Tales From the Hydian Way

We talk about the wonders you can find in the background of a scene. From the rolling conveyor belts of a factory to the people in a bar the extras you bring to the scene in description will be paid back in fun for your whole table. This week we talk about: * Terminator 2  * Terminator * Kiss Kiss Bang Bang * Emergent Gameplay * Rimworld * Day Z * Grand Theft Auto Online * Fantasy Name Generators  * Battlefront * Lost in Space * The good, The bad, the weird * Naked Gun You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Tess is @RPG_Casts Help us out with the licences for the show on Patreon You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Or you can come with us to a nice quiet meeting with a Drall contact for some Merr-Sonn equipment.

We have some cool ideas that make starship combat more about the story instead of the table in the core book. We look to things you can do on a ship, and even what happens when the space combat is just background set dressing. In this episode we talked about: X-wing Miniatures Game Star Trek Space Combat Star Trek Undiscovered Country Sith Masks Skipray Blastboat Lepskin Friends like These Dead in the Water Rebels The Force Unleashed Akira Dragon Ball Z You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Tess is @RPG_Casts Help us out with the licences for the show on Patreon You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Or you can sit back in the Bogwings lounge and have some caff during this star ship combat.

We talk about where we get some ideas for campaigns and characters, giving special thought to how to turn movies into Age of Rebellion Campaigns. Talked about in this episode: * The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly * Casablanca * There’s Gambling in here? * 4 chord song * Dam Busters * Three Kings * King Lear * Fast and Furious – 4 * Skyrim * Sink the Bismarck * The Hunt for Red October * K-219 * Pilot defection * MonoMyth * Forgotten * Band of Brothers * Kelly’s Heroes * Saving Private Ryan * G I Joe * Platoon You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Tess is @RPG_Casts Help us out with the licences for the show on Patreon You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Or give us a few clues as we break David out of The Citadel

We talk about how your characters got their first experience and a give few ideas how they spend time between campaigns. From ways to give out experience to ideas for training montages we give you many ideas for passing the time between and before your main adventures. Talked about in this episode: * Begging for XP session start * Dungeons and Dragons * Mazer * Dice for Brains * Heroes of the Hydian Way * Die Hard * Under Siege * A-Team * Avatar the last Airbender Tales of Ba Sing Se * Asajj Ventris * Nemesis Games – Expanse * Rocinante * Matu * The Courtship of Princess Leia You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Tess is @RPG_Casts Help us out with the licences for the show on Patreon You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Or talk with us over caff what goes on on Bonadon

This week we have Ross on to talk about conflict, how to get your players to engage with it, how to make it matter to your players, and how to finally drive them to the dark side. Things talked about in this episode: * Dice for Brains * Gonk Droid * Dathomirian witches * Nightsisters * Dungeons and Dragons * Zillo Beast * Skill Monkey * Wraith Squadron * Rogue Podron * Rebels Recon * Enemy Mine You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Tess is @RPG_Casts Help us out with the licences for the show on Patreon You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Or relax with us in a Bespin casino as we talk with Ross about a little animal smuggling

From the simple talk of using force ghosts and spirits to the interesting ways that you can use The Living Force in Edge or Age games we mine for some ideas to help you out in your next game. Things talked about in this episode: * Event Horizon * Nightsisters * Dathomir * Dice for Brains * Convor * Exar kun * Darth Maul * Harry Potter * Dungeons and Dragons – Druid * Tusk Cat You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Tess is @RPG_Casts Help us out with the licences for the show on Patreon You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Or come with us as we set off to find amazing relics

From talking about how a city is not as big as you think to some solid ideas on cities in wildspace, we talk of a deep seated desire to make fantastical places shine with your adventures and campaigns Talked about in this episode: * Bogwing * Ziro the Hutt * Bar Name Generator * Courscant * Episode 129 – The Other Era Tale Kashyyyk * Kotor – Bindo * Halong Bay * Petra * Tudor Style * Tunisia Desert Dwelling * Angel Falls * Jay Simpson Fantasy Scene * Jodorowsky’s Dune * H R Giger * Homeworld * Friends like These * Enter the Unknown * Shadowrun * The Matrix * Equilibrium * Bladerunner * Cyberpunk 2020 * Cannibal Halfling * Elan Sleazebaggano * New York Times Square * Tokyo * Shanghai * Serenno *

We had Dice for Brains’ Ross Rockafellow on again and we talk about some great things, from the simple things of what can be brought to the table to making your descriptions even more awesome. Things talked about in this episode. * Dice for Brains * Dice for Brains Youtube * Episode 128 – The Real Force Tale * Butterfly Effect * Jurassic Park * Hammerhead Corvette * Rogue One * Knights of the Old Republic * Rebels * Nightcloak * Zilo Beast * Kaiju * Godzilla * Audio Descriptions * Arrested Development * Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt * Netflix Audio Descriptions * RPGcasts Susan White interview * Mouse guard * Mouse Gaurdians * Weik * Rathtars You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Tess is @RPG_Casts Help us out with the licences for the show on Patreon You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Or come along as we talk about the new gang over at Dice for Brains

