Excess Advantage

Latest Episodes:

307: EPG Review Part 4: New Tones May 12, 2020

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In this episode of Excess Advantage, we have some great news! Guillaume and I have started the French Genesys community! Pour les francophones, il y a maintenant des groupes sûr Facebook et Discord!

Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/jdrgenesys/

Discord server: https://discord.gg/bUqj2nD

Now, you all probably know that I am American, but I do know enough French to get into trouble, so I hope to see my French-speaking listeners on the new community sites!

For the rest of the episode, I answer a listener question about incorporating the EPG and RoT magic talents. Then we do a deep dive into the two new tones in the EPG: Heist and Noir.

306: Magic Skills Guide Apr 28, 2020

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In today's episode, we take a break from the EPG review and I have a nice chat with Guillaume about his Skills Guide. It's been a #1 best seller on Foundry practically since the day it dropped, and for good reason!

In this episode, we focus on the magic skills section because he has some amazing new rules for limiting starting magic without charging characters XP to unlock, and instead relies on skill checks!

Text link to the Skills Guide: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/299740/Skills-Guide-Skills-Supplement-for-Genesys?affiliate_id=275246

305: EPG Review Part 3: Social Encounters Apr 14, 2020

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In today's episode, we continue with the Expanded Optional Rules from the EPG: Social Encounters. This episode only discusses the basic of social skills as well as the new options and suggestions in the EPG. If you would like to hear my in-depth coverage of the social encounter mechanics, check out episode 113 (https://anchor.fm/excess-advantage/episodes/113-Social-Encounters-e3h0qo)!

304: EPG Review, Part 2: Specialization Trees Mar 31, 2020

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In today's episode, I tackle maybe one of the most controversial aspects of the EPG: specialization trees! These talent trees originated in the Star Wars RPG, which is the predecessor of Genesys. I try to be as impartial as I could, but personal preferences do crop up.

If you don't yet have your copy of the EPG, you can get the PDF at DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/298208/Genesys-Expanded-Players-Guide?affiliate_id=275246

The intro/outro music is "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.

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303: EPG Review, Part 1 Mar 24, 2020

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Greetings and welcome! This is the first of my more bite-sized episodes (clocking in a just under 20 minutes) and I take a deep dive into the EPG, Part 3 Chapter 1: Expanded Magic rules.

In this episode, I talk about the new magic talents and actions added in the EPG and how I feel like the EPG is a love letter from the devs to the community.

Season 3 Intermission 1: Updates Mar 17, 2020

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Just a quick episode to update all y'all on what's happening with the podcast as well as the future of Genesys!

302: Vehicles, Revisited Feb 25, 2020

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In this episode, I do a bit more of a deep dive into the vehicle rules and how to use them in your game. I focus on

the different types of vehicle-centric campaigns.
Small-craft combat and what is needed for a dog-fight.
Other vehicular actions available to those who aren't the pilot or gunner.

The intro/outro music is "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.

If you like what you If you like what you hear, please leave a rating or review where you get your podcasts, it helps others find us. If you would like to donate to help support the podcast, please visit ko-fi.com/excess-advantage.

301: Vehicles Feb 11, 2020

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With the recent release of the Expanded Player's Guide and the inclusion of vehicle creation rules, there has been a renewed interest into vehicles. So today we do a deep dive into the rules for vehicles: what a vehicle is, how it works, what it can and can't do and how vehicular combat differs from personal combat!

The intro/outro music is "Take a Chance" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License.

The End Jul 11, 2019

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Due to real life circumstances, the podcast is over.

Just remember, regardless of success or failure of your roll always check…for excess advantage.

2i1: Asking Good Questions; Giving Quality Answers Jun 27, 2019

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Welcome to the first interlude episode of season 2! Due to an unfortunate family emergency, Scott was unable to make our regular recording day so I stepped in and gave a monologue on how you can ask good questions and give quality answers when interacting with the online community.

While this advice is aimed at the Genesys community specifically, the advice is universally applicable to any fandom for any game system!

Join the discussion:

Discord: http://discord.gg/3vNJa6t

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/GenesysRPG/

Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/genesysrpg/

FFG Forums: https://community.fantasyflightgames.com/forum/527-genesys/

Buy the Books!

Genesys Core Book: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/228813/Genesys-Core-Rulebook?affiliate_id=275246

Realms of Terrinoth: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/239561/Realms-of-Terrinoth?affiliate_id=275246

Shadow of the Beanstalk: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/266756/Shadow-of-the-Beanstalk?affiliate_id=275246