Gaming on the Frontier
801 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsGaming on the Frontier - Our podcast covers the gamut of roleplaying topics from how to handle time travel in your game, playing extreme characters, to topics that every GM ought to know.
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Episodes
Episode 723 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Reusing Early Adventures part 2
May 13, 2024 03:55 - 47 minutes - 50.9 MBThis week we finish our discussion of re-using your own early adventures or published early adventures and the challenges of that process
Episode 722 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast- Reusing Early Adventures pt 1
May 06, 2024 03:55 - 47 minutes - 53.9 MBThis week we consider how to reuse early published adventures. How to improve them and make them your own.
Episode 721 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast: CRPG and TTRPG 1 pt 2
April 29, 2024 03:55 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBThis week we tackle visuals and game resolution in our ongoing series of CRPG compared to Tabletop RPGs
Episode 720 CRPG and TTRPG 1 pt1 - what they do best
April 22, 2024 14:11 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBWe had a earlier podcast called "Why video games make lousy RPGs" but a lot has happened in the industry since then. We talk about how the best in breed Computer RPG (CRPG) compares to the best Table Top RPG (TTRPG).
Episode 719 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Downtime pt2
April 15, 2024 03:55 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBThis week we finish our discussion of how your characters handle the time between adventures in such a way to broaden your understanding of your character and maybe get some advantage from it.
Episode 718 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Downtime pt1
April 08, 2024 03:55 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBThis week we begin to discuss how your characters handle the time between adventures in such a way to broaden your understanding of your character and maybe get some advantage from it.
Episode 717 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Wealth Systems that work pt2
April 01, 2024 03:55 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBThis week we finish discussing what constitutes wealth in your campaign and what system is there to represent it and manage it. Might there be a better one for your genre? What should your characters have to pay for in your game?
Episode 716 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Wealth Systems that Work pt1
March 25, 2024 03:55 - 57 minutes - 39.1 MBThis week we discuss what constitutes wealth in your campaign and what system is there to represent it and manage it. Might there be a better one for your genre? What should your characters have to pay for in your game?
Episode 715 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast: Pitching our Space Game pt 2
March 18, 2024 03:55 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBYour fearless hosts have decided to start a original ttrpg space campaign with Trav and Bruce as players and Jonathon as the GM. Pt 2 of our discussion.
Episode 714 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Pitching our space game pt 1
March 11, 2024 14:17 - 58 minutes - 67.3 MBYour fearless hosts have decided to start a original ttrpg space campaign with Trav and Bruce as players and Jonathon as the GM. Listen as we has out what we want in the game. What jazzes us.
Episode 713 Gaming on the Frontier: Diversity in Gaming pt2
March 04, 2024 04:55 - 56 minutes - 43.7 MBthis week we finish our discussion of how to add real diversity instead of just adding more stereotypes.
Episode 712 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast: Diversity in Gaming pt1
February 26, 2024 03:37 - 58 minutes - 48.9 MBHow to add meaningful diversity without just adding more stereotypes.
Episode 711 Gaming on the Frontier - Why be an adventurer pt 2
February 19, 2024 04:55 - 47 minutes - 31.4 MBThis week we continue and finish our discussion of the reasons you might not want a normal life but the uncertain life of an adventurer
Episode 710 Gaming on the Frontier - Why be an adventurer pt1
February 12, 2024 04:55 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBThis week we examine all the reasons you might be an adventurer instead of a normal life that one might expect.
Episode 709 Gaming on the Frontier - Cinematic vs Simulation part 2
February 05, 2024 04:55 - 1 hour - 96.7 MBThis week we finish our discussion of which systems are best depending on whether you want cinematic play vs simulation play.
Episode 708 Gaming on the Frontier - Simulation vs Cinematic part 1
January 29, 2024 04:59 - 47 minutes - 57.1 MBThis week we explore which games and systems are better for simulation and why. Then we examine Cinematic and see if they are better.
Episode 707 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast: Fight the Future
January 22, 2024 04:55 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBthis week we talk about threats that will occur in the future that need to be resolved now or threats coming from the future to present that endanger our present.
Episode 706 Gaming on the Frontier: Best and Worst 2
January 15, 2024 04:55 - 1 hour - 44.5 MBThis week we finish up our discussion about what we consider the best and worst of tabletop gaming and gaming in general.
Episode 705 Gaming on the Frontier - Psi and Society Pt2
January 08, 2024 04:55 - 1 hour - 88.3 MBThis week we finish our proposed society with psychic powers as a normal aspect
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January 01, 2024 04:55 - 1 hour - 94.7 MBThis week we discuss how the introduction of Psychic powers to a society at different tech levels would affect the development of that society
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December 25, 2023 04:55 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBMerry Christmas. This week we finish (actually we ran out of time) listing our choice for the very best item to give a character in a Genre. Atomic batteries to power. Turbines to speed.
Episode 702 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast Best Xmas Present for a character by genre pt1
December 18, 2023 03:55 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBThis week we ask what is the best present to give to a character in a game we love. Merry Christmas everyone
Episode 701 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast Episode 700 pt 2
December 11, 2023 04:55 - 57 minutes - 35.6 MBThis week we are joined by past hosts and friends for our 700th podcast. We continue giving our recommendations for best in breed for tabletop rpgs on topics like What system has the fastest combat? If your character had to succeed in a task, which system should you be using? and many more.
