With our good friend David Ager from the Dungeonpunx, we sit down to answer more of your questions from Instagram and Discord in celebration of our one year anniversary! Thanks to the responses you've sent in we touch on everything from horror gaming to Kickstarter, how to be confident and how to overcome preparation anxiety, using props and immersion at the gaming table, managing your time and gaming sessions, style over substance, challenge versus risk, and how D&D's pop culture footprint has influenced the way people play it.
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The least spooky Halloween episode ever recorded where we just talk about Dune for an hour.
Then we talk about Heirs to Heresy for an hour. We didn't plan it this way.
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As we look forward to Trial By Dice 2021, we take a look at what constitutes competitive play in roleplaying and examine some different ways of measuring progress in tournament-style games. We talk experience points, skills, wealth, character advancement, and the X-card gets mentioned again because of course it does. After a brief tangent praising Osprey Publishing's game line Henry bridges the middle of the episode with a bit of chat about a recently completed Cypher campaign and why Cypher makes for great stories. Then we roll up our sleeves and sharpen our blades to butcher Wild Beyond The Witchlight, 5e's latest offering. Is it lazy? Is it disappointing? Is it a sign of things to come? Tune in to find out!
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Henry's released an RPG - we chat about how awesome it is! Celtic fantasy! The highs and lows of small press publishing!
Then our friend Sam joins us to discuss Troika! companions and 50's/60's science fiction, and we found the HEF Book Club!
We finish off with a brief look at Madhouse at the End of the Earth by Julian Sancton, a book recounting the horrors of a doomed Antarctic expedition in 1884.
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This episode we take a look at the death of player characters - how it can serve the narrative, how it can benefit the game, and how best to pull it off. We cover all sorts of facets; internal and external closure, the difference between GM choice and player choice, emotional satisfaction, the lingering importance of deceased characters, and the many pitfalls of player vs player conflicts.
We also discuss Osprey Publishing's new urban horror title Sigil and Shadow, and take a run down of some of the ongoing hobbying from our Forges of Gnothos campaign.
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In answer to more Instagram questions - we come up with ten commandments for being a good player at the gaming table, and discuss how you can do your part to make the game better and the story stronger! Also Jamie gets mad about players looking at their phones during a game, and Henry gets mad about having to schedule games as well as write them. Overall we hope this episode helps players to lift each other up during games and enable a better experience for everyone involved.
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A special episode where we tackle some heavy subjects with our long-time friend and former host of Full Metal RPG, Brendan Carrion. Brendan looks back on his tenure at FMRPG and breaks down some of the workings of the show, leading us (via some talk about Vampire 5th Edition) to discuss ideas of longevity and novelty, both in roleplaying and podcasting, and onward to weigh up the cost of democratised art and gaming for legitimacy. We look at TSR's current predicament, the divided OSR scene, and how Brendan fights right-wing presence in hobby spaces. We talk about rejecting sponsor deals and the price of honest product reviews, and round out with some of his fresh picks for cool new games and a bit of chat about Mage 20.
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In response to more of your Instagram questions we both list five of our most beloved RPGs for a total of ten great recommendations! While not a definitive list, we hope it highlights some of our interests and inspirations as well as our reasoning behind them.
Afterwards, we go on to chat a bit about Discord and contentious opinions and somehow end up on Harry Potter. Henry recommends the new Ben Wheatley film In The Earth and we round off the episode with an exciting announcement.
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Thank you for sending in your replies to our Instagram poll - we bring you tips and advice for the discerning games master!
After a bit of chat about The Judas Halo by the Dungeonpunx and our expectations for the new Dune RPG, Henry talks about The Wake, one of his favourite books. Then we get down to answering your questions - How can you make your RPG combat better? How can you take your GMing to the next level? What considerations should both new and experienced GMs keep in mind when running games? Tune in to find out!
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We joined forces with our friends Paulo and Connor from Middle Earth Crisis Podcast to bring you this extravaganza - come hang out with us while we chat and speculate about the best and worst of Games Workshop!
