Ang, Chris and Josh chat about mixing up genres in our RPGs and as a result touch on what genre is, and why we can and should mash it all up together! Links: D&D Lego! The Nebula Awards Daggerheart PlaytestGnome Stew

Ang, Jared, and JT get together on the mics to talk about all the ins and outs of taking over the GMing duties in an existing group. Links: Pathfinder Mini-Dungeon Tome D&D 5e Mini-Dungeon Tome Coriolis: The Great Dark Kickstarter Stewpot: Tales from a Fantasy TavernGnome Stew

In honor of D&D’s 50th Anniversary, a whole bunch of Gnomes get on the mics to talk about our history with this venerable game. Prepare for a little nostalgia and musings about this hobby we all love.Gnome Stew

Ang, JT and Senda chat about the logistics of adding new players to your groups and new characters to your games. Links: Mythulu Cards Xenolanguage Coriolis: The Great Dark Kickstarter Savage Worlds Science Fiction Companion KickstarterGnome Stew

Ang, Jared and Josh get together and talk about what we can take from video games and apply to the RPGs we bring to the table. Links: Jared’s Marvel Multiverse RPG Extended ObjectivesGnome Stew

Ang welcomes Bridgett Jeffries, Chaosium Community Coordinator to the Stew, where they talk about what that role means to the modern gaming community. Also, horror games and how our tastes change! Links Symphony Entertainment Sorrow in Tsavo Carousel of Fears Miskatonic RepositoryGnome Stew

In our first Gnomecast of 2024, Ang welcomes Josh Storey to the Stew! Links Sarah Gailey’s Stone Soup Josh on BlueSky Josh on InstagramGnome Stew

Ang, JT and Tomas get together and talk about all the little things that help create deep, textured worlds for our players. Links Kanka.io Tomas’ Twitch Channel JT’s Dungeons and Dragons Utilities Arium Fetchwife Hive DreamsGnome Stew

Ang has a chat with Bryan Steele about his work with Evil Genius Games and Everyday Heroes, along with all the other things he has been doing as a Professional Nerd for the last twenty-plus years. Links Evil Genius Games Warzone Eternal (still taking backer preorders until December 15th) Imaria (5E setting) Kickstarter Tales From a Professional Ner…

Ang, Chris, & Jared talk about superhero games and get off on a variety of comic book and superhero media tangents. Links WhatdoIKnowJR.com – Jared’s Reviews Supergods by Grant Morrison Screen Crush Youtube Channel Themershard OrnamentGnome Stew

Ang, Chris, & Jared talk about using Canon Characters in your games. They touch on their experiences as a GM and player and then give some tips and tricks to make it a little easier for you to make you IP games with Canon Characters work. Links WhatdoIKnowJR.com – Jared’s Reviews Modiphius Star Trek Characters TOS Questing Beast with Justin Alexand…

Some of us are attending conventions once again and thought we should share our best tips for how to go about existing in the convention space. Enjoy. Links https://schwalbentertainment.com/punkapocalyptic-the-roleplaying-game/ https://milehicon.org/ https://jumpgategames.itch.io/planetfist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl0z5Z8bvro’ Tomas’ game “…

We have a 20 year gaming group anniversary to celebrate and Ang does it with her crew by recording a Gnomecast. They talk about how they’ve kept this group going for 20 years, the changes, and challenges they’ve dealt with, and some pretty good stories about characters and campaigns they’ve played together.…

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Ang, Chris, and Senda get together to talk about some of the RPG a day questions from 2023. Baker Mealtrain: https://www.mealtrain.com/trains/lk908w/ Sean P. Kelly and how2 RPG just released a great video all about Vassen. https://youtu.be/HuRUr27nSV4?si=fNaYtAH86hVC4J00 Seth Skorwkowsky on a ‘Great Player Mindset’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h…

JT sits down with the Demon Lord himself, Rob Schwalb from Schwalb Entertainment to talk about his newest game, Shadow of the Weird Wizard. https://schwalbentertainment.com/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/432417423/shadow-of-the-weird-wizard https://schwalbentertainment.com/category/weird-wizard/ https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/8782/S…

Session 0. We’re doing it again. Why? Because it’s important. Why is it important? Because it helps groups understand who the characters they’re playing are, why the characters are doing what they’re doing, places them firmly into the campaign and setting of the game, and give all the players at the table a bunch of information so they can have a e…

