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In this episode Chris came up with a ton of news and events. One of the main ones, though, was Goodman Games taking over City State of the Invincible Overlord and the controversy about the current IP holder.https://goodman-games.com/a-statement-about-city-state-of-the-invincible-overlord/**********************************************Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting.If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine**********************************************About us:Paco and Martin are a couple who love playing games and recording videos about them. Paco has been playing RPGs since he discovered Dragonlance in 1984 and found his love for Boardgames in 2007. He’s an avid reader and has a very keen interest in gaming and the people who make them.Martin is a chartered surveyor who just loves media production. He is in charge of all the editing and the technology we use in our Spain-based studio.*****************************************************Useful links:This

Interview with Leland Andercheck about Changedstars and their many other games that are currently blessing a lot of tables.Very, very interesting indeed!Find out more about Leland and Changed stars here: https://dieselshot.itch.io/changedstarsAnd get the PDF in DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/472535/changedstars?affiliate_id=318686 ChangedStars is a tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) of space opera set in a universe where humanity tried to colonize the galaxy but was quickly put in its place by otherspace powers. The game includes an adventure module called "The Lode," which is ideal for one-shot sessions or to intersperse in a campaign. In this adventure, players explore the secrets of a seemingly insignificant asteroid and try to survive in this science fiction thriller. The game's PDF has 306 pages, with small, dense text in a professional design.**********************************************Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting.If you like our work, plea

The impact of USA politics in the world of board games is becoming obvious and rather damaging. Let's talk about that. And what happens to D&D now that Crawdford and Perkins have left WOTC?**********************************************Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting.If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠About us:Paco and Martin are a couple who love playing games and recording videos about them. Paco has been playing RPGs since he discovered Dragonlance in 1984 and found his love for Boardgames in 2007. He’s an avid reader and has a very keen interest in gaming and the people who make them.Martin is a chartered surveyor who just loves media production. He is in charge of all the editing and the technology we use in our Spain-based studio.*****************************************************Useful links:This video has been produced for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.gmsmagazine.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠For our RPGs ch

In this episode I had the gigantic pleasure of chatting with Mark Diaz Truman about a game that had to wait a long time to see the light of day. But it has ben SO worth it!The city hungers. Will you feed it?The streets bleed shadows as the supernatural politics of the city threaten to swallow you whole. Will you suffer as the savior for those who don't have enough, or take advantage of the weakness in friend and foe alike? Will you fight the darkness... or give in for power?Urban Shadows is an urban fantasy tabletop roleplaying game in which mortals and monsters vie for control of a modern-day city in a political battleground layered just under the reality we think we know. Vampires, faeries, hunters, and wizards fight to carve out a piece of the streets and skyscrapers, ready to make deals with all those who have something to offer. In this book, you’ll find:12 unique character playbooks, each tuned to put your characters at the center of an urban fantasy story driven by allegiances, debts, and status4 s

In this episode Chris and I just talked about a few random thoughts we had in mind after the two weeks break we had to take because of computer problems.**********************************************Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting.If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠About us:Paco and Martin are a couple who love playing games and recording videos about them. Paco has been playing RPGs since he discovered Dragonlance in 1984 and found his love for Boardgames in 2007. He’s an avid reader and has a very keen interest in gaming and the people who make them.Martin is a chartered surveyor who just loves media production. He is in charge of all the editing and the technology we use in our Spain-based studio.*****************************************************Useful links:This video has been produced for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.gmsmagazine.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠For our RPGs channel ► ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@gmsm

SIGIL was (is?) the VTT project that Wizards of the Coast (WOTC) hoped would bring D&D to a different and new level. With gorgeous looks and even more demanding equipment requirements, it felt like they were really going for it,but… 90% of the staff has been laid off.And what is the future of rpg firms given the rise in price for printing?**********************************************Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting.If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠About us:Paco and Martin are a couple who love playing games and recording videos about them. Paco has been playing RPGs since he discovered Dragonlance in 1984 and found his love for Boardgames in 2007. He’s an avid reader and has a very keen interest in gaming and the people who make them.Martin is a chartered surveyor who just loves media production. He is in charge of all the editing and the technology we use in our Spain-based studio.*********************************

Ernie Gygax, ons of Gary Gygax' son, recently passed away after a fight with illness. Since, a plethora of people have commented on a thread of EN World where some truly horrible things have been said.Was Ernie such a bad egg?And on my part (Paco) I have a big announcement to make: I am publishing my own RPG!**********************************************Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting.If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠About us:Paco and Martin are a couple who love playing games and recording videos about them. Paco has been playing RPGs since he discovered Dragonlance in 1984 and found his love for Boardgames in 2007. He’s an avid reader and has a very keen interest in gaming and the people who make them.Martin is a chartered surveyor who just loves media production. He is in charge of all the editing and the technology we use in our Spain-based studio.*****************************************************Useful links:

