Just One More Fix

Unconventional Dungeons

We give dungeon crawling a new look after Lacey's success running a 90s Mall Crawl adventure. Bringing the dungeon crawl ethos to new genres and applying what we have learned from years of dungeoneering to malls, space stations, cities, haunted houses, and more. Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast Support us on Patreon Gonna Geek Network

Making an RPG Zine

Lacey questions James about the decision to enter the RPG Zine arena. We talk about free open source software to use, layout, writing, and finding art. Find out our take on getting started making zines from a beginner perspective.  Twitter @justonemorefix  Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast  Support us on Patreon  Gonna Geek Network

Peril of the Fat Prince Actual Play

Kiel Chenier joins Lacey, Carrie, Kalen, and James to run his new Dungeons and Dragons 5e adventure Peril of the Fat Prince. Our adventurers are hired to find the missing prince of Everland. The investigation takes them to a carriage crash in the Poppersfield District, leading them to a dwarven cartel, an elven night club, some impromptu jerky rubbing, and the recovery of a mystical cake. Peril of the Fat Prince will be available June 1 at Birch & Bat You can find Kiel's blog at Dungeons...

The ReReturnaning of Kiel Chenier

Kiel Chenier sits down with us after an eventful year of working on DnD 5e for Wizards of the Coast, starting Birch & Bat, Peril of the Fat Prince, Weird on the Waves, illustrated reviews returning to Dungeons & Donuts, and so much more. Our actual play of the upcoming adventure Peril of the Fat Prince will release this Friday May 24! Also Leggings! You can find Kiel on Twitter @kielchenier Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast Support us on Patreon Gonna Geek ...

Player Agency & Social Systems

Social conflict has never had the same emphasis in RPGs as physical combat. We break down several different systems and how they connect to player agency. Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast Support us on Patreon Gonna Geek Network

Gaming Round Table 9

We had a small change in plans so we ended up with a gaming round table discussion with Kalen. We wander through lots of topics from trying new games, social skills and player agency, and systems to dice superstitions. Twitter @justonemorefix  Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast  Support us on Patreon  Gonna Geek Network

Night Witches Actual Play

Our Russian Airwomen hope to put the pieces of their investigation together and find out if their is a spy among them. Julia challenges Sveta's authority and a terrible revelation that will have long term consequences. Twitter @justonemorefix  Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast  Support us on Patreon  Gonna Geek Network

GameStorming Villages

James ran into a few hang ups preparing the setting of our next zine. We have broken down how to set up cities for Vampire the Masquerade, but setting up a village for a fantasy game is significantly different. In this gamestorming session we layout a small subsistence farming village high in the mountains that will be the setting for our next zine The Hasting’s Party. Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast Support us on Patreon Gonna Geek Network

Night Witches Actual Play Episode 19

The 588th is sent to Pashkovskaya to win the hearts and minds of the citizens there. There are whispers of German sympathizers in the area and the airwomen are asked to look for any potential suspects.

123 Building Indie RPG Days

We have all seen posts on forums about, how do I get my players to try new games? This time we take a different approach to solving this ancient gaming problem. Over the past year we have successfully ran 20 different small press RPGs and have created our own indie gaming group at our local game store. We break down how we got things up off the ground and what struggles we faced and how we over came them.   Twitter @justonemorefix  Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast  Support us on Patre...

122 Allen White Interview

We sit down with Allen White, engineering professor, gamer, and designer of STEAM Hack. STEAM Hack is an educational RPG that allows students to learn by role-playing their future self.  There are currently two Zines in development.  Mission to Mars, the players act as a mission control team that has to decide how they would have prepared for possible problems launching a Saturn 5 rocket. Engineering & Automobiles, the players roles are based on their affiliation within the company goal...

Night Witches Actual Play Episode 21

The women of section C return to Pashkovskaya after they have completed a hearts and minds mission for the NKVD to follow up on suspicions the found. Breaks in the section slowly begin to mend and the pilots find a small amount of peace before they are reminded of the constant presence of the war. Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook Just One More Fix

121 Character Creation with Constraints

We have talked about creative constraints creating opportunities in games before. Now we apply the same thought process to character creation. We also look at specific RPGs that put more than just genre constraints on character creation. Twitter @justonemorefix  Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast  Support us on Patreon  Gonna Geek Network

120 Exploration Gaming & Hex Crawls

After four sessions of Hot Springs Island, James and Lacey look at the highlights of exploration gaming and hex crawls. Are player aids like the Field Guide the key to drawing in players who might not be interested or is it just an unnecessary fancy add on to the game? Several other ideas spin off from the discussion, relating the hex crawl philosophy to other games, creating Field Guides for your own games, and Investigations as hex crawl. Twitter @justonemorefix  Facebook  Just One More...

120 Exploration Gaming & Hex Crawls

After four sessions of Hot Springs Island, James and Lacey look at the highlights of exploration gaming and hex crawls. Are player aids like the Field Guide the key to drawing in players who might not be interested or is it just an unnecessary fancy add on to the game? Several other ideas spin off from the discussion, relating the hex crawl philosophy to other games, creating Field Guides for your own games, and Investigations as hex crawl. Twitter @justonemorefix  Facebook  Just One More...

