The Obligatory RPG Show

Flashback is a next-generation RPG where characters advance by adding to their backstory and building personality traits.Flashback's unique experience system turns every situation into a roleplaying opportunity. Players are rewarded for weaving a detailed backstory and making choices that are consistent with their character's motivations.In this playtest we step into a Steampunk Victorian world. An alternative industrial revolution has occurred thanks in part to strange star that fell to earth. Destroying a bunch of cities the unique metal from these meteors is used to create new materials that unlock amazing powers. However Titans - elemental forces - live in the wildlands where only brave (or foolhardy) adventurers dare tread…  Personality based attributes determine your physical attributes. Uses a Director and Scenes in the style of a film. The Director sets the scene and directs the action with the players coming in with their own actions to mess things up!Alex Jarkey - Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/flashbackrpg/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/flashbackrpg Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/flashbackrpg/ Jake Nelson - www.twitter.com/jakejnelson Contributed to Relics and wrote the Angels Guide to Las Vegas… Steve Dee - Website - www.Tinstargames.weeby.com Twitter - https://twitter.com/tinstargames Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RelicsRPG/  Permalink

Join Ben as designer Steve Dee takes the team through character creation in the latest RPG, Relics.The team is joined by Jamie Collette, voice actor and RPG player.Relics, as you will remember, was featured in one of our first podcasts and it’s great to have Steve back to play through a short campaign prior to the launch of the Kickstarter.Please support the campaign and back the game so we can see Steve’s vision come to life.LinksRelics Kickstarter (released 10 April 2019)Steve Dee Twitter Tin Star Games WebsiteJamie Collette Twitter Jamie Collette Website Permalink

Join Ben and Tim as designer Steve Dee takes the team through a playtest of the Kickstarted Relic RPG.The team is joined by Jamie Collette, voice actor and RPG player.Relics, as you will remember, was featured in one of our first podcasts and it’s great to have Steve back to play through a short campaign prior to the launch of the Kickstarter.Please support the campaign and back the game so we can see Steve’s vision come to life.LinksRelics Kickstarter (released 10 April 2019)Steve Dee Twitter Tin Star Games WebsiteJamie Collette Twitter Jamie Collette Website Permalink

Ben and Tim interview one of the team from Australia’s most successful Tabletop Game radio / podcast shows. With over 200 episode and thousands of dedicated listeners from around the world The Dice Men Cometh is proving to be a leader in Australian Media on the Tabletop Industry. In this episode Leon talks all things gaming and in particular his love for DnD Beyond and entering the digital world of RPG rules! Follow the Dice Men ComethFacebook Twitter Website and search your favourite podcast app!DnD Beyond Permalink

Live interviews from PAX AUSTRALIA 2018. Ben took time out of his busy schedule at PAX to catch up with designers and fans of RPGs.Seamus Bryne - well know writer, presenter, podcaster and media personality. Seamus has had a long association with RPGs starting with the fabled RED BOX. You can catch Seamus on Twitter @Seamus or see his work on goat.com.au Dez Maggs is well known to Boomer Radio listeners. You can catch him on Twitter @DerekMaggs81 or on goto.game where we reviews games. Brad was at PAX playtesting his new space RPG 7th Extinction Wade Dyer comes back on the show to talk all things Fragged Empire. Wade is a well known publisher of the Fragged system, check out fraggedempire.com Zac and Daniel gave us some insight into the world of Pathfinder, Starfinder and Pathfinder 2e. Check out your local gaming story for your nearest Pathfinder Society game. Permalink

Ben and Tim meet Vee and Haley (the first double team we have interviewed!). Vee and Haley are the team behind Storybrewers and they talk about their recently successful Jane Austen inspired kickstarter RPG - Good Society.Storybrewers lovingly brew roleplaying games eagerly waiting to come to life at your table. They dream, imagine, obsess, create and test, but most of all they listen.The ethos being Storybrewers is that without players their stories will never have endings, and the worlds they create will never come to life. You can find out more about the team and their games...Website    Good Society  Vee on Twitter   Storybrewers on Twitter   Permalink

