d100 Table of Questions
To celebrate Episode 100 of The Gauntlet Podcast, we’d like your help creating a table of 100 questions.
How will we use this table?
On Episode 100, the hosts will each roll dice and answer questions from the table. We will also invite past guests, former hosts, and some community members to roll on the table and answer a question.
We may continue to use the table from time to time, especially if we have guests on that we think would get a kick out of it.
We will share the table with other RPG podcasts so they can get in on the fun, too.
What do we need from you?
Submit your questions! You can paste them right here in the comments. If you re-share this post, be sure folks submit their questions here, otherwise we won’t see them.
We’re looking for a variety of question types. Some can be funny, some can be serious. Most should be about games, but some non-gaming questions are cool, too.
Also: since we’ll be sharing this table with other folks, make sure the questions aren’t too specific to the hosts of The Gauntlet Podcast.
Have fun!
And thanks!
What is your favorite thing about 12-sided dice?
What was your favorite character death?
What is your favorite thing about 12-sided dice?
What was your favorite character death?
What’s something you do in your games to make the other players look like superstars?
What’s something you do in your games to make the other players look like superstars?
What are you playing or running right now?
What are you playing or running right now?
What is your game about?
How does your game do this?
How does your game encourage / reward this?
(Jared Sorensen’s Big Three)
What is your game about?
How does your game do this?
How does your game encourage / reward this?
(Jared Sorensen’s Big Three)
What here is not what it appears to be?
What here is not what it appears to be?
What’s your best memory from the show?
What’s your favourite game discovered as a result of working on the show?
If you had to jump in front of a hail of bullets to protect only one host, who would it be?
If there was one question you wish you never have to answer, what would itbe and why?
Re-roll the die and answer the question as your favourite character.
What’s your best memory from the show?
What’s your favourite game discovered as a result of working on the show?
If you had to jump in front of a hail of bullets to protect only one host, who would it be?
If there was one question you wish you never have to answer, what would itbe and why?
Re-roll the die and answer the question as your favourite character.
Troy Costisick also curated / came up with the Power 19 (link below the snippet):
So what I set out to do was expand on them. I got some great advice from guys like Ralph Maza, Mike Holmes (who is an excellent resource for designers), Vincent Baker, and Timothy Kleinert (of Mountain Witch fame).
[Note, in the original quote, it was “Tim,” not “Timothy.”]
[The first 3 are Jared’s big 3]
4.) How does your setting (or lack thereof) reinforce what your game is about?
5.) How does the Character Creation of your game reinforce what your game is about?
6.) What types of behaviors/styles of play does your game reward (and punish if necessary)?
7.) How are behaviors and styles of play rewarded or punished in your game?
8.) How are the responsibilities of narration and credibility divided in your game?
9.) What does your game do to command the players’ attention, engagement, and participation? (i.e. What does the game do to make them care?)
10.) What are the resolution mechanics of your game like?
11.) How do the resolution mechanics reinforce what your game is about?
12.) Do characters in your game advance? If so, how?
13.) How does the character advancement (or lack thereof) reinforce what your game is about?
14.) What sort of product or effect do you want your game to produce in or for the players?
15.) What areas of your game receive extra attention and color? Why?
16.) Which part of your game are you most excited about or interested in? Why?
17.) Where does your game take the players that other games can’t, don’t, or won’t?
18.) What are your publishing goals for your game?
19.) Who is your target audience?
socratesrpg.blogspot.com – What are the ‘Power 19’ ? pt 1
Troy Costisick also curated / came up with the Power 19 (link below the snippet):
So what I set out to do was expand on them. I got some great advice from guys like Ralph Maza, Mike Holmes (who is an excellent resource for designers), Vincent Baker, and Timothy Kleinert (of Mountain Witch fame).
[Note, in the original quote, it was “Tim,” not “Timothy.”]
[The first 3 are Jared’s big 3]
4.) How does your setting (or lack thereof) reinforce what your game is about?
5.) How does the Character Creation of your game reinforce what your game is about?
6.) What types of behaviors/styles of play does your game reward (and punish if necessary)?
7.) How are behaviors and styles of play rewarded or punished in your game?
8.) How are the responsibilities of narration and credibility divided in your game?
9.) What does your game do to command the players’ attention, engagement, and participation? (i.e. What does the game do to make them care?)
10.) What are the resolution mechanics of your game like?
11.) How do the resolution mechanics reinforce what your game is about?
12.) Do characters in your game advance? If so, how?
13.) How does the character advancement (or lack thereof) reinforce what your game is about?
14.) What sort of product or effect do you want your game to produce in or for the players?
