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Short, bite-sized RPG advice, tips, and tricks for DMs and players of tabletop role playing games (TTRPG)
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Ep 259 - Space Adventures & Review of Starfinder 2e Player Core
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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Ep 258 - Canon
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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Ep 257 - Play More Reckless
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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Ep 256 - Player Cheating 2 & WOTC Turnover
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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Ep 255 - Cliches and review of the Starfinder 2e Galaxy Guide
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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Ep 254 - Unwritten Rules
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May 25, 2025 |
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Ep 253 - Recurring Villains
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May 11, 2025 |
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Ep 252 - Get Out of Your GM Comfort Zone
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Apr 27, 2025 |
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Ep 251 - Conflict
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Apr 13, 2025 |
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Ep 250 - Important NPCs and Review of the NPC Core
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Mar 30, 2025 |
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Ep 249 - Questions You Can Ask To Give Your Character Depth
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Mar 16, 2025 |
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Ep 248 - Guns in Fantasy and Review of Guns and Gears Remastered
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Feb 23, 2025 |
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Ep 247 - Making Combat More Fun
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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Ep 246 - Railroads vs Sandboxes 2
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Jan 26, 2025 |
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Ep 245 - Unruly Players
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Jan 12, 2025 |
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Ep 244 - Guard the Fun
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Dec 28, 2024 |
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Ep 243 - Friendly NPCs
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Dec 15, 2024 |
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Ep 242 - Back to Basics - Just One Thing
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Nov 17, 2024 |
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Ep 241 - Critical Hits and Misses
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Nov 03, 2024 |
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Ep 240 - Interview with Paizo Infinite Master Tom Robinson
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Oct 20, 2024 |
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Ep 239 - Write What You Know
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Oct 06, 2024 |
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Ep 238 - West Marches Campaigns
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Sep 22, 2024 |
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Ep 237 - Short vs Long Campaigns
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Sep 08, 2024 |
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Ep 236 - Scheduling
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Aug 25, 2024 |
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Ep 235 - The Why of Villains
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Aug 18, 2024 |
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Ep 234 - Player vs Character Abilities
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Aug 11, 2024 |
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Ep 233 - Review of PF2e Player Core 2
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Aug 04, 2024 |
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Ep 232 - Continuing Adventures
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Jul 28, 2024 |
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Ep 231 - Premade Adventures
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Jul 14, 2024 |
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Ep 230 - DM Tips from the Theater
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Jun 30, 2024 |
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Ep 229 - Wandering Monsters
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Jun 23, 2024 |
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Ep 228 - Back to Basics - Player Ideas
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Jun 16, 2024 |
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Ep 227 - Manipulate Your Players
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Jun 09, 2024 |
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Ep 226 - Monstrous PCs and Howl of the Wild
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Jun 02, 2024 |
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Ep 225 - Lore Part 2
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May 26, 2024 |
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Ep 224 - Lore Part 1
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May 19, 2024 |
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Ep 223 - Monster Series - Aboleths and Algholthu
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May 12, 2024 |
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Ep 222 - Epilogues
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May 05, 2024 |
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Ep 221 - Rules Light RPGs
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Apr 28, 2024 |
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Ep 220 - Preparing to Take a Break
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Apr 21, 2024 |
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Ep 219 - Let Players Use New Abilities
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Apr 14, 2024 |
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Ep 218 - The Power of DM Words
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Apr 07, 2024 |
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Ep 217 - Monster Series - Dragons 2 and the PF2e Monster Core Review
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Mar 31, 2024 |
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Ep 216 - Should Players Plan During Combat?
