Seize the GM
195 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHelping to improve your art of GMing.
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Episode 168: Season 6 Wrapup and Thoughts
May 18, 2023 12:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBMain Topic We are going to be chatting about our thoughts and reflections on this the Season 6 Wrapup. I knew this was going to be a big project and in the end I feel...
Episode 167: Statblockapalooza Eden Edition
May 04, 2023 12:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBMain Topic Info on the Main Topic goes here. Stat Blocks Zendead General Kaamada Sani General Sani is a middle aged woman whose predecessors came from the Indian subcontinent. She is always dressed in a...
Episode 166: System Swap
April 20, 2023 12:00 - 42 minutes - 38.4 MBMain Topic What do we mean by system swapping? Well the idea is if we put this all together in say 5e what would it look like in something like D6 Space or Gumshoe? What...
Episode 165: Campaign Part 2
April 06, 2023 12:00 - 39 minutes - 36.5 MBMain Topic I would start with a short run campaign like 3 or 4 adventures. What are those adventures? Where would it be set? Lets see what I had for an idea. The opening scene...
Episode 164: Campaign Part 1
March 23, 2023 12:30 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBMain Topic So you finished that first adventure and now you ask what is the next step? Well dive into something bigger, what is that bigger thing? The campaign can be the next thing if...
Episode 163: Starting Adventure
March 09, 2023 12:30 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBMain Topic We are in the final episodes of the setting build we have done. We wanted to touch on a few more topics before we put this season in the history books. So a...
Episode 162: Myths and Urban Legends of Edenship
February 23, 2023 13:00 - 37 minutes - 34.1 MBMain Topic Whenever humans collect in any numbers they do a few different things. One is they create groups or cliches, and another is they start talking. Once people start talking they realize that they...
Episode 161: Alien Lifeforms
January 26, 2023 12:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MBMain Topic Alien lifeforms can and should be well alien. While being alien is important, being too far removed from human makes them hard to relate to. So while in reality aliens could be most...
Episode 160: Different Adversaries
January 12, 2023 14:00 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBMain Topic We talked about different adversaries that were NPC’s but there can be other types of adversaries. Not all of them are people. Adversaries can fall into a few other categories as well. Part...
Episode 159: Star Maps and Beyond
December 29, 2022 17:00 - 44 minutes - 41 MBMain Topic Last time we talked about the maps for the ship. This time we are going to talk about maps of things outside the ship. Are there a lot of different kinds? Yes there...
Episode 158: Maps of the Interior
December 15, 2022 17:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBMain Topic Maps are things we will not do in a battlemap format. Those are really big and generally only useful for small scale things. If you want to have some The folks over at...
Episode 157: GM Library Post Apoc
December 01, 2022 14:07 - 43 minutes - 40 MBMain Topic Books and Media that inspire our Apocalypse. Books Zendead 1 Improv for Gamers 2 Darwin’s World d20 based game that was really cool and had a ton of cool new ideas that can...
Episode 156: Music of the Apocalypse
November 17, 2022 17:30 - 55 minutes - 51 MBMain Topic Zendead’s Music Recommendations Cryo Chamber has lots of play lists on You tube Aim to Head Spacewave on You Tube Ghost I-IV by Trent Reznor Joules’s Music Recommendations: The Day the World Died...
Episode 155: Eden Ship Locales and Beyond
November 03, 2022 15:00 - 37 minutes - 34.3 MBMain Topic As we talked about a bit last time, the locations in and around the ship are easy focal points for adventure. This time we are going to add a few more locations and...
Episode 154: Locales on the Eden ship
October 20, 2022 16:00 - 43 minutes - 40.3 MBMain Topic Locales are a thing that you must have in a game. We are going to talk about a few in this episode. They can help to create backdrops for action as well as...
Episode 153: Antagonists NPC’s
October 06, 2022 16:01 - 42 minutes - 38.9 MBMain Topic Npc’s are so very important to any game that is being run. While some of the NPC’s are big bad guys and some are protagonists, some fall in the path of the PC’s....
Episode 152: Eden Ship NPC’s Part 1
September 22, 2022 14:00 - 27 minutes - 24.8 MBMain Topic This Episode is going to be going into and talking about a few new NPC’s that will be showing up in the setting. So let’s dive right in and get to it. Stat...
