Roll For Topic
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Episodes: 141
Description
GM/DM discussions on topics related to running tabletop games. Each episode is a 30-45 minute conversation about one specific topic chosen by rolling 1d10 on a table of topics.
Roll for Topic's regular cohosts are Andy Rau and Chris Salzman. If you or your GM is interested in being a guest, drop us a line!
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Episode 141 – How Do You Help Players with the Rules?
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May 09, 2024 |
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Episode 140 – Live from the AADL Game Con 2024!
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Episode 139 – When do you invite players to help you build the world?
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Episode 138 – How Do You Spotlight Characters?
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Episode 137 – What Famous Person Would You Like to Game With?
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Episode 136 – Band of Blades and One Gandalf is Enough
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Episode 135 – Dialect, Savage Worlds, and Campaign Length
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Episode 134 – The Book of the New Sun, and Challenging Game Settings
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Episode 133 — What Makes a Great First D&D Adventure?
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Episode 132 — All About Randomness and Dice! (with guest GM Toby)
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Episode 131 – Play a Dungeon – The Mice of The Artemis
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Episode 130 – Build a Dungeon 2023!
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Episode 129 – Long-running Campaigns and their Challenges
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Episode 128 – Palladium Surprise Package Unboxing and More
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Episode 127 – Are Your Games “Interesting Failures”?
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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Episode 126 – Maintaining Momentum
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Episode 125 – When Players Do the Unexpected
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Episode 124 — Do You Require Your Players To Read the Rules?
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Episode 123 – Live at Roll For Topic Con!
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Episode 122 — How Do You Encourage Your Players to Roleplay Among Themselves?
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Episode 121 — What Makes a Good Flawed Hero?
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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Episode 120 — Choosing the Right Convention Game
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Episode 119 – Audio Equipment, Mysteries, Aliens, and Repetition
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Episode 118 — How to Make Small Towns in Your Fantasy Setting Memorable
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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Episode 117 – How do You Steal from Movies and Books?
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Episode 116 — What Goes Into a Great Online TTRPG Experience?
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May 25, 2023 |
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Episode 115 — The 30-Year D&D Campaign (with Bryn Mills)
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May 11, 2023 |
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Episode 114 — Making Food and Meals a Part of an RPG Campaign (with Jeremy Bai)
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Episode 113 – Running Hacking Scenes (with James Pozenel)
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Episode 112 — Running RPGs with Kids
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Episode 111 – What Role Does Nostalgia Play in Your Games?
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Episode 110 — How Do You Adjust the Tone at Your Gaming Table?
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Episode 109 — How Do You Incorporate PCs’ Family and Loved Ones?
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Episode 108 — Dealing with GM Distraction
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Episode 107 — What Do You Do When Your Players Get Stuck?
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Episode 106 — Old Year Reflections, New Year Ambitions (with Matt Wilson)
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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Episode 105 — Actual Play: Snake Oil’s Last Score
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Episode 104 – Build a Dungeon 2022!
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Episode 103 – Design an encumbrance system that even encumbrance haters will want to use
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Episode 102 — Using Cellphones Creatively at the Game Table
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Episode 101—Design an Adventure Built Around a Performance (with guest GM Alban)
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Episode 100 — Looking Back at 100 Episodes
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Episode 99 – Create a Cult that Your Party Would Want to Join
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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Episode 98 — Tracking Time and Tension
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Episode 97 – Design a 1 Page RPG with John Corey
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Episode 96 – Roll For Topic Con 2022 Recap -Stars and Wishes
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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Episode 95 — Preparing a Convention One-shot
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Episode 94 — Design a Deadly 10-foot Room
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Episode 93 – Conversation On the Road
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Episode 92 – Design an adventure for a mouse
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Episode 91 — Design a Door that Both Terrifies and Intrigues Your Players
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Episode 90 – Design a sequence of devious dungeon traps
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May 26, 2022 |
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Episode 89 — Design the Coolest Boat for an RPG
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May 12, 2022 |
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Episode 88 – Design an Arena Boss Rush
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Episode 87 — Design an Interesting Shop
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Episode 86 – Create a Festival!
