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Although tabletop gaming is a pretty inclusive and welcoming environment, there are still pockets of straight people who insist on erasing anyone who does not identify as heterosexual from games and even the hobby. This podcast is for you, Dear Some Straight Gamer. Like pretty much the rest of the world, this one is made specifically for you.  Hopefully you will learn something.

This podcast has been produced for www.gmsmagazine.com Help us by becoming a Patreon: https://goo.gl/EpSluL   After a long break and a change in co-host, the RPG Room Podcast is back to talk all things related to RPGs, from design to controversies. In this episode, we talk about the future of the podcast, a bit about online issues and ask you, our listener, what you would like to see and hear from us. Hope you enjoy it and looking forward to hearing from you!   Subscribe to our YouTube Channel here: https://goo.gl/rl8MsU For our YouTube Channel in Spanish: https://goo.gl/CXPc1H Follow us on Twitter: https://goo.gl/moZgvK OUr Facebook page: https://goo.gl/YkbQIj

This is a podcast review narrated by Paco García Jaén and originally writen by Endzeitgeist. Rally draconic might to your cause with the Dragon Companion Handbook! From the designer who brought you the Pact Magic Unbound series and Guidance, the Dragon companion Handbook gives even low-level characters the resources they need to use dragons as effective cohorts and companions. Within the Dragon Companion Handbook, you will find: 25 separate 0 Hit Die subraces of dragons that are suitable to recruit as cohorts for leadership-inclined characters. The dragon paragon, a new 20-level base class that allows dragon characters to gain the special powers of their kind scaled at an appropriate rate for a player character. 25 new dragon companions that druids, cavaliers, and virtually any other character with an animal companion or special mount can bond with and enhance using the new Draconic Companion and Draconic Companion Mastery feats. 5 pages of feats to support and enhance dragon companions and characters of an

This is a podcast review narrated by Paco García Jaén. The original review was written by Endzeitgeist. You can find the written review in endzeitgeist.com and in gmsmagazine.com Please suppor Endzeiteist's Patreon campaign. You can buy this product at Drivethrurpg. A 5E Mini-Dungeon for 4-6 Characters of Level 1 The Aura of Profit takes place in an underground lair that serves as an alchemical laboratory. Fritz is an alchemist who has an underground laboratory in the poor section of the city. His experiments produce wastes that run into the sewer and enhance the effects of alcohol. Several local innkeepers have seen sales plummet, as their patrons can’t hold their liquor anymore. They think that there is something happening underground, where a strange odor has been detected under one of the taverns. They have asked the PCs to investigate. 5E Mini-Dungeons are single page, double sided adventures for D&D 5th Edition which are setting agnostic and are easily inserted anywhere in your campaign.

This is a podcast review narrated by Paco García Jaén. The original review was written by Endzeitgeist. You can find the written review in endzeitgeist.com and in gmsmagazine.com Please suppor Endzeiteist's Patreon campaign. You can buy this product at Drivethrurpg. A 5E Mini-Dungeon for 4-6 Characters of Levels 6-7 Many years ago Tibor, a wizard with an overwhelming desire for knowledge of the plane of shadow, locked himself away in a tower to pursue his studies.Shortly thereafter, his tower was consumed in a dark explosion, and the mage was assumeddead. However, assumption can never be taken as fact, and now the PCs have stumbled upon a hidden stairway where the tower once stood, leading down into the shadowy earth below... 5E Mini-Dungeons are single page, double sided adventures for 5th Edition which are setting agnostic and are easily inserted anywhere in your campaign.

This is a review podcast episode. The review was first written by Endzeitgeist and narrated by Paco Garcia Jaen Please support Endzeitgeist's work by visiting his website or sponsoring his Patreon. You can find more reviews also in gmsmagazine.com To purchase the Grimoire of Lost Souls, please visit DriveThruRPG Remember you can follow us on Twitter and Google+!