Episode 151: Factions of the Eden Ship
September 08, 2022 14:00 - 28 minutes - 26 MBMain Topic Last episode we touched on a faction in the ship today we are going to touch on a few more. They are going to have a bit of info about them and how...
Episode 150: Gencon Recap
August 25, 2022 04:06 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBMain Topic Joules got to go to the best 4 days in gaming this year and she and I will be sitting down to talk about all the cool stuff she found and folks she...
Episode 149: Building the Setting
August 12, 2022 03:01 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBMain Topic The basics of the setting is the Ark. While there are potential asteroids and planets that may expand the horizon of the world, these will be primarily tackled when we talk about locales...
Dog Days of Podcasting Day 5
August 06, 2022 00:52 - 3 minutes - 2.82 MBDeter the Meter What do you need to do kid? Are you kidding me? The Layout artists approved this? I don’t think so. I may be old but I sure as hell ain’t stupid. You...
Dog Days of Podcasting Day 4
August 04, 2022 16:01 - 3 minutes - 2.74 MBSammie “The Worm” Gregory Sammie is a scrounger and cleaner. She is working on her understanding of the printers and how to work them. The big printers all the way down to the smallest ones...
Dog Days of Podcasting Day 3
August 04, 2022 02:05 - 2 minutes - 2.73 MBLayout Artist Jackson Macgee Jackson is a newer artist when it comes to creating protective gear for the engineers. The suits he makes can be anything from tight fitting printed on a skinsuit with the...
Dog Days of Podcasting Day 2
August 03, 2022 01:46 - 2 minutes - 2.71 MBChief Layout Artist Artemis CLA Artemis may be one of the few that is truly capable of creating from nothing the files to make whole new prints. She has spent more time with every old...
Dog Days of Podcasting Day 1
August 02, 2022 00:51 - 4 minutes - 3.96 MBCompositor Union The Compositor’s Union is the faction that is in charge of the 3d printing tech and all it can do. If it is inorganic they can print it. Printers work in many different...
Episode 148: Worldbuilding and Themes for Setting
July 28, 2022 16:00 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MBMain Topic In the last episode we let you in on what we are doing this season. We all pitched a setting . . . and then we came to the conclusion that they all...
Episode 147: Season 6 Opener- Creating a Post Apocalyptic Campaign
July 14, 2022 16:01 - 32 minutes - 30.2 MBMain Topic Intro After we ran a poll with the Patreon Subscribers whose votes counted double and a poll on twitter we are here. And where is here? We are at the collapse, the end...
Episode 146: Statblockapolooza Part 7
June 16, 2022 16:01 - 50 minutes - 46 MBMain Topic We are going to throw down a person, place and thing in three different themes. Let’s see what our creations are with the themes of Aliens, Fallen Empires, and When the master is...
Episode 145: How to be a good citizen at the game table
May 19, 2022 04:01 - 48 minutes - 31.1 MBMain Topic When you are sitting at the table to play a game what are you doing? Are you waiting to be led to the next thing or are you engaging in the game? How...
Episode A Gross: GM Library 6
April 21, 2022 16:00 - 56 minutes - 35.9 MBMain Topic Guard-a-Manger The Thin Man, Dashiell Hammett. The last novel published by Dashiell Hammett, The Thin Man gave rise to a media phenomenon including movies, tv shows, and more. For a GM, The Thin...
Episode 143: Bashing with the BattleLords and we get Savage!!
April 07, 2022 04:01 - 1 hour - 38.6 MBMain Topic Tonight we are sitting down to chat Savage BattleLords again but this time with the creators. Let them know what we like and question about how they did things. Just a reminder the...
Episode 142: Review of Savage BattleLords
March 24, 2022 16:00 - 42 minutes - 27.5 MBMain Topic The Kickstarter for this book will be going live in the spring some time. We were not given a firm date for that yet. If you want to check out the Quickstart rules...
Episode 141: Impromptu GMing
March 10, 2022 15:00 - 46 minutes - 29.7 MBMain Topic We have all been there. You check your notes for the game that is supposed to start in 30 minutes and realize you haven’t got anything written down. Oh No, what do you...
Episode 140: Constructs, Undead and the Unliving Creature Catalog 2
February 24, 2022 17:01 - 52 minutes - 33.9 MBMain Topic As we look at more ways to include creatures and interesting critters to populate a world, we turn to primarily non-sentient undead, constructs, and robots that may be around! Undead – One of...
