Happy Jacks RPG Podcast: GM & Player TTRPG Advice

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HJRP S33E13 | Movie Inspired Games, Players Rejecting the Premise, Big Game Groups, & Yay, Pinnacles! Mar 09, 2024

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◇ Topic: Has a movie ever inspired a character or a campaign you made? Jörn from Sweden asks about players who reject the premise, Ken from Canada asks about running games for big groups and shares an update, Mike likes Pinnacles! | Hosts: Jason, Jay, Pooja, & Clara ◇ 00:33 - Welcome & Episode Summary | 1:24 - Announcements: We have a Savage Worlds actual play GMed by Enge starting up soon! Our March 2nd Game Daze was a huge hit! We had 9 games in all different systems! The next one will be in May! (happyjacks.org/discord) | 01:43 - Indie Designer of the Month: Logan Timmins (he/him) (breathingstories.itch.io)| 03:05 - Topic: Has a movie ever inspired a character or a campaign you made? | 27:42 - Jörn from Sweden asks about players who reject the premise | 46:53 - Ken from Canada asks about running games for big groups and shares an update! | 01:15:10 - Mike likes Pinnacles! 01:27:57 - Episode Closing | 01:29:22 - Song: "The Force is Yours" by Super MadNES | ◇ Email happyjacksrpg@gmail.com to send in your own topic or question for the show! ◇ Find us on Youtube ◇ Twitch ◇ Twitter ◇ Instagram ◇ Facebook ◇ Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co ◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time. ◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintaining and improving the quality of our shows. patreon.com/happyjacksrpg Ⓒ2023 Happy Jacks RPG Network www.happyjacks.org

HJRP S33E12 | Player Type Changes, AITA?, & Game Stories Mar 07, 2024

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◇ Topic: What type of player are you? Does it change based on system or setting? Davi asks “Am I the A-hole?”, and Doogler shares some game stories | Hosts: Kimi, Enge, & Samantha ◇ 00:33 - Welcome & Episode Summary | 1:41 - Announcements: Next Discord Game Daze will be in March! (happyjacks.org/discord) | 3:07 - Indie Designer of the Month: Anna Landin (she/her)(https://annalandin.itch.io/)| 8:13 - Topic: What type of player are you? Does it change based on system or setting? | 27:33 - Davi asks “Am I the A-hole?” | 39:57 - Doogler shares some game stories | 01:04:45 - Episode Closing | 01:06:05 - Song: "The Force Your Way" by Super MadNES (supermadnes.com) | ◇ Email happyjacksrpg@gmail.com to send in your own topic or question for the show! ◇ Find us on Youtube ◇ Twitch ◇ Twitter ◇ Instagram ◇ Facebook ◇ Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co ◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time. ◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintaining and improving the quality of our shows. patreon.com/happyjacksrpg Ⓒ2023 Happy Jacks RPG Network www.happyjacks.org

HJRP S33E11 | Live from OrcCon 2024! Feb 27, 2024

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◇ Live from OrcCon 2024 at the Hilton LAX in Los Angeles! A great panel show with members of our audience and stories from lots of different con games. Since it is a live event, the audio quality is not the same as our normal episodes recorded in our studio. ◇ ◇ Find us on Youtube ◇ Twitch ◇ Twitter ◇ Instagram ◇ Facebook ◇ Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co ◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time. ◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintaining and improving the quality of our shows. patreon.com/happyjacksrpg Ⓒ2023 Happy Jacks RPG Network www.happyjacks.org

HJRP S33E10 | Pros and Cons of Published Adventures, Publishing Adventures for Profit, & Avoid Complicated Magic Items Feb 15, 2024

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● Topic: What are the pros and cons of running prewritten adventures? ● Emails: Mike is planning to publish adventures and wonders if there is hope for small publishers? Charger 347 talks about making magic items that aren’t too complicated ● Hosts: Kimi, Pooja, & Alex ● 00:33 - Welcome & Episode Summary ● 1:41 - Announcements: OrcCon in February 16th-19th! We will be doing a live show on Saturday night. (strategicon.net) | Next Discord Game Daze will be March 2nd! (happyjacks.org/discord) ● 4:40 - Indie Designer of the Month: Anna Landin (annalandin.itch.io) ● 08:48 - Topic: What are the pros and cons of running prewritten adventures?● 44:06 - Mike is planning to publish adventures and wants to know what to include and if there is hope for small publishers ● 01:16:21 - Charger 347 talks about making magic items that aren’t too complicated ● 01:35:00 - Episode Closing ● 01:37:29 - Song: "Jenny of the Oldstones" by The Mary Sues (marysuesband.com) ● ◇ Email happyjacksrpg@gmail.com to send in your own topic or question for the show! ◇ Find us on Youtube ◇ Twitch ◇ Twitter ◇ Instagram ◇ Facebook ◇ Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co ◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time. ◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintaining and improving the quality of our shows. patreon.com/happyjacksrpg Ⓒ2023 Happy Jacks RPG Network www.happyjacks.org