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Welcome back to another episode! We start this one with covering some hobby zines and Call of Cthulhu, which moves into a discussion about GUMSHOE, the increasing trend of avoiding failure in RPGs and combatless games.
Jamie brings Osprey's Righteous Blood and Ruthless Blades to discuss. Henry follows it up with a review of the 2000 martial arts epic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, a conversation which quickly turns to lamenting the lack of foreign settings in D&D and attempting to get our heads around cultural appropriation in RPGs.
We round the episode out with our usual Warhammer chat, featuring the 3e Witch Hunters codex and magnets, bitch.
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We start by seeking redemption for Changeling: The Dreaming, a noble task! We discuss books by Fred Saberhagen and Gene Wolfe, and then Henry brings a trilogy of X-rated giallo RPG adventures which inevitably leads into discussion about sensitive topics at the gaming table and how to (not) handle them. We talk about the 1999 Nicolas Cage film Bringing Out The Dead and Jamie makes a bold declaration.
We finish off with our now-usual Warhammer segment where we discuss fluff-writing with Microscope and religion in 40k, and go off on a tangent about Inquisitor 54mm.
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In true HEF style this episode is packed full of fast-moving chat about books and games - we touch on the lost art of LARPing and Laser Quest, GM Magazine, Troika!, Gene Wolfe's Shadow of the Torturer and world-building in the past-future. Jamie runs through a history of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying and a bit of pre-Black Library stuff, and we look at Jackals by Osprey Publishing. Jamie's film choice this episode is the 1995 sci-fi classic Species, and then we close off with the music segment where Henry unravels the mysteries of Jim Kirkwood, dungeon synth pioneer.
This episode we announce upcoming projects and games for you to get involved in, so give us a follow on instagram: @humanenergyfieldpodcast and type our Discord invite into your browser: https://discord.gg/eSeKV4bGsq to continue the conversation!
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A chunk of conversation from the first Human Energy Field Open Call-In!
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We're joined by Connor from Middle Earth Crisis podcast to talk Fantasy vs Age of Sigmar, Ogre Kingdoms, Primaris marines, ornamental miniatures, competitive play, Eldar pipe dreams and why orks should be meaner, tougher and a LOT bigger.
Jamie and Connor both slip up and say 'drukhari' instead of 'dark eldar' which has not been edited out.
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Follow along with us as we create a character for Vampire the Masquerade! If you are a player looking for inspiration or advice, or a GM who needs a fresh angle on getting a game started, hopefully this episode will have something for you. We run through the process from start to finish, with discussion and opinions throughout.
For our movie section we discuss the obscure horrors of the 2018 Suspiria remake, and Jamie closes off the episode with his music recommendation; a curated playlist of the songs featured throughout the Vampire second edition corebook.
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Join us for a cheeky holiday bonus episode where we discuss love and romance in role-playing games! We talk about how to introduce love into an RPG, sex mechanics, the X-card, romancing NPCs, the ebb and flow of real-life relationships at the gaming table, and much more!
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We are back for 2021! We have a catch-up about all kinds of topics, from DIY zines to female writers, from virtual conventions to quarantine roleplaying innovations, and a bit of grumpy talk about Star Wars, the Mandalorian, and the new High Republic Era.
Jamie discusses Neverland, and his recent dive into the very creepy origins of Peter Pan. Then Henry closes things off with a quick review of the latest release by Bristolian metal act Svalbard.
Will we ever win the struggle against copyright laws to share the music we want to show you? Tune in and find out!
This episode we take a look at magic(k) in and out of roleplaying games, and examine the rituals of storytelling and spellcasting. For the film section Henry brings Ari Aster's 2018 occult horror Hereditary, and for the music section Jamie summons the magic of Jim Morrison and The Doors.
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For this episode we bring along our friend Patrick to talk about art in role-playing games and discuss some of our favourite artists.
Patrick gives us a run down of Overlight by Renegade Games and we debate the merits of Kickstarter, likely not for the last time.
For the film segment Jamie brings the 2014 B-movie Vampire Nation, and then Henry closes out the episode with the music segment, discussing the doom metal trio Conan and their fantasy leanings.
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