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Tales From the Shelf
by Tales from the Shelf
Tales from the Shelf is two gamers, one American who started with D&D, and an English person...who did not. We take on the campaigns we run, the systems we use, the things we learn. With deep dives in on specific books, gaming advice and RPG history.
Episodes
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Book 2, V5. Ep 3: Kindred Society
Book 2, V5. Ep 3: Kindred Society Moving on through the intro, we hit the section Kindred Society. We run through world history and bringing players up to speed on what they're being dropped into. The Camarilla, the Anarchs, the big conflicts, the seven Traditions. Next up: Clans. Who are we...
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V5 - Part 1, the introduction
Book 2, Episode 2 - Vampire the Masquerade, 5th edition: Part 1: the introductory section. We start with the book and its cover, in all its bisexual lighting, move on through the scrapbook introduction and laying out of the basics. And we ask - is this a book of its time, compared to the…
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Vampire the Masquerade, V5. Episode 1; Prelude.
EDIT: Original upload had a weird issue where the intro/outro was audible, despite being clear in editing. This should now be fixed. All right, Book 2, episode 1 - Vampire the Masquerade, 5th edition. The game that outsold DnD, had its own Aaron Spelling TV show and sold us Beckett action…
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Interstitial Part 3
Sorry all, real life problems means no real episode this fortnight. I know it isn't fun, I hate it when it isn't regular, but better now than in the middle of a deep dive. And this is an extension of the hobby for us; we don't ask for money, we've been regular from the start...sometimes life gets...
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Intermission #2 - Uplifting your group
We're taking a break between books to throw out some more general advice and tell stories. After we've gotten a group together, the next step is improving them. Apologies for the audio, which cut out on some of our most useful and insightful comments (because of course it did). Unfortunately we...
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Intermission #1 - Getting a *good* group together
We're taking a break between books to throw out some more general advice and tell stories. This part is about our experiences in getting people together. Next ep will cover levelling up your group. At this point in time, V6 has been revealed and the playtest packet is out. It doesn't seem good…
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Book 1, The Witcher RPG, Part 11, Conclusions. 'This child has problems'
Episode 011: Our conclusions. This is the final episode for this book - a shorter one as we reach our conclusions and rate the Witcher RPG core book out of /6. Spoilers - it ain't great. @ us on Bluesky; talesshelfpod.bsky.social Music by ebunny, find them on Pixabay. This is an podcast by…
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Book 1, The Witcher RPG, Part 10, The Adventure - The Troll Is S*** At His Job
Episode 010: Witcher Deep Dive Pt10. Part 2 of the adventure "And to all a Good Night". We're continuing our deep dive on the Witcher RPG by R Talsorian games. The Witcher RPG came out in 2018 and since then R Tal. has promised a cleanup of the core book. With that in mind, we take on the book in...
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Book 1, The Witcher RPG, Part 9, The Adventure - Maybe Lord Nowak's a Biter?
Episode 009: Witcher Deep Dive Pt9. The adventure "And to all a Good Night". We're continuing our deep dive on the Witcher RPG by R Talsorian games. The Witcher RPG came out in 2018 and since then R Tal. has promised a cleanup of the core book. With that in mind, we take on the book in detail -...
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Book 1, The Witcher RPG, Part 8 - The GM Section
Episode 008: Witcher Deep Dive Pt8. The GM Section We're continuing our deep dive on the Witcher RPG by R Talsorian games. The Witcher RPG came out in 2018 and since then R Tal. has promised a cleanup of the core book. With that in mind, we take on the book in detail - with a mind to looking at…
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Book 1, The Witcher RPG, Part 7 - The Continent
Episode 007: Witcher Deep Dive Pt7. The World We're continuing our deep dive on the Witcher RPG by R Talsorian games. The Witcher RPG came out in 2018 and since then R Tal. has promised a cleanup of the core book. With that in mind, we take on the book in detail - with a mind to looking at its...
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Book 1, The Witcher RPG, Part 6 - Combat (2/2)
Episode 006: Witcher Deep Dive Pt6, Combat Pt. 2 of 2 We're continuing our deep dive on the Witcher RPG by R Talsorian games. The Witcher RPG came out in 2018 and since then R Tal. has promised a cleanup of the core book. With that in mind, we take on the book in detail - with a mind to looking…
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Book 1, The Witcher RPG, Pt 5. Combat (1/2)
Episode 005: Witcher Deep Dive Pt5, Combat Pt. 1 of 2 We're continuing our deep dive on the Witcher RPG by R Talsorian games. The Witcher RPG came out in 2018 and since then R Tal. has promised a cleanup of the core book. With that in mind, we take on the book in detail - with a mind to looking…
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Book 1, The Witcher RPG, Part 4 - Gear, Magic and Crafting
Episode 004: Witcher Deep Dive Pt4, Magic and Crafting. We're starting with a deep dive on the Witcher RPG by R Talsorian games. The Witcher RPG came out in 2018 and since then R Tal. has promised a cleanup of the core book. With that in mind, we take on the book in detail - with a mind to…
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Book 1, The Witcher RPG. Part 3 - Gear
Book 1, The Witcher RPG, Episode 003: Witcher Deep Dive - Gear We're starting with a deep dive on the Witcher RPG by R Talsorian games. The Witcher RPG came out in 2018 and since then R Tal. has promised a cleanup of the core book. With that in mind, we take on the book in detail - with a mind to...
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Book 1, The Witcher RPG, Part 2 - Skills and Core Mechanics
Book 1, The Witcher RPG, Episode 002: Witcher Deep Dive Pt4, - skills and core mechanics. We're starting with a deep dive on the Witcher RPG by R Talsorian games. The Witcher RPG came out in 2018 and since then R Tal. has promised a cleanup of the core book. With that in mind, we take on the book...
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Book 1, The Witcher RPG, Part 1 - Character Generation 'Triss doesn't have any luck!''
Book 1, The Witcher RPG, Episode 001: Witcher Deep Dive - character generation We're starting with a deep dive on the Witcher RPG by R Talsorian games. The Witcher RPG came out in 2018 and since then R Tal. has promised a cleanup of the core book. With that in mind, we take on the book in detail…
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Tales from the Shelf is two gamers, one American who started with D&D, and an English person...who did not.
We take on the campaigns we run, the systems we use, the things we learn.
With deep dives in on specific books, gaming advice and RPG history.
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