This is a review podcast episode. The review was first written by Endzeitgeist and narrated by Paco Garcia Jaen Please support Endzeitgeist's work by visiting his website or sponsoring his Patreon. You can find more reviews also in gmsmagazine.com To purchase the Grimoire of Lost Souls, please visit DriveThruRPG Remember you can follow us on Twitter and Google+!

Working with an IP can be a very challenging topic. To take something that has already been created and transform it into an RPG that does it justice is a tricky exercise that requires a deep knowledge of both the original IP and the RPG design process. Dave Chapman is one guy who knows a lot about that, since he was one of the responsible people to create Cubicle 7’s Dr. Who Roleplaying Game. He kindly agreed to come to the show to be interviewed and I gladly proceeded to do so. ¡Hope you enjoy the show!

Chaosium, a company that has been going on for longer than most, has brought some of the most emblematic and beloved franchises to the RPG world. Glorantha, RuneQuest, Call of Cthulhu… all of them prolific lines that have been supported by many thousands in many languages over many years. And yet, the company has also gone through some very rough times in the last few years. So much so that a lot of people thought it would go under. However, it was rescued by a rather terrific group of people, one of them I had the pleasure of interviewing. Jeff Richard is the Creative Director for the company and, being an accomplished game designer with a passion most would envy, he has a lot to say, not just about the past, but about the future of the company. And he is a fun guy to boot!

James Bond RPG came out a very long time ago and, even though no longer published or popular, it is a very relevant game today. It is interesting that some games that have been out of print for a long time can, and indeed have some ideas that a vast amount of more modern games could learn from. Perhaps having ideas was easier all those years ago. Or simply the industry was more audacious than today. Or we pander to the “easy design” a bit too much. I don’t know. But the fact remains that when one reads Chris Klug’s James Bond RPG, it is not easy to find a spy game that fits so well both to the genre and the IP. It was thus an honour to have Chris on the show to talk about dilemmas in RPGs and the extent of their importance. This one, my friends, I can say is one of the good episodes. Enjoy!

In an attempt to break our record for the weirdest episode, Jim and I attempt to discuss what games have been good for the industry. A few weeks ago we chatted about what games were bad for the industry and a good number of them came up. Today we try to do the opposite with some very varying results… Also we spent a while watching some ski tyre jumping from Japan. That was really, really weird… https://youtu.be/f62Z8Ev9OXA

Very often we find encounters during our adventures that are, quite frankly, appalling. Truly unsatisfying either because they are too hard, too easy, the monsters don’t really matter or, simply, it makes no sense. Designing encounters is a tad harder than it might appear, so I invited Kevin Watson, from Dark Naga Adventures, to come to the podcast, since he has designed more encounters and adventures than most and he knows his salt. Hope you enjoy the interview! You can find out more about Dark Naga in the following links: Dark Naga Website Dark Naga Facebook page Dark Naga Kickstarter page

You know, I am pretty tired of stupid, petty minded assholes who prefer to take offence of anything rather than celebrate diversity. I am sick of idiots who don’t have what it takes to feel safe and secure in their masculinity and whinge and complain endlessly when something is organise just for women or minorities. And I am fucking fed up with seeing responses that make me feel ashamed of being a man. If you have a problem with initiatives like the one Green Ronin had recently to find female writers for a project, please do fuck off. Go back under the stone you call world and stay there reading your games lit by the sun coming out of your ass. Or stop being stupid and join the normal humans who understand the richness of diversity and celebrate rather than bemoan it. And yes… in this episode we talk about this issue.

Since it came out so many years ago, Shadowrun has been the favourite game of connoisseurs and indies alike. It has inspired millions of people to look forward to a future where magic and science can coexist, and where computers are but the landscape of the mind. Indeed it has inspired pretty much any and every game Jim Pinto has ever created based on some of his best experiences as a player and GM. In this episode, we pay tribute to the game that redefined RPGs, fantasy, Science Fiction and society itself. Help us by becoming a Patreon: https://goo.gl/EpSluL Subscribe to our YouTube Channel here: https://goo.gl/rl8MsU For our YouTube Channel in Spanish: https://goo.gl/CXPc1H For our podcast: https://goo.gl/M54zau   Follow us in Twitter: https://goo.gl/moZgvK OUr Facebook page: https://goo.gl/YkbQIj Find us in Google+: https://goo.gl/dsIdHv

