Well, it was inevitable, folks: When we committed to doing a series on The Ten Commandments, we knew we’d eventually have to talk about adultery. Fair warning: This episode does talk about sex. We’re not explicit or anything, but keep that in mind! First, though, we’ve got a few other […]
A cautionary note: if the names in this post aren’t familiar to you, exercise some care when googling. Both Mandy and Zak are current or former sex workers. I’m not entirely sure which tense it is and frankly it’s not relevant enough to what I have to say for me […]
We’re tackling a difficult and complex topic in this episode: How to roleplay characters with mental illnesses with sensitivity and grace. First, though, we’ve got a bit of other business to talk about, starting with our forthcoming appearances on City on a Hill Gaming (including Jenny’s very cool special episode, […]
As always, you can find all the posts in this series by clicking here. We’ll be getting back to Eisenstadt soon, but I thought I’d take a break to show off some new character options this week. Fantastical Kinds of People One thing that you can count on finding in […]
We’ve got an unusual bonus episode this time around—one that in many ways recalls our old New Years’ resolutions episodes! We’re implementing an objectives and key results system behind-the-scenes here at Saving the Game, in order to grow the podcast and make sure we’re doing everything we can to improve the quality of our show. […]
The Seedy Underbelly is Always There One of the things you can count on in any large population center is crime, and Eisenstadt is no exception. The massive amount of money, people, and goods flowing through the city at any given time present a tempting target for the opportunistic, and […]
With Jenny traveling for the holidays, we’re back to Grant and Peter on the mics for an episode! We cover our Christmas stories and Grant’s Christmas stream of the Link to the Past Holiday Randomizer, and remind our listeners about the very exciting upcoming Actual Play series we’re doing courtesy of […]
As always, you can find a full list of posts in this series by clicking here. The Who’s Who Doing What’s What Eisenstadt, as you’d expect, is an exceptionally busy place. The vast amount of trade coming and going from its various points of ingress and egress keeps millions employed […]
Author and game designer Greg Stolze joins us once again, this time to talk about systematically creating good gaming sessions! We had Greg on once before, talking about personal horror and Unknown Armies on STG 83, and it’s great to have him back to give some excellent game-mastering advice. Greg’s […]
As always, you can find a list of all the posts in this series by clicking here. The Big City. No Bigger Than That! Eisenstadt is the New York, London, Tokyo, and Bombay of my setting, all rolled into one. It is an enormous, teeming metropolis of some 15 million […]
Jenny and Peter oversee the promotion of our ongoing series on gamifying Biblical figures with one of the most difficult yet: Samson! Though his story is found in the Book of Judges, Samson is a notorious and often actively awful outlier among Biblical figures. He’s a drunken, womanizing barbarian who […]
As always, you can find all the posts in this series here. An Increase in Scope Those who follow everything we do very carefully may remember me alluding to a writing project I was doing during NaNoWriMo both on the blog and the podcast. I wasn’t writing a novel, but […]