HJRP S33E09 | Messages in Game Design, Handling X-Card Moments, & the Rule of Cool is Bad (?) Feb 02, 2024

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◇ Topic: Playing games with societal or political messages embedded in their design, a new GM wants advice on how to handle x-card moments, Steffie from Scotland says the Rule of Cool is bad | Hosts: Kimi, Pooja, & Alex ◇ 00:33 - Welcome & Episode Summary | 01:19 - Announcements: OrcCon in February 16th-19th! We will be doing a live show on Saturday night. (strategicon.net) | Next Discord Game Daze will be in March! (happyjacks.org/discord) | 02:43 - Indie Designer of the Month: Chris Gray (sunderedhold.com)| 04:03 - Topic: Playing games with societal or political messages embedded in their design| 1: 24:26 - A new GM wants advice on how to handle x-card moments | 2: 55:51 - Steffie from Scotland says the Rule of Cool is bad | 1:28:34 - Episode Closing | 01:29:41 - Song: "Drink 'til I Die" by The Poxy Boggards (poxyboggards.com) | ◇ Email happyjacksrpg@gmail.com to send in your own topic or question for the show! ◇ Find us on Youtube ◇ Twitch ◇ Twitter ◇ Instagram ◇ Facebook ◇ Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co ◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time. ◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintaining and improving the quality of our shows. patreon.com/happyjacksrpg Ⓒ2023 Happy Jacks RPG Network www.happyjacks.org

HJRP S33E08 | Keeping Game Politics Fun, Gaps between Sessions, & GM Miscalculations Jan 27, 2024

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◇ Topic: Keeping in-game politics fun, Steffen from Essen asks for advice on pulling a play group together with big gaps between sessions, Anonymous asks about how to deal with major GM miscalculations during a game | Hosts: Kimi, Clara, Riley, & special guest Aaron from Queens Court Games ◇ 00:33 - Welcome & Episode Summary | 6:39 - Announcements: OrcCon in February 16th-19th! We will be doing a live show on Saturday night. (strategicon.net) | Next Discord Game Daze will be in March! (happyjacks.org/discord) | 11:30 - Indie Designer of the Month: Chris Gray (sunderedhold.com)| 17:52 - Topic: Keeping in-game politics fun | 01:02:07 - Steffen from Essen asks for advice on pulling a play group together with big gaps between sessions | 01:18:23 - Anonymous asks about how to deal with major GM miscalculations during a game | 01:42:16 - Episode Closing | 01:43:14 - Song: "The Bog Down in the Valley, Oh" by The Merry Wives of Windsor (mwow.net) | ◇ Email happyjacksrpg@gmail.com to send in your own topic or question for the show! ◇ Find us on Youtube ◇ Twitch ◇ Twitter ◇ Instagram ◇ Facebook ◇ Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co ◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time. ◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintaining and improving the quality of our shows. patreon.com/happyjacksrpg Ⓒ2023 Happy Jacks RPG Network www.happyjacks.org

HJRP S33E07 | Falling in love with TTRPGs, New Player Experiences, & Staying Engaged with ADHD Jan 18, 2024

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◇ What about TTRPGs made you want to keep playing? , Captain Curt from Alaska asks what a new player should experience in their first session, Rose needs advice about having ADHD and staying engaged at the table | Hosts: Kimi, Clara, Enge, & Courtney ◇ 00:33 - Welcome & Episode Summary | 1:37 - Announcements: OrcCon in February 16th-19th! We will be doing a live show on Saturday night. (strategicon.net) | Next Discord Game Daze will be in March! (happyjacks.org/discord) | 4:50 - Indie Designer of the Month: Chris Gray (sunderedhold.com)| 07:49 - Topic: What about your first time playing a ttrpg made you want to do it again? | 33:45 - Captain Curt from Alaska asks what a new player should experience in their first session | 57:14 - Rose needs advice about having ADHD and staying engaged at the table | 1:22:32 - Episode Closing | 01:23:47 - Song: "The Wellerman" by The Netbuskers Folke Shoppe (netbusker.net) | ◇ Email happyjacksrpg@gmail.com to send in your own topic or question for the show! ◇ Find us on Youtube ◇ Twitch ◇ Twitter ◇ Instagram ◇ Facebook ◇ Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co ◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time. ◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintaining and improving the quality of our shows. patreon.com/happyjacksrpg Ⓒ2023 Happy Jacks RPG Network www.happyjacks.org