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Episode 85 — Space Anomalies That Beg to be Investigated
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Episode 84 — Underwater Adventures (That Are Actually Fun)
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Episode 83 — AMBUSH! (with Peter Dillman)
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Episode 82 — Useless Magic Items (That Might Have a Use)
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Episode 81 — Creating a Love Triangle for Your Game
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Episode 80 — Actual Play Retrospective, and New Year GMing Goals
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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Episode 79 — Play-a-Dungeon 2021!
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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Episode 78 – Build a Dungeon Special 2021!
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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Episode 77 – What location or time would make a great RPG setting?
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Episode 76 — How Do You Incorporate PCs’ Family and Friends into Your Games?
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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Episode 75 — How Do You Prepare a One-shot?
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Episode 74 — How Do You Deal with Imposter Syndrome?
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Episode 73 — How Do You Increase Player Investment in Your Game?
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Episode 72 – Trent Reznor, butterflies, and puzzles (with Phill Cameron)
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Episode 71 — What’s Up with D&D Character Creation?
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Episode 70 — Convention Reflections!
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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Episode 69 — How Do You Balance Action, Levity, and Drama? (with guest GM Laura)
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Episode 68 — How Do You Run Large Battles?
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Jul 22, 2021 |
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Episode 67 — ‘The Ground Itself’ Actual Play Part 2 (with Amber Seger and Kyle Latino)
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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Episode 66 — ‘The Ground Itself’ Actual Play Part 1 (with Amber Seger and Kyle Latino)
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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Episode 65 — What on Earth is a THAC0?
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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Episode 64 — Spaceship Dinosaurs, Mutant Crime-fighters, and More
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May 27, 2021 |
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Episode 63 — Sports Are Just Numerology Actual Play
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May 13, 2021 |
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Episode 62 — How Do You Use and Care For Your Game Books?
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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Episode 61 — How Do You Start a New Campaign? (with guest GM Murph)
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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Episode 60 – What campaign are you chickening out of running?
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Episode 59 — How Do You Use Mazes in a Roleplaying Game?
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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Episode 58 — Waterdeep Postmortem, Plus Digital Resources in Games (with Guest GM Tim Saucer)
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Episode 57 — “Eternal Lies” Campaign Postmortem (with Guest GM Matt Wilson)
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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Episode 56 — How Do You Handle Luck and Divine Intervention? (with guest GM Kyle Latino)
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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Episode 55 — How Do You Manage Scheduling For Your Games?
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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Episode 54 — Actual Play: “The Accidental Tomb”
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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UPDATED: Episode 53 — Holiday Special: Live Build-a-dungeon!
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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Episode 52 — What Expectations Do You Place On Your Players When Starting a Campaign?
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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Episode 51 — How Do You Manage Inventory in Your Games? (with Tim Saucer)
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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Episode 50 — Season 1 Finale, and Resetting the Table of Topics!
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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Episode 49 – Broken Control Panels, Aliens, and Spoopy Sitcom Recaps
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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Episode 48 — Scary Warehouses, 90s Sitcoms, and Halloween One-shots
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Episode 47 – A Different Kind of Fantasy Gaming
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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Episode 46 — How Do You Design Your Game Sessions So That Players Can Show Off?
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Episode 45 — Tom Knauss, Tehuatl Kickstarter, and the Care and Feeding of Your Game Books
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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Episode 44 — How Do You Prepare Set-piece Encounters?
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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Episode 43 — What Do You Do With the Encounters and Secrets Your Players Don’t Discover?
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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Episode 42 — How Do You Create Memorable NPCs?
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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Episode 41 — What Do You Do When You Feel Unenthused About the Game You’re Running?
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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Episode 40 — How Do You Build or Choose a Setting for Your Game?
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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Episode 39 — How Do You Use Fear in Your Roleplaying Games?
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Jun 11, 2020 |
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Episode 38 — How Do You Use Maps in Your Game?
