Tales From the Hydian Way

Ben and Joshua discuss setting a scene and how the FFG system is tailor made for better improvisation and cool ways of adding to it from both sides of the GM screen. (who uses those things as screens?) 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 You can find Skill Monkey Here Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know Or listen below as Ben and Joshua have the Dejarik table dance

Ben and Joshua look at the star destroyer on Jakku and let their minds go wild with possibilities for creating a campaign and integrating the history of the galaxy. 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 watch the scanners as we talk and dodge a rampaging exogorth

David and Ben talk about making a party and not just a bunch of characters, how this requires more then just a few lines and some deep thought. Then Ben challenges them both to make a party that is going to show up in Meet the Party soon. 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 you can watch the security guards chase David and Ben from a few casinos below

We talk about minions so you can use them better in your games and about how to do devious and wicked social minion encounters. 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 sit with us as the droids are repainted yellow and blue that Ben was able to ‘win’ in a perfectly legal game

We talk about slicing in the context of ShadowRun and looking at it in a very Gibsonesque fashion. 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 sit near David as we jump into hyperspace a little too early below

David likes the Vong, Joshua loves cool ideas. We talk about using the odd ideas from legends to have a cool game and how to use them in a general sense at your table. 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 come and sit at the table as we look over the cracked crystalline mask Joshua found

Ben likes breaking things and making the players figure out how to fix them. Joshua is leery, but offers some great advice for how to deal with having crisis in your game and making them interesting. 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 have a game of holochess with Joshua as Ben bangs on the engine to get it working again

We talk about converting adventures to your table, starting with The Temple of Elemental Evil and going through to making Onslaught at Arda I work for you and not throwing in unknown characters. 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 just sit here at the table with us as our host arrives

David’s players went to Bandomir. This is a problem because he has no idea what to do and the session is the day after recording. Ben chimes in with a few ideas and in doing so they find a great truth for all GMs. 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 in to us as we roar across the Tattooine badlands in a ‘borrowed’ used speeder  

We take a look at mentors and how to use them in the game. We look to a few of the different aspects that a mentor in game can take and a few story lines that can work out very well. 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 click below as David cleans the plant sap from his arm.

We talk about The Force Awakens and how you can take several of the lessons from it and put it at your table. From how to deal with a Big Bad to how to move time along in a believable fashion. 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 join us in the recreation lounge and listen in below:

Ben and Joshua got talking about the Armorer in Keeping the Peace. This doesn’t fit our usual style so we’re releasing it as a bonus episode. Let us know if you like it and we might do more as time permits. 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 as we break out the cortosis and the lightsabers and discuss the armorer

Joshua and Ben have the book Strongholds of Resistance and give their reviews. David leads questions and joins in with his thoughts. We all talk about how to bring this book into making your tales on the table all the more awesome. 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 sneak into the hold with our new guest from Ord Gimmel and listen below.

As we enter into the longest night we look to holidays in Star Wars and role playing games in general. From what makes up a holiday, to covering a few ideas and themes that you can do from major adventures all the way to little bits. 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 with us as Dex’s Diner as David runs past.

Why is astrogation only used to pull those levers for hyperspace? Can you use knowledge skills in the heat of the moment? Can deception be just as good as range (light) in combat? We look at all of these and more in this weeks 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 Please subscribe and review where you can. If we aren’t there please let us know. Listen in as Joshua and David talk while Ben finds the explosives below.