15.) What areas of your game receive extra attention and color? Why?
16.) Which part of your game are you most excited about or interested in? Why?
17.) Where does your game take the players that other games can’t, don’t, or won’t?
18.) What are your publishing goals for your game?
19.) Who is your target audience?
socratesrpg.blogspot.com – What are the ‘Power 19’ ? pt 1
(This is why I loved The Forge.)
(This is why I loved The Forge.)
I also like Alex Roberts’s latest question: How does your game fight fascism?
I also like Alex Roberts’s latest question: How does your game fight fascism?
How would you describe your journey as a gamer from the kinds of games you were interested in when you started through now?
How would you describe your journey as a gamer from the kinds of games you were interested in when you started through now?
What moment have you had recently in which you were proud of your players?
What moment have you had recently in which you were proud of your players?
What’s your favorite character you’ve played?
What’s your favorite character you’ve played?
One I always tried to ask on The Independent Insurgency was “How do you market your game?” The answers were always the same, and paltry.
(And that’s not a slam; I don’t have a good answer either. Other than hand your book to Wil Wheaton and pray.)
One I always tried to ask on The Independent Insurgency was “How do you market your game?” The answers were always the same, and paltry.
(And that’s not a slam; I don’t have a good answer either. Other than hand your book to Wil Wheaton and pray.)
Robert Bohl To be clear, these are questions the hosts (and people invited to roll on the table) will be answering themselves, not posing to other people.
Robert Bohl To be clear, these are questions the hosts (and people invited to roll on the table) will be answering themselves, not posing to other people.
Who are you rooting for on RuPaul’s Drag Race?
Who are you rooting for on RuPaul’s Drag Race?
Oops, sorry for the spam!
Oops, sorry for the spam!
Robert Bohlhaha, no worries. I actually think some of those questions, in isolation, might make for interesting thought experiments/conversations.
Robert Bohlhaha, no worries. I actually think some of those questions, in isolation, might make for interesting thought experiments/conversations.
I wish I had gotten one of those d100 golf balls when I was a kid. I could have been so cool…
I wish I had gotten one of those d100 golf balls when I was a kid. I could have been so cool…
“What was your best salvaging of a game session that was taking a bad turn?”
“What was your best salvaging of a game session that was taking a bad turn?”
Where do you turn for inspiration?
Where do you turn for inspiration?
What kind of music are you listening to right now?
What is your favorite electronic game of all time?
What does your “gaming room” look like?
Who is your favorite comic book supervillain?
What is best in life?
What kind of music are you listening to right now?
What is your favorite electronic game of all time?
What does your “gaming room” look like?
Who is your favorite comic book supervillain?
What is best in life?
What video game do you really think ought to be made into a tabletop game?
Are their mechanics in video games you think would translate well into tabletop space?
What is your guilty pleasure of tabletop games?
What game do you love to read but never play?
When you think of the best art in any tabletop game, what game do you think of first?
What video game do you really think ought to be made into a tabletop game?
Are their mechanics in video games you think would translate well into tabletop space?
What is your guilty pleasure of tabletop games?
What game do you love to read but never play?
When you think of the best art in any tabletop game, what game do you think of first?
“Initiative is a crutch for GMs who don’t understand cinematic pacing.” Discuss.
“Initiative is a crutch for GMs who don’t understand cinematic pacing.” Discuss.
What was a moment in a game that made you catch your breath?
What do you want to see more of mechanically in games?
What game’s mechanics push the setting and why?
What game’s mechanics get in the way of the setting and why?
When have you had a moment where language played a part in your game?
When have you had a moment when music or song has played a part in your game?
Voices? Or no Voices?
How do you feel about descriptive rather than immersive character play?
What was a moment in a game that made you catch your breath?
What do you want to see more of mechanically in games?
What game’s mechanics push the setting and why?
What game’s mechanics get in the way of the setting and why?
When have you had a moment where language played a part in your game?
When have you had a moment when music or song has played a part in your game?
Voices? Or no Voices?
How do you feel about descriptive rather than immersive character play?
What is a d6
What is a d6
When was the first time you cried during a roleplaying session?
When was the first time you cried during a roleplaying session?
When did you first think of yourself as a geek?
Do you play as much as you want, not enough, or too much?
What’s the last game to blow your mind?
What’s the first game that blew your mind?
What’s your best experience houseruling?
What’s your worst experience houseruling?
When did you first think of yourself as a geek?
Do you play as much as you want, not enough, or too much?
What’s the last game to blow your mind?
What’s the first game that blew your mind?
What’s your best experience houseruling?