120 Exploration Gaming & Hex Crawls

After four sessions of Hot Springs Island, James and Lacey look at the highlights of exploration gaming and hex crawls. Are player aids like the Field Guide the key to drawing in players who might not be interested or is it just an unnecessary fancy add on to the game? Several other ideas spin off from the discussion, relating the hex crawl philosophy to other games, creating Field Guides for your own games, and Investigations as hex crawl. Twitter @justonemorefix  Facebook  Just One More...

119 Who's Yer Con Wrap Up 2019

After our brief hiatus we wrap up Who's Yer Con 11. We talk about Motley Kids, Grow a Gamer, Mrs Kraken Presents, board games enjoyed and others not so much. We break down running Troubadours at WYC11 and lessons learned from it, this leads into a larger discussion about safety tools and game content.  Twitter @justonemorefix  Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast  Support us on Patreon  Gonna Geek Network

118 Lacey's Top 5 RPG Blogs

Preparing to start up the Just One More Fix Blog, Lacey spent a month checking out a new RPG blog everyday. Here are her top 5. One, two, three, four, five, and a couple honorable mentions. Twitter @justonemorefix  Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast  Support us on Patreon  Gonna Geek Network

Night Witches Actual Play Episode 20

Yulia completes a terrible idea publishing anonymous stories and art. The Section flies a day mission to deliver needed munitions to Russian troops and the betrayal among the Section deepens. Twitter @justonemorefix  Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast  Support us on Patreon  Gonna Geek Network

117 Understanding Player Motivations

James and Lacey talk about our results from the Gamified UK Gamification User Type HEXAD Test.What can be learned from the results, were the results relevant to us, and were there any surprises. Twitter @justonemorefix  Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast  Support us on Patreon  Gonna Geek Network

116 Googling for Inspiration

Short on inspiration? How strong is your Google Fu. James and Lacey talk about using Google to find inspiration for RPGs. Lacey's List @41Strange @NatureisWeird Earth Star Fungus Whores of Yore Writing Exercise Weirdest thing I learned this week James' List Dark Surrealism Zdzislaw Beksinski Nicolas Bruno Vintage History IFLScience Death Metal Generator

115 Gaming Round Table 8

We sat down to start our preshow and things developed into a larger conversation that became a sort of round table discussion. We didn't want to stop things there so the beginning of this episode starts a little different than most of our episodes.We start with using players to play NPCs in games, specifically Night Witches. Crossover World of Darkness Games. What clan is Dracula? Yachts, Vampire delicacies and Nights Black Agents. Root the Boardgame and its RPG in development. Wraith ...

114 Zine Quest

Raw audio forZines have a long history in the RPG world and February is Zine Quest at Kickstarter. Zines lower the barrier to get published and free creators up to take a risk on passion projects that would not normally be picked up by publishers. Join us as we talk about some of the zines that caught our eye. Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook Just One More Fix Podcast

Night Witches Actual Play Episode 18

The ladies of the 588th Squadron 1 Section C return to the air as a group for the first time since arriving in Pashkovskaya. Then a quiet mission raising the hearts and minds of the locals. Twitter @justonemorefix  Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast  Support us on Patreon  Gonna Geek Network

113 Board Games When You'd Rather RPG

Sometimes playing an RPG just isn't in the cards. What board games do you turn to when things don't pan out at the table. We talk about some of our favorites and how the game we are missing out on changes our tastes. Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast Support us on Patreon Gonna Geek Network

112 Lessons Learned from Night Witches

James and Lacey break down the biggest lessons we have learned from running and playing Night Witches. Incorporating letter writing and recording sessions to improve your storytelling and oration. Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook Just One More Fix Podcast Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook Just One More Fix PodcastSupport us on PatreonGonna Geek Network Gonna Geek Network

Night Witches Actual Play Episode 17

Vera rejoins the 588th at Pashkovskaya. The reunion does not go quite as planned and cracks are beginning to form within the section. Twitter @justonemorefix  Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast  Support us on Patreon  Gonna Geek Network

111 Improving Fantasy Gaming with better NPC's

Lacey and James continue our fantasy gaming series and use our favorite villains for inspiration to create NPC's that are compelling and add to the tension and themes of the games. Sit back and enjoy some awesome baddies. Twitter @justonemorefix  Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast  Support us on Patreon  Gonna Geek Network

Night Witches Actual Play Episode 16

110 Making Better Characters to Improve Fantasy Gaming

109 Taking +1 Forward to 2019

108 Using Microscope as a GM Tool

Night Witches Actual Play Episode 15

Vera still has not returned to the 588th without any explanation. Our Night Witches settle in to their new duty station but not before getting into trouble with the Deputy Polititruk Sveta, Yellow Tail returns and sacrifices are made.   Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast Support us on Patreon Gonna Geek Network

107 Using Creatures to Improve Fantasy Games

We continue our fantasy gaming series with Creatures. James and Lacey talk about non intelligent creatures, monsters and animals and how they have lost the sense of wonder during most encounters. We talk about several practical tools to return the dread and wonder to your players. Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast Support us on Patreon Gonna Geek Network

Review Night Witches

James, Lacey, and Carrie review Night Witches from Bully Pulpit Games. Night Witches is a Powered by the Apocalypse RPG where you play the Russian airwomen of the 588th during WW2. Dubbed the Nachthexen or Night Witches by the German army because they bombed German troops during the night. Night Witches isn't just a WW2 pilot RPG, your characters go on bombing raids but it also focuses on the relationships between the pilots and their struggles with the tragedies of war, dealing with the po...

