GMS Magazine Podcast - RPGs, Board Games reviews, interviews, advice. Mostly Asian and Indie games.
437 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWe cover, mostly, Asian and Indie boardgames and roleplaying games. We do interviews, reviews and publishing advice with some of the best people in the industry.
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RPG adventure writing for beginners Episode 9: Copy What You Like?
January 30, 2021 21:00 - 5 minutes - 5.34 MBRPG adventure writing for beginners Episode 9: Copy What You Like? This is a series of 20 videos in which we explore the skills, aspects and steps needed to write your own adventures.
The GMS Magazine podcast: Holocaust Memorial day episode: Roma and Jewish culture in RPGs
January 27, 2021 22:17 - 1 hour - 74.2 MBThis video has been produced for www.gmsmagazine.com. Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting and support our Patreon Campaign if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gmsmagazine Join us in our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/fHaKNPe The GMS Magazine podcast: Holocaust Memorial day episode: Roma and Jewish culture in RPGs A especial episode with the occasion of this years Holocaust Memorial Day. Shawn and I wanted to talk about what we would like to see in RPGs regarding ...
Interview Lee Broderick and Maeshowe boardgame
January 24, 2021 22:01 - 38 minutes - 43.9 MBThis video has been produced for www.gmsmagazine.com. Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting and support our Patreon Campaign if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gmsmagazine Join us in our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/fHaKNPe Maeshowe - An Orkney Saga is a cooperative card game for 1-2 players. You will take on the roles of Vikings trapped in the Tomb of Maeshowe on the Orkney Islands in the 12th century. The game combines hand and resource management in a 30 minute g...
RPG adventure writing for beginners Episode 8: What MUST happen?
January 23, 2021 13:28 - 5 minutes - 5.58 MBHow to write RPG adventures for beginners Episode 8: What MUST happen? This is a series of 20 videos in which we explore the skills, aspects and steps needed to write your own adventures.
The GMS Magazine podcast: 2021 resolutions
January 20, 2021 21:06 - 42 minutes - 48.4 MB2020 was pretty shitty and 2021 is shaping up to be a rough one too. Having some good resolutions and something to look forward is a good thing. These are our New Year Resolutions and our mission for this coming year. How about yours?
RPG adventure writing for beginners Episode 7: Finish it!
January 09, 2021 21:00 - 3 minutes - 3.78 MBRPG adventure writing for beginners Episode 7: Finish it! This is a series of 20 videos in which we explore the skills, aspects and steps needed to write your own adventures.
RPG adventure writing for beginners Episode 6: Think About Endings!
January 02, 2021 21:00 - 5 minutes - 5.45 MBRPG adventure writing for beginners Episode 6: Think About Endings. This is a series of 20 videos in which we explore the skills, aspects and steps needed to write your own adventures.
The GMS Magazine podcast: Being a Black player part two
December 30, 2020 18:17 - 1 hour - 63.3 MBThis video has been produced for www.gmsmagazine.com. Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting and support our Patreon Campaign if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gmsmagazine Join us in our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/fHaKNPe The GMS Magazine podcast: Being a Black player episode two What is it like being and growing up as a Black player? Shawn shares her experience. Visit other #GMSMagazine productions: For our main channel: http://bit.ly/GMSmagazine Fo...
RPG adventure writing for beginners Episode 5: Create Compelling Challenges!
December 26, 2020 12:01 - 4 minutes - 4.93 MBHow to write RPG adventures Episode 5: Create Compelling Challenges! This is a series of 20 videos in which we explore the skills, aspects and steps needed to write your own adventures.
The GMS Magazine Podcast: Being a Black gamer in the USA - Part 1
December 23, 2020 18:40 - 1 hour - 63.2 MBWhat is it like being and growing up as a Black player? Shawn shares her experience.
Stephen Hart and the Oracle RPG Magazine
December 22, 2020 21:38 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBStephen Hart is a man after my own heart. He is creating a monthly magazine called Oracle Magazine that is full of NPCs, locations, magic items, etc and, to make things better, he is actually crowdfunding it on my favourite platform, Game On Tabletop.
RPG adventure writing for beginners Episode 4: Keep it Simple!
December 19, 2020 21:00 - 4 minutes - 4.52 MBRPG adventure writing for beginners Episode 4: Keep it Simple! This is a series of 20 videos in which we explore the skills, aspects and steps needed to write your own adventures.
