Tales From the Hydian Way

We talk about what in space can cause your players a hard time and how to make it more interesting in an adventure and story. From the terror of a black hole to the raw power of getting close to a star being in a starship can be fraught with danger.We talked about the following on the show: * NOAA Space Weather * Star Trek – Mutara Nebula * The Abyss * Purrgil * Murder Mystery Game * Interstellar * Age of Rebellion GM Screen * Futurama * Firefly * Knights of the Old Republic 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 Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know. Or be with us as we calm our passengers down from the unexpected switch flipping.

What do you do when you’re planning on throwing your players into a disaster? Why are there certain tropes to use and to avoid? We look to some that come up and many of the research you can use to make your game feel even more amazing. Movies and things we discussed in this episode: * The Poseidon Adventure * Dante’s Peak * Mass Effect * Episode 104 – The Atypical Tale * Shaun of the Dead * Gravity * Rise of the Rune Lords * Godzilla Vs Mothra * Jurassic Park * San Andreas * Tremors * Twister * Armageddon * Die Hard * Cliff hangar * Lethal Weapon TV * Spiderman * Cassandra – Greek Myth * Towering Inferno * Helix * Ready.gov * Getprepared.gc.ca 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 Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know. Or jam out to some wookiee hair metal as we play with falling asteroids.

We talk about exploration and how to avoid some of the pitfalls that are so easy to come up against when bringing this to your players. From having a place be devoid of life to not remembering to have a goal once the players get to a new place we give a few ideas on how to make your exploration better. * Mad Adventurers * No Mans Sky * Cool Ghosts * Extra Credits * Indiana Jones * Tomb Raider * The Force Awakens Beginner Game (yes Ben’s memory has cross linked the two) * Outbound Flight * Dragon Age 2   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 Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know. Or wander through the wilds of the jungle with us as we discuss more below

We talk of Thrawn and grand villains as well as thugs that are easier to completely defeat. The discussion goes from why you want to use them and how you can frame long term villains within their own narrative for how they got there. This episode would not have happened without the article posted on Eleven – Thirty Eight Eleven-Thirtyate article Heir to the Empire Trilogy Inspector Gadget Leverage Power Rangers Star Trek The Next Generation The Jedi Accademy Trilogy Courtship of Princess Liea 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 Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know. Or talk things over with us as we figure out where all the different citadels are on the Hydian Way.

We talk of Star Wars and how technology should be a support for your story unless it becomes the complete centre of it. We go from discussing the tech and some of the oddities to discussing how to use it at your table in ways that move the story forward. this week we talk of: * Dam Busters * Flash Gordon * John Carter/Princess of Mars * Lord of the Rings * Star Trek * Flintstones * 2001 (HAL) * Halo (Cortana) * Mass Effect 2 (EDI) * Lexx * Farscape * Star Trek Deep Space 9 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 Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know. Or we can talk this over with Tento and her dancing battle droids.

We talk about adventures without combat in this episode. And look at many different ways of creating a dramatic narrative without forcing the players to pick up a blaster. This week we strike inspiration from: * Moneyball (book / trailer) * Nick Watanabe (twitter) * All The Presidents Men (trailer ) * Spotlight (trailer) * Groundhog Day (trailer) * Star Wars Shadow Games (book) * The West Wing (trailer) * Schindlers List (trailer) * Dragon Age Inquisition (site) * House of Cards (trailer) * Usual Suspects (trailer) * Medicine Man (trailer) * Outbreak (trailer) * Astonishing Legends (link) * Babylon 5 (trailer) * Blues Brothers (trailer) * Smokey and The Bandit (trailer) * Wacky Races (trailer) * Seaquest DSV (trailer) * Star Trek Voyager * Alien (trailer) * Aliens (trailer) 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 Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know. Or you can talk with us and Doctor Zahn about the migration patters of Rathtars in the Star Wars galaxy below

We talk NPCs and how to make them and your base interesting in an Age of Rebellion setting, as well as the varried locations you’ll run across in Edge of the Empire and Force and Destiny.In this episode we talk about: * Star Wars Aftermath * Star Wars The Old Republic * Mass Effect 2 opening: Mass Effect 2: Opening/The Normandy Destroyed * No One Lives for Ever Interesting Conversation from No One Lives Forever * NOLF Moments: You Look Like You Need A Monkey * Firewatch * Metal Gear Solid * Dice For Brains * Star Trek The Next Generation * Star Trek Deep Space 9 * Star Trek Voyager 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 Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know. You can listen below as David installs a vocoder into Ben’s treadwell droid.  

We go looking at new ways your players can slip deeper into a crime lords grasp and how you can give the players two choices that they don’t want to take. Ben and David talk about how crime in fiction isn’t always happy go lucky and can be a huge moral quandary for those involved. Listen and learn about what new wickedness our three hosts come up with on this weeks Tales from the Hydian Way. 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 Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know. Or listen in below as we talk about hauling freight for odd lizards.

We talked about The Crossroads Sector last week. This week we populate it with a family with a dark secret, a desperate criminal with a heart of gold, and a ghost ship that holds a terrifying secret. Listen and learn about what new wickedness our three hosts come up with on this weeks Tales from the Hydian Way. 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 Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know. See if you can evade the Huntmaster with us as we tell more Tales below.

Wow, we made it to 100 episodes of Tales. We’re celebrating by giving you a huge gift of a new sector with interesting planets and some dangerous places where the profit can be bigger then a smuggler can imagine. 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 Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know. Come with us to Rebirth and the wicked pleasures you can find there as we talk about the Crossroads Sector.

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We talk of the repercussions of using the force publicly in the Empire and how it becomes this impending doom that is creeping upon the players. From Moffs to Hutts and every where in between we find the ways people will try to control the power of the force. 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 Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know. Or you can watch as we have a productive meeting at the Zog-Corp building and listen in to our ideas.

This week we talk to Susan White, the player of Behr on Dice for Brains. We talk to Susan about being a new player at the table and how to be better at improvisation from the player side of the screen.This week we mention Meetup.com a local organizational site that can lead to many groups you’d not normally find. 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 Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know.

We have Ross Rockafellow back to talk more about morality, conflict, and sith flying squirrels with us to learn how to use each more effectively at our tables. 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 Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know. Or listen to us talk about the darkness and wonder that can be found within a new player  

Ross Rockafellow from Dice for Brains sent us a message about wanting to answer some listener questions with our group of opinionated GMs. Little did he know that we wanted to ask a few questions of our own. 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 Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know. Or walk into the bar with us and meet the most wicked Hutt of the Anoat sector.