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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Show-Tell-Sidney-Icarus.mp3This week’s Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sitting down with RPG designer Sidney Icarus about their temporarily titled 2nd Wave Space Blades, and how to deconstruct and get to the heart of what game mechanics do and how and when to apply them.
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Show-Tell-Murder-Gently.mp3This week’s Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sits down with Raphael Stiliano, Aaron Fischer, Designers of Murder Gently, a zero prep Murder mystery RPG
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/The-Reviews-2024-DD-5e-PHB.mp3Hello and welcome to The RPG Academy’s The Review series. Today Michael is joined by Jake and Michael to review the latest iteration of D&D 5e’s Player Handbook.
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Show-Tell-Sentients.mp3This week’s Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sits down with Ted Hayes to discuss their currently Kickstartering game: Sentients. Sentients is a new, scifi tabletop RPG where you play an android that has suddenly become conscious in a world that is actively hunting you down. Sentients is a game of of liberation, underground resistance, newfound emotion, and what it means to be something other than human.
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Show-Tell-Holdfast-Staion.mp3This week’s Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) on the other side of the microphone as HE gets interviewed by returning host Tom Cantwell all about Holdfast Station, Moe’s newest game. A zero-prep game about asteroid miners surviving and holding their community together in the grim desolation of space.
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Show-Tell-Kimi-ReRun-1.mp3This week’s Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) revisits a conversation with Kimi Hughes Designer of the Ennie award winning Decuma, and the Powered By the Apocalyps game Starscape, Kickstarting now!
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Show-Tell-Sam-D.mp3This week’s Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sitting down with Sam Dunnewald about his game Northfield and his Ennie nominated podcast Dice Exploder.
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Show-Tell-Mythworks.mp3This week’s Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sitting down with Ray Chow, Co-founder and CEO of Mythworks, an award winning RPG and Comic book publisher.
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Show-Tell-Bump-in-the-Dark.mp3This week’s Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sitting down with Jex Thomas about his horror RPG, Bump in the Dark.
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This week’s Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sitting down with Jessie Burneko about his new card based RPG, The Extraordinarily Horrible Children of Raven’s Hollow
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Show-Tell-Slayers.mp3This week’s Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sitting down with Spencer Campbell of Gila RPGs, the designer of Slayers, an RPG with asymmetric characters to play.
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/ST-D20-Cruise-discussion.mp3This week’s show is a Michael Special where he chats with friends Neal Powell and Rich Howard about their recent stint as Pro DMs on the D20 Cruise.
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Show-Tell-Dice-Exploder.mp3This week’s show is a cross-over where we are cross posting a recent episode of the Dice Exploder podcast where our very own Show and Tell Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) was a guest. Dice Exploder is a geeky deep dive podcast into TTRPG game mechanics, how they work and why they matter.
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Show-Tell-Rascal.mp3This week’s Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sitting down with Linda Codega about the launch of Rascal a new, independent, TTRPG News website.
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Exestential-Essential.mp3This week’s Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sitting down with Alexander Marc Yanis, founder of MoMoDi Games and creator of Existential Essential RPG
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Draft-Episode-Edited-1.mp3Hello and Welcome to The RPG Academy. In this special bonus episode Kevin Stacey from Wanderer’s Haven Productions, Lewankia from Tabletop Journeys and Chris Burlew from Smuggler’s Blues and The RPG Academy gather for a special Draft episode. This time we are drafting the most awesome collection of vehicles from live-action TV shows from the 70s, 80s and 90s Listen to their picks and then vote for whom you think put together the most awesome collection. Lewanika serves as the Draft-Master for this event. The winner of this event will serve as draft-master for our next one.
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Show-Tell-Helbine.mp3This week’s Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sitting down with Maria Moore, co-designer of the Space Adventure, Savage Worlds supplement, Helbine.
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Show-Tell-Errant-Challengers.mp3This week’s Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sitting down with Alex Bartee, designer of Errant Challenger, a super tactical TTRPG with PVP!
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Show-Tell-Beetle-Knight.mp3This week’s Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sitting down with Jim Hall about about an upcoming TTRPG called Beetle Knight where you play Bugs in a forest dealing with political and medieval style intrigue.
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/The-Reviews-Tales-from-the-Loop-Starter-Set-RTU.mp3Hello and welcome to The RPG Academy’s The Review series. Today Michael is joined by first-time reviewer JimmyLogan to review the Tales from the Loop – Starter Set.
Tales from the Loop is an RPG by Free League Publishing, publishers of various IP based games such as Alien, Lord of the Rings and The Walking Dead. This review covers the ‘Starter Set’ with a sample adventure. Free League provided us with a digital copy of the Tales from the Loop Starter Set for this Review.
The 32-page rulebook is comprehensive and enjoyable to read, featuring clear color choices and fonts, along with well-delineated example text. Simon Stålenhag’s illustrations, coupled with what appears to be ‘company paper’ with typewritten information, work together to set the tone, capturing the essence of Kids in the ‘80s. The introduction is a well written piece of fiction that drops you directly into what is referred to as the “loop universe.” It moves into first person story telling and finally into an example of how this situation is resolved with the dice. For those new to role playing games, this is a great introduction! Whether or not you’ve seen the Amazon Prime television series, there’s enough background information provided for your imagination to run wild.
The show is set in the fictional Mercer, Ohio, while the game is set in Switzerland, as envisioned by the artist. An alternate setting is included as well – Boulder City, Nevada. This is explained in the time line as having been created first, some time during the 1950’s, followed by the Swedish counterpart in the late 1960’s. There are eight pages of world-building, including a fictional timeline of the United States and Sweden. The setting establishes that the fantastical experiences of the Kids are commonplace. Robots and flying machines serve as backdrop elements, taken for granted by the characters. Sufficient real-world history is included, allowing the Gamemaster and players to draw on their own memories of the era. For younger players, inspiration can be derived from television and movies. The included two sided map is reminiscent of those seen in older editions of Twilight: 2000. One side shows the Mälaren Facility and displays towns, islands, the reactor, and the ring network. This attention to detail creates an immersive, ‘in-universe’ experience. The flip side of the map showcases the American counterpart, catering to those preferring a more familiar setting. This side includes Boulder City, Nevada, the reactor, the ring network, and part of Lake Mead. Both sides offer numerous setting options for your Mysteries, the term used for adventures or modules in this system. The designers include a short note about using your home town as this setting. Perhaps the Loop was built there? This would allow you to use local people, streets, buildings and other set pieces for your game.
There are six primary principles that drive the game:
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Your home town is full of fantastic things.
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Everyday life is dull and unforgiving.
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Adults are out of reach and out of touch.
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Mysteries are dangerous but Kids will not die.
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The game is played scene by scene.
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The world is described collaboratively.
Number one is pretty much a given, what with the setting. Number two is a reminder that the characters are Kids – they are not super heroes and they don’t have an exciting life. What we see as spectacular is old hat to them. Number three is a reminder that the Kids are to be considered on their own for almost the entire Mystery. Some adults are mentioned as being contacts for more information, but generally speaking the Kids don’t interact with them. Numbers four and five have more to do with noting that the Kids face danger, but will not suffer mortal harm and the ‘scene’ is the method of role playing. Lastly, number six means the GM does not dictate everything in the game.
The Mysteries themselves are the purview of the GM, but the world itself is the result of the group adding their own perspectives. Robots, for example, exist without the need for extensive exploration into their origins, so new ‘tech’ can easily be introduced without scientific explanation. If it fits the world you are creating, it is accepted. The characters that the players use are referred to as Kids. They range in age from 10 to 15 and they have four attributes: Body, Tech, Heart and Mind. Body is obviously for physical challenges like running, jumping, climbing and even fighting. The Tech attribute is used when the Kid needs to program a computer, repair a robot, construct a machine and even to open locks. Heart is about making friends, deceiving people, persuasion and knowing the right people. Mind is about solving riddles and knowing things. It’s also used to find weak points or to otherwise understand something pertaining to nature. Clue gathering falls into Mind as well. Skills are tied to attributes as well, and help with the dice system described below. Like attributes, they are very straight forward, and help narrow the focus of the attribute.
Body, for example, includes Sneak, Force and Move. Your Kid might better very stealthy, but slow, or maybe a strong fighter, but slow and clumsy. These are all elaborated on at the end of the rulebook. Challenges in the game are called Trouble. Things you find are called Items. They can help with the task of overcoming Trouble. Each Kid starts with an Iconic Item that can only be used by them. Other guiding forces for the characters are Drive, a Problem and Pride. Think of these as motivation and guiding forces. The Drive is the why while a Problem is something the Kid has to deal with in everyday life. The GM can use this to put the Kid into Trouble. Pride is more important, and is unique to your Kid. The GM can use this to put the Kid into Trouble, but the Kid can also use it once per Mystery to score an automatic success. Lastly are Relationships. These are with each other and at least one NPC. These service as connections between the Kids and the strange goings on. It could be a parent, police officer, librarian, teacher or anyone else the Kid has a connection with. Conditions are bad things that can happen to the Kids. They can become Upset, Scared, Exhausted or Injured. These are taken as a result of a failed check or to ‘push’ the results of a Trouble check in an attempt to turn a failure into a success. Since they are not defined in detail, it is left up to the GM and the player to decide what is appropriate. These conditions have two effects. First, they are an aide to your role-play, giving you a guide as to how you should role-play the Kid. They also have the mechanical effect of giving a negative to all rolls. Each condition is a minus one, or to put another way you roll one less die. If you are broken, you will automatically fail.
The dice system, named the “Year Zero Game System,” is straightforward. Free League also uses this for their Alien, Blade Runner and Walking Dead RPG’s, as well as others. The GM never rolls. Players roll a number of D6’s based on attributes, skills, and possibly extra dice from their Iconic Item. Success is achieved with at least one “six,” and occasionally harder tasks may require more than one six. This simplicity avoids cumbersome calculations with plusses and minuses. A set of custom dice are included in the box set. I reviewed the PDF, so I can’t comment on their heft. The design is consistent with the artwork and the side with the six also has the logo of the Risenergi corporation, the government agency that operates the Swedish accelerator.
The starter set includes a 16 page introduction adventure called The Recycled Boy. Instructions for a new GM are included so he or she knows how to introduce the Mystery and how to introduce the Kids with a ‘starting scene.’ I found the text comprehensive without being overwhelming. Experienced GM’s will find the information interesting as well and it serves as an introduction to this particular game style. The format aligns with the rulebook design, making it an easy transition. Stats and backgrounds for NPCs, locations, and useful illustrations and maps are provided to assist the GM. Two handouts are included to enhance the table experience as well.
Lastly, the set includes five Kids (characters) for the players to use. Names, backgrounds and even an artist’s interpretation in included for each. Designed with the introduction adventure in mind, these two page handouts include stats for the Attributes and Skills. They also include check boxes for the Conditions as well as prefilled Relationships, Drive, Pride, etc.
Overall, it’s an excellent introduction for new players to RPGs as well as serving as a pregen for the included adventure. While I haven’t had the chance to bring it to the table yet, I can confidently give this a solid B! Though the genre isn’t my go-to, having run spies, Star Wars, and other fantastical settings over the years, I believe this would be a great addition to the rotation. If you’re a fan of the artwork or the show, your rating may be even higher, as it successfully captures the essence without requiring additional suspension of disbelief. The complete package makes it accessible for groups looking to embark on a learning adventure or test the system. An advertised full Core Rulebook encompasses rules for character generation, guidelines for crafting your own Mysteries, and includes some predesigned Mysteries too. If you’re having fun, you’re doing it right – this game will allow you to have fun! Give it a try!
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/The-Reviews-WtWC.mp3Hello and welcome to The RPG Academy’s The Review series. Today The Caleb G (@TheCalebG) takes a look at When the Wolf Comes by Ian Sharp ( @VikingVerse) in partnership with Schwalb Entertainment.
Howdy cats and kittens! It’s TheCalebG aka Professor Crunch aka the founder of Point Five Past.Today I’m here to review When the Wolf Comes, a Schwalb Entertainment game created by Ian Stuart Sharpe. The book was successfully funded at 458% back in Summer of 2022. At the time of writing this article, the book is available on DriveThruRPG along with many adventure modules, novels, and comics. The publisher was kind enough to send a copy of the game book for the purpose of this review.
Quick Overview
When the Wolf Comes presents the game rules for the Vikingverse, a series of stories set in an alternate timeline where Vikings are the dominant culture on Earth and in space. The game uses the Shadow of the Demon Lord rules.
Book and Resources
The book is massive, at almost 400 pages. About half the book is dedicated to rules and character options for players. There’s about 30 pages of setting details and about 50 pages of game runner guidance. A bestiary takes up another 50ish pages. The remainder of the book includes a sample adventure and two appendices.
Even though the book is large and dense, it’s easy to read and use when playing. The layout is smooth and there’s a very detailed table of contents and index. There is no wasted space in this book. Every inch is packed with information and details.
The star of the book is its gorgeous art, which seems to be a blending of Mike Mignola and Jack Kirby. It’s vibrant and evocative, helping immerse players in the unique style of the Vikingverse.
Beyond this core book, there are a vast amount of resources to help inform players about the Vikingverse and immerse them in this fantastic world. Key among these is the Thought and Memory Saga, a campaign designed to take character from level zero to ten. There’s also Space Vikings, a supplement providing additional character options and rules.
Story
At first glance, the Vikingverse story is simple. All Norse mythology and magic is real. Viking culture became dominant prior to 900 AD and shaped the rest of human development. There is a blend of magic and science as humanity and others explore the cosmos.
But the truth of the fiction goes far deeper. The Vikingverse is actually a divergent timeline driven by Odin altering reality to avoid Ragnarok. But since ultimately Ragnarok can only be delayed, the universe experiences various chaotic events as fate tries to rectify what was done. These events drive the overall plot of the Vikingverse as explored in its source novels and comics.
Mechanics
When the Wolf Comes is built on the Shadow of the Demon Lord framework. The core mechanics are exactly the same. A d20 plus modifier roll resolves everything. There are four attributes along with a few derived characteristics. What would be called a skill check in other systems are called challenges here and are always rolled against a target value of 10. The Boon and Bane system functions the same way but they are instead called Weals and Woes.
There are rules for gaining Trauma when encountering the worst parts of the universe. An excessive amount of Trauma can induce Shell Shock which grants randomized mostly negative effects. Trauma can be removed by gaining permanent disorders. There’s also a system of social status based on gaining Honor and Shame through how story events are roleplayed.
Character Creation and Gameplay
Again, everything in When the Wolf Comes functions exactly like Shadow of the Demon Lord. Characters start at level zero with nothing but Origins and Professions. Origins are more than simply a description of where the PC comes from. They define Attributes and Characteristics, as well as provide special abilities that advance with level progression. They also have incredibly robust options to create differences within each Origin. Most of these options are focused on flavor, but some provide mechanical differences. Professions are focused on flavor, helping define what the PC was doing before embracing a life of adventure.
As with the art, the Origins serve to bring the unique elements of the Vikingverse to the forefront. There are only ten options, but it feels like there are far more given the wealth of variation within each one. Also, the Origins are fascinating, pushing far beyond the classic tropes of high fantasy. Each Origin is presented with a short description of its place in Vikingverse lore, but that description is rich with details.
After playing through an introductory game that serves as an advanced session zero, players pick their first level of a Novice Path, which grants various class abilities. The intent here is that this choice is inspired by the gameplay of that session zero instead of simply being an arbitrary choice made while reading the book. This intent continues as players are encouraged to make choices for their Expert and Mythic paths based more on roleplay and game events.
Gameplay in When the Wolf Comes is fun, fast, and deadly. This is not a “big damn hero” game. Instead it’s a tough game where each roll is tense and survival is not guaranteed. Once again, this is true to the source material of Shadow of the Demon Lord.
Opinion
I absolutely love this setting and book. It’s gorgeous. The art is spectacular. Maybe it’s the unique setting, maybe it’s the different style, but I feel like this art is some of the most impressive I’ve seen in a gaming book ever.
The Vikingverse is a carefully-crafted setting that turns typical high fantasy tropes on their side with logic and consistency. Nothing is done by accident or just to be different. It’s refreshing to see such a unique take on mythological lore and how that influences the game set in this world.
Personally, I never found a way to really engage with Shadow of the Demon Lord. I can appreciate the setting and mechanics and understand their palace in the tabletop hobby, but they just never clicked with me. I don’t enjoy a game that is so punishing to players, instead preferring my gaming escapism to allow those big heroic moments facilitated by lots of big numbers on the dice. But I both understand and love this version of the rules. The setting and lore are more appealing to me, so that’s a huge factor. But something in how it’s presented here just makes more sense to me.
Another detail I love is how the lore is presented. I had no idea this game was based on novels and comics. My guess is that the average gamer will not either. They’ll probably stumble across the book based on the impressive cover art and then get hooked with the overall concept. Thus, the fact that there’s a one-page summary of the lore at the start of the book is a genius approach. Many games that present unique settings spend a lot of pages introducing the setting before explaining the rules. That’s a fine tactic, but one that I don’t appreciate. I want to explore the setting by understanding the rules, and that’s how When the Wolf Comes approaches things. That summary captures readers by telling them everything they need to know about the lore and then locks them in by presenting Origins like living robots, mutated animals, and corporate clones with brilliant art. Then, 200 pages later, readers get deeper details on Vikingverse lore. This is such a smart approach.
Ian Stuart Sharpe has created a vibrant, unique world with love and attention to detail. This game is a beautiful addition to the Vikingverse and a shining example of how to adapt an existing property to a tabletop game. The decision to use Shadow of the Demon Lord as foundation for this game was completely right as the system beautifully supports the tone of the Vikingverse stories. This book has my absolute highest praise and recommendation.
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/The-Reviews-Myrrorside-RPG.mp3Hello and welcome to The RPG Academy’s The Review series. Today The Caleb G (@TheCalebG) takes a look at Myrrorside by Angus McNicholl / Parallel Publishing.
Howdy cats and kittens! It’s TheCalebG aka Professor Crunch aka the founder of Point Five Past.Today I’m here to review Myrrorside, a Parallel Publishing game created by Angus McNicholl. At the time of writing this article, the book is available on Drive Thru RPG in PDF, softcover, and hardcover versions. The publisher was kind enough to send a copy of the book for the purpose of this review.
Quick Overview
Myrrorside is a horror game in a modern setting where magic and scary things come from an alternate reality hidden behind the real world. Its mechanics are easy to understand and have a moderate level of complexity. There’s a nice balance between narrative flexibility and mechanical guidelines. The game works best when it’s used to tell stories in episodic fashion, similar to horror TV shows or mini-series.
Book
At right around 100 pages, the book is easy to read and use as a resource during gameplay. Myrrorside is a focused world simulator, providing a vibrant setting for players to use as they wish. The first 14 pages are focused on that setting and there is not a specific story or named characters to follow.
It’s worth noting that there is only half a page dedicated to safety rules at the game table. There is an abundance of information on this topic in the gaming zeitgeist, so what’s presented here is clearly a quick summary. Some may find this refreshing as it does not repeat information needlessly. Others may find it concerning and not considerate of players who may not have a wealth of experience at the table.
The remainder of the book provides gameplay instruction, mixing in small pieces of setting lore occasionally for flavor. Overall, the book’s layout is average. It’s easy to read and is well-organized. However there is a lot of empty space that could be used for examples, supplemental information, flavor text, or art.
The interior art is all in shadowy shades of teal, presenting a moody atmosphere that carries a persistent sense of dread. Like the green tones in The Matrix, this teal shading informs readers that something is different in this world and that the world is consistently dangerous.
Setting
The scary, horror-filled world of Myrrorside is presented as the underlying foundation of reality. The real modern world is built upon this terrible structure, like an operating system. The surface levels of the Myrrorside are just like reality, only slightly different. In some places there is an overlap between worlds and it’s possible for people and other beings to slip between them. Going further and deeper into the Myrrorside reveals the sprawling nightmarish world where human understanding breaks down and everything is trying to kill everything else.
Modern technology breaks down in the Myrrorside. Old-fashioned analog tech will still function, but digitally-powered devices like smartphones either stop working entirely or start glitching in strange ways. Likewise, the magic of the Myrrorside works only briefly in the real world, dissipating quickly. This keeps most of the game action set in the Myrrorside’s reality. Magical effects and terrible monsters can bleed over into the real world, but their impact is fleeting.
The Myrrorside is populated by native creatures, called the Strange, and by humans that have been trapped in and warped by this alternate reality, called the Lost. There are many variations within these categories, but all are deadly to humans.