Infinity Fiction is an AI powered platform capable of inmersing players in a ever changing world. The company claims it uses AI reponsibily. I asked the CEO a few hard questions.Find out more on their website: https://infinityfiction.ai/**********************************************Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting.If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠About us:Paco and Martin are a couple who love playing games and recording videos about them. Paco has been playing RPGs since he discovered Dragonlance in 1984 and found his love for Boardgames in 2007. He’s an avid reader and has a very keen interest in gaming and the people who make them.Martin is a chartered surveyor who just loves media production. He is in charge of all the editing and the technology we use in our Spain-based studio.*****************************************************Useful links:This video has been produced for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.gmsmagazine.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Andrew C. E. Gaska has been the mind behind an enormous chunk of the Free League's RPG Alien and also Planet of the Apes from Magnetic Press. We talk at length about both in what's our longest interview to date!Free league Alien: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/alien/Magnetic Press Planet of the Apes: https://www.magnetic-press.com/official-planet-of-the-apes-rpg-preregistration/**********************************************Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting.If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠About us:Paco and Martin are a couple who love playing games and recording videos about them. Paco has been playing RPGs since he discovered Dragonlance in 1984 and found his love for Boardgames in 2007. He’s an avid reader and has a very keen interest in gaming and the people who make them.Martin is a chartered surveyor who just loves media production. He is in charge of all the editing and the technology we use in our Spain-based st

In this episode Chris and I talk about the lack of funding for a lot of very popular podcasters and YouTubers and how Google is renewing the creator-verse. And after having read it, I do a review of The Electric State from Free League. What an amazing game! Among other things! ********************************************** Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting. If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ About us: Paco and Martin are a couple who love playing games and recording videos about them. Paco has been playing RPGs since he discovered Dragonlance in 1984 and found his love for Boardgames in 2007. He’s an avid reader and has a very keen interest in gaming and the people who make them. Martin is a chartered surveyor who just loves media production. He is in charge of all the editing and the technology we use in our Spain-based studio. ***************************************************** Useful links: This video has been produ

Over the last year, Evil Genius Games has managed to alienate a ton of people with their incursion in the world of crypto and accepting investment from crypto-currency firms. Now they are trying to clean their act by talking to people like me and sending cease and desist letters to people who don't take down articles about them... It does not bode well, does it? ********************************************** Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting. If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ About us: Paco and Martin are a couple who love playing games and recording videos about them. Paco has been playing RPGs since he discovered Dragonlance in 1984 and found his love for Boardgames in 2007. He’s an avid reader and has a very keen interest in gaming and the people who make them. Martin is a chartered surveyor who just loves media production. He is in charge of all the editing and the technology we use in our Spain-based studio. ********

Critical Role's episodes have been used to feed an AI model and the results used to feed another AI model... things are getting murky! Find out more here: https://www.polygon.com/critical-role/510326/critical-role-transcripts-ai-dnd-dungeon-master And Chris comes with a review of Freedom Five: A Sentinel Comics Board Game from Greater than Games. ********************************************** Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting. If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ About us: Paco and Martin are a couple who love playing games and recording videos about them. Paco has been playing RPGs since he discovered Dragonlance in 1984 and found his love for Boardgames in 2007. He’s an avid reader and has a very keen interest in gaming and the people who make them. Martin is a chartered surveyor who just loves media production. He is in charge of all the editing and the technology we use in our Spain-based studio. **************************

I had the enormous pleasure of interviewing Garry and talk about his mega cute game FÄNGELSEHÅLA. Find out more on his website: https://diekugames.com/fang/ And don't miss his video podcast: https://diekugames.com/category/blog/ FÄNGELSEHÅLA is the Swedish word for “dungeon.”  We are inviting you to play an epic adventure with the elegance of the instructions from everybody’s favorite furniture store! This tabletop role-playing game is a minimalist approach, offering an immersive experience without the complexity. Forget thick rulebooks and intricate character sheets – FÄNG is as easy to grasp as connecting the dots in an instruction manual. Designed for one-shots that allow you to embark on quests with mechanics so straightforward that you can be up and running in minutes. ********************************************** Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting. If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ About us: Paco and Martin are a coup

Drintera® is a lore-rich fantasy TTRPG setting inspired by world cultures and heroic mythology. The gods have proclaimed the Age of Destiny. Adventurers, stride forth to claim your place in legend! Magic in Drintera makes narrative sense, not rational sense. Enchantments can take hold of the very land to create places of wonder—or dread. As in the legend of the Fisher King, a great tragedy that strikes a royal house can bring a curse upon the entire kingdom. As in the legend, a heroic quest can lift the curse. That’s why Drintera will always need heroes. The many lands and cultures of Drintera are written by a diverse international team. We’re building Drintera month by month as a PDF magazine. Each issue contains 20+ pages of creative fuel for the game master: nations, factions, gods and sects, legends, adventure locations, story ideas, villains, and creature lore, and game master advice. Find out more on our DriveThruRPG site: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/12962/shewstone-publishing?affil