In this episode Steve and Tim interview Lois Spangler and talk all things prejudice in RPG's.Lois Spangler is a writer, narrative designer, editor, translator, and historical fencer. In her free time, she likes to do some breathing, maybe sleeping.You can find her at:Storytrade    Twitter @incognitiously  Permalink

Ever wanted to make your RP sessions more 'real'? Then Ardent Roleplay is your go to augmented reality software.In this episode join Ben and Steve as they discuss the wonderful world of augmented roleplaying with Ralf Muhlberger.You can find out more about Ardent Roleplay below ArdentPlay89 Friends  FacebookRalf Muhlberger   Permalink

Ben and Tim journey into the mind of Sean Fallon, the man behind the myth that is Paths World of Adia.Expect fits of laughter and the usual insane ramblings of the co-hosts. We lose it over Barbar melded with Conan and to be honest who wouldn't?Paths is about a world that was once at peace, and is now in turmoil since the King has gone mad and made a pact with Demons, forcing the world into war, forming three different factions. Although there was already prejudice and war within the world of Adia, it has never been at this level before. Tension is rising.With three warring factions, it has quickly turned into a massive cluster of chaos as the Demons invade from the East, hunting the Necromancers and Undead – while seeking after the Azashael, slaughtering anything and anyone in their path.You can find Sean and Smunchy GamesFacebook -Sean  Smunchy Games  Paths  WebsiteSmunchy Games  Paths     Permalink

Ben and Tim meet the designer behind the popular kids RPG - Hero Kids.Justin is a 20-year veteran of the videogame industry, and I've been playing table-top RPGs even longer.   Currently Justin works in State Government supporting innovation and has previous worked with Screen Australia.  A veteran of the games industry, Justin worked as a designer, producer, and creative director on a number of titles, including Shadowrun, KKND, Le Mans 24 Hours, Heroes of the Pacific, Heroes Over Europe, and Damage Inc. Pacific Squadron WWII.   His tabletop RPG words are Heroes Against Darkness and the ENnie award-winning Hero Kids. Justin is currently working on a new Universal RPG Engine - Forge Engine Links for Justin and his games:Hero KidsHero Forge GamesFacebookDriveThru RPG  Permalink

Ben and Steve talk to Senior Designer at Pazio, veteran RPG creator and all round great guy - Stephen Radney MacFarland.Stephen has worked at Wizards of the Coast where he worked on Dungeons and Dragons 3rd Ed and 4th Ed. He moved across to Pazio to work on Pathfinder and Starfinder. He has taught game design at colleges and has been working on his own RPG Delve.Stephen talked about his career and the industry, his own interests and how educating has helped him in his game designing.You can find more about Stephen and his work at the following:Twitter  Facebook  Paizo  Pathfinder  Starfinder  Pathfinder Second Edition  Delve    Permalink

This month we meet Christopher West who has been developing the alternative history investigative RPG - Dark Era.If you like the X-Files and X Com then you will like Dark Era. Set around the Roswell era this alternative universe sees aliens on Earth and YOU get to be the one to help stop them!Christopher talks with Ben about how he and his team of friends (aka play testers) have been working on this game for some time.Check out the latest version at DarkEraRPG Download the Dark Era Play Test Kit Find out more at Facebook Or follow Dark Era on Twitter  Permalink

Tim and Ben are taking through a playtest of Feral a new mutant RPG based on the D&D 5th Edition Rules.It's mutant mayhem as the two characters find themselves falling after narrowly escaping an exploding plane...Jez Gordon is an Australian game illustrator and book designer who lives and works out of Sydney’s Northern Beaches. He has been drawing monsters since in the womb, playing RPGs since he got the Moldvay Red Box in 1982, a qualified graphic designer since 1993, and he has been combining all three loves since 2010. These last seven years he started to work with some of the top RPG writers and designers out there, in the hope that some of their awesome design chops have rubbed off on FERAL. This is his first stab at publishing his own RPG material.FERAL RPG can be found: FeralRPG.comFacebook  Google +  Support via Patreon    Permalink

