https://polygamero.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GC_230_Mutants-and-Masterminds-with-Kenson-and-Thomas_final.mp3 Join Ang along with special guests Steve Kenson and Alex Thomas from Green Ronin as they talk about Mutants & Masterminds Fourth Edition. You know Ang loves all things super heroes, so let’s find out together what the new edition of this beloved supers game has in store for us! Links: Mutants & Masterminds […]

There’s an idea that adventures are like trains. Each train car is a scene that has an obstacle. You need to overcome the obstacle in the train car before you move onto the next train car. When you get to the last train car the adventure is over. You get off the train at the […]

https://polygamero.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/GC_229_from-larp-to-tabletop-with-Ericka-Skirpan_Final_a.mp3 Join Senda with Erika Skirpan as they have a conversation about safety in LARPs and Tabletop RPGs and how to do it in ways that enhance your games. Links: Mooney Bin Entertainment Sinking Ship Creations

It’s a new year! Time for resolutions (I don’t do those, BTW). Time for fresh outlooks on life. Time to plan some goals (I do make goals for the year, BTW). Time for some fresh starts. These fresh starts can come in many forms. New characters. New campaigns. New games. New Systems. New gaming groups. […]

For the most part, I pick the games I am going to run by, as the kids today say, vibes. It has always been instinctual. I hear about a game, the right ones set off my Spidey Sense, and I am hooked. That has been my method for the last 43 years. At different points […]

https://polygamero.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/GC_228_AP-and-your-game.mp3 Join Ang, along with Chris and Josh as they talk about Actual Play games as entertainment and what we should and should not take away from them to use in our own games. Ang has been on a Critical Role kick and wants to talk about it! Links: Scritches: A Misdirected Mark Plays AP […]

https://polygamero.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/GC_226_Getting_Started_final.mp3 Join Ang, Chris, and JT as they discuss different methods to pulling a party of characters together at the start of a campaign. They talk about everything from strangers shoved together to deeply established connections. How are you going to get it started? Links: Making Connections Philadelphia Area Game Expo Running GAGG Buckeye Game […]

One of the things I love about Blades in the Dark is that it has a mechanism for creating background events for your campaign. During Downtime (though I do this after a session), you roll to see how various factions make progress (or not) on their goals. Mechanically, this is a series of Fortune rolls […]

The perfect game notebook doesn't exist. That said, out of all of the notebooks I've tried—physical, digital, or otherwise—I've yet to find an option as close to perfect as Obsidian. I love it a lot, and what's the point of writing for a TTRPG blog if you can't share that nerdy love with others? So here's a rundown of why I think you should try Obsidian with some tips for how you can use it to organize your campaigns, improve your prep, and evolve the way you run sessions.

https://polygamero.us/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GC_225_Whats-Your-Type-.mp3 Join Ang, Jared and Josh as they talk about the types of characters they like to play, why they love those types, and why it’s also good to branch out and try other characters. Links: Global Comix Seth Skorkowsky – Closed vs. Open RP Bastions & Guildhalls by Czepeku Also, Visit your Friendly Local […]