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Ep 215 - House Rules to Make Your Game Harder
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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Ep 214 - House Rules to Make Your Game Easier
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Mar 10, 2024 |
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Ep 213 - Back to Basics - Player Agency
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Feb 25, 2024 |
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Ep 212 - Distinct NPCs
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Feb 18, 2024 |
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Ep 211 - Long vs Short Gaming Sessions
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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Ep 210 - Long vs Short Campaigns
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Feb 04, 2024 |
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Ep 209 - Give Your DM a Break
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Jan 28, 2024 |
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Ep 208 - Dungeon Crawls Part 2
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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Ep 207 - Dungeon Crawls Part 1
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Jan 14, 2024 |
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Ep 206 - 2023 Podcast Bloopers
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Dec 31, 2023 |
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Ep 205 - Flavor is Free
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Dec 17, 2023 |
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Ep 204 - Enemy Motivation in Combat
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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Ep 203 - Smart and Dumb Enemies
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Dec 03, 2023 |
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Ep 202 - Back to Basics - Most Important Rule
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Nov 26, 2023 |
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Ep 201 - It’s Not All On the DM
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Nov 19, 2023 |
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Ep 200 - Exploration
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Nov 12, 2023 |
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Ep 199 - Running Social Encounters
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Nov 05, 2023 |
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Ep 198 - Realistic Cities Part 2
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Oct 29, 2023 |
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Ep 197 - Realistic Cities Part 1
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Oct 22, 2023 |
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Ep 196 - Problems Not Plots
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Oct 15, 2023 |
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Ep 195 - Uninterested Characters and Players
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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Ep 194 - Foolproof New Character Checklist - Beyond the Sheet
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Oct 01, 2023 |
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Ep 193 - The Devil Is In The Details
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Sep 24, 2023 |
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Ep 192 - Monster Series - Doppelgangers
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Sep 17, 2023 |
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Ep 191 - DM Lessons from Baldur’s Gate 3
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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Ep 190 - Integrating Character Backstories with Rick Sandidge of Find the Path Ventures
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Sep 03, 2023 |
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Ep 189 - Using AI Tools
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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Ep 188 - Character Replacement
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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Ep 187 - Short - Imposter Syndrome
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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Ep 186 - Class Levels In Your World
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Aug 06, 2023 |
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Ep 185 - Lore Series - The Vast and Empty Areas of Your Map
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Jul 30, 2023 |
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Ep 184 - Preparing One Shots
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Jul 23, 2023 |
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Ep 183 - Improving Your Narration
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Jul 16, 2023 |
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Ep 182 - Campaigns Bigger Than the PCs
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Jul 09, 2023 |
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Ep 181 - Monster Series - Ambush Predators
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Jul 02, 2023 |
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Ep 180 - Let Villains Be Villains
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Jun 18, 2023 |
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Ep 179 - Better Roleplaying by Letting Adventures Breathe
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Jun 11, 2023 |
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Ep 178 - The Players Spoiled My Plans and the Paizo Remaster
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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Ep 177 - Back to Basics -Make Scenes not Stories
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May 28, 2023 |
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Ep 176 - Making Monsters Scarier
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May 21, 2023 |
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Ep 175 - Wizards of the Coast, Pinkertons, and That One DM Question
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May 14, 2023 |
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Ep 174 - Quest Design - 36 Dramatic Situations
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May 07, 2023 |
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Ep 173 - Monster Series - Oozes
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Apr 30, 2023 |
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Ep 172 - PvP and David Carter of Crucible of Fate
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Apr 23, 2023 |
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Ep 171 - Good NPCs - Quest Givers
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Apr 16, 2023 |
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Ep 170 - Narrative Combat, Armor Class and Hit Points
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Apr 09, 2023 |
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Ep 169 - Honor Among Thieves Review and Use of RPG Social Skills
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Apr 02, 2023 |
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Ep 168 - Monster Series - Hags
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Mar 26, 2023 |
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Ep 167 - Immersive Roleplaying
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Mar 19, 2023 |
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Ep 166 - Dealing with Ill Prepared Parties
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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Ep 165 - Let Players Savor Their Victories
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Mar 05, 2023 |
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Ep 164 - Lore Series - Death of Gods and Aroden
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Feb 26, 2023 |
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Ep 163 - Fire - Realism vs Fun
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Feb 19, 2023 |
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Ep 162 - Deities
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Feb 12, 2023 |
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Ep 161 - Player Indecision
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Feb 05, 2023 |