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May 28, 2020 |
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Episode 37 — How Do You Handle Character Death in a Roleplaying Game?
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May 14, 2020 |
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Episode 36 — How Do You Make Dungeons Feel Adventurous? (with John Corey)
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Apr 30, 2020 |
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Episode 35 — How Do You Make In-game Travel Interesting?
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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Episode 34 — Social Distancing Special: How Do You Run an Online Game?
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Apr 02, 2020 |
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Episode 33 – How do you run games when your group is just one or two players? (with Shel Kahn)
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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Episode 32 – How Do You Handle Romance and Shopping in Your Games?
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Mar 05, 2020 |
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Episode 31 — How Do You Establish Mood and Avoid an “Adventure Slapstick” Tone in Your Games?
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Feb 20, 2020 |
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Episode 30 – When Do You Look Up Rules?
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Feb 06, 2020 |
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Episode 29 — Do You Run Published Adventures or Create Your Own? (with Jess Snyder)
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Jan 23, 2020 |
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Episode 28 — How to Introduce a New Game to Your Gaming Group
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Jan 09, 2020 |
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Holiday Special Part 2: Live Play-a-dungeon!
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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Holiday Special Part 1: Live Build-a-Dungeon (with guest GM Kyle Latino)
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Dec 12, 2019 |
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Episode 25 — How Do You Deal with Anxiety as a GM?
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Nov 28, 2019 |
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Episode 24 – Do You Read the Block Text in Your Adventure? (special guest, Aaron)
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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Episode 23 – How to Introduce Non-Gamers to Your Game
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Oct 31, 2019 |
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Episode 22 — How to Handle Doors in Dungeons (with guest Al McWilliams)
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Oct 17, 2019 |
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Episode 21: What Elements from Other Media do You Bring into Your Tabletop Games? (with Audrey Huggett)
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Oct 03, 2019 |
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Episode 20 – The Shortest Episode: Running Halloween Themed Games
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Sep 19, 2019 |
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Episode 19 — How to Run a Convention Game (with John Corey)
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Sep 05, 2019 |
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Episode 18 – 7th Sea Campaign Retrospective with Matt Wilson
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Aug 22, 2019 |
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Episode 17 – Reflections on Gencon 2019
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Aug 08, 2019 |
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Episode 16 – How to Send Off a Player Who’s Leaving Your Game
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Jul 25, 2019 |
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Episode 15 – Theater-of-the-mind vs. Maps, Minis, and Other Visual Representations (with Murph)
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Jul 11, 2019 |
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Episode 14 – How to Create and Use Monsters in a Game (with Kyle Latino)
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Jun 27, 2019 |
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Episode 13 — How to Prepare to Run a Roleplaying Game (With Audrey Huggett)
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Jun 13, 2019 |
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Episode 12 — How to Handle Randomness in Your Games
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May 30, 2019 |
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Episode 11 — How to Track Combat Details (with Jason Matteson)
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May 16, 2019 |
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Episode 10 — How to Deal with Bored or Distracted Players (with Greg Teachout)
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May 02, 2019 |
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Episode 9 — How to Manage the Power Level of an RPG (with David Frees)
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Apr 18, 2019 |
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Episode 8 — How to Handle Consequences for Player Characters (with John Corey)
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Apr 04, 2019 |
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Episode 7 — How to Keep Combat Scenes Moving (with Caitlin Sanders)
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Mar 21, 2019 |
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Episode 6 – Running Roleplaying Games for Different-sized Groups (with Jessica Snyder)
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Mar 07, 2019 |
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Episode 5 – Bringing Elements from Other Game Systems into Your Game (with Mark French)
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Feb 21, 2019 |
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Episode 4 – Props and Handouts and When to Use Them (with Kyle Latino)
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Feb 07, 2019 |
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Episode 3 – How to Use a Dungeon Master’s Screen (with guest Matt Wilson)
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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Episode 2: When Roleplaying Games Derail
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Jan 10, 2019 |
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Episode 1: How to GM a Game in 2 Hours or Less
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Dec 27, 2018 |