Core Mechanics
This game uses the 2dx Operating System. PCs have 4 Attributes and 24 Skills, all of which are rated by dice size from d2 to d12. After narrating their action, players make an Action Test by rolling the applicable Attribute and Skill dice, picking the highest result, then adding positive or negative modifiers. Opposed Tests happen when PCs and NPCs are in conflict. The magnitude of success or failure after comparing results is used as a guide to inform the role play of how events happen. An unopposed Action Test happens when the PC simply acts against the environment, similar to a Skill Check in a standard d20 system. A negative modifier to reflect the difficulty of the task is applied to the Test. A positive result is a success, a negative result is a failure, and a result of zero is a success at a cost.
Beyond situational modifiers to the Test, there is also a system of Advantage and Disadvantage. Unlike other systems using the same words, Myrrorside does not treat this a reroll. Instead, it adds an extra Attribute dice to the roll for every Advantage and Disadvantage gained in the Test. Then players remove dice until they have only two remaining. Advantages remove the lowest results while Disadvantages remove the highest results. Advantages and Disadvantages are cumulative and do not cancel each other out.
As this is a horror game, Myrrorside includes two mechanics that attempt to reinforce the dramatic tension of storytelling. The first is called Pulse or Tension. It can be raised through horror elements being played out and lowered by humanity-reaffirming moments. Higher levels of Tension inflict a variety of penalties that attempt to replicate emotional states of fear. The second of these mechanics is called Collateral. Players can take a Collateral token to convert any failed Action Test to a success as if the dice results were zero. Beyond the success at a cost that a result of zero brings to the story, Collateral has a variety of additional negative impacts on PCs.
Character Creation and Gameplay
Building characters is incredibly easy. The book provides the starting dice size for Attributes and Skills and gives simple instructions for improving dice according to where players want their characters to be focused. Players have the options of taking Quirks and Burdens, which provide mechanical support for roleplaying flavor details. That’s it. There are no classes or special abilities. This is a game about playing regular people dealing with supernatural horror.
Gameplay follows a standard TTRPG flow, with players dealing with the plot as it unfolds. There are no special mechanics included in the book that deal with plot pacing and management, such as filling clocks or moving through a countdown.
Using magic is possible in the game, but it is not easily done. Human characters must use complex rituals to harness magical powers. Each ritual presented in the book includes a casting time and component list. Mechanically, rituals are resolved with Action Tests, which might be opposed or unopposed, depending on the nature of the spell and the situation. On the other hand, creatures native to the Myrrorside can use magic much more easily and frequently.
The last 30ish pages of the book give advice and instruction to game runners. This includes guidance on using thematic tropes and structuring an episodic plot. There is a short bestiary. Also presented is a method of playing the game without a game runner, called Collaborative Meta-Gaming. This gives instructions on how players can create a scene structure, take turns leading scenes, and vote on how events progress with a resource called Influence.
Opinion
I think that Myrrorside has a lot of fun ideas and it delivers a great horror vibe, but the overall presentation needs a little polish.
I like the setting. The concept of our world being the falsehood built on top of a horrible reality is very fun for episodic storytelling. Lore presented in the book is vivid enough to give players a strong understanding of the game’s intended vibe but also open enough to give players and game runners plenty of room to add their own ideas. And the overall idea of regular humans struggling against insurmountable and incomprehensible terror is a fundamental aspect of the horror genre.
Another great feature is the mechanics. They’re easy to learn, excellent for newer players, and they support the horror vibe. The focus on human skill and the difficulty of using any supernatural resources informs players that their characters are up against a difficult struggle with little to no help.
That being said, the book is a little unclear at times. There are a few terms that are not as clear as they could be. For example, humans that visit the Myrrorside are called “firewalkers”, but this is really only picked up through context. Some creatures and world details are mentioned once and never given any further explanation. None of this really has a negative impact on the game, but it’s frustrating.
There are also a few mechanical details that are a little rough around the edges. For example, there is guidance for how to increase and decrease the Pulse or Tension (and the fact that both terms are used simultaneously is another point of confusion) and there is a list of what happens mechanically at the various levels of Tension. But there is no actual numerical value assigned to those levels. Similarly for Collateral, while the consequences of gaining it are provided, there are no clear instructions for how those consequences are applied to characters. While it’s not hard for a game runner to come up with a solution, it’s something I feel should’ve been included, especially since these features are so fundamental to supporting the horror tones of the game.
Likewise, the bestiary feels lacking. The lore tells players the entire Myrrorside is full of deadly creatures, but the book only gives a few examples and no instructions for how to create more. There are references to unique creatures that would be a natural fit for recurring villains in the episodic game, but very little support for them. Again, it wouldn’t be hard to figure it out, but why is it not part of the book?
In general, I like Myrrorside. I love the opportunity to tell a story about humans in an impossible struggle, especially when the mechanics of the game support that tone. The setting is a nice combination of horror tropes and gives players lots of room for creativity. And the game is very accessible to new TTRPG players. But the game feels incomplete. A lot of the details and information are vague. While the unknown is a core aspect of the horror genre, that should apply to the characters, not the players. I think that Myrrorside has potential but falls short of other similar games in the episodic horror genre.
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/TSA-Marvel-Multiverse-616-RTU.mp3Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book. This week we are cheating like a supervillain because we are playing a game that doesn’t actually have a sample adventure; the new Marvel Multiverse RPG (616) by Matt Forbeck.
In this episode I, Michael (@TheRpgAcademy ) serve as the Narrator on a short adventure I wrote.
For players we have:
Brian Kurtz ( @BrianBPK ) taking on the role of Ms. Marvel
Kaylee Jung ( @AniMeGrrl ) taking on the role of Squirrel Girl
Caleb G ( @TheCalebG ) Taking on the role of Daredevil
Chris ( @Sky_rider19 ) taking on the role of Ghost Spider
Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/TSA-OGoA-Wrap-up-RTU.mp3Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book. The sample adventure we’re Playing Old Gods of Appalachia from Monte Cook Games using today is the Luthier’s curse.
(@BrianBPK) as our Game Master
Michael Waldschlager II (@Losermlw) as Monty “Mountain” Tanner
Frankie Kuehnle (@YoungButtHead) as Beau Owens
Kyle O’Brien ( Canoe DM on Start Playing Games) as Jonas Cunningham
Caleb G ( @TheCalebG he/they) as Sammy Kingston
Nikki Bloom ( @ARAlullabydust ) as Eloise Johnson
In this episode our heroes have successfully ended the curse and now our players and the GM discuss the game.
Shane –Tubular Teens with Titans podcast
Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
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Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/TSA-OGoA-ep-3-RTU.mp3Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book. The sample adventure we’re Playing Old Gods of Appalachia from Monte Cook Games using today is the Luthier’s curse.
(@BrianBPK) as our Game Master
Michael Waldschlager II (@Losermlw) as Monty “Mountain” Tanner
Frankie Kuehnle (@YoungButtHead) as Beau Owens
Kyle O’Brien ( Canoe DM on Start Playing Games) as Jonas Cunningham
Caleb G ( @TheCalebG he/they) as Sammy Kingston
Nikki Bloom ( @ARAlullabydust ) as Eloise Johnson
In this episode our Heroes are on the trail to find where the cursed fiddle came from.
Shane –Tubular Teens with Titans podcast
Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
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Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
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Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book. The sample adventure we’re Playing Old Gods of Appalachia from Monte Cook Games using today is The Luthier's Folly.
Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book. The sample adventure we’re Playing Old Gods of Appalachia from Monte Cook Games using today is The Luthier's Folly.
Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book. The sample adventure we’re Playing Old Gods of Appalachia from Monte Cook Games using today is The Luthier's Folly.
This week new Show and Tell Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sits down with Lazlow Tamasfi about his new game Horror RPG, Pod People, where you play alien invaders trying to figure out what it means to be human.
https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Show-Tell-Enclave.mp3This week new Show and Tell Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sits down with Robby Howell about his diceless RPG “Enclave” on Kickstarter now
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This week, Show and Tell Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ), sits down with Rene-Pier (@RPDeshaies) to chat about his RPG Stoneburner https://farirpgs.com/
Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book. The sample adventure we’re using today is called The Land of Eem and the included adventure is The Curse of the Chicken-Foot Witch.
Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book. The sample adventure we’re using today is called The Land of Eem and the included adventure is The Curse of the Chicken-Foot Witch.
Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book. The sample adventure we’re using today is called The Land of Eem and the included adventure is The Curse of the Chicken-Foot Witch.
This week new Show and Tell Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sits down with Kimi Hughes from HappyJacks to chat about Starscape by Golden Lasso Games
This week new Show and Tell Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sits down with Gavin and Andrea, authors and designers of Witches of Midnight to chat about the upcoming Witches of Midnight Kickstarter.
This week new Show and Tell Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sits down with Daniel Locke to discuss Eco Mofos a ruin-delving Survival game where you are invited to play a Punk seeking a safe homestead to start a new community. With a vibe of Weirdhope not Grimdark.
Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book or as in this case, a quick start. The sample adventure we’re using today is called The Starblades of Su'ul from the Masters of Umdaar setting for Fate/Fae.
This week new Show and Tell Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sits down with Gavin and Andrea, authors and designers of Witches of Midnight to chat about the upcoming Witches of Midnight Kickstarter.
Hello and welcome to The RPG Academy's The Review series. Today Michael Waldschalger II ( @LoserMLW ), drops in for a quick review of Mörk Borg a dark fantasy role playing game created by Ockult Örtmästare Games and Stockholm Kartell, and published internationally by Free League Press.
Hello and welcome to episode 121 of Show and Tell. This is the show where we bring on cool guests and talk about cool stuff they're working on.
This week new Show and Tell Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sits down with Game Designer Michael Low ( @LuckLegends ) for a free-ranging discussion about game design.
Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book or as in this case, a quick start. The sample adventure we’re using today is called The Rhy Wolf's Woe and is part of the Blue Rose 2nd edition RPG Quickstart Rules by Green Ronin Publishing.
https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/TSA-Blue-Rose-ep1-RTU.mp3Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book or as in this case, a quick start. The sample adventure we’re using today is called The Rhy Wolf’s Woe and is part of the Blue Rose Quickstart from Green Ronin Publishing.
For this game we have the following players:
Kevin Stacy ( @KevRanGames ) as our Game Master/Narrator
Michael Ross ( @TheRpgAcademy ) as Malachi an adept
Kaylee Jung ( @AniMeiGrrl ) as Chaya a Rhy-Badger
Christine ( @SteenGeek01 ) as Ortellia a warrior
As with all our The Sample Adventure games our primary consideration is having a good time, but we also do try and explore and explain the mechanics of the system as appropriate but do not swear to get all the rules right all the time.
Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
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Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
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This week new Show and Tell Host Moe Poplar (@Ashyfeet1) sits down with Bill Buchalter to chat about their currently running Kickstarter Mini Dungeon Tome II
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/TSA-Dragonbaneep3RTU.mp3Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book or as in this case, a quick start. The sample adventure we’re using today is called Riddermound and is part of the Dragonbane RPG Quickstart Rules by Free League Press.
For this game we have the following players:
Michael Ross ( @TheRpgAcademy ) as our Game Master
Caleb Gillombardo ( @TheCalebG ) as Makander of Halfbay Mallard Knight
Alan Nicholas ( @BigAlTheLawyer ) as Bastonn Bloodjaw the Wolfkin Warrior
Kaylee Jung ( @AniMeiGrrl ) as Orla Moonsilver the Elf Hunter
Michael Waldschlager II ( @LoserMLW ) as Archmaster Aodhan the Human Wizard (Elementalist).A
As with all our The Sample Adventure games our primary consideration is having a good time, but we also do try and explore and explain the mechanics of the system as appropriate but do not swear to get all the rules right all the time.
Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
Thanks!!~MichaelE-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy
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Our Intro and Outtro music is Fly a Kite by Spectacular Sound Productions used via Creative Commons Attribution License
Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/TSA-Dragonbane-Ep2RTU.mp3Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book or as in this case, a quick start. The sample adventure we’re using today is called Riddermound and is part of the Dragonbane RPG Quickstart Rules by Free League Press.
For this game we have the following players:
Michael Ross ( @TheRpgAcademy ) as our Game Master
Caleb Gillombardo ( @TheCalebG ) as Makander of Halfbay Mallard Knight
Alan Nicholas ( @BigAlTheLawyer ) as Bastonn Bloodjaw the Wolfkin Warrior
Kaylee Jung ( @AniMeiGrrl ) as Orla Moonsilver the Elf Hunter
Michael Waldschlager II ( @LoserMLW ) as Archmaster Aodhan the Human Wizard (Elementalist).A
As with all our The Sample Adventure games our primary consideration is having a good time, but we also do try and explore and explain the mechanics of the system as appropriate but do not swear to get all the rules right all the time.
Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
Thanks!!~MichaelE-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy
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Visit our Facebook PagePlease consider contributing to my Patreon, making a modest donation via Paypal or even support your show at no extra cost via your purchases on DriveThru RPG.
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Our Intro and Outtro music is Fly a Kite by Spectacular Sound Productions used via Creative Commons Attribution License
Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/TSA-Dragonbane-ep1RTU.mp3Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book or as in this case, a quick start. The sample adventure we’re using today is called Riddermound and is part of the Dragonbane RPG Quickstart Rules by Free League Press.
For this game we have the following players:
Michael Ross ( @TheRpgAcademy ) as our Game Master
Caleb Gillombardo ( @TheCalebG ) as Makander of Halfbay Mallard Knight
Alan Nicholas ( @BigAlTheLawyer ) as Bastonn Bloodjaw the Wolfkin Warrior
Kaylee Jung ( @AniMeiGrrl ) as Orla Moonsilver the Elf Hunter
Michael Waldschlager II ( @LoserMLW ) as Archmaster Aodhan the Human Wizard (Elementalist).A
As with all our The Sample Adventure games our primary consideration is having a good time, but we also do try and explore and explain the mechanics of the system as appropriate but do not swear to get all the rules right all the time.
Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
Thanks!!~MichaelE-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy
Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy
Visit our Facebook PagePlease consider contributing to my Patreon, making a modest donation via Paypal or even support your show at no extra cost via your purchases on DriveThru RPG.
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Our Intro and Outtro music is Fly a Kite by Spectacular Sound Productions used via Creative Commons Attribution License
Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Dune-ep-3-RTU.mp3Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book or as in this case, a quick start. The sample adventure we’re using today is called Wormsign and is part of the Dune Adventures in the Imperium RPG Quickstart Rules by Modiphius.
For this game we have the following players:
Caleb Gillombardo ( @TheCalebG ) as our Lead Narrator.
Michael Ross ( @TheRpgAcademy ) as Corbin Bralik a reformed smuggler
Alan Nicholas ( @BigAlTheLawyer ) as Sharah Fell the Mentat
Kaylee Jung ( @AniMeiGrrl ) as Talia Carell a Criminal
Kevin Stacy ( @KevranGames ) as Anna Margrave the Bene Gesserit Novice.
As with all our The Sample Adventure games our primary consideration is having a good time, but we also do try and explore and explain the mechanics of the system as appropriate but do not swear to get all the rules right all the time.
Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
Thanks!!~MichaelE-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy
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Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Dune-ep-2-.mp3Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book or as in this case, a quick start. The sample adventure we’re using today is called Wormsign and is part of the Dune Adventures in the Imperium RPG Quickstart Rules by Modiphius.
For this game we have the following players:
Caleb Gillombardo ( @TheCalebG ) as our Lead Narrator.
Michael Ross ( @TheRpgAcademy ) as Corbin Bralik a reformed smuggler
Alan Nicholas ( @BigAlTheLawyer ) as Sharah Fell the Mentat
Kaylee Jung ( @AniMeiGrrl ) as Talia Carell a Criminal
Kevin Stacy ( @KevranGames ) as Anna Margrave the Bene Gesserit Novice.
As with all our The Sample Adventure games our primary consideration is having a good time, but we also do try and explore and explain the mechanics of the system as appropriate but do not swear to get all the rules right all the time.
Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
Thanks!!~MichaelE-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy
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Visit our Facebook PagePlease consider contributing to my Patreon, making a modest donation via Paypal or even support your show at no extra cost via your purchases on DriveThru RPG.
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Our Intro and Outtro music is Fly a Kite by Spectacular Sound Productions used via Creative Commons Attribution License
Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Dune-ep-1-RTU.mp3Hello and welcome to The Rpg Academy. This episode is part of our The Sample Adventures series where we take a look at various RPG systems by using the sample adventure included in the core book or as in this case, a quick start. The sample adventure we’re using today is called Wormsign and is part of the Dune Adventures in the Imperium RPG Quickstart Rules by Modiphius.
For this game we have the following players:
Caleb Gillombardo ( @TheCalebG ) as our Lead Narrator.
Michael Ross ( @TheRpgAcademy ) as Corbin Bralik a reformed smuggler
Alan Nicholas ( @BigAlTheLawyer ) as Sharah Fell the Mentat
Kaylee Jung ( @AniMeiGrrl ) as Talia Carell a Criminal
Kevin Stacy ( @KevranGames ) as Anna Margrave the Bene Gesserit Novice.
As with all our The Sample Adventure games our primary consideration is having a good time, but we also do try and explore and explain the mechanics of the system as appropriate but do not swear to get all the rules right all the time.
Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
Thanks!!~MichaelE-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy
Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy
Visit our Facebook PagePlease consider contributing to my Patreon, making a modest donation via Paypal or even support your show at no extra cost via your purchases on DriveThru RPG.
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Our Intro and Outtro music is Fly a Kite by Spectacular Sound Productions used via Creative Commons Attribution License
Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
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This week Guest Host Larry H (@Mumphry999) sits down with Paladin Reizo of Paladins Archives and Edwin Nagy of Frog God Game to chat about an upcoming world record trying, charity fund raising game marathon and how YOU can be involved.
Follow Paladin on TwitterPaladin Archives on YouTubePaladin Archives on TwitchCharity: WaterGo to this website for the Marathon to get info or sign up for DMing or playingFollow Frog God Games on TwitterFrog God Games websitefind the Rappan Athuk setting on DriveThruRPGFind This Ol’Dungeon PodcastFind Skype of Cthulhu podcast here
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Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
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The music used during our intro and outro is a modified version of Fly a Kite by Spectacular Sound Productions Used under the Creative commons Attribution-shareAlike License.
Our 2023 Ultimate TTRPG bookshelf Draft boardhttps://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/TTRPG-Bookshelf-Draft-2023.mp3Hello and Welcome to The RPG Academy. In this very special bonus episode Michael ( @TheRpgAcademy ) is joined by Lewanika from the Tabletop Journeys Podcast as well as Kevin Stacy from the Game Knight Heroes podcast for a cross-pod event – the 2023 Ultimate TTRPG Bookshelf Draft with Chris Burlew from the Redemption Podcast acting as our Draftmaster aka the Commissioner.
The Draft proceeded in Snake Draft format with Lewanika going in 1st position, then Kevin and then Michael.
We had 6 categories to draft from and we could draft them in any order we wanted. Our Categories were:
The Cornerstone. Any version of D&D or Pathfinder (though you COULD go outside if you wanted)
The Contender. A TTRPG that wasn’t one of the big two, but maybe should be or could be in the future.
The Indie Darling. An Indie RPG that can never get enough live.
Genre 1 and Genre 2 – any TTRPG that would fit as a genre game.
Wildcard – anything we wanted including a duplicate of another category.
We have our selections as:
Round 1 Selection 1 Lewanika Cornerstone Category D&D 3.0/3.5 edition
Round 1 Selection 2 Kevin Cornerstone Category D&D 5e
Round 1 Selection 3 Michael Contender Category Savage World Adventure Edition
Round 2 Selection 4 Michael Indie Darling Dread
Round 2 Selection 5 Kevin Genre 1 Mutants & Masterminds
Round 2 Selection 6 Lewanika Genre 1 Star Trek: Adventures
Round 3 Selection 7 Lewanika Genre 2 Everyday Heroes
Round 3 Selection 8 Kevin Genre 2 Vampire: The Masquerade
Round 3 Selection 9 Michael Genre 1 MASKS: The New Generation
Round 4 Selection 10 Michael Genre 2 Call of Cthulhu
Round 4 Selection 11 Kevin Wildcard City of Mist
Round 4 Selection 12 Lewanika Contender Dungeon Crawl Classics
Round 5 Selection 13 Lewanika Indie Darling Kids on Bikes
Round 5 Selection 14 Kevin Indie Darling Lady Blackbird
Round 5 Selection 15 Michael Cornerstone Pathfinder 2nd edition
Round 6 Selection 16 Michael Wildcard: Atomic Robo FATE
Round 6 Selection 17 Kevin Contender AGE – Adventure Game Engine
Round 6 Selection 18 Lewanika Wildcard The Palladium Series
and now it’s all up to YOU, dear listener – now you get to vote and determine who’s bookshelf is the Ultimate (or most ultimate) one from this draft. Check on various social channels on Twitter, Facebook and instagram and vote. We will tally the votes across all our channels and announce which one of us has the Ultimate TTRPG Bookshelf.
Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
Thanks!!
~Michael
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SA-A12C-Act-3.mp3Hello and welcome to The Sample Adventures. A new Actual Play series from The Rpg Academy where we are taking a trip through various sample adventures included in Role Playing Game core books, setting supplements, starter sets, boxed sets, etc . . .
For this series we are playing through one of the endless zero-prep adventures. We rolled some d12s and made this scenario.
Action 12 Cinema is a GMless game, although Michael Ross ( @TheRpgAcademy ) did serve as a facilitator and was explaining the rules (sometimes too much) to the other players. He also played character ( very much based on Jason Statham’s The Transporter character ) named Gabe Smith.
Kevin Stacy from Game Knight Heroes ( @KevRanGames ) Plays Franchesa Prince (based very much on Jennifer Love Hewitt)
And Moe Poplar from Ashyfeet Entertainment ( @Ashyfeet1 ) plays Yaffet Jones a Manhatten Taxi Driver.
You can support this game RIGHT NOW ON KICKSTARTER – at least until 03/22/23 at 10:15pm Eastern Time.Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
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Our Intro and Outtro music is Fly a Kite by Spectacular Sound Productions used via Creative Commons Attribution License
Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SA-A12C-Act-2.mp3Hello and welcome to The Sample Adventures. A new Actual Play series from The Rpg Academy where we are taking a trip through various sample adventures included in Role Playing Game core books, setting supplements, starter sets, boxed sets, etc . . .
For this series we are playing through one of the endless zero-prep adventures. We rolled some d12s and made this scenario.
Action 12 Cinema is a GMless game, although Michael Ross ( @TheRpgAcademy ) did serve as a facilitator and was explaining the rules (sometimes too much) to the other players. He also played character ( very much based on Jason Statham’s The Transporter character ) named Gabe Smith.
Kevin Stacy from Game Knight Heroes ( @KevRanGames ) Plays Franchesa Prince (based very much on Jennifer Love Hewitt)
And Moe Poplar from Ashyfeet Entertainment ( @Ashyfeet1 ) plays Yaffet Jones a Manhatten Taxi Driver.
You can support this game RIGHT NOW ON KICKSTARTER – at least until 03/22/23 at 10:15pm Eastern Time.Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
Thanks!!~MichaelE-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy
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Visit our Facebook PagePlease consider contributing to my Patreon, making a modest donation via Paypal or even support your show at no extra cost via your purchases on DriveThru RPG.
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Our Intro and Outtro music is Fly a Kite by Spectacular Sound Productions used via Creative Commons Attribution License
Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SA-A12C-Act-1.mp3Hello and welcome to The Sample Adventures. A new Actual Play series from The Rpg Academy where we are taking a trip through various sample adventures included in Role Playing Game core books, setting supplements, starter sets, boxed sets, etc . . .
For this series we are playing through one of the endless zero-prep adventures. We rolled some d12s and made this scenario.
Action 12 Cinema is a GMless game, although Michael Ross ( @TheRpgAcademy ) did serve as a facilitator and was explaining the rules (sometimes too much) to the other players. He also played character ( very much based on Jason Statham’s The Transporter character ) named Gabe Smith.
Kevin Stacy from Game Knight Heroes ( @KevRanGames ) Plays Franchesa Prince (based very much on Jennifer Love Hewitt)
And Moe Poplar from Ashyfeet Entertainment ( @Ashyfeet1 ) plays Yaffet Jones a Manhatten Taxi Driver.
You can support this game RIGHT NOW ON KICKSTARTER – at least until 03/22/23 at 10:15pm Eastern Time.Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
Thanks!!~MichaelE-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy
Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy
Visit our Facebook PagePlease consider contributing to my Patreon, making a modest donation via Paypal or even support your show at no extra cost via your purchases on DriveThru RPG.
Email: TheRpgAcademy@gmail
Twitter / Facebook / Website
Our Intro and Outtro music is Fly a Kite by Spectacular Sound Productions used via Creative Commons Attribution License
Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/SA-A12C-Pre-Production-Phase.mp3Hello and welcome to The Sample Adventures. A new Actual Play series from The Rpg Academy where we are taking a trip through various sample adventures included in Role Playing Game core books, setting supplements, starter sets, boxed sets, etc . . .
For this series we are playing through one of the endless zero-prep adventures. We rolled some d12s and made this scenario.
Action 12 Cinema is a GMless game, although Michael Ross ( @TheRpgAcademy ) did serve as a facilitator and was explaining the rules (sometimes too much) to the other players. He also played character ( very much based on Jason Statham’s The Transporter character ) named Gabe Smith.
Kevin Stacy from Game Knight Heroes ( @KevRanGames ) Plays Franchesa Prince (based very much on Jennifer Love Hewitt)
And Moe Poplar from Ashyfeet Entertainment ( @Ashyfeet1 ) plays Yaffet Jones a Manhatten Taxi Driver.
You can support this game RIGHT NOW ON KICKSTARTER – at least until 03/22/23 at 10:15pm Eastern Time.Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
Thanks!!~MichaelE-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy
Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy
Visit our Facebook PagePlease consider contributing to my Patreon, making a modest donation via Paypal or even support your show at no extra cost via your purchases on DriveThru RPG.
Email: TheRpgAcademy@gmail
Twitter / Facebook / Website
Our Intro and Outtro music is Fly a Kite by Spectacular Sound Productions used via Creative Commons Attribution License
Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/The-Reviews-KftGV-RTU.mp3Hello and welcome to The RPG Academy The Review series. Today Michael, Tom, and guest co-host Fiona ( @WAIR_Podcast ) Take a look at the newest WotC D&D hardback heist adventure anthology book – Keys from the Golden Vault
Quick Overview:
The book introduces a possible new Patron organization for your PCs called The Golden Vault, a list of possible rival crew who may be working against you in your missions and 13 individual heist adventures ranging from level 1 to 10.
RATINGS
Tom’s Overall Rating: B+
Fiona’s Overall Rating: A-
Michael’s Overall Rating: B+
If you would like to pick up a copy of Keys from the Golden Vault on Amazon AND Support the RPG Academy podcast please use THIS LINK.
Find Michael on Twitter – @TheRpgAcademySupport the Action 12 Cinema KSJoin us on Discord. It’s by invite only but just send me an email or other msg asking to join and i’ll send you an invite link.Follow Tom on Twitter – @BeskarTomFollow Fiona on Twitter – @WAIR_PodcastWAIR Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/wair_podcastDMBC Linktr.ee: https://linktr.ee/DMBCFind Sarah Madsen on Twitter – @UnfetteredMuseFind Sarah’s work on her website HEREComments and Feedback are always welcome.E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy
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Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
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This week Tom is sitting down to talk to none other than Michael K. Ross. Michael is the co-founder of The Rpg Academy. Lead organizer of the AcadeCon gaming convention in Dayton, Ohio and today’s he here to talk with Tom about his first TTRPG Game: Action 12 Cinema. Action 12 Cinema is a GMless, Zero-prep game of over the top Action and D12 Dice.
Check out Action 12 Cinema on KickstarterFollow Michael on TwitterCheck out AcadeCon
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The music used during our intro and outro is a modified version of Fly a Kite by Spectacular Sound Productions Used under the Creative commons Attribution-shareAlike License.
https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/TTRPG-CrowdFUNding-rv-27.mp3Hello and welcome TTRPG CrowdFUNding Review, The show from The Rpg Academy where we shine the spotlight on some TTRPG crowdfunding campaigns you might be interested in supporting.
Our hosts –
Michael Ross ( @TheRpgAcademy )
Larry Haught (@Mumphry999 )
Ellen Dalina ( @Ellen_Dalina )
The Crowdfunding Campaigns we covered for this week:
Michael – Alice is Missing: Silent Falls
Larry – Miiru 2
Ellen – Four Kingdoms: A Map Drawing TTRPG Zine
Michael – What On Earth Are You Talking About?
Larry – If I Were A Lich, Man
Ellen – Terminus: A Tarot Powered Ritual RPG
Michael – Psychic Kids RPG
Larry – Monster of the Week: Codex of Worlds
Ellen – An honourable Place: A Narrative Game of Survival and Myth
The Going Last Memorial Pickstarter segment
Our Tabletop CrowdFUNding Campaigns for this episode:
Michael – Monster of the Week: Codex of Worlds
Ellen – Alice is Missing: Silent Falls
Larry – Monster of the Week: Codes of Worlds
Quick Hits
- Action 12 Cinema
- The Infernal Book
Other things mentioned on the show:
Larry’s Podcast – Mumphry’s Musings
The Rpg Academy Twitch Channel –
Chaotic Wonderful Twitch Channel
Isle of Misfit Rolls on Twitter
Thanks!!
~Michael
E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy
Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy
Visit our Facebook Page
Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – 1-800-273-8255 or dial 988
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Our Intro and Outtro music is Fly a Kite by Spectacular Sound Productions used via Creative Commons Attribution License
https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/TTRPG-CrowdFUNDing-Rv-26-RTU.mp3Hello and welcome TTRPG CrowdFUNding Review, The show from The Rpg Academy where we shine the spotlight on some TTRPG crowdfunding campaigns you might be interested in supporting.
Our hosts –
Michael Ross ( @TheRpgAcademy )
Larry Haught (@Mumphry999 )
Ellen Dalina ( @Ellen_Dalina )
The Crowdfunding Campaigns we covered for this week:
Michael – Stonesaga
Larry – Adventures in The Cypher System
Ellen – Electrum Archive
Michael – Hollow Book Dice Tower
Larry – Cities without Number
Ellen – Lordsworn
Michael – Hollywood 1947: A Movie-Making Game of Strategy & Deception
Larry – Northland Saga: Land of Ice & Snow
Ellen – Sanctuary & Sentinel
The Going Last Memorial Pickstarter segment
Our Tabletop CrowdFUNding Campaigns for this episode:
Michael – Stonesaga
Ellen – wasn’t here this week
Larry – Hollywood 1947: A Movie-Making Game of Strategy & Deception
Quick Hits
- Action 12 Cinema
- Troll Lord Games After Winter Dark KS coming soon
Other things mentioned on the show:
Larry’s Podcast – Mumphry’s Musings
The Rpg Academy Twitch Channel –
Chaotic Wonderful Twitch Channel
Isle of Misfit Rolls on Twitter
Thanks!!
~Michael
E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy
Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy
Visit our Facebook Page
Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline – 1-800-273-8255 or dial 988
Crisis Text line: Text HOME to 741741
The Trevor Project
Our Intro and Outtro music is Fly a Kite by Spectacular Sound Productions used via Creative Commons Attribution License
https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/TSA-SOTDL-Ep-3-RTU.mp3Hello and welcome to The Sample Adventures. A new Actual Play series from The Rpg Academy where we are taking a trip through various sample adventures included in Role Playing Game core books, setting supplements, starter sets, boxed sets, etc . . .
For this series we are playing through an intro adventure (if not a true Sample Adventure) for Shadow of the Demon Lord by Schwalb Entertainment.
Our GM for this series is Chris Burlew of the Redemption Podcast ( @Burlew_Chris )and our playersMichael Ross ( @TheRpgAcademy ) As Ram Rod an Orc who’s a former solider.RJ as Thurbad the Dwarven InvestigatorBig All ( @bigALtheLawyer) as Tok the Inquisitor’s assistant.Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
Thanks!!~MichaelE-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy
Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy
Visit our Facebook PagePlease consider contributing to my Patreon, making a modest donation via Paypal or even support your show at no extra cost via your purchases on DriveThru RPG.
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Our Intro and Outtro music is Fly a Kite by Spectacular Sound Productions used via Creative Commons Attribution License
Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/TSA-SOTDL-Ep-2-RTUB.mp3Hello and welcome to The Sample Adventures. A new Actual Play series from The Rpg Academy where we are taking a trip through various sample adventures included in Role Playing Game core books, setting supplements, starter sets, boxed sets, etc . . .
For this series we are playing through an intro adventure (if not a true Sample Adventure) for Shadow of the Demon Lord by Schwalb Entertainment.
Our GM for this series is Chris Burlew of the Redemption Podcast ( @Burlew_Chris )and our playersMichael Ross ( @TheRpgAcademy ) As Ram Rod an Orc who’s a former solider.RJ as Thurbad the Dwarven InvestigatorBig All ( @bigALtheLawyer) as Tok the Inquisitor’s assistant.Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
Thanks!!~MichaelE-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy
Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy
Visit our Facebook PagePlease consider contributing to my Patreon, making a modest donation via Paypal or even support your show at no extra cost via your purchases on DriveThru RPG.
Email: TheRpgAcademy@gmail
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Our Intro and Outtro music is Fly a Kite by Spectacular Sound Productions used via Creative Commons Attribution License
Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
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The Trevor Project –
https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/TSA-SOTDL-Ep-1-RTU.mp3Hello and welcome to The Sample Adventures. A new Actual Play series from The Rpg Academy where we are taking a trip through various sample adventures included in Role Playing Game core books, setting supplements, starter sets, boxed sets, etc . . .
For this series we are playing through an intro adventure (if not a true Sample Adventure) for Shadow of the Demon Lord by Schwalb Entertainment.
Our GM for this series is Chris Burlew of the Redemption Podcast ( @Burlew_Chris )and our playersMichael Ross ( @TheRpgAcademy ) As Ram Rod an Orc who’s a former solider.RJ as Thurbad the Dwarven InvestigatorBig All ( @bigALtheLawyer) as Tok the Inquisitor’s assistant.Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
Thanks!!~MichaelE-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy
Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy
Visit our Facebook PagePlease consider contributing to my Patreon, making a modest donation via Paypal or even support your show at no extra cost via your purchases on DriveThru RPG.
Email: TheRpgAcademy@gmail
Twitter / Facebook / Website
Our Intro and Outtro music is Fly a Kite by Spectacular Sound Productions used via Creative Commons Attribution License
Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
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The Trevor Project –
https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Brindlewood-Bay-ep-4-RTU.mp3Hello and welcome to The Sample Adventures. A new Actual Play series from The Rpg Academy where we are taking a trip through various sample adventures included in Role Playing Game core books, setting supplements, starter sets, boxed sets, etc . . .
For this series we are playing through the First adventure of the Brindlewood Bay RPG by Jason Cordova and The Gauntlet called Dad Overboard.
Our GM for this series is Brian Kurtz (@BrianBPK)and our playersMichael Ross ( @TheRpgAcademy ) As Flochelle Rogers aka FlowKevin Stacy from Game Knight Heroes Podcast as Agness McGuffinChris ( @Sky_Rider19 ) as Lillian ‘Lily’ MontgomeryComments and Feedback are always welcome.
Thanks!!~MichaelE-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy
Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy
Visit our Facebook PagePlease consider contributing to my Patreon, making a modest donation via Paypal or even support your show at no extra cost via your purchases on DriveThru RPG.
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Our Intro and Outtro music is Fly a Kite by Spectacular Sound Productions used via Creative Commons Attribution License
Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
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The Trevor Project –
https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Brindlwood-Bay-ep-3-RTU.mp3Hello and welcome to The Sample Adventures. A new Actual Play series from The Rpg Academy where we are taking a trip through various sample adventures included in Role Playing Game core books, setting supplements, starter sets, boxed sets, etc . . .
For this series we are playing through the First adventure of the Brindlewood Bay RPG by Jason Cordova and The Gauntlet called Dad Overboard.
Our GM for this series is Brian Kurtz (@BrianBPK)and our playersMichael Ross ( @TheRpgAcademy ) As Flochelle Rogers aka FlowKevin Stacy from Game Knight Heroes Podcast as Agness McGuffinChris ( @Sky_Rider19 ) as Lillian ‘Lily’ MontgomeryComments and Feedback are always welcome.
Thanks!!~MichaelE-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy
Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy
Visit our Facebook PagePlease consider contributing to my Patreon, making a modest donation via Paypal or even support your show at no extra cost via your purchases on DriveThru RPG.
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Our Intro and Outtro music is Fly a Kite by Spectacular Sound Productions used via Creative Commons Attribution License
Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741
The Trevor Project –
https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Brindlewood-Bay-2-RTU.mp3Hello and welcome to The Sample Adventures. A new Actual Play series from The Rpg Academy where we are taking a trip through various sample adventures included in Role Playing Game core books, setting supplements, starter sets, boxed sets, etc . . .
For this series we are playing through the First adventure of the Brindlewood Bay RPG by Jason Cordova and The Gauntlet called Dad Overboard.
Our GM for this series is Brian Kurtz (@BrianBPK)and our playersMichael Ross ( @TheRpgAcademy ) As Flochelle Rogers aka FlowKevin Stacy from Game Knight Heroes Podcast as Agness McGuffinChris ( @Sky_Rider19 ) as Lillian ‘Lily’ MontgomeryComments and Feedback are always welcome.
Thanks!!~MichaelE-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy
Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy
Visit our Facebook PagePlease consider contributing to my Patreon, making a modest donation via Paypal or even support your show at no extra cost via your purchases on DriveThru RPG.
Email: TheRpgAcademy@gmail
Twitter / Facebook / Website
Our Intro and Outtro music is Fly a Kite by Spectacular Sound Productions used via Creative Commons Attribution License
Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741
The Trevor Project –
https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Brindlewood-Bay-ep-1-RTU.mp3Hello and welcome to The Sample Adventures. A new Actual Play series from The Rpg Academy where we are taking a trip through various sample adventures included in Role Playing Game core books, setting supplements, starter sets, boxed sets, etc . . .
For this series we are playing through the First adventure of the Brindlewood Bay RPG by Jason Cordova and The Gauntlet called Dad Overboard.
Our GM for this series is Brian Kurtz (@BrianBPK)
and our playersMichael Ross ( @TheRpgAcademy ) As Flochelle Rogers aka FlowKevin Stacy from Game Knight Heroes Podcast as Agness McGuffinChris ( @Sky_Rider19 ) as Lillian ‘Lily’ MontgomeryIn this episode we introduce ourselves and our characters and Brian leads us through the beginning phases of the game including the introduction of the game and some safety tools and further defining our characters background and how we know and related to one another. We hear a mysterious answering Machine message for Flo and each character gets a short introductory scene and we end just as the mystery is about to begin.Come back for episode 2 to hear the gameplay start in earnest.Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
Thanks!!~MichaelE-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy
Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy
Visit our Facebook PagePlease consider contributing to my Patreon, making a modest donation via Paypal or even support your show at no extra cost via your purchases on DriveThru RPG.
Email: TheRpgAcademy@gmail
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Our Intro and Outtro music is Fly a Kite by Spectacular Sound Productions used via Creative Commons Attribution License
Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
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The Trevor Project –
https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Beam-Saber-ep3-RTU.mp3Hello and welcome to The Sample Adventures. A new Actual Play series from The Rpg Academy where we are taking a trip through various sample adventures included in Role Playing Game core books, setting supplements, starter sets, boxed sets, etc . . .
For this series we are playing through a Sample Adventure of Beam Saber which was designed by Austin Ramsay ( @Notaninn )
Our GM for this series is Austin himself.and our playersTom Cantwell ( @BeskarTom ) as Eric Ziegler call sign “Pops”Jake as Leon Wolf: call sign ‘Gamble’Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) as Yaphet Monroe call sign “Kodo”Find Beam Saber on DriveThruRPG and support our show with this linkFind more of Austin’s work on Itch.ioComments and Feedback are always welcome.
Thanks!!~MichaelE-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy
Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy
Visit our Facebook PagePlease consider contributing to my Patreon, making a modest donation via Paypal or even support your show at no extra cost via your purchases on DriveThru RPG.
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Our Intro and Outtro music is Fly a Kite by Spectacular Sound Productions used via Creative Commons Attribution License
Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Beam-Saber-ep2-RTU.mp3Hello and welcome to The Sample Adventures. A new Actual Play series from The Rpg Academy where we are taking a trip through various sample adventures included in Role Playing Game core books, setting supplements, starter sets, boxed sets, etc . . .
For this series we are playing through a Sample Adventure of Beam Saber which was designed by Austin Ramsay ( @Notaninn )
Our GM for this series is Austin himself.and our playersTom Cantwell ( @BeskarTom ) as Eric Ziegler call sign “Pops”Jake as Leon Wolf: call sign ‘Gamble’Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) as Yaphet Monroe call sign “Kodo”Find Beam Saber on DriveThruRPG and support our show with this linkFind more of Austin’s work on Itch.ioComments and Feedback are always welcome.
Thanks!!~MichaelE-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy
Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy
Visit our Facebook PagePlease consider contributing to my Patreon, making a modest donation via Paypal or even support your show at no extra cost via your purchases on DriveThru RPG.