Episode 139: Super Villains
February 10, 2022 17:01 - 38 minutes - 25 MBMain Topic Super Villains are a staple of the comic genre. They help to be the foil to the Heroes of those stories. How do you build one in a Superhero Game? First look to...
Episode 138: Taking, Giving and Analyzing Advice
January 27, 2022 12:14 - 49 minutes - 30.3 MBMain Topic Even as folks become more proficient in running games, there is always room for improvement. There is a kind of strange kind of situation that seems to be unique to gaming when it...
Episode 137: Tropes vs. Cliches
January 13, 2022 11:00 - 42 minutes - 26.5 MBMain Topic Tropes and cliches represent two related ideas that often are confused with one another. Each can be used to great effect, but often the former is considered positive while the latter negative. Each...
Episode 136: Fireside Chat 2021
December 30, 2021 05:01 - 48 minutes - 30.7 MBMain Topic Fireside Chat 2021. We just sit around and chat about the year. Also what we would like to do in the upcoming year as well. We cover movies we liked to working on...
Episode 135: Evil Overlords
December 16, 2021 05:01 - 39 minutes - 22.5 MBMain Topic The Evil Overlord is an iconic stereotype of games and books. This one leans into the fantasy realms more so than some of the other villains. At least I feel that way. This...
Episode 134: Kinds of Technology for Sci-Fi Games
December 02, 2021 05:01 - 1 hour - 40.2 MBMain Topic Technology is ubiquitous in Sci-Fi. As a matter of fact it is actually one of the defining elements to the genre. Is this something you are going to make major or minor as...
Episode 133: Kinds of Magic For Fantasy Games
November 18, 2021 05:01 - 35 minutes - 23.8 MBMain Topic Magic is often one of the defining pillars of a Fantasy Game or Setting. When you are either designing your own, or describing an existing setting’s magic, make sure to capture what sort...
Episode 132: Interview with B Dave Walters
November 04, 2021 04:01 - 53 minutes - 38.3 MBMain Topic With a varied and rich background, B. Dave Walters brings a unique touch to the characters and games he runs, plays, and writes. A well recognized panelist for conventions, streamer, and writer, Dave...
Episode 131: BattleLords new Kickstarter
October 21, 2021 04:01 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBMain Topic Sitting down with the guys over at BattleLords to chat about what they have been working on recently, as well as the new Kickstarter that should go live by the end of October...
Episode 130: How to Research for your Game
October 07, 2021 04:01 - 48 minutes - 35.5 MBMain Topic So you are going to be running a game. All GM’s do this but what is the first thing you do once you have pitched the basic idea to your players? Maybe you...
Episode 129: Statblockapolloza Part 6
September 23, 2021 04:01 - 41 minutes - 33.3 MBMain Topic So over the last couple of episodes we did character creation for a FATE game. We are at that time of the year for another round of Statblockopolloza. All of us thought it...
Episode 128: Building Fate Characters Part 2
September 13, 2021 02:48 - 57 minutes - 44.7 MBMain Topic In this episode we finish up these characters Skills and Stunts, plus a few more campaign setting items to touch up. How do you build out your FATE character skills? When you have...
Episode 127: Building Fate Characters Part One
August 12, 2021 04:01 - 53 minutes - 37.9 MBMain Topic Creating FATE Characters has never been easier or more fun. We are going to create some Fate characters for a campaign idea Guard-A-Manger has cooked up. Let’s see what we come up with....
Episode 126: Inspiration for Metaphysical Games
July 29, 2021 04:01 - 57 minutes - 40.9 MBMain Topic We are going to wrap up this series with a discussion about where you can draw inspiration for those whimsical or dark games with a metaphysical bend. You can draw Inspiration for these...
Episode 125: Five Years and Counting
July 15, 2021 04:01 - 53 minutes - 40.3 MBMain Topic So we have been going for a full five years and counting. We have had a fun trip and today we will talk about how we got this going and what we were...
Episode 124: Inspiration for Combat Heavy Games
June 17, 2021 04:01 - 42 minutes - 29.7 MBMain Topic Every role playing game is about resolving conflicts that players face and one question each game has to answer is about how important physical combat will be to the game. When you are...