High Level Games Podcast
88 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsOur podcast discussed gaming products from the perspective of gamers for gamers to enhance the experience of your own games. Here we discuss in an always fun and sometimes intellectual way various role-playing products and how to bring them off the page for your game table.This podcast is put on for you by our loyal corporate drones!
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Episodes
Special Feature - PAN
January 28, 2021 12:00 - 12 minutes - 10.4 MBHere at HLG, we support small, independent content creators trying to get ahead. And one of the best is PAN, the Pagan Angel Network, a fantastic horror/rpg/being awesome podcast that, if you are a fan of those kinds of genres or games, you should become a fan of them! They are starting a Patreon, and we would love it if you would be able to give them a bit of love! Don't just take my word for it, listen to the host and founder, Zachary: Hi, I'm Zach, a writer, veteran/survivor of the Holl...
Setting Reviews - Episode 8 - Religion in Ravenloft
February 18, 2020 12:00 - 58 minutes - 29.7 MBEpisode 8 of the new High Level Games podcast is the next in our ongoing show focused on looking at various settings of various game lines. We start with the Ravenloft setting for Dungeons and Dragons and in this episode we talk about some of the religions of the setting. Come listen while we discuss faith in the darkness. Come join the conversation on Twitch Wednesday nights at 8:30 PM UTC -5 Please follow all our shenanigans at www.highlevelgames.ca
Setting Reviews - Episode 7 - Souragne
January 23, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 31.3 MBEpisode 7 of the new High Level Games podcast is the next in our ongoing show focused on looking at various settings of various game lines. We start with the Ravenloft setting for Dungeons and Dragons and in this episode we talk about Souragne. We tackle some of the difficult terrain of the realm but also revel in the undead horrors the realm presents! Come join the conversation on Twitch Wednesday nights at 8:30 PM UTC -5 Please follow all our shenanigans at www.highlevelgames.ca
Setting Reviews Episode 6 - Forlorn
December 20, 2019 13:55 - 1 hour - 35.3 MBEpisode 6 of the new High Level Games podcast is the first in our ongoing show focused on looking at various settings of various game lines. We start with the Ravenloft setting for Dungeons and Dragons and in this episode we talk about Forlorn. Don’t go out on the MOOOOOORRRSSSSSSS! There be ghosts in this here Loch. Please follow all our shenanigans at www.highlevelgames.ca
Setting Reviews - Episode 5 - Kartakass
December 02, 2019 20:15 - 59 minutes - 30.8 MBEpisode 5 of the new High Level Games podcast is the first in our ongoing show focused on looking at various settings of various game lines. We start with the Ravenloft setting for Dungeons and Dragons and in this episode we talk about Kartakass. We really enjoyed this episode and enjoyed discussing Wolfweres and Harkon Lukas. Please follow all our shenanigans at www.highlevelgames.ca
Setting Reviews - Episode 4 - Falkovnia
October 28, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 32.5 MBEpisode 4 of the new High Level Games podcast is the next installment in our ongoing show focused on looking at various settings of differing game lines. We start with the Ravenloft setting for Dungeons and Dragons and in this episode we talk about Falkovnia. This is our final episode on Dracula analogues. This is a hard domain to run a game in which we talk through and deconstruct… to death. Please follow all our shenanigans at www.highlevelgames.ca
High Level Games Podcast: Setting Reviews - Episode 3 - Dominia and Gundarak
September 12, 2019 11:00 - 56 minutes - 29.1 MBEpisode 3 of the new High Level Games podcast is the first in our ongoing show focused on looking at various settings of various game lines. We start with the Ravenloft setting for Dungeons and Dragons and in this episode we talk about Dominia, Gundarak, and mental health and asylums in the pre-modern era. This episode doesn’t get graphic, but it does touch on this topic in some depth. This gothic horror setting is one of the best loved for D&D and after this episode we hope you’ll understan...
