Inspiration Point
By Adam Power, Andrew Geertsen, & Tiana Ren Hanson
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What's the point?! Join Adam and Tiana for some friendly, off-the-cuff discussion about their ideas on D&D, RPGs, or just games in general!
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S7E42: The End
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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S7E41: Death, a Post-Mortem
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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S7E40: Dispatch - Lessons from a Superhero Game
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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S7E39: Dealing with Failure
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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S7E38: A Rambling Conversation
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Nov 01, 2025 |
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S7E37: IP D&D - Our Tier 2 Arcane Spells
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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S7E36: IP D&D - Tier 3 Spells Part 2
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Oct 12, 2025 |
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S7E35: IP D&D - Tier 3 Spells Part 1
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Sep 28, 2025 |
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S7E34: Heroic Classes for IP D&D - Warlock
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Sep 21, 2025 |
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S7E33: Heroic Classes for IP D&D - Sorcerer and Wizard
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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S7E32: IP D&D - Tier 2 Spells Part 3
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Sep 07, 2025 |
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S7E31: IP D&D - Tier 2 Spells Part 2
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Aug 31, 2025 |
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S7E30: IP D&D - Tier 2 Spells Part 1
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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S7E29: The Worst Advice!
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Aug 17, 2025 |
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S7E28: Going Through Your Notes - Heroic Class (Assassin Through Druid)
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Aug 10, 2025 |
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S7E27: Discussion about Way of the FromSoft DM
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Aug 03, 2025 |
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S7E26: Roast Adam
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Jul 27, 2025 |
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S7E25: Building Monsters - Blue Dragon
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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S7E24: Control Spells (and Other Moments When Players Lose Control)
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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S7E23: Equipment and Shops
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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S7E22: Playtest After-Action Report
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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S7E21: Conditions and Damage Types
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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S7E20: Backgrounds and Ancestry
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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S7E19: Taking a Step Back
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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S7E18: Heroic Classes for IP D&D - Paladin
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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S7E17: Heroic Classes for IP D&D - Assassin and Champion
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May 25, 2025 |
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S7E16: Heroic Classes for IP D&D - Cleric and Monk
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May 18, 2025 |
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S7E15: Heroic Classes for IP D&D - The Design Ethos
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May 11, 2025 |
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S7E14: Magic Systems and Spells for IP D&D
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May 04, 2025 |
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S7E13: Weapons Deep Dive
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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S7E12: Weapons, Armor, and Combat Actions
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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S7E11: Redesigning the Classes: Acolyte and Rogue
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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S7E10: Redesigning the Classes: Fighter and Mage
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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S7E9: Redesigning the Classes: Back to Basics
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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S7E8: Redesigning the Classes: How Did We Get Here?
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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S7E7: Rebuilding the Monk for IP D&D (Guest Host: Chris Lee, aka. A.B.I.)
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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S7E6: Discussing Dungeons
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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S7E5: Monster Design for IP D&D
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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S7E4: Rebuilding the Fighter for IP D&D
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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S7E3: Rebuilding the Character Sheet for IP D&D
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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S7E2: Rebuilding the Barbarian for IP D&D (Guest Host: Dane Filemyr)
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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S7E1: Inspiration Point D&D Overview
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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S6E45: Season Wrap-up
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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S6E44: The Art of War in TTRPGs
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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S6E43: Political Intrigue (Or: Making Frienemies and Influencing People)
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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S6E42: The Anatomy of a Despot
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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S6E41: The Thirteen Keys Applied to TTRPGs
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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S6E40: How to Make BBEGs Not (Immediately) Explode
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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S6E39: The Second Secret Ingredient
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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S6E38: Lessons Learned
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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S6E37: Redesigning the Ranger
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Oct 05, 2024 |
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S6E36: A Check-In on Death
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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S6E35: 2014 vs 2024 Classes - Druid
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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S6E34: Games I Played Last Year That WEREN'T D&D (Guest Host: Chris Lee, aka. A.B.I.)
