TableTopics: Recent Episodes
Anas Al-Rawi, Caleb Cote, Christian Musters and Santiago Carrillo
Table Topics is a podcast about table top roleplaying games where we try out new tabletop systems and tell you about them! We also table talk about concepts that are important to every TTRPG. New Episodes are available on the first Tuesday of every month.
What is Eclipse Phase 2e? How does it measure up to first edition? What is up with those pools? How the heck do superior successes work? All these questions and more answered in this episode of the TableTopics podcast!
Resources!
https://www.reddit.com/r/eclipsephase/comments/780l81/i_created_a_cheat_sheet_for_eclipse_phase_20/
What is Eclipse Phase 1e? What is up with its dice system? Will Christian ever DM with more than just vibes? All these questions and more answered in this episode of the TableTopics podcast!
Resources!
https://eclipsephase.com/ep1-resources/
What is Mutants and Masterminds? How do you wrap your mind around character creation? What types of stories can you tell in it? All these questions and more answered in this episode of the TableTopics podcast!Resources!Echoes of the Multiverse (premade character sheets for everything - https://www.echoesofthemultiverse.com/viewtopic.php?t=8Mutants and Masterminds Character Builder -https://www.rpglibrary.org/software/mnm_oocb/
What is metagaming? How can you use it to make a game better? How do we handle secrets in our tabletop games? All these questions answered and more in episode 13 of the TableTopics podcast!
How do I find a system that isn't Dungeons and Dragons? How do mechanics influence your story? Does the perfect system for your game exist? All these questions answered and more in episode 12 of the TableTopics podcast!
What is Lancer? What do you need to play Lancer? Are the expansions good? All these questions and more answered in this episode of the TableTopics podcast!
Resources!
CompCon, the companion app DnDBeyond wishes it was: https://compcon.app/#/
Link to Tabletop simulator on steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/286160/Tabletop_Simulator/
Tips and tricks for how to be a good game master! What is the role of a game master? What do you need to get started? How do we prepare for sessions? What are our favorite things about being GMs?
All of this and a secret new segment in episode 10 of the Table Topics podcast!
What is Blades in the Dark? Should you play a powered by the apocalypse game? What's with all the goats?
Join us and listen to stories out of context in Episode 9 of the Tabletopics podcast!
Resources!
https://bladesinthedark.com/greetings-scoundrel
In part 2 of what we're playing, we talk Lancer, Spire, Vampire the Masquerade and our homebrew D&D 5e game! How do we set up our campaigns? Why are conspiracy theorist the best players? How did we lose our morals?
All of these questions answered and more as story time continues!
What tabletops are we playing right now? What would we change about the games we're playing? Why is Anas a monster?
All these questions answered as we swap stories about our favorite games!
What is Exalted? Should you play Exalted? Why are range bands the worst?
Join us and listen to lore dumps from Santi in Episode 6 of the Tabletopics podcast!
Resources!
Exalted Lore Tl;dr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_CJtBxIS5U
Exalted Charm Cascades (Skill Trees): http://forum.theonyxpath.com/forum/main-category/exalted/1297480-madletter-s-charm-cascades-lunars-solars-dragon-blooded
Tips and tricks for how to be a good player. Does the description seem bad? Blame Chris because he left it to Anas.
Also, here are some links that we mentioned:
X-card: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SB0jsx34bWHZWbnNIVVuMjhDkrdFGo1_hSC2BWPlI3A/edit
Lines and veils: https://www.dicebreaker.com/categories/roleplaying-game/opinion/lines-and-veils-rpg-safety-tools
Other safety tools: https://goldenlassogames.com/tools
What makes the world of Shadowrun unique? Should you play 5th edition or 6th edition? What is the thing Chris absolutely HATES about 5e?
Join us and listen to Anas talk more than usual in Episode 4 of the Tabletopics Podcast!
What is Dungeons and Dragons? Should you play D&D? What does it do well? Where does it struggle? Who the hell is Christian?
All these questions answered and more on Episode 3 of TableTopics!
How do table top role playing games differ from one another? How do I choose the game that is right for me? What is my game master style? We (hopefully) have the answers in episode 2 of TableTopics!
Links to resources:
GM Styles: https://nerdist.com/article/ask-the-gm-storytelling-styles/
What is a tabletop role playing game? How do they work? Who plays them? How can I get started? All these questions answered and more in episode 1 of TableTopics!