Email: TheRpgAcademy@gmail
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Our Intro and Outtro music is Fly a Kite by Spectacular Sound Productions used via Creative Commons Attribution License
Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
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The Trevor Project –
https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Beam-Saber-ep-1-RTU.mp3Hello and welcome to The Sample Adventures. A new Actual Play series from The Rpg Academy where we are taking a trip through various sample adventures included in Role Playing Game core books, setting supplements, starter sets, boxed sets, etc . . .
For this series we are playing through a Sample Adventure of Beam Saber which was designed by Austin Ramsay ( @Notaninn )
Our GM for this series is Austin himself.and our playersTom Cantwell ( @BeskarTom ) as Eric Ziegler call sign “Pops”Jake as Leon Wolf: call sign ‘Gamble’Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) as Yaphet Monroe call sign “Kodo”Find Beam Saber on DriveThruRPG and support our show with this linkFind more of Austin’s work on Itch.ioComments and Feedback are always welcome.
Thanks!!~MichaelE-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy
Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy
Visit our Facebook PagePlease consider contributing to my Patreon, making a modest donation via Paypal or even support your show at no extra cost via your purchases on DriveThru RPG.
Email: TheRpgAcademy@gmail
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Our Intro and Outtro music is Fly a Kite by Spectacular Sound Productions used via Creative Commons Attribution License
Playing Roleplaying games can be an amazingly fun time and also a benefit to your well being. If you or someone you know is struggling with your mental or emotional well being, please reach out to someone who can help:
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255
Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/The-Reviews-Everyday-Heros.mp3Hello and welcome to The RPG Academy The Review series. Today Michael and Tom take a look at Everyday Heroes from Evil Genius Games.
Quick Overview
Everyday Heroes is a modern version of the D&D 5e game for both good and Ill. If you like D&D 5e and are interested in playing a more modern / Action Movie style RPG this fits that bit very very well. I was very impressed throughout by how they managed to re-skin 5e and more so by the changes they made.
The core book consists of 3 main sections.
Part 1: Heroes. This is roughly 200 pages and walks you through character creation and includes all the rules of how your Hero works.
Part 2: Game Rules. This is about 60 pages and covers the core rules, combat, and Skill checks as well as some miscellaneous rules as well as a section on vehicles and chases.
Part 3: Mastering the Game which includes sections on GMing the game, creating adventures, and a bestiary of sorts.
90% or more of the game lines up with a traditional action movie in the vein of Die Hard or Lethal Weapon. Extraordinary people but not super or supernatural. There are a few winks and nods, particularly in the bestiary section where you have creatures like Demons and Vampires included so you CAN dip into the Supernatural.
Primarily though you will get that sort of flavor through their Cinematic Adventure series wherein they are crafting a series of adventures based on popular Action Movies which will also, as needed, introduce new rules to match the tone style of those movies.
For this review I was also given digital copies of the Escape from New York Adventure and The Crow Adventure. In particular I want to say that in The Crow they introduce rules for Ritual Magic.
I don’t want to say my expectations were low, it was more that I had no expectations going in. I was aware of the Kickstarter that launched this product but it didn’t draw me in. Now I wish it had. As an Action Movie Junkie that also happens to enjoy D&D 5e and have a lot of skills for GMing that which would cross over here making this a very easy game to run, amazing adventures coming out every few months. This is a game I expect I will buy a hard copy of to have in my collection and will run at some point in 2023 (Probably when the Universal Solider Adventure Lands).
Is it perfect? No. I had one minor issue with the font/ formatting but that may be how I was reading it digitally and am not sure if that’s reflected in the print edition. But my biggest compliant is I really don’t like the art. Pretty much throughout the book the art doesn’t work for me. Very much a YMMV situation and easy enough to ignore so despite that I am still rating the game and the initial 2 adventures as a B+ and give it a high recommend.
Overall Rating: B+
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The Blade Runner Starter set. Available from the Free League Press webstore
https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/The-Reviews-Blade-Runner-RPG.mp3Howdy cats and kittens! It’s TheCalebG aka Professor Crunch aka the founder of Point Five Past.Today I’m here to review Blade Runner, a Free League Publishing and Alcon Entertainment game. Blade Runner achieved 16,513% funding on Kickstarter in May of 2022. At the time of writing this article multiple versions of the book and all related resources are available for purchase directly from Free League as well as on Drive Thru RPG and many other retailers. The publisher was kind enough to send a copy of the book and resources for the purpose of this review.
Quick Overview
Blade Runner lets you play in the world established in Blade Runner 2049. The book and its resources are part rules and part campaign setting, focusing on play in the gritty, noir, cyberpunk, neon landscape of LA as seen in both of the Blade Runner movies but set in the year 2037. Players work for the LAPD in the RDU, Replicant Detection Unit. Characters are either human or replicant and are tasked with locating and retiring rogue replicants. While there are rules for action scenes, the core of the gameplay experience is solving cases and dealing with tough moral decisions.
Book and Resources
The core rulebook contains everything players and game runners need to play Blade Runner. A starter set is available, containing a quick start guide, a starter adventure, pre-made characters, full-color handout materials that support the adventure, and dice. Dice with special symbols that fit the game mechanics can be bought separately, as can a high-quality game runner screen. There are also Virtual Tabletop assets for use on Roll20. The starter adventure, Electric Dreams, is the only published adventure for this setting currently, but more are said to be on the way.
The book is right around 230 pages and packed full of art and reference tables. About 80 pages scattered through the book are devoted to rules and mechanics. Only about 10 pages towards the end give guidelines for how to run the game. The rest of the book describes the world of Blade Runner, specifically the city of LA.
Story
The game Blade Runner lets players experience the story and setting of the two Blade Runner movies. On an Earth devastated by years of mistreatment, corporations have taken over and made things worse. The elite and wealthy are able to move off-world but the rest of society suffers. Cybernetic humanoids called Replicants were created as a reliable workforce but soon rose up in rebellion against their masters. Thus began decades of fear-induced violence. Blade Runners are employed by the police force to hunt down and eliminate renegade replicants.
Of course, nothing in this neon- and noir-soaked world is as easy as it seems. Blade Runners are a necessary evil in this world and are treated as such. While their work is officially sanctioned, they are also executing replicants that are, for the most part, just trying to exist peacefully. The focus of Blade Runner is dealing with difficult moral choices. Action and combat plays a part, but the true story is found in how players and characters deal with the social and personal impact of their choices.
Mechanics
For as complex a story as Blade Runner provides to players, the mechanics are easy to grasp. Based on the Year Zero Engine, characters have 4 attributes and 13 skills, each rated with a die ranging from a d6 to a d12. After describing an action, players roll the dice from the applicable attribute and skill. A result of 6 or higher on either die is a success. A result of 10 or higher grants two successes. In general, only one success is needed to complete the action as described. Rolling multiple successes counts as a critical success and has a variety of benefits including dealing extra damage, inflicting critical injuries, or adding bonus effects.
There is an advantage and disadvantage mechanic, which either adds or removes a die from the roll. After rolling, players can decide to push their roll and re-roll one of their dice at the cost of their characters suffering damage from the extra exertion.
Character Creation and Gameplay
Building a Blade Runner is quick and easy. All attributes and skills start by default at a d8 and a d6 respectively. Players decide if their character is human or replicant (or a secret replicant), their role in the LAPD, and how long they’ve been serving. These decisions grant a varying number of improvements that can be applied to the dice values of each attribute and skill as the player wants. Players also define a Key Memory for their characters that can be used to provide mechanical benefits and role playing opportunities. All of these choices are provided on tables so players can roll randomly if they want.
A game here is generally referred to as a Case File. Playing the game starts with the relatively simple premise of RDU agents being assigned a case. Using all the resources of the LAPD and their personal contacts, agents investigate the case and deal with the consequences of chasing down and retiring replicants. Cases are organized by clues and NPCs that can be found at specific locations as well as a timeline of events that play out whether or not the PCs are present at the time.
The majority of gameplay is about finding clues and talking to the citizens of LA. There’s also navigating the political and corporate world of the city. When negotiations fail and things take a nasty turn, there are detailed mechanics for combat and chase scenes. Combat is deadly in Blade Runner and is definitely not the first choice that players should make.
Opinion
I don’t know if I’ve ever read a TTRPG based on a book or movie that absolutely nails the source material and themes as good as Blade Runner does. It is easily the most engaging game book I’ve ever read.
The book is absolutely gorgeous. The Blade Runner movies are all about style and this book is bleeding style from every page. Almost every page is full of art that perfectly depicts the vibe of a desperate city soaked in rain and neon. The actual content of the book is organized in small boxes set against a dark background. This actually makes it easier to find the needed section of rules, as each component is almost isolated and highlighted.
In most books, I want the focus to be on mechanics. I want to learn the unique aspects of the game through the way players interact with the game world. In this case, an overwhelming majority of the book is dedicated to describing the game setting and that’s just fine with me. The core of this game is style and that’s exactly what we get. As I mentioned before, this book is pretty much a campaign setting for the city of LA in 2037. While there are facts about the world, we are not given any details about setting a game anywhere other than LA. This is not necessarily a problem, in my opinion. The intent of this book is to deliver the experience of the movies and they happen in LA.
There are two small quibbles I have with this book. They are incredibly minor. First is the need for more examples. Second is the challenge of running this game without printed materials.
As to the examples, the book does provide clear examples. I just want more, specifically for how to create a Case File and run a game. The concepts presented here are nothing entirely new or unique in the gaming world, but it feels like not nailing the right formula here will negatively impact the tone and style of the game. I think after running a few games it will all make sense, but it is something I’m concerned about.
As to the other quibble, let’s take a look at Electric Dreams, the first and only currently printed Case File for the game. Included are full-color maps of key locations, magazine covers, newspapers, suspect profiles, crime scene photos, and evidence. Having all of this physically on the game table or shared in a digital game space makes the game experience vivid and engaging. The lack of these is not a problem, but it does present an extra degree of challenge. These resources help keep players focused and give them something real to inspect and search for clues instead of simply relying on skill checks and descriptive dialogue. That’s just cool. Playing without them is perfectly fine. Most games are played without things like these resources. But given the emphasis on style and tone of Blade Runner, having tools like this just makes the game all the better.
I absolutely love Blade Runner, the book, the movies, and the game. The book was clearly written as an act of love for the source material and had the intent of delivering a true-to-source experience. I love how the mechanics and structure support the themes of the story and how their focus is not on combat. I also love how the mechanics are easy to understand. Being able to quickly build a character and explain the rules allows players to experience more of the game.
If you want to play in the Blade Runner world, or just play a cyberpunk game with an emphasis on difficult choices instead of futuristic tech, this is the game for you.
Overall Rating: A
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In this episode of The Reviews, Tom (@BeskarTom) and Chris Burlew (@burlew_chris) take a look at the latest D&D adventure. Dragolance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen. Does this book live up to Chris’s love of Dragonlance? Will Tom actually like a D&D book ever again? Find out now!
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Our hosts –
Michael Ross ( @TheRpgAcademy )
Larry Haught (@Mumphry999 )
Ellen Dalina ( @Ellen_Dalina )
Our Tabletop CrowdFUNding Campaigns for this episode:
Michael – Inquisitor’s Orders a 5e/PF2e Monster Hunter campaign
Ellen – Lead and Gold
Larry – GUILD: Sword and Magick for Hire
Michael’s first ever Kickstarter (from 2013) – Giant 2 inch Soft Foam Polyhedral Dice
Larry’s first ever Kickstarter (from 2014) – Numenera boxed Set
Ellen first ever Kickstarter (from 2015) – was for a comic about hockey. Her first TTPRG one (from 2018) The Spirt of Dice Range. First non-dice was Strongholds and Streaming
Michael has backed approx 100 TTRPG Crowdfunding campaigns total and approx. 20 in 2022.
Larry has backed approx. 250 ttrpg crowdfunding campaigns in total.
Ellen has backed approx. 120 ttrpg crowdfunding campaigns in total, but she’s picking up steam. with 65 coming in 2022.
What Michael has backed most recently – Pinebox Middle School + Horror companion Double Feature
Of Ellen’s most recent backed he wanted to call out – Tales from the Trail Vol 2
and The Chosen Ones DnD Series
What is the MOST money we’ve ever spent on a campaign pledge level?
Michael has two –
$500 on Primeval Thule. Listen the game of it I recorded here
and $560 on Marvel United X-Men
Larry’s MOST Expensive was the Numenera Liminal Shores KS from MCG for $185.
Ellen’s MOST Expensive was the Griffon Saddlebag book 2. $432 and she also mentioned
Dispel Dice Debut Collection with Sharp Edges and Inclusions
and she backed RUNE at a high level just because she wanted to bonus bits.
FAVORITE?
Michael’s is No Thank You Evil by Monte Cook Games.
Larry’s Favorite – Couldn’t Pick one
Ellen’s Favorite – The Fablemakers animated taro set by Hitpoint Press.
LEAST FAVORITE
Michael’s is – The Collectors edition of the Sentinels of the Multiverse game.
Larry’s is – The Elixir Liquid Dice core Set
Ellen’s – Equinox, Pathfinder for Savage Worlds
STILL WAITING ON
Michael – Satanic Panic, Descent into Midnight
Larry – Adorablins
Ellen – Tome of Adventure Design, Brindlewood Bay, Die! The RPG, Questlandia RPG, Helenia Guide to Monster Hunting, Into the Motherlands.
Excitedly waiting for:
Michael – Marvel Zombiecide.
Quick Hits
- Action 12 Cinema
Our pick starters:
Other things mentioned on the show:
Larry’s Podcast – Mumphry’s Musings
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Chaotic Wonderful Twitch Channel
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 149 - A Star Wars RPG Bonus episode . . . What if? . . . we made a Star Wars game
In this episode I'm joined by Brad K (@ForceandDestiny), The Caleb G (@TheCalebG) and Chris B. (@Burlew_Chris)
Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 148 - Group Size In this episode I'm joined by my Faculty Meeting co-host Tom Cantwell ( @BeskarTom)
Hello and welcome to the 20th episode of our 'The Review' series, this is our review of The Wild Beyond the Witchlight, the latest WotC hardback D&D 5e adventure. Our hosts this week are Tom (@BeskarTom) and myself Michael (@TheRpgAcademy).
Big Al reviews Dune: Adventures in the Imperium the new RPG from Modiphius Entertainment based on The Frank Herbert Novels and associated media.
Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 147 - Wizards
In this episode I'm joined by my Faculty Meeting co-host Tom Cantwell ( @BeskarTom)
Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 146 - Comics and Games.
In this episode I'm joined by my Faculty Meeting co-host Tom Cantwell ( @BeskarTom)
Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 145 - A Game to Remember.
In this episode I'm joined by my Faculty Meeting co-host Tom Cantwell ( @BeskarTom)
Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 144 - Faculty Meetings Redux - Campaign Length. In this episode I'm joined by my Faculty Meeting co-host Tom Cantwell ( @BeskarTom)
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In this special Bonus ep of The RPG Academy Michael and Tom announce the AcadeCon 2021 Kickstarter. It goes live on July 1st, 2021 and runs for just 3 weeks and this year more than ever before we need your help. If you're not coming please consider a small donation of just $3 to $5 would make a world of difference.
Here is a link to the KS page. Up until it goes live you can click to be notified upon launch.
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 143 - Faculty Meetings Redux - The Meta Game In this episode I'm joined by my Faculty Meeting co-host Tom Cantwell ( @BeskarTom)
Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 142 - Faculty Meetings Redux - Engaging Your Players. In this episode I'm joined by my Faculty Meeting co-host Tom Cantwell ( @BeskarTom)
Hello and welcome to the 18th episode of our 'The Review' series, this is our review of Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft, the latest WotC hardback D&D 5e supplement. Our hosts this week are Tom (@BeskarTom) , myself (@TheRpgAcademy) and Lysa Penrose, ( @LysaPenrose )
Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy with yours hosts Michael ( @TheRpgcademy ) and Tom ( @BeskarTom). This is Faculty Meeting # 141 - Faculty Meetings Redux - Revisiting Rotating DMs.
Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 140 - Faculty Meetings Redux - Setting challenge levels. In this episode I'm joined by new official FM co-host Tom Cantwell ( @BeskarTom) to discuss and demonstrate the new format.
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Welcome to a edition of Film Studies. Today we're looking at the 1982 Classic John Carpenter's The Thing.
Released in 1982, The Thing is a remake of 1951’s The Thing from Another World, both of which are based on a short story called Who Goes There written by John W. Campbell published 1938. The script was written by Bill Lancaster and directed by John Carpenter. The movie’s most notable stars are Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley and Jed, the dog!
As usual, we review this film and discuss ways it could inspire tabletop RPG adventures, characters or practices.
Our academic team is completed by Lloyd Gyan (@druggeddwarf) of Modiphius Games. Tom Cantwell (@BeskarTom) of The RPG Academy and Al Nicholas (@BigAlTheLawyer)
Tabletop RPG settings systems, setting and luminaries mentioned included:
ALIEN rpgDread RPGTen CandlesFinal GirlDie Laughing RPGFIASCOAction 12 Cinema RPGEveryone is JohnWerewolf Brindlewood BayCthulhu Dark
Let us know, ahead of the recording, if this movie inspired you some tabletop RPG adventures.
Maybe we will discuss your contribution on the show.
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Tom, Michael and guest co-host Kyle review Candlekeep Mysteries.
Tom and Michael discuss and review the new Symbaroum Starter Set from Free League Press
In this special Bonus ep of The RPG Academy Michael, along with Chris (@burlew_Chris) of the Redemption Podcast, Kalum (@RolistesPod) of the Rolistest Podcast and Grant (@The_Foxblade) discuss the recent announcement of a D&D Tv Show in development and then give our own pitches for what we'd do in our version of a D&D Tv Show. Please let us know which Pitch you like the best: Dice of our Lives Eye of the Beholder The DragonLance Saga The Last Diceroller and give us your pitch ideas. Things mentioned on the show The Redemption Podcast The Rolistes Podcast Community TV Show - Specifically the D&D episodes Of Dice and Men Movie We did an interview with the producers of the movie HERE DIE! Comic Comments and Feedback are always welcome.Thanks!!~MichaelE-mail us at TheRpgAcademy/Gmail.Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademyVisit and LIKE our Facebook PageSupport our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy Join us on Discord: Contact me for an invite.
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Welcome to 2021! We start the new year off with a brand new FILM STUDIES with 3 new to the show guest co-hosts and a pretty bad movie.
Relive your childhood (or someone else's if you're not of the right age or disposition) and join Michael, Enrique, Tom and Davidie as we discuss the 2009 Action Extravaganza that is G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra which has several writer credits including Screenplay credits to Stuart Beattie, David Elliot & Paul Lovett with Story By credits to Stuart Beattie, Michael B. Gordon and Stephen Sommers. The film was directed by Stephen Sommers
As usual, we review this film and discuss ways it could inspire tabletop RPG adventures, characters or practices.
Our academic team is completed by Enrique aka NewbieDM (@NewbieDM) you can find his blog at NewbieDM.com. Thomas Bagley (@ThomasBagley2) is the host of the Australian based TTRPG podcast Shared Sagas. And David (@Tigrannosaurus1) is producing a top secret TTRPG podcast which he hopes to announce in 2021.
Tabletop RPG settings systems, setting and luminaries mentioned included:
Cypher System Cortex System Savage WorldsMASKS: The Next GenerationD20 ModernModern AgeDungeon WorldApocalypse WorldWushuD&D (High level)GenesysSavage Worlds Freedom SquadronFATETrinity RPG
Listen to our 2-part G.I. Joe game using the Wushu gaming system here
G.I. Joshu: Limited Edition
G.I. Joshu: Each Sold Separately
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Hello and welcome to the 15th episode of our 'The Review' series, this is our review of My Dad's Monster Manual by James Introcaso
In this episode Michael is joined by Tom (@beskarTom) and Brad (@ForceAndDestiny) A big thank you to James for sending us review copies.
Hello and welcome to the 14th episode of our 'The Review' series, this is our review of Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, the newest supplement from Wizards of the Coast for D&D 5e
In this episode Michael is joined by Tom (@beskarTom) and Keven (@SharnDM) A big thank you to WotC for sending us review copies.
Hello and welcome to the 13th episode of our 'The Review' series, this is our in-depth review of Icewind Dale Rime of the Frostmaiden the newest adventure by Wizards of the Coast for D&D 5e
Hello and welcome to the 12th episode of our 'The Review' series, this is our in-depth review of the Bitter Reach Campaign for the Forbidden Lands RPG from Free League Press.
Hello and welcome to the 11th episode of our 'The Review' series, this is our in-depth review of Mythic Odysseys of Theros, the newest Wizards of the Coast Hardback campaign Setting book.
Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 139 - Blades in the Dark Introspective. In this episode I'm joined by Nathan Bailey ( @NotAnothernate ) to talk about the Blades in the Dark RPG and the game he ran of it recently for the Saevrick Twitch Channel in which I got to play.
