A podcast about making better stories and adventures in the Star Wars universe and how to GM better
https://thehydianway.com
Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 6 days 11 hours 56 minutes
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Episode 151 – The Characteristic Tale
We talk about how characteristics need to be thought of for your characters as your creating, knowing where your character is now in the timeline of their growth, and how you can shape your character off of abilities that aren’t common.
Episode 150 – The Player Choice Tale
Beka and Ben talk about how to make your players make a choice in your games. From giving consequences to taking the plank that their clinging to away slowly we talk about ways of getting your players to engage in the situation around them.
Episode 149 – The NPC Voice Tale
This week it’s Beka and Ben talking about how to make NPCs feel like PCs quickly or in more depth when you have time. We also hear about one way that doing world building can be of great benefit for you the GM.
Episode 148 – The Scene Building Tale
What goes into making a scene an scene? How can you drive the players in the direction you want them to? What do you do to spur the players into motion? We talk about this and more in todays episode. Things we talked about in the show: Jackie Chan with...
Episode 147 – The Subplot Tale
This week we dive into Duty and Obligation and how to make them feel like a part of the whole story instead of a switch track stealing your plot. From simple ideas on how to weave a subplot into narrative, to ideas on where to look for incremental meth...
Episode 146 – The New In Town Tale
We welcome Beka Black to our podcast to bring an artists perspective to our show. In interviewing her we find out about her deep history with Star Wars, her ability with art, and the way she jumped in with both feet to being a Game Master. Also,
Episode 145 – The Module Tale
Tess wanted to ask about making a published module your own. We talk about how to make the voice of the module yours and how it can make it even more awesome because it allows you to focus on the characters even more.
Episode 144 – The Motivation Tale
David and Ben were able to talk about motivating your players out of their bases of operations in ways that aren’t only a sledge of their obligations showing up on their door. This was asked by a Patreon supporter Andrew Fullard.
Episode 143 – The Espionage Tale
David liked the idea of talking about espionage and then talked about Jack Bauer and Jason Borne. We talk about far ranging ideas from infiltration missions to your party and crew being infiltrated. This episode we talked about: James Bond Jason Bourn...
Episode 142 – The Escape Tale
David had the idea of trying to escape for a bit, but then we got talking about escaping prisons and how it’s done. We go from the classics all the way through to more modern ideas of prison breaks and talk about a few things you need to think of to ma...