Shadow of the GM

I this episode I begin OSR October by review a British OSR inspired game. Warlock! by Fire Ruby Designs. Is it the best game in the world, is it the worst? Well, listen to me rant and then you can decide for yourselves. As always I can be contacted by email at: GMsShadow@hotmail.com And you can leave me a message at: https://www.speakpipe.com/gmsshadow If my amazing sales pitch didn't convince you and you'd like to check out Warlock! for yourselves, then head over to Fire Ruby Designs at: https://firerubydesigns.co.uk/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gmsshadow/message

In this episode I discuss my recent thoughts on TTRPG communities. Please note, this episode is mostly my personal feelings and maybe could be a bit ranty, so feel free to skip this if you wish. If you want to contact me with replies, comments questions etc, then feel free to email me at: gmsshadow@hotmail.com Also, if you want to leave me a voice message you can use my Speakpipe link here: https://www.speakpipe.com/gmsshadow --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gmsshadow/message

In a detour from my normal episodes, have an unboxing episode for Hexagram 11, a zine by Steve Jackson Games for use with The Fantasy Trip. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gmsshadow/message

In this return to my podcast I deliver on my promise to talk more about GURPS. Here I begin by doing a whistle-stop tour of the book "How to be a GURPS GM" by Warren "Mook" Wilson and Sean "Krom" Punch. If you like what you hear then the book can be found at Warehouse 23 following the link below: https://warehouse23.com/ As always, if you want to leave me a voice message you can use my Speakpipe link here: https://www.speakpipe.com/gmsshadow Or email me at gmsshadow@hotmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gmsshadow/message

This is my contribution for OSR October where I, like many others, wax lyrical about Basic Fantasy RPG! Basic Fantasy RPG can be found here: https://www.basicfantasy.org/ You can find the Redcaps Podcast here with an interview with Chris Gonnerman: https://www.theredcaps.net/ Che Webster of Roleplay rescue also talks about BFRPG in his blog here: https://roleplayrescue.com/2022/10/15/basic-fantasy/ And last and by no means least, if you want to leave me a voice message you can use my Speakpipe link here: https://www.speakpipe.com/gmsshadow --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gmsshadow/message

Spurred on by an episode of The Red Caps Podcast I finally decided to have a bit of a solo play using The Fantasy Trip: Melee rules.  The Fantasy Trip: Melee by Steve Jackson Games, available in print and as a free PDF here: http://www.warehouse23.com/products/the-fantasy-trip-melee-pdf Virtual Tabletop was Foundry VTT using the GURPS Game Aid and custom form fillable PDFs Accessed using the PDF Foundry (now deprecated) module for Foundry. If you want to know how I linked the sheets, ask me how, but maybe wait until after Foundry V10 is out with the new PDF viewer!  If you don't want to use Anchor to leave a message, I also have a SpeakPipe account here:  https://www.speakpipe.com/gmsshadow The Red Caps Podcast can be found here: https://www.theredcaps.net/ My original blog post can be found here: https://gmsshadow.wordpress.com/2022/09/14/the-fantasy-trip-melee-playthrough/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gmsshadow/message

In this episode I discuss how I plan (or to some degree don't plan) my GURPS Campaigns. Unlike my episode on Prime Directive this relates to longer running campaigns and how I run them as open worlds. To leave a voice message please use SpeakPipe where you can leave up to an 90 second audio clip: https://www.speakpipe.com/gmsshadow Or you can email me at gmsshadow@hotmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gmsshadow/message

This episode is inspired by a reply to a comment I made on Twitter. So let me ramble on slightly about game systems I like... but also, that I don't like. Please be warned, this episode does maybe ramble on a bit, but hopefully there's something thought provoking in there as well! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gmsshadow/message

In this very short episode I discuss how I built my GURPS Prime Directive episodic adventures. This episode is brought to you at the request of Luke of the EasyGURPS podcast, so please go and check him out. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gmsshadow/message

