adventure. This is the last show of Season 1 and the last episode with Chad and Satine. Get ready for Season 2 with your new hosts JayCee and Spence. http://7thsea.com/
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128 Call of Cthulhu
Chad and Satine talk with Mike Mason about Call of Cthulu 7th edition. https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg/
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127 Thunder
Thunder is a fantasy roleplaying game of high adventure. Take up the mantel of a Cleric or Paladin, become a mercenary Fighter or Berserker, cross the line with the law and play a Rapscallion, or dabble in the arcane and become a Mage. On this episode you'll get the full live play from GaryCon...
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126 Mythic Mortals
"Play as yourself, suddenly granted the incredible and unstable powers of legendary heroes!" It's Mythic Mortals, the extraordinary new game of super heroes brought to us by David Schirduan. Tune in as David guides us through a novel new approach to tabletop combat and listen as he pits Satine...
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125 Castles and Crusades
The Game School crew went to GaryCon! We recorded a live episode with Steve Chenault, one of the men responsible for the creation of Castles and Crusades. Steve talked with Satine about the history of the game, explained some of the mechanics, and then ran her on a short adventure. About Castles...
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124 Thunder!
Douglas Poirier takes the Game School crew through the epicness of Thunder! A new fantasy based RPG based around classic role-playing but with some new innovations and fresh concepts. Chad and Satine are joined by two guest players for the demo. Together they travel to the village of Kurnbi to...
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123 Baker Street
The game is afoot! Game School cracks the case of the Baker Street rpg with author, Bryce Whitacre. This is a game worthy of the great detective himself and lets you the player use your own deductive reasoning to pierce the veil of mystery and ultimately discover whodunnit! System: Baker Street...
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122 Runequest 6th Edition
In this episode Game School delves into the one of the classics of tabletop games, Runequest and it's newest edition with Lawrence Whitaker. The 6th edition remains true to the feel of classic fantasy while adding a few new surprises to keep it fresh for your table.
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121 Pathfinder Demo Play
This is part two of the Pathfinder episode. Linda Zayas-Palmer runs Satine, Chad, Kyle, and Peter trough a sample adventure in one of the many lands of Pathfinder. This is 38 minutes of a two hour session. The rest of this adventure will e released this summer as part of the After School Specials.
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120 Pathfinder
Join the Game School crew, along with guest host and actor, Kyle Vogt, as they talk with Paizo's James L. Sutter and Linda Zaya-Palmer, all about Pathfinder! James is a co-creator of the Pathfinder roleplaying game as well as the executive editor for Paizo Publishing. Linda is a 5-star Pathfinder...
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119 Garycon VIII Podcast Panel 2016! Part 2
This is Part 2 of a special two part episode on how to produce a gaming podcast. Recorded at GaryconVIII, the panel is hosted by Game School, The Dead Games Society, Drink Spin Run, Gaming and BS, Game School, Cube of Death and the Mythwits podcast, with special guest, Jayson Elliott of TSR Games...
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118 Garycon VIII Podcast Panel 2016! Part 1
This is part 1 of a special two part episode on how to produce a gaming podcast. Recorded at GaryconVIII, this panel is hosted by Game School, the Dead Games Society, Drink Spin Run, Gaming and BS, Game School, Cube of Death and the Mythwits podcast. And joining the panel as a special guest…
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117 The Razor Coast
Game School chats with Lou Agresta about The Razor Coast campaign setting for use with Paizo Publishing's Pathfinder! It's a setting with a new flavor, where hidden islands harbor deadly rogues and otherworldly gods. So grab yourself a bottle of rum and lash yourself in as Satine learns what it…
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116 Fortune's Fool
Game School talks with Jason Keeley, co-creator of Fortune's Fool. This is an interesting game - set in an alternate renaissance Europe - that uses the tarot decks for action resolution. Satine plays an elf hired to steal a bell from a cathedral. Pantheon Press - http://www.pantheonpress.com/
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115 Urban Shadows
Game School talks with Mark Diaz Truman, co-creator of Urban Shadows! In this episode we learn that when it comes to being supernatural, the super part is only half the story!
