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Welcome to SideQuests, your high octane distraction from those other podcasts. We're a pen and paper RPG audio show featuring chatter about rules and how to master them, epic worldbuilding, player investment, and interviews with the people who make the games you love.Listen in as we trade tabletop war stories, make judgement calls on odd situations, and do everything we can to give you more RPG resources than you could dream of--all from a simple Sidequest!
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🇨🇦 Canada - hobbies
29/01/2026#94🇨🇦 Canada - hobbies
28/01/2026#57🇩🇪 Germany - hobbies
24/11/2025#97
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More Mikes!
samedi 22 novembre 2025 • Duration 01:10:20
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Epic Adventures by OddFish Games, featuring Steve Kellams and Mike Howlett
Anime Pulse reviews all types of anime from Shonin to Romance and anything between .
Thanks for tuning in to SideQuests! For more epic adventures, visit our website at EpicTableGames.com . Don't forget to like us on Facebook and join our Discord community.
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We love the hard work and SRD referenced over at the Open Gaming Network! Check out their references for pathfinder, traveler, 5e, and more!
Mike, Mike, and.. more Mike?
samedi 8 novembre 2025 • Duration 01:03:35
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Epic Adventures by OddFish Games, featuring Steve Kellams and Mike Howlett
Anime Pulse reviews all types of anime from Shonin to Romance and anything between .
Thanks for tuning in to SideQuests! For more epic adventures, visit our website at EpicTableGames.com . Don't forget to like us on Facebook and join our Discord community.
Follow Mike TaylorLyfe and Chatoic Chronicles through his Linktree
We love the hard work and SRD referenced over at the Open Gaming Network! Check out their references for pathfinder, traveler, 5e, and more!
SideQuests with GamesPlayed Badly
Season 4 · Episode 29
samedi 12 juillet 2025 • Duration 01:03:31
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The Paladins of Podcast sit down with Mike from GamesPlayedBadly.com to talk site origins, navigating the industry’s economic squeeze, and why now’s the time for indie creators to step up and be seen.
Website: www.gamesplayedbadly.com
YouTube: www.youtube.com/gamesplayedbadly
Facebook: www.facebook.com/gamesplayedbadlyUSA
BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/gamesplayedbadly.bsky.social
Epic Adventures by OddFish Games, featuring Steve Kellams and Mike Howlett
Anime Pulse reviews all types of anime from Shonin to Romance and anything between .
Thanks for tuning in to SideQuests! For more epic adventures, visit our website at EpicTableGames.com . Don't forget to like us on Facebook and join our Discord community.
Follow Mike TaylorLyfe and Chatoic Chronicles through his Linktree
We love the hard work and SRD referenced over at the Open Gaming Network! Check out their references for pathfinder, traveler, 5e, and more!
Shooting from the hip
dimanche 20 novembre 2022 • Duration 46:23
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The paladins of podcast are back and shooting from the hip as we talk about all the things on our mind. How do we handle random off the cuff ideas? How do we fix quick issues? What kinds of things are doing with our players? Boons and great gifts of power that could turn a party into monstrous murder hobos? It's all kind of in there and we're happy to have talked about all of it.
Craigs share, Hull Breach https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yusem/hull-breach-vol-1
Eli's Share, Cowboy Bebop https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/manaprojectstudio/cowboy-bebop-the-roleplaying-game
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/epictablegames/supportEpic Adventures by OddFish Games, featuring Steve Kellams and Mike Howlett
Anime Pulse reviews all types of anime from Shonin to Romance and anything between .
Thanks for tuning in to SideQuests! For more epic adventures, visit our website at EpicTableGames.com . Don't forget to like us on Facebook and join our Discord community.
Follow Mike TaylorLyfe and Chatoic Chronicles through his Linktree
We love the hard work and SRD referenced over at the Open Gaming Network! Check out their references for pathfinder, traveler, 5e, and more!
What are mircoshots?