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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S6E33: 2014 vs 2024 Classes - Sorcerer and Wizard
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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S6E32: 2014 vs 2024 Classes - Warlock and Bard
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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S6E31: Being a Professional GM (Guest Host: Sam Tillis)
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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S6E30: 2014 vs 2024 Classes - Paladin and Cleric
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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S6E29: 2014 vs 2024 Classes - Ranger
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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S6E28: 2014 vs 2024 Classes - Rogue and Monk
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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S6E27: 2014 vs 2024 Classes - Barbarian and Fighter
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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S6E26: Mob Combat (Guest Host: Alandra Hileman)
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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S6E25: Running a Horror Game (Guest Host: Dan Waszkiewicz)
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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S6E24: Dragon Age - The Veilguard
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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S6E23: Death - Session Zero
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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S6E22: Roses and Thorns - A Gnarled Frontier Post-Mortem
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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S6E21: Curiosity and Table Dynamics
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May 30, 2024 |
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S6E20: The Fourth Spell Component
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May 23, 2024 |
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S6E19: Campaign Announcement and Preparation
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May 16, 2024 |
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S6E18: Five Principles of Designing Part 2
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May 09, 2024 |
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S6E17: Five Principles of Designing Part 1
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May 02, 2024 |
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S6E16: Find Your Voice
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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S6E15: The Intention Is Not To Intend
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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S6E14: Triton with a Trident - A Quiz Show
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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S6E13: Campaign Planning Part 3
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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S6E12: Campaign Planning Part 2
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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S6E11: Campaign Planning Part 1
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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S6E10: Afflictions - Diseases and Poisons
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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S6E9: Level One Spells Tier List - Part 3
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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S6E8: Level One Spells Tier List - Part 2
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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S6E7: Level One Spells Tier List - Part 1
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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S6E6: DMG Deep Dive - Creating Encounters
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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S6E5: DMG Deep Dive - Building a Monster
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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S6E4: D&D 5e vs Baldur's Gate 3
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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S6E3: Factions and Families
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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S6E2: Necessary Suffering
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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S6E1: New Year's Resolutions
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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S5E23: Winter Wrap-up!
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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S5E22: Players, Engage
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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S5E21: DMG Deep Dive - NPCs
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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S5E20: Grab Bag
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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S5E19: Let Your Player Characters Know Things!
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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S5E18: Session Zero Activities
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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S5E17: Just Do It
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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S5E16: DMG Deep Dive - Random Encounter Tables
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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S5E15: DMG Deep Dive - Building an Event-Based Campaign
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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S5E14: Player Character Death
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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S5E13: Anxiety and Self-Consciousness
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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S5E12: Wrath of the Scorned Post Mortem and Gamer Spaces
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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S5E11: Encounter Builders - Hags
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Sep 15, 2023 |
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S5E10: Setup and Payoff
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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S5E9: Optimization and Roleplaying
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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S5E8: Player Jobs
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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S5E7: Player Stats - Mental
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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S5E6: Player Stats - Physical
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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S5E5: Making Meaningful Quests
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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S5E4: Plot vs. Exposition vs. Dialogue
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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S5E3: Races in TTRPGs
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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S05 E2: Forgotten Rules of the Forgotten Realms
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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S05 E1: (Re)Introductions and Romance in TTRPGs
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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S04 E17: Homebrew 5e Changes
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May 29, 2023 |
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S04 E16: Less Cool, More Courage
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May 22, 2023 |
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S04 E15: Let's Make A Dangerous Destination 2!
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May 16, 2023 |
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S04 E14: Character Conclusions
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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S04 E13: The Story Circle
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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S04 E12: VTT Prep Process
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Apr 07, 2023 |
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S04 E11: The Role-Playing Pillar
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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S04 E10: The Exploration Pillar
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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S04 E09: Attachment Styles
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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S04 E08: Weapon Expression
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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S04 E07: Practical Prep Practices (Guest Host: DragnaCarta)
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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S04 E06: ChatGPT
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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S04 E05: Adam's System Idea
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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S04 E04: Gear-Grinding Bad Habits
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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S04 E03: Do systems really matter?
