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Download this episode (right click and save) Krissi Woodward—Grant’s wife and costume designer—joins us once again to discuss visual character descriptions in our game, and especially clothing! We have a couple of announcements related to our Weekend Reading series and our Patreon question rewards. Then we tackle a question from […]

Episode 109 – Visual Character Descriptions, Part 1 (with Krissi ...

2 May, 2017 in Episodes / Guest Host / Regular Episodes tagged apps / character portraits / clothing / exodus / genesis / hero forge / heromachine / inkarnate / isaiah / james / jeans / krissi / minecraft / miniatures / modesty / mst3k / tattoos / weekend reading / worldpainter by Grant Woodward

Download this episode (right click and save) This episode, we tackle a surprisingly complicated topic: Relics and holy items! Grant’s out sick, what with his entire house having been struck by plagues of all sorts, so Jenny and Peter have the mics to themselves. For our Patreon question, they get […]

Episode 107 – Relics and Holy Items

4 Apr, 2017 in Episodes / Regular Episodes tagged 2 kings / blackleaf / exodus / holy / illness / jenny / matthew / never go full blackleaf / Peter / relics by Grant Woodward

Download this episode (right click and save) After over two years as a two-person show, Saving the Game is proud to announce our new permanent host Jenny Dickson! This is her first episode, and she’ll be joining us going forward. The episode starts off with an introduction of Jenny and […]

Episode 106 – Limiting Evil

21 Mar, 2017 in Episodes / Regular Episodes tagged exodus / judges / new host / revelation by Peter Martin

Download this episode (right click and save) Grant and Peter are back to talk about exploration as a major feature in RPGs! First, a bit of sad news from Peter; then, we spend a bit of time talking about Grant’s Fellowship game, and how strange the system feels to him. […]

Episode 105 – Exploration

7 Mar, 2017 in Episodes / Patreon Backer Episodes / Regular Episodes tagged beetles / cars / cats / exploration / fellowship / genesis / mark / patreon by Grant Woodward

Download this episode (right click and save) In this episode, Grant and Peter discuss naming characters and renaming characters! We kick things off with a conversation about the games Grant’s playing right now—Pugmire, Fellowship, and No Thank You, Evil!—and attempt to answer a question from Patreon backer Rich about play-by-post gaming. […]

Episode 104 – Naming and Renaming

21 Feb, 2017 in Episodes / Regular Episodes tagged acts / earthsea / genesis / isaiah / jesus / matthew / names / paul / revelation / saul by Grant Woodward

Download this episode (right click and save) We’ve got THREE guests crowding around the mics this week for part one of a special episode on personal fitness! Kimi (cosplayer, tabletop gaming podcaster, weightlifter, gym owner, and former personal trainer), Chris (media professional, tabletop gaming podcaster, filmmaker, and former personal trainer) and […]

Episode 103 – Fitness for Gamers, Part 1 (with Kimi, ...

24 Jan, 2017 in Episodes / Guest Host / Regular Episodes tagged chris / colossians / everything we learned we learned from fear the boot / exercise / fear the boot / fitness / guest host / gurps / happy jacks rpg podcast / isaiah / kimi / krissi / lifting / nerdstrong / philippians / post-apocalyptic / proverbs / red markets / running / snacks / zumba by Grant Woodward

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Download this episode (right click and save) Happy New Year! Grant and Peter are back to talk about … dice?! After a couple of minor announcements and housekeeping notes, we list off some of the games we’d really like to try to play in 2017. We also tackle a Patreon […]

Episode 102 – Adapting to the Dice

10 Jan, 2017 in Episodes / Regular Episodes tagged a scoundrel in the deep / dice / dogs in the vineyard / doing it wrong / dramasystem / everything we learned we learned from fear the boot / fear the boot / feng shui / gumshoe / leviticus / pillar of fire / proverbs / romans / unknown armies by Grant Woodward

Download this episode (right click and save) Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Grant and Peter sit down to tackle a topic selected by our voting Patreon supporters: Playing supernatural creatures! First, though, we spend quite a lot of time on a serious problem that cropped up in Grant’s Pugmire […]

Episode 101 – Playing Supernatural Creatures

27 Dec, 2016 in Episodes / Patreon Backer Episodes / Regular Episodes tagged gullah / holidays / isaiah / lines and veils / pugmire / romans / supernatural / vampire by Grant Woodward

Download this episode (right click and save) We’ve finally reached the hundred-episode milestone! Our heartfelt thanks to all our listeners, past hosts and guest hosts, and Patreon backers; you’ve all helped make this podcast special. We look forward to the next hundred-plus episodes! This episode, Grant and Peter celebrate reaching […]

Episode 100 – History and Historical Mystery

13 Dec, 2016 in Episodes / News / Patreon / Regular Episodes by Grant Woodward

Download this episode (right click and save) Mike Perna of Innroads Ministries joins us at the appointed hour, to give our listeners some real, practical advice on running small gaming events for your church or community! First, though, we talk about a few other things, in no particular order: Our […]

Episode 99 – Practical Advice for Running Gaming Events (with ...

29 Nov, 2016 in Episodes / Guest Host / Regular Episodes tagged big fandom greenville / bodhana group / ecclesiastes / Game Store Prophets / Innroads Ministries / inspectres / lines and veils / luke / mike perna / proverbs by Grant Woodward

Download this episode (right click and save) Grant and Peter continue our ongoing Ten Commandments series with a look at the Second Commandment! First, though, Grant has a fair bit to say about InSpectres and Pugmire, and some lessons he’s learned from those games lately. Then we tackle a question […]

Episode 98 – The Second Commandment (Ten Commandments, Part 2)

15 Nov, 2016 in Episodes / Regular Episodes / Series / The Ten Commandments tagged exodus / gamemastering / harassment / holiday charity drive / hosea / inspectres / isaiah / othering / patreon / pugmire / revelation by Grant Woodward

Download this episode (right click and save) We’re back to talk about religious villains in your game! First, Grant discusses a successful Pugmire one-shot and his upcoming InSpectres game. Then, Grant and Peter put out a call for your stories of ‘othering’ in the hobby (which you can submit by email […]

Episode 97 – Religious Villains

1 Nov, 2016 in Episodes / Regular Episodes tagged call to action / gatekeeping / inspectres / isaiah / matthew / othering / player behavior / pugmire / villains by Grant Woodward