Episode 78 – Build a Dungeon Special 2021!

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Episode 78 - Build a Dungeon Special 2021!
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It’s our annual Build a Dungeon Special! Andy and Chris are joined by John Corey and Kyle Latino to brainstorm and build out a dungeon/adventure live on-air. Our next episode will be a play-through of the dungeon with some other special guests.

Enjoy!

Episode 77 – What location or time would make a great RPG setting?

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Episode 77 - What location or time would make a great RPG setting?
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It’s our last “normal episode” of the year! Listen as Andy and Chris talk about what locations and time periods would make for great RPG settings.

Episode 76 — How Do You Incorporate PCs’ Family and Friends into Your Games?

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Episode 76 — How Do You Incorporate PCs' Family and Friends into Your Games?
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Do the family, friends, and loved ones of your PCs play a role in your campaigns? Are they mostly there to disadvantage the PCs, or do they contribute something more to the game?

Episode 75 — How Do You Prepare a One-shot?

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Episode 75 — How Do You Prepare a One-shot?
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It’s Halloween one-shot season! Andy and Chris are both prepping spooky one-shots, and talk about how to quickly ease players into game rules that are new to them and make the most of the session.

Episode 74 — How Do You Deal with Imposter Syndrome?

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This episode takes an unusual turn as Chris and Andy chat about the experience of “imposter syndrome”—of feeling unworthy to participate in this hobby we all love. After a heartfelt discussion, the episode closes out with a more upbeat talk about Halloween one-shots.

Episode 73 — How Do You Increase Player Investment in Your Game?

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Andy and Chris discuss ways to get your players more invested in a roleplaying game—but not before they pursue tangents including Jack Vance’s “Dying Earth” novels and how to handle keeping-watch sequences at the table.

Episode 72 – Trent Reznor, butterflies, and puzzles (with Phill Cameron)

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Episode 72 - Trent Reznor, butterflies, and puzzles (with Phill Cameron)
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This week Chris talks with GM Phill Cameron! We talk about a lot of stuff including Vampire: The Masquerade, make a d6 table about the places you’ll go if you follow a butterfly, and then we even roll on the table to talk about designing puzzles.

Episode 71 — What’s Up with D&D Character Creation?

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Episode 71 — What's Up with D&D Character Creation?
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Andy and Chris diverge from the show’s regular format to discuss a novel they both love and how to set meaningful stakes for RPG encounters… until Chris fails his saving throw and goes into a wild rant about the character creation process in D&D. Listen as they try to salvage some positive insight from Chris’ despair!

Episode 70 — Convention Reflections!

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We had ourselves a game convention! Chris and Andy share some brief reflections on the first Roll for Topic Con, a (very) mini-convention at which games were run, old RPG sourcebooks were traded, and fun was had.

Episode 69 — How Do You Balance Action, Levity, and Drama? (with guest GM Laura)

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Episode 69 — How Do You Balance Action, Levity, and Drama? (with guest GM Laura)
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Special guest Laura joins us to talk about the challenge of finding the right balance of tone and story at the gaming table. We also hear about Laura’s experience helping to organize the U-Con convention, and about her recently-finished East Texas University campaign, in which her players dealt with supernatural threats, midterm exams, and mean girls over the course of four in-game years.

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