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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S04 E02: WotC OGL Madness
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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S04 E01: Burnout Breakdown
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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S03 E45: Lessons Learned This Year
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Dec 24, 2022 |
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S03 E44: FATE School 7 (Guests: Robert Hanz & Tiana Hanson)
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Dec 17, 2022 |
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S03 E43: FATE School 6 (Guests: Robert Hanz & Tiana Hanson)
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Nov 27, 2022 |
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S03 E42: FATE School 5 (Guests: Robert Hanz & Tiana Hanson)
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Nov 19, 2022 |
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S03 E41: FATE School 4 (Guests: Robert Hanz & Tiana Hanson)
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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S03 E40: FATE School 3 (Guests: Robert Hanz & Tiana Hanson)
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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S03 E39: Stop Dying!
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Oct 29, 2022 |
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S03 E38: FATE School 2 (Guests: Robert Hanz & Tiana Hanson)
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Oct 22, 2022 |
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S03 E37: FATE School 1 (Guests: Robert Hanz & Tiana Hanson)
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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S03 E36: GM Mental Stat Leveling
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Oct 08, 2022 |
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S03 E35: GM Physical Stat Leveling
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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S03 E34: What are YOUR GM stats?
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Sep 24, 2022 |
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S03 E33: 2-Year Campaign Lookback
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Sep 16, 2022 |
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S03 E32: The Secret Ingredient
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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S03 E31: Spelljammer or Spellbummer?
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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S03 E30: Skill Expression
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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S03 E29: Let's Make A Planet! (for Adam's SPELLJAMMER game!!!)
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Aug 12, 2022 |
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S03 E28: MCU Tier List (Part 2)
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Aug 05, 2022 |
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S03 E27: MCU Tier List (Part 1)
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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S03 E26: FATUM Character Creation
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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S03 E25: The Agony of Da Feats!
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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S03 E24: Magic Number 3
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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S03 E23: How Cults Really Work
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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S03 E22: What Andrew Thinks He Wants
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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S03 E21: Make Shopping Fun!
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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S03 E20: Player Type Tier List
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May 27, 2022 |
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S03 E19: Free Campaign Ideas!
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May 20, 2022 |
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S03 E18: Q&A #3
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May 14, 2022 |
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S03 E17: Narrative & Mechanical Tiers
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May 07, 2022 |
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S03 E16: Homebrew System Experiment
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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S03 E15: Lessons Learned
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Apr 23, 2022 |
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S03 E14: Rewards and Incentive
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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S03 E13: Elden Ring Review
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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S03 E12: Worldbuilding 101 (Part 2)
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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S03 E11: Worldbuilding 101 (Part 1)
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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S03 E10: Let's Get Dangerous 2!
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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S03 E09: New GM Questions Part 2
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Mar 05, 2022 |
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S03 E08: New GM Questions
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Feb 26, 2022 |
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S03 E07: Give On-Shots A Shot!
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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S03 E06: Precious Pets
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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S03 E05: Livestreaming 101 (Guest: Quests & Chaos' Thomas Koch)
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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S03 E04: You're Not Better Than A Tavern!
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Jan 29, 2022 |
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S03 E03: Paladin Parley
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Jan 22, 2022 |
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S03 E02: Between-Session Fun
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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S03 E01: Resolutions
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Jan 08, 2022 |
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S02 E43: Fun Times With Voices
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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S02 E42: The Gift of Novelty
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Dec 18, 2021 |
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S02 E41: Series Review: Netflix's Arcane
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Dec 11, 2021 |
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S02 E40: Build-A-Dragon!
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Nov 20, 2021 |
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S02 E39: Roleplay Your Rolls!
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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S02 E38: Fully Loaded (Guest: GM Macleods)
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Nov 06, 2021 |
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S02 E37: Find Fun In Failure
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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S02 E36: Tell Me What You Want
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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S02 E35: Adam's IRL XP
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Oct 09, 2021 |
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S02 E34: Make It Up!