The RPG Interview Room: Sen-Foong Lim
December 16, 2020 22:15 - 1 hour - 73.2 MBThis podcast has been produced for www.gmsmagazine.com. Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting and support our Patreon Campaign if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gmsmagazine Join us in our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/fHaKNPe Sen-Foong Lim is an incredibly veteran designer with enough titles on his back to make anyone jealous. Recently he had a Kickstarter to release Jianshi: Blood in the Banquet with the incredibly talented Banana Chan and did very well. A game des...
The GMS Magazine Podcast: Poor pay in the RPG Industry
December 14, 2020 11:51 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBPay in the RPG industry is notoriously low. Someone said once that to make a small fortune in the world of RPGs one has to start by spending a big fortune. But how does that justify low pay in this industry?
RPG adventure writing for beginners Episode 3: Get a starting point!
December 12, 2020 21:00 - 7 minutes - 6.99 MBRPG adventure writing for beginners Episode 3: Get a starting point! This is a series of 20 videos in which we explore the skills, aspects and steps needed to write your own adventures.
RPG adventure writing for beginners Episode 2: Know your audience!
December 05, 2020 21:00 - 6 minutes - 6.07 MBRPG adventure writing for beginners Episode 2: Know your audience! This is a series of 20 videos in which we explore the skills, aspects and steps needed to write your own adventures.
The GMS Magazine Podcast: playing another race
December 04, 2020 20:12 - 1 hour - 59.7 MBRecently there was a controversy when Chris Spivey got some criticism for casting Matt Mercer as a PoC for an actual play streaming of his forthcoming Haunted West RPG Some people felt a white guy should not play a PoC and that that role should have been given to someone else. We had a fair bit to say about that! This podcast has been produced for www.gmsmagazine.com. Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting and support our Patreon Campaign if you can: https://www.patreon.com/g...
RPG adventure writing for beginners Episode 1: What should you write?
November 28, 2020 11:49 - 5 minutes - 5.42 MBRPG adventure writing for beginners Episode 1: What should you write? This is a series of 20 videos in which we explore the skills, aspects and steps needed to write your own adventures.
Lovecraft Country podcast | Episode two
November 22, 2020 00:20 - 1 hour - 74.4 MBThis video has been produced for www.gmsmagazine.com. Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting and support our Patreon Campaign if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gmsmagazine Join us in our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/fHaKNPe Our second podcast episode about #LovecraftCountry #podcast #critique. Shawn and I talk about Kristina and how this show is not as good as we expected, wanted or could have been. But there is one thing… one special thing that made Paco go “WWWOOOOO...
Lovecraft Country podcast | Episode one
November 11, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 65.6 MBThis is to talk about the series and the impact it’s had to have a major series made by Black people for Black people.
OSR with Humza Kazmi - The RPG Interview room
November 10, 2020 14:03 - 41 minutes - 37.6 MBThe OSR community has seen more than a fair share of problems in the last few years. However, there are several people who are working to make the environment a safer and more diverse one for everyone. Humza Kazmi is one of them and it was my joy and pleasure to have a chat with him about this very topic.
Robert Johnson and Peace | The RPG Interview Room
November 04, 2020 21:37 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBRobert Johnson is creating a game called Peace which you would be forgiven for thinking it’s a hippy kinda game, but it is not… in fact, it is a game full of conflict, war and a very decent amount of not-peace!
Halloween and RPGs | Podcast episode 2
October 29, 2020 18:56 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBIn this podcast episode we talk about Halloween and how to organise a cool RPG session around it.
RPG episode: Does the success of D&D help other games?
October 22, 2020 15:05 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MBIt is said that a good tide lifts all boats and thus the immense success D&D is seeing at the moment is helping raise the profile of the industry as a whole, does helping other companies in the process. Does it?
RPG Publishing Ep.15: To print or not to print, piracy and Print on Demand
October 18, 2020 16:32 - 7 minutes - 18 MBOnce you have everything at the ready, or even before you do, it’s a good idea to consider if you want to print your game or not. Do you really need to do it?
RPG publishing episode 14: The role or the art director
October 18, 2020 16:17 - 6 minutes - 14.7 MBIn the last episode, I was talking about contracts. In this episode, I talk about hiring someone in particular for a role that not everyone realises how important it is: The Art Director
RPG Publishing Ep.13: Contracts
October 18, 2020 16:09 - 6 minutes - 14.1 MBIn the last episode, I was talking about hiring professionals and being professional with them. But hiring professionals need one key aspect: contracts.
#RPG #Publishing Ep.12: Hiring professionals and being professional
October 08, 2020 17:15 - 5 minutes - 13.4 MBIt is very hard to be able to do everything well and at some point you are going to need to hire someone to do some work for you.
