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Ben has Marcus on to talk about his Force and Destiny podcast he creates with his kids and the lessons that can be learned from there. So much of the advice can be well used for bringing in any new player. Continue reading “The Tale Vs Darkside”
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As Sclavos falls silent, our Heroes face some difficult decisions. None more so than Neema Talemy, who finds herself with everything she ever wanted. Is there another reason for her to fight or does her story follow a different path from the rest of her squad?
Continue reading “Friends Like These Act 4, Episode 1 – “Should I Stay or Should I Go?””
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Ben and David talk about preparation tools for GMs and players as well as communication and character creation. Continue reading “The Tools Tale”
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With the revolt in full swing, Neema and AMP fight to keep the Zygerrian slavers occupied. Meanwhile, Matu and Kith put their borrowed jetpacks to use entering the Prince’s tower, but will they be able to deactivate the slaves’ explosive implants in time?
Continue reading “Friends Like These Act 3, Episode 8 – “When Puffer Pigs Fly””
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Ben has guest Leslie on to talk about ways to use maps and things to consider when using maps in person and online for your players. Continue reading “Map Tales”
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With several paddocks of slaves freed and the alarm sounded, our Heroes have to move quickly to liberate the city of Sclavos from Prince Molec. Fortunately a little help has arrived of the Mandalorian variety.
Continue reading “Friends Like These Act 3, Episode 7 – “Fight for Freedom””
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Kristine and Ben talk about what they do when the players surprise them and leave them wondering what to do next. Continue reading “The Surprised GM Tale”
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With Baron Sevelle held at sword point, a group of Twi’lek slaves freed, and a Mandalorian gladiator at their side, our Heroes have to move quickly to silence the other two slave camps before they alert the city and the Prince.
Continue reading “Friends Like These Act 3, Episode 6 – “Beat It””
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We talk about some of the ideas and issues of starting a player character and how much background is too much, as well as how much is not near enough. Continue reading “The Backgrounder Tale”
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Under the cover of darkness, our heroes set their sights on the Karazak Slavers’ Cooperative compound and Baron Dorn Sevelle, a slaver who recently took possession of a priceless Mandalorian sword.
Continue reading “Friends Like These Act 3, Episode 5 – “The Fourth Trial””
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Ben and David talk about villains and how to present them to your players as fallible beings who can be defeated. Continue reading “The Villainous Tale”
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While Mattie and the Droid Guy take the stage at the Prince’s auction reception, Neema and R4-M1, posing as buyers, make the rounds in the hopes of meeting Prince Molec himself. As they gather information in order to take down the vile slave empire of Scla–hey, has anyone seen our Bothan?
Continue reading “Friends Like These Act 3, Episode 4 – “Party Crashers””
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We’ve all had players missing a game or having to leave the game, Kristine and Ben talk about how to make the blow softer and strategies to make it more fun for you and your group. Continue reading “The Absent Player Tale”
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With the Prince’s reception in a little over an hour, our Heroes face their most daunting challenge yet: getting ready for a party.
Continue reading “Friends Like These Act 3, Episode 3 – “Makeover””
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Ben and Kristine discuss with David what we’ve taken away from the Genesys core book and some of the interesting tidbits we are looking forward to for the system. Continue reading “The Genesys Tale”
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While Neema, Kith, and AMP secure invitations to the Prince’s reception, Matu explores his feelings through song.
Continue reading “Friends Like These Act 3, Episode 2 – “Mandalorian Rhapsody””
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Ben has Chris Ing from Silhouette Zero and Heroes on to talk about the force and some of the deeper things you can look at when using the force in your games. From what is light and dark, to the different force traditions we have ideas on how to make the force deeper in your games. Continue reading “The Deep Force Tale”
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Leaving Vlemoth Port behind, Neema, Matu, AMP, and Kith turn their sights towards the jungle world of Kowak and the Zygerrian slavers who call it home.
Continue reading “Friends Like These Act 3, Episode 1 – “Mean Streets””
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We talk about space combat and a few issues that can come up as well as a few unintended consequences of putting mechanics before narrative. Continue reading “The Everything is Terrain Tale”
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We talk about how to run an adventure with few player resources and how to make it so player ingenuity is welcome when you take their toys away. From survival to horror to investigations we talk about ways of a few things to expect and ways to make it awesome. Continue reading “The Low Resource Tale”
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We talk about failure in your game and how to make it feel like that isn’t the end of the action or the story. We show how there is always effects after an action even if they aren’t the desired ones.
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As AMP, Kith, and R4-M1 keep an eye on Lieda, Neema and Matu begin negotiations with Chieftain Vera Beroya for the service of her clan in the coming Battle of Xorrn.
Continue reading “Friends Like These Act 2, Episode 5 – “A Matter of Honor””
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This week we talk about NPCs why some get elevated, how to deal with the mechanics for those that do get elevated, and why some people make full PCs for an NPC. Continue reading “The Allied NPC Tale”
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We talk about themes in The Last Jedi and several of the things we ponder about the story, from using bombers to why using force face time would be useful in an RPG setting. Continue reading “The Last Jedi Tale”
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Hiking in snow! When the training cadre of Mandalorian Clan Beroya goes missing, Matu Ordo and his squad volunteer to bring them home. Finding the cadre’s camp abandoned our heroes locate a trail and brave the frigid mountains of Vlemoth Port.
Continue reading “Friends Like These Act 2, Episode 3 – “Combat is Just Applied Physics””
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