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Shadow of the GM

Shadow of the GM

By Barry Dewey-Robertson

The musings of GMsShadow on all things TTRPG!

You can also contact me by email at Gmsshadow@hotmail.com
Or leave me a voice message via SpeakPipe: www.speakpipe.com/GMsShadow
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Shadow of the GMJan 10, 2020

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S3E3: The Warlock! Persepctive
Oct 05, 202310:16
S3E2: On Communities
Jul 10, 202315:29
S3 Bonus Episode 1: Hexagram 11 unboxing

S3 Bonus Episode 1: Hexagram 11 unboxing

In a detour from my normal episodes, have an unboxing episode for Hexagram 11, a zine by Steve Jackson Games for use with The Fantasy Trip.
Jun 06, 202304:40
S3E1: How to be a GURPS GM or what's so good and not so good about GURPS
Mar 21, 202318:22
S2E24: OSR-October BFRPG!

S2E24: OSR-October BFRPG!

This is my contribution for OSR October where I, like many others, wax lyrical about Basic Fantasy RPG!
Basic Fantasy RPG can be found here:
www.basicfantasy.org/
You can find the Redcaps Podcast here with an interview with Chris Gonnerman:
www.theredcaps.net/
Che Webster of Roleplay rescue also talks about BFRPG in his blog here:
roleplayrescue.com/2022/10/15/basic-fantasy/
And last and by no means least, if you want to leave me a voice message you can use my Speakpipe link here:
www.speakpipe.com/gmsshadow
Oct 17, 202208:42
Bonus Call in Extravaganza!
Sep 23, 202246:41
S2E23: The Fantasy Trip - Melee playthrough

S2E23: The Fantasy Trip - Melee playthrough

Spurred on by an episode of The Red Caps Podcast I finally decided to have a bit of a solo play using The Fantasy Trip: Melee rules. 

The Fantasy Trip: Melee by Steve Jackson Games, available in print and as a free PDF here:

http://www.warehouse23.com/products/the-fantasy-trip-melee-pdf

Virtual Tabletop was Foundry VTT using the GURPS Game Aid and custom form fillable PDFs Accessed using the PDF Foundry (now deprecated) module for Foundry. If you want to know how I linked the sheets, ask me how, but maybe wait until after Foundry V10 is out with the new PDF viewer! 

If you don't want to use Anchor to leave a message, I also have a SpeakPipe account here: 

https://www.speakpipe.com/gmsshadow

The Red Caps Podcast can be found here:

https://www.theredcaps.net/

My original blog post can be found here:

https://gmsshadow.wordpress.com/2022/09/14/the-fantasy-trip-melee-playthrough/

Sep 16, 202224:20
S2E22: Campaign Design
Aug 30, 202214:38
S2E21: Why I don't like Game Systems I should like...

S2E21: Why I don't like Game Systems I should like...

This episode is inspired by a reply to a comment I made on Twitter. So let me ramble on slightly about game systems I like... but also, that I don't like. Please be warned, this episode does maybe ramble on a bit, but hopefully there's something thought provoking in there as well!
Aug 15, 202220:11
S2E20: Running GURPS Episodic Adventures

S2E20: Running GURPS Episodic Adventures

In this very short episode I discuss how I built my GURPS Prime Directive episodic adventures. This episode is brought to you at the request of Luke of the EasyGURPS podcast, so please go and check him out.
Jan 13, 202214:02
S2E19: GURPS Bestiary KS - Interview with Douglas Cole
Dec 02, 202154:27
S2E18: Interview with Christopher R Rice
Nov 26, 202101:11:33
Season 2 Bonus Call-in Episode 2
Oct 21, 202158:49
S2E17: Character Advancement/Development
Oct 11, 202113:24
S2E16: Interview with Douglas Cole of Gaming Ballistic
Sep 12, 202101:03:59
S2E15: Railroads
Aug 16, 202131:40
S2E14: GURPS Recaps - Prime Directive and After the End
Aug 09, 202138:45
Season 2 Bonus GURPS Call-in Episode 1
Jul 19, 202141:20
S2E13: A GURPS Thought Experiment (or should you own lots of systems?)
Jul 05, 202127:22
S2E12: June GURPS and Others Gaming Recap
Jul 01, 202135:59
S2E11: GURPS Delvers to Grow
May 21, 202121:46
S2E10: Mastering the Roles
May 05, 202116:30
S2E9: GURPS Fantasy and Solo Play
Apr 20, 202122:46
S2E8: Role vs Roll and more GURPS After the End
Apr 15, 202117:10
S2E7: GURPS After the End and Move and Attack
Apr 06, 202127:20
S2E6: OSE massacre
Mar 23, 202122:09
S2E5: Playing GURPS wrong!
Mar 10, 202122:14
E2E4: More VsD and PF2
Mar 09, 202125:40
S2E3: Thoughts on Pathfinder 2e
Feb 23, 202134:02
S2E2: GURPS Prime Directive
Feb 05, 202114:53
Season 2 Episode 1: More on Against the Darkmaster
Feb 02, 202115:22
Episode 52: Year of Podcasting and Against the Darkmaster
Jan 27, 202131:52
Episode 51: Cypher System Perspective
Jan 05, 202115:58
Episode 50: GURPS Fantasy and Foundry VTT
Dec 15, 202026:08
Episode 49: GURPS Dungeon Fantasy and Space Prep
Dec 08, 202021:35
Episode 48: GURPS a Focus on Complimentary Skills
Dec 02, 202026:41
Episode 47: The Fantasy Trip vs GURPS
Nov 24, 202033:23
Episode 46: GURPS Horror One-Shot
Oct 30, 202018:06
Episode 45: MERP 2e After Action and Thoughts
Oct 26, 202031:02
Episode 44: GURPS Family Game and Call Ins
Oct 23, 202018:56
Episode 43: Running MERP and ICE Red Box
Oct 20, 202012:09
Episode 42: Playing GURPS with the Kids.
Oct 06, 202035:34
Episode 41: GURPS Caravan to Ein Arris pt 4 (combat and stuff)
Sep 29, 202012:53
Episode 40: GURPS 4e - A Focus on Intoxiation (or lets get drunk with GURPS)
Sep 23, 202008:19
Episode 39: Lots of GURPS and some VTTs
Sep 15, 202024:17
RPG a Day 31: Experience

RPG a Day 31: Experience

What an experience. Think about the gaming experience for you and your players.
Aug 31, 202001:43
RPG a Day 30: Portal

RPG a Day 30: Portal

Day 30, let's take a portal to the End.
Aug 30, 202000:53
RPG a Day 29: Ride

RPG a Day 29: Ride

The end in sight, let's ride!
Aug 30, 202000:51
RPG a Day 28: Close

RPG a Day 28: Close

Better late than never, let's talk closure
Aug 30, 202000:42
RPG a Day 27: Favour

RPG a Day 27: Favour

Let's talk about playing favourites.
Aug 27, 202000:50