Bonus Episode 104 – WPC 1: random traits
* (0:24) A joke to an AI becomes a show topic. * (2:48) Characters born in a cursed forest, without sunlight. * (7:48) Characters who compul...
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An irreverent look at tabletop roleplaying games and a little bit more.
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20 of 50 episodesEpisode 628 – player bucket list
* (0:29) Switching to a bucket list of what we want to play. * (1:30) Wayne wants to play Dresden Files. * (4:13) Dan still wants to play an...
Episode 627 – GM bucket list
* (0:29) The bucket list of games we want to run. * (1:31) Doug’s long-term campaign. * (3:10) Wayne’s Fallout : St. Louis game....
Episode 626 – video games to tabletop
* (0:30) An old Apple //c computer and early computer RPGs. * (4:16) Transitioning from video games into tabletop RPGs. * (9:44) The expecta...
Episode 625 – profiting from session one
* (0:29) What is your goal for the first session of a game? * (2:10) Who are these characters really ? * (6:08) When the person you wanted t...
Bonus Episode 103 – WGM 3: clockwork crystals
* (0:23) Prompts and prepositions. The clockwork circus is coming to town! * (1:40) Wayne’s circus in space. * (4:13) Mary’s cir...
Episode 624 – back to what you enjoy
* (0:29) Fear the Con has funded and the sign-up site is live ! We hope to see you Thursday, June 20th to Saturday, June 22nd. * (1:58) Gett...
Episode 623 – too big to fail
* (0:29) Wayne has a problem: the Wardens from Dresden Files. Coming up with too many excuses for why powerful organizations don’t car...
Episode 622 – bringing your PC to life
* (0:30) What steps do we take to bring a character to life? * (1:49) Ask what’s important. * (6:53) Seeing the good and bad in a sing...
Bonus Episode 102 – WGM 2: dead consuming the living
Today’s ingredient: The dead are consuming the living. Why and how? Let’s find out! Fear the Con 2024’s Kickstarter can be...
Episode 621 – juice is worth the squeeze
* (0:29) In defense of technology at the gaming table. Caleb’s setup with Owlbear Rodeo . * (5:13) Dan’s Lion King sing-a-long a...
Bonus Episode 101 – WGM 1: dead air
I decided to skip over the Iron GM and go for a Tungsten GM. The ingredient? All broadcasts cease because something won’t let them get...
Episode 620 – juice ain’t worth the squeeze
* (0:30) Dan runs a game a bit too literally. * (4:12) The intersection of technology and roleplaying in a way that isn’t required by...
Episode 619 – a closed setting
* (0:29) Why talk about intelligence? The Why Files episode about Cicada 3301. * (9:24) A game takes an unhelpfully long break, only to be r...
Bonus Episode 100 – becoming the curmudgeon
* (0:22) Picking out the point we became curmudgeons and what exactly that means. * (4:48) Being too set in our ways. * (11:19) The self-des...
Episode 618 – no, low, and mo’ expectations
* (0:29) Reintroducing Julia’s husband, Mike. * (2:24) Lowered expectations, inspired by a post-pandemic world. * (7:25) Being a bit m...
Episode 617 – the value of questionable
* (0:29) Thanks to Eric Van Note for Swole Mole! * (3:15) The value of terrible GMing. * (8:42) Everyone is their own most inept critic. Soj...
Episode 616 – affiliated or not
* (0:29) Dan prefers affiliated groups, Wayne does not. * (2:15) Cohesion, identity, and help. * (9:35) Affiliations you start with as oppos...
Episode 615 – inspecting InSpectres
* (0:28) An update on the Actual Play . * (4:48) The InSpectres RPG (at least temporarily back in print!) and our AP interlude using its rul...
Episode 614 – session X.5
* (0:28) Things are getting set for Fear the Con ! An intro to RPGs game is available for newcomers . * (2:03) A shared Minecraft server. Yo...