Season 3 · Episode 9
samedi 12 novembre 2022 • Duration 48:02
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Honestly, Eli got us hooked on this idea he got from his Dad (who also happens to be one of the Paladin's players) because he didn't want to waste an ENTIRE lemon or lime called Microshots. It sounds like six full shots and Craig and Rob are both entertained by the idea. We catch the table talk bug as we try to discern the flavor for what our session zero's look like with the huge news that Craig has started up a live, in person game! Listen to us catch up all, and try to garner some information from this weeks episodes, even if it's to try to learn what a micro shot is. We should have Eli's dad on the show. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/epictablegames/supportEpic Adventures by OddFish Games, featuring Steve Kellams and Mike Howlett
Anime Pulse reviews all types of anime from Shonin to Romance and anything between .
Thanks for tuning in to SideQuests! For more epic adventures, visit our website at EpicTableGames.com . Don't forget to like us on Facebook and join our Discord community.
Follow Mike TaylorLyfe and Chatoic Chronicles through his Linktree
We love the hard work and SRD referenced over at the Open Gaming Network! Check out their references for pathfinder, traveler, 5e, and more!
The Endgame and how to do various other things
Season 3 · Episode 8
samedi 5 novembre 2022 • Duration 50:51
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If you're listening to our podcast, and aren't sure what we're doing, you should probably phone another friend right now because we don't either! Rob has an endgame idea that feels neat but may not work in actual application, and Craig did up a hand drawn map that the guys love. Eli mentions his general happy personality makes it difficult to run horror style games, and we try to help give some suggestions.
Worlds without numbers (Free Edition): https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/348809/Worlds-Without-Number-Free-Edition
The Nightmares Underneath (Free Edition): https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/196352/The-Nightmares-Underneath-Free-Edition
Craigs Map: https://i.imgur.com/AuDb5IR.jpg
Epic Table Games: https://www.epictablegames.com/
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/epictablegames/supportEpic Adventures by OddFish Games, featuring Steve Kellams and Mike Howlett
Anime Pulse reviews all types of anime from Shonin to Romance and anything between .
Thanks for tuning in to SideQuests! For more epic adventures, visit our website at EpicTableGames.com . Don't forget to like us on Facebook and join our Discord community.
Follow Mike TaylorLyfe and Chatoic Chronicles through his Linktree
We love the hard work and SRD referenced over at the Open Gaming Network! Check out their references for pathfinder, traveler, 5e, and more!
What is balance, and why would Rob fight a bird?
Season 3 · Episode 7
samedi 29 octobre 2022 • Duration 46:49
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Eli wanted to spring a question about balance on us, particularly what does it mean for a game to be balanced and while Craig opened the can of philosophical potential of possibilities, Rob tried hard to separate over powered with balance in the metaphysical sense. Yet, all of it was to learn that we were being lead into a conversation about Rob attacking birds in the name of distaste and balance because of a very... very.. particular moment by Paladin Eli. FYI. stay until the end.
Check us out on Facebook.com/EpicTableGames or online at EpicTableGames.com and send us voice messages! We need your voice!
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/epictablegames/supportEpic Adventures by OddFish Games, featuring Steve Kellams and Mike Howlett
Anime Pulse reviews all types of anime from Shonin to Romance and anything between .
Thanks for tuning in to SideQuests! For more epic adventures, visit our website at EpicTableGames.com . Don't forget to like us on Facebook and join our Discord community.
Follow Mike TaylorLyfe and Chatoic Chronicles through his Linktree
We love the hard work and SRD referenced over at the Open Gaming Network! Check out their references for pathfinder, traveler, 5e, and more!
Going all In
Season 3 · Episode 5
samedi 22 octobre 2022 • Duration 48:13
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The Paladins of Podcast are back! Check out how Rob has decided to go all in with his newest campaign and some of the tweaks Craig has been playing with while Eli brings up SHOOK: The Social Interaction Roleplaying Game because of it's great focus on storytelling with interpersonal triggers and problem solving. While Rob thinks a folder idea similar to a character dossier for his players is good, Eli gives him the good ol' one up with an entire 100 page folder one of his DM's gave him full of world information from the characters background perspective.
