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DMs Matt and Rob wade into The Discourse discussing if “system matters” and “rules elide.”
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Fireside Chat for Chapter 2 of World Beyond Number - Dimension 20
Rules Elide - Jared.blot (Archived)
The Baker-Care Principle - Emily Care Boss
The Fruitful Void - Lumpley Games
Stance Theory - Socratic Design
Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Bruce Springsteen - Pony Boy.
Rob sits down with designer Andy Pressman to talk about, well, design, but also about games! The conversation ranges from Andy's active projects to onboarding players to mechanics to game jams and hacks and more.
Matt and Rob cover the REST of the Daggerheart playtest, including the GM section, adversaries, maps, worldbuilding, and the included starting adventure -- there's a lot going on here!
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https://darringtonpress.com/daggerheart/
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Pac Div - Roll the Dice
Luca Turilli - Demonheart
Slowdive - Dagger
DM "Dagger" Matt and DM "Heart" Rob are here to chat about the recently released playtest of Daggerheart, a fantasy TTRPG by Darrington Press and Critical Role.
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Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Blondie - Heart of Glass.
Matt and Rob are joined by Daniel Kwan of Asians Represent to talk about his TTRPG of lethal melodrama, Wandering Blades! We talk wuxia, TTRPG design, playtesting, mechanics, inspirations, and more!
So you want to run an RPG. No, not the one you are running right now, but a different one. DMs Matt and Rob are here to talk through their method and tips for learning a new game system.
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Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Paul Simon - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover.
Matt and Rob sit down with Lin Codega and Rowan Zeoli of rascal.news, the new independent TTRPG news site that is rising, phoenix-like, from the ashes of, well, several other sites. We talk plans, the state of TTRPGs, the death of journalism, and more!
In Search of a Hot Pink Bitch Named Breakfast
DMs Rob and Matt are joined by Keri Blakinger, investigative reporter at the Los Angeles Times, to talk about her piece for New York Times Magazine, "The Dungeons & Dragons Players of Death Row," which can be read for free at the Marshall Project, "When Wizards and Orcs Came to Death Row."
Links:
Keri Blakinger - The Marshall Project
https://www.themarshallproject.org/2023/08/31/dungeons-and-dragons-texas-death-row-tdcj
Keri Blakinger - Corrections in Ink: A Memoir
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250272850/correctionsinink
Smriti Mundhra - I Am Ready, Warden at Big Sky Film Festival
https://www.bigskyfilmfest.org/festival/films-2024-view/i_am_ready_warden/
Books to Prisoners Programs
https://prisonbookprogram.org/prisonbooknetwork/
Inside Books Project (Texas)
https://insidebooksproject.org/
Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Lead Belly - The Gallis Pole.
Special West Marches Correspondent Andy joins Matt and Rob to explain a wonderous campaign where all are welcome: The Open Table! Learn what an open table-style game is, why you might want to ditch your old dedicated story-driven campaigns, and how to prepare and GM an open table game. Plus, learn the Five "S"s of Open Tables: Setting, System, Scheduling, Starting, Stopping!
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Andy - Tales of the Iron league
https://ironleague.org/
Tales of the Iron League Discord
https://discord.gg/xY8K7qS9
Ben Robbins - West Marches
https://arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/78/grand-experiments-west-marches/
Kelsey Dionne - Shadowdark: The Cursed Scroll
https://www.thearcanelibrary.com/products/cursed-scroll-zine-vol-1-diablerie-print
Trial of the Slime Lord
https://jordanrudd.itch.io/trial-of-the-slime-lord
Inkwell Ideas - Hexographer
https://store.inkwellideas.com/products/hexographer-hexographer-2-pro-version
OwlCon in Houston, Texas
https://owlcon.com/
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Matt and Rob talk about how to make role-playing adventures, player guides, and games look nice. Join us for a journey through design and layout tools from simple to complex.
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Matt and Rob talk about how to run a one shot! As it turns out, finishing a whole adventure in one sitting is a lot more complicated than it sounds.
Rat Queens
They Want to Be Us
Savage Worlds One Sheets
Summer in December
The Great Grav Train Robbery
Bite Sized Dungeons
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Pac Div - Roll the Dice
Hamilton - Aaron Burr, Sir
Eminem - One Shot, Two Shot
Ferran - One Shot
Rob abuses his power to force the podcast audience to listen to him ramble about his unfinished campaign setting, Thunder on the Steppe! We talk through the idea behind the campaign, issues with getting it presentable, next steps and takeaways.
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Pac Div - Roll the Dice
The Hu - Wolf Totem
Matt and Rob review So You Want to be a Game Master? by Justin Alexander (of thealexandrian.net), which is exactly what it says on the tin. We talk about Alexander's approach, what you'll find in the book, and what you can use in your games!
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Pac Div - Roll the Dice
Duck Tales Theme
Mission Impossible Theme
Jefferson Starship - We Built This City
Matt and Rob reflect on the events of the year, go over the many (12!) systems they've reviewed, and talk about what they're looking forward to in 2024.
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Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Lorne Balfe - Juice of the Vine.
DMs Rob and Matt are back to answer your questions about Game Mastering! Plus, the triumphant return of Unwanted Advice!
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Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Du gamla, du fria - Sabaton; Young Folks - Peter Bjorn and John.
Matt and Rob review some more Pathfinder adventure paths, focusing on Serpent's Skull and Carrion Crown! One of these is good! One of them is not! Listen to find out which.
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Pac Div - Roll the Dice
Crab Rave!
Earth Wind and Fire - Serpentine Fire
Monster Squad Theme Song - Rock Until You Drop
"Temba, his arms wide!" DMs Rob and Matt give the gift of a Trekkie TTRPG to you this holiday season. Learn about why playing a Starfleet crew is so much fun and how to use Mophidius's 2d20 system with its momentum and threat pools to create rewarding play at the table. Don your redshirt and get ready for a simulation that you can't win...no, not the Kobayashi Maru...but Star Trek Adventures: The Roleplaying Game!
Links:
Continuing Mission: A Fan Site for Star Trek RPGs https://continuingmissionsta.com/
Star Trek Character, Ship, and Token Creator https://sta.bcholmes.org/
The Shield of Tomorrow Actual Play https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7atuZxmT955aQO-G-3LR6kgX4EU2qrHg
Star Trek RPG Core Rulebook https://www.modiphius.net/en-us/products/star-trek-adventures-core-rulebook
Captain's Log: Solo Roleplaying Game https://www.modiphius.net/en-us/products/sta-captains-log-solo-roleplaying-game
Star Trek RPG Free Quickstart https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/222948/Star-Trek-Adventures-Quickstart
Star Trek RPG Starter Set https://www.modiphius.net/en-us/products/star-trek-adventures-starter-set-pdf
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Music:
Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Faith of the Heart - Russell Watson.
DM Matt shares with DM Rob advice from his many years in the classroom that you can bring to your RPG table. Learn to game master like a teacher with these pedagogy tips!
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Pac Div - Roll the Dice; The Who - Substitute; Win Ben Stein's Money Intro (Beethoven - Ode to Joy).
Matt and Rob discuss the brand new mystery horror TTRPG from Darrington Press, Candela Obscura! This highly-anticipated freshman offering from Critical Role's in-house press has, to say the least, a lot going on! Delve into a world of spooky mystery, vaguely fin-de-siècle aesthetics, and questionable architectural choices.
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On the Patreon, Matt and Rob revisit a controversial book from the late-stage D&D 3.5e era -- The Tome of Battle: Book of Nine Swords! This is a messy, bloated, confusing book, but there are a few gems buried there, and moments of real potential, especially if you like cool martial abilities, fantastic combat, and tactical gameplay.
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