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Hello and welcome to the 10th episode of our 'The Review' series, this is our in-depth review of the Forbidden Lands box Set from Free League Press.
UPDATE - there is a rules error around 35 mins in. When saying you couldn't reroll 1's on skill dice, you can. Players Handbook p45: "SKILL DICE: When you push a roll, ones from the Skill Dice do not count as [Skull] and can be rerolled even if they do come up as a one. Hence, the symbol [Skull] does not appear on the Skill Dice in the custom dice set for the game In this episode Michael is joined by Tom (@beskarTom) and Curtis (@PoliticFish) If you'd like to pick up a copy of Forbidden Lands or other Free League Press games/materials you can use this link
Free League Press Store. We receive no incentive for any purchases you make there this is just a link for convenience. A bit thank you to Curtis for joining us this week. You can find Curtis' podcast: Split the Party Podcast (@SplitthePartyPod) on twitter and their website.
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Hello and welcome to the 9th episode of our 'The Review' series, this is our mini-review of The Liberation of Rietburg Board Game, published by Kosmos and designed by Gerhard Hecht.
In this episode Michael is joined by Chris Burlew ( @Burlew_Chris ) from the Redemption Podcast If you'd like to pick up a copy of The Liberation of Rietburg and support the RPG academy consider using our Amazon link HERE
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For Father's Day, please take a listen to my new podcast. A rewatch fancast of the Smallville TV show which ran for 10 seasons on the CW. If you enjoy this pilot you can follow all our episodes on that podcast feed
Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at TheRpgAcademy/Gmail. Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit and LIKE our Facebook Page Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
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Hello and welcome to the 8th episode of our 'The Review' series, this is our review of Explorer's Guide to Wildemount! In this episode Tom is joined by RPG designer and streamer Virginia Page and community organizer and RPG streamer Nuno Teixeira. Virginia's streams can be found at https://www.twitch.tv/tabletophoard
Nuno's new Wildemount stream can be found at https://www.twitch.tv/chromaticchimera
Follow Virginia on twitter at https://twitter.com/Tabletophoard Follow Nuno on twitter at https://twitter.com/jnunotex
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Hello and welcome to the 7th episode of our 'The Review' series, this is our review of Symbaroum Core Rulebook by (now) Free League Press. Joining us for this episode is Dave Semark from the Effect Podcast as well as Tom (@BeskarTom) and myself (@TheRpgAcademy).
We hope you enjoy this episode! Dave's social media: The CORIOLIS Effect on FB Effektpodcast.org Effektap.org Dave@effektpodcast.org My blog rpggods.org
Here’s the link to the interview with Järnringen back in 2017 (sadly the audio quality is poor, for recording in a Stockholm cafe) https://www.effektpodcast.org/13
And there are 16 episodes of the Symbaroum AP, covering four stories, but I’ve linked the first one The Tale of the Lonesome Ogre https://www.effektpodcast.org/17
Go here to listen our our original Trial of Symbaroum and our initial Recap & Review.
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 138. In this episode i'm joined with Chris Burlew (GM for the Redemption podcast, a star wars actual play) and we talk about the pros and cons of playing an RPG in an established setting like The Star Wars Universe.
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Hello and welcome to our new show (name TBD) where we'll be brining some new and interesting Kickstarter campaigns to the table to discuss and then pick which one we'd back if we could only back one. (the memorial Going last Kickstarter segment).
Our hosts - Michael ( @theRpgAcademy )
Larry Haught (@Mumphry999 )
Our Kickstarters for this episode:
Michael - Who Goes There? 2nd edition
Larry - The Midderlands for 5e
Larry - Cowboys II
Michael - Ascendant
Michael - Amazing Jungle Run Game
Larry - Rocketbook Orbit
our pick starters:
Larry - Ascendant
Michael - Amazing Jungle Run Game
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Hello and welcome to our new show (name TBD) where we'll be brining some new and interesting Kickstarter campaigns to the table to discuss and then pick which one we'd back if we could only back one. (the memorial Going last Kickstarter segment).
Our hosts - Michael ( @theRpgAcademy )
JVC Parry ( @JVCParry )
Larry Haught (@Mumphry999 )
Our Kickstarters for this episode:
Michael - Descent into Midnight
Josh - Castaway Curse
Larry - Decuma
Michael - Marvel United
Josh - ANCHORMAN: The GAME
Larry - Unconquered
Michael - Ptolus
Josh - Aubusson Weaves Tolkien
Larry - Draculola
our pick starters:
Josh - Aubusson Weaves Tolkien
Michael - Descent into Midnight
Larry - Castaway Curse
Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page
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Hello and welcome to the 6th episode of our 'The Review' series, this is our first board game review. Kosmos was kind enough to send me a review copy of Cities: Skylines.
Cities: Skylines is the board game port of the popular video game series. The game is 1-4 co-op where players work together to build a city with the resident's happiness being the objective. The happier they are, the better.
Play involves developing land, building utility services, residential construction, industrial and commercial in a way that synergies them to keep things like Pollution, Traffic and crime down while maintaining a balance of Water, Electrical and Garbage services to meet or exceed the needs of the current population. You also track your workforce. Too many ppl or not enough and you'll need to spend money during milestone phases which makes it harder to build in the next phase.
Overall Rating from us: B. Solid fun co-op game with sliding scale of luck/strategy and high replayability. Purchase a copy of Cities:Skylines from Amazon with this link and support our show!
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Hello and welcome to our new show (name TBD) where we'll be brining some new and interesting Kickstarter campaigns to the table to discuss and then pick which one we'd back if we could only back one. (the memorial Going last Kickstarter segment).
Our hosts - Michael ( @theRpgAcademy )
JVC Parry ( @JVCParry )
Our Kickstarters for this episode:
Michael - Gone Caving!
Josh - Tome of Beasts 2
Michael - The Good ol' days
Josh - Altered Carbon The RPG
Michael - ArcKnight Hardbound Support - D&D 5e Starter Set (LMOP)
Josh - Orchidelirium
Michael - Corpse Cat
Josh - Zombie Pile-up
our pick starters:
Josh - ArcKnight Hardbound Support
Michael - ArcKnight Hardbound Support
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Hello and welcome to our new show (name TBD) where we'll be brining some new and interesting Kickstarter campaigns to the table to discuss and then pick which one we'd back if we could only back one. (the memorial Going last Kickstarter segment).
Our hosts - Michael ( @theRpgAcademy )
TheCalebG ( @TheCalebG )
JVC Parry ( @JVCParry )
Our Kickstarters for this episode:
Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile
Prohibitionists
Slowquest Character Cards
Micro City - Pocket Sized Citybuilding Game
Star Breach
Psycho Chicken
Hero Forge: Full-color custom Miniatures.
A One-shot Mystery Adventure inspired by H.P. Lovecraft!
Building Cities
our pick starters:
Caleb - Prohibitionists
Josh - Oath: Chronicles of Empire and Exile
Michael - Psycho Chicken
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 137. In this episode Kalum and I talk about how we might add Team Synergy bonuses into D&D.
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Hello and welcome to the 5th episode of our 'The Review' series, this is our 1st review of a non tabletop RPG. This Review is for Wildermyth a turn based strategy RPG game from Worldwalker games.
Wildermyth is a character-driven, procedurally-generated tactical RPG for the PC. Start with a small band of farmers—full of personality, but lacking in experience—and turn them into unique, legendary heroes.
Your party will defend the Yondering Lands from various threats, alternating between turn-based combat and strategic decisions on the overland map. Over time, your heroes will uncover the secrets of the land through comic-strip-style events, presenting them with choices that can change their appearance, personalities, relationships, and abilities. And victory (or death, whichever comes first) isn’t the end. Heroes go into your “Legacy,” and can show up in future playthroughs. Over the course of several stories, your legacy heroes grow into larger-than-life myths.
Overal Rating from us: B+. solid fun, high re-playability with interesting character choices.
Wildermyth is current available on Steam as an Early Access game for $19.99
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Michael, Chris and Tom look back at 2019 and talk about some of their favorite things.
Possible Spoilers for
Watchmen (HBO Series)
The Mandalorian
Marvel's Avengers: Endgame
Battlestar Galactica
Tom's Home RPG games
and more.
Enjoy!
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Hello and welcome to the 4th episode of our newest series: The Reviews. In this episode Michael is joined by Megan (@Curium247) of The Redacted Files Podcast and Jesus (@Arvandus) of the Fandible Podcast to review the Revised Cypher System Rulebook from Monte Cook Games.
LINKS: for MEGAN Stuff on DTRPG: https://drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?keywords=Megan+tolentino&x=30&y=23&author=&artist=&pfrom=&pto=…
Twitters: https://twitter.com/curium247 https://twitter.com/Amberclave https://twitter.com/trfpodcast
Websites: https://theredactedfiles.com https://theamberclave.com
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 136. In this episode Tom and I chat about what we've been up to recently, respond to an email about a non-combat encounter and then do an improv exercise where we try to come up with examples of why a PC would fail a skill check other than they simply didn't do well.
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Hello and welcome to our 3rd ever 'The Review' show, this one Tom (@BeskarTom), Brad ( @ForceAndDestiny), Shane ( @Mundangerous ) and I review the newest WotC sourcebook: Eberron Rising from the Last War Use the link above to purchase a copy of the Eberron Sourcebook and support our show
Big thank you to Shane from The Total Party Thrill podcast (also @TPTCast ) for joining us. Links to the their show(s) about the new Eberron Source Book can be found here: TPT Cast episode 225
On January 1st we'll be giving a copy of the Eberron Rising from the Last War book to one of our patrons on patreon.com
Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 135. In this episode Brad ( @ForceAndDestiny ) and I talk about our top 3 Board games and top 3 RPGS on our Gamer Shelf of Shame.
We also touch on a recent tweet about playing a party of all the same class in D&D 5e (spoiler- it's fine!)
and we have our 1st DMs Guild Spotlight thanks to Justice Armen ( @justice_arman )
If you'd like to purchase any of the games we mentioned AND support our show you can use these links:
Board Games we discussed
Tokaido Board Game Visitor
Who Goes There
Firefly
Tailsman
RPGS we Discussed
Invisible Sun
Hollow Earth Expedition
MouseGuard
Shadow Run. (link to current edition)
Star Trek
Iron Kingdoms
Link to my invisible Sun Black Cube unboxing video Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page
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Hello and welcome to our 2nd ever 'The Review' show, this one Tom (@BeskarTom) and I review (and unbox, sorta) the D&D essentials Kit. Use the link above to purchase a copy of the D&D Essentials Kit from Amazon and support our show. Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 134 where Tom and I have a Synergy Session which is where we open a pack of Magic The Gathering cards and use them, in real time, to inspire an adventure idea.
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 133 where Tom and Michael ease back into Faculty Meetings by discussing recent criticisms of D&D floating along the twitter sphere, then talking about Dice, a new student introduction and finally a question from a Patron.
happy to be back!
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Hello and welcome to the first ever 'The Reviews,' the newest show from The RPG Academy where we will be reviewing TTRPG products. For our first The Review we are joined by two special guests,
Gwen Bassett – Artist and tabletop RPG streamer whose cover art is featured on numerous D&D 5E supplements.
Twitter - https://twitter.com/gwendybee
Website - http://gwendybee.com.
and
Justice Arman – RPG Designer and writer of The Devil’s Advocate, a DMs Guild supplement for adding extra sinister infernal contracts to your Decent into Avernus campaign.
Twitter - https://twitter.com/justice_arman
Website - https://norsedm.com
for an in-depth review of the newest WOTC D&D hardback Module: Baldur's Gate Descent into Avernus,.
Big thank you to Gwen and Justice for joining us.
Please note, there are some audible clicks in Justices' audio we couldn't edit out - Sorry!
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 132 where Michael is going to try and convince Tom that 13th Age is an excellent RPG system.
We have a sponsor for this week's' shows. Cursed Crypt is running a Kickstarter right now called Mimic's Grid - check it out HERE! AcadeConline 2019. Free to play virtual tabletop convention. July 12th - 14th Get your badge and more info HERE
Monthly one shots with The RPG Academy at Woodburn games 13th Age - overview.
Michael tried to sell Tom on the greatness of the 13th Age RPG. Published by Pelgrane Press. 13th Age is a D&D clone with several indi/narrative game elements baked into the system. It's a favorite of Michael's and high on the list for the system for the next RPG Academy Campaign Series.
You can listen to our first 13th Age campaign: Secret's, Lies and the Undead Here
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 131 where my guest co-host is DM, podcaster, author Matt Baume. We discuss his show QueensofAdventure and talk about some lessons his learned from jumping behind the DM screen for this group, entertaining an audience, editing and more. You can find all of Matt's work with the Queens of Adventure HERE
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 130 where I am joined by Chris Burlew (@Burlew_Chris) from the Redemption Podcast (an excellent Star Wars Actual Play). And we take some time to expound on a recent series of tweets I had sent out about some of my Top DOs and DONTs for improving as a DM/GM. DOs 1 - Session 0. Here is a link to a full episode we did no just this topic 2 - Setting the Scene 3 - Roll Fewer Skill checks 4 - Talk Less 5 - Let the players describe success and failures. 6 - Pay attention to what the players are doing, it's what they want to do. 7 - Make the cool/ fun stuff just as easy at the regular stuff 8 - Steal the player's ideas 9 - Almost always say yes! 10 - Resource the Table
DONTs 1 - Don't run if you're not up to it. 2 - Don't forget your lines and veils 3 - Don't dictate what a PC feels or does. 4 - Don't try to fix out of game issues with in-game solutions 5 - Don't plan solutions, prep situations. 6 - Don't be afraid to call a time out. 7 - Don't be afraid to let your PCs win easily, sometimes. 8 - Don't be afraid to be up front with your Strengths and Weaknesses 9 - Don't take the game too seriously 10 - Don't have unreasonable expectations.
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 129 where I am joined by Craig Campbell from Nerdburger games. We talk about the recent disbanding of the Network, AcadeCon KS coming up and then about supplements and source books, specifically the upcoming KS for the Noir supplement for the Award Winning Capers RPG from Nerdburger Games. NerdBurger Games Website: https://www.nerdburgergames.com
DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/10416/NerdBurger-Games
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NerdBurgerCraig
Discord: https://discord.gg/BRXGCyw
KICKSTARTER LINK (live on 03/12) Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our Google+ Community Page at: The RPG Academy Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
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Hello! Michael here with a brief statement about the future of The RPG Academy Network.
After many successful years, the RPG Academy Network of podcasters, streamers, bloggers and more is disbanding.
This parting of the ways is mainly due to the time, stress, effort and energy required for running such a huge undertaking and is in no way indicative of any hard feelings or negativity between any of the various participants.
This decision was arrived at collectively with Michael making the final call.
So what does this mean? The RPG Academy podcast will continue without any noticeable changes or interruptions. AcadeCon will continue without any noticeable changes or interruptions. And all the various shows currently in the network will continue without any changes or interruptions other than no longer falling under the umbrella of The RPG Academy Network.
Over these past few years the RPG Academy Network has forged some cherished friendships and partnerships and those are not going away. We here at The RPG Academy are excited and hopeful for the future of these shows and we fully expect many of them to find new homes in larger and more successful networks - networks with an infrastructure to give them the resources we were unable to here and help them grow an audience worthy of their talents.
Looking back on the Network: How it started and how it grew beyond our wildest expectations - I can truly say it's been fun, which means we must have been doing it right.
Thanks!! ~Michael and the entire faculty of The RPG Academy podcast.
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 128 - Backgrounds. In this episode I am joined by Tanner Clausen of and Christopher Beck to discuss how/why a DM can incorporate a PCs background into their existing campaign plot.
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Hello and welcome to a special bonus episode of the RPG Academy podcast. In this episode Kalum from The Rolistes podcast hosts our Twitch channel with special guests Little Red Dot and Scratticus to discuss live streaming shows.I hope you enjoy!!
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 126 - Live Q&A. In this episode I was joined by Tanner Clausen of the Shadow of the Cabal Podcast for a LIVE Q&A on our Twitch channel. We covered various topics prompted by questions from the audience.
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 124 - In this episode i'm joined by Craig Campbell, author of Murders & Acquisitions and Capers role playing games and host of the Nerdburger podcast. We talk about hirelings, animal companions and other hangers on to an RPG Party.
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 125 - Playing to an audience. In this episode I and joined by QuinnWilson of the Swallows of the South Podcast where we talk about the difference between role playing for the table and role playing for an audience. We also get into the weeds a bit about editing podcasts.
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 123 - Love & Relationships in RPGs. In this episode I and joined by Dakota of the Shadow of the Cabal Podcast to talk about emotional relationships between PCs and PCs/NPCs in role playing games.
The episode was sponsored by the The Nerdgency
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 122- 2017 Using lyrics to inspire play. In this episode I am joined by Taylor LeBresh of Riverhouse games and Game Closet podcast (proud member of The RPG Academy Network) to discuss Taylor and his recent exploration of using song and poem lyrics in the development of theme and composition of games he is running.
The episode was sponsored by the Good Looks, Bad Books podcast
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 123 - Lessons from Video Games. In this episode I am joined by Tanner of The Shadow of the Cabal podcast (proud member of The RPG Academy Network) and we discuss some thoughts and revelations I've had recently while getting back into video games and how we can apply design lessons from Video games into our RPG sessions.
The episode was sponsored by Adventure Scents
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Hello and welcome to the newest RPG Academy podcast series - The GM Master Class. In this series, we will be conducting a deep dive into an actual play series with the GM of that game/series - think of it as listening to a Director's Commentary track on a favorite movie.
For this first series we are joined by GM Jim McClure and are returning to Rokugan to deep dive into the first of our Legend of the 5 Rings cross over series with One Shot. In this episode we break down the first third of episode four of the L5R game originally featured on The One Shot Podcast.
You can find links to the original, un edited version of the series here.
If there is positive feedback from these episodes we will look to do more. Let us know what you think!
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Hello and welcome to the newest RPG Academy podcast series - The GM Master Class. In this series, we will be conducting a deep dive into an actual play series with the GM of that game/series - think of it as listening to a Director's Commentary track on a favorite movie.
For this first series we are joined by GM Jim McClure and are returning to Rokugan to deep dive into the first of our Legend of the 5 Rings cross over series with One Shot. In this episode we break down the first third of episode four of the L5R game originally featured on The One Shot Podcast.
You can find links to the original, un edited version of the series here.
If there is positive feedback from these episodes we will look to do more. Let us know what you think!
Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our Google+ Community Page at: The RPG Academy Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
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Hello and welcome to the newest RPG Academy podcast series - The GM Master Class. In this series, we will be conducting a deep dive into an actual play series with the GM of that game/series - think of it as listening to a Director's Commentary track on a favorite movie.
For this first series we are joined by GM Jim McClure and are returning to Rokugan to deep dive into the first of our Legend of the 5 Rings cross over series with One Shot. In this episode we break down the first third of episode four of the L5R game originally featured on The One Shot Podcast.
You can find links to the original, un edited version of the series here.
If there is positive feedback from these episodes we will look to do more. Let us know what you think!
Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our Google+ Community Page at: The RPG Academy Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
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Hello and welcome to the newest RPG Academy podcast series - The GM Master Class. In this series, we will be conducting a deep dive into an actual play series with the GM of that game/series - think of it as listening to a Director's Commentary track on a favorite movie.
For this first series we are joined by GM Jim McClure and are returning to Rokugan to deep dive into the first of our Legend of the 5 Rings cross over series with One Shot. In this episode we break down the first third of episode four of the L5R game originally featured on The One Shot Podcast.
You can find links to the original, un edited version of the series here.
If there is positive feedback from these episodes we will look to do more. Let us know what you think!
Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our Google+ Community Page at: The RPG Academy Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
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Hello and welcome to the newest RPG Academy podcast series - The GM Master Class. In this series, we will be conducting a deep dive into an actual play series with the GM of that game/series - think of it as listening to a Director's Commentary track on a favorite movie.
For this first series we are joined by GM Jim McClure and are returning to Rokugan to deep dive into the first of our Legend of the 5 Rings cross over series with One Shot. In this episode we break down the entire third episode of the L5R game originally featured on The One Shot Podcast.
You can find links to the original, un edited version of the series here.
If there is positive feedback from these episodes we will look to do more. Let us know what you think!
Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our Google+ Community Page at: The RPG Academy Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
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Hello and welcome to the newest RPG Academy podcast series - The GM Master Class. In this series, we will be conducting a deep dive into an actual play series with the GM of that game/series - think of it as listening to a Director's Commentary track on a favorite movie.
For this first series we are joined by GM Jim McClure and are returning to Rokugan to deep dive into the first of our Legend of the 5 Rings cross over series with One Shot. In this episode we break down the second half of the second episode of the L5R game originally featured on The One Shot Podcast.