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Ep 160 - Wizards of the Coast Capitulation and Good Dungeon Maps
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Jan 29, 2023 |
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Ep 159-OGL 1.2 and Intelligent Magic Items
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Jan 22, 2023 |
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Ep 158 -Wizards of the Coast OGL 1.1 and the Time of Troubles
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Jan 15, 2023 |
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Ep 157 - Special Materials in Your World
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Jan 08, 2023 |
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Ceci N’est Pas Un Episode
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Jan 01, 2023 |
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Ep 156 - Holidays in Your World
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Dec 25, 2022 |
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Ep 155 - Scaling Monsters
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Dec 18, 2022 |
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Ep 154 - Monster Series - Giants
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Dec 11, 2022 |
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Ep 153 - Planar Series - Elemental Planes
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Dec 04, 2022 |
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Ep 152 - The Right Way to Leave a Gaming Group
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Nov 27, 2022 |
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Ep 151 - Burnout
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Nov 20, 2022 |
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Ep 150 - Rovagug
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Nov 13, 2022 |
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Ep 149 - RPG Lessons from Video Games
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Nov 06, 2022 |
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Ep 148 - Monster Series - The Fey
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Oct 30, 2022 |
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Ep 147 - Tension and Corruption
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Oct 23, 2022 |
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Ep 146 - The Afterlife
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Oct 16, 2022 |
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Ep 145 - Ethereal and Astral Planes
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Oct 09, 2022 |
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Ep 144 - Types of Horror
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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Ep 143 - Inspiration from Other Systems
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Sep 25, 2022 |
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Ep 142 - Don’t Nerf Your PCs Part 2
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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Ep 141 - Don’t Nerf Your PCs Part 1
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Sep 11, 2022 |
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Ep 140 - Spelljammer
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Sep 04, 2022 |
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Ep 139 - Betrayal
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Aug 28, 2022 |
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Ep 138 - Making Trustworthy NPCs
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Aug 21, 2022 |
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Ep 137 -Lore Series - Starfinder Gap & Empty History
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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Ep 136 - Plane Series-Multiverse Concept and Material Plane
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Aug 07, 2022 |
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Ep 135 - The Rule of Three
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Jul 31, 2022 |
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Ep 134 - Using Source Material for Your RPG
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Jul 24, 2022 |
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Ep 133 - Using Lies to Make Campaigns Better
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Jul 17, 2022 |
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Ep 132 - Democracies in RPGs
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Jul 10, 2022 |
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Ep 131 - Lore Series - Orcgate Wars
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Jul 03, 2022 |
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Ep 130 - Is Realism Overrated
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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Ep 129 - Pathfinder Nexus
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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Ep 128 - DMing at Conventions
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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Ep 127 - Keeping 1st Level PCs Alive
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May 29, 2022 |
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Ep 126 - When to Leave Your RPG Group
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May 22, 2022 |
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Ep 125 - Monster Series - Vampires
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May 15, 2022 |
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Ep 124 - Philosophy of RPG Dice Rolling
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May 08, 2022 |
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Ep 123 - Running Games for Younger Players w Paul Lazrow
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May 01, 2022 |
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Ep 122 - Failing Forward
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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Ep 121 - Lore Series - Earthfall on Golarion
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Apr 17, 2022 |
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Ep 120 - Viewer Mailbag #2
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Apr 10, 2022 |
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Ep 119 - Handling RPG Arguments
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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Ep 118 - Harvesting Parts from D&D and Pathfinder Monsters
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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Ep 117 - How to Make Your Players Care
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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Ep 116 - The Total Party Kill (TPK)
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Mar 13, 2022 |
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Ep 115 - Character Downtime
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Mar 06, 2022 |
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Ep 114 - The Cataclysm of Krynn
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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Ep 113 - Interview with Shane from Venture Forth
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Feb 20, 2022 |
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Ep 112 - Class Series - Sorcerer & Wizard
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Feb 13, 2022 |
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Ep 111 - Why Is Evil Allowed to Persist
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Feb 06, 2022 |
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Ep 110 - The Power of Rumors
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Jan 30, 2022 |
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Ep 109 - Lore Series - All About Strahd
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Jan 23, 2022 |
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Ep 108 - Designing Quests
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Jan 16, 2022 |
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Ep 107 - Critical Hits & Misses
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Jan 09, 2022 |
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Ep 106 - Monster Series - Elementals
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Jan 02, 2022 |
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Ep 105 - The Blood War Part 2
