Me and Steve RPG Podcast

28/09/2023

Today Evil Genius Games filed a lawsuit against Netflix in response to Netflix’s unlawful termination of our agreement to create and release a based on upcoming project by . It was a decision we did not make lightly. Read more here on our website and help us get this amazing game released. https://evilgeniusgames.com/netflix-lawsuit/

27/06/2023

Part 3 of our little series here! This week we have a conversation around character death, and ways it can be handled in games. Also some talk around the (perhaps infamous) safety request of character death being taken off the table. d20 Network Spotlight -- Order 66 -- http://feeds.feedburner.com/O...

26/06/2023

20/06/2023

Somewhat continuing from thoughts from last week's show, this week the Steves chat about character advancement, and the different ways some systems handle it. (There may or may not be some minor ranting.) d20 Network Spotlight: Werewold: The Podcast -- https://keepontheheathlands.podbean.com/ Game o...

13/06/2023

This week the Steves have a discussion about cheating in ttrpgs. Brought on by a situation in one of Steve's games, we chat a little about what it can be, and how to handle it. Not by any means a definitive thing, but some food for thought.d20 Network spotlight: The Story Told -- https://thestorytol...

07/06/2023

This week I'm joined by the newest member of Studio 404 Games, Darren West, who I also got to meet (and play a game with) in-person at GamerNation Con!Darren is also a freelance RPG writer, one heck of a minis painter, was selected as a launch author for the Genesys Foundry, and is also just a reall...

30/05/2023

So the other weekend I was hanging out at a local game shop and got into a conversation about Cyberpunk Red. The other person was saying that they felt like the game almost seemed to want to be run more adversarially than they were used to running their usual game (PF1). Which of course led to conve...

23/05/2023

This week we bring you an introspective conversation borne out of our own feelings and struggles. It's a talk about coming to grips with what you're good at, and what you aren't, and also letting yourself be ok with those things. d20 Network Spotlight: Eberron Renewed -- https://zencastr.com/Eberron...

16/05/2023

This week we're joined by the hosts of a new podcast on the d20 Network!Aramithius and Raelz who host the Wonderous Atlas of Creation's Destiny podcast join us to talk a little about Exalted, specifically as a rather super-powered fantasy rpg. It's a lively conversation, as we even talk about a s**c...

09/05/2023

This week we're talking about the current Kickstarter from High Level Games, a game called Army Men, and we're joined by the head of High Level Games, Josh Heath (also so Werewolf: the Podcast and the OpCast), and the lead designer for the game, Neil Litherland. Army Men is a 5e driven game about pl...

02/05/2023

We Steves are freshly back from our adventure to Dallas TX, for GamerNation Con 8, and figured we'd do a little "rewind" show to kinda recap all the fun we had,. We're also joined by writer for the d20 Network blog, Ben Erickson, who we got to meet, and game with over the course of the convention. L...

25/04/2023

Tune in for the Exciting Conclusion to Monster of the Week! Thank you Eric, Ben, Ricky and Hagen for recording this with us. *We have an affiliate link with Drive-Thru RPG. All this does, is give us a small percentage of your purchase cost on Drive-Thru as a "referral bonus". It does not cost you, a...

11/04/2023

This week it's a Patreon-supporter question based episode! (Thanks Jesse!) One of our supporters asked for our thoughts on how to use super-hero tropes and concepts to improve F-20 fantasy games, so we Steves sat down and had a chat about it! Hopefully y'all find it thought provoking and useful!d20....

05/04/2023

Late upload this weeks Steve's computer decided to throw a temper tantrum of a four year old that didn't get ice cream. Thank you Eric, Ben, Ricky and Hagen for recording this with us. The GamerNation Con 8 Kickstarter campaign has funded and closed! As of the time of release I don't have another li...

28/03/2023

As we start a sort of series here on "Supers" games, we're joined by game developer Michael Surbrook to talk about the Prowlers & Paragons system, as well as his forthcoming campaign setting for it, called Well of the Worlds. So join if for some wonderfully super-powered game talk!Links for Prowlers...

21/03/2023

Those guys continue on their adventure looking into the mysterious Santa Fest! Thank you Ben Ricky and Hagen for recording this with us. The GamerNation Con 8 Kickstarter campaign has funded and closed! As of the time of release I don't have another link to give you, so check for updates here! -- ht...

14/03/2023

Here's one we actually recorded a while back (like late January I believe), but it's just a fun little romp about comedy at the table, and funny stories, and stuff like that!d20 Network spotlight: The OPCast -- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/opcast Game of the Week Steve G: Goblin Jug Band....

08/03/2023

Good things come to those who wait, you patience has paid off and here is our session 0 and a full session 1 of Monster Of the Week! I want to thank Ben for running this for us he's a very talented GM and very grateful that he was able to take over while we were between campaigns. This short campaig...

08/03/2023

https://meandsteverpg.podbean.com/e/monster-of-the-week-episode-0/

Good things come to those who wait, you patience has paid off and here is our session 0 and a full session 1 of Monster Of the Week! I want to thank Ben for running this for us he's a very talented GM and very grateful that he was able to take over while we were between campaigns. This short campaig...

07/03/2023

On this episode of Retrostar an old friend arrives from somewhere far out there. Thank you Ben and Hagen for allowing us to record and playing with us! The GamerNation Con 8 Kickstarter campaign has funded and closed! As of the time of release I don't have another link to give you, so check for upda...

28/02/2023

This week we're joined by independent comic writer/artist Luke Stone to talk about the HYBRIDS rpg (now on IndieGoGo), based on the comic of the same name. Nick Tockert, the designer for the game system also joins us, and we talk about the setting, themes, and design of the game. HYBRIDS is currentl...

21/02/2023

This week we welcome back Opti from Fragging Unicorn Games, and his cohort Ryan, to talk about the game they're bringing to Kickstarter the same day this episode releases. It's called Subversion, and its a cool, fantasy-cyberpunk game with a focus on principles and community! For more than that, you...

07/02/2023

This week we sit down for a chat about the recent controversy about the "OGL" or Open Gaming License. We're joined by ttrpg design/development veteran Owen K C Stephens (WotC, Paizo, Green Ronin, Evil Genius, and Rogue Genius, plus others and freelancing) for him to give us a bit of a lesson and als...

31/01/2023

Our crew embarks on an epic run to a RAX with Burt Reynolds! Thank you Ben and Hagen for allowing us to record and playing with us! The GamerNation Con 8 Kickstarter campaign has funded and closed! As of the time of release I don't have another link to give you, so check for updates here! -- https:/...

17/01/2023

This week we bring you a conversation around rules and creativity. Do rules restrict creativity, encourage it, or have nothing to do with it? We also get into a little bit of talk about if we're playing (and thinking) with the the rules as written, or rules as remembered! d20 Network Spotlight: Were...

10/01/2023

As we return for the exciting conclusion of our two part first episode of Retrostar our crew investigates the mysterious crate! Thank you Ben and Hagen for allowing us to record and playing with us! The GamerNation Con 8 Kickstarter campaign has funded and closed! As of the time of release I don't h...

03/01/2023

As has become our tradition, around the Christmas/New Years time, we drop a little mini-episode, just to let all of you know a little of what's going on in the background, what plans are for the future, and so on. Usually we drop this between Christmas and New years, but time got away from us this y...

27/12/2022

This week the Steves have a discussion about that classic trope of splitting the party! We talk some of the pitfalls, and benefits of doing it, and also talk about our feelings about it, and experiences doing so! The GamerNation Con 8 Kickstarter campaign is live!!! Find it here (and even pledge to....