You can find links to the original, un edited version of the series here.
If there is positive feedback from these episodes we will look to do more. Let us know what you think!
Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our Google+ Community Page at: The RPG Academy Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
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Hello and welcome to the newest RPG Academy podcast series - The GM Master Class. In this series, we will be conducting a deep dive into an actual play series with the GM of that game/series - think of it as listening to a Director's Commentary track on a favorite movie.
For this first series we are joined by GM Jim McClure and are returning to Rokugan to deep dive into the first of our Legend of the 5 Rings cross over series with One Shot. In this episode we break down the first half of the 2nd episode one the L5R game originally featured on The One Shot Podcast.
You can find links to the original, un edited version of the series here.
If there is positive feedback from these episodes we will look to do more. Let us know what you think!
Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our Google+ Community Page at: The RPG Academy Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
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Hello and welcome to the newest RPG Academy podcast series - The GM Master Class. In this series, we will be conducting a deep dive into an actual play series with the GM of that game/series - think of it as listening to a Director's Commentary track on a favorite movie.
For this first series we are joined by GM Jim McClure and are returning to Rokugan to deep dive into the first of our Legend of the 5 Rings cross over series with One Shot. In this episode we break down the second half of episode one the L5R game originally featured on The One Shot Podcast.
You can find links to the original, un edited version of the series here.
If there is positive feedback from these episodes we will look to do more. Let us know what you think!
Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our Google+ Community Page at: The RPG Academy Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
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Hello and welcome to the newest RPG Academy podcast series - The GM Master Class. In this series, we will be conducting a deep dive into an actual play series with the GM of that game/series - think of it as listening to a Director's Commentary track on a favorite movie.
For this first series we are joined by GM Jim McClure and are returning to Rokugan to deep dive into the first of our Legend of the 5 Rings cross over series with One Shot. In this episode we break down what we are going to do and the kick off with the first half of episode one the L5R game originally featured on The One Shot Podcast.
You can find links to the original, un edited version of the series here.
If there is positive feedback from these episodes we will look to do more. Let us know what you think!
Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our Google+ Community Page at: The RPG Academy Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 120 - Roll20 w/ Pixelscapes.
In this episode my guest co-host is Jen Gagne (Aka @Pixelscapes ) as she walks me through the basics of using Roll20. This episode This episode was originally recorded LIVE on our Twitch channel and is a VERY visual episode with us having Jen's Roll20 screen mirrored in the broadcast. If you are interested in really learning what Roll20 can do I suggest you watch the ep on our Youtube page here:
This episode of the show was sponsored by Goliath Games and PressmanToy.
You can follow them on Social media: @PressmanToy or @GoliathGamesUS for more about their games, giveaways and more.
LINKS:
Pixelscapes
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 119 - The Rules Matter
In this episode my guest co-host Kalum from The Rolistes Podcast discuss the value of maintaining the rules of a game/setting to enhance your gaming experience.
This episode was sponsored by Cooking With Dice
LINKS:
Tabletop Crafters Guild on Facebook
Pixelscapes
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 118 - Spectrum of running combat.
In this episode my guest co-host Mike Shea (aka Slyflourish) discuss the various options for running a combat in D&D or similar RPGs from 100% Theater of the Mind (Narrative combat) all the way to complex 3d terrain set ups using Dwarven Forge or similar.
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Slyfourish blog
Arcknight starter pack curated by Slyflourish
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 117 - Initiative
In this episode Caleb and I discuss some of the various ways different games/systems handle turn based actions.
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 116 - Dungeon Crawl
In this episode I am joined by James Introcaso from the Don't Split the Podcast Network which includes Tabletop Babble, the Venture Maidens and Have Spellbook Will Travel. James is also the ENnie winning blogger behind World Builder Blog and has written adventures you can find in the DMs guild as well as for official WOTC Adventurer's league play.
In this episode James and I discuss Dungeons!
Announcements:
GenCon - James has a DSPN panel on Thursday with an after party, tickets are still available.
Michael has tickets available for all 3 of our panels - Basic DMing, Advanced DMing and Intro to RPG Podcasting
Michael has a Patreon Goal of $2k/month and he can quit his day job and focus on the Academy Full time.
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Gamer's Lexicon - Dungeon Crawl
General Assembly - Dungeon Crawl
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 115 - Collaborative World Building.
In this episode I am joined by Tanner - the GM of the Shadow of the Cabal podcast, an Legend of the 5 Rings Actual Play and proud member of the RPG Academy Network. We talk collaborative world building.
Announcements:
In this episode we announce that we are once again up for an ENnie for best podcast. - VOTE HERE
Michael has a Patreon Goal of $2k/month and he can quit his day job and focus on the Academy Full time.
Patreon.com/TheRpgAcademy
AcadeCon badges
The Shadow of the Cabal has their own patreon.
Gamer's Lexicon - Collaborative World Building
General Assembly - Collaborative World Building
New Student Introduction - Entertainer Barbarian.
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 114 - Origins 2017 Recap
In this episode we announce that we are once again up for an ENnie for best podcast. - VOTE HERE
Michael has a Patreon Goal of $2k/month and he can quit his day job and focus on the Academy Full time.
We recap my Origins 2017 experience and focus on some lessons learned about Yes, And'ing as well as Pacing for one shot games.
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 113 - Hacking & Design with Craig Campbell
In this episode Special Guest Co-Host Craig Campbell from Nerd Burger Games (Designer of Murders & Acquisitions RPG) and I take a look at hacking games and his design process for Murders & Acquisitions.
Gamers Lexicon: One Shot
General Assembly: Hacking & Design
New Student Introductions: Entertainer Ranger
LINKS
Nerdburger Games
Nerdburger Show
Drivethru
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 112 - Limited Time Only
In this episode Special Guest Co-Host Taylor from River House Games and I discuss limiting the amount of time (in game or out of the game) that the party has to complete a specific encounter or adventure. setting a clock as i've heard it called.
Gamers Lexicon: Round
General Assembly: Setting a clock
New Student Introductions: Guild Merchant Ranger
Galatune Kickstarter
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 111 - Shiny, let's be bad guys!
In this episode Guest Caleb and I discuss playing a campaign where the player's PCs are the villains or at least villains, if not THE villains. We also discuss how to handle the one player who is secretly evil in the party.
Gamers Lexicon: Alignment.
General Assembly: Being the villains or a villain
New Student Introductions: Hermit Wizard.
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 110 - Learning Games
In this episode Guest Co-Host Senda and I discuss:
Gamers Lexicon: Proficiency
General Assembly: Learning new games and taking pieces and parts of games into your home games.
New Student Introductions: Sage Rogue.
Find Senda on Twitter @IdellaMithylynnd
and her podcast She's a Super Geek Here
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 109 - Sideways Success
In this episode Caleb and I tackled impossible odds.
Gamers Lexicon: Nobility.
General Assembly: Attempting the impossible.
New Student Introductions: Noble Cleric.
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 108 - Character Growth
In this episode I am joined by Shane V. (@Mundangerous) from the ENnie nominated podcast: Total Party Thrill and we discuss character growth.
Gamers Lexicon: Enlarge Spell, 5th Edition
General Assembly: Character Growth
Cryptozoology: Roc
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 107 - Vulnerable
In this episode I am joined with Taylor from Riverhouse games (Member of The RPG Academy Network) as we discuss playing vulnerable characters.
NOTE: we do spend a bit more time chatting before the show starts than normal, so to skip straight into the discussions, jump to the 11 minute mark or so.
Gamers Lexicon: Vulnerable
General Assembly: Playing Vulnerable characters.
Cryptozoology: Shambling Mounds
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 106 - Session 0
In this episode Caleb and I dedicate almost an entire episode to a General Assembly on running a successful Session 0
Gamers Lexicon: Session 0
General Assembly: Session 0
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 105 - Solo D&D.
In this episode I am joined by Adjunct Professor Jeff Stormer (@Partofonepod) of the Party of One Podcast and he and I discuss running a long term D&D campaign with just one player.
Guest Lecturer: Jeff Stormer - Solo D&D
Scarlet Heroes
Party of One Podcast - Dungeon Crawl Classics
We finish up reminding you of our Patreon and reading our newest 5-star reviews.
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 104 - Contested Rolls
In this episode my favorite co-host (And yours!) TheCalebG and I discuss PvP in D&D.
Gamer's Lexicon: PVP
General Assembly: Contested Rolls
Cryptozoology - Cockatrice
We finish up reminding you of our Patreon and reading our newest 5-star reviews.
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 103 - City Scapes
In this episode I am joined with Adjunct Professor Quinn (@MonkipiQuinn) from Network show - Swallows of the South as we discuss setting an entire Campaign or extended campaign arc in a single city as your setting.
Gamer's Lexicon: Setting
General Assembly:Setting your entire campaign in one setting.
New Student introductions: We tackle the concept of a Sorcerer with a Pirate background and come up with some options and media examples of this type of character.
We finish up reminding you of our Patreon and reading our newest 5-star reviews.
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 102 - Rule of Cool
Gamer's Lexicon: RAW vs RAI
General Assembly: Rule of Cool with examples.
New Student introductions: We tackle the concept of a Monk with a Soldier background and come up with some options and media examples of this type of character.
We finish up reminding you of our Patreon and reading our newest 5-star reviews.
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 101 - Running Modules.
This episode is sponsored by Hyperdrivegaming
This episode also sponsored by City of Mist RPG, now on Kickstarter.
In this episode Caleb and I explain that we will be taking a hiatus till the beginning of 2017. We have a few more episodes coming out over the next couple weeks and a few old episodes we have been sitting on for a while, so we may actually end up not missing any weeks, but nothing new will be out until 01/17. I hope you understand our need to take a short break after AcadeCon.
Gamer's Lexicon: Home Brew. In today's episode we cover what is Home Brew material.
General Assembly: We discuss how to prep running published adventures.
New Student introductions: We tackle the concept of a Ranger with a Criminal background and come up with some options and media examples of this type of character.
We finish up reminding you of our Patreon and reading our newest 5-star reviews.
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 100 - Who Woulda Thought. This a special episode for us. After just over 4 years of podcasting and over 350 total episodes we hit our 100th Faculty Meeting.* Caleb and I spend some time reflecting on the past 4 years. We look ahead and what we hope to do, we have special guest Mike Mearls drop in for a Synergy Session and we close with some rapid fire questions thanks to our listeners.
Along the way you'll hear some very awesome people say some very cool things about us and our show. You'll also get to hear some outtakes from our Wrought Iron Games, Detention and our IRL group. The outtakes are not edited so there is some language that is not cut out like they are for the regular show.
Lastly - we do have some spoilery talk about Wrought Iron (if you're up to ep 15, you're good) and some for Secrets, Lies & the Undead.
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 99 Armor Slippage. Caleb and I tackle the idea of using a skill check in combat to weaken or remove an NPC's armor class. We then spend a bit of time recapping my recent trip to GenCon.
Big thank you to BattleBards for sponsoring this episode.
Check out www.theacacdecon.com
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 98 - Wish Lists & Memorable NPCs.
In this episode Professor Crunch and I, along with Matt and Scott discuss the concept of players having wish lists for Magic items
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 97 - ENnie Moment Now
In this episode Professor Crunch and I discuss our ENnie nomination, ask you to vote for us!! We briefly cover the reason for our show being removed from iTunes (we're back!), we wrap up our iTunes review drive and give the details on how to enter the random drawing and then wrap up with a looping discussion on how to run an encounter or series of encounters that 'shoot them in the face' is not a viable option.
If you would consider voting for our show in the # 1 spot under best podcast we'd greatly appreciate it.
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings - The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 96 - Origins 2016
This episode of The RPG Academy Podcast is sponsored by Boardgametables.com and their current 1 Million + Kickstarter for the Duchess game table. Please check them out and support the people who support us.
In this episode Caleb and I recap my experience last weekend at the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio. Sponsored by The Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA).
Dungeons & Dragons Dread - hosted by Windmill Games. - excellent game. I liked the use of questionnaires and pacing. Will definitely help my future Dread Games.
Got to meet and play games with Kendall and Chris from The Redemption Podcast - one of the newest members of The RPG Academy Network.
We played Feng Shui 2 and it was the highlight of my weekend.
Played Dungeon World with Jim McClure (@GMJimMcClure), Michael? (@Verjaeger) and ran by Hammish (@Peregrinekiwi) and we played on the Duchees game table that is being Kickstarted by today's sponsor!
I had a chance to play Baker Street which allows the players to assume the role of some of the friends and colleges of Sherlock Holmes who is feared dead after facing Moriarty and going over Reichenbach Falls. The game mechanics are fairly simple and straight forward but it takes an interesting look at solving mysteries with checks resulting in Clues with several possible implications and then further checks eliminating wrong answers (certainly following the Holmes motto of: "when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth!"
I had a chance to playlets an in-development game from Jim McClure and his publishing company Third Act Publishing can't spill and details, but will say - it was fun and I look forward to featuring it on the show when it's ready!
Beyond all this, I got to meet some vendors, make some new friends (some I hope will come to AcadeCon and eat some good food at The North Market. This was one of my best Con experiences and I will definitely be back next year.
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 95 - Games Within Games
In this episode Caleb and I begin with a quick update about AcadeCon, most notably that Author Tim Waggoner is joining the ranks of our Special Guest lists. Tim is local to Dayton and I know him from the Eberron Set series; The Blade of the Flame. Tim is going to be scheduling some writer workshops in addition to games if anyone is interested.
We then move into our two main topics, the first comes from Twitter Follower @Gamesdisk who was asking for some help regarding having a PC who is a player of a CCG type game and how to make that part of the character important and not just come down to a die roll.
We then talk a bit about a concept brought up by Jonathan Scott on our Google+ Page regarding how in fiction it's often ingenuity or luck that leads to defeating a BBEG, like breaking out the darkened windows to defeat a vampire who has forgotten the sunrise or how the medusa head was able to defeat the Kraken in Clash of the Titans. While not a direct question, these comments got me thinking about could you mirror this trope in an RPG and how
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 94 - Bathroom Break.
In this episode Caleb and I start with an update on AcadeCon. If you want to skip all that, jump to the 11 minute mark or so. After that we spend some time working through something i've noticed in our Wrought Iron game. Caleb, as the DM, has been taking control of the character's actions more so than i'm used to and we wanted to figure out why.
The answer is not too surprising. We're idiots.
Michael
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 93 - Bringing the (cam)PAIGN
In this episode Caleb and I re-start the topic from last week where we discuss our individual process for building our own campaign worlds. A big thank you to several of our listeners for sending in comments and/or questions to help guide our discussion today and as always we hope you got some sort of Inspiration, education or entertainment from it.
Michael
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 92 - The X (card) Factor
In this episode Caleb and I have grand plans to discuss creating your own campaign world/setting, but get a little side tracked. We end up spending more time on Diversity in Gaming as well as using an "X" Card at your table. We end up cutting our Campaign discussion short and will dedicated all of next episode to it. Please send us in your comments and questions for that topic and we'll do our best to incorporate them into the discussion.
Thanks!!
Michael
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 91 - Magical Theory
In this episode Caleb and I discuss our differing opinions about the prevalence of magic in our games. We also share some magical items we have used in our games and wrap up with some new AcadeCon news and new 5-star iTunes and Stitcher reviews.
I hope you enjoy!!
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 90 - What's my Motivation?
In this episode Caleb and I start off discussing playing known characters in an existing universe, but after more tangents than you can shake a stick at, we hit on the heart of the matter.
We also have some new AcadeCon news, and some new iTunes review to read.
I hope you enjoy!!
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 89 - Yes, there is a chandelier
In this episode I am once again joined by my favorite co-host The Caleb G ( @TheCalebG ) and we spend some time looking forward at our goals and plans for 2016.
We discuss the revamped Patreon campaign. Our current Teespring campaign. The module we are working on and some conventions i'll be at running some play-tests. We discuss our Network and some updates and changes and how to join us. We talk about AcadeCon 2016: Leveling Up! and all the wonderful guests we've already got lined up. The Kickstarter launch date is 04/21. More details to follow. we then move on and actually discuss a Table Topic as we once again touch on Player narration in the game. we end on announcing our GenCon/AcadeCon contest for the year and read some new iTunes Review.
I hope you enjoy!!
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 88 - The Matrix.
in this episode I am joined by Network Affiliate Devon (@Shark_Bone) from the Shark Bone Podcast and we discuss the idea of realign the numbers behind the screen to the players. In what ways could the players knowing a creatures Hit points, or AC or Saves or the DC of a skill challenge before they roll enhance the story and role playing rather than being an avenue to Meta Gaming?
Please check out the Shark Bone Podcast here
Christopher, co-host of the Shark Bone Podcast (@Eldritchfire) is writing a response to this episode which will be posted a few hours later. This is something we would like to do more of in the future. if you agree, please take a moment to read his response and let us know your thoughts.
I hope you enjoy!!
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 87 - Communimetacation.
in this episode I am joined by Network Affiliate RpgGamerDad and we discuss a game he and I played in recently and a particular view on meta-gaming and table communication.
Please check out the RpgGamerDad podcast
I hope you enjoy!!
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 86 - Back to Basics
In this episode Caleb and I get back on track with what these Table Topics are supposed to be about: reflection and commentary on our actual games. The good and the bad. What we and through us, you, can learn from what worked and what didn't. We discuss our recent WUSHU game as well as a recent episode of One Shot that I thought was well worth mentioning.
I hope you enjoy!!
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 85 - Re-skinning pt. 2
In this episode Caleb and I start off by covering the different (but similar) methods by which we each took a monster and turned them into an environmental challenge and a trap.
We then discuss the ways a Hermit Background could marry up with a Bard class.
I hope you enjoy!!
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 84 - Re-skinning pt. 1
In this episode Caleb and I start off by discussing some of the ways you could combine the Charlatan background with the Paladin class and the various oath paths. We then move onto discuss re-skinning mechanics to change the flavor of a game and then discuss re-skinning monsters to make game prep easier and to present new and interesting challenges to your experienced players.
I hope you enjoy!!
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 83 - Elemental Shift. In this episode I interview Travis ( @NotourTravis) about his first time taking up a spot behind the DM screen. We had started a shorter adventure called Elemental Shift that Travis was DM'ing. We had been recording it to release as an AP podcast but we never finished it and it's now been so long I don't expect we ever will (a few episodes are still on the Patron feed) so we decided to do a review of his process for prep and at the table and see if we could help some other aspiring DM's out there get a leg up.
I hope you enjoy!!
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 82 GenCon Extravapalooza.
In this weeks episode I bring most of my GenCon 2015 crew back together for a recap and review of our trip and some lessons learned for future years.
with me this week are
Nick - Aka @Crispy951 (but really, he's vocal glitter)
Brad - aka @ForceandDestiny
Jared - Aka @theotherjared1
Michael F - Aka @verjaeger1
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meetings # 81 AcadeCon is Go!!
In this weeks episode Caleb and I blow off our original plan to recap my recent GenCon trip and instead gush about how excited we are about all the support we've received for the Acadecon Kickstarter.
An extra special shout out to @NpcChris from the NpcCast for his help in getting our video on the site and do our Dark Hearts Patreon group for their large donation.
We also want to thank Michael at 1d6 Gaming for being our first and still largest individual donor as well as another person who constantly said "you can do this!"
We will be giving all our sponsors special shout outs on future episodes.
Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our Google+ Community Page at: The RPG Academy Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 80 - Fantasy Grounds Review w/ @Mundangerous
In this weeks episode Caleb, Matthew, Shane (Aka @Mundangerous) and I sit down and review the trial of Fantasy Grounds Shane and I recently experienced. We talk a bit before hand about Player vs. PC knowledge and at the end wrap up with a background segment looking at a Warlock Solider.
You can find more of Shane's work at his blog: www.Mundangerous.Com as well as www.Madadventurers.com
If you want to check out Fantasy Grounds for yourself, you can do so HERE!
If you want to read the first in a series on Fantasy Grounds that Mundangerous wrote you can find it here
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 79 -Wrong side of the tracks
In this weeks episode Caleb and I go a bit negative. We talk about railroading - how it isn't all bad and shouldn't be avoided, but used sparingly and how players should sometimes just suck it up and play along for the good of the game.
If you use our link (here in the show notes or on our affiliate links) and subscribe to GMLoot our show gets some $ for the referral.
Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our Google+ Community Page at: The RPG Academy Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meetings # 78 - CincyCon recap and more!
In this weeks episode Caleb and I discuss my recent trip to CincyCon. We also discuss the concept of a Barbarian Charlatan and read some new reviews.
Table Topics # 78 - CincyCon Recap and more! is sponsored by BattleBards. Please check out their Kickstarter and see if you could help them reach their goals as they are helping us reach ours!
