Tavern Chat

It is with a heavy heart that we announce that we will be losing Doug Rhea - founder of NTRPG Con - in the coming days. Doug is the founder and driving force behind NTRPG Con, and his presence will be sorely missed. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

Earlier tonight I played in Session Zero of JoetheLawyer's Fantasy Heartbreaker. The session was a blast, not because of the system (which is fine and mostly familiar) but because of the players. If your online group already knows each other, emulating a face-to-face experience is easier than many think. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

We are reaching critical mass when it comes to the first generation of RPG creators, and it no longer surprises me to find out we've lost another, although it saddens me just the same as it ever did. Social media allows you to reach and thank those that have had an influence on your life, as a gamer and beyond. Thank them now, because tomorrow may be too late. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

You know the trope: you all meet at a tavern. But why is that? What makes a Tavern, the local watering hole, such an integral part of kicking off so many RPG adventures? There is a certain brush you paint with when members of your development group and playtesters leave glowing reviews for your product and fail to mention their connections to it. I try to mention the connections I have to individuals and companies whenever I review a product, because the potential customer has a right to know of potential biases in said review. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

GenCon 2021 has announced that there will be a mask mandate in effect for all attendees, vaccinated or not. They also hint that a vaccination mandate may come into effect prior to the convention.   https://gencon.blog/2021/08/06/august-health-and-safety-update/ I don't care what your personal beliefs are if you want to be friends on social media. I want to discuss what we share in common - a love for gaming. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

We often talk about the skills one needs to learn as a GM/DM, but what is often overlooked are the skills one needs as a player. These skills are often real-life social skills, and I touch upon them in this installment of Tavern Chat. Our dog Danke enjoys exploring on her walks. We let her lead the way most times, but on occasions, we must redirect her or even take the lead. Its the same in your campaign... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

Many jobs have moved to work from home and many tabletop campaigns have moved to Virtual Tabletops -VTTs-. Are we picking up new creators as folks either work from home or are home with enhanced unemployment benefits? Are the changes we have seen in the method of play - the jump in virtual play and virtual conventions - here to stay? Benoit hit his 2nd Monday Goal and the backers of the Marmoreal Tob will be getting Chapter 1 of the Wilderness Expansion and the Wilderness Expansion map. Games Workshop had huge profits during Covid and is giving its employees 5k pound bonuses. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

D&D Beyond canceled a contest where they offered digital prizes and claimed rights to use all entries. Lesson learned the hard way. Yep, TSR3 has or is in the process of, abandoning at least three graphical trademarks.  There is an update on the Marmoreal Tomb Kickstarter - Benoist has hit his first due date and succeeded. Sadly, Brian Fitzpatrick of Moebius Adventures passed away this weekend from an accident during rafting. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

Bad Mike and Tenkar unbox the new Swords & Wizardry Boxed Set, discuss upcoming projects, and cover the latest update on the Marmoreal Tomb Kickstarter. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

Join Bad Mike & Tenkar, as they sit down with Greg Christopher to discuss Avarice & Ambition 2e and then delve into current events in the tabletop RPG hobby. Here's the link to Ambition & Avarice 2e (note, it is an affiliate link) https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/359780/Ambition--Avarice-2nd-Edition?affiliate_id=1446 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

Rach & Tenkar return with two Gamers' Health LiveStreams. Listen as they talk about their own successes and failures and remember that you are not alone. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

Joe & Tenkar talk about various houserules, campaign styles, and wherever the live audience takes them. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

I need to choose a style of play for my next campaign. It will have my old group of players from high school and college and will be either an adventure path, episodic, a hex crawl, or a mega-dungeon. Wherein I talk a little bit about BFRPG, the OSR's oft-forgotten gem, and a bargain too. This is an affiliate link to BFRPG on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3Aii3Ib, Your purchase goes to support this channel.  https://www.basicfantasy.org/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

Over 40% of D&D 5e players are under 25. How do we get the OSR to tap into that demographic?  I was watching Professor Dungeon Master over at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD6ERRdXrF2IZ0R888G8PQgand I realized he had it right. A sandbox is about choices, but not limitless ones, at least not if the DM wishes to retain his sanity ;) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

Social media in the OSR has been a shit show for the last two weeks or so. When official business accounts argue with the gaming community and try to win arguments, you know it isn't going to be good. A look at some Kickstarter that have failed to deliver, years after they claimed they would. Far West, Ernest Gary Gygax Jr.'s Marmoreal Tomb Campaign Starter, Appendix N Adventure Toolkits and City State of the Invincible Overlord --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

Bad Mike & Tenkar return to the scene of the crime, with a follow-up and updates to last week's episode on the latest iteration of TSR. Plus, LaNasa threats of legal action are nothing new.  Edit: Forgot to add this to the notes: Giantlands at Harvard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEKCJVI9pRc --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

Mike & Tenkar look at the latest company to bear the initials TSR. Who are they, what have they produced, are they the inheritors of the Original TSR, what are their plans for the company and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

There's a press release stating that the original studio of TSR Games is back. As a homage, perhaps. But this isn't the REAL TSR, which is owned lock, stock, and barrel by WotC. And just who the heck is Woderfilled and why did they put out the press release? There's a new TSR, which claims to be the return of the original TSR. What is it, what is it not, and what obligations do its owners owe the gaming community? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

Ken Whit Whitman is involved in yet another film-based Kickstarter. No, his name is not on the tin directly, but it's still on the tin as Little Monster's Entertainment. The Trove has been offline since yesterday. Is it gone for good? Was it good for the gaming community or a festering wound? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

I was shown an article by a Taverner which went over some of the D&D 5e demographics. With only 11% of D&D 5e players being 40 years plus, what does that mean to the OSR market, which largely skews older. ’m out and about and figured I’d share a follow up on last night’s episode regarding WotC’s survey numbers and some of the comments in regards. Yep, right after I was talking about a prior D&D survey, a new D&D survey from WotC pops up - and some folks are getting additional questions with an NDA  https://survey-d.dynata.com/survey/selfserve/53b/21051093?src=facebook#? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support