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| Title | Pub. Date | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skill Checks - Intelligence and Wisdom | 30 Apr 2022 | 00:37:05 | |
We're baaaaaaack! After a long spring break, Will S. and Matt R. are back to finish up their series on skill checks. Take a listen to see how they use Intelligence and Wisdom checks in their games. | |||
| Book Review - Game Master's Guid to Non-Player Characters (NPC) | 29 Mar 2022 | 00:41:15 | |
This week, Will flies solo as he reviews a third-party book. This is one that is often asked about on social media, so he decided to let people know what the book is all about!! | |||
| Skill Checks - Dexterity and Charisma | 13 Mar 2022 | 00:56:45 | |
In this week's episode, Matt R. and Will discuss how to use Dexterity and Charisma in your game to make it more interesting. | |||
| A Special Announcement! | 24 Feb 2022 | 00:52:24 | |
Hello everyone and sorry for the delay, but this week we have a big announcement! Thank you so much for listening, and we hope you enjoy the discussion this week. | |||
| Skill Checks - Strength and Constitution | 06 Feb 2022 | 00:53:41 | |
In this week's episode, Matt R. and Will S. discuss when to use Strength and Constitution-based checks, along with our usual shenanigans. | |||
| Challenge Ratings and Random Encounters... are they necessary? | 14 Jan 2022 | 00:52:22 | |
On this week's episode, our gamemasters sit down and discuss two of the more lamented aspects of running a D&D game. | |||
| Can you Cantrip? | 04 Jan 2022 | 00:51:42 | |
This week our gamemasters sit down and discuss everything about cantrips! | |||
| Character Alignment Changes | 20 Dec 2021 | 00:29:02 | |
In this episode Will S. and Matt R. discuss the recent alignment changes to player characters for D&D 5th edition | |||
| Character Creation with Matt H.! | 03 Dec 2021 | 00:54:52 | |
In the last episode of our character creation series, Matt H. discusses his process for creatin a new character. | |||
| Character Creation with Will S.! | 28 Nov 2021 | 00:52:53 | |
This week it's Will's turn to discuss backstory as a part of character creation. | |||
| Character Creation with Matt R.! | 19 Nov 2021 | 00:51:11 | |
This week, Matt R. sits down and discusses his process for character creation. | |||
| Can we get a clue?! | 05 Nov 2021 | 00:34:47 | |
This week, our GMs give advice on how to give your players some clues when trying to solve a mystery. | |||
| How to Work with a Pacifist Player! | 29 Oct 2021 | 00:40:51 | |
This week Will and Matt R. discuss how they would handle a player playing as an extreme pacifist! | |||
| Creating Puzzles and Traps | 22 Oct 2021 | 01:06:43 | |
In this week's episode, our GMs look at using traditional puzzles, riddles, and traps to make your game more interesting. | |||
| Epic Backstories for Beginners | 08 Oct 2021 | 00:38:25 | |
In this week's episode, we discuss how you can help players and GMs navigate epic backstories when characters start at level 1. | |||
| Dealing with "Problem" Players | 01 Oct 2021 | 00:38:25 | |
This week, our GMs sit down to discuss the different kinds of "problem" players they've run into, and how to handle them. | |||
| Session 0 Essentials | 25 Sep 2021 | 00:33:00 | |
Our resident GMs talk about the things they think are the most important during Session 0. | |||
| World Building with Will S. | 17 Sep 2021 | 00:48:28 | |
In the final episode of this 3-part series, we sit down with our newest GM to see how he builds worlds for his ttrpg games! | |||
| World Building with Matt H.! | 10 Sep 2021 | 00:33:27 | |
This week, we continue our series on world building by speaking with Matt H.! His approach is hugely different then Matt R.'s approach, so listen in for some good tips on world building. | |||
| World Building with Matt R.! | 03 Sep 2021 | 00:31:11 | |
This week we look at how one of our GMs starts building his world. We will have a couple more episodes like this with all of our GMs, so stay tuned! | |||
| Why don't you create your bad guy yourself! | 27 Aug 2021 | 00:34:10 | |
In this episode, we discuss how to create bad guys for your campaigns as well as answering the question "Why don't you do it yourself?" | |||
| The One That Started It All!!! | 21 Aug 2021 | 00:48:03 | |
In our first episode, we discuss ways to get your PCs to interact your NPCs during a campaign. | |||