Geas Quaranstreams: Recent Episodes

Geas Edinburgh

A podcast by Geas, the Role-Playing Society at the University of Edinburgh, where we talk about role-playing as a way of building community across social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Episode 5 of the Quaranstreams Podcast by Geas, in which we discuss professional GMing, what it is, and what challenges you may face along the way. Featuring interviews with guests Marie Josselin and Naomi Heathcote.

Marie Josselin

Founder of Thunderdice

Twitter: @Thunderdices

Web: https://www.thunderdices.com/

Naomi Heathcote

Drama Teacher and Professional GM

Twitter: @NayomieJade

Rolldark: https://rolldark.co.uk/

Links to things mentioned in the episode:

Monte Cooke Games Consent in Gaming Handbook:

https://www.montecookgames.com/consent-in-gaming/

(Contact the Equality and Wellbeing Officer about using the checklist in your games.)

Episode 5 of Geas' Quaranstreams Podcast

Produced and presented by Vivek Santayana

Twitter: @viveksantayana

Email: geas.committee@gmail.com

Twitter: @GEASEdinburgh

Facebook: geasedinburgh

Web: http://geas.org.uk/

Music

Deliberate Thought by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3635-deliberate-thought

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Geas logo designed by Julia Rowe

Special thanks to Sophie Hine

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Episode 4 of the Quaranstreams Podcast by Geas, in which we discuss table-top role-playing and social change, and how this intersects with issues of gender. Featuring interviews with guests Jenny Lester and Catherine Wilson.

Jenny Lester

Writer and activist

Twitter: @JennynotJenni

Catherine Wilson

Poet and activist

Twitter: @CWilsonPoet

Geas Anti-Harassment Policy:

http://geas.org.uk/harassment

Geas Complaints Procedure:

http://geas.org.uk/complaints

Geas Equality and Wellbeing Officer:

geas.welfare@gmail.com

Links to things mentioned in the episode:

Catherine Wilson's blog post about D&D for the Young Women's Movement:

https://www.ywcascotland.org/comfort-zone-series-dungeons-dragons/

Night Witches: TRPG about an all-woman Soviet regiment during the Second World War:

https://bullypulpitgames.com/games/night-witches/

Writing the Other: How to write characters who are different from our own experience

https://writingtheother.com/

The Legend of Korra:

Available to stream on Amazon Prime and via Google Play

Adventurers Wanted: London-based company using D&D for live theatre shows

Web: http://www.adventurerswanted.co.uk/

Twitter: @adventurers250

Episode 4 of Geas' Quaranstreams Podcast

Produced and presented by Vivek Santayana

Twitter: @viveksantayana

Email: geas.committee@gmail.com

Twitter: @GEASEdinburgh

Facebook: geasedinburgh

Web: http://geas.org.uk/

Music

Deliberate Thought by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3635-deliberate-thought

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Geas logo designed by Julia Rowe

Special thanks to Sophie Hine

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Episode 3 of the Quaranstreams Podcast by Geas, in which we discuss mental health and well-being in table-top roleplaying, and how this intersects with questions of race and ethnicity. Featuring interviews with guests Dr. Megan Connell and Jonathan Mendoza.

Dr. Megan Connell

Clinical Psychologist and Co-Founder of G33ks Like Us

Twitter: @MeganPsyD

Web: https://www.meganpsyd.com/

G33ks Like Us

Twitter: @G33ksLikeUs

Web: https://www.g33kslikeus.com/

Jonathan Mendoza

Freelance Consultant and Drama Therapy Student

Twitter: @RY0MASA

Mental Health Resources:

Health in Mind: Edinburgh-based mental health charity providing services like counselling or support groups

https://www.health-in-mind.org.uk/

EdSpace: Directory of Edinburgh-based mental health services

https://edspace.org.uk/

Samaritans (UK): Helpline if you are feeling low, anxious, suicidal, or need to talk to someone.

Phone: 116 123

Geas Equality and Wellbeing Officer:

Email: geas.welfare@gmail.com

Links to things mentioned in the episode:

Emberwind Role-Playing System

https://www.emberwindgame.com/game/how-it-works/

Organisations working with therapeutic gaming:

Game to Grow

https://gametogrow.org/

Take This

https://www.takethis.org/

Kat Jones (author of the Revived LARP):

https://thekatreturns.itch.io/

Monte Cooke Games Consent in Gaming Handbook:

https://www.montecookgames.com/consent-in-gaming/

(Contact the Geas Equality and Wellbeing Officer about using the checklist in your games.)

