This week we try to pin down and capture what experiences and moments we're really after iwhen we play role playing games, some of examples of when they happened, and strategize how we might be able to facilitate these moments in the future. What is the good stuff? Dot's Thoughts Spot is about translating existing IPs into your games.

Our Discord: https://discord.gg/BFV9sJDDEX
Han Cluster Sci Fi RPG: https://hancluster.com [https://hancluster.com/]
Resting Glitch Face: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ijwk9DT8ulqO8RVyrawhN
Bite Size Tales: https://sites.libsyn.com/436095/site
Savage Interludes Episode about Enneagrams: https://savageinterludes.com/episode-123-it-takes-all-kinds

Tangent #21: The Good Stuff

This week, for our twentieth episode, we had a plan, and that plan went out the window. What results is perhaps one of our best episodes yet, where we talk to Dot about her experiences and growth as a gamer, which gets us philosophizing about con games, gaming in general and ending with a timeless discussion about rules, or lack thereof, in RPGs. It's a bumpy ride, but stick with us. We believe the journey is worth it. Also it's the premiere of "Dot's Thoughts Spot."

Our Discord: https://discord.gg/BFV9sJDDEX
Han Cluster Sci Fi RPG: https://hancluster.com [https://hancluster.com/]
Resting Glitch Face: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ijwk9DT8ulqO8RVyrawhN
Bite Size Tales: https://sites.libsyn.com/436095/site

Tangent #20: Nat Twenty

We're back! This week, SWAG author, and moderator for the unofficial Savage Worlds discord server, Dylan Brooks, joins us as we talk about our con experiences at the Deadlands 30th Anniversary event and Gamehole Con. We talk about Dot's first con game as a GM, try to contextualize what the con experience fulfills for us, and what happens after its over.

Our Discord: https://discord.gg/BFV9sJDDEXHan Cluster Sci Fi RPG: https://hancluster.com [https://hancluster.com/]Resting Glitch Face: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ijwk9DT8ulqO8RVyrawhNBite Size Tales: https://sites.libsyn.com/436095/siteDylan's Titles on Drive Thru: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/browse?authorName=%22Dylan%20Brooks%22

Tangent #19: Con Drop

This episode, we talk about running Deadlands, the iconic setting that birthed the Savage Worlds system. We explore the balance between horror, humor, and history, the inevitable need for players to act like cowboys, and some of our experiences at tha table.

Our Discord: https://discord.gg/BFV9sJDDEX
Han Cluster Sci Fi RPG: https://hancluster.com [https://hancluster.com/]
Resting Glitch Face: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ijwk9DT8ulqO8RVyrawhN
Bite Size Tales: https://sites.libsyn.com/436095/site

Tangent #18: Harrowed or Wholesome

This week we explore some of the parallels and fascinating aspects of sports as it relates to "our kind" of gaming. The game time decision of a con game, the psychology of performance, and our own experience as spectators and participants in various athletic endeavors. Stick with us, there really is something here worth talking about...

Our Discord: https://discord.gg/BFV9sJDDEX  
Han Cluster Sci Fi RPG: https://hancluster.com [https://hancluster.com/]  
Resting Glitch Face: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ijwk9DT8ulqO8RVyrawhN  
Bite Size Tales: https://sites.libsyn.com/436095/site

Tangent #17: A Different Kind of Game

This week, Chris and Tracy talk about the bells and whistles of gaming, whether it's an exquisitely produced board game like those from Chip Theory Games, or an amazing setup of 3D terrain, custom character sheets, and flawless minis like you'd get in a game by renowned Savage Worlds GM, Karl Keesler, we discuss what the "premium experience" brings to the table. And hey, we talk about those fancy premium tables too!

Our Discord: https://discord.gg/BFV9sJDDEX  
Han Cluster Sci Fi RPG: https://hancluster.com [https://hancluster.com/]  
Resting Glitch Face: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ijwk9DT8ulqO8RVyrawhN  
Bite Size Tales: https://sites.libsyn.com/436095/site

Tangent #16: The Premium Experience

This week we talk about the creation, management, purpose, and interaction with NPCs in our games. On the way we also tangent on "folding the fitted sheet" and Dot's crimes against nature when it comes to how she treats her books...

Our Discord: https://discord.gg/BFV9sJDDEX
Han Cluster Sci Fi RPG: https://hancluster.com
Resting Glitch Face: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ijwk9DT8ulqO8RVyrawhN
Bite Size Tales: https://sites.libsyn.com/436095/site


Tangent #15: Giving a Sheet About NPCs

This week, we talk about our movie night marathon of the Oz movies, starting with Oz the Great and Powerful, progressing through the Wicked movies, into Wizard of Oz, and finally the uniquely creepy Return to Oz. Dot is an Oz scholar, and schools us as Chris and Tracy get everything wrong!

Our Discord: https://discord.gg/BFV9sJDDEX
Han Cluster Sci Fi RPG: https://hancluster.com [https://hancluster.com/]
Resting Glitch Face: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ijwk9DT8ulqO8RVyrawhN

Tangent #14: Our Time in Oz

This week we talk about the different skills and strategies required of GMs when running one shots versus campaigns.

Our Discord: https://discord.gg/BFV9sJDDEX
Han Cluster Sci Fi RPG: https://hancluster.com [https://hancluster.com/]
Resting Glitch Face: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ijwk9DT8ulqO8RVyrawhN
Bite Size Tales: https://sites.libsyn.com/436095/site

Tangent #13: Four Versus More

This week Dot and Tracy talk about the contrast between the expectations of traditional and established genres, and the sometimes wildly different ideas of what we want to get out of them for ourselves. It's an esoteric conversation that delves into fantasy, sci-fi, cyberpunk, and horror.

Our Discord: https://discord.gg/BFV9sJDDEX
Han Cluster Sci Fi RPG: https://hancluster.com [https://hancluster.com/]
Resting Glitch Face: https://open.spotify.com/show/1ijwk9DT8ulqO8RVyrawhN
Bite Size Tales: https://sites.libsyn.com/436095/site

Tangent #12: The Challenge of Genre

Tracy Sizemore (@tracysizemore) · Zencastr

Tracy Sizemore (@tracysizemore)

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.