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Dec 26, 2021 |
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Ep 104 - 3 Bullet NPCs and Backstories
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Dec 19, 2021 |
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Ep 103 - Class Series - Paladin and Ranger
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Dec 12, 2021 |
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Ep 102 - Designing Better Encounters Part 2
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Dec 05, 2021 |
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Ep 101 - Designing Better Encounters Part 1
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Nov 28, 2021 |
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Ep 100 - Starting Anywhere But A Tavern
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Nov 21, 2021 |
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Ep 99 - Monster Series - Kobolds
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Nov 14, 2021 |
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Ep 98 - D&D5e and PF2e Ancestries and Races
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Nov 07, 2021 |
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Ep 97 - Curses and Cursed Items
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Oct 31, 2021 |
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Ep 96 - Monster Series - Mimics
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Oct 24, 2021 |
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Ep 95 - Familiars, Animal Companions, and Summoned Creatures
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Oct 17, 2021 |
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Ep 94 - Class Series - Fighters and Monks
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Oct 10, 2021 |
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Ep 93-Virtual Tabletop Tips
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Oct 03, 2021 |
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Ep 92 - Travel and Exploration
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Sep 26, 2021 |
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Ep 91 - Safely Introducing New Gameplay Features
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Sep 19, 2021 |
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Ep 90 - The GRAPES Worldbuilding System
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Sep 12, 2021 |
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Ep 89 - Monster Series - Goblins
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Sep 05, 2021 |
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Ep 88 - Class Series-Holy Moley The Cleric and Druid
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Aug 29, 2021 |
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Ep 87 - Inspiration from the 5e DMG Disclaimer
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Aug 22, 2021 |
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Ep 86 - Skill Challenges
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Aug 15, 2021 |
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Ep 85 - What I Wish I'd Known When I Started Playing D&D
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Aug 08, 2021 |
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Ep 84 - 3-Dimensional and Underwater Combat
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Aug 01, 2021 |
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Ep 83 - Class Series - Barbarian and Bard
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Jul 25, 2021 |
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Ep 82 - Ending the Campaign
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Jul 18, 2021 |
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Ep 81 - Lycanthropy and Inflicted Transformations
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Jul 11, 2021 |
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Ep 80 - Non-Combat Encounters
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Jul 04, 2021 |
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Ep 79 - Demons Devils and the Blood War
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Jun 27, 2021 |
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Ep 78 - Tips for Scene Descriptions
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Jun 20, 2021 |
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Ep 77 - Optional and Crazy Combat Rules That Can Quicken Your Game
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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Ep 76 - Customizing Prewritten Campaigns
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Jun 06, 2021 |
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Ep 75 - Better Backstories
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May 30, 2021 |
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Ep 74 - Monster Series - Owlbears
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May 23, 2021 |
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Ep 73 - Oops the PCs Killed the Big Bad
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May 16, 2021 |
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Ep 72 - Minimalist DM Prep Tips
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May 09, 2021 |
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Ep 71 - Debilitating Conditions
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May 02, 2021 |
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Ep 70 - Artifacts and Other Devices of Power
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Apr 25, 2021 |
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Ep 69 - Monster Series - Succubus and Incubus
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Apr 18, 2021 |
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Ep 68 - All About the Big Bad
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Apr 11, 2021 |
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Ep 67 - Making Magic Items Feel Special
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Apr 04, 2021 |
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Ep 66 - Getting Into Character Roleplay
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Mar 28, 2021 |
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Ep 65 - Ruins and Ancient Civilizations
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Mar 21, 2021 |
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Ep 64 - Monster Series - Beholders - The Eyes Have It
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Mar 14, 2021 |
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Ep 63 - High vs Low Magic Campaigns
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Mar 07, 2021 |
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Ep 62 - Vetting Players and DMs
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Feb 28, 2021 |
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Ep 61 - Improve Your Cliffhangers with These 3 Strategies
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Feb 21, 2021 |
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Ep 60 - Monster Series - Lich Better Have My Money
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Feb 14, 2021 |
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Ep 59 - Alignment and the Loss of Inherently Evil Creatures
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Feb 07, 2021 |
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Ep 58 - The Evil Campaign
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Jan 31, 2021 |
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Ep 57 - Quest and Adventure Design
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Jan 24, 2021 |
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Ep 56 - Character Optimization and Saying No as a DM
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Jan 17, 2021 |
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Ep 55 - Making Your Campaign World Feel Different from Earth
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Jan 10, 2021 |
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Ep 54 - Supporting First Time Players and GMs
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Jan 03, 2021 |
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Ep 53 - Using Puzzles In Your RPG
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Dec 27, 2020 |
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Ep 52 - Regarding Cody's "I'm Quitting Pathfinder 2e Video" and Using Sounds and Visual Aids In Your Game
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Dec 20, 2020 |