Psychology at the Table: Dr. Megan Connell's YouTube Series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKZ5Ymwa8Wg

Writing the Other: How to write characters who are different from our own sensitivity

https://writingtheother.com/

Theatre of the Oppressed

https://www.activeinquiry.co.uk/questions.php#toto

An Edinburgh-based arts company that uses Theatre of the Oppressed.

Luxton Technique: how to be sensitive to trauma while gaming

https://briebeau.com/thoughty/2019/03/the-luxton-technique-by-p-h-lee/

Episode 3 of Geas' Quaranstreams Podcast

Produced and presented by Vivek Santayana

Twitter: @viveksantayana

Email: geas.committee@gmail.com

Twitter: @GEASEdinburgh

Facebook: geasedinburgh

Web: http://geas.org.uk/

Music

Deliberate Thought by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3635-deliberate-thought

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Geas logo designed by Julia Rowe

Special thanks to Sophie Hine

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Episode 2 of the Quaranstreams Podcast by Geas, in which we discuss the history of the Society, including what the community was like back in the earlier days of the Society, how things have changed since to reflect big moments in the gaming industry, and about our old web site the Geas Village. Featuring interviews with guests Alan Jackson, David Donachie, and Robyn Higgins.

Alan Jackson

Geas Webmaster and Life Member

David Donachie

Writer, game designer, and Geas Life Member

https://www.teuton.org/~stranger/

Robyn Higgins

Geas President

Archive of the old Geas Village:

https://www.teuton.org/~stranger/geas/description.html

https://web.archive.org/web/19970415033657/http://www.ed.ac.uk/~geas/

https://web.archive.org/web/20020422035813/http://www.eusa.ed.ac.uk/societies/geas/index.html

Arabian Nights by Ch!pz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRPdl8H7AQ8

Episode 2 of Geas' Quaranstreams Podcast

Produced and presented by Vivek Santayana

Twitter: @viveksantayana

Email: geas.committee@gmail.com

Twitter: @GEASEdinburgh

Facebook: geasedinburgh

Web: http://geas.org.uk/

Music

Deliberate Thought by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3635-deliberate-thought

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Geas logo designed by Julia Rowe

Special thanks to Sophie Hine.

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Episode 1 of the Quaranstreams Podcast by Geas, where we discuss remote table-top gaming, including tools we can use, challenges we may face, and opportunities this might present. Featuring interviews with guests Tiggs Cunningham and Chloe Mashiter.

Tiggs Cunningham

Writer, gamer, and event manager at Scaled Events

Twitter: @tiggscunningham

https://scaledevents.co.uk/

Scaled Con: 2 May 2020.

More information: https://scaledevents.co.uk/

Chloe Mashiter

Writer, game designer, performer, and co-producer of Adventurers Wanted

Twitter: @ChloeMashiter

https://rollflipdraw.itch.io/

Adventurers Wanted

More information: http://www.adventurerswanted.co.uk/

Twitter: @adventurers250

Eberron: Terminus: https://www.twitch.tv/adventurerswanted/

Video Conferencing Software

Cisco Webex: on-line video conferencing solution

https://www.webex.com/

Skype Free Conference Calls: free video conferencing without downloads

https://www.skype.com/en/free-conference-call/

Discord: a voice chat app for gaming

https://discordapp.com/

Jitsi Meet: Free, Opensource encrypted browser-based video conferencing app.

https://meet.jit.si

Other Gaming Tools

Rollz: On-line dice roller (not to be confused with the mobility aid company)

https://rolz.org/

OneNote (Free to use. Office365 subscription only required for other office software.)

https://www.onenote.com/download

Google Drive

https://www.google.com/intl/en-GB/drive/

Gimp: Opensource image editor

https://www.gimp.org/

Dungeonpainter: RPG Map-making suite

http://pyromancers.com/dungeon-painter-online/

Tabletopia: On-Line Board Game Platform

https://tabletopia.com/

Storium: On-linte creative writing and story-telling game

https://storium.com/

Episode 1 of Geas' Quaranstreams Podcast

Produced and presented by Vivek Santayana

Twitter: @viveksantayana

For the Glory of

Geas: the Grand Edinburgh Adventuring Society

The Role-Playing Society at the University of Edinburgh

Email: geas.committee@gmail.com

Twitter: @GEASEdinburgh

Facebook: geasedinburgh

Web: http://geas.org.uk/

Music

Deliberate Thought by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3635-deliberate-thought

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Wholesome by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5050-wholesome

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Geas logo designed by Julia Rowe

Special thanks to Sophie Hine