Not every seed that’s planted in the ground grows which is why you need to get some fertile soil, space your seeds in the soil properly, water them as needed, and monitor those seeds as they begin to spout and grow. Same thing applies to Plot Seeds but instead of trowels, watering cans, and enriched soil we bring a different set of tools and ideas …

The gnomes welcome Alex Thomas from Green Ronin, the line developer for Mutants and Masterminds. Ang might have also Gulliver travelled him to a chain to get this interview. Either way, the conversation is pretty good, filled with super hero gaming conversations, and talk of writing for RPG companies. Please forgive our audio as this was done on on…

We’re talking about parties. Not adventuring parties. Masquerades, balls, shindigs, gatherings, formal dances, ragers, raves, and festivals. Chris and Jared want to help you drop that holiday party right in the middle of your game and make it as memorable as possible.Gnome Stew

It’s here. It’s there. It’s every bleeping where. Quantum Ogre. Quantum Ogre.Gnome Stew

On today’s Gnomecast we talk problems with scheduling. To cover that we have Ang, along with Tomas and Phil to talk about the true BBEG of ttrpgs. Time to break out the +4 calendars.Gnome Stew

Jared takes some time to speak with Adam Bradford, the person behind Demiplane. a place for Digital Tools, Content, and Services to Discover, Prep, and Play All Your Favorite Tabletop Roleplaying Games.Gnome Stew

Welcome to the GnomeCast, the Gnome Stew’s tabletop gaming advice podcast. Here we talk with the other gnomes about gaming things to avoid becoming part of the stew. So I guess we’d better be good. Today we have myself Ang, along with Senda and Jared to talk about Collaborative World Building. What it is, how to do it, games that can help you get b…

Game Crush is a conversation between folks who love a game. Sometimes it’s with two people who just enjoy the game and sometimes it’s between a fan and the designer. Today Chris is talking with Jason Cordova for the first ever game crush. We’re talking about his game Public Access, a game of Nostalgia and Analog Horror using the Carved from Brindle…

Welcome to the GnomeCast, the Gnome Stew’s tabletop gaming advice podcast. Here we talk with the other gnomes about gaming things to avoid becoming part of the stew. So I guess we’d better be good. Today we have myself Ang, along with Matt and Chris and we’re going to talk about Hex Crawls! The good, the bad, and how we’ve used them or their ideas …

Welcome to the GnomeCast, the Gnome Stew’s tabletop gaming advice podcast. Here we talk with the other gnomes about gaming things to avoid becoming part of the stew. So I guess we’d better be good. Today we have myself, Ang, along with JT and Senda and today we’re going to talk about introducing new players to roleplaying games.…

Welcome to the GnomeCast, the Gnome Stew’s tabletop gaming advice podcast. Here we talk with the other gnomes about gaming things to avoid becoming part of the stew. So I guess we’d better be good. Today we have myself, Ang, along with Jared and JT. Today we’re going to talk about how one bad player can make you change how you GM, in both good and …

Welcome to the GnomeCast, the Gnome Stew’s tabletop gaming advice podcast. Here we talk with the other gnomes about gaming things to avoid becoming part of the stew. So I guess we’d better be good. Today we have Ang along with Phil & Senda. Today their going to talk about playing for an audience. With Panda’s. No. Wait. They’re the Panda’s. Just li…

Welcome to the GnomeCast, the Gnome Stew’s tabletop gaming advice podcast. Here we talk with the other gnomes about gaming things to avoid becoming part of the stew. So I guess we’d better be good. Today we have Ang along with Jared and JT and today their going to talk about how to balance the GM’s plot with the players’ agency. Links Tasting Histo…

You go down that hallway and I’ll go down this one. You want to split the party? Is that a good idea? Well, Ang, Thomas, and Chris are here to tell you why it is, some tips for how to do it well, and the places you might not want to get things all separated.Gnome Stew

Welcome to the Gnomecast. This week it’s about those games we want to get to the table in 2023. So give it a listen and maybe you’ll be inspired to run a game you’ve never heard of.Gnome Stew

This week’s Gnomecast is getting back to basics, again…, with Ang and JT as they let Lori ask them a bunch more questions for the beginning GM. It’s Part two time.Gnome Stew