High Level Games Podcast: Setting Reviews - Episode 2 - Ravenloft
August 29, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 35.8 MBEpisode 2 of the new High Level Games podcast is the first in our ongoing show focused on looking at various settings of various game lines. We start with the Ravenloft setting for Dungeons and Dragons and in this episode we talk about Lamordia and how it rips off Mary Shelly. This gothic horror setting is one of the best loved for D&D and after this episode we hope you’ll understand why! Please follow all our shenanigans at www.highlevelgames.ca
High Level Games Podcast: Setting Reviews - Episode 1 - Ravenloft
August 21, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 35.8 MBEpisode 1 of the new High Level Games podcast is the first in our ongoing show focused on looking at various settings of various game lines. We start with the Ravenloft setting for Dungeons and Dragons. This gothic horror setting is one of the best loved for D&D and after this episode we hope you’ll understand why! Please follow all our shenanigans at www.highlevelgames.ca
Pugmire Actual Play Episode 4
February 21, 2019 12:00 - 51 minutes - 50.6 MBThree heroes from the Kingdom of Pugmire and the Monarchies of Mau head out to save the lands from the machinations of the mad and the horrors of the Unseen! Josh Heath as the GM David Horwitz as Nerma Javona Love Pepin as Princess Yosha Philip Pepin as Spike Part 4 of 4 Picture Reference: http://theonyxpath.com/appendix-p-realms-of-pugmire/
Pugmire Actual Play Episode 3
February 14, 2019 12:00 - 44 minutes - 43.6 MBThree heroes from the Kingdom of Pugmire and the Monarchies of Mau head out to save the lands from the machinations of the mad and the horrors of the Unseen! Josh Heath as the GM David Horwitz as Nerma Javona Love Pepin as Princess Yosha Philip Pepin as Spike Part 3 of 4 Picture Reference: http://theonyxpath.com/appendix-p-realms-of-pugmire/
Pugmire Actual Play Episode 2
February 07, 2019 12:00 - 45 minutes - 45.7 MBThree heroes from the Kingdom of Pugmire and the Monarchies of Mau head out to save the lands from the machinations of the mad and the horrors of the Unseen! Josh Heath as the GM David Horwitz as Nerma Javona Love Pepin as Princess Yosha Philip Pepin as Spike Part 2 of 4 Picture Reference: http://theonyxpath.com/appendix-p-realms-of-pugmire/
Pugmire Actual Play Part 1
January 23, 2019 12:00 - 45 minutes - 45.5 MBThree heroes from the Kingdom of Pugmire and the Monarchies of Mau head out to save the lands from the machinations of the mad and the horrors of the Unseen! Josh Heath as the GM David Horwitz as Nerma Javona Love Pepin as Princess Yosha Philip Pepin as Spike Part 1 of 4
HLG Con Interviews: Eskhaton Larp by Reverie Studios
November 15, 2018 01:37 - 47 minutes - 44.1 MBJosh Heath sat down with the creators of A COG in the Machine to talk about their new blockbuster larp Eskhaton, which is coming to Providence, RI in April of 2019. Take a listen to learn more about the the cosmic horror in this game with themes similar to the Lovecraftian Mythos, set in the hometown of the creator of that mythos. The venue is on the beach, and has all kinds of elements that make it perfect for the immersive experience Ken, Garrett, and Tyler have developed. Check out th...
HLG Con Interview - Hanging Lantern
November 02, 2018 13:00 - 15 minutes - 15.1 MBShort interview with the creators of Real Royalty about their next run of that epic fantasy larp and their amazing game Kindling, recorded at HLG Con.
Hero Builder Play Test
August 27, 2018 13:17 - 2 hours - 164 MBJoin High Level Games for a playtest of Hero Builder, a new tabletop game using the tried and true d20 system, but with a huge range of customization. Our heroes form an intergalactic super group dedicated to keeping the peace and getting paid, and things get crazy really quickly! Each character was designed with the help of the game's creator and our GM, Thomas of the Table Candle team. Hero Builder is currently available for sale as a PDF on DriveThruRPG for US$15.00.
