The GMologist presents...
By Karl Rodriguez
The GMologist presents...Jun 30, 2022
263 Check-ups
262 The Unforgiven (1992)
261 Savage Shadows & Dark Mother-finder Ship Paths
260 The Wayward Son Returns
Jason Connerrly's (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast; https://nerdsrpgvarietycast.com/) calls ins. Also we get a call from Barry Robertson from A Song of Dice & Shadows (https://shows.acast.com/dice-shadows) in reference to the spot I did with Jason on Procedural Play (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376/episodes/621-Procedural-Tabletop-Roleplaying-Games-e2io1b8) prompted by a call in from MW Lewis of the Worlds of MW Lewis (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mwlewis).
Check out Dungeon Musing episodes referenced in the show: (Traveller Retrospective) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aKGbR4w7E8
(CypherSystem -- We Are All Mad Here) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtgtaxiH5_k
And my YouTube channel -- www.youtube.com/@thegmologist9270 where you can see Actual Play of Twilight: 2000 4th, D&D 5E set in Eberron, and other games.
259 Dances with Wolves (1990)
258 Recaps Raw
257 NPCs Part Deux
256 The Intractable NPC
I talk about recent games both played and run. Also calls from Jason Connerrly (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast; https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376).
Games Mentioned:
Day after Ragnarok - https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/62543/the-day-after-ragnarok
Blessed & the Blasphemous - https://sonsofthesingularity.com/the-blessed-and-the-blasphemous/
Call of Cthulhu, 7th Edition - https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg/
Twilight 2000, 4th Edition -- https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/twilight-2000/
Podcasts Mentioned --
Salzwedl's The Omega 3D Chicken Coop " REBOOT: TTRPG Tone: Why does it matter" https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eric-salzwedel/
Mirke the Meek --
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mirke-the-meek/episodes/002-NPC-Personalities-e2c8630
Joe Richter's Hindsightless -- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joe-richter9
255 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
254 A New Game on the Horizon
253 Sustainable
252 Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
251 Do you like Starter Sets?
250 Backup Mystery
249 A Weekend with Cthulhu
248 The Good, The Bad & the Ugly (1966)
247 A game in your back pocket
246 How to Run a Murder Mystery in your RPGs
245 For A Few Dollars More (1965)
244 Recent Feedback & Stuff
243 Casablanca (1942) for Valentine's Day
242 M-OSR
241 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
240 A Reaver State
239 BSerCon3 Recap + Blood Lords
238 High Noon (1952)
237 Con Adventure Prep
236 Love is a Battlefield
235 Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
234 What Motivates You, the Player, to Adventure?
I am joined by B.J. Boyd of the Arcane Alienist podcast (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arcanealienist) to talk about an ongoing topic in the ADD-verse. We discuss wealth, power, story, camaraderie as motivation for players, Domain play, gold as standard, and give anecdotes. We thank Jason Connerrly (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376), The Worlds of MW Lewis (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mwlewis), Bandit's Keep (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-norton), Web DM (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7XFmdssWgaPzGyGbKk8GaQ), Todd of Hexed Press (https://hexed.press/) and the Pink Phantom (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/phantom-thoughts/id1634924392) for Inspiration for the discussion.
Please also check out my YouTube Actual Play & Game Discussion at The GMologist channel ( www.youtube.com/@thegmologist9270)
Intro & Outro Music by TJ Drennon. Cover clip art by Amy Lee Rodriguez. Today's art is from Dank And Devout: 21 Christian Memes For The Holiest Time Of The Year3,2870 Filed under "Collections" Published 3 years ago (2020) by Adam B..
You can send me a message via the Anchor website, through DM on Discord, as an attachment to my email (gmologist@gmail.com) or to my speakpipe account: https://www.speakpipe.com/TheGmologistPresents.
