Radio Grognard KING SIZE

I talk about how to possibly use clowns in your campaign. Seriously.

I talk about going back to the old fairy tales for campaign inspiration.

I talk about starting PCs at a higher level and how you should adjust for that.

I talk about how GMs should pay attention to their players.

I talk about placing multiple McGuffins in your campaign.

I talk about how even while the PCs are recovering there can be adventure.

I talk about how every group should, on occasion,  get into at least one unarmed combat.

I talk about mundane projects for the PCs and the adventure possibilities therein.

I talk about having characters do good works for the village, town, etc. and how it can benefit them and the campaign.

I talk about the Dependent Non-Player Character and how you can utilize them in your games.

I talk about how deadly do you want your game?

I talk about when players want to create new spells or magic items and how they will impact the campaign world.

I talk about placement of features on campaign maps.

I talk about using a campaign world with a different ruleset and the conversion things you have to consider.

I talk about taking the "7-Sentence NPC" method and using it to flesh out your PCs background.

I talk about how GMs pass info to players in private.

I talk about how, done right, a lil' bait-and-switch won't hurt the adventure.

I talk about background things going on in a campaign and how they may or may not have an affect on the adventure.

I review a few drop-in locations my buddy John Alan Large has on DriveThru and also about other things like that for easy use in campaigns.

I talk about listening to appropriate music during prep.

I talk about using rumors in your adventures (true or not) and having fun switching them up a bit.

I talk about using an adventure to give the flavor of your campaign world and condense it down for easier manageability.

I talk about how I like to see modules and supplements laid out.

I talk about level caps and XP versus Adventure-Based Advancement.

I talk about expanding your campaign world.

I talk about players who try to bend the game (and the Group) to their will.

I talk about using different technologies in a fantasy RPG.

I talk about board games with RPG-type elements.

I talk about possibly adding locomotives to my somewhat steampunk fantasy RPG world.

I talk about not worrying when the game is going TOO good.

The third of John Allan Large's voicemails, this time about my previous episode about returning to RPGS. I elaborate a bit.

I play another John Alan Large voicemail and I talk more about duration of sessions and when to pause them.

In this small series of episodes I play John Alan Large's voicemail talking about my character motivation ep and elaborate on it a bit.

In the second episode on this topic I talk about another NPC you should use in your game - the Eccentric Holy Man/Alchemist.

In this two-parter I talk about an NPC that is a great help with equipping PCs as well as adventure hooks - the Eccentric Inventor.

I talk about GMs who have been away from the hobby and want to get back behind the screen again.

I talk about players who try to disrupt the game through their character's actions, citing "that's what my character would do." I'm not a fan.

I talk about running an adventure like a buddy road trip.

A few more thoughts about pacing in RPGs, from the player and GM POV.

I review Fists and .45s! by Paper-Dragon Productions.

I talk about keeping track of time in RPGs.

I talk about adventure-building the Lester Dent Way.

I talk about Appendix N, how it affected me in my gaming history and how it seemed to me to cause and possibly perpetuate a schism between gamers.

I talk about, once more, defining the role of GM and players.

I talk about using the leftover gaming material found in used books and such as research for your campaign.

I talk about the GM's Last Resort - The God Card and how I am loathe to use it.

I talk about running more than one campaign and some ideas I have to keep track of them.

I talk about what PCs can do in the time between adventures.

I talk about adventuring in high altitudes.

I talk about how GMs should never penalize players for being clever.