#RPG #Publishing Ep.12: Hiring professionals and being professional
October 08, 2020 17:15 - 5 minutes - 13.4 MBIt is very hard to be able to do everything well and at some point you are going to need to hire someone to do some work for you. Join us in our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/A7MqgF This podcast has been produced for www.gmsmagazine.com Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting and support our Patreon Campaign if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gmsmagazine However, hiring someone can backfire if you don’t ensure that person is the professional you need them to be. It is...
#RPG #Publishing Ep.11: Art or no Art
October 08, 2020 17:09 - 4 minutes - 9.79 MBChoosing art for your #RPG is a more important task that you might think and one that requires with certain skill no one teaches you about. This is one to watch out for!
#RPG #Publishing Ep.10: The Playtesting
October 08, 2020 17:06 - 4 minutes - 4.24 MBDesigning a game comes with plenty of perils, one of them is to get so close to the rules that we don’t realise if they truly work or not. Or not making sure the game is as flexible as it can and should be.
RPG Publishing Ep.9: The Hype. When and what?
October 08, 2020 16:54 - 4 minutes - 3.73 MBWe are moved by hype nowadays. If one can create enough hype about a game, that game is going to do very, very well indeed. It is something we have learned from music, books, cinema, sport… hype works. But when should you start generating it? This Podcast has been produced for www.gmsmagazine.com. Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting and support our Patreon Campaign if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gmsmagazine Hope you enjoy the show! Visit other G*M*S Magazine producti...
RPG Publishing Ep.7: Word count vs. page count
October 08, 2020 12:44 - 6 minutes - 6.04 MBSome of the aspects of #rpg #publishing hard to remember to think about is page count and word count. They can make a massive difference in the budget and the future of the game. There is another video with extra content for our patrons! This podcast has been produced for www.gmsmagazine.com. Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting and support our Patreon Campaign if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gmsmagazine Hope you enjoy the show! Visit other G*M*S Magazine productions: ...
Interview: Magonomia with author Andrew Gronosky now in Game On Tabletop
October 08, 2020 11:49 - 55 minutes - 51 MBMagonomia is the first RPG by Shewstone Publishing funding and funded using Game On Tabletop at the time of publishing this podcast.
#RPG #PUBLISHING EP5: WATCH YOUR TONE!
September 25, 2020 10:42 - 5 minutes - 5.1 MBIn #RPG #publishing, the tone of the writing of your game is going to help convey the sort of game it is. But how do you go about it?
RPG PUBLISHING EP4: HOW BIG SHOULD YOUR GAME BE?
September 15, 2020 13:28 - 7 minutes - 6.92 MBHow big should your book be? Because sometimes seeing a 600 pages #RPG can be super daunting for a lot of people, and that includes me! Do you need to #publish something that huge?
The RPG Interview Room: Peter Wacks and The Caller of Lighting
June 23, 2020 12:04 - 45 minutes - 42 MBThis is an interview with renowned author Peter Wacks about his recent book The Caller of Lightning. Might not be an interview about #RPG but it is about a book that should become a #TTRPG This video has been produced for www.gmsmagazine.com. Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting and support our Patreon Campaign if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gmsmagazine You can find out more about Peter here: http://authorpage.com/peterjwacks/ And get The Caller of Lighting here: http...
Publighing your Roleplaying Game: Why do you want to do it? Be honest...
June 21, 2020 11:50 - 7 minutes - 6.88 MBPublishing their RPG is a dream for a lot of people. In this show, I am going to cover some of the issues to think about to bring your game to the public.
Publighing your Roleplaying Game: Why do you want to do it? Be honest...
June 21, 2020 11:50 - 7 minutes - 6.88 MBPublishing their RPG is a dream for a lot of people. In this show, I am going to cover some of the issues to think about to bring your game to the public. Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting and support our Patreon Campaign if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gmsmagazine Depending on why you truly want to publish your game, you can set some expectations that will be met. Or not. And that can be pretty daunting! Hope you enjoy the show! Visit other G*M*S Magazine p...
Interview with Nicole Lindroos: Green Ronin and The Book of Fiends
May 27, 2020 14:35 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBNicole Lindroos has been in gaming more than 25 years and for 20 of those years she has been running operations at Green Ronin and creating some of the most daring and interesting projects, not to mention her never-ending passion for a healthy and diverse RPG fandom. Green Ronin now has a project republish the Book of Fiends for 5E, a book that delves into the nasty and truly horrific nature of evil in fantasy games. Written by Robert Schwalb, the author and creator of the Shadow of the Demon...
