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  • Bonus Episode 104 – WPC 1: random traits

    Bonus Episode 104 – WPC 1: random traits
    Dec 19 2024
    * (0:24) A joke to an AI becomes a show topic. * (2:48) Characters born in a cursed forest, without sunlight. * (7:48) Characters who compulsively collect…feathers…? * (13:18) Characters who accidentally caused a rebellion. * (19:29) Characters with an unusual knowledge of fungi. * (25:03) Characters who cannot stand the sight of open water. […]
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    33 Min.
  • Episode 628 – player bucket list

    Episode 628 – player bucket list
    Nov 30 2024
    * (0:29) Switching to a bucket list of what we want to play. * (1:30) Wayne wants to play Dresden Files. * (4:13) Dan still wants to play an Injustice game. * (6:11) Mary wants to play a necromancer. * (9:05) Doug wants to play Stargate (or something like it). * (10:18) Wayne wants a […]
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    38 Min.
  • Episode 627 – GM bucket list

    Episode 627 – GM bucket list
    Sep 4 2024
    * (0:29) The bucket list of games we want to run. * (1:31) Doug’s long-term campaign. * (3:10) Wayne’s Fallout: St. Louis game. * (7:03) Dan’s Battletech: Silver Scorpions game. A Fabian war. * (9:37) Mary’s Castle Ravenloft / Curse of Strahd game. * (12:41) Doug’s western game. * (14:58) Wayne’s campaign based on The […]
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    38 Min.
  • Episode 626 – video games to tabletop

    Episode 626 – video games to tabletop
    Aug 20 2024
    * (0:30) An old Apple //c computer and early computer RPGs. * (4:16) Transitioning from video games into tabletop RPGs. * (9:44) The expectations players bring from a video game to pen-and-paper games. * (12:41) The tyranny of choice brought on by a lack of a character-driven path. * (18:05) A lack of clear and […]
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    40 Min.
  • Episode 625 – profiting from session one

    Episode 625 – profiting from session one
    Jul 21 2024
    * (0:29) What is your goal for the first session of a game? * (2:10) Who are these characters really? * (6:08) When the person you wanted to be isn’t who you became. * (11:34) A buffet of NPCs. * (16:14) Keeping the first session low pressure and shorter length. * (20:33) The social leader […]
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    43 Min.
  • Bonus Episode 103 – WGM 3: clockwork crystals

    Bonus Episode 103 – WGM 3: clockwork crystals
    Jul 12 2024
    * (0:23) Prompts and prepositions. The clockwork circus is coming to town! * (1:40) Wayne’s circus in space. * (4:13) Mary’s circus on the frontier. * (7:53) Doug’s carnival of nightmares. * (8:41) Dan’s carnival of hope. * (13:10) Celestial crystals that grant power. * (14:05) Mary’s crystal preppers. * (16:08) Dan’s crystal entanglement. * […]
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    35 Min.
  • Episode 624 – back to what you enjoy

    Episode 624 – back to what you enjoy
    May 26 2024
    * (0:29) Fear the Con has funded and the sign-up site is live! We hope to see you Thursday, June 20th to Saturday, June 22nd. * (1:58) Getting back to what you love, inspired by Ray Bradbury’s Zen in the Art of Writing. * (5:16) The tyranny of compromise. * (9:54) Wanting the GM to […]
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    32 Min.
  • Episode 623 – too big to fail

    Episode 623 – too big to fail
    May 13 2024
    * (0:29) Wayne has a problem: the Wardens from Dresden Files. Coming up with too many excuses for why powerful organizations don’t care about the characters’ problems. * (7:14) Session Zero can help…or maybe not. * (10:29) There’s always someone bigger, and maybe your allies lack what you need. * (14:42) What if the characters […]
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    34 Min.