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Ep 51 - The Matt Mercer Effect and Setting Expectations
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Dec 13, 2020 |
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Ep 50 - Using Traps In Your Game
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Dec 06, 2020 |
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Ep 49 - Monster Series - Illithid and Mind Flayers
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Nov 29, 2020 |
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Ep 48 - Less Comprehensive Session 0 Guide for PCs
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Nov 22, 2020 |
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Ep 47 - Comprehensive Session 0 Guide for DMs
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Nov 15, 2020 |
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Ep 46 - When Your Story Goes Off the Rails
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Nov 08, 2020 |
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Ep 45 - Using Minions from D&D 4E to Make Combat Better
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Nov 01, 2020 |
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Ep 44 - Running a Horror Themed Game
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Oct 25, 2020 |
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Ep 43 - Reskinning Monsters
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Oct 18, 2020 |
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Ep 42 Part 3 - Ask the DM with Johnn Four
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Ep 42 Part 2 - Ask the DM with Johnn Four
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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Ep 42 Part 1 - Ask the DM with Johnn Four
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Oct 11, 2020 |
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Ep 41 - RPG Gatekeeping
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Oct 04, 2020 |
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Ep 40 - Random Encounters
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Sep 27, 2020 |
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Ep 39 - Worldbuilding - Real World Organization Parallels for your Fantasy or Sci-Fi World
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Sep 20, 2020 |
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Ep 38 - Handling Rewards and Loot
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Sep 13, 2020 |
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Ep 37 - Adjudicating Skill and Ability Checks
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Sep 06, 2020 |
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Ep 36 - The Big GM Secret
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Aug 30, 2020 |
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Ep 35 - Battle Map vs Theater of the Mind
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Aug 23, 2020 |
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Ep 34 - Monster Series - Dragons
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Aug 16, 2020 |
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Ep 33 - Dealing with Character Death
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Aug 09, 2020 |
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Ep 32 - Player Cheating
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Aug 02, 2020 |
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Ep 31 - Should You Cheat as a GM
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Jul 26, 2020 |
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Ep 30 - Save or Suck
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Jul 19, 2020 |
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Ep 29 - Monster Series - Intelligent Undead
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Jul 12, 2020 |
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Ep 28 - Unusual Party Sizes and GM NPCs
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Jul 05, 2020 |
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Ep 27 - Role vs Roll Playing
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Jun 28, 2020 |
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Ep 26 - Basics of Improv and How It Helps you Be a Better GM and Player
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Jun 21, 2020 |
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Ep 25 - Metagaming
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Jun 14, 2020 |
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Ep 24 - Giving Your Character or NPC Dimensions
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Jun 07, 2020 |
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Ep 23 - Character Arcs
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May 31, 2020 |
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Ep 22 Pt 2 - Roleplaying Your Alignment
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May 27, 2020 |
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Ep 22 Pt 1 - Roleplaying Your Alignment
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May 24, 2020 |
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Ep 21 - Homebrew 101 - Ghoulash
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May 17, 2020 |
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Ep 20 - Homebrew 101 - World Design
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May 10, 2020 |
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Ep 19 - Homebrew 101 - The 5 Room Dungeon
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May 03, 2020 |
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Ep 18 - Homebrew 101 - The 3 Act Structure
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Apr 26, 2020 |
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Ep 17 - Homebrew 101 - Basics of Plot & Story
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Apr 19, 2020 |
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Ep 16 - Homebrew 101 - Random Tables and Generators Are Your Friend
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Apr 12, 2020 |
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Ep 15 - Homebrew 101 - Sources for Plot Ideas
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Apr 05, 2020 |
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Ep 14 - Personality Types at the Table
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Mar 29, 2020 |
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Ep 13 - Your Players Are Your Game
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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Ep 12 - Murder Hobos and Encouraging Role Play
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Mar 22, 2020 |
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Ep 11 - Prebuilt vs Homebrew Adventures
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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Ep 10 - Good Character Design
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Mar 17, 2020 |
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Ep 9 - Realistic NPCs
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Mar 15, 2020 |
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Ep 8 - To Min-Max or Not to Min-Max
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Mar 11, 2020 |
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Ep 7 - Railroad vs. Sandbox Adventures
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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Ep 6 - Managing Your Table Part 2
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Mar 09, 2020 |
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Ep 5 - Managing Your Table Part 1
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Mar 08, 2020 |
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Ep 4 - What Makes a Good Player Part 2
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Mar 01, 2020 |
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Ep 3 - What Makes a Good Player?
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Mar 01, 2020 |
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Ep 2 - So You STILL Want to Be a GM
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Mar 01, 2020 |
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Ep 1 - So You Want to Be a GM
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Mar 01, 2020 |
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Ep 0 - What Is This?
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Mar 01, 2020 |