Kickstarter interview with Legendary Games: Aegis of Empires Adventure Path
May 20, 2020 21:28 - 57 minutes - 53 MBAegis of Empires Adventure Path is the current project to release an enormous adventure from Legendary Games. It comes in for Pathfinder 1 and 2 and also for Dungeons & Dragons 5E. This video has been produced for www.gmsmagazine.com. Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting and support our Patreon Campaign if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gmsmagazine Check out Aegis of Empires Adventure Path here: https://bit.ly/2ZmxEWV So I did! Hope you enjoy the show! Visit other G*M*S ...
Script Change interview with Brie Beau Sheldon
May 10, 2020 13:13 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBSafety around a table is important for some people and Brie Beau Sheldon has been working at it, not just for RPGs but also for our own culture for a while. In this interview, I talk to him about his work. Playing roleplaying games can be a tricky experience for some people, but with a bit of thought we can make sure everyone has the same amount of fun and enjoyment and the Script Change is a tool that aims exactly for that. Unlike other tools like the X-Card, which are an “either/or” situati...
Write One shot RPG adventure competition with Saga Events
April 20, 2020 14:04 - 43 minutes - 40.4 MBThis write one-shot RPG adventure competition has been designed and deployed by the company Saga Events as a mean to get people into moving their RPG writing creative muscles during this COVID19 pandemic that is seeing us in lockdown at home.
Women in gaming: RPG Interview with Cat Tobin from Pelgrane Press
April 15, 2020 17:11 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MBPelgrane Press has been a referent in the world of TTRPGs for a very long time. They keep producing some amazing work and have some iconic games in their catalogue. But, who’s behind? That would be Cat Tobin!
🐲 #RPG #Interview Erik Scott de Bie: How to write novels from D&D. 🐲 All the secrets revealed!
March 31, 2020 17:39 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBErik Scott de Bie has written, among others, for Wizards of the Coast and Dungeons & Dragons and knows how to take the most interesting parts of a game and turn it into a novel and take the best bit of a story and bring them into an adventure.
Frogfolk of Porphyra RPG review by Endzeitgeist
March 26, 2020 20:21 - 18 minutes - 16.8 MBHopping Doom from Out of the Swamp- the Frogfolk of Porphyra! This video has been produced for www.gmsmagazine.com. Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting and support our Patreon Campaign if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gmsmagazineSupport Endzeitgeist Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=433233You can buy the Frogfolk of Porphyra!for 5E in DrivethruRPG: http://bit.ly/39KiBc7 Ngai’i, Yog-Sothoth… bring power over the frog-folk to your child down through the ages, your d...
Interview with Steve Kenson: Writing LGBT characters in RPGs
March 25, 2020 17:47 - 45 minutes - 42.2 MBLots of people want to write #LGBTQI characters in #TTRPG but don’t really know how to do it. In this episode, I talked to Steve Kenson, from Green Ronin Publishing about how to go about it in the safest possible way.
Interview: Darren Pierce and Judge Dredd #RPG
March 11, 2020 11:36 - 54 minutes - 50 MBENPublishing released #JudgeDredd after a successful Kickstarter campaign and the game has seen some interesting releases added to it. So why aren’t more people into it? This video has been produced for www.gmsmagazine.com. Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting and support our Patreon Campaign if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gmsmagazine Judge Dredd has been a referent in the world of comic books since it came out over 40 years ago. Its criticism of social systems, the wa...
#RPG Interview: Successful Kickstarters with Ed Jowett
February 28, 2020 12:26 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBKickstarters are a really important part of TTRPG publishing and some companies depend on it. Shades of Vengeance is one of said companies with more than 50 projects on their backs. How do they do it? This video has been produced for www.gmsmagazine.com. Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting and support our Patreon Campaign if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gmsmagazine When Ed Jowett started 6 years ago, he probably didn’t know he would have 50 Kickstarter projects under...
Review by Endzeitgeist: A Blessing and a Curse
February 27, 2020 16:20 - 6 minutes - 6.17 MBA Blessing and a Curse brings an interesting way to create new magical items with relevance. But is this book worth getting. Endzeitgeist tells you about it! This video has been produced for www.gmsmagazine.com. Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting and support our Patreon Campaign if you can: https://www.patreon.com/gmsmagazine Please support Endzeitgeist Patreon: http://bit.ly/Endzeitgeist You can buy A Blessing and a Curse from here: http://bit.ly/2T2mYcG A Blessing and a ...