Maximising sales in the RPG market is real hard. In fact getting sales in the RPG market is hard. ¿Is it that there are too many products out there, or that there is a lacking in the sales process understanding? Jason Eric Nelson has been learning how to, and selling very well, a lot of books at Legendary Games. With a few successful Kickstarters (some of which I missed) and some truly amazing books out there, he knows what he is talking about. And he was kind enough to give me his time and share some of his knowledge, which was truly interesting for me to hear. I hope you get some good inspiration in this podcast and it helps you boost your sales as much as possible! Enjoy the show!

Fenris Games has been at the forefront of miniatures creation for a very long time. They know the business and what it takes to survive. Having a modelling company and producing minatures is a lot more glamorous from the consumer side than the side of the business and staying abreast of the market is a very tough nut to crack. In this episode I speak to Ian Brumby about the hardships and rewards of owning a miniatures creation company. Enjoy the show! Help us by becoming a Patreon: https://goo.gl/EpSluLSubscribe to our YouTube Channel here: https://goo.gl/rl8MsUFor our YouTube Channel in Spanish: https://goo.gl/CXPc1HPara nuestro podcast: https://goo.gl/M54zauFollow us in Twitter: https://goo.gl/moZgvKOUr Facebook page: https://goo.gl/YkbQIjFind us in Google+: https://goo.gl/dsIdHv

In this episode we are not going to do anything with games. This is all about geeky food and cooking, because, contrary to what might appear, we geeks like to eat. A lot! I met Ilana Greenberg-Sud in Facebook and I was interested right away. She has a pretty neat store in Etsy that sells all sorts of geeky morsels for the empty stomach. Or the full one, because I think I would eat her food even if I weren’t hungry. If you wanted to try Elvish Lembas Bread, this would be your place. Or if you are a Dr. Who fan, these would be his Jammie Dodgers of choice… and like that many, many more. But have a listen… you might find more inspiration than you think! Enjoy the show!

Justin Mason is one of those prolific RPG creators who isn’t known enough. With a great talent for map making and graphic design, he has worked on a cool ton of projects, but it seems he hasn’t worked on enough yet! For years he has honed his skills to become a skilled cartographer with a pretty immense portfolio for companies like Adventureaweek.com, Paizo, Dark Naga Adventure, AAW Games and many, many more. But I was curious to know how someone like him can actually survive using the world of RPGs as a means of income, considering how hard to is to make a living these days. And we also talked maps… lots of map! Hope you enjoy the show!

In last episode Jim and I discussed if casual gamers are actually bad for the hobby or not. With polarised opinions, Jim believes that casual gamers are a lot less needed than hardcore gamers in order to sustain the hobby, whereas I believe the more casual gamers we have, the better. Regardless of who is right or wrong on this one, he fact is that the presence of casual gamers and their numbers do help shape the state and direction of the industry for keeping a casual gamer interested is a much different task than keeping a hardcore gamer hooked. So, based on that, what games are no longer made because of the proliferation of casual gamers? Are indeed casual gamers responsible for the disappearance of any game at all? Once again, Jim and I have different opinions on this one!

For very many valid reasons, a lot of people like OSR games. To play in a style of games that resemble and replicate the original games from so many years ago. However, that movement has also received a lot of criticism for some people seem to be stuck in the old ways beyond those of gaming. Some posts that could be considered insensitive or out of place have given place to a reputation that would suggest the OSR movement is a very toxic one. Iit is pretty clear, though, that not all things are bad and there are a lot of people doing what they can to eradicate bad tropes and bring a more modern social environment reflection into an old style of gaming. As I am very interested in art, I had to interview someone who does artwork in a diverse and inclusive manner for that movement and find out where things are now and where they could be going in the not-too-distant future. Denis McCarthy has been creating enough artwork for enough time to understand the market and he is indeed good at it. And has a passion for