If you use our link (here in the show notes or on our affiliate links) and subscribe to GMLoot our show gets some $ for the referral.
Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our Google+ Community Page at: The RPG Academy Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 77 - Magic: 101
I see questions weekly if not daily on Reddit, FB or other places where people are having trouble figuring out how spell casting works in DnD5e. This is our episode where we try to help clear the waters a little bit. I hope it worked and we didn't make things worse :)
Table Topics # 77 - Magic: 101 is sponsored by GMLoot.Com Because GM's need Loot too!
If you use our link (here in the show notes or on our affiliate links) and subscribe to GMLoot our show gets some $ for the referral.
Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our Google+ Community Page at: The RPG Academy Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 76, Are you feeling lucky? In this episode Caleb and I drone on for a while about AcadeCon, we talk about our newest Sponsor GMLoot.com and spend a lot of time about using Luck in your games. We also start a new segment (as of yet, unnamed) about interesting ways to use the backgrounds. I hope you guys enjoy the show!
Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our Google+ Community Page at: The RPG Academy Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
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Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion shows from The RPG Academy.
In this episode I brought the players from our The Trial of Numenera game back together to discuss our thoughts and feelings on Numenera based on our one-shot of the game ran by fellow podcaster Lex Starwalker (Starwalkerstudios.com) to be our GM. Lex has several excellent Podcasts about GM'ing and specifically GM'ing Numenera.
This is Faculty Meeting # 75 - Numenera: Recap & Review
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Hello and Welcome to Faculty Meetings: the general advice and discussion podcast from The RPG Academy. I am Michael, and this is Faculty Meeting # 72: The City of Brass. The City of Brass is a new in-development Campaign Management tool by Embers Design Studios. Lucas, one of the co-founders is a friend of the show and a Patron of ours. Caleb and I sat across the virtual table from Lucas and got the details of the suite of tools he has developed and the upcoming Kickstarter campaign he is set to launch. I hope you enjoy the conversation and will check out his Kickstarter when it goes live on March 6th, 2015
Visit his webpage here: The City of Brass
Check out their KICKSTARTER here:
YouTube Tutorials
Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy. Comments and Feedback are always welcome. ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our new Google+ Community page: The Rpg Academy Become a backer: Patreon.com/TheRpgAcademy and get episodes early and other great rewards
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Hello and Welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcast from The RPG Academy. I am Michael, and this is Faculty Meeting # 71: FAITH Review
In this episode, Caleb interview Scott and I about our Trial of FAITH the Sci-Fi RPG we had the pleasure of trying out a few weeks ago. FAITH is being Kickstarted as of now and we hope you'll check it out.
Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy. Comments and Feedback are always welcome. ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our new Google+ Community page: The Rpg Academy Become a backer: Patreon.com/TheRpgAcademy and get episodes early and other great rewards
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Hello and Welcome to Faculty Meetings: Tthe general advice and discussion podcast from The RPG Academy. I am Michael, and this is Faculty Meeting # 70: Hit Points?
In this episode, Caleb and I sit across the virtual table with special guest Matthew Parody who plays Ravage in our Secrets, Lies and the Undead 13th Age Actual play to discuss all things Hit points in DnD 5th Edition. We also tackle Armor Class and Saving throws before moving on to what Hit Points represent and offer some thoughts on optional rules for Hit points vs. Health Points.
TT 70 class notes
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Hello and Welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcast from The RPG Academy. I am Michael, and this is Faculty Meeting # 69: Meta-Gamersplane
In this episode, Caleb and I sit across the virtual table with Rohit the creator of Gamersplane.com which is one of the websites in The Rpg Academy Network. Gamersplane.com is a dedicated Play by post site. Before we get into a deep discussion about Gamers Plane we do a Gamers Lexicon on Meta-Gaming and specifically with secrets from players vs. secrets from characters.
Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy. Comments and Feedback are always welcome. ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our new Google+ Community page: The Rpg Academy Become a backer: Patreon.com/TheRpgAcademy and get episodes early and other great rewards
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Hello and Welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcast from The RPG Academy. I am Michael, and this is Faculty Meeting # 68: DC's in DnD
In this episode, Caleb and I discuss setting DC's in a D&D game. We feel this is a core responsibility of a DM and doing it well can help make a new DM a better DM. We then get into some advance topics with DC's, such as Success at a cost, extreme results and Failing Forward.
Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy. Comments and Feedback are always welcome. ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our new Google+ Community page: The Rpg Academy Become a backer: Patreon.com/TheRpgAcademy and get episodes early and other great rewards
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Hello and Welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcast from The RPG Academy. This is where we discuss topics that came up at our gaming table or yours
I am Michael, and this is Faculty Meetings # 66: The Trial of Dungeon World Recap
In this episode Caleb and I are joined by Matt Parody and Scott Brown who also play in our current 13th Age Actual Play series: Secrets, Lies and the Undead. The four of us recently had a chance to play a one-shot of Dungeon World and we gather together to discuss that game, the system and our general thoughts about Dungeon World.
The Actual Play episodes of the One-Shot are also available as is the Youtube version which is a bit longer as I tried to cut out as much as the visual part of the game as I could for the podcast version.
Here are some links you may like concerning Dungeon World and/or the tools Jessa used as our GM
Buy Dungeon World at Drive Thru RPG
DungeonWorld SRD
Omnibus A Dungeon World Database
RPG Solo
We hope you enjoy this conversation and that you'll check out their podcasts.
As always, thanks for listening!
And remember; If you're having fun, you're doing it right!
~MIchael
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Hello and Welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcast from The RPG Academy. This is where we discuss topics that came up at our gaming table or yours
I am Michael, and this is Faculty Meeting # 63: City of the Damned Recap
In this episode Caleb and I review the synergy session I used to make up this adventure. We discuss a few points that stand out and I talk about my biggest failure in this episode - a point where I improved poorly.
I'm including the two outlines I used to run this adventure. The rough one was the initial run through of the overall story and the table outline is what I had at the table with me.
I also attached two pictures of the maps I made for the Sunken Temple areas.
CotD Rough Outline
CotD Table Outline
Yuan-Ti Temple, upper level
Yuan-Ti Temple, lower level
As always, thanks for listening!
~MIchael
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Hello and Welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcast from The RPG Academy. This is where we discuss topics that came up at our gaming table or yours
I am Michael, and this is Faculty Meeting # 62: Synergy One-Shot
In this episode, Caleb and I discuss what exactly a one-shot game is and then do a modified synergy session using the new MTG set of cards Khans of Tarkir
As always, thanks for listening!
~MIchael
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Hello and Welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcast from The RPG Academy. This is where we discuss topics that came up at our gaming table or yours
I am Michael, and this is Faculty Meeting # 61: Mordor or Bust
In this episode, Caleb and I discuss various ways that a Campaign can come to an end, both from real life intrusion and from events in the game and give suggestions on how to deal with both types.
As always, thanks for listening!
~MIchael
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Hello and Welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcast from The RPG Academy. This is where we discuss topics that came up at our gaming table or yours
I am Michael, and this is Faculty Meeting # 60 Mysteries, The Angry way!
Want to give a shout out to ZOMGHAXX (@RPGGamerDad) for writing us a 5-star review on iTunes AND Stitcher Radio.
www.angrydm.com
Extra-Life Charity - Angry's Team
MIchael
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Hello and Welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcast from The RPG Academy. This is where we discuss topics that came up at our gaming table or yours
I am Michael, and this is Faculty Meeting # 58 - Staring Point
First, we want to give a shout-out to our newest Patron Scott H. Also a big thank you to Josh from Cthulhu and Friends for shouting out that we needed more iTunes reviews and to Ty Prunty for writing us a review.
For this week's show we cover:
Gamer Lexicon - What is Role Playing and how do you do it?
Fleshing out PC's at the table
Using backstories
Starting level considerations
Using Passive Ability checks in D&D
MIchael
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Hello and Welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcast from The RPG Academy. This is where we discuss topics that came up at our gaming table or yours
I am Michael, and this is Faculty Meeting # 57 - Looking Back
First, we want to give a shout-out to our newest Patrons. Randy, he of the green shirt and Erik A joined us this past week or so. Erik at the level where we will be playing a game with him and some friends once a month. I was hit with some inspiration and can't wait for the first session. It's either going to be awesome, or we may have to hit reset and try again, but eff-it, i'm swinging for the fences on this one.
This week Caleb and I take a look back at some of the comments we've generated from previous episodes. Specifically we re-touch on some comments from James, Peter, Dean and Andrew. I was really happy with how this episode turned out and think you will too. If you liked it as much as we did, make sure you send in new comments from our recent and future shows and we may make "Looking back" a recurring episode.
Thanks for listening. As always, comments and feedback are welcome.
MIchael
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Hello and Welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcast from The RPG Academy. This is where we discuss topics that came up at our gaming table or yours
I am Michael, and this is Faculty Meeting # 56 - GenCon 2014 Wrap Up
First, we want to give a shout-out to our newest Patron, Adam W. who signed on to be a Patron at the Sophomore level. TY Adam!
This week we are discussing all things GenCon 2014. I had an amazing time and we spend almost an hour and half talking about how great it was.
Thanks for listening. As always, comments and feedback are welcome.
MIchael
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Hello and Welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcast from The RPG Academy. This is where we discuss topics that came up at our gaming table or yours
I am Michael, and this is Faculty Meeting # 55 - Not our Travis
In this episode Caleb and I hit on a variety of shorter topics and try to play catch up from some mailbag questions.
An interesting way to handle a missing player's PC We spend a while talking about a comment left on the site by frequent commenter Jonothan about whether or not we are providing the product that we are advertising.
And finally we want to give a shout out to our friends listening on Stitcher Radio. Please don't forget to give us a plus sign. This will help us get into more playlists and into more ears.
Thanks for listening. As always, comments and feedback are welcome.
MIchael
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Hello and Welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcast from The RPG Academy. This is where we discuss topics that came up at our gaming table or yours
I am Michael, and this is Faculty Meeting # 51 - A New World Postmortem
In this Episode Caleb interviewed me concerning the end of The Campaigns: A New World series. This is an in-depth review of the entire series and I answer many questions revolving the unsolved mysteries in the game. If you have not yet listened to the A New World episodes and plan on it, you may want to skip this episode. In addition to answering listener questions about that Campaign series we hope to give some insight into how I plan out and prepare for my games.
We want to give a big TY Shout out to 2 new Patreon backers.
Staci, known as @DefinitelyStaci on Twitter backed us as did Clancy, known as @PDXGeek777. Their support is helping our show grow. We give them a shout out on the podcast and have added their names to our Patron wall. Thank you both, so much.
Thanks for listening. As always, comments and feedback are welcome.
MIchael
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Hello and Welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcast from The RPG Academy where we discuss topics from our table or yours
I am Michael and this is Faculty Meeting # 49 - Maybe i'm the A$$hole
In this Episode Caleb and I discuss my recent trips to the Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio. I have already written up a recap that can be found HERE. This is essentially the podcast version of that. I expound a little bit more there, but not much.
One of the big topics of discussion is the Codename: Morningstar suit of tools that will be released to work with DnD5e. I got a chance to demo it in its current form at Origins and talk a lot about it. For more info, check the link below.
http://www.codenamemorningstar.com/blog/what-we-learned-at-origins/
Thanks for listening. As always, comments and feedback are welcome.
MIchael
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Hello and Welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcast from The RPG Academy where we discuss topics from our table or yours
I am Michael and this is Faculty Meeting # 48 - Not in Spanish.
In this episode we review a question from Jerry, who asked about DnD 4e encounter budgets.
We then cover the news of Basic D&D being free
Lastly we start discussing an idea I have for a new game where Pc death is expected and part of the story. From there we ramble on and expand on that idea. Another shout-out to Friends of the show: NPC Cast : http://npccast.wordpress.com not only are they are first Patreon backers, they also invited me to guest on their show: episode 76: Lost Vegas http://npccast.wordpress.com/2014/06/13/episode-76-lost-vegas/
2 new reviews this week on iTunes:
Big thanks to Egamma and Popculturecube.
Thanks for listening. As always, comments and feedback are welcome.
MIchael
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Hello and Welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcast from The RPG Academy where we discuss topics from our table or yours
I am Michael and this is Faculty Meeting # 47: Villainous Cut Scenes. In this episode we didn't start out with the idea of talking about Villainous Cut Scenes, it just sort of happened - say it with me - organically, from our conversation.
We started off to talk about two issues/questions sent in to us. The first is about using a monster that is likely too powerful for the PC's to face just yet (why you would do it, and ways to make it work) and then we wanted to talk about situations when the DM runs a PC along with the party (why you should do it, and how it might not work).
Big thanks for our listeners sending in great questions and topic suggestions.
Thanks for listening. As always, comments and feedback are welcome.
MIchael
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Hello and Welcome to Faculty Meetings: The General advice and discussion podcast from The RPG Academy. In this Podcast Caleb and discuss topics from our RPG table or yours
I am Michael and this is Faculty Meeting # 45 - Yes, and . . . now what? Recently I received an E-mail from John asking for some advice on GM'ing. He had two questions, one was on campaign management and preparation and as it would happen, we already had our Realm Works interview scheduled so I think we hit that one pretty well. His second question was about Improving as a GM and how to seamlessly incorporate elements that your players through at you that you were not expecting into your existing story.
Caleb and I sorta came up with 3 techniques that we would use.
- Take a timeout
A. Throw it back to your players.
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Ret-con
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Make contradictions a part of the story.
Big thank you to John for the question, I hope this helps!
Thanks for listening. As always, comments and feedback are welcome.
MIchael
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Hello and Welcome to Dungeon Talk. The General advice and discussion podcast from The Rpg Academy
I am Michael and this is Dungeon Talk Episode 44 - Realm Works. In this Episode Caleb and I are joined by Liz Theis of Lone Wolf Development who you probably know from their program Hero Lab. Liz is their Community Development Manager which boils down to being a go-to person for interacting with customers, through Twitter @LoneWolfDevel , through Facebook https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hero-Lab/153378634672359 or forums AND guesting on Podcasts, like our own.
Caleb and I start off the interview by chatting with Liz for a bit and making her feel welcome. We then move on the the meat of the show which is to discuss Lone Wolf Developments new program Realm Works ( http://www.wolflair.com/realmworks/ ) which is a complete campaign management program. Liz was able to get Caleb and I review copies of the program, but because it is not currently available for Mac i was unable to get hands-on with the program. Caleb did and LOVED it.
If you search Realm Works on Youtube there are plenty of Demo videos available if you would like to see the program in use before you decide if it's right for you.
Lastly, I asked Liz a question that she could not answer : "What was the meaning behind the name Lone Wolf Development?" She got me the answer the next day on e-mail and it's due to the owner of the company having started the company on his own and was its only employee for a couple years. Thus : Lone Wolf.
Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy. Comments and Feedback are always welcome. ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our new Google+ Community page: The Rpg Academy Become a backer: Patreon.com/TheRpgAcademy and get episodes early and other great rewards
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Hello and Welcome to Dungeon Talk. The General advice and discussion podcast from DnD Academy.
I am Michael and this is Dungeon Talk Episode 43 N.P.C. --ynergy. In this episode Caleb and I are joined by friend of the show NPC Chris for a Synergy session. Chris is the co-host of one of my favorite podcasts NPC Cast. They do a podcast that covers a broader range of topics about games including, but not limited to RPG's.
http://npccast.wordpress.com
You can also connect with the guys from NPC CAST on twitter
@NPCchris - The nice one
@NPCAaron - The smart one
@NPCdel - The funny one.
Before we get started on the Synergy though, we talk for a few minutes about 13th Age as Caleb and I are about to start a new game with that system.
We had 2 synergy submission sent in this time from Matthew Parody and Andrew "That One GM." During the recording we got off topic for a while and Chris and I were geeking out about Podcasting stuff so we went long. For that reason we didn't cover those two Synergies on the show. After editing we had time so I went back and recorded them. I'm also going to post them here so you can read them as well.
Matthew's submission:
Born of the Gods Synergy The humans of the great-walled city of Theriad have grown lazy and godless. They rule about their vast (island) kingdom and care only for themselves. A (bolt(of Keranos)) comes from the heavens. It destroys a piece of their walls. A warning has been given, and not heeded. The merfolk fret for the humans so a great wizard(deepwater hypnotist) is called to help reign in the humans hubris. A great (sudden storm) is called up from the seas to wash away the humans. Or at least some of them, to ease them back into the right way of things. The walls are too great. Alas it fails and only the Minotaur tribe is punished with watery graves. With the minotaurs decimated the centaurs(pheres-band raiders) see the signs that the gods are giving. A (great hart) has told them that gods' fury is coming and the only safety is within the walls of Theriad. They begin attacking humans and laying siege to the city. The satyrs also sense the impending doom and the smartest of their kind (satyr wayfinder) sneaks into the city with gifts for the doomed ones. The (Claim of Erebos) and (Aspect of Hydra) are greedily taken from the wise satyr. But his words are not. Finally, a (Meletis Astronomer) from within Theriad sees something gathering in the stars. With the centaurs almost broken the human gaze up at the evidence of a (Retraction Helix) growing in the sky. The night is filled with a rain of (Eidolons(Flitterstep, Nyxborn & Shieldmate)) The humans take up arms against this new and growing foe. They look for help in the merfolk, centaurs, minotaurs & satyrs. They humans find help is hard to come by... Their great heroes wield the weapons gifted to them by the (wayfinder) Suddenly the (Helix) is open enough and then (Phenax, God of Deception) sets onto the island and gazes upon the wounded city...
Andrew "That One GM" Young's submission :
The Pitch: PCs are sent to Isle DeLan to find the Great Hart and gain the blessing of Heliod (for some endeavor of their own or perhaps for their whole nation). They are shipwrecked and trapped there. They must avoid Ydra and her centaur warriors while they search for the Great Hart. They discover that the only way off the island is to unite the separated and bitter members of the Circle of Five and open the Helix Stair, which will take the PCs home. Of course, Ydra and the members Circle of Five might want to use the blessing of Heliod and the Helix Stair for their own purposes…
Great Hart – A symbol of Heliod which grants Heliod’s blessing to any who can find and approach it; it is currently on Isle DeLan Ydra (ee-drah) – The human form of a powerful half-dragon hydra who rules the Isle DeLan as a goddess [Aspect of Hydra] Pheres-Band Raiders – A tribe of warrior centaurs ...
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Hello and Welcome to Dungeon Talk. The General advice and discussion podcast from DnD Academy.
I am Michael and this is Dungeon Talk Episode 42 - Death & Dying. In this episode Caleb and I start off talking about making combat encounters more difficult without making them less fun. We then transition into our main topic concerning PC death. This topic had come up on a couple podcasts I that I listen to recently and it's got me thinking about the role PC death plays in the game.
Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy. Comments and Feedback are always welcome. ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our new Google+ Community page: The Rpg Academy Become a backer: Patreon.com/TheRpgAcademy and get episodes early and other great rewards
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Hello and Welcome to Dungeon Talk. The General advice and discussion podcast from DnD Academy.
I am Michael and this is Dungeon Talk Episode 41 Law & Order. In this episode Caleb and I tackle playing the GOOD GUYS vs playing heroes'. We talk about playing Lawful Stupid - I mean a Paladin and then wrap up with a quick example of a game I played in where all the PC's were Law Men.
Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy. Comments and Feedback are always welcome. ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our new Google+ Community page: The Rpg Academy Become a backer: Patreon.com/TheRpgAcademy and get episodes early and other great rewardsJoin our new
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Hello and Welcome to Dungeon Talk. The General advice and discussion podcast from DnD Academy.
I am Michael and this is Dungeon Talk Episode 39 - The Not So Great Escape. This week our first returning guest
Matthew Parody (Co-host of the ProbablyQuestionable podcast) joins Caleb and I as we discuss the use of Prison as a setting in your D&D or RPG game.
We hit this a couple different ways:
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Starting a game in prison. Do you use this just to get the band together or is there a challenge/puzzle tied into the prison.
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Setting the game in a prison.
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Using a prison as part of a longer on-going game.
Stick around after the show for some Nazi talk - always a good time.
Please check out Matthew's podcast page and other info by following the links below.
http://ipacomedy.com/ https://www.facebook.com/IPAComedy http://carpegm.net/ http://probablyquestionable.com/
Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy. Comments and Feedback are always welcome. ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our new Google+ Community page: The Rpg Academy Become a backer: Patreon.com/TheRpgAcademy and get episodes early and other great rewardsJoin our new
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Hello and welcome to Dungeon Talk, the General Advice and Discussion podcast from DnD Academy. I am Michael and this is Dungeon Talk Episode 38: Synergies of the Multiverse
On today's show, we broaden our horizon's a bit and talk about a game that is not an RPG: Sentinels of the Multiverse, one of Caleb's ( @TheCalebG) favorite games.