As always send us a voice message through Spotify, or drop us a line through our website at EpicTableGames.com or on Facebook.com/epictablegames
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/epictablegames/supportEpic Adventures by OddFish Games, featuring Steve Kellams and Mike Howlett
Anime Pulse reviews all types of anime from Shonin to Romance and anything between .
Thanks for tuning in to SideQuests! For more epic adventures, visit our website at EpicTableGames.com . Don't forget to like us on Facebook and join our Discord community.
Follow Mike TaylorLyfe and Chatoic Chronicles through his Linktree
We love the hard work and SRD referenced over at the Open Gaming Network! Check out their references for pathfinder, traveler, 5e, and more!
The Social Contract
Season 3 · Episode 5
samedi 15 octobre 2022 • Duration 47:41
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How do you get your table to sit down, shut up, and pay attention to the game? How do you get them to participate? How do you get them to show up on time? Well, you simply make them sign a binding contract that states if they don't do these things there will be full fiery retribution filled with hate and brimstone. Okay, not really. But we do talk about what has become known as "The Social Contract," which helps state expectations of the players, the Dungeon Master, and sets the baseline for table behavior and etiquette. This was the first time Paladin of Podcast Rob has really taken the time to talk about one to his party very specifically, and it's now even available as a freebie at EpicTableGames.com. Paladins Craig and Eli both are interested to hear more about Rob's presentation being his first time, and we talk about the whole idea of using one and how much translates between in person games and online games.
Grab the freebie at the EpicTableGames.com shop. Check out the rest of our blog at EpicTableGames.com or like us on Facebook.com/EpicTableGames
Keep an eye out for our discord channel soon, we're trying to make sure that is something valuable to offer as we continue to develop content!
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/epictablegames/supportEpic Adventures by OddFish Games, featuring Steve Kellams and Mike Howlett
Anime Pulse reviews all types of anime from Shonin to Romance and anything between .
Thanks for tuning in to SideQuests! For more epic adventures, visit our website at EpicTableGames.com . Don't forget to like us on Facebook and join our Discord community.
Follow Mike TaylorLyfe and Chatoic Chronicles through his Linktree
We love the hard work and SRD referenced over at the Open Gaming Network! Check out their references for pathfinder, traveler, 5e, and more!
Designing Content to Publish
Season 3 · Episode 4
samedi 8 octobre 2022 • Duration 01:03:04
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Our Paladin of Podcast Craig had some amazing news to deliver today, and it sent us down only the beginning of the rabbit hole of designing content that is going to be published. We cover a lot of the initial idea formation and the work that is needed to put out content that you're writing for a client and some of the expectations you can set as a creator. This is a passion for everyone, and while we'd all do it for free Craig makes a great point of setting expectations for payment and Rob talks about how he broke his own rule with spec work. Eli really fills our trio with his experience writing for Hackmaster, and talks about his system of organization to keep both himself and the readers of work on track without loosing their minds. Welcome to SideQuests!
Check out Craigs monster, "The Spider at the Heart of Eight Bears" at http://www.epictablegames.com and we'd love to hear your responses to what's been going on in our show. You can send a message directly to us through our website, Facebook, or Spotify!
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/epictablegames/supportEpic Adventures by OddFish Games, featuring Steve Kellams and Mike Howlett
Anime Pulse reviews all types of anime from Shonin to Romance and anything between .
Thanks for tuning in to SideQuests! For more epic adventures, visit our website at EpicTableGames.com . Don't forget to like us on Facebook and join our Discord community.
Follow Mike TaylorLyfe and Chatoic Chronicles through his Linktree
We love the hard work and SRD referenced over at the Open Gaming Network! Check out their references for pathfinder, traveler, 5e, and more!









