Godzilla Gaming Podcast - Show 6

A little self indulgence

This month, Cam and I try to do a little self-analysis and figure out what makes our games tick. We’re talking about things like themes, techniques, and trying to get a handle on how we do what we do at the game table.

News, Feedback, and What We’re Playing

The response to Andy K’s interview last month was fantastic and it was really great to get him on the show. Our next guest is Stan! Stan! (yes, with an exclamation point) has been working in the gaming business since 1994 for such companies as West End Games, TSR, WotC, and now Upper Deck Entertainment. He’s also a partner in The Game Mechanics. He may not be a big “name� but he’s certainly Been There and Done That – artist, designer, editor, manager, all kinds of stuff. He’s also been a good friend of mine for nearly 15 years, so I’m honored to have him on the show! If you have any questions you’d like to ask Stan! send them to me before July 5th!

We got some great feedback on our show about roleplaying in military settings. It’s great to be able to apply the stuff we talked about in our 2300AD game. I also just ran Godlike last Wednesday and had a good time with that.

I raved about Burning Empires in the show and it’s jumped to the top of my list of games I want to play right now! I ordered the specially illustrated hardcover – yeah, not cheap, but this one is definitely going to make an impact!

Warhammer rocks! Get your crew together and go kick some Chaos ass!

Cam is going to do some Nobilis and I’m looking forward to that. Reading the rules makes my head hurt but Cam assures me it’s all good once you get into it!

And yeah, while Cam is off in Kagoshima for a week and a half I’ve given him the mandate to finish up his Unknown Armies write-up. We’ll see if he delivers…

Pin yourself up on the Frappr Map. Come on South America!

Gaming in J-Land

This is a new segment in response to listener feedback. Hopefully you’ll find it amusing. We won’t always be talking about snacks, and hopefully we an cover other aspects of the gaming experience here in J-land. In September, if we can swing it, we’ll be playing The Mountain Witch in a teahouse inside a Japanese garden, so we’ll talk about that. If you have any other ideas for something we can cover here, please let us know!

Until then, enjoy your Collon!

Feature: Getting Our Gaming Mojo On

I suppose us talking about what it’s like to be in our games is a bit self-indulgent, but being able to hold a mirror up to yourself and see what you’re doing can certainly be helpful. Even more helpful is having someone else tell you what their impression of your games is like. Anyway, we think we got some good discussion out of this.

We enjoy hearing about how other people run their games and would sure be interested in what you do with yours. Everyone has a different style and approach, so let us hear your thoughts on our discussion, and your own approach to running games.

Review: Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters is a great game and deserves all of the praise it gets. It’s definitely a good game to introduce your non-gaming friends to roleplaying with, and just plain fun! Unfortunately it’s not easy to find these days, even on eBay, but here’s a link to the Ghostbusters site I mentioned in the show.

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