Time to start 2025 with a bang! Chris and I talk about the games we look forward in 2025, what games we played during Xmas and first impressions review of Mass Effect: Priority Hagalaz. ********************************************** Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting. If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ About us: Paco and Martin are a couple who love playing games and recording videos about them. Paco has been playing RPGs since he discovered Dragonlance in 1984 and found his love for Boardgames in 2007. He’s an avid reader and has a very keen interest in gaming and the people who make them. Martin is a chartered surveyor who just loves media production. He is in charge of all the editing and the technology we use in our Spain-based studio. ***************************************************** Useful links: This video has been produced for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.gmsmagazine.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ For our RPGs channel ► ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@g

This is our Xmas guide for people who want to buy games or accesories for the gamer in your life.Links to the places we mention: BGG list of Christmas themed games: ⁠https://boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/147503/christman-and-winter-themed-games⁠⁠ Board Game Bandit list⁠: https://www.boardgamebandit.ca/collections/holiday-themed-board-game-favourites?srsltid=AfmBOopLrCvmZR1E2Yg7wN86a_MwL3A4oDZCdMqnrk1dgJFnAyvjG9w1 Dragon Shield accesories: ⁠https://www.dragonshield.com/ ⁠Varied gifts for geeks: ⁠https://www.thisiswhyimbroke.com/gifts/gifts-for-geeks/ ⁠********************************************** Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting. If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine ********************************************** About us: Paco and Martin are a couple who love playing games and recording videos about them. Paco has been playing RPGs since he discovered Dragonlance in 1984 and found his love for Boardgames in 2007. He’s an avid reader and has a very keen

Are we seeing a decrease in the sales of RPGs? Over the last few weeks, a lot of small publishers have ceased to exist from the DMs Guild. In the region of 500. Given the thousands of people there, it doesn’t sound like much, but how many people are leaving and how many people just publish one product and then give up? On part two, we discuss if games in which you discover a winning strategy that works every time and allows you to win every game are good games. Are you interested in playing a game you know you’re going to win even before you start playing? And last, but not least, a review of Be like a Crow, a solo journaling RPG by Kritical Kit that puts the players in the wings of crows, rooks and ravens in a variety of environments, from high fantasy to political intrigue in the medieval British Court. ********************************************** Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting. If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine⁠⁠⁠⁠ About us: Paco and

This episode of the GMS Magazine podcast kicks off with host Paco Garcia and co-host Chris from Dias XMachina chatting about Paco's recent trip to Dragonmeet in London. After the Dragon Meet discussion, the hosts switch gears to talk about some recent news in the tabletop roleplaying game industry, starting with an investment announcement from Evil Genius Games. Evil Genius Games has secured funding from Alumni Ventures to develop a "games as a service" platform. Paco and Chris turn their attention to everyone's (least) favorite billionaire, Elon Musk, and his recent comments about potentially buying Hasbro. Moving on from billionaire shenanigans, Kickstarter projects that seems to be going nowhere. Chris also shares his experience with Notebook LM, a Google tool that can generate podcasts from text. This leads to a discussion about the potential dangers of AI-generated content and the importance of verifying information. Finally, Chris wraps up the episode with a review of the board game "Super Motherload

Language can be a tricky thing with many nuances for different expressions. “Guys” is one of those words that raise eyebrows depending on how you use it. Do you use it as a gender-neutral pronoun or do you use it as a male pronoun? Recently Gary Gygax came back to the fray when petulant billionaire Elon Musk decided to attack anyone and everyone who thought that Gygax was sexist. He was. Undeniably. But there was more to him than that. We talk about it. And two reviews: The Lost Mountain Saga, of which I think I have already spoken in the past. This multi-adventure campaign for Vaesen and authored by Ellinor DiLorenzo takes the players to the north of Sweden to investigate what is going on in the depths of the mine of a remote town that has recently seen a new life. And Chris talks about Apocrypha, one of his favourite games and why he thinks it is better than the Pathfinder card game. ***************************************************** Useful links: This video has been produced for ⁠⁠https://www.gmsmagaz

Violet Daisy Games was born with the aim of providing quircky and different types of roleplaying games to its audience. Since they they’ve released a colouring book, been successful in a crowdfunding campaign to get a game about narrating your own demise and have another on the way to make sure your characters meet in an original place and not just any tavern… And there is a lot more to them than that! I got together with Anna Maria Jackson-Phelps to talk about the company, its ethos and the plans for present and very likely glorious future. ********************************************** Please help our channel by subscribing and commenting. If you like our work, please buy us a Ko-Fi ► ⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/gmsmagazine⁠⁠ About us: Paco and Martin are a couple who love playing games and recording videos about them. Paco has been playing RPGs since he discovered Dragonlance in 1984 and found his love for Boardgames in 2007. He’s an avid reader and has a very keen interest in gaming and the people who make t