Episode 700 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast pt1
December 04, 2023 04:55 - 1 hour - 44.9 MBThis week we are joined by past hosts and friends for our 700th podcast. We recount our gaming cred for our 30-40 years of experience each Then we move on to recount what was our most successful campaign and why
Episode 699 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Superhero High pt2
November 27, 2023 04:55 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBThis week we finish our discussion of how a school for metahumans or whatever race would differ from other 2ndary schools.
Episode 698 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Superhero High pt1
November 20, 2023 04:55 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBThis week we begin to discuss how schools for the superhuman would be constructed, what would be the issues, and what would they offer to the students that home-schooling would lack
Episode 697 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Raising the Pressure
November 13, 2023 04:55 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBThis week we review traditional ways of increasing tension in table top rpg play and what are some good ones. Maybe there are some new ways.
Episode 696 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Disinterested Players
November 08, 2023 14:41 - 1 hour - 46.3 MBThis week we discuss why players may be disinterested and how to mitigate to produce a superior game experience for everyone.
Episode 695 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast: Associated Groups pt 2
October 30, 2023 03:55 - 58 minutes - 39.4 MBThis week we finish our analysis of how these npc groups and help or hurt your PC's success.
Episode 694 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast: Associated Groups pt1
October 23, 2023 03:55 - 1 hour - 44.7 MBThis week we talk about all the power structures that affect your pc character and how to make sure they have a good effect if possible.
Episode 693 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast: Colonies 2 pt 2
October 16, 2023 03:55 - 1 hour - 58.7 MBWe finish our exploration of how to use colonies in really any kind of game: fantasy, space, alternate history
Episode 692 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast: Colonies 2 pt1
October 09, 2023 03:55 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBSuch a big topic we had to do another set.
Episode 691: Gaming on the Frontier Podcast: Colonies 1 pt 2
October 02, 2023 03:54 - 59 minutes - 49.1 MBThis week we continue our discussion of how to create colonies, their purpose, and why they differ.
Episode 690: Gaming on the Frontier Podcast: Colonies 1 pt 1
September 25, 2023 03:55 - 56 minutes - 46.2 MBThis week we look at creating colonies in SF and Fantasy games.
Episode 689 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Strange Small Towns pt2
September 18, 2023 03:55 - 59 minutes - 40.1 MBEven more weird small towns and why they are weird for you to build your adventure around or to just make it far more fun than expected.
Episode 688 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Strange Small Towns pt 1
September 11, 2023 03:55 - 1 hour - 40.4 MBThis week we explore how making a strange town as the backdrop of your adventure can drive the plot or make it really, really weird.
Episode 687 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Magic vs Psionics pt 2
September 03, 2023 19:28 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBThis week we finish our discussion of why making a difference between them can make your campaign and adventures better.
Episode 686 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Magic vs Psionics Part 1
August 28, 2023 03:55 - 1 hour - 42 MBThis week we discuss the differences between Magic and Psionics you can have in your campaign and why it matters.
Episode 685 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast Gabri Torn, roaming gm interview
August 20, 2023 21:04 - 1 hour - 66.7 MBWe have a treat this week. Gabri Torn a game designer and gm in Italy roams his country and sets up gaming sessions every few days for lucky locals. He tells all of his successes and challenges of this chaotic lifestyle.
Episode 684 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast: Dreamworlds pt 3
August 14, 2023 03:55 - 46 minutes - 31.7 MBThis week we finish our analysis of dreamworlds with how settings are used and represented in dreamworlds.
Episode 683 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Dreamworlds pt2
August 07, 2023 03:55 - 50 minutes - 34.1 MBThis week we finish musing about Dreamworlds and awaken to discover how much they can add to a campaign.
Episode 682 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Dreamworlds pt1
July 31, 2023 03:56 - 46 minutes - 31.8 MBThis week we puzzle over Dreamworlds. What are they? How do they differ from Virtual Reality. What are their purpose? Can you still get good pizza?
Episode 681 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Fringeworthy T-Prime mega platform pt 2
July 24, 2023 03:55 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBthis week we finish our examination of what a moon-sized portal platform would be like and the factions that would eventually fight over it.
Episode 680 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - T-Prime Mega Platform pt1
July 16, 2023 17:28 - 56 minutes - 36.8 MBThis week we talk about the original exploration platform the Fringeworthy Termehlerns made before the system became automated and standardized. The size of a moon with hundreds of portals.
Episode 679 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Disney and Hidden Fringepaths
July 10, 2023 03:55 - 44 minutes - 29.7 MBThis week we review our host Jonathan's ability to bring the Awesome to his family vacation and then review probably the final Secret of the Fringepaths.
Episode 678: Gaming on the Frontier Podcast - Improving Wilderness Travel part 2
July 03, 2023 03:55 - 1 hour - 52.7 MBThis week we give you 16 fun encounters in the wilderness to spark interest without turning it into the main point of the campaign.
Episode 677 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast: Improving Wilderness Travel pt1
June 26, 2023 03:55 - 1 hour - 42.5 MBYou know that pesky time when you are between the main action and your gm just makes it a slog? Let's make that better.
Episode 676 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast: High Tech Survival Redux part 2
June 19, 2023 03:55 - 1 hour - 36.5 MBeven more ideas on how to survive in style using the most outrageous methods.
Episode 675 Gaming on the Frontier Podcast: High Tech Suvival Redux pt1
June 12, 2023 03:55 - 53 minutes - 29.5 MBBruce wasn't satisfied in how we did the earlier episode so we did it again, but with all new material (mostly)
Episode 674 Gaming on the Frontier - Fetch Quests are not distractions part 2
June 05, 2023 03:53 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBThis week we talk about how fetch quests can reinforce the main quest and so much more.