Night Witches Actual Play Episode 14

After surviving the war at Trud Gornyaka, our Russian airwomen get a brief reprieve from the war and then are sent to rejoin the fight at Pashkovskya. The new duty station is detailed, we meet new comrades and a serious complication with the Polititruk that may spell disaster for the future.   Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast Support us on Patreon Gonna Geek Network

106 Game Recap Tales from the Loop

James and Lacey do a post-run recap of the Tales from the Loop one shot game-stormed in the previous episode. We discuss what worked, what didn't, and all the unexpected goodness that comes with GMing a tabletop RPG and #TeamOryctodromeus   Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast Support us on Patreon Gonna Geek Network

105 GameStorming Tales from the Loop

Thanks to Sergio delaying our recording, James and Lacey are finally able to return to recoding and gamestorm a Tales from the Loop scenario for our up coming Indie Game Days. Dinosaurs, rescue and adventure are in the 80s that never was.   Twitter @justonemorefix  Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast  Support us on Patreon  Gonna Geek Network

104 Absurd Gaming

James, Lacey and Kurt break down some absurd gaming ideas and games we have played. Starting with using Zelda for dungeon crawl inspiration, a Blue Beards Bride Power Ranger adaptation, Baron von Munchausen, the Princess Bride dungeon and the spark of a new project with troubadour   Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast Support us on Patreon Gonna Geek Network

Night Witches Actual Play Episode 13

The most dangerous and final mission at Trud Gornyaka, supporting the invasion of Rustov on Don. Hard choices are made in the air, storms of flak and enemy fire, the section begins to come apart and there are casualties on board. Our Russian airwomen head to the next duty station but not before a haunting letter arrives.   Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast Support us on Patreon Gonna Geek Network

103 Creature Feature 2

In celebration of Halloween, James and Lacey brainstorm a horror scenario. After scrolling through different google image searches and settling on a photograph from Thomas G Anderson, we use the photo as a source of inspiration to build a modern fae story around.   Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast Support us on Patreon Gonna Geek Network

102 HillCon 2018 Wrap Up

James and Lacey recap the HillCon experience and the games we played and ran. We break down Kids on Bikes, PvP in Dread and a new Sci Fi scenario, classic 70s TV adventure with Disco Ambulance and Spirit of 77, the most recent playtest of Worms at Hillcon and Indie Game Days, reminiscing about parents interrupting our gaming and much more.   Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast Support us on Patreon Gonna Geek Network

Night Witches Actual Play Episode 12

Vera finds comfort from a surprising place, Galya confesses her frustrations with the Polititruk, the airwomen seek some R&R and try to avoid any entanglements.   Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast Support us on Patreon Gonna Geek Network

101 Jonathan Tweet Interview

Game designer and author, Jonathan Tweet, returns to the podcast. We discuss the lack of nonfiction books for preschoolers, teaching science with games, and RPGs for all ages. Tweet details his quest to introduce evolution to preschoolers with his book, Grandmother Fish, and his newly released game Clades.   Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast Support us on Patreon Gonna Geek Network

100 Backer and Listener Questions

James and Lacey celebrate 100 episodes with Patreon backer and listener questions and share some of our favorite podcast moments.   Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast Support us on Patreon Gonna Geek Network

Night Witches Actual Play Episode 11

The bonds between the airwomen are tested with Vera's betrayal, a confession and the deployment of the Red Army.   Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast Support us on Patreon Gonna Geek Network

99 Using Magic to Improving Fantasy Gaming

Our fantasy gaming series continues with Magic. James and Lacey break down magic and how it has become ordinary in most game worlds. We bring practical tools to the table to bring a sense of wonder back to magic.   Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast Support us on Patreon Gonna Geek Network

98 Improving Fantasy Gaming

We are starting a new series to improve fantasy gaming at our table. In this episode James and Lacey build a frame work around what the upcoming fantasy episode will focus on, why we had moved away from fantasy games and what has brought us back to them.   Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast Support us on Patreon Gonna Geek Network

Night Witches Actual Play Episode 10

The tides of the war begin to turn in the favor of the Russian Army but our Night Witches begin pulling apart from each other. After the return from successfully bombing German railway supply lines Yulia's absence creates some new opportunities for a leadership change and shifting loyalties in the section.   Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook Just One More Fix Podcast Support us on Patreon Gonna Geek Network

97 Getting Tragic Games to the Table

James and Lacey talk about getting tragic games like 10 Candles, Dread and Blue Beard's Bride to the table. The conversation evolves into the benefits your table can get from playing these games.   Twitter @justonemorefix Facebook  Just One More Fix Podcast Support us on Patreon Gonna Geek Network