SotM
We then have a creature feature: Bugbear (Spoiler: it's neither bug, nor bear)
We then have a longer session of Synergy. We had a suggestion of cards sent in by Friend of the Show Matt Parody ( @Mattparody )
Here is a link to the cards we use if you want to see them:
CARDS FOR SYNERGY
We then finish up with a discussion about the game Whitehack as suggested by Olaf.
Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy. Comments and Feedback are always welcome. ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our new Google+ Community page: The Rpg Academy Become a backer: Patreon.com/TheRpgAcademy and get episodes early and other great rewardsJoin our new
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Hello and welcome to Dungeon Talk, the General Advice and Discussion podcast from DnD Academy. I am Michael and this is Dungeon Talk Episode 37: Combat, the Angry way! Pt 2.
EDIT: Hello, so i screwed up - shocker, I know! and uploaded a segment for the last podcast and not the entire file. I've corrected it. I did it fast though, so it is less 'edited' than usual (might notice a few more Uhm's and a few longer pauses). I also didn't add the intro, so it just starts. SORRY!!
This is the second of our two part episode where Caleb and I discuss combat with (in)famous TheAngryDM. I've bookended this longer combat discussion with some shorter topics Caleb and I had covered separately so in this episode you start with the second half our our EPIC combat discussion with Angry (combat N-Z) and then Caleb and I discus a Table Topic from a recent FAE Game (Spoiler alert, the things we discuss happen in a FAE: DEADLANDS Game that hasn't been released yet) and focus on making decisions that make the game better and not using things like alignment to justify being a dick!
If you don't already, you should be following the AngryDM on twitter and please check out his blog where many of the topics we discuss on this podcast Angry has written about (at length).
AngryDM.Com
Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy. Comments and Feedback are always welcome. ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our new Google+ Community page: The Rpg Academy Become a backer: Patreon.com/TheRpgAcademy and get episodes early and other great rewardsJoin our new
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Hello and welcome to Dungeon Talk, the General Advice and Discussion podcast from DnD Academy. I am Michael and this is Dungeon Talk Episode 36: Combat, the Angry way! Pt 1.
This is the first of a two part episode where Caleb and I discuss combat with (in)famous TheAngryDM. I've bookended this longer combat discussion with some shorter topics Caleb and I had covered separately so in this episode you get Caleb and I talking about the ROLE of combat in a D&D game and then the first half (combat A-M) of our EPIC nuts and bolts combat discussion.
Part 2 (combat N-Z ) will be out next week.
If you don't already, you should be following the AngryDM on twitter and please check out his blog where many of the topics we discuss on this podcast Angry has written about (at length).
AngryDM.Com
Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy. Comments and Feedback are always welcome. ~Michael
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Hello and welcome to Dungeon Talk, the General Advice and Discussion podcast from DnD Academy. I am Michael and this is Dungeon Talk Episode 35: "HOO - HOO - RWARRR!! where we discuss the majesty of the Iconic Owl-Bear and let Special Guest Porter cover the in's and outs of Play by Post games.
https://www.tavern-keeper.com
https://www.obsidianportal.com
http://www.giantitp.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=3
https://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4dreye/20120516
https://www.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4dreye/20120606
This is the second half of the longer discussion Caleb and I had with Porter. The first half can be heard in DT 34.
Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy.
Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
~Michael
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Hello and welcome to Dungeon Talk, the General Advice and Discussion podcast from DnD Academy. I am Michael and this is Dungeon Talk Episode 34: A Podcast 3-Way Caleb and I recorded a version of this podcast a few weeks ago but when I got around to editing it, the sound was horrible. We decided, rather than just have me over-edit it, and try to make it work, we would just re-record it. Then, we worked it out so Porter (@Rzrstrm) was able to join us so we didn't just rehash the same conversation.
This is the first part of a longer session, Episode 35 will be out next week with the rest of our 3-way conversation.
In this Episode we start off by talking about Inspiration. Where can you cull ideas for encounters, games, adventures or whole campaigns.
We then move on to a session of Synergy where Caleb and I run through a pack of MTG Core 2014 cards and each come up with a campaign idea from those cards. Porter didn't get the cards early enough to come up with his own but at the end he throws out a little something-something on the fly.
Here are the cards we used and I'm including my initial thoughts from each card to compare to what I thought and how I ended up using them. We'd love it if you would send us the campaign idea you would have come up with using those same cards.
We take a divergent tangent off of Synergy and talk a little about Social Combat or Skill challenges from DnD 4e.
Next we discuss starting levels for new games / Campaigns and I take another Tangent to discuss the game i've always wanted to run. This sparks Porter to talk about a setting he read about of the Aftermath of the Ragnarok.
http://atomicovermind.com/main/games/
Lastly we finish up with me apologizing to Olaf for taking so damn long to get around to reviewing Whitehack. Still haven't reviewed it, but I wanted to let him know I hadn't forgotten about him.
A secret has been stolen
Something crashes or has crashed (maybe the location of that thing is what was divined?)
A monster to overcome or the pet of an NPC?
Winged horse, or magical ability to fly?
(I didn't end up using this at all)
A temporary animal companion. Something fights for the PC's
A curse is causing people to lose their senses (touch, taste, hear, etc .)
The big bad guy is a traitor
The death of an NPC brings something to light
A cursed magic item causes magic users spells to fizzle - have to get it removed
The curse is tied to a Vampire Lord?
A hero of legend is reborn. maybe an Actual Angel is involved?
Divison between two nations - Vampire/Angel?
PC's have to fight an Ice Hydra on the wall of frost.
Acolyte of angel religion, can turn undead/vampires.
Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy.
Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
~Michael
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Hello and Welcome to Dungeon Talk. The General advice and discussion podcast from DnD Academy.
This is episode # 33
In this Episode Caleb and I discuss several topics:
NPC's, how to make them feel different than PC's. Do you build them the same as PC's?
Making Squad's for mass combat or ships run like NPC's. Allow PC's to alter their stats to show impact.
We discuss a bit about names of PC's and tone of the game.
and we finish up with a discussion on giving players narrative control so that they don't miss their "MOMENT"
Thanks for listening. As always, comments and feedback are welcome.
~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our new Google+ Community page: The Rpg Academy Become a backer: Patreon.com/TheRpgAcademy and get episodes early and other great rewards
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Hello and Welcome to Dungeon Talk. The General advice and discussion podcast from DnD Academy.
This is episode # 32
In this Episode Caleb and I discuss the announced release of DnD Next. We talk a little about what it should be called and then a bit more about subclasses.
We then discuss Plot Vs. Situation.
Thanks for listening. As always, comments and feedback are welcome.
~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our new Google+ Community page: The Rpg Academy Become a backer: Patreon.com/TheRpgAcademy and get episodes early and other great rewards
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Hello and Welcome to Dungeon Talk. The General advice and discussion podcast from DnD Academy.
This is episode # 31
Special Guest host @TheCalebG join me and Extra-Special Guest Matthew Parody (Co-host of the ProbablyQuestionable podcast) as we discuss improvisational techniques you can use in your games.
Yes, And
Truth
Want.
I then go on a short rant about some edition war bullcrap I heard on another podcast.
We then briefly discuss drawing RP out of players
Encumbrance and ammo tracking. Necessary?
Using Props in the game. Effective or gamey?
And finish up with a chat about secret info. What do you do, when only one or some PC's find info out?
Please check out Matthew's podcast page and other info by following the links below.
http://ipacomedy.com/ https://www.facebook.com/IPAComedy http://carpegm.net/ http://probablyquestionable.com/
Thanks for listening. As always, comments and feedback are welcome.
~Michael
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Hey guys, here is Dungeon talk episode 30. We discuss a House Rule about mental hit points. Michael had an idea about NPC's or maybe PC's too, having a mental hit points count that you could "attack", in order to convince them of something. It wouldn't kill them, just maybe reduce their ability to resist persuasion.
As always, thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy. Comments and Feedback are always welcome. ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our new Google+ Community page: The Rpg Academy Become a backer: Patreon.com/TheRpgAcademy and get episodes early and other great rewards
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Hey what's up guys. Dungeon talk 29 here called I Won, I think. Tonight's discussion was about one topic only. Winning. Some of the things we tried to discuss were, is it possible to win at d&d? What is winning? What are some moments when you might feel like your winning? Should d&d be thought of as a game you can win. And finally, if someone asked you how you win, what would you tell them. Hope you enjoy the show!
As always, thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy. Comments and Feedback are always welcome. ~Michael
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Hello everyone,
Here is this weeks Dungeon Talk. First let me start by saying we screwed up the intro and said the wrong number. This on the heels of a website meeting where we discussed how to make the podcasts better. We spend the first 20 min talking about the website, where we want to go with things, and getting feedback from listeners. We wanted to discuss a mail question but did not have time. Our Table topic is about inner party conflict between players because of their PC's. Hope you enjoy and stick around after the ending music for some more funny stuff. Oh and if you want to get to the meaty table topic it starts at 20 min.
Topic 1- Website meeting
Topic 2: 20:00 - Player conflict between PC's in the game
End- bloopers Thanks for listening. As always, comments and feedback are welcome.
Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy. Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our Google+ Community Page at: The RPG Academy Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
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Hello.
In Dungeon talk 26 start out with an issue that came up from our most recent game. Dealing with distracted players. The way I started the last game contributed to the lack of engagement from the Players early on. I was able to finish the game strong but I was concerned and needed some therapy with Evan.
We then discussed a question sent in by Andrew through the Facebook page (I say discussed because I don't think we actually answered anything) about playing in a rules light game vs. a rules heavy game.
Finally, we introduce our new Council of Elders segment. We'd love to get some feedback on this one and get some grievances from your tables we can use.
A pirate-y intro
Table Topic # 1: distracted players
16:00 - Mail bag, rules light vs. rules heavy.
35:22 - Council of Elders
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Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy. Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our Google+ Community Page at: The RPG Academy Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
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Hello,
In Dungeon talk 25 we start out by talking about FATE (again). We drafted some characters and then ran through a little scenario that was meant to lead to some kind of encounter. We talk about FATE for quite a while so if you're looking for DND material you might want to skip ahead. Later we get into dealing with players who are standing there ground on decision making from other players perspectives. I like the conversation we got into here and think we had some fun. We wrap up with a mail bag question on how to deal with a player who has drafted a character concept, but is not sticking to it when playing the game. This one is more from a DM's perspective. Stick around at the end of the podcast for some bloopers.
Enjoy!
Beginning- the usual, and then FATE
19:00- Table topic 2, players with different perspectives
41:50- Mail bag, a player who doesn't stick to their character concept
As always, thanks for listening and comments/feedback are welcome
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Here is part two of our discussion. We cover a mailbag question about DM's and players working together to create environments.
Enjoy!
As always, thanks for listening and comments/feedback are welcomeThanks!!
Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy. Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our Google+ Community Page at: The RPG Academy Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
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What's up guys, in this weeks Dungeon Talk Michael, Niko, and myself sat down with character sheets from DnD Next, 13th Age, and FATE. We created characters in each one just to see the differences and then played around with them in a few combats. It was very interesting and we discuss the differences between them. In part two we cover a mailbag question about collaboration between the DM and the players when creating the world of a game.
Enjoy!
As always, thanks for listening and comments/feedback are welcomeThanks!!
Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy. Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our Google+ Community Page at: The RPG Academy Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
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Hello all,
Here is Episode 21 of Dungeon Talk; our General advice/discussion podcast. This is a very special episode (no, not like an ABC after school Special episode) in that we have the entire group and we do a Post Mortem on The Campaigns: Made Men. We discuss the Campaign as a whole and the last session/episodes specifically.
Would love to have any listeners weigh in with your thoughts either on on Forum page or our recently active
FaceBook Fan page.
As always, thanks for listening and comments/feedback are welcome
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In part 3 we start with what our next game is going to be. Michael put a pole on the website and 13th age was the clear winner in votes for what we should play next.
We finish with a discussion about an idea Michael has for our current game involving a prestige or influence score. We are in a new environment where our relationship with the larger group is going to have an effect on the direction we go. Michael has an idea for sort of an in game meter to keep track of what npc's think of our characters.
Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy. Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our Google+ Community Page at: The RPG Academy Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
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Ok, so part two begins with a mail bag question about how to get a player more involved with the game when he's sitting back and only gets excited to participate during combat. We've discussed things close to this before but this question comes to us from a listener who sounds like he's really interested in getting the most out of his players experience.
At 30:30 Niko brings up DM criticism and we discuss how the three of us share critiques with each other when we think the game isn't going well.
Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy. Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our Google+ Community Page at: The RPG Academy Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
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Hello all, so last week we did not have a game do to scheduling conflicts so myself, Michael, and Niko sat down to record, and boy did we ever. We got pretty long winded and ended up with a 2 1/2 hr Dungeon Talk. I'll put in time stamps so you can go straight to something if you want to hear it. In part 1 we cover,
Table Topic- Character decision vs role playing. Even though I was taking part in this discussion it was a little confusing for me. The topic stems from an incident at Gen Con when Michael and Jared were playing in the same game. It sort of relates to how someone builds a character concept and then applies it to the game.
33:26
Table Topic 2- Gen Con. We give Michael the mic for a while and he recaps some of his best and worst moments from Gen Con.
Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy. Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our Google+ Community Page at: The RPG Academy Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
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Hey guys, Dungeon Talk 22 is here! Did you think we were done?
Well it's been a while since we recorded a dungeon talk. Our schedules have been pretty full but here we are and hopefully we can get back to a regular posting of dungeon talks. Michael is headed out to Gen Con this week so we won't be playing, but I'm sure he'll be having the time of his life without us.
So to knock the rust off this week we talked about Michael's new campaign that he is running for us. I think we've played three sessions so far and I'm loving it. We'll get into that a little bit and then we'll go into our second table topic/ mailbag question which is about handling players searching a room where an item may be hidden.
To finish up we discuss something that a DM from a podcast Michael listens to uses to speed up his games when the players are taking to long. He puts an egg timer on the table and sets it for a time limit! Can you believe that? Anyways, I hope you enjoy this weeks podcast and have fun!
Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy. Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our Google+ Community Page at: The RPG Academy Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
Thanks!!
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Hello all,
Here is Episode 20 of Dungeon Talk; our General advice/discussion podcast. For this Episode we were joined by Niko and Rob and a Special Guest James (@Massimo_53). James runs the DnD Encounters games at a local game store here in Cincinnati. He's been playing RPG's for a while and has a lot of experience with Savage Worlds, which we wanted to discuss. I thought he did a great job and certainly added to the discussion.
Here are this week’s segment topics:
James' Introduction - 0:00 - 6:00
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Table Topic # 1 - Savage worlds review/discussion; 6:00 - 32:30
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Table Topic # 2 - Roleplaying in a way that harms the party: 32:30 - 44:50
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Mailbag - we answer a question sent in from Christian concerning a Music Based Puzzle. (If you want to give your thoughts, visit our Podcast question thread on RPG Crosstalk Forums): 44:50 - 57:45
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House rules - a first for a new segment where we will discuss the pro's/con's of adding a new rule into our DnD Games. This week's rule is 'exploding dice' from savage worlds - essentially if you roll the max number on a damage die, you keep rolling and adding. (if you want to give your thoughts, visit our House rule thread on RPG Crosstalk Forums). 57:45 - 1:06:30
As always, thanks for listening and comments/feedback are welcomeThanks!!
Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy. Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our Google+ Community Page at: The RPG Academy Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
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Hello all,
Here is Episode 19 of Dungeon Talk; our General advice/discussion podcast. I would call this a 'lite' episode. We spend the majority of the time discussing the outrage over a recent episode of the Big Bang Theory Televsion show. We then talk some about Gencon. Then we finally get to our regular stuff and cover a mailbag and deadlands and finally have another round of Synergy with a pack of Dragon Maze cards. I'm including the time segments incase you want to jump around, over or through some of those topics.
Here are this week’s segment topics:
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Current Events: The Big Bang Theory and Nerd Rage collide over an Episode where the characters play D&D Thru 19:23
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GenCon: We discuss in general our excitement and frustrations of the Wish list of Gencon: 19:23 - 27:22
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Mailbag - We answer a question sent in by VanRPL; how to you balance wanting to be a Party leader vs. taking over a game. 27:23 - 38:21
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Table topics 1 - Deadlands: We discuss the new Deadlands game we are playing and some of our thoughts about it and the Savage Worlds game system. 38:21 - 50:51
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Synergy - Evan forgot his pack of cards so we ended up opening one pack of Dragon Maze MTG cards and working together to come up with a story idea. 50:51 - 58:06
Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy. Comments and Feedback are always welcome.
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Hello all,
Here is Episode 18 of Dungeon Talk; our General advice/discussion podcast. We had Niko and Rob joining us tonight. We have moved back to recording my house again and there's a little background noise to deal with. We've actually invested in some higher-end recording equipment which should drastically improve our ability to mitigate that backgroud noise, so hopefully this will be the last DT with those problems (we're still backlogged on Made Men Podcasts by about 8 or 9 episodes before the new ones will start).
Here are this week’s segment topics:
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Next News: We review the current Death and Dying rules in DnDNext.
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Table Topics 1 - we transition into dealing with a PC's death. Evan (as a DM) had his first PC death (Niko's Rouge Flynn) in our last game. How it happened and how to move on.
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Mailbag - We cover a couple different techniques for keeping up with various and multiple status effects that might be on a PC at a given time.
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Table topics 2 – We go back to the one we missed last week and talk about understanding that DM's and Players generally have a different level of investment in a game and how to maximize the Players investment.
Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy.
Comments and Feedback are always welcome. Thanks!! ~Michael E-mail us at Podcast@TheRpgAcademy Follow us on twitter @TheRpgAcademy Visit our Facebook Page Join our Google+ Community Page at: The RPG Academy Support our show by becoming a Patron at www.Patreon.Com/TheRpgAcademy
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Hello all,
Here is Episode 17 of Dungeon Talk; our General advice/discussion podcast. When ran a little long this week because of a new segment we tried, so we don't quite get to all our the Topics we said we would. Thought both our Table Topics intertwined quite a bit so most of it came out in one form or another.
Here are this week’s segment topics:
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Table topics 1 – Changing your presentation style as a DM, based on Player's reactions.
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Mailbag – Barriers from becoming a DM/GM
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Syngergy - Evan and I open a pack of Magic cards and create a campaign/session starter.
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Table topics 2 – we didn't get to it this week.
As always, thanks for listening and comments/feedback are welcomeThanks!!
Thanks!!
Michael – AKA Mumbles
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/DTep16.mp3 Hello all, Here is Episode 16 of Dungeon Talk; our General advice/discussion podcast. The big news this week is that one of frequent commentors and Twitter Followers; @vanRPL, has given us an intro upgrade! So, if you normally skip over the music intro, please go back and give this one a listen - Ryan also submitted this week's Mailbag question and is now entered into our SWAG drawing, so a big thank you, again, to Ryan. Here are this week's segment topics: 1. Table topics 1 - Session Balance; combining the elements of your game to the best result. 2. Mailbag - Using "Lucky" Numbers or Crit tables in a game: Pro's and Con's. 3. Next News: New Exploration Rules. 4. Table topics 2 - Adding Players to an established group.
As always, thanks for listening and comments/feedback are welcomeThanks!! Michael - AKA Mumbles.
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Hello all,
Here is Episode 15 of our Dungeon Talk Podcast. We kept to the segments again, but we added some special guests; Niko, who you may know as Grexil, and Jared, who played Wang for a few sessions on the the Made Men Podcast, joined us for Ep 15.
Segments
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Table topics 1 - Giving your players their "MOMENT" in a game.
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Mailbag - If you use battle maps, which is better; pre-published or hand drawn?
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Table topics 2 - Changing an encounter on the fly
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Next news - We discuss the current chatter about the Warlord Class
As always, thanks for listening and comments/feedback are welcomeThanks!!
Michael - AKA Mumbles
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Hello all,
Here is Episode 14 of Dugeon Talk. Evan and I are still experimenting with the format and in this Episode we tried out a more formalized format with specialized segments. We liked it a lot. Hope you do too.
Segments:
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Tabletopics – Setting tone in your RPG game. We had a session where it just didn’t work.
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Message for you Sir – we answer an E-mail question sent in on our podcast(at)dndacademy.com e-mail. Our question this time was about any food rituals our group has.
3.Tabletopics – Ret Con and it’s place in our game and yours
- Next news – we discus the current version of the DnDNext Fighter class.
As always, thanks for listening. Comments and feedback are always welcome.
Thanks!!
Michael – AKA Mumbles.
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Hello all,
During a recent recording Evan and I found ourselves on about a 15 minute tangent. We decided to start over, but thought it might be funny to hear