Ashyfeet Games was our Indie Designer of the Month for March! Moe, the designer behind Ashyfeet, has given our Patreon's a free digital download of his game, Alien Omen. Be sure to check it out and all the amazing games by Ashyfeet games.
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◇ Forlornhope22 brings up GMs that punishing Players, Michael asks about elocution, and Sean from NJ has a new frame of mind about safety tools | Hosts: Kimi, Nick, & Rose ◇
2023-04-17 21:02:27 +0000 UTC View Post
◇ Jörn in Sweden hates cinematic descriptions in games, Charger347 wants to rename styles of playing TTRPGs, Eric from New Jersey shares a horror story | Hosts: Kimi, CADave, and Alex ◇
2023-04-17 20:59:48 +0000 UTC View PostCongratulations to the Patreons who will be getting FREE copies of Jen Adcock's game, The Price of Coal! Jen was our Indie Designer of the Month for Februrary!
Physical copy: Jason Youngberg
Digital copy:
Sophie
Alex Billmen
Stephen Dosman
For future giveaways, look for the entry form to be posted! Per Patreon.com's...
Our amazing designers from January have been suuuuper busy with their business, day jobs, and growing family. They were finally able to sit down together and answer our interview questions. Enjoy!
(Also, don't forget to grab a copy of their game about a co-op of magic users that was posted earlier in the month!)
◇ Thomas from Denmark asks how to game with teenagers who act like teenagers, Ken from Canada wants to know how to keep card prompt games fresh with two players, and Eric from Texas asks how we decide to what games to support on crowdfunding sites | Hosts: Kimi, CADave, and A...
2023-03-29 08:13:44 +0000 UTC View Post
◇ Eric from Oregon talks about ways to work with players as a blind GM, EricaOdd asks how to avoid oppression tourism in games, Rose asks what rules we always skip | Hosts: Kimi, Nick, Moe ◇
2023-03-29 08:11:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Our February Indie Designer of the Month is letting us give away one physical copy of her card-based rpg, The Price of Coal, and three digital Roll20 versions of the game! To show your interest in getting a free copy of this game, please fill out this form by March 27th.
2023-03-21 01:32:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello amazing Patreons! The beginning of this year was very stressful for some of our amazing Indie Designers of the Month. I'm still working to get the promised copies of their games for you.
Here are the copies of The Wizard's Co-Op from Gem Room Games, who we featured back in January. Please enjoy!
As always, we buy copies for...
◇ Budding Butlerian in New Zealand shares a story about players using ChatGTP, Toby wants advice about a disappointing convention experience, Steve from Wisconsin shares his return to gaming and LARP knowledge. | Hosts: Kimi, Nick, CADave ◇
2023-03-20 17:20:32 +0000 UTC View Post
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◇ MiniPainterJen asks how to run a session where PCs have personalities in two different realities, Steffi from Scotland asks how to clean up lose ends when a player leaves a game mid campaign, Ed from Minnesota, now in Florida has a challenge for the Happy Jacks hosts about introducing new people to the hobby. | 2023-02-28 19:02:31 +0000 UTC View Post
◇ Live from OrcCon 2023 at the Hilton LAX in Los Angeles! A great panel show with members of our audience and stories from lots of different con games. Since it is a live event, the audio quality is not the same as our normal episodes recorded in our studio. ◇
2023-02-24 07:50:25 +0000 UTC View Post
This month's Indie Designer of the Month is Jen Adcock! She recently published The Price of Coal, a fantastic game about coal labor disputes and the Battle of Blair mountain. She also publishes more great indie games on itch.io at https://jen-adcock15.itch.io !
2023-02-24 07:47:35 +0000 UTC View Post
◇ OrcCon 2023 is happening Feb 17-20th at the Hilton LAX in Los Angeles! Steffi from Scotland replies to our discussion about mystery games, Vyrrk from DC asks for recommendations for games besides D&D that have the same vibe and flavor, Blake shares a horror story from his first gaming group | Hosts: Nick, Jameson, Mike & Jim ◇
2023-02-16 23:53:33 +0000 UTC View Post
◇ We had some slight audio troubles with Rose’s remote audio for the first part of this episode, but they get cleared up pretty quick. OrcCon 2023 is coming Feb 17-20th! Thomas from Denmark brings up GMs fudging their dice rolls, Ken from Canada asks how to tell if a player’s reaction is warranted, and Andreas in Sweden replies to our disc...
