On the show today:

Someone needed to know what happens when you get turned to stone. Primarily, do you shrink? Yes, this is a physics segment about being turned to stone. You are welcome.

https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/p1325p/a_pointless_thought_on_the_physics_of_being/

The bad guy is using ceremonial circles for blood sacrifices. What do you do? Is there something more interesting than just fighting some demons? We discuss investigation and outside-the-box ideas for purifying your sacred stone circle.

https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/1bxa81b/need_some_ideas_for_consecrating_a_stone_circle/

What would spells look like in the Stone Age? A question about modifying D&D spells to work for an ancient setting leads us down the road to Planegea.

https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/7dtc8z/ideas_for_spells_in_a_stone_age_rpg/

https://atlas-games.com/planegea

On this episode of Total Pebble Knockdown: KlaytonCalix joins us to discuss Steam Next Fest Summer 2024. He wanted to tell us about playing Drill Core and Ova Magica, which were among the 12 games he got to this time. Alex tells us about Viking survival in Aska and why it worked better for him than Valheim. Nathan attempts to explain what you do in Goblin Cleanup, the most unique and bizarre game he played during Next Fest. What has Steam Next Fest done to game demos? Once, we would have demos up and they would stay there even after the game released. Next Fest takes all of those demos, hundreds of them, and condenses them into a week, with many of them leaving right after, never to return. Klayton joins us in discussing the good and bad that has come with the Steam Next Fest model. Also, we brainstorm some ideas on how to make it more comprehensive for the average gamer. Alex and Klayton really wanted to discuss World of Warcraft's Mists of Pandaria Remix. The problem is that they wanted to discuss it with Nathan. So, this is not a video about the WoW Remix. This is a challenge video where Nathan needs to stay awake while discussing the WoW Remix.

On this episode of Total Pebble Knockdown:

We are back from vacation and Nathan wanted to discuss his time at Hancock Shaker Village because it got him thinking about how fantasy tech works. We will talk a bit about the round hay barn, the water turbine and how pre-industrial societies handled common day-to-day life. What does this teach us about the world-building of your RPG?

Nothing says relaxing vacation like hiking up a mountain. So, Nathan went up Monument Mountain and stared over a cliff at his potential demise. And that got him to thinking about difficult terrain and how to expand on the idea of making the environment an obstacle itself.

Alex went off to LA and all he brought back was a giant D20. Also, his experience on the West Coast got him thinking about facets of a city that remain hidden from view, even by those who live there. What should we think about when building urban environments in RPGs?