Podcasts by The Forge: A Genesys RPG Podcast

EPISODE 29: Demystifying the Mystical VII - The Conjuring from 2023-01-22T02:55:38

This episode we summon up a deep dive into the Conjure spell. First up in The Furnace, we talk about the Conjure spell, how to adjudicate its use, and offer you some homebrew rules to make this ...

EPISODE 28 - A Welcome Presence from 2022-10-31T19:53:49

After yet another hiatus, GMs Chris and Hooly are back with another episode! This time they tackle the last of the big six archetypes with a look at archetypes created with the Presence attribut...

EPISODE 27 - Gear of Awe from 2022-01-03T16:14:08

GMs Chris and Hooly return to discuss the final chapter of their series on creating Gear for your campaign or Foundry Setting with a look at Gear and Attachments. They also have an indepth discu...

THE FORGE: Fuel for the Foundry - March 2021 from 2021-11-16T22:46

A monthly episode series dedicated to the releases from the Genesys Role Playing Game and the Genesys Foundry available from Drive Thru RPG.

MARCH 2021 RELEASES

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THE FORGE: Fuel for the Foundry - January 2021 from 2021-10-11T01:39:08

The first in a monthly episode series dedicated to the releases from the Genesys Role Playing Game from Edge Studio and the Genesys Foundry at Drive Thru RPG.

JANUARY 2021 RELEASES

EPISODE 26 - The Armor of Spotting from 2021-10-03T22:29:31

In an absolute cracker of an episode, we take a look at creating equipment for your campaign or Foundry product with an in-depth discussion on armor. We also be opening up the dice bag in Die Ca...

EPISODE 25 - Build-A-Bazooka from 2021-09-02T00:11:53

THE BOYS ARE BACK! In this, the first episode of 2021, as GMs Chris and Hooly bring back The Forge love by taking an intensive look at creating unique weapons for your campaign or Foundry Produc...

EPISODE 24 - The 2020 Forge Awards from 2020-12-13T20:14:09

We're back and with a brand new episode! Tonight, on The Forge: A Genesys RPG Podcast, we celebrate everything about the Genesys Role Playing Game and the Genesys Foundry especially the products...

EPISODE 23 - Adversarial Advice from 2020-10-01T03:52:25

When the chips are down and your party is in the thick of it, foes abound in your games. Whether your party is facing off against enemies, villains, thugs, ne'er-do-wells, hardened criminal, mis...

EPISODE 22 - Starting Your Engines #4: The Chase is On! from 2020-09-04T01:19:33

When it comes to action in the Genesys RPG, nothing beats the exhilaration of a chase through city streets, dungeons, or a rocky canyon at breakneck speeds. In this episode the hosts tackle ever...

EPISODE 21 - Double, Double, Toil, and Trouble! from 2020-08-14T22:16:09

Double, double, toil, and trouble! The fire burns and The Furnace bubbles as the hosts don their witch’s capes and look at the Alchemy skill! Due to popular demand, GM Eric, the good witch of th...

EPISODE 20 - Starting Your Engines #3: Ramming Speed! from 2020-07-18T00:22:33

In this the 20th episode of The Forge: A Genesys RPG Podcast, in "The Furnace" we pop the hood as we once again discuss critical elements of Vehicle Combat with a look at Collisions and Critical...

EPISODE 19 - Demystifying the Mystical 6: Genesys and the Goblet of Triumph from 2020-06-17T02:27:52

In this much anticipated, record breaking, and epically long episode of The Forge: A Genesys RPG Podcast, we dust off some old boxes in the attic with our final look at MAGIC, as we explore the ...

EPISODE 18 - Talents Also Grow on Trees from 2020-05-20T02:39:45

This episode we welcome back special guest, lead developer on the Genesys Expanded Players Guide, Sam Gregor-Stewart, as we ready the potting mix to help nurture and grow a discussion on the cre...

EPISODE 17 - Starting Your Engines #2: Cruise Control from 2020-05-03T21:15:43

This episode we continue our in-depth look under the hood as we examine more of the vehicle rules in the Genesys Role Playing Game. We explore the basics of vehicle combat including a discussion...

EPISODE 16 - De-mystifying the Mystical 5: A Good Day to Magic Hard from 2020-03-26T17:23:47

This week we continue our journey through the Genesys Role Playing Game's Magic system. We'll look at Step 5 of our re-skinning process where we detail a multitude of...