233 Days Gone By - On to the Next Year
232 Find the Source
231 Mini-review: Swords & Chaos
I unbox and discuss Swords & Chaos, a Castles & Crusades supplement by Jeremy D. Farkas published by Blackspire Fantasy LLC.
https://www.blackspirefantasy.com/
Also call ins from Jason Connerrly (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast; https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376), Collin Green (Spikepit; https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spikepit/), and Mirke from the Mirke the Meek podcast (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mirke-the-meek)
ntro & Outro Music by TJ Drennon. Cover clip art by Amy Lee Rodriguez. Today's Art, the cover of Swords & Chaos by Brian LeBlanc & World Map by Jog Brogzin. You can send me a message via the Anchor website, through DM on Discord, as an attachment to my email (gmologist@gmail.com) or to my speakpipe account: https://www.speakpipe.com/TheGmologistPresents.
230 Mini-review: Elfland
I review Elfland: Beyond The Fields We Know and other tales for DCC by Stefan Surrat. Also Call-ins from Jason Connerrly (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast; https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376) referencing Episode S3 E23. Also a call in from one of my players, Joe Jungers as his T2K PC in reference to Episode 221 and Jason Connerrly's comments in a subsequent episode (222).
DCC RPG- https://goodman-games.com/dungeon-crawl-classics-rpg/
Dragon Peak Publishing - https://www.dragonpeakpublishing.com/
Planet X Games - https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/collections/planet-x-games
Intro & Outro Music by TJ Drennon. Cover clip art by Amy Lee Rodriguez. Today's Art, the cover of Elfland: Beyond the Fields We Know is by Bruno Prosaiko. You can send me a message via the Anchor website, through DM on Discord, as an attachment to my email (gmologist@gmail.com) or to my speakpipe account: https://www.speakpipe.com/TheGmologistPresents.
201 RPGaDay2023 Day 1 (August 1)
My Day 1 RPGaDay Entry. #rpgaday2023 https://www.autocratik.com/2023/07/this-august-10th-rpgaday.html Intro & Outro Music by TJ Drennon. Cover clip art by Amy Lee Rodriguez. You can send me a message via the Anchor website, through DM on Discord, as an attachment to my email (gmologist@gmail.com) or to my speakpipe account: https://www.speakpipe.com/TheGmologistPresents.
229 The Week in Review
228 Coyote & Crow: the Discussion part 2
B.J. Boyd and I are re-joined by Dr. Sarah Rhoades-Kerswill to discuss the Coyote & Crow RPG. B.J. Boyd hosts the Arcane Alienist Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-arcane-alienist/id1552084924). Coytoe & Crow RPG can be found here: https://coyoteandcrow.net/ The YouTube of this recording can be found here: https://youtu.be/34FQe7QetQI?si=9Wnf6LgLuhrG3z29 Listen or watch part 1 here: https://youtu.be/7_NZ-3pIZNg?si=gt8PtDl0qcJNO3y_ (YouTube), https://open.spotify.com/episode/1c17SdzzmbSRZH2xwJVj4t?si=gq9fs60WTg28ffayvy76KA (Podcast)
Call ins from Brian of the Have to Look that Up Podcast - https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Q5OlXvhmht3qA3irzqT11?si=vu5S7QHYRtCMRiOtpwZDrg Intro & Outro Music by TJ Drennon. Cover clip art by Amy Lee Rodriguez. You can send me a message via the Anchor website, through DM on Discord, as an attachment to my email (gmologist@gmail.com) or to my speakpipe account: https://www.speakpipe.com/TheGmologistPresents.
227 Post-Turkey Blues
We lost our buddy Aaron Koelman this weekend. Cancer Sux. And seemingly trivial in comparison, I talk about some games that I played this past weekend. Jason Connerly (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast;https://open.spotify.com/show/4oPnUnwitpUqn9saEkFaNf?si=NQvRRUfoT3Wj0_Rz5yhtPg) improves the quality of the podcast with a call in. You can view the the Dungeon Musings YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/@DungeonMusings. Intro & Outro Music by TJ Drennon. Interior music from Looperman (https://www.looperman.com/). Cover clip art by Amy Lee Rodriguez. You can send me a message via the Anchor website, through DM on Discord, as an attachment to my email (gmologist@gmail.com) or to my speakpipe account: https://www.speakpipe.com/TheGmologistPresents.
