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Happy Jacks RPG Podcastactive

Publisher |: Happy Jacks RPG Network

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: Alcohol,; Beer,; Comedy,; Games & Hobbies,; RPGs

Categories Via RSS |: Games,; Hobbies,; Leisure

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A weekly tabletop advice show for GMs and players that combines friendship, friendly banter, and unbridled enthusiasm to bring you a show that is inclusive, informative, honest and funny. If you’re looking for an RPG podcast with diverse opinions and a friends-hanging-out vibe, look no further — you’re home.

Happy Jacks RPG Podcast combines friendship, table-top RPGs, and unbridled enthusiasm to bring you a weekly round table discussion that is informative, honest and funny. If you're looking for an RPG podcast with diverse opinions and a slightly infantile sense of humor, look no further -- you're home.

People |: Stu Venable (@srvenable)
Country Of Origin |: USA
Produced In |: Pasadena, CA
Related Hashtags |: #actualplay,; #hjrpg,; #rpg,; #tabletop,; #ttrpg
Frequency |: Weekly
Explicit |: Yes

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457 Available Episodes (689 Total) / Average duration: 01:33:41

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457 Available Episodes (689 Total)Average duration: 01:33:41

Apr 14, 2024

00:56:42

◇ Topic: Micro RPGs, Emails: Eric from New Jersey made some rash GM choices and needs ideas, | Hosts: Kimi, Clara & Samantha ◇

00:33 – Welcome & Episode Summary |
1:38 – Announcements: Next Discord Game Daze will be in May (happyjacks.org/discord) & Savage Worlds actual play starting April 4th! |
1:38 – Indie Designer of the Month: Craig Campbell (he/him) of NerdBurger Games (nerdburgergames.com)|
2:54 – Topic: Mike asks how to make weapons feel unique and varied |
28:13 – Steffi wants our takes on open table secrets that cause problems |
42:30 – Eric from New Jersey has a Con Report |
52:52 – Episode Closing |
54:07 – Song: “Star of the County Down” by Sportive Tricks (sportivetricks.com) |

◇ Email happyjacksrpg@gmail.com to send in your own topic or question for the show!

◇ Find us on Youtube ◇ Twitch ◇ Twitter ◇ Instagram ◇ Facebook ◇ Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co

◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time.

◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintaining and improving the quality of our shows. patreon.com/happyjacksrpg

Apr 05, 2024

00:56:53

◇ Topic: Micro RPGs, Emails: Eric from New Jersey made some rash GM choices and needs ideas, | Hosts: Kimi, Clara & Samantha ◇

00:33 – Welcome & Episode Summary |
1:34 – Announcements: Next Discord Game Daze will be in May (happyjacks.org/discord) & Savage Worlds actual play starting April 4th! |
2:22 – Indie Designer of the Month: Logan Timmins (he/him) (breathingstories.itch.io)|
4:38 – Topic: Micro RPGs |
19:42 – Eric from New Jersey made some rash GM choices and needs ideas |
33:34 – BeardHare talks about how PBP has helped with TTRPG burnout |
51:15 – Episode Closing |
53:53 – Song: “Rock Lobster” by The Dread Crew of Oddwood (thedreadcrewofoddwood.com) |

◇ Email happyjacksrpg@gmail.com to send in your own topic or question for the show!

◇ Find us on Youtube ◇ Twitch ◇ Twitter ◇ Instagram ◇ Facebook ◇ Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co

◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time.

◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintaining and improving the quality of our shows. patreon.com/happyjacksrpg

Apr 01, 2024

01:24:28

◇ Topic: How do you balance the PC spotlight as a GM?, Emails: JDGriz asks when it’s ok for your PC to be the center of attention, Conner from Ireland asks how to deal with the character who needs to be talked into everything | Hosts: Kimi & Enge ◇

00:33 – Welcome & Episode Summary |
3:55 – Announcements: Next Discord Game Daze will be in May (happyjacks.org/discord) & Savage Worlds actual play starting April 4th! |
6:48 – Indie Designer of the Month: Logan Timmins (he/him) (breathingstories.itch.io)|
15:36 – Topic: How do you balance the PC spotlight as a GM? |
35:45 – JDGriz asks when it’s ok for your PC to be the center of attention |
55:02 – Conner from Ireland asks how to deal with the character who needs to be talked into everything |
01:20:12 – Episode Closing |
01:21:39 – Song: “The Prickle Holly Bush” by The Merry Wives of Windsor (mwow.net) |

◇ Email happyjacksrpg@gmail.com to send in your own topic or question for the show!