What’s your worst experience houseruling?
1) Seriously, is there any reason you can think of (facetious or not) the d100 golf ball is better than 2 d10s?
2) What piece of specialized podcasting equipment do you covet and would bend or break your own personal moral code to acquire?
3) Kickstarters – overall a societal good or ill? May require a definition of “society”
4) Why doesn’t anyone use Indie Go Go?
5) If Traditional games were the ONLY type of RP games in existence, would you still RP?
6) Do you give a rat’s buttock about sportsball? If yes, please expound for exactly 2 sentences why your favorite sports team is most amazing. If no, please sketch out in exactly two sentences a new sportsball-type game for your favorite rpg setting or fictional genre.
1) Seriously, is there any reason you can think of (facetious or not) the d100 golf ball is better than 2 d10s?
2) What piece of specialized podcasting equipment do you covet and would bend or break your own personal moral code to acquire?
3) Kickstarters – overall a societal good or ill? May require a definition of “society”
4) Why doesn’t anyone use Indie Go Go?
5) If Traditional games were the ONLY type of RP games in existence, would you still RP?
6) Do you give a rat’s buttock about sportsball? If yes, please expound for exactly 2 sentences why your favorite sports team is most amazing. If no, please sketch out in exactly two sentences a new sportsball-type game for your favorite rpg setting or fictional genre.
A game can be a hot mess mechanically and still be a ton of fun, eg Rifts. Which games do you love in spite of their flaws? Which systems do you think are perfect but boring?
A game can be a hot mess mechanically and still be a ton of fun, eg Rifts. Which games do you love in spite of their flaws? Which systems do you think are perfect but boring?
You have a choice: Never play roleplaying games for the rest of your life, or only play Pathfinder for the rest of your life. Which do you go for?
You have a choice: Never play roleplaying games for the rest of your life, or only play Pathfinder for the rest of your life. Which do you go for?
What’s next in roleplaying games?
What’s next in roleplaying games?
Which novel, movie or non roleplaying game would you love to see as an RPG?
Which novel, movie or non roleplaying game would you love to see as an RPG?
Have you ever killed someone’s character because you were pissed at their player (either as GM or another PC)
Have you ever killed someone’s character because you were pissed at their player (either as GM or another PC)
What game had great ideas that haven’t been followed up on?
What game had great ideas that haven’t been followed up on?
What behavior (RP or real life) did you think was fun but turned out to be upsetting or annoying other people.
What behavior (RP or real life) did you think was fun but turned out to be upsetting or annoying other people.
Discuss how the band BABYMETAL could work as an Apocalypse World playbook.
Discuss how the band BABYMETAL could work as an Apocalypse World playbook.
“What session left you thinking about it for days?”
“What session left you thinking about it for days?”
Which game do you wish you wrote?
Which game do you wish you wrote?
“After OGL and PbtA, what’s the next big ‘engine’ that people will glom onto?”
“After OGL and PbtA, what’s the next big ‘engine’ that people will glom onto?”
Which classic RPG do you secretly hate?
Which classic RPG do you secretly hate?
“What’s your favourite polearm? And why?”
“What’s your favourite polearm? And why?”
Which of you can do the best impression of a dwarven shield maiden declaring a vow of vengeance? (Examples necessary)
Which of you can do the best impression of a dwarven shield maiden declaring a vow of vengeance? (Examples necessary)
“How do you correctly pronounce ‘Czege’?”
“How do you correctly pronounce ‘Czege’?”
When were you the asshole in the game who ruined it for people?
When were you the asshole in the game who ruined it for people?
Best PBTA game ever – not from perspective of influence or being first, but just best of all.
Best PBTA game ever – not from perspective of influence or being first, but just best of all.
“What kinds of games do you wish you could get on the Gauntlet hangouts calendar? Why can’t/doesn’t it happen?”
“What kinds of games do you wish you could get on the Gauntlet hangouts calendar? Why can’t/doesn’t it happen?”
“What’s the most arousing thing that’s happened to your character?”
“What’s the most arousing thing that’s happened to your character?”
What was the best in game heartache you participated in?
What moment was amazing, intense, and blew your mind but is one you’d never want to do again?
What was the best in game heartache you participated in?
What moment was amazing, intense, and blew your mind but is one you’d never want to do again?
Why play with sex and queerness in roleplaying games?
Why play with sex and queerness in roleplaying games?
What game made you uncomfortable in a good way?
What game made you uncomfortable in a bad way?
What game made you uncomfortable in a good way?
What game made you uncomfortable in a bad way?
Character (you played) that you bonded most with (ever) and on most intimate level.