EPISODE 15 - Starting Your Engines #1: The First Avengine from 2020-03-09T01:46:02

This week we ask you to slap on your L-Plates and allow us to take you on a driving lesson as we explore the Genesys Vehicle Rules with you on the show. We start with a look at the control skill...

EPISODE 14 - De-mystifying the Mystical 4: So Long and Thanks for All the Mutations from 2020-02-18T12:08:21

After a short hiatus we're back with a brand-new episode. This week we delve deeper into re-skinning the Genesys Magic rules using our Post-Apocalyptic Setting. We dissect, explain, and explore ...

EPISODE 13 - Expanded Players Guide Review and Q&A from 2020-01-24T02:12:28

The latest book in the Genesys RPG line from Fantasy Flight Games has arrived - THE EXPANDED PLAYERS GUIDE. And who better to bring onto the show to talk about the book than none other than Sam ...

EPISODE 12 - De-mystifying the Mystical 3: Beyond Thunderdome from 2020-01-11T04:50:46

In the first show for 2020, GMs Chris and Hooly take a long look at magic in their continuing series on Magic in Genesys. This episode they explore the first part of a discussion on re-skinning ...

EPISODE 11 - The Fast and the Pharmaceutical from 2019-12-24T04:48:36

Fast and ever-in-motion, high-Agility species represent some common and classic archetype concepts. In our final show of the year we take a long look at how to create Agility based archetypes an...

EPISODE 10 - De-mystifying the Mystical 2: Electric Boogaloo from 2019-12-09T17:08:22

This week on The Forge we continue our in-depth look at Magic in the Genesys Role Playing Game as we examine the many things not discussed in Episode 8 including Careers, Strain costs, and the u...

EPISODE 9 - Cunning Conundrums from 2019-11-22T22:09:32

This week we continue our series on Archetypes with a look at the clever, the observant, and perhaps conniving as we make a Perception check to find those species with a high Cunning attribute. ...

EPISODE 8 - De-mystifying the Mystical from 2019-11-12T23:57:36

The topic that is at the top of our most asked about list is magic. The how’s, the why’s, and the why-nots. We here at the podcast have heard the call, and this episode, we set about starting ou...

EPISODE 7 - The Wise and the Wilful from 2019-10-28T02:59:29

In this week's episode we continue our series examining the various Archetypes in the Genesys Role Playing Game, this time with a focus on Willpower. Whether it be the wise, the quick, or the do...

EPISODE 6 - Laying It All Out from 2019-10-13T01:48:47

With an ever-increasing library of products available on the Foundry, have you ever stopped to consider what you're looking at? Not the words on the page, but the visuals. The art, the paragraph...

EPISODE 5 - Harvesting Adventure from 2019-09-26T00:32:45

On this episode of The Forge: A Genesys RPG Podcast, we'll take you through the steps of creating Adventure Seeds for your next campaign or product with the help of an esteemed expert, a man wit...

EPISODE 4 - Always on the Mooove from 2019-09-12T22:09:58

This episode we begin a new irregular series focusing on building archetypes for your settings. For our first instalment, we are heading for the chopper, with two snakes heads...like this [ok, s...

EPISODE 3 - Testing Your Metal from 2019-08-30T01:05:21

This episode we welcome first time podcast guest and RPG Developer Alexis Dykema to help us tackle a most important topic for anyone submitting their products to the Genesys Foundry, and that's ...

EPISODE 2 - It‘s Narrative Dice Baby! from 2019-08-15T21:38:28

With so much Genesys RPG goodness happening right now after the exciting Gen Con release of Foundry, we’ve decided to bring you a brand new episode. And on such an occasion, we had to invite eve...

EPISODE 2 - It's Narrative Dice Baby! from 2019-08-15T21:38:28

With so much Genesys RPG goodness happening right now after the exciting Gen Con release of Foundry, we’ve decided to bring you a brand new episode. And on such an occasion, we had to invite eve...

EPISODE 1 - Welcome to The Forge from 2019-08-01T21:10:58

The Genesys Role Playing by Fantasy Flight Games is a template for creating any setting you can imagine. The Genesys Foundry is an expansion of that. It allows creators of original content to pr...