This week’s Gnomecast is getting back to basics with Ang and JT as they let Lori aske them a bunch of questions for the beginning GM.Gnome Stew

We’re talking about our favorite baddies and then get a little deeper into the variations of adversaries in our ttrpgs.Gnome Stew

You can’t muster up the energy, the game isn’t fun anymore, you feel trapped by the scope of your prep and campaign. It’s all just too much. Then hits the burnout. This episode provides a variety of gnomes giving you burnout stories and advice. Enjoy and we hope this helps.Gnome Stew

Published Adventures? We’re talking about Published Adventures? You just open them, read them, and run them, right? But there’s a little more to it than that, which Ang and Chris get into on this episode of the Gnomecast,Gnome Stew

What tries to be a short-form thing, while also diving into a deeply embedded aspect of gaming that can also be considered highly annoying? Well an episode of the Gnomecast talking about Riddles of course!Gnome Stew

This episode of the Gnomecast features Ang, Phil, and John talking about getting around in RPGs.Gnome Stew

On this episode we’re going to talk about that GM skill of knowing when to ask for dice rolls and went to not. As the saying goes, “Y’gotta know when to roll ‘em, y’gotta know when to hold ‘em…”Gnome Stew

Welcome to the GnomeCast, the Gnome Stew’s tabletop gaming advice podcast. Here we talk with the other gnomes about gaming things to avoid becoming part of the stew. So I guess we’d better be good. Today we have myself Ang, along with Jared, Chris and Lori. We’re going to talk about our thoughts on the recently announced playtest for One D&D and th…

Welcome to the GnomeCast, the Gnome Stew’s tabletop gaming advice podcast. Here we talk with the other gnomes about gaming things to avoid becoming part of the stew. So I guess we’d better be good. Today we have myself Ang, along with Jared and Matt and we are going to talk about the D&D movie trailer and how media influences our games! Download: G…

Join Jared for a discussion with game designer extraordinaire Steve Kenson as they talk about Twilight Accord, a fantasy TTRPG centering queer identities, culture, and heroes. Download: Gnomecast#145 – Steve Kenson on Twilight Accord Links for this episode: Twilight Accord Patreon Green RoninGnome Stew

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Ang is joined by newest gnome Lori for another installment of “Get to Know a New Gnome.” Get to know Lori’s gaming background, other interests, and future plans for the Stew. Links for this episode: Check out Lori’s book Home: Selected Lyrics, Poems, and Photographs 2020-2021. Check out Sean Kelley’s new podcast GM Mastermind. Keep up with all the …

Jared is joined by special guest Shawn Merwin for a discussion about the setting and new rules of Ghostfire Gaming’s apocalyptic fantasy D&D supplement Arora: Age of Desolation. Links for this episode: Arora: Age of Desolation from Ghostfire Gaming is on Kickstarter through Saturday, June 18th. Follow Shawn at @shawnmerwin on Twitter and check out …

Join Ang, Jared, and Tomas (again!) for a discussion about ways to handle running a group of characters to rival your game’s PCs or even running two separate PC groups! Can these gnomes deal well enough with their rivals to keep themselves out of the stew? Links for this episode: Check out Jared’s blog What Do I Know? Jared recommends Green Ronin’s…

Join Ang, Jared, and Tomas for a discussion about their experiences and opinions of different settings for Dungeons & Dragons through the years. Can these gnomes live in enough different worlds to keep them out of the stew? Links for this episode: Check out Jared’s blog What Do I Know? Follow Tomas at @TGimenezrGM on Twitter, and find his articles …

Jared is joined by very special guest James Introcaso, Lead Designer of MCDM Productions, to discuss “Flee, Mortals!”, the MDCM monster book for 5e. They talk design process and decisions, plus some of James’ other work, both past and future. Links for this episode: “Flee, Mortals!” is on Kickstarter through Monday, May 2nd. MCDM Productions ARCADI…

Join Ang, Jared, and Senda for a discussion about those magical gaming moments that keep you coming back for more, and how as a GM you can help those moments along. Can these gnomes have enough magic moments to keep them out of the stew? Links for this episode: Improv for Gamers Second Edition is crowdfunding on Gamefound through Thursday, May 5th.…