Character (you played) that you bonded most with (ever) and on most intimate level.
Inspired by William Nichols: How are you making your community safer for others?
Inspired by William Nichols: How are you making your community safer for others?
What in gaming gave you hope for the future?
What in gaming left you numb and destroyed?
What in gaming made you question who you are as a person?
What is the most reprehensible act you’ve done in character?
What in gaming gave you hope for the future?
What in gaming left you numb and destroyed?
What in gaming made you question who you are as a person?
What is the most reprehensible act you’ve done in character?
When is the last time you knew a relationship was ending in game and what did you do about it?
When was the first time you fell in love, as a character, and how did you know it was love?
When is the last time you knew a relationship was ending in game and what did you do about it?
When was the first time you fell in love, as a character, and how did you know it was love?
“Why don’t more games (I’m looking sideways at you, Dungeon World) have rules for flanking?”
“Why don’t more games (I’m looking sideways at you, Dungeon World) have rules for flanking?”
“How many dice is too many dice?”
“How many dice is too many dice?”
“How do you budget your gaming
hobbyaddiction?”“How do you budget your gaming
hobbyaddiction?”“What’s the biggest misconception that the outside world has about TTRPGs?”
“What’s the biggest misconception that the outside world has about TTRPGs?”
Why do people have stupid fucking dice superstitions?
(BAM!)
Why do people have stupid fucking dice superstitions?
(BAM!)
“Where did you go? (my lovely?)“
“Where did you go? (my lovely?)“
“If you could game with a famous historical figure, who would it be?”
“If you could game with a famous historical figure, who would it be?”
Which lesser known game do you play and like a lot?
Which lesser known game do you play and like a lot?
“If, say, Vampire had come before D&D, what would the hobby look like now?”
“If, say, Vampire had come before D&D, what would the hobby look like now?”
Which game is your home base? The lense through which you view other games?
Which game is your home base? The lense through which you view other games?
Why are skeletons actually the coolest fantasy monster? What was the coolest skeleton you have faced?
Why are skeletons actually the coolest fantasy monster? What was the coolest skeleton you have faced?
“Why didn’t you roll this question?”
“Why didn’t you roll this question?”
Roll three more times
Roll three more times
“What gaming best-practices are you trying to pass down to the next generation of gamers?”
“What gaming best-practices are you trying to pass down to the next generation of gamers?”
So besides roleplaying games, what is your big hobby? What is cool about it?
So besides roleplaying games, what is your big hobby? What is cool about it?
Is it me that you’re looking for?
Is it me that you’re looking for?
How do you respectfully deal with mental trauma in a game?
How do you respectfully deal with mental trauma in a game?
how / if ever do you bring up roll playing at work?
how / if ever do you bring up roll playing at work?
“Best and worst piece of negative feedback about The Gauntlet.”
“Best and worst piece of negative feedback about The Gauntlet.”
Bell curve or flat probabilities?
What do you do?
What superpower do you want?
Favorite curse to inflict on others?
Favorite player race/species?
Who are you/What do you want? (Babylon Five, baby)
What’s the new hotness in gaming?
Going old school, what would you make if you had the resources?
Favorite alternative randomizer?
Bell curve or flat probabilities?
What do you do?
What superpower do you want?
Favorite curse to inflict on others?
Favorite player race/species?
Who are you/What do you want? (Babylon Five, baby)
What’s the new hotness in gaming?
Going old school, what would you make if you had the resources?
Favorite alternative randomizer?
What is the most tragic (or downright nastiest) PC death you have witnessed / participated in?
What is the most tragic (or downright nastiest) PC death you have witnessed / participated in?
Name 4 game designers with whom you would like to play a short campaign. Who is the MC? What would be your preferred system?
Name 4 game designers with whom you would like to play a short campaign. Who is the MC? What would be your preferred system?
What drives you to be a podcaster?
What drives you to be a podcaster?
What’s similar about the characters give you bleed?
What’s similar about the characters give you bleed?
One round of RP “Never Have I Ever.”
One round of RP “Never Have I Ever.”
You are stranded on a deserted island with a few friends. Luckily, you brought one rpg book with you. Which one is it?
You are stranded on a deserted island with a few friends. Luckily, you brought one rpg book with you. Which one is it?
What randomiser rules above all others?
What randomiser rules above all others?
What publish-and-forget-it game do you wish would get some expansion/supplement love?
What demon would a designer have to sacrifice to in order to write an engaging adult superhero game that clocks in at under 400 pages & doesn’t require advanced calculus for character creation?
