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Podcast by Kenneth Hite and Robin D. Laws

The Gaming Hut looks at the key difference in scenario design, between what happens to the player characters, and what they can do. The Trad...

Taking inspiration from a previously dropped idle phrase, the Gaming Hut proudly presents Dinosaur Flying Aces. At the behest of beloved Pat...

The Gaming Hut advises players assigned the role of ringer or traitor. The Archaeology Hut tours the Papoura Hill Circular Structure in Cret...

In the Gaming Hut we wonder what encumbrance rules would look like if they were fun. The History Hut profiles a figure who appears in Ballad...

The Gaming Hut provides tips for staying true to the path of the doom as a player in Page Turners. The Monster Hut ventures into the forest...

In the Gaming Hut Ken recaps his just-concluded, seven year long FALL OF DELTA GREEN campaign. At the behest of beloved Patreon backer Sam H...

At the behest of beloved Patreon backer Manfred Gabriel, the Gaming Hut shows how to keep the heat on the PCs when they’re on the run. Wheth...

The Gaming Hut entertains a salty take as we wonder whether GMs who say rules don’t matter are actually using them in the first place. Belov...

The Gaming Hut takes you through the process of devising a supporting cast for a Page Turners scenario. At the behest of beloved Patreon bac...

In the Gaming Hut we explain why idiot plotting is an even bigger problem in tabletop rpgs than fiction or movies. At the behest of beloved...

In the Gaming Hut we create a Page Turners protagonist. At the behest of beloved Patreon backer Charles Picard the Architecture Hut examines...

The Gaming Hut starts us off with a contemplation of introductory adventures. The Horror Hut unearths the surely vampiric backstory of a loi...

We start in the Gaming Hut by looking at providing clues to players. In the History Hut we ask which saint had the highest body count. Was i...

Before beloved Patreon backer Sikander can betray us, the Gaming Hut answers his question about the Mr. Johnson trope in roleplaying games....

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In the Gaming Hut we reluctantly rouse ourselves to answer beloved Patreon backer Toonspew’s request for a look at the Church of the Sub-Gen...

In the Gaming Hut we look at the sorts of stories that work as Page Turners scenarios. The Archaeology Hut digs into the case of the Russian...

The Gaming Hut follows up a previous pedagogical segment by wondering what a course syllabus for tabletop rpg development and editing might...

As you may have heard in our previous episode, a mysterious technical event ate our recording of our live episode at this year’s Dragonmeet....

The Gaming Hut wonders what would happen in an F20 world where the smoke from burned magic scrolls produced a potent intoxication? Thanks to...

Beloved Patreon backer Ben A. takes the Gaming Hut to New York’s Chinatown in 1973 for tips on a game that mixes triads with the Bruce Lee l...

In the Gaming Hut we look at a core part of the rpg designer’s skill set, table sense, or the ability to predict what players will do with y...

Beloved Patreon backer Darcy Casselman summons us to the Gaming Hut in search of tips on playing a gestalt or troupe-style leader character,...

In the Gaming Hut we examine the principle of design by subtraction. The Crime Blotter investigates the career of thief turned detective Eug...

The Gaming Hut continues its preview of Robin’s new game Page Turners with a demonstration of scene calling choices. The History Hut takes a...

With the print run imminent for Page Turners, Robin’s new game of dramatic interaction for one player and one GM, the Gaming Hut takes it fo...

The Gaming Hut pays tribute to Halloween by envisioning a game pitting classic monsters against the non-Euclidean horrors of the Cthulhu Myt...

Now that Ken has finally seen it, beloved Patreon backer Justin Mohareb can pitch his Kpop Demon Hunters question to the Gaming Hut: how cou...

The Gaming Hut examines parallels between killer dungeons and horror movie slashers. Impelled by beloved Patreon backer Jurie Horneman, the...

The Gaming Hut looks at the peace paradox, in which players successfully negotiate their way out of a conflict and then feel let down by the...

The Gaming Hut becomes a pit stop as beloved Patreon backer Aser Tolentino asks how a tabletop game might reproduce the spectacle of Formula...

In the Gaming Hut we wonder what might appear on a tabletop roleplaying design course curriculum. At the behest of beloved Patreon backer Ch...

Recorded live at Gen Con, Ken, special guest co-host Darcy Ross and a cameo from Robin’s disembodied voice, this extra-special episode featu...

In the spirit of the episode number, we kick off a demons and devils special in the Gaming Hut. Robin pitches Ken three ideas for a game wit...

Clutch your stakes and polish your silver bullets as the Gaming Hut looks at the special vulnerabilities that allow player characters to def...

In the Gaming Hut we look at how the unsatisfying nature of real life persuasion leads to player dissatisfaction with social combat systems....

Beloved Patreon backer Sikander orders and/or bribes the Gaming Hut into a discussion of game mechanics that require players to take in-genr...

Ken is back from Gen Con to share his main takeaways from the 2025 show in OUR latest Travel Advisory. The Cinema Hut fantasy film essential...

In the Gaming Hut we look at ways to run prelude scenes in scenarios, set before its main objective becomes apparent. The Word Hut gets judg...

The episode starts with a retreat to the Gaming Hut as we talk about the importance of a safe headquarters for player characters. The Comman...

In the Gaming Hut we consider the two meanings of the term roleplaying. Through the joint auspices of Travel Advisory and the Culture Hut we...

Beloved Patreon backer Tennant Reed seeks Gaming Hut tips on scenarios where  the player characters discover that they’re not who they...

Settle back for some Gaming Hut disambiguation as beloved Patreon backer Bart Mallio asks us to explain the difference between a setting and...

The Gaming Hut gets informative as beloved Patreon backer Daiv Barr asks for campaign frames built around the librarian answer-seeking list...

As assigned by an anonymous beloved Patreon backer, the Gaming Hut ponders a university urban fantasy campaign where the syllabuses matter a...

The Gaming Hut has stacked up the non-perishables and gas masks to answer beloved Patroen backer’s Jason Thompson about a campaign that star...

In the Gaming Hut beloved Patreon backer Michael Cule wants to know more about the role dice play in roleplaying games. Fun With Science ans...

In the Gaming Hut we talk roleplaying the French Revolution at the behest of beloved Patreon backer Dr. Nick. The Tradecraft Hut profiles En...

Beloved Patreon backer beckons us to the Gaming Hut seeking tips on keeping PC hope alive when the bad guys run the authorities. In the Trad...

Much has changed since our last anniversary episode, but one thing that remains the same is our dedication to celebratory LIGHTNING ROUND!!!...