STG 133 – Getting Started as a GM

It’s a perfectly normal episode, without guests or con recaps or anything – what even is this? It’s an episode about getting your feet wet as a GM, that’s what! After our usual banter, including Jenny’s sudden appearance in Grant’s D&D game, we answer a question from Patreon supporter Shawn, who asks us about our perfect gaming room. Then we get into our main topic with a variety of suggestions for people considering running their own game for the first time.

Some resources for new GMs: Peter’s “I Want To GM” blog post; Gnome Stew; Dan Carlin’s Hardcore History podcast; Robin D. Laws […]

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Tale #28 – An Epic of Loss and Grief

            So you might be asking yourself, “Is everyone in the Wandering Bards Guild actually a bard?” Well, not exactly. In this newest tale – the penultimate of this year’s Wandering Bards tales – the bar is being tended by not one host, but two.… Continue reading

Bonus Episode 14 – Ottowa Comic Con and Other Things

It’s time for another bonus episode, `cause we’ve got a convention to recap and gaming news to catch up on! Jenny went to Ottowa Comic Con 2018 this May, and she’s got a lot of stories to tell! Aside from various panels and general geekery, she particularly liked Meeples To Go, Cardamajig’s The Deck of Many (with art by Jordan Richer), Roe’s Art, and Richard Dufault’ […]

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STG 132 – Board Games (with Mike Perna)

As foretold, once every thirty-three episodes Mike Perna of Innroads Ministries, Game Store Prophets, and Bard and Bible joins us—this time, to talk about board games! Mike takes a moment to plug TavernCon 2018 (June 9th in Warren, NJ.) We also give a bit of a shout-out (belated by the time this episode drops) to the Min/Max Podcast for hitting the one-year mark. Then we take on a question from

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