Become a Creator today!Start creating today - Share your story with the world!
Start for free
00:00:00
00:00:01
The Hook Brings You Back
13 Plays22 days ago
How do you get players interested in joining your campaign? You come up with a way to pique their interest - you hook them. Daryl, Nick, & Robert discuss memorable hooks and different ideas on how to come up with them.
GM Chris' Familiar setting for Genesys https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/284397/familiar-setting-sourcebook
Recommended
Transcript
Introduction to How We Roll Gaming
00:00:01
Speaker
How We Roll Gaming is dedicated to spreading enjoyment of great role-playing games. We hope to bring you insights into games you may not have played, tips to be a better game master and player, and share stories of momentous events at our tables.
00:00:12
Speaker
Every game is a new story to tell.
Meet the Hosts: Daryl, Nick, and Robert
00:00:15
Speaker
I'm Daryl. I'm Nick. And here's Robert. And this is How We Roll.
00:00:26
Speaker
Welcome back to the latest episode of the How We Roll Gaming podcast.
Balancing Life and Preparing for Gamer Nation Con
00:00:31
Speaker
Robert, Nick, how you guys doing? We are doing very well. I'm doing really great for a Wednesday.
00:00:39
Speaker
We've been very busy. Yep, been very busy, ah both with real-world adulting-type stuff. The worst. And prepping for Gamer Nation Con, which, as we record this, is next week.
Gamer Nation Con: Anticipation and Past Experiences
00:00:55
Speaker
As we drop this episode, it will start tomorrow, Thursday, April, what is that, the 3rd? That would be the 3rd, yes.
00:01:06
Speaker
A bunch of us that are going were comparing schedules earlier, and to the only reason I have block free of about three hours on Saturday afternoon is because I'm going to the one-hour Q&A with Sam Greger-Stewart, the RPG director of Edge Studio.
00:01:27
Speaker
And but the block of games also starts at one o'clock, so everything will have been going for about an hour when the Q&A is done. It's great to see all of the people from the con again.
00:01:41
Speaker
ah i know that last year was Robert's first time going. Nick, it was your second time going. You will see what Stephanie and I have been saying all these years about how, no, once you go, you're family.
00:01:54
Speaker
but true like i lapsed the year in mine, if I remember correctly. And they still remembered me fondly. and i was like, hi.
Delta Green Game: Steve's Hospitality and Preparation
00:02:03
Speaker
Yeah, we're going to see Steve again because he's coming to our Delta Green campaign, our little one-shot campaign.
00:02:09
Speaker
He's coming to Delta Green, and because our schedules didn't align with when he had ah one of his games scheduled that several of us were ah were interested in playing, he is kind enough that he's going to be running it as a pickup game on Saturday afternoon, specifically for our group. So Steve, we appreciate you. We love you. Shout out to the me and Steve talk RPGs podcast, because you're doing us a solid. We love gaming with you. And thank you so much for going out of your way to accommodate our little band of misfits being able to shenanigan together with you.
00:02:56
Speaker
Yes, thank you very much. First experience with you was with Havoc Brigade, and that's always going to be a great high. oh yeah. That is a constant story around around the table.
00:03:08
Speaker
It is. it is. i I love playing games with Steve. Steve is the person who first ran Delta Green for me and Stephanie.
00:03:19
Speaker
Ooh, that's great. like It's kind of a fun round circle thing. Yep, it's coming full circle.
Delta Green Session and Game Character Details
00:03:27
Speaker
that he is He's been messaging me on Discord. He is excited that he is able to get in all three parts of our Delta Green three-parter this year. really we We get to see see the the impact that he made on you, and he gets to see the end result of that, are our collaborative effort. but
00:03:52
Speaker
And I'm just looking forward to see which character he picks. Yeah, especially considering we had way too much fun making the pregens, and we have eight pregens for a six-seat table.
00:04:07
Speaker
We assume casualties. Yeah, we we assume casualties. but Either to sanity or to death. A little from column A, a little from column We'll get there.
Excitement for Con Events: Alien Game
00:04:17
Speaker
Yeah.
00:04:18
Speaker
Looking forward to that. Looking forward to the con. You and I have ah have a big event going on during in the con as well. Our two- Yeah, we- Our one- Our two-table.
00:04:30
Speaker
Simultaneous. Simultaneous? i just made a new word. You made a new word. Good job. Simultaneous. That's pretty bad. Alien game.
00:04:41
Speaker
Yeah, actually, how's it looking? Are you guys getting pretty balanced, or is it still one? Last time- We've been evening out- Last I looked, I'm full and Nick is half full.
Closing and Copyright Information
00:04:53
Speaker
haven't looked in the last... This episode of the How We Roll Gaming podcast is copyright 2025, How We Roll Gaming LLC. All games and associated intellectual properties are copyright their respective owners, and How We Roll Gaming makes no claim of ownership by discussing them here.