#adapting a plot

We talk with Adam Beltane about plotting a podcast and how The Force Majeure came to be in Tales Episode 236 - The Force Majeure Tale

We have Adam Beltane on from the Force Majeure Podcast to talk about their experience with running their games, how they prepare, and how they got into the fun of Star Wars Roleplaying

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When you're grasping for ideas for an adventure you can look to a long list of #rpg plots and find the ones that call to you. We did and you can gain the benefit in the next Tales episode 235 - The Escort Tale

We looked to a list of RPG plots and figured out many ways of making them work, from escorting NPCs to transporting items, to what happens when you find a ghost ship?

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The differences of #rpg GMing for your long time friends at home can be different from streaming or convention games, we talk how in Tales Episode 234 - The Variable Party Tale

We talk about the need of theatrics at the table and how and why the need grows the less you know the players at the table as well as how it can become harder to do at the table.

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We talk tropes and how to use them as more than just cliches in Tales Episode 233 - The Trope Tale

Tropes get brought up quite a bit, we’ve heard it so much, from how a scene is hollow because there isn’t anything else attached to the trope to how some tropes repeated enough can be harmful to your own gaming table.

We talk about how this happens and how to deal better with tropes.

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When Rissa had writers block she reached out for help and we recorded it for other #rpg GMs to learn from in #starwars to #dnd in Tales Episode 232 - The Writers Block Tale

Rissa ran into writers block and we go through a few ways of inspiration while doing a very good method of talking out what lead to the indecision.

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We talk murder mysteries and how to bring your #rpg players along without making them ride the rails or running into brick walls in Episode 231 - The Clue Path Tale

We talk with Leslie from Heroes and get questions about how to make sure your adventures don’t hit dead walls when giving players paths forward, especially with setting scenes and making sure that clues are actual clues.

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When We got talking about things we're excited to bring to the #rpg table it's not just #starwars we talk about how to bring your favorite franchise to the party Episode 230 - The Branded Tale

I got watching the Bumblebee trailer and then wouldn’t stop talking about it, so Rissa and I got talking about how to bring our more favorite franchises into being used in Genesys and Star Wars.

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From the cold of Hoth to the deserts of Jakku the environment matters, we talk about the #rpg world and how to make it matter to your #starwars players Episode 229 - The Environmental Tale

We look at environments and how to make them matter to your players who have taken talents and species that would make use of them. We also talk about how to lead the way in getting the most use out of an environment

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