Also please check out my Actual Play and Gaming YouTube Channel -- www.youtube.com/@thegmologist9270
226 Thanksgiving 2023
225 Multiverse, Multi-rules, Multigames
Jason Connerrly's (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast; https://open.spotify.com/show/4oPnUnwitpUqn9saEkFaNf?si=ztvfmbuzTmiyEXPoZRCBbQ) call prompts me to revisit an old concept, the Multi-rule Multigame. I got a few ideas. The Marvel Game, The D&D game, the Duck game. [Shhh...an unboxing]. Walking Dead RPG (https://www.thewalkingdead-rpg.com/).
Marvel Games:
Marvel Multiverse Roleplaying Game - https://www.marvel.com/rpg
Marvel Universe Roleplaying Game - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Universe_Roleplaying_Game
Marvel Heroic Roleplaying - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Heroic_Roleplaying
Marvel Super Heroes: The Heroic Role-playing Game - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Super_Heroes_(role-playing_game)
D&D game mentions -
Candlekeep Mysteries - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlekeep_Mysteries
Drizzt Do'Urden - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drizzt_Do%27Urden
Duck Stuff:
Runequest - https://www.chaosium.com/runequest-rpg/
Dragonbane RPG - https://www.dragonbane-rpg.com/
Historia 5E - https://manaprojectstudio.com/portfolio/historia/
Mutant Year Zero - https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/mutant-year-zero/
Earth-8311 - https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Peter_Porker_(Earth-8311)#Other_heroes_and_Masked_Marauder
Intro & Outro Music by TJ Drennon. Cover clip art by Amy Lee Rodriguez. You can send me a message via the Anchor website, through DM on Discord, as an attachment to my email (gmologist@gmail.com) or to my speakpipe account: https://www.speakpipe.com/TheGmologistPresents.
224 Thumbnails
223 Noble Frauds, Ice Baths & Breakfast
The 222 - Halloween-themed Games
I talk about the two games that I ran for Halloween week...Savage Supers Horror with the Monster Squad and Marvel Multiverse Roleplaying: Vampires vs some Defenders. Also, call in from Jason Connerrly (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast; https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376).
YouTube actual play of Marvel Game: https://youtu.be/KtoFMFKHwt8
Savage Worlds, Supers Companion, Horror Companion: https://peginc.com/savage-settings/savage-worlds/, https://peginc.com/product-category/savage-worlds-companions/super-powers-companion/, https://peginc.com/product/horror-companion-swade/
Marvel Multiverse Roleplaying: https://www.marvel.com/rpg
Intro & Outro Music by TJ Drennon. Cover clip art by Amy Lee Rodriguez. You can send me a message via the Anchor website, through DM on Discord, as an attachment to my email (gmologist@gmail.com) or to my speakpipe account: https://www.speakpipe.com/TheGmologistPresents.
221 "Jonsey's Dead, Kasia!"
220 After action report - Fwd Fest 2023
219 Admiral Interrogation
Twilight 2000: freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/twilight-2000/
Also check the T2K scene on YouTube: youtu.be/TIgOgmyJB78
218 A Tale of Two Cthulhu (Games)
217 Three Dice & the Truth Vol.3
BJ Boyd of the Arcane Alienist (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arcanealienist) joins me again for the continuing saga of Agent 45, Danny "Colt" Stockton. My wife Amy Lee Rodriguez (crushfoundation@gmail.com) also joins us as an iconic Marvel Superhero.
Also check us out our actual play on YouTube (https://youtu.be/tZeKui2fnT4)
You can purchase the Marvel Multiverse Roleplaying Game at www.marvel.com/rpg