Star Trek Adventures Episode 1 Part 4
July 14, 2018 18:26 - 57 minutes - 52.2 MBThere’s a diplomatic function aboard the USS Bonaventure. The crew meet and mingle with some of the system’s most irritating and disturbing personalities, while being required to maintain a polite and friendly demeanor. Afterwards, a spatial anomaly occurs!
Star Trek Adventures Episode 1 Part 3
June 02, 2018 19:36 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBAn accident occurs while vital cargo is being unloaded from the USS Bonaventure to Starbase 117. The Starbase crew take over handling the remaining cargo, and shore-leave is cut short. Upon arriving at Castoria, the crew prepares for an upcoming diplomatic function.
Star Trek Adventures Episode 1 Part 2
May 12, 2018 13:19 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBThe crew of the USS Bonaventure, survivors of Wolf 359, reunite for a 5 year mission to the planet Castoria, a recent addition to the United Federation of Planets. Along the way the Bonaventure stops at Starbase 117 on the edge of the Shackleton Expanse. Shenanigans ensue.
Star Trek Adventures Episode 1 Part 1
April 21, 2018 14:05 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBHigh Level Games is proud to present the first episode of our newest series! Introducing Star Trek Adventure! We have been streaming the gaming sessions as they happen but this podcast is a fully produced and edited version. We hope you enjoy it! During a battle with the Borg in Wolf 359, the USS Saratoga is utterly destroyed with many of the crew perishing. Years later, survivors of that fateful encounter are reunited to serve on the USS Bonaventure.
Leveling Up S2E4 - Game Mechanics - The Good Bad and Ugly
March 01, 2018 14:45 - 1 hour - 63.8 MBIn this amazing episode of Leveling UP, Quinn and Josh discuss level mechanics and experience points. They also talk a lot about hilarious characters and flaws, and the design goals behind why stuff does what it does in RPGs! You can also learn more about HLG Con and the products we are producing for your games!
Leveling Up - S2E3 - Mentoring in Games and the Gaming Industry
November 26, 2017 17:00 - 1 hour - 76.6 MBSean Patrick Fannon has been involved in the RPG community for several decades. He sat down with Quinn and Josh to discuss bringing in new players to the community and how to mentor them at the table. The discussion then shifts to discussing mentoring new creators and making positive changes to the gaming community. Evil Beagle Games commits to ensuring more voices are heard and being open to inclusive products. Quinn also takes a few good natured shots at Star Wars fans.
Actual Play - Aether Sea (FATE rules) Part 35 and FINAL EPISODE!
October 29, 2017 18:13 - 1 hour - 71 MBThis is part thirty five of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain. In this, the final episode of The Aether Sea by High Level Games, the crew of the Free Ship Liberty tries to take on the gen...
Leveling Up - S2E2 - Making Gaming Accessible
October 23, 2017 13:36 - 55 minutes - 42.1 MBIn Episode 2 of our daring second season, Quinn and Josh talk with Fay Onyx of Writing Alchemy about Making Gaming Accessible. Together they discuss Unfamiliar Heroes, Magic Goes Awry (with Owlbear Rescues), and about ways to ensure our game tables are accessible in every way to a diverse group of players. There was also mention of post-apocalytic Muppet Babies, and if that isn’t your thing… well… I’m not sure why you listen to our podcast. Lasers and Feelings is discussed: http://www.onese...
Actual Play - Aether Sea (FATE rules) Part 34
October 21, 2017 21:01 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBThis is part thirty four of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain. The crew continue the battle with the General's minions with the help of their new ally. They convinced a goblin to switch s...
Actual Play - Aether Sea (FATE rules) Part 33
October 14, 2017 13:00 - 55 minutes - 50.5 MBThis is part thirty three of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain. The crew are taken to meet the General of the group that have taken their people away from Freetown. The General refuses to...
Actual Play - Aether Sea (FATE rules) Part 32
October 07, 2017 21:44 - 58 minutes - 54 MBThis is part thirty two of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain. The captain won't let Gril do what he wants with the hands, and instead insists that Freetown should be goverened by rules th...