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Sep 25, 2021 |
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S02 E33: An Origin (Guest: Tiana Hanson)
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Sep 18, 2021 |
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S02 E32: Wishlist of Worlds
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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S02 E31: TB Crew 4 & Collaborative Prepping (Guest: DragnaCarta)
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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S02 E30: Open Discussion (Guest: Spike Murphy-Rose)
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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S02 E29: Game Design Theory
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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S02 E28: Law & Trial
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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S02 E27: Rough Sessions
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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S02 E26: The Laziest GM - Sly Flourish (Guest: Mike Shea)
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Jul 23, 2021 |
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S02 E25: TB Crew 3 & Secretive Characters (Guest: Kaiya)
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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S02 E24: Interview With A Great GM (Guest: Guy Sclanders)
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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S02 E23: TB Crew 2 & Tight Settings (Guest: Twi)
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Jul 04, 2021 |
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S02 E22: A Different Perspective (Guest: Chris Lee, aka. A.B.I.)
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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S02 E21: D&D 5e Books!
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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S02 E20: Patron Mailbag #1!
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Jun 12, 2021 |
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S02 E19: Twice-Bitten Interview Metrion (Guest: Jack H.)
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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S02 E18: Road Encounters
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May 29, 2021 |
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S02 E17: Let's Make A Dungeon!
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May 21, 2021 |
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S02 E16: Interview With A Master GM (Guest: Spike Murphy-Rose)
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May 14, 2021 |
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S02 E15: Humor
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May 06, 2021 |
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S02 E14: Turn Pacing
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Apr 24, 2021 |
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S02 E13: Expectations & Back To Basics
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Apr 17, 2021 |
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S02 E12: Actual Skills We Learn From RPGs
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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S02 E11: Rumor Has It
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Apr 03, 2021 |
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S02 E10: The Hero's Journey (Part 3)
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Mar 27, 2021 |
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S02 E09: The Hero's Journey (Part 2)
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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S02 E08: The Hero's Journey (Part 1)
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Mar 06, 2021 |
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S02 E07: Andrew's Process
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Feb 20, 2021 |
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S02 E06: Useful Tools
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Feb 13, 2021 |
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S02 E05: Interview With A Loremaster (Guest: AJ Pickett)
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Feb 06, 2021 |
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S02 E04: Let's Get Dangerous
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Jan 30, 2021 |
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S02 E03: Downtime
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Jan 23, 2021 |
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S02 E02: New GM Encouragement
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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S02 E01: Teaching the Game
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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S01 E19: Drama Class (Guest: Nathan Stamper)
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Dec 27, 2020 |
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S01 E18: Cyberpunk 2077 Review
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Dec 20, 2020 |
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S01 E17: Importance of Prepping
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Dec 13, 2020 |
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Episode 16: Attitude of Gratitude
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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S01 E15 (Part 2): The Art of Playing & GMing
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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S01 E15 (Part 1): Let's Make Villains!
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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S01 E14: Pulling Punches & Randomness
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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S01 E13: The Comfort Zone & GM Love
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Nov 07, 2020 |
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S01 E12: Homebrewing & Passive Power
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Nov 01, 2020 |
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S01 E11: Do the Dumb Thing & Dialogue
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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S01 E09: Cyberpunk 2077 Hype & Lessons From Video Games
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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S01 E10: Party Talk & Tactics
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Oct 07, 2020 |
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S01 E08: Grounding in Reality & Fear
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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S01 E07: The Monsters Know & Character Arcs
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Sep 23, 2020 |
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S01 E06: Bartle's Taxonomy & Immersion
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Sep 07, 2020 |
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S01 E05: One-upsmanship & Save the Cat
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Aug 17, 2020 |
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S01 E04: Between-Session Emails & Prophecy
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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S01 E03: Rule of Cool & Easy NPC Info
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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S01 E02: Keepers & Memorable Moments
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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S01 E01: Party Leaders & Tough Choices
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Jul 16, 2020 |