RPG Lessons Learned

Dusty finished the classic adventure The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh for Tanner! Long story short, Dusty needs to get better at re-capping prior sessions to recreate immersion. Scarlet Heroes by Sine Nomine Publishing on DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/127180/Scarlet-Heroes The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh on DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/17069/u1-the-sinister-secret-of-saltmarsh-1e The Hex Dungeon Manifesto by Tanner on Itch: https://thecrystalmaw.itch.io/the-hex-dungeon-manifesto" Intro / Outro Music: Mirror Image by BernardW100!

Dusty describes running Andrew Kolb's Neverland for his daughter and her friends! They talk arts and crafts as a part of running RPGs, bucket list gaming, setting expectations about hex crawls, affordable gaming, the strengths and weaknesses of OSR systems, and putting "crap" on the table. Neverland Campaign Setting by Andrew Kolb: https://kolbisneat.com/portfolio/neverland/ Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game: https://www.basicfantasy.org Intro / Outro Music: Mirror Image by BernardW100!

Dusty ran the classic adventure The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh for Tanner as a Hex Dungeon! Topics include adapting an old adventure for a Hex Dungeon, variety in published adventures, how damn good of a game Scarlet Heroes is, the fun of playing through a haunted house of creepy-crawlies, the power of evocative descriptions, rot grubs, and more! Scarlet Heroes by Sine Nomine Publishing on DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/127180/Scarlet-Heroes The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh on DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/17069/u1-the-sinister-secret-of-saltmarsh-1e The Hex Dungeon Manifesto by Tanner on Itch: https://thecrystalmaw.itch.io/the-hex-dungeon-manifesto  Intro / Outro Music: Mirror Image by BernardW100!

Tanner loves Baldur's Gate 3! But Dusty hates it... Listen to Tanner take Dusty to task! Note, there will be spoilers for Baldur's Gate 3 in this episode. They talk about translating tabletop combat to video games, the likeability of evil characters, the importance of being hooked early, adult content and expectations, player expression, dating sims, roleplaying moments, and when to give things a try vs give up and move on. Larian Studios, the developers of BG3: https://larian.com/  Intro / Outro Music: Mirror Image by BernardW100!

Tanner and Dusty finish Slug House! They discuss the importance of an emotional hook, the current state of Tanner's system, the Tan Hack, and more! Slug House by Stromberg Press: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/491255/slug-house The Tan Hack: https://thecrystalmaw.itch.io/the-tan-hack  Intro / Outro Music: Mirror Image by BernardW100!