Tales From the Hydian Way

This week we start with a Minotaur stepping on the gas and it gets weirder from there. We talk about how you can plan for players being unpredictable and how you can recover from them doing something completely unexpected. Things talked about on this show: * The Steam Setting Tale * Fast 5 safe chase * Heroes of the Hydian Way Season 2 Episode 1 * Vreebo * Chekov’s Gun * Murder on the Orient Express – 2017 * Murder on the Orient Express – ITV * Alien * Prometheus * Cowboy Bebop * Beholder * Astonishing Legends You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce Rissa is @KookyKitt Help us out financially for the show on Patreon You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com Or click below to listen to the show

Ben and Rissa talk about bringing meaning to your scenes and items. From making the blaster your gambler is carrying mean something extra to the framing of a dead body at the start of an adventure. We have ideas and tips for bringing your players into being more descriptive and making those descriptions matter. Things talked about in this episode * Selonian attacking Han Solo * Onslaught at Arda I You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce Rissa is @KookyKitt Help us out financially for the show on Patreon You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com Or click below to listen to the show

Ben and Rissa talk about the differences in approach that character driven and plot driven campaigns can take and are generated for your players. Things talked about in this episode * Buffy The Vampire Slayer * Bones * Castle * Murder She Wrote * Taken 2 * Die hard With a Vengeance * Princess Bride * Spider-Man home coming * Mass Effect You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce Rissa is @KookyKitt Help us out financially for the show on Patreon You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com Or click below to listen to the show

We start talking about the different sorts of force traditions there are from the Gand Findsmen to the Dathomiri Witches and try to come up with ways to make it matter in your game. Things we talked about in this episode: * Baran Do sages * Aing Tii Monks * Courtship of Princess Leia * Dark Disciple * Weik * Miraluka * Attack of the Clones Poster Anakin/Padme * Warden of the Sky Disciples of Harmony – Page 79 You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce Rissa is @KookyKitt Help us out financially for the show on Patreon You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com Or click below to listen to the show

We talk about finding the stories that specializations want to tell and learning to find the ones that are there and not always forcing our own onto the career and specializations. Things talked about in this episode * Knights of Fate * Unlimited Power * Four Man Band * Ton Phanan * Leap of Faith You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce Rissa is @KookyKitt Help us out financially for the show on Patreon You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com Or click below to listen to the show

Ben, Rissa, and Leslie were talking about the absolute cheese that is in Star Wars and related products, how it’s baked into the essence of it, and discuss many ways to add it in and vectors to add some tension breaking levity to your adventures Things talked about in this episode * Ewoks Theme * Mo – Wall-E * Chopper * HK-47 * Surf Ninjas * The Mummy * Looper * Sahara * Batman – Tim Burton * The Equalizer * The Goonies * The Little Mermaid * Lilo and Stitch * Avatar the last Airbender * Zeppo trope * Justice League Unlimited * Space Janitors You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce Rissa is @KookyKitt Help us out financially for the show on Patreon You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com Or click below to listen to the show

We talk about the players who shoot first and may remember to ask questions after they’ve looted the bodies. We get ideas on how to make the experience broader with them and how to try and how to make their actions matter to the stories you’re telling. Things talked about in this episode * Murder hobo poll * SilzeroMatt * SilZero * World of Warcraft * The Old Republic * Wolverine * Legends of Tomorrow * The Expanse You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce Rissa is @KookyKitt Help us out financially for the show on Patreon You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com Or click below to listen to the show

Ben is getting ready to run Mask of the Pirate Queen, Rissa runs a bunch of investigation and mysteries for her players. Rissa gives insights from her many adventures and what has worked and what hasn’t. Things talked about in this episode: * Game Night * Clue * A Pup Named Scooby Doo * Miss Marple * Poirot You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce Rissa is @KookyKitt Help us out financially for the show on Patreon You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com Or click below to listen to the show

This week we’re excited to welcome James D’amato from the One Shot Network to talk about improvisation and some strategies to make it easier at the game table when players throw you for a loop. Things talked about in this episode * One Shot * Campaign Podcast * Fiasco * OSR * Cannibal Halfling Mech Rules * X Card * Star Crossed * Star Crossed One Shot * The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce Rissa is @KookyKitt Help us out financially for the show on Patreon You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com Or click below to listen to the show  

A scenario that’s always hard to setup is getting player characters captured. We talk about how to make it more intuitive for the characters to be captured, how to deal with a near total party kill, and how to make it so the players get the idea to be captured ‘all on their own’ Things talked about in this episode: * Thor Ragnarok * Chekov’s gun * Ravenloft * Strahd You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Rissa is @KookyKitt Help us out financially for the show on Patreon You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com Or click below to listen to the show

We started to talk about playing different species for your games and how to make it matter for your players. From how NPCs interact to how to set expectations at the table Things talked about in this episode: * Dice for Brains * Galaxy Guide 9 – Fragments from the Rim * McKays Chattanooga * Defel * Pao * Drabata * Peekpa * Last Shot * Rissa * Ssi-ruuk You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Rissa is @KookyKitt Help us out financially for the show on Patreon You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com Or click below to listen to the show

Episode 200, you’d think we’d talk about something profound. We talk about one of the most profound things you can actually do for your campaign. How to end it. Three hosts talk about the different kinds of endings we’ve seen and give some advice for GMs on how to make it satisfying. Things discussed in this episode * Ant man civil war stinger * Fiasco * The Flash * Farscape * The Sopranos * Harry Potter You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Rissa is @KookyKitt Help us out financially for the show on Patreon You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com Or click below to listen to the show

The topic of difficult players came up in discussion in the Tales twitter DMs. This brought up the different sorts of ways players and GMs can not see eye to eye on ideas and drew us to this episode topic. Things talked about in this episode: * Zuckuss * Dice for Brains * Rebels * Jodo Kast You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Rissa is @KookyKitt Help us out financially for the show on Patreon You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com Or click below to listen to the show

We were asked about a particular build for a character, it raised a bit of a flag for us and all hosts decided we should talk about specializations that require a bit more work by those around the table. Things talked about in this episode: * Domino * Deadpool 2 * Minority Report You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Rissa is @KookyKitt Help us out financially for the show on Patreon You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com Or click below to listen to the show

We have  a huge group to talk about Solo: A Star Wars Story and share our perspectives. To a person we liked the movie, but we also are the sort who can look at it and see what could be done better. Things talked about in this episode: * Solo: A Star Wars Story * Hail Ceaser! * Dice For Brains * Silhouette Zero You can find us on Twitter Show updates are @TheHydianWay Ben is @DeuteriumIce David is @Akaagentshades Rissa is @KookyKitt Help us out financially for the show on Patreon You can get in contact with us at Tales@theHydianWay.com Or click below to listen to the show