Ben and Tim take a look at a new RPG based on the Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition template - FERAL RPG. Jez Gordon is an Australian game illustrator and book designer who lives and works out of Sydney’s Northern Beaches. He has been drawing monsters since in the womb, playing RPGs since he got the Moldvay Red Box in 1982, a qualified graphic designer since 1993, and he has been combining all three loves since 2010. These last seven years he started to work with some of the top RPG writers and designers out there, in the hope that some of their awesome design chops have rubbed off on FERAL. This is his first stab at publishing his own RPG material.    FERAL RPG can be found: FeralRPG.comFacebook  Google +  Support via Patreon  TMNT RPG - For referenceOther mentions throughout the show!Secret Santicore Porphyry Porphyry Art Lamentations of the Flame Princess Zak Smith Red and Pleasant Land EttinCon Storybrewers GURPS (sorry)D6 Star Wars (being released by Fantasy Flight Games!): D6 Star Wars Essentials (Jez Edition) TMNT  G+ Communities:- RPG - D&D 5e   - B/X Dungeons and Dragons    - OSR Trent B’s New Feierland   Michael Raston’s Guild Dogs D&D’s notes on ORL/SRD The Scar by China MeivilleTunnels and Trolls  Ryan Church  Permalink

Ben goes solo in this episode as we explore the Fragged System with Wade Dyer.A local Role Playing Games system that has proven itself to be able to stand up with the bigger players. Fragged is an adaptable rule system using 3d6 resolution system.Hear directly from Wade how he has created an income stream and a gaming system that has been translated into several languages.Get more information at Fragged EmpireFollow Wade on TwitterOr find the Fragged Community on Discord  Permalink

Join Ben and Tim as they give Alex Wynnter (from Dice Hard and The Board Game Question) the low down on RPGs. It's a BACK TO BASICS episode...Then listen to the RPG special on Dice Hard later in the month... where the team will create an RPG out of a movie - which movie will they choose?Stay tuned for more as the team play the game they made from the movie... will this even work? We don't know!You can find Alex on Twitter or Facebook Permalink

 Alex Jarkey is the lead designer of Flashback RPG. We spoke to Alex about his game and how he designed an RPG that is easy to start for those who might not have played before.Flashback is a next generation RPG that focuses on character building and player interaction.The key difference between Flashback and traditional RPGs is the eponymous advancement system. Using storytelling techniques inspired by TV and films, players reveal events and characters from their past to justify their skills and abilities in the present.You can find out more at www.flashbackrpg.com; www.facebook.com/flashbackrpg/ Find Alex on Twitter: @flashbackrpgcom Reddit: /r/flashbackrpg  Permalink

In this episode Ben and Tim have a chat with fellow Boomer Radio Network presenter Derek Maggs. The lads talk about flawed characters and uncover some more information around Pathfinder.Derek Maggs:It was on his travels abroad that Derek became cursed by the Cerulean Demi-Wizard. Now he must spend his life playing every Tabletop game known to mankind at least once or suffer an eternity amongst the howling lost souls of the Nether Voids. His Rapid Reviews can be found littered throughout the podcasts on the Boomer Radio network. You can also read his game reviews at Goto.Game.You can hear Dereks Rapid Reviews on Boomer Radio Network.  Permalink

 In this episode we learn about play testing in the RPG world with design Steve Dee.Ben and Tim also uncover a new RPG in development - RELICS EXCLUSIVE: Steve Dee is testing his new RPG - RELICS and is looking for playtesters. As a deal for ORPG listeners you can get a copy (PDF) from Steve by emailing tinstargames@gmail.com Steve Dee has worked in the game industry for over 20 years, as a designer, developer, reviewer and consultant. He's worked on every edition of Warhammer so far, for which he won four Ennie Awards. He's also written about vampires for Buffy and White Wolf and had a hand in board games like Betrayal at House on the Hill and Letterhead. You can find his funky indie RPGs at www.tinstargames.weebly.com Permalink

Ben and Tim seek insight into how an RPG game is created. What does a designer need to know and how are the worlds created. Is it all one person's idea or more a committee?Guest Steve DeeSteve Dee has worked in the game industry for over 20 years, as a designer, developer, reviewer and consultant. He's worked on every edition of Warhammer so far, for which he won four Ennie Awards. He's also written about vampires for Buffy and White Wolf and had a hand in board games like Betrayal at House on the Hill and Letterhead. You can find his funky indie RPGs at www.tinstargames.weebly.com Permalink