Alien Familiar RPG Podcast
By Clayton Ray
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Subscribers: 8
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Episodes: 150
Description
A podcast that gives heuristics-driven advice on tabletop roleplaying gaming
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Episode 162: Historical Accuracy vs Game Balance
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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Episode 161: Mapmaking
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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Episode 160: Review of The Misty Isles Pt1
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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Episode 159: Dicebag Disco 5
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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Episode 158: Review of Palace of the Vampire Queen
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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Episode 157: DM Deception
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May 07, 2023 |
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Episode 156: Minigames
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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Episode 155: The Ruined Tower of Zenopus
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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Episode 154: OGL CC SRD IP AI and WotC
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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Episode 153: Living in a Magical Society
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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Episode 152: Night of the Walking Wet
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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Episode 151: Travel in RPGs
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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Episode 150: Exploration in D&D
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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Episode 149: Crime and Punishment in RPGs
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Sep 04, 2022 |
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Episode 148: Revisiting Pace
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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Episode 147: F’Chelrak’s Tomb
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Jul 03, 2022 |
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Episode 146: Real World Things We Leave Out of Our Games
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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Episode 145: The Party Leader
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May 08, 2022 |
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Episode 144: Temple of the Frog Post-Mortem
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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Episode 143: Dicebag Disco 4
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Apr 10, 2022 |
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Episode 142: Playing Non-Human Characters
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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Episode 141: Untouchable Antagonists
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Mar 13, 2022 |
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Episode 140: Doing a Character Voice
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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Episode 139: DnD XP through the Editions
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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Episode 138: How to Get Better at Roleplaying
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Jan 30, 2022 |
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Episode 137: Character Limitations
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Jan 16, 2022 |
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Episode 136: Better D&D House Rules
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Dec 19, 2021 |
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Episode 135: D&D 5e House Rules
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Dec 05, 2021 |
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Episode 134: Recapturing Old School Feel
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Nov 21, 2021 |
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Episode 133: Speculation about the Future of D&D
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Nov 07, 2021 |
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Episode 132: Tactics for D&D monsters
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Oct 24, 2021 |
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Episode 131: COVID and Tabletop Gaming
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Oct 10, 2021 |
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Episode 130: Why We Play
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Sep 26, 2021 |
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Episode 129: Combat Tactics and Group Cohesion
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Sep 12, 2021 |
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Episode 128: Classes vs Pointbuy
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Aug 29, 2021 |
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Episode 127: Distributing Loot in D&D
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Aug 15, 2021 |
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Episode 126: Kingdoms and Warfare Review
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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Episode 125: Design an Adventure
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Jul 18, 2021 |
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Episode `124: Social Interaction
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Jul 04, 2021 |
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Episode 123: Difficult to Play Character Concepts
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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Episode 122: Review of Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft
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Jun 06, 2021 |
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Episode 121: Favorite Characters
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May 23, 2021 |
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Episode 120: Disseminating Information
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May 09, 2021 |
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Episode 119: Pacing Your D&D Campaign
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Apr 25, 2021 |
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Episode 118: Imposters in the Party
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Mar 28, 2021 |
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Episode 117: Chaotic Evil Cultures in D&D
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Mar 14, 2021 |
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Episode 116: Running Dungeons in D&D
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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Episode 115: About the Journey – Travel in D&D
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Feb 14, 2021 |
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Episode 114: Dicebag Disco 3
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Jan 31, 2021 |
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Episode 113: GI Joe as a RPG Game Setting
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Jan 17, 2021 |
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Episode 112: How Hard Should D&D Be?
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Jan 03, 2021 |
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Episode 111: World Creation from the Bottom Up
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Dec 20, 2020 |
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Episode 110: World Creation from the Top Down
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Dec 06, 2020 |
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Episode 109: Game Balance
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Nov 22, 2020 |
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Episode 108: Resolution Mechanics
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Nov 08, 2020 |
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Episode 107 – Weapons and Armor in RPGs
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Oct 25, 2020 |
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Episode 106: Power Gaming
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Oct 11, 2020 |
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Episode 105: Do Rules Matter
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Sep 27, 2020 |
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Episode 104: Horror RPGs
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Sep 13, 2020 |
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Episode 103: Villains
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Aug 30, 2020 |
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Episode 102: Using Modules
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Aug 16, 2020 |
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Episode 101: Cartomancy
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Jul 27, 2020 |
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Episode 100: Review of D&D 5e
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Jul 19, 2020 |
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Episode 99: Bad Traits of GMs
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Jul 05, 2020 |
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Episode 98: Quantum Leap as a RPG Setting
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Jun 21, 2020 |
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Episode 97: Virtual Tabletop Gaming
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Jun 07, 2020 |
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Episode 96: Bad Traits of Players pt2
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May 24, 2020 |
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Episode 95: Bad Traits of Players pt 1
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May 10, 2020 |
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Episode 94: Experience
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Apr 26, 2020 |
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Episode 93: Mysteries and Secrets
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Apr 12, 2020 |
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Episode 92: Stargate as a Campaign Setting
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Mar 29, 2020 |
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Episode 91: Dicebag Disco 2
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Mar 15, 2020 |
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Episode 90: Session 0
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Mar 01, 2020 |
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Episode 89: The End
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Feb 16, 2020 |
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Episode 88: Star Trek as a RPG Setting pt2
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Feb 02, 2020 |
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Episode 87: Game Prep for GMs