2023-02-08 04:54:07 +0000 UTC View Post
◇ OrcCon 2023 is coming! Richard asks how to get players to grab plot hooks, Emily asks how to entice board game players to play RPGs, and Daniel asks about our favorite published adventures for non-fantasy campaigns. | Hosts: Kimi, Nick, Riley, Jameson ◇
2023-02-07 04:36:07 +0000 UTC View Post
◇ Summary: Eric from Texas asks how much you have to know when running a campaign in a popular setting, Michael E replies to our discussion of when GMs take players stuff away, and Eric from New Jersey shares a LARP gaming triumph | Hosts: Kimi, Nick, Clara ◇
2023-01-23 20:04:01 +0000 UTC View PostHello amazing Patreons,
Thanks to your amazing support, we have been able to slowly upgrade and improve the quality of our streaming studio since I took over Happy Jacks in April. A lot of upgrade possibilities opened up with the layout of our new space, and we have been able to improve things as we learned too.
Now, we have taken ...
◇ Summary: Eric from New Jersey is returning to running convention games after an 18 year absence and wants tips, Mike from New York replies to our conversation about problematic powers with opponents in ttrpgs, EricaOdd shares her experience with the Avatar PBTA game at a local convention | Hosts: Kimi, Nick, Joey, Jameson ◇
2023-01-17 22:55:49 +0000 UTC View Post
◇ Summary: Owen from New Zealand wants to find a good way to memorialize a gaming friend who has passed away, Will asks about how to balance life with gaming, and Ken in Canada loves considering the biology of monsters | Memorializing a Gaming Friend, Hosts: Kimi, Nick, Christos & Jason◇
2023-01-14 01:39:17 +0000 UTC View PostHello amazing Patreon supporters! With the future of a lot of social media being uncertain, it's really hit home how important it is for me to get some in-house communication tools set up that are completely under our control. A mailing list is the best option so I'm starting one for Happy Jacks. I'm aiming for quarterly updates, so not too much...
2023-01-03 19:00:43 +0000 UTC View Post
◇ Summary: Curt has issues with Lines and Veils as a safety tool, Steve can’t seem to create moments of awe and wonder for the player characters in his games, and DM Pete has finished our backlog and we talk a bit about how Happy Jacks has changed over the years. | Hosts: Kimi, Emily & Clara◇
2023-01-01 05:14:38 +0000 UTC View Post
◇ Summary: We discuss gender roles in fictional species and societies, including ways to turn them on their head, give universal tips for learning to GM, and share our “white whale” systems that have managed to escape us all these years. | Hosts: Kimi & Adam◇
2023-01-01 01:40:53 +0000 UTC View Post
◇ Summary: Steve in So Cal wants to discuss how to balance world-building canon while still “yes and-ing” players contributions to the world, Thomas from Denmark asks about mystery and investigation stories in TTRPGS, and Steffi in Scotland wants advice about giving advice | Hosts: Kimi, Adam, & Rose ◇
2022-12-29 19:58:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello amazing patreons! Thank you for your incredible support. This month, we are featuring Noora Rose as our Indie Designer of the Month! You can hear all about Rose on S31E06 and more about her incredible games all month on the Friday Advice Show, but here are your special goodies as thanks for being a supporter of our network:
Here is ...
Summary: We announce our December Indie Designer of the Month, Richard asks about mechanics helping new players, Adam has great advice for running The One Ring 2nd Edition, and Vyrrk is worried that he has given his players bad habits as their only GM ever | Hosts: Kimi, Riley, and Bill
2022-12-09 06:58:35 +0000 UTC View Post
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◇ Summary: Batman writes in about the science behind evil fantasy creatures, Curt from Alaska asks about running TTRPGs for a group of 44 kids, and Jolene shares some advice about safety tools and has a reminder for us. | Hosts: Kimi, Adam, & CADave ◇
2022-11-28 18:27:57 +0000 UTC View Post
◇ Summary: Kettle from Germany asks for tips and tricks for streaming games, Steffi from Scotland offers an academically inspired way to pace one-shots, Actual Jessie talks about the The One Ring TTRPG and Kimi goes on a rant about Rings of Power | Hosts: Kimi (@goldenlass...
2022-11-23 18:35:14 +0000 UTC View Post