Alaska Thund-r-uck or Sharon Needles? (there IS a correct answer)
What publish-and-forget-it game do you wish would get some expansion/supplement love?
What demon would a designer have to sacrifice to in order to write an engaging adult superhero game that clocks in at under 400 pages & doesn’t require advanced calculus for character creation?
Alaska Thund-r-uck or Sharon Needles? (there IS a correct answer)
Choose between Star Wars and Star Trek. Tell us why.
Choose between Star Wars and Star Trek. Tell us why.
What is your favorite monster or enemy?
Who or what was your favorite NPC in a game you ran or played?
How do you handle conception and pregnancy when sex is a part of your game?
What is the one rule or mechanic that you throw out or ignore in every game?
Have you ever lied about a dice roll while playing a game? (not GMing)
What was your favorite “boss fight”?
If you could be any “class” from a game in real life, what would you be?
Where do babies come from?
What is your favorite monster or enemy?
Who or what was your favorite NPC in a game you ran or played?
How do you handle conception and pregnancy when sex is a part of your game?
What is the one rule or mechanic that you throw out or ignore in every game?
Have you ever lied about a dice roll while playing a game? (not GMing)
What was your favorite “boss fight”?
If you could be any “class” from a game in real life, what would you be?
Where do babies come from?
As a GM, what action/event do you most regret from your gaming history, and what would you do differently now?
As a GM, what action/event do you most regret from your gaming history, and what would you do differently now?
What would your supervillain names and powers be?
Which skin/playbook should cross over from its native game to a different PbtA game?
What would your supervillain names and powers be?
Which skin/playbook should cross over from its native game to a different PbtA game?
Is LARPing your secret shame or are your gaming habits even weirder?
Is LARPing your secret shame or are your gaming habits even weirder?
You are told your are playing apocalypse world. But you have to choose a playbook from another unrelated PbtA game. Which one would you choose?
You are told your are playing apocalypse world. But you have to choose a playbook from another unrelated PbtA game. Which one would you choose?
2d10 or 1d100? Why?
2d10 or 1d100? Why?
There is nothing shameful about LARP, Daniel Fowler
There is nothing shameful about LARP, Daniel Fowler
If you showed up as a bad guy in a Grant Howett game, how many checkboxes would you have?
If you showed up as a bad guy in a Grant Howett game, how many checkboxes would you have?
You are embarking on a one way journey to live on Mars and can only bring d6+1 games. Which games do you bring?
You are embarking on a one way journey to live on Mars and can only bring d6+1 games. Which games do you bring?
What’s your go-to game for nongamers?
What’s your go-to game for nongamers?
Tell me about your first time… (roll d6)
1. Playing an RPG
2. Being a GM
3. Attending a gaming con
4. Having your PC die
5. Killing someone else’s PC
6. Pick any two
Tell me about your first time… (roll d6)
1. Playing an RPG
2. Being a GM
3. Attending a gaming con
4. Having your PC die
5. Killing someone else’s PC
6. Pick any two
If you could earn a decent living playing or talking about RPGs all day, every day, would you quit your day job?
If you could earn a decent living playing or talking about RPGs all day, every day, would you quit your day job?
If your life were an RPG, which RPG would it be and why?
If your life were an RPG, which RPG would it be and why?
Related to yours, Dylan Ross:
What would it take to make a living running or playing rpgs?
Related to yours, Dylan Ross:
What would it take to make a living running or playing rpgs?
Beard or no beard?
Beard or no beard?
Divine intervention, Saul Alexander
Divine intervention, Saul Alexander
when do tropes become cliches?
when do tropes become cliches?
Konnichiwa! What is the best way for a “trad” gamer to learn how to run a PBTA game for their friends?
Konnichiwa! What is the best way for a “trad” gamer to learn how to run a PBTA game for their friends?
What’s the difference between [Roll d6] and [Roll d6, if same, roll again] roleplaying games?
1. Story game
2. Indie
3. Trad
4. OSR
5. Freeform
6. Rules-light
(EDIT: Or use a d8 and add “Retroclone” and “DIY-D&D.”)
What’s the difference between [Roll d6] and [Roll d6, if same, roll again] roleplaying games?
1. Story game
2. Indie
3. Trad
4. OSR
5. Freeform
6. Rules-light
(EDIT: Or use a d8 and add “Retroclone” and “DIY-D&D.”)
If you knew your next game would be your last, would you rather GM or be a player?
If you knew your next game would be your last, would you rather GM or be a player?
How has the/a gaming community made you into a better person?
How has the/a gaming community made you into a better person?
what is the best public place to game at
what is the best public place to game at