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Jan 19, 2020 |
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Episode 86: Star Trek as a Campaign Setting
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Jan 05, 2020 |
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Episode 85: Beginning of the Campaign
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Dec 22, 2019 |
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Episode 84: Money in RPGs
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Dec 08, 2019 |
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Episode 83: Design a Battlefield Adventure
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Nov 24, 2019 |
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Episode 82: RPG Memes
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Nov 10, 2019 |
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Episode 81: Rules that never simulate reality
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Oct 27, 2019 |
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Episode 80: Firefly as a RPG Setting
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Oct 13, 2019 |
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Episode 79 – Middle of the Campaign
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Sep 29, 2019 |
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Episode 78 – Mad Max as a setting
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Sep 15, 2019 |
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Episode 77: Immortality
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Sep 01, 2019 |
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Episode 76: Folkways
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Aug 18, 2019 |
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Episode 75: Brainstorm a Setting pt2
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Aug 04, 2019 |
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Episode 74: Brainstorming a Setting pt1
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Jul 21, 2019 |
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Episode 73: Explaining D&D5e Combat
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Jul 07, 2019 |
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Episode 72: Rules We Ignore
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Jun 23, 2019 |
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Episode 71 – Prophecy in RPGs
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Jun 09, 2019 |
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Episode 70 – Preparing a setting for a game
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May 26, 2019 |
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Episode 69 – Marvel Comics as an RPG setting
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May 12, 2019 |
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Episode 68: Evil Characters and Evil Campaigns
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Apr 28, 2019 |
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Episode 67: Character Advancement
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Apr 14, 2019 |
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Episode 66: The Terminator as a Setting
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Mar 31, 2019 |
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Episode 65: How to RP High and Low Stats Pt2
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Mar 17, 2019 |
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Episode 64: How to RP high and low stats pt1
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Mar 03, 2019 |
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Episode 63: Traitor in the Party
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Feb 17, 2019 |
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Episode 62: Things we hate in games
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Feb 03, 2019 |
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Episode 61: PvP in Social Situations
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Jan 20, 2019 |
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Episode 60: Playing Against Personality
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Jan 06, 2019 |
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Episode 59: NPCs in the Party
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Dec 23, 2018 |
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Epidsode 58: Barriers of Player Agency
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Dec 09, 2018 |
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Episode 57: Star Wars as a setting
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Nov 25, 2018 |
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Episode 56: Can RPGs compete with computers
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Nov 11, 2018 |
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Episode 55: Too Few or Too Many Players
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Oct 28, 2018 |
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Episode 54: Greatest Characters Never Played
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Oct 14, 2018 |
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Episode 53: Faith in RPGs
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Sep 30, 2018 |
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Episode 52: The Final Battle
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Sep 16, 2018 |
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Episode 51: Established IPs
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Sep 02, 2018 |
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Episode 50: Keeping it Fresh
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Aug 19, 2018 |
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Episode 49: The Worst Parts of Being GM
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Aug 05, 2018 |
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Episode 48 Good on paper, but bad in execution Pt2
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Jul 22, 2018 |
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Episode 47: Good on paper, but bad in execution
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Jul 08, 2018 |
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Episode 46: Time Travel
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Jun 24, 2018 |
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Episode 45: Characters with Mental Illness
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Jun 10, 2018 |
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Episode 44: Playing in Sandboxes
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May 27, 2018 |
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Episode 43: Dilemmas
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May 13, 2018 |
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Episode 42: Exploring the setting of Harry Potter for RPGs
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Apr 29, 2018 |
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Episode 41: What you need to know at the start of a campaign
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Apr 15, 2018 |
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Episode 40: When the GM should be an asshole
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Apr 01, 2018 |
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Episode 39: How to Improve as a GM
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Mar 25, 2018 |
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Episode 38: Post Mortem – Apocalyptia Ceruleus Campaign
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Mar 11, 2018 |
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Episode 37: Downtime
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Feb 25, 2018 |
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Episode 36: Backstories
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Feb 11, 2018 |
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Episode 35: Using the game to work through real problems
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Jan 28, 2018 |
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Episode 34: Cross Generational Players
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Jan 14, 2018 |
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Episode 33: Hard Sci-Fi
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Dec 31, 2017 |
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Episode 32: Experiences of Women in Gaming
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Dec 17, 2017 |
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Episode 31 – Echoes in Reality
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Dec 03, 2017 |
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Episode 30: Running and Preparing a One-Shot
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Nov 19, 2017 |
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Episode 29: Era-Appropriate Racism and Sexism
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Nov 12, 2017 |
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Episode 28: Rules that Suck
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Nov 05, 2017 |
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Episode 27: Depictions of RPGs in Pop Culture
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Oct 29, 2017 |
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Episode 26: Magocracy
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Oct 22, 2017 |
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Episode 25: Ebena Wrap-up
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Oct 15, 2017 |
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Episode 24: Dicebag Disco
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Oct 08, 2017 |
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Episode 23: Emotional Rewards of Tragedy in RPGs
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Oct 01, 2017 |
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Episode 22: How to Create a Campaign Setting
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Sep 24, 2017 |
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Episode 21: Archetypes, Tropes, and Cliches
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Sep 17, 2017 |
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Episode 20: How to Grow Characters
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Sep 10, 2017 |
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Episode 19: What Players Need to Know
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Sep 03, 2017 |
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Episode 18: Modern Urban Fantasy
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Aug 27, 2017 |
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Episode 17: How to be the Best Player
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Aug 20, 2017 |
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Episode 16: Using the Real World in Your Game
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Aug 13, 2017 |
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Episode 15: Picking Up the Pace
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Aug 06, 2017 |
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Episode 14: Rousseau v Rogue – Social Contract in Gaming
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Jul 30, 2017 |
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Episode 13: How to Define Your Sci-Fi
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Jul 23, 2017 |