This week we talk about reluctance and anxiety about running games, especially as a new GM. IThis nervousness never goes away, though, as Chris and Tracy attest. We talk about Dot's experiences with her first few games, and offer words of encouragement to those who feel that beautiful desire to share their love of gaming as a GM, but are paralyzed by fear and anxiety that they won't be "good enough."
Our Discord: https://discord.gg/2skmrtYyZU
DTRPG Bundle for Aaron Acevedo: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/563946/aaron-ace-bundle
GoFundMe for Jodi Black's Family: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-jodis-fight-against-pulmonary-fibrosis

Tangent #3: The Reluctant GM

In our second episode we dive right into some of the amazing and not-so-obvious aspects of the Savage Worlds core mechanic. We explore running entire game sessions with only basic skill rolls, and talk about each of our introductions to the system (spoilers: it didn't initially click for Tracy!). This is an episode that should open the minds of both Savage Worlds beginners and seasoned GMs alike. WARNING this one gets a little spicy right out of the gate, hence the explicit tag...

Our Discord: https://discord.gg/2skmrtYyZU
DTRPG Bundle for Aaron Acevedo: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/563946/aaron-ace-bundle
GoFundMe for Jodi Black: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-jodis-fight-against-pulmonary-fibrosis

Tangent #2: The Target Number

In our very first episode, we go over the purpose of our new podcast, introduce ourselves and explain a bit about our love for Savage Worlds, GMing, movies, and more! Welcome to Tabletop Tangents!

Our Discord: https://discord.gg/2skmrtYyZU
DTRPG Bundle for Aaron Acevedo: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/563946/aaron-ace-bundle
GoFundMe for Jodi Black: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-jodis-fight-against-pulmonary-fibrosis

Tangent #1: Introductions

In our penultimate encore episode, Tracy and Kristian explore the prospects of life after crowdfunding. How to keep momentum going, How to sell product on-hand, and specifically, some of the thinking both large and small that might apply to your product's future--all through the lens of Tracy's personal experience with and future plans for Han Cluster.

Join our discord!: https://discord.gg/Bc9dvuzZYJ
The Han Cluster® Role Playing Game Website: https://hancluster.com [https://hancluster.com/]
Immaterial Plane: https://immaterialplane.com/

Problem #41: What's Next?

In our next extra long encore episode, we talk about the many facets of crowdfunding fulfillment, looking through the lens of Han Cluster. From digital delivery of product through DriveThruRPG to the physical shipping and all the logistics that go along with it, Tracy shares her experience after Han Cluster arrived from overseas.

Order Han Cluster: https://hancluster.com

Problem #40: Fulfillment

Kristian and Tracy are back for a few encore episodes due to requests from the community!  It's only temporary, but we thought we'd record a couple more to go more in depth about the crowdfunding and publishing process. This episode is about offset printing. What is it, why you might want to do it, and how the process of getting it done works.  It's a long episode, but we think its an informative one.

Join our discord!: https://discord.gg/Bc9dvuzZYJ
The Han Cluster® Role Playing Game Website: https://hancluster.com [https://hancluster.com/]
Immaterial Plane: https://immaterialplane.com/

Problem #39: Offset Printing

In our FINAL, extra-long episode, Kristian and Tracy are joined by community member and SWAG author, John Doom, to talk about letting go of your projects once you finish them, and then we answer some questions people had from our discord server. Goodbye everyone! And thanks for listening!  The discord server will remain open, so come join us!

Join our discord!: https://discord.gg/Bc9dvuzZYJ
The Han Cluster® Role Playing Game Website: https://hancluster.com [https://hancluster.com/]
Immaterial Plane: https://immaterialplane.com/

Problem #38: Saying Goodbye

On our penultimate episode, Kristian and Tracy tackle the topic of feedback and criticism. How to seek it, how to take it, and how to give it.

Join our discord!: https://discord.gg/Bc9dvuzZYJ
The Han Cluster® Role Playing Game Website: https://hancluster.com [https://hancluster.com/]
Immaterial Plane: https://immaterialplane.com/

Problem #37: Criticism

This week, Kristian and Tracy meander through the topic of genre, but more specifically, how to facilitate creating the stories you want to tell. Though we use genre as a medium to do that, we also use other tropes, mechanics, and even expectations (whether we meet them or subvert them) to not just tell, but SHOW our players and their heroes what our game is all about. 

Join our discord!: https://discord.gg/Bc9dvuzZYJ
The Han Cluster® Role Playing Game Website: https://hancluster.com [https://hancluster.com/]
Immaterial Plane: https://immaterialplane.com/

Problem #36: Genre

This week, Kristian and Tracy invite virtual table top guru, developer, and overall awesome guy, Chris Valentine to talk about the promise and perils of virtual table tops. The discussion ranges from what's out there, what's possible, what's doable, and what perhaps is too much. We talk about VTTs from a designer's perspective, and what we need to do to get our work into module format, how they get developed for the various platforms, pricing, and more.

Join our discord!: https://discord.gg/Bc9dvuzZYJ
The Han Cluster® Role Playing Game Website: https://hancluster.com [https://hancluster.com/]
Immaterial Plane: https://immaterialplane.com/

Problem #35: Virtual Table Tops

A podcast about the Savage Worlds tabletop roleplaying game, GMing advice, writing, movies, and the other tangents we take in pursuit of our creativity. Hosted by Chris Hussey, Dot Moore, and Tracy Sizemore.

Tabletop Tangents

Hosts Kristian Serrano and Tracy Sizemore explore the ins and outs of RPG design, production and publishing. We cover the entire process from the creative woes of working on your own game or setting, to your decision to share it with the world, to the details of layout, working with artists and running a crowdfunding campaign.

Tracy Sizemore

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