How to Grow A Geeky Blog
October 05, 2017 13:22 - 58 minutes - 84.6 MBTara Clapper of The Geek Initiative and CHARIOT LARP and Josh Heath of High Level Games and Keep on the Heathlands talk about their Geeky Blogs. They discuss a series of topics and engage the awesome audience they had at GenCon. Have you ever wanted to get good advice on how to run a Geeky Blog? This is the best advice you’ll get.
GenCon Interview with Jennifer Brozek
September 28, 2017 13:29 - 25 minutes - 34.3 MBJosh sat down the Jennifer Brozek and talked about all kinds of cool things, including writing as a freelancer in the RPG industry and some of the books she’s worked on. Jenn is a renowned award winning fiction writer. In our interview, Jennifer revealed she is going to be writing a young adult series for the Battletech universe. We also talk about Colonial Gothic, and Industry Talk, a book about writing in the RPG industry.
Leveling Up - S2E1 - The Vision
September 24, 2017 16:51 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBIn our first episode of Season 2, Quinn and Josh talk about the vision of Leveling Up, High Level Games, some of our awesome accomplishments, and what we hope our community can bring to gaming as a whole. We briefly discuss HLG Con in Atlantic City Oct 12-14 2018 and talk some of the new products we've launched as well. HLG is seriously leveling up, will you Level Up with us?
Actual Play - Aether Sea (FATE rules) Part 31
September 23, 2017 15:16 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBThis is part thirty one of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain. After destroying an entire battleship Andrew lets the players know that they have completed a major milestone. They get to ma...
GenCon Modiphius Interview
September 20, 2017 13:34 - 23 minutes - 24.2 MBVP Quinn sat down with the crew at Modiphius to discuss Tales From the Loop, which won several awards at GenCon. They also talk about the new Fallout game, Star Trek Adventures, and some other awesome stuff. You can hear Quinn’s excitement and interest throughout. If you are looking for one of the best interviews from our GenCon experience, this is it!
Actual Play - Aether Sea (FATE rules) Part 30
September 17, 2017 17:58 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MBThis is part thirty of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain. The crew has managed to slip away from the automaton on the ground but an even bigger threat awaiting in the sky! The Hegemony Ba...
Eddy Webb Interview With Dave Martin and Josh
September 10, 2017 18:49 - 47 minutes - 66.1 MBJosh sat down with Dave Martin of The Wrecking Crew to do a joint interview with Eddy Webb. Eddy is a veteran game designer, with credits in hundreds of RPGs and other projects. He wrote for a Futurama app, Game of Drones, too. In this interview we focus in on Pugmire and Monarchies of Mau, two newer games created and produced by Pugsteady (Eddy’s company) and Onyx Path Publishing. We also talk about Eddy’s recent move to Ireland, which is pretty cool.
Actual Play - Aether Sea (FATE rules) Part 29
September 09, 2017 18:28 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBThis is part twenty nine of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain. The crew is desperate to get out of the hallway and back to their ship to make an escape, but there are a ton of guards in t...
Actual Play - Aether Sea (FATE rules) Part 28
September 02, 2017 13:00 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MBThis is part twenty eight of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain. The fight in the (newly buttressed) keep continues. Gril is fully in the fight now and Archie is losing his mind. What weap...
Dized - A Board Game App GenCon Interview
August 30, 2017 00:55 - 7 minutes - 10.9 MBEver wanted to play Carcassone but never knew how to play it? What about Scythe, 7 Wonders, or ICECOOL? All of these games are options that will be available in an app called Dized. What is Dized? Its an app that teaches you how to play a game. Just like if you had a friend who was a master of that game. Honestly, this is a fantastic idea and I can’t believe it’s taken this long for an app like this to roll out. The app is running an IndieGogo campaign, and I sincerely recommend checkin...