◇ Find us on Youtube ◇ Twitch ◇ Twitter ◇ Instagram ◇ Facebook ◇ Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co

◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time.

◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintaining and improving the quality of our shows. patreon.com/happyjacksrpg

Mar 27, 2024

00:55:23

◇ Topic: Using TTRPGs to explore parts of yourself, Elly talks about player responsibility for table dynamics, Gurg Murg shares some experience with player feedback | Hosts: Kimi & Emily ◇

00:33 – Welcome & Episode Summary |
1:17 – Announcements: Next Discord Game Daze will be in May (happyjacks.org/discord) & Kimi went to GAMA Expo! |
1:41 – Indie Designer of the Month: Logan Timmins (he/him) (breathingstories.itch.io)|
3:43 – Topic: Using TTRPGs to explore parts of yourself |
21:31 – Elly talks about player responsibility for table dynamics |
34:10 – Gurg Murg shares some experience with player feedback |
50:07 – Episode Closing |
52:26 – Song: “This Pub that We Call Home” by The Poxy Boggards (poxyboggards.com) |

◇ Email happyjacksrpg@gmail.com to send in your own topic or question for the show!

◇ Find us on Youtube ◇ Twitch ◇ Twitter ◇ Instagram ◇ Facebook ◇ Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co

◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time.

◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintaining and improving the quality of our shows. patreon.com/happyjacksrpg

Mar 18, 2024

01:37:39

◇ Topic: What is something that TTRPGs don’t do well… yet? Bill from Canada compares rumors to truths, & Josh from Denver gives us an OrcCon recap | Hosts: Kimi, Riley & Clara ◇

00:33 – Welcome & Episode Summary |
1:26 – Announcements: Next Discord Game Daze will be in May (happyjacks.org/discord) & Kimi went to GAMA Expo! |
2:03 – Indie Designer of the Month: Logan Timmins (he/him) (breathingstories.itch.io)|
22:02 – Topic: What is something that TTRPGs don’t do well… yet? |
01:04:43 – Bill from Canada compares rumors to truths |
01:24:49 – Josh from Denver gives us an OrcCon recap |
01:34:09 – Episode Closing |
01:35:08 – Song: “The Star of the County Down” by Sportive Tricks (sportivetricks.com) |

◇ Email happyjacksrpg@gmail.com to send in your own topic or question for the show!

◇ Find us on Youtube ◇ Twitch ◇ Twitter ◇ Instagram ◇ Facebook ◇ Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co

◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time.

◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintaining and improving the quality of our shows. patreon.com/happyjacksrpg

Mar 09, 2024

01:33:32

◇ Topic: Has a movie ever inspired a character or a campaign you made? Jörn from Sweden asks about players who reject the premise, Ken from Canada asks about running games for big groups and shares an update, Mike likes Pinnacles! | Hosts: Jason, Jay, Pooja, & Clara ◇

00:33 – Welcome & Episode Summary |
1:24 – Announcements: We have a Savage Worlds actual play GMed by Enge starting up soon! Our March 2nd Game Daze was a huge hit! We had 9 games in all different systems! The next one will be in May! (happyjacks.org/discord) |
01:43 – Indie Designer of the Month: Logan Timmins (he/him) (breathingstories.itch.io)|
03:05 – Topic: Has a movie ever inspired a character or a campaign you made? |
27:42 – Jörn from Sweden asks about players who reject the premise |
46:53 – Ken from Canada asks about running games for big groups and shares an update! |
01:15:10 – Mike likes Pinnacles!
01:27:57 – Episode Closing |
01:29:22 – Song: “The Force is Yours” by Super MadNES |

◇ Email happyjacksrpg@gmail.com to send in your own topic or question for the show!

◇ Find us on Youtube ◇ Twitch ◇ Twitter ◇ Instagram ◇ Facebook ◇ Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co

◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time.

◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintaining and improving the quality of our shows. patreon.com/happyjacksrpg

Mar 07, 2024

01:10:18

◇ Topic: What type of player are you? Does it change based on system or setting? Davi asks “Am I the A-hole?”, and Doogler shares some game stories | Hosts: Kimi, Enge, & Samantha ◇

00:33 – Welcome & Episode Summary |
1:41 – Announcements: Next Discord Game Daze will be in March! (happyjacks.org/discord) |
3:07 – Indie Designer of the Month: Anna Landin (she/her)(https://annalandin.itch.io/)|
8:13 – Topic: What type of player are you? Does it change based on system or setting? |
27:33 – Davi asks “Am I the A-hole?” |
39:57 – Doogler shares some game stories |
01:04:45 – Episode Closing |
01:06:05 – Song: “The Force Your Way” by Super MadNES (supermadnes.com) |

◇ Email happyjacksrpg@gmail.com to send in your own topic or question for the show!

