Jolene was thinking about Actual Plays especially after we saw Laura and Travis from Critical Role at Galaxy Con in San Jose. This happened as she was on Reddit and came across a discussion about how actual plays like Critical Role and others were detrimental to the TTRPG Hobby. She talked to Saul and about it, where he understood where that sentiment came from, to which Jolene totally disagreed. What followed was a sprited discussion about actual plays and the result is this episode of Gaming Perspectives. Thank you all for Listening!

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Jolene was looking online at how GM's run games. She came across the topic of the GMs asking questions to their players. Jolene saw a lot of threads and forums discussing this topic. Jolene asked saw about this topic and they both had a lengthy discussion about this topic. Saul said he usually asks questions to keep the players "in the game" and keeping the players attention on the game. After the discussion they wrote out their ideas and decided to do this episode on GM Questions. Thank you all for Listening!

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Somehow Saul missed the 20th Anniversary of the Leroy Jenkins but it came up during the last gaming session both Saul and Jolene were playing in. So at one point there is a big battle at a beach where Jolene's character went charging into before any fellow players could react. Post the game session another player called what Jolene did a Leroy Jenkins which made everyone laugh and Jolene stating that she did not pull a Leroy Jenkins. Jolene looked online and found that this was not a rare occurence in TTRPGs. Jolene and Saul discussed this and other situations to figure out if they could be considered a Leroy Jenkins move or not. The result is this episode of the podcast. Thank you all for Listening!

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Jolene was on Youtube watching various videos and came across Ginny D's video about using a service to write your character's background for a TTRPG. She wanted to contrast the difference between the work of people that charged a Low, Medium and High fee for this service. Ginny D was a bit upset on the High priced service when she discovered that the person was using AI. What was worse in Ginny's and Jolene's eyes was that after Ginny sent that person a message asking if the background was done using AI the contracted person denied using AI. Jolene asked Saul about this Ginny D's episode. Saul said that AI is getting pretty invasive in many aspects of life. From professional to amateur work. The use of AI is becoming a big issue in the world that goes far beyond TTRPGs. That discussion lead to the following episode. Thank you all for Listening! You can email us gamingperspective.com@gmail.com

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Jolene and Saul were on Youtube and came across a video by Dungeon Craft and he was talking about the future of D&D. He predicted that when a 6th edition of D&D comes out in the next few years it would be "Digital Only", meaning there would be no physical books and the only way to get the rules is going to be online. Specifically through the D&D Beyond. As evidence, he pointed to a Gizmoto article about how 'the latest now officially called D&D 5.5 looks a bit Video Gamey. He also quoted Chris Cocks President of Hasbro. So after watching this video Saul was convinced that the next incarnation of D&D will be All Digital. Jolene was not so convinced, which lead to a lengthy "discussion" and that became the basis for this episode. What would happen if the next D&D went all Digital? How would it affect the TTRPG Industry? Listen and see what you think. Thank you all for Listening!

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Jolene and Saul recently played in a A Fantasy Trip: Melee RPG recently. Jolene was very interested in the game and wanted to know more about Melee. Saul explained that it was one of their friend's oldest favorite RPG. So Jolene took to the internet and found some interesting comment about The Fantasy Trip and how some gamers that had not heard of it before thought it was an OSR. Saul and Jolene discussed the game they played and how the rules worked. They decided to do an episode on one of the earliest Fantasy RPGs published. Thank you all for Listening! You can email us at gamingperspective.com@gmail.com

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Saul and Jolene were talking and Jolene asked Saul which did he prefer to do buy an adventure module or make up his own. That was a complicated answer that lead to a lengthy discussion. After that chat they decided it would make a good episode to record. So Saul and Jolene did just that. They sorted out their notes and recorded a podcast about Buying or Making Up Your Own Adventures. Thank you all for Listening! You can email us at gamingperspective.com@gmail.com

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Why do GM's, Referees, Keepers, Loremasters of many other people that "run" RPG game do it? This was a question that Saul across online and since Saul GM's quite a bit he asked himself and other fellow GMs why they GM roleplaying games. As you would guess not all people that run RPGs do it for the same reason, though many peoples reason does overlap. Saul asked Jolene why she GMs and after that discussion they decided to record an episode on the subject.

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