Saving the Game

Saving the Game


Latest Episodes

Episode 184 - Alignment Wrap-Up (With Douglas Underhill)
August 31, 2020

  If you like our longer episodes, you're in for a treat with this one. We had a lot to say this time, and the fact that we recorded this one in two different sections due to some connection issues probably also contributed to the overall length.   We st.

Episode 183 - Ghosts
August 17, 2020

Though we've done an episode on undeath in general, we figured that ghosts deserved an episode of their own, since they occupy a somewhat unique role in fiction. We start the episode off with a check-in as usual and... last Monday and the days leading..

Bonus Episode 21 - Jenny and Peter Brainstorm Some More
August 03, 2020

With Grant out due to illness and a host of technical issues (that have thankfully since been mostly resolved) besetting us, we opted for a bonus episode this week. This episode is specifically focusing on adding some additional texture to the religious .

Episode 182 - Cosmic Horror
July 20, 2020

This week's episode is the second-quarter Patreon topic (a little late). We've referenced cosmic horror a number of times throughout our run, but never in this kind of depth. As is usual, we spend a bit of time catching up and then move into our Patre..

Episode 181 - Real-World Faith in Games (with WJ MacGuffin)
July 06, 2020

Not feeling well and not being able to get to the internet robbed us of Jenny this week. However, despite that lack, this was a great episode because we had an awesome guest host! Paranoia writer WJ MacGuffin joined us to talk about incorporating real-w..

Episode 180 - Chaotic Evil (Alignments 9)
June 22, 2020

  Well folks, this is it - the last of the 3x3 grid of alignments, and arguably the worst of the worst.Note: Spoilers for the City on a Hill, Season 2 Finale from 9:12-11:35 We start off with an announcement that mirrors our recent blog post. TL;DR: we'r.

Episode 179 - Chaotic Neutral (With Krissi Woodward)
June 08, 2020

  A quick note: our two-week lead time can sometimes mean that a lot happens between when we record an episode and when we release it. On may 25th, four officers of the Minneapolis, MN police department killed George Floyd, an unarmed black man. On May 2.

Episode 178 - Chaotic Good (With Elizabeth Garn)
May 25, 2020

  In this episode we're joined by none other than Elizabeth Garn of Christ and Pop Culture. (Elizabeth has written some great articles about faith and gaming and she should be on your radar if she wasn't already!)We start off the episode with the usual c.

Episode 177 - Keeping Players in the Loop
May 11, 2020

This week we have more unstructured, conversational episode for you. Grant and Peter realized back in episode 173 that we'd like to talk about when players know what the GM is planning, but as we talked about the upcoming episode, we all realized that w..

Episode 176 - Freelancing (with Jason Brick)
April 27, 2020

Grant, Peter and Jenny are joined by Jason Brick, veteran freelance writer in the TTRPG industry (and several others besides!). We kick off with a little chatter and swiftly move into our Patreon question from Joseph Linardon who asks " What would be you.