◇ Find us on Youtube ◇ Twitch ◇ Twitter ◇ Instagram ◇ Facebook ◇ Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co

◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time.

◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintaining and improving the quality of our shows. patreon.com/happyjacksrpg

Feb 27, 2024

02:22:02

◇ Live from OrcCon 2024 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. ◇

◇ Find us on Youtube ◇ Twitch ◇ Twitter ◇ Instagram ◇ Facebook ◇ Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co

◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time.

◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintaining and improving the quality of our shows. patreon.com/happyjacksrpg

Feb 15, 2024

01:39:25

● Topic: What are the pros and cons of running prewritten adventures? ● Emails: Mike is planning to publish adventures and wonders if there is hope for small publishers? Charger 347 talks about making magic items that aren’t too complicated ● Hosts: Kimi, Pooja, & Alex ●

00:33 – Welcome & Episode Summary ●
1:41 – Announcements: OrcCon in February 16th-19th! We will be doing a live show on Saturday night. (strategicon.net) | Next Discord Game Daze will be March 2nd! (happyjacks.org/discord) ●
4:40 – Indie Designer of the Month: Anna Landin (annalandin.itch.io) ●
08:48 – Topic: What are the pros and cons of running prewritten adventures?●
44:06 – Mike is planning to publish adventures and wants to know what to include and if there is hope for small publishers ●
01:16:21 – Charger 347 talks about making magic items that aren’t too complicated ●
01:35:00 – Episode Closing ●
01:37:29 – Song: “Jenny of the Oldstones” by The Mary Sues (marysuesband.com) ●

◇ Email happyjacksrpg@gmail.com to send in your own topic or question for the show!

◇ Find us on Youtube ◇ Twitch ◇ Twitter ◇ Instagram ◇ Facebook ◇ Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co

◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time.

◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintaining and improving the quality of our shows. patreon.com/happyjacksrpg

Feb 02, 2024

01:32:34

◇ Topic: Playing games with societal or political messages embedded in their design, a new GM wants advice on how to handle x-card moments, Steffie from Scotland says the Rule of Cool is bad | Hosts: Kimi, Pooja, & Alex ◇

00:33 – Welcome & Episode Summary |
01:19 – Announcements: OrcCon in February 16th-19th! We will be doing a live show on Saturday night. (strategicon.net) | Next Discord Game Daze will be in March! (happyjacks.org/discord) |
02:43 – Indie Designer of the Month: Chris Gray (sunderedhold.com)|
04:03 – Topic: Playing games with societal or political messages embedded in their design|
1: 24:26 – A new GM wants advice on how to handle x-card moments |
2: 55:51 – Steffie from Scotland says the Rule of Cool is bad |
1:28:34 – Episode Closing |
01:29:41 – Song: “Drink ’til I Die” by The Poxy Boggards (poxyboggards.com) |

◇ Email happyjacksrpg@gmail.com to send in your own topic or question for the show!

◇ Find us on Youtube ◇ Twitch ◇ Twitter ◇ Instagram ◇ Facebook ◇ Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co

◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time.

◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintaining and improving the quality of our shows. patreon.com/happyjacksrpg

Apr 14 | 00:56:42

HJRP S33E18 | Creative Weapons, Table Secrets, & Con Report

Apr 05 | 00:56:53

HJRP S33E17 | Micro RPGs, Ideas for a Star Wars GM, & PBP Helping Burnout

Apr 01 | 01:24:28

HJRP S33E16 | Sharing PC Spotlights, PCs that have to be Talked into Everything

Mar 27 | 00:55:23

HJRP S33E15 | Exploring Yourself through RPGs, Player Responsibility, & Good Player Feedback

Mar 18 | 01:37:39

HJRP S33E14 | What RPGs Don’t do Well, Truths vs Rumors, & OrcCon Recap

Mar 09 | 01:33:32

HJRP S33E13 | Movie Inspired Games, Players Rejecting the Premise, Big Game Groups, & Yay, Pinnacles!

Mar 07 | 01:10:18

HJRP S33E12 | Player Type Changes, AITA?, & Game Stories

Feb 27 | 02:22:02

HJRP S33E11 | Live from OrcCon 2024!

Feb 15 | 01:39:25

HJRP S33E10 | Pros and Cons of Published Adventures, Publishing Adventures for Profit, & Avoid Complicated Magic Items

Feb 02 | 01:32:34

HJRP S33E09 | Messages in Game Design, Handling X-Card Moments, & the Rule of Cool is Bad (?)

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