Rene Plays Games
Hi! I’m Rene (pronounced Rainy) and I want to share my love of roleplaying games with you! Join me as I play through smaller publisher games, talk design and gaming topics with friends, and explore all the ways you can be a better game master or player.
Hi! I’m Rene (pronounced Rainy) and I want to share my love of roleplaying games with you! Join me as I play through smaller publisher games, talk design and gaming topics with friends, and explore all the ways you can be a better game master or player.
Episodes

Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Perspective Checks | Troy Bliss - Why We Play Our ”Type” & Tropes
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Tuesday Jan 09, 2024
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Perspective Checks, the new take on the DMs After Dark discussion show Modified Rolls!
In this series, I will be interviewing friends and folks from the hobby about something they like to think about when it comes to this wonderful world of tabletop RPGs, and what better way than to start with one of the first people to ever introduce me to the world of D&D, Troy Bliss!
You know Troy from the DMs After Dark, our Team Chaos wacky character loving ginger half of Blissbot, and he joins me to talk about something appropriately self-reflective - Why Players Have a "Type" and the usefulness of Tropes in RPGs. Troy has always been an incredibly hard worker, pushing his body and mind to their limits, and has recently gone back to school for more Psychology, so this kind of deep thinking about why we play what we play is something that he is clearly passionate about.
Hopefully you enjoy what you hear, and hopefully it makes you think about your own type or style. Comment or email with what you think your "Type" of PC is, we'd love to hear from you!
Where to Follow Rene Plays Games:
Instagram | Facebook | DMs After Dark
email: RenePlaysGamesPod@gmail.com
Music in the Episode:
Theme Song written & produced by Dan Pomfret | @danfrombothbands

Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Ironsworn: Sundered Isles | Episode 2 - The Gamadar Expedition
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
After the successful strike against one of the three Kyrodi battleships to procure medicine for the Eldarian Remnants on Isto Mavana, the crews decide it's time to find a new home for the resistance. Dyne takes his crew Laolo & Ephraim to the nearby island of Gamadar, half-torn into the sky a few leagues above during the Cataclysm. The expedition encounters some nasty local flora and one of the crew is in danger.
Go learn more about everything Ironsworn and get your solo gaming on!
Where to Follow Rene Plays Games:
Instagram | Facebook | DMs After Dark
email: RenePlaysGamesPod@gmail.com
Music in the Episode:
Theme Song written & produced by Dan Pomfret | @danfrombothbands
Floating Market from TabletopAudio.com
Jungle Ruins from TabletopAudio.com
Starforged Fray from TabletopAudio.com
Game Show Quiz Sound Effect obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com

Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Ironsworn: Sundered Isles | Episode 1 - The Resistance Begins
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
The series begins in earnest! Dyne Aloma and his crew of the Venture are called upon to aid The Morien and Eldarian Resistances on the isle of Isto Mavana against the Kyrody Dominion arriving to claim the island after their victory in a generations long war... However, these islands far out in the Reaches will not fall easily, and the first punch in a long fight is thrown. All the while, Dyne looks for ways to visit the sky isle where his Mystic Trial awaits...
Go learn more about everything Ironsworn and get your solo gaming on!
Where to Follow Rene Plays Games:
Instagram | Facebook | DMs After Dark
email: RenePlaysGamesPod@gmail.com
Music in the Episode:
Theme Song written & produced by Dan Pomfret | @danfrombothbands
High Seas Pursuit from TabletopAudio.com
Trireme from TabletopAudio.com
Explosion sound effect from Freesound.org

Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Ironsworn: Sundered Isles | Episode 0 - Campaign Creation
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Tuesday Jan 02, 2024
Welcome to the Sundered Isles, a setting expansion for the incredible Ironsworn: Starforged roleplaying game by Shawn Tomkin & Joshua Meehan.
In this series I'm going to be playing the (as yet) unreleased rules for the Sundered Isles setting, an age of sail take on Starforged with naval exploration, pirate themes, and general discovery built into the game. It was added on a stretch goal for the massively successful Starforged Kickstarter and is slated to be crowdfunded sometime in early 2024.
In episode 0 we talk about the basics of the system, Choose Our Truths to create the setting of our Sundered Isles game, and create our main character - Dyne, the young Merchant Sorcerer.
This episode is completely optional, but if you want to hear how Ironsworn games get started, I hope it's helpful and entertaining! (spoiler: we get a monkey companion, so ... pretty great)
Where to Follow Rene Plays Games:
Instagram | Facebook | DMs After Dark
email: RenePlaysGamesPod@gmail.com
Music in the Episode:
Theme Song written & produced by Dan Pomfret | @danfrombothbands
Salt Marsh from TabletopAudio.com

Friday Dec 29, 2023
Welcome to the Feed!
Friday Dec 29, 2023
Friday Dec 29, 2023
Thanks for giving my nerdy little RPG podcast a chance. This is just a little introduction to me and what you can expect from this podcast feed. Stick around, I hope you like it and find something that inspires you to go start your own game!