Do you want a professional Fantasy Bestiary and Enemies book for GURPS? Well look no further than this fully licensed offering by Gaming Ballistic. The Nordlondr Bestiary may be steeped in Nordlond lore but it is so much more than that as Doug and I explore during this interview. If you want to see what we're talking about please jump to the Kickstarter or you can check out the Reddit post below: Kickstarter Page: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gamingballistic/nordlond-bestiary-and-enemies-book Recent Reddit Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/gurps/comments/r6ro9l/the_nordlond_bestiary_campaign_ends_december_7/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gmsshadow/message

In this special episode I have a special interview with Christopher R Rice of the Ravens N' Pennies blog and Patreon. We discuss all things GURPS including but not limited to, how he got into gaming and GURPS, Ritual Path Magic, Supers Campaigns and GURPS Realms Management. If you've ever thought about playing GURPS but felt it was too complicated, you really need to listen to this episode! Ravens N' Pennies Blog: https://www.ravensnpennies.com/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Ravenpenny --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gmsshadow/message

In this episode I respond to a backlog of call ins regarding Railroading, Episodic Adventures and a bevvy regarding levelling characters in RPGs. Those calling in today include Jason Connerly of the Nerds RPG Variety Cast, Che Webster of the Roleplay Rescue Podcast, Karl Rodriguez of the GMologist Presents, Free Thrall (Spencer) of Keep Off the Borderlands, Joe Richter of the Hindsightless podcast, Daniel Norton of Bandits Keep, Luke of the EasyGURPS podcast and finally to Rob aka Menion from Confessions of a Wee Timrous Bushi. Thank you all for making this such an awesome bumper episode! RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/122cac60/podcast/rss --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gmsshadow/message

This episode has been spurred on from a couple of experiences with games I have been playing in, and it got me to pondering about why we play, and what we expect from our games... RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/122cac60/podcast/rss --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gmsshadow/message

In this episode I speak to Doug Cole of Gaming Ballistic about his Nordlond setting, Fantastic Dungeon Grappling and some of GBs products for The Fantasy Trip including their newest product, Tower of the Moon. Gaming Ballistic: gamingballistic.com  GB Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GamingBallistic  Tower of the Moon: https://towerofthemoon.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gmsshadow/message

In this episode I talk about railroading in RPGs. Is it always as bad as you think? Then I have a call in from Jason Connerly of the Nerds RPG Variety Cast where we do a final (hopefully) discussion around generic systems. RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/122cac60/podcast/rss --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gmsshadow/message

In this episode I recap two of the GURPS games I have been running recently. As a bonus we have some good call ins from Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Jason Connerly of the Nerds RPG Variety Cast and Henry Grady of the GURPStreaming Actual Play Podcast. RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/122cac60/podcast/rss --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gmsshadow/message

Today's episode consists of call ins relating to my GURPS thought experiment episode. It brought in quite a bit of interest from some so I wanted to share that in a dedicated episode. Call ins today are from Jason Connerly of the Nerds RPGs Variety Cast, Karl Rodriguez of the GMologist Presents podcast and Che Webster of the Roleplay Rescue podcast. Thanks also go to Joshua for his email to discuss ranged combat in GURPS. RSS:  https://anchor.fm/s/122cac60/podcast/rss --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gmsshadow/message

Today I'm going to start, restart?, the debate on if you should stick to one system and adapt it for specific genre's, or learn multiple systems. I will give my view, but as always I can argue both sides! RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/122cac60/podcast/rss --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gmsshadow/message

This is a catch up episode for various call ins I received plus a recap of the various games I have been running/playing in (mostly GURPS related). Call ins today from Jason of Nerds RPG variety cast and Che Webster of the Roleplay Rescue Podcast. RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/122cac60/podcast/rss --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gmsshadow/message

In this episode I talk about the Kickstarter for Delvers to Grow, published by Gaming Ballistic and written by Kevin Smyth. This product is aimed at GURPS Dungeon Fantasy but can easily be used with GURPS fantasy and may be the answer we've all been looking for when it comes to GURPS character creation. Make sure you check it out and back it!! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gamingballistic/delvers-to-grow-dungeon-fantasy-rpg-powered-by-gurps --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gmsshadow/message