We talk about playing in other eras and how easy the Star Wars system makes it to change time periods. From The Clone Wars to The Force Awakens we talk about how easy it is and how reskinning works for a new GM. Things talked about in this episode: * Chimera * Knights of the Old Republic * Dragonlance * Atomic Robo * Atomic Robo RPG * Lord of the Rings RPG * Order of the Stick * Drizzt Do’Urden * Hearts of Iron IV * Bloodline – Read this book * Dice for Brains * The Clanker Trail * AT-TE * Aftermath * Aftermath Life Debt * Aftermath Empires End * The Black Fleet Crisis * New Jedi Order * Tarkins Top Shelf * The greys * This is Sparta * Warhammer 40 000 * Castle Ravenloft * The Lando Calrissian Adventures * The Han Solo Adventures * The Hunt for Red October * Tarkin You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Tess is @RPG_Casts Help us out with the licences for the show on Patreon You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Or you can sit at the bar and listen to a few mournful tales with us.

We talk of how the force can guide your view of the galaxy and how it makes your character deeper to have few beliefs behind the reason they step out into the galaxy. Things talked about in this episode: * The Hydian Way Patreon * The Last Starfighter * The Last Guardian * Death Blossom * The Last Unicorn * Night Sisters * Lasat force tradition * The Clone Wars * Visual Dictionary * Darth Bane * Star Wars: Book of Sith * Highlander * Sifo Dyas * Darth Plagueis * Dark Disciple * Donnie Yen * Leap of Faith * North America * Harry Potter * X-Men * Ashoka You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Tess is @RPG_Casts Help us out with the licences for the show on Patreon You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Or you can sit at the bar and listen to a few mournful tales with us.

We talk of planetary driving and how to make a bit more interesting, as well as a few reasons why you aren’t wanting to take the gas guzzling freighter out for a quick jaunt down the block. Things we talked about in this episode: * Tsmeu-6 personal Wheel Bike * Dewback * Fifth Element * 737-800 * Rebels * Watsonian * Die Hard 2: Die Harder * Episode 120 * Wacky Races * Cannonball Run * Speed Racer * The Rock * Speed You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Tess is @RPG_Casts You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook

We welcome Tess to our ranks and talk of Star Wars, being a ‘nerdy jock’, and show off some of the new dimensions that Tess brings to our podcast In this episode we talk about: * Ravenloft * Dungeons and Dragons 4th Ed * Mouse Guardians * Burning Wheel System * Dresden Files – RPG * Yggdrasill * Harry Potter * Jason Marker * Kelly’s Heroes * Kojak * Band of Brothers * Fantasy AGE * Snatch * Crystal Star * Waru * Darksaber * Dr Who * X-Men (1990s) * MacGyver * The Last Airbender * Gravity Falls You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Tess is @RPG_Casts You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Come aboard as we greet our new Co-Host and find out a bit about her

Ben and David talk about starfighter campaigns and how to make them interesting for your players. From ways of making pilots feel different in the cockpit to having fun plotting out campaigns that stay in the cockpit we give ideas to keep players in their fighters and not being a starfighter squardron in name only. Things talked about in this episode: * Top Gun * F-111 Aardvark * Rogue Squadron * Rogue Podron * X-wing * TIE Fighter * Stay on Target * Age of Rebellion GM Screen * Battlestar Galactica – 33 minutes You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Tess is @RPG_Casts You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook Or sit back and listen into the chatter as we fly about the galaxy in our rented star fighters.

Ben and David talk about merchants and how the characters are not just for buying equipment for ‘real characters’. From the lowly Trader to the Quartermaster these characters can find very fascinating adventures. Talked about in this episode: * Hearts of Iron IV * Vespene Gas * Blastech A280 * DLT-20A * Total War: Warhammer * Hondo Onaka * Nog – Great Material Continuum You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Tess is @RPG_Casts You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook  

Ben and Joshua talk about building a character, how to choose between species, and some odd specializations that don’t get enough time in the sun. Things talked about in the episode: * Mandalorians * Sabine Ren * Corellians * Satine * Satine – Moulin Rouge * Nemoidians * Harch * Muun * Ishi Tib * Karkarodon * Jay Simpsons Art * Aqualish * Character Creation Episode * Dangerous Covenants Episode You can find us,  at TheHydianWay.com You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Joshua is @JoshuaEvanBrown You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com We can be found on Facebook