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Episode 167 – How Do You Use Weather in Your TTRPGs?

Thursday, May 8, 2025 • Duration 35:02

Does it matter in your D&D game if the weather outside is bright and balmy or cold and rainy? Are there ways to incorporate changing weather into a TTRPG that don’t just boil down to the occasional die roll penalty? Chris and Andy discuss, and Chris describes his experience with Bully Pulpit Games’ The Skeletons.

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Episode 166 – Do your characters have lives outside of the adventure?

Thursday, April 24, 2025 • Duration 36:52

Andy and Chris talk about the lives our PCs lead outside of the adventuring life. They also inadvertently pitch a very fun sounding game where you play a bunch of teachers.

Episode 165 – How Do You Handle Character Aging and Age Differences?

Thursday, April 10, 2025 • Duration 34:03

Have you played in games where your character’s age had a big impact, mechanically or narratively? Chris and Andy discuss why it matters if your D&D character is 18 or 65 years old, and how exploring those nuances might make your game more interesting.

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Episode 164 – How Do You Handle Player Mounts and Horses?

Thursday, March 27, 2025 • Duration 42:34

What do you do when one of your players comes to the table with a PC that has a horse, mount, or another game feature that radically changes tactical situations? Chris and Andy discuss ways you can approach mounts in a way that doesn’t cheat the player of their mount, but which also doesn’t hurt …

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Episode 163 – Do you hand out documents at the table?

Thursday, March 13, 2025 • Duration 43:24

Andy and Chris talk about the things we used to love and then get into the the discussion of handing out documents/clues/puzzles at the table.

Episode 162 – How Do You Run Wilderness Survival Games?

Thursday, February 27, 2025 • Duration 31:32

What elements go into a good game focused on wilderness survival and exploration? Chris and Andy discuss, but not before a few detours to talk about Stephen King’s Dark Tower series and The Wizard of Oz.

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Episode 161 – How Do You Handle Religion in Your Games?

Thursday, February 13, 2025 • Duration 49:31

What does religious faith look like in your games? Do you encourage your players to make religious faith a key part of their PCs, whether or not their character class is mechanically built around it? Andy and Chris discuss–but not before a few detours into the Dune setting, Tolkien (again), and more.

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Episode 160 – How Do You Game in Times of Difficulty?

Thursday, January 30, 2025 • Duration 27:36

Is tabletop roleplaying “just” an escapist diversion? How and why do we approach a hobby like gaming when news and politics and life in general are so heavy and overwhelming? Chris and Andy talk about the value of creative action in times of stress.

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Episode 159 – To Chase or Not to Chase Your White Whales

Thursday, January 16, 2025 • Duration 40:26

Andy and Chris recap the build-a-dungeon/play-a-dungeon and then talk about their gaming plans for 2025. Andy wonders aloud about whether to “just” play D&D or to keep chasing his white whales.

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Episode 158 – Holiday Actual Play Special

Thursday, January 2, 2025 • Duration 01:50:29

It’s our annual holiday tradition–a TTRPG actual play in which we run the roleplaying scenario that we designed in the last episode! Join Chris and he GMs a motley band of heroes try to save Christmas. The game system we’re using is Caltrop Core (https://caltropcore.com/), adapted for this holiday-cheer-filled scenario!

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