The Level Up Your Gaming Podcast is a tabletop RPG podcast. Assisting GM's DM's and Players, the Level Up Your Gaming Podcast is here to help you take your games to the next level. Each Wednesday your hosts, Aaron and Josh, talk about a new topic to help you improve your tabletop role playing games. You can email us your questions, comments, and episode suggestions at levelupyourgamingpodcast@gmail.comOr Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/LevelUpYourGamingAlso leave us a review on…
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Making A Simple Game Complicated
In today's episode we talk about when simple games become complex. What adds the complexity? How can you keep the game simple? Should you always embrace the complexity? We give you our thoughts and answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgamingpodcast@gmail.com or Follow us on Facebook and engage with us at…
In today's episode we talk about the Fantasy genre for games. What is a fantasy game? How can you make them special? Does a fantasy game have to be set in a certain period? What is high vs low fantasy? We give you our thoughts and answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgamingpodcast@gmail.com or Follow us on…
In today's episode we talk about the Sci Fi genre for games. What is a true sci fi game? What about Star Wars? How do you make a sci fi game special? We give you our thoughts and answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgamingpodcast@gmail.com or Follow us on Facebook and engage with us at…
In today's episode we continue our series of Let's Make A One Shot. The game we make a one shot for comes from the prompt Critical Condition. We describe all the details you would need to consider to pull this one shot off. Enjoy this episode as we make a one shot using the tools we talk about. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgamingpodcast@gmail.com or Follow…
In today's episode we talk about the non bad bad guy. What is a non bad bad guy? Why would you want a bad guy that isn't actually bad? What are some examples of these bad guys? We give you our thoughts and answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgamingpodcast@gmail.com or Follow us on Facebook and engage with us…
In today's episode we talk about letting your players cook. What does it mean to let your players cook? Why should you let them cook? What can letting your players cook do your game? We give you our thoughts and answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgamingpodcast@gmail.com or Follow us on Facebook and engage…
In today's episode we continue our series of Let's Make A One Shot. The game we make a one shot for comes from the prompt Breaking Bard. We describe all the details you would need to consider to pull this one shot off. Enjoy this episode as we make a one shot using the tools we talk about. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgamingpodcast@gmail.com or Follow us on…
In today's episode we talk about how too much detail goes wrong. Why is too much detail difficult when telling stories? How much detail is enough? How can you avoid putting too much detail into your game? We give you our thoughts and answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgamingpodcast@gmail.com or Follow us on…
In today's episode we talk about starting and incomplete game. Why start an incomplete game? What do you need to have to get a game started? How can you juggle all of the issues with an incomplete game? Won't my players just take everything off the rails? We give you our thoughts and answer all these questions and more in today's episode. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at…
In today's episode we continue our series of Let's Make A One Shot. The game we make a one shot for comes from the prompt A Song For The Hollow. We describe all the details you would need to consider to pull this one shot off. Enjoy this episode as we make a one shot using the tools we talk about. Leave us an email for feedback, questions, or thoughts at levelupyourgamingpodcast@gmail.com or…