HJRP S33E06 | Why we GM, Balancing Backstories and Plot, & Keeping track of NPCs Jan 15, 2024

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◇ Hosts share why they started GMing, A Juggling GM asks how to balance PC backstories with plot, Thomas from Denmark wants to know how to keep track of all the NPCs in a story | Hosts: CADave, Enge, & Rob ◇ 00:33 - Welcome & Episode Summary | 2:32 - Announcements: Next Discord Game Daze will be Saturday, Jan 13th! happyjacks.org/discord | 5:10 - Indie Designer of the Month: Kurt Potts (kurtpotts.itch.io)| 07:35 - Topic: What made you first want to GM? | 35:20 - A Juggling GM asks how to balance PC backstories with plot | 56:37 - Thomas from Denmark wants to know how to keep track of all the NPCs in a story | 01:12:17 - Episode Closing | 01:17:10 - Song: "Heavy Mahogany" by The Dread Crew of Oddwood (thedreadcrewofoddwood.com) | ◇ Email happyjacksrpg@gmail.com to send in your own topic or question for the show! ◇ Find us on Youtube ◇ Twitch ◇ Twitter ◇ Instagram ◇ Facebook ◇ Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co ◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time. ◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintaining and improving the quality of our shows. patreon.com/happyjacksrpg Ⓒ2023 Happy Jacks RPG Network www.happyjacks.org

HJRP S33E05 | Mechanics for 2024, Campaign Pacing and Plot, & Shy Players Jan 08, 2024

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◇ Hosts discuss game mechanics that they'd like to see more of in 2024, Steffen from Essen asks about plot and pacing for a campaign, Steffi from Scotland shares stories of shy and introverted players | Hosts: Kimi, Minerva, & Rose ◇ 00:33 - Welcome & Episode Summary | 01:49 - Announcements: Next Discord Game Daze will be Saturday, Jan 13th! happyjacks.org/discord | 2:17 - Indie Designer of the Month: Kurt Potts (kurtpotts.itch.io)| 03:50 - Hosts discuss game mechanics that they'd like to see more of in 2024 | 27:49 - Steffen from Essen asks about plot and pacing for a campaign | 55:10 - Steffi from Scotland shares stories of shy and introverted players | 01:12:44 - Episode Closing | 01:15:04 - Song: "Passtime with Good Company!" by The Merry Wives of Windsor (mwow.net) | ◇ Email happyjacksrpg@gmail.com to send in your own topic or question for the show! ◇ Find us on Youtube ◇ Twitch ◇ Twitter ◇ Instagram ◇ Facebook ◇ Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co ◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time. ◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintaining and improving the quality of our shows. patreon.com/happyjacksrpg Ⓒ2023 Happy Jacks RPG Network www.happyjacks.org

HJRP S33E04 | More Memorable 2023 Games, RPG Programs, & Allowing Wild Ideas Dec 31, 2023

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◇ Hosts discuss memorable games from 2023, Spilmeister Thomas from Denmark shares how they successfully made an RPG program, Vyrrk from DC asks how ridiculous of an idea we will allow in a game | Hosts: Nick, Rose & Jason ◇ 00:33 - Welcome & Episode Summary | 01:18 - Announcements: Next Discord Game Daze will be Saturday, Jan 13th! happyjacks.org/discord | 1:51 - Indie Designer of the Month: Kurt Potts (kurtpotts.itch.io)| 04:26 - Hosts discuss their favorite games of 2023 | 38:00 - Spilmeister Thomas from Denmark shares how they successfully made an RPG program | 01:07:59 - Vyrrk from DC asks how ridiculous of an idea we will allow in a game | 01:31:41 - Episode Closing | 01:33:22 - Song: "The Child is This!" by The Mary Sues (marysuesband.com) | ◇ Email happyjacksrpg@gmail.com to send in your own topic or question for the show! ◇ Find us on Youtube ◇ Twitch ◇ Twitter ◇ Instagram ◇ Facebook ◇ Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co ◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time. ◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintaining and improving the quality of our shows. patreon.com/happyjacksrpg Ⓒ2023 Happy Jacks RPG Network www.happyjacks.org

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