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114 Playground Adventures
Game School discusses with Adventure Playgrounds founder, BJ Hensely, how to best introduce younger children into roleplaying. This one is full of sound advice on creating family friendly adventures that your kids will love!
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113 Atomic Robo
Game School talks with Mike Olson about the ENnie award winning game Atomic Robo. Mike runs our producer, Peter Bryant through a quick scenario involving our hero, Robo saving the world once more from the forces of evil. It's straight out of the comic books with this one!
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112 Fantasy Age
Game School talks with Jack Norris of Green Ronin about Fantasy Age! If your familiar with Wil Wheaton's exciting Dragon Age campaigns, you can't miss this one as Fantasy Age allows you to take the same rules set to build your own dynamic campaign setting. With Satine at Comic Con during the time...
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111 Outbreak Undead
This is part 2 of our special two part interview with Ivan Van Norman, creator of Outbreak: Undead.
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110 Outbreak Undead
This is part 1 of a special two part interview with game designer, Ivan Van Norman, creator of Outbreak: Undead!
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109 Fringeworthy
Game School talks with Bruce Sheffer lead designer for Tri Tac Games - Fringeworthy. Fringeworthy is a SciFi RPG that allows players to adventure in any world or setting. It's a pan dimensional romp through a million million worlds. A cross between Sliders and Stargate – except it came out long...
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108 Adventurer Conqueror King
Game School talks with Alexander Macris and Tavis Allison about their game Adventurer Conqueror King. ACK is a fantasy game that allows you to play in a world reminiscent of writers Howard and Fritz Leiber. Alex and Tavis run Satine and Chad through an encounter against two evil anti-heroes and...
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107 Machinations of the Space Princess
Game School talks with James Desboroug about his game Machinations of the Space Princess. MotSP is an space game running on a version of old school D&D that allows you to play in a world reminiscent of Heavy Metal, Galaxina, and Flash Gordon. It's as stylistic, sexy, and as fun as you'd imagine....
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105 Hobomancer
Game School talks with Steve Johnson about the game Hobomancer. Hobomancer is a fun and wacky RPG that uses QAGS 2nd Edition system. Steve runs Satine through a quick adventure through the streets of Chicago to escape the mob. Will Junkyard Merlin Griggs escape the mob and avoid the train yard...
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104 Bulldogs
Game School talks with Brennan Taylor about the game Bulldogs!. Bulldogs! is a SciFi RPG that uses the Fate Core system. Brennan runs Satine through a quick adventure into a frontier town to rescue one of her crew mates.
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103 Torchbearer
Game School talks with Luke Crane about the game Torchbearer. Torchbearer is a sword and sorcery RPG with an incredible and innovative new style of game play. We are joined by our new co-host Satine Phoenix and Luke runs her through a quick adventure into an underground lair of unspeakable evil.
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102 Godlike
GameSchool talks with Shane Ivy and Allen Goodall about the game Godlike. Godlike is a street level superhero game set during WWII. Chad Parish runs this episode solo playing the super soldier Plaster as he runs up against a band of Nazis.
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101 G-Core
Chad Parish & Jay Justice talk with Jay Libby and takes a look under the hood of Dilly Green Bean Games' RPG G-Core. G-Core is a superhero RPG based off of the classic Marvel Super Hero game commonly known as FASRIP. Jay Justice goes up against a mysterious red man in her demo adventure as her...
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Is there an analog RPG you've always wanted to try, but just haven't been able to get started? Want to discover new games, or learn more about ones you already know?Join Satine Phoenix and Chad Parish as they learn a new RPG every show, with the game's designer on hand to teach you.
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Is there an analog RPG you've always wanted to try, but just haven't been able to get started? Want to discover new games, or learn more about ones you already know?Join Satine Phoenix and Chad Parish as they learn a new RPG every show, with the game's designer on hand to teach you.
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