Actual Play - Aether Sea (FATE rules) Part 27
August 26, 2017 17:44 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBThis is part twenty seven of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain. Combat continues and things take a nasty turn. Gril finally makes it to the fight in a spectacular way to help out but that...
Who Is White Wolf GenCon 2017 Presentation
August 23, 2017 01:47 - 1 hour - 81.3 MBThis is the Who Is White Wolf presentation from GenCon50. On Saturday of GenCon 2017, White Wolf gave a presentation on who they are, what they have planned for the future, and took some questions from their fans. Presenters are Dhaunae De Vir, Martin Ericsson, Shane Defreest, and Karim Muammar. Also speaking near the end, Mark Rein-Hagen.
Actual Play - Aether Sea (FATE rules) Part 26
August 19, 2017 13:00 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBThis is part twenty six of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain. Gril is trying to chase down his snarf, but the rest of the crew gets into a fight without their best combatant! Trapped in a...
Actual Play - Aether Sea (FATE rules) Part 25
August 12, 2017 13:00 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBThis is part twenty five of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain. The crew has finally made it to Julian's Keep where Archie once again makes things weird with his smoosher ways. To make mat...
Actual Play - Aether Sea (FATE rules) Part 24
August 05, 2017 17:20 - 1 hour - 62 MBThis is part twenty four of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain. The crew goes about setting up their new colony and trying to decide how their new civilization outside of the hegemony shou...
Heavy Metal GMs Episode 1
August 04, 2017 13:27 - 56 minutes - 64.9 MBSean and Phil kick off the most metal gaming podcast on the internet with a discussion about what it means to be metal. They follow up the debate with a countdown of the most metal games on the table, and top it off with a surprise number 1. As always, stay metal. \m/ https://heavymetalgm.com/
Leveling Up Episode 6 - Edition Wars
July 30, 2017 21:27 - 1 hour - 84.1 MBIn the final episode of season one of Leveling Up, Quinn and Josh tackle the dangerous topic of Edition Wars. In this episode you hear only a moderate amount of hypocrisy and a whole lot of self-reflection and guidance on how to bypass the NEW Edition. Not the band either.
Actual Play - Aether Sea (FATE rules) Part 23
July 29, 2017 20:34 - 53 minutes - 49.3 MBThis is part twenty three of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain. In this episode the crew needs to escape from the war zone that they have gotten themselves trapped in, hopefully without h...
Actual Play - Aether Sea (FATE rules) Part 22
July 24, 2017 04:02 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBThis is part twenty two of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain. In this episode the players discuss making small changes to their characters to start out the session, then start to decide h...
Actual Play - Aether Sea (FATE rules) Part 21
July 16, 2017 20:21 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBThis is part twenty one of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain. In this episode the crew decides what to do with the now derelict ship that they took their new passengers from. The passenge...
Actual Play - Aether Sea (FATE rules) Part 20
July 10, 2017 13:11 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBThis is part twenty of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain. In this episode the crew continues their engagement with the old worn down Hegemony ship. After some fighting they manage to boar...
Don, Jon, & Dragons Episode 1 - Party Makeup
July 03, 2017 19:24 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBThis is the first episode of a new podcast here at High Level Games. The hosts are Johnny Titanium, a long time adventurer, and Dreadmage Donzarion, a fearful Lich. In this new podcast the hosts will be talking in character about RPG related topics. In this episode, our heroes discuss adventuring parties, and break down the standard components of what makes a good group, plus give out a little advice so you can go out and form an adventuring party of your very own!
Actual Play - Aether Sea (FATE rules) Part 19
July 02, 2017 22:36 - 55 minutes - 50.8 MBThis is part nineteen of an actual play from the table that VP Quinn and Assistant to the Assistant to the Regional Manager Joel play at. The game is run by Andrew, and the players are Quinn playing a murderous goblin, Joel playing an elven plant magician, Ryan playing a human bureaucrat and Anthony playing a human ex prince of the Hegemony and the ships captain. In this episode the players update their characters after finishing some story points, then the characters proceed to travel th...