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hjrp2307 Your hosts: Stu, Kimi, Tappy In this Episode: We discuss campaign sequels and continuations. Kitor asks “Can Loot be Intimidation?” And Jeb sends us a horror story
rainbow05 Game: GURPS GM: Stu This is one of the games from our 24-hour RPG actual play marathon to support Rainbow Railroad. You can donate to our campaign until the end of the year at happyjacks.org/rainbow.
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hjrp2014 updated Your Hosts: Stu, JiB, Kimi In this Episode: GMing Tips: Fleshing out NPCs. Ayslyn writes in about pacing a high-travel campaign. Tomi from Finland sends some thoughts on character abilities (and lack thereof)...
HJRP1715 Left Turns, Con Recap, Saying Yes, Mood Setting, GURPS
- September 9, 2016
- Tagged as: con recap, GURPS, horror story, improvising, mood-setting, RPGs, scared players, Table Top RPGs, yes and
HJRP1715 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, JiB, Gina and Kim In This Episode: Topic: Ways to improvise left turns. Gateway2016 Recap (Hero Kids, David K’s Fate Game). Jonas Larrson writes in about always saying “yes.” Tim from South…
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HJRP1702 Your Hosts: Stu, Kimi, Stork Show Notes! Alervant writes in with a GMing question about introducing NPCs, DiceOff asks about world building. Hour Eleven asks a thought-provoking question: do we need combat? GM Zack...
HJRP1512 Happy Jacks RPG Podcast Season 15 Episode 12
- September 20, 2015
- Tagged as: DnD, GURPS, horror story, manipulating the player's emotions, min-maxing, NPCs
HJRP1512 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, Gina, Bill, Kris Show Notes: Dance train asks us how to create an affinity for NPCs with the players. Marco shares his thoughts on Pathfinder Society. Ben in Texas gives…
HJRP1402 Happy Jacks RPG Podcast Season 14 Episode 02
- December 7, 2014
- Tagged as: DnD5E, Gaming space, GURPS, hard times, Hero, podcast, Podcasts, uphill battles
HRJP14-02 Your Hosts: Stu, Hosier Rob, Hyvemynd and Tyler Show Notes! James from China sends us a horror story about playing a Jedi without his Lightsaber. We use this as a jumping off point to…
HJRP1218 Happy Jacks RPG Podcast Season 12 Episode 18
- October 11, 2014
- Tagged as: DnD, GM Fun vs Player Fun, GURPS, Savage Worlds, scenes
HJRP1218 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, Kimi, Tyler Show Notes! Joel in Sweden didn’t like a comment we made about GM fun vs Player fun. We discuss this in-depth. Andrew asks for some ways to freshen…
HJRP1217 Happy Jacks RPG Podcast Season 12 Episode 17
- October 4, 2014
- Tagged as: DnD 5E, DnD Encounters, GURPS, plot hooks, Settings, ship battles
HJRP1217 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, CADave and Kimi Email us at happyjacksrpg at gmail dot com. Show Notes! We get a brief recap of Gateway 2014. Anthony writes in about a conundrum where his players…
HJRP1208 Happy Jacks RPG Podcast Season 12 Episode 08
- June 30, 2014
- Tagged as: DnD, game con, GURPS, podcast, Podcasts, Savage Worlds, social mechanics, TsunamiCon
hjrp1208 Your hosts: Stu, Stork, JiB and Erik from Metagamers Anonymous. Erik is running a Kickstarter to start up a local game convention, called TsunamiCon. The con is scheduled for November 7-9 at the Hotel…
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