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Game over, man! Game over! Rob and Matt review Mothership 1e, a TTRPG about the galaxy's worst jobs. There's sci-fi, horror, and some of the best game design and DM advice you'll read this century.
Mothership
https://www.tuesdayknightgames.com/collections/mothership-core-rules
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Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; David Bowie - Blackstar.
Matt and Rob return to the archives to review three adventures each from back issues of Dungeon and Dragon magazines!
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Anna's Archive
Music:
Pac Div - Roll the Dice
Generique, Miles Davis (from Ascenceur Pour L'Echafaud)
Van Morrison - The Pen is Mightier Than the Sword
Disturbed - The Sound of Silence
The Clash - London Calling
DMs Rob and Matt attempt to roll a persuasion check on you the listener! Let us convince you that there are other and better ways to set the scene, the stakes, and the execution of social role-playing encounters. In three parts, we discuss why social encounters can be difficult or different, the interesting mechanics and prep to use from a myriad of TTRPG systems, and our favorite tips and tricks for running character-to-character interaction.
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Music:
Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Run DMC - You Talk Too Much.
Matt and Rob discuss the Tian Xia world guide from Paizo, a triumphant return to the continent on Golarion and a much-needed update to some outdated regions, peoples, and ideas.
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Music:
Pac Div - Roll the Dice
Xian - Ancient Fantasy Journey
Chinggis khaanii Magtaal - Batzorig Vaanchig
North Korean National Anthem
《如懿传》片尾曲 Closing Theme Song - Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace - 《梅香如故》 毛不易+周深
Have you ever played something that isn't a TTRPG? Well, it turns out there games out there that are not D&D or even a role-playing game that also generate story through play. In the first episode about things that are not RPGs, DMs Rob and Matt will take you on a whistle-stop tour of the wide world of narrative miniature wargaming.
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Links:
One Page Rules - Age of Fantasy: Quest
Music:
Pac Div - Roll the Dice; The Dear Hunter - The Tank.
Happy Solstice! Rob and Matt are here to answer your Dungeon Master questions about starting sessions, Vecna/Kas shipping, old systems, failed MMOs, the benefits of classical education, X-COM, and more!
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Vecna and the Tears of Unmaking - Sly Flourish
Whatever Happened to Pathfinder Online, Anyway?- Kai Tave
The Lost Universe - NASA's Tabletop Role-Playing Game Adventure
Matt and Rob talk about Rogue Trader, the now-defunct Warhammer 40k TTRPG. It's got orks, it's got big gothic cathedral ships, it's got chonky weapons, it's got profits, folks, it's got it all!
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DMs Rob and Matt clock into the Dice Workshop for a long shift working on custom dice mechanics and discuss dice probabilities and mechanics put in practice!
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Matt and Rob talk about dice! Mechanics, systems, resolution, modifiers, taxonomies, the whole shebang! It's not boring, we promise.
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Music:
Pac Div - Roll the Dice
NMIXX - DICE
Odetari - Dice and Roll
Follow your rod to the second half of WotC's final 5e Adventure, Vecna: Eve of Destruction. Rob and Matt discuss missed opportunities, share some secrets, and offer some tips to fix this adventure.
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Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; The Turtles - Eve of Destruction.
att and Rob talk about the newest WotC Adventure, Vecna: Eve of Ruin, a celebration of D&D and an adventure through the multiverse! You guys love multiverses, right?
DM Matt walks you through his prep for a Friendly Local Gaming Convention and his tips for running a successful Con slot.
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RPG Geek Global Game Conventions List
https://rpggeek.com/wiki/page/Game_Conventions
Music:
Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Dschinghis Khan - Dschinghis Khan.
A tome! A tome of forbidden dungeon master knowledge has been unearthed by your intrepid hosts. DMs Matt and Rob discuss the first principles and Apocalypse World-style GM moves for Old School Rules games from the Principia Apocrypha!
https://lithyscaphe.blogspot.com/p/principia-apocrypha.html
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Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Keith Mansfield - Funky Fanfare.
Matt and Rob talk about what they learned from running Brindlewood Bay, what worked, what didn't, what to watch out for, and what you can learn and take away for your own games.
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Almost everyone has house rules for their games, but are there house rules that are good for (nearly) every game? DMs Matt and Rob share over a dozen house rules from their games and their favorite systems that can (probably) be lifted and inserted into whatever TTRPG system your table plays.
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Links to rules:
FATE CORE, "Declaring a Story Detail"
Year Zero Engine SRD, Chapter 4, "Rounds & Initiative"
Giffglyph, Darker Dungeons, "Chapter 20: Active Defense"
Traverse Fantasy, "Damage Roll as Attack Bonus"
13th Age SRD, Character Rules, "Choose Your One Unique Thing"
Cypher System SRD, Creating Your Character, "Character Descriptor, Type, and Focus"
Daggerheart Playtest 1.4, Open Playtest Manuscript, "Maps, Range, and Movement"
Odd Skull Blog, "Combat Maneuvers, The Easy Way"
Blades in the Dark SRD, "Progress Clocks"
Troll Smyth, "Shields Shall Be Splintered!"
Lich Van Winkle, "The Genealogy of Advantage and Disadvantage in RPG Mechanics"
5e SRD, Rules, "Advantage and Disadvantage"
Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; Odetta - Hit or Miss.
Matt and Rob travel back in time to the era of mullets and shoulderpads to talk about a strangely relevant article from 1984 in DRAGON MAGAZINE #82. What happens when your players have grown TOO POWERFUL?
Brew your tea, pack your knitting needles, and put on your most comfortable jogging suit because DMs Matt and Rob are off to solve the coziest murder this side of Cape Cod!
Brindlewood Bay is a mystery RPG that combines the Golden Girls with Call of Cthulhu using an innovative set of mechanics to sidestep the frustration of running a whodunit. Then, head across the pond to gothic London for The Between, an anti-cozy game using the same "Carved From Brindlewood" mechanics.
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Brindlewood Bay: A Dark and Cozy Mystery Game by Jason Cordova
https://www.brindlewoodbay.com/brindlewood-bay.html
The Between: A Game of Monster Hunters in Victorian London
https://www.brindlewoodbay.com/the-between.html
Music: Pac Div - Roll the Dice; John Addison - Murder, She Wrote Theme.
Here is a preview TWO of our subscriber episodes reviewing what could be the best published megadungeon and the best published hexcrawl. To listen to the full episodes subscribe below and check out these adventures for yourself.
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Stonehell Dungeon: Down Night-Haunted Halls by Michael Curtis
The Dark of Hot Springs Island by Jacob Hurst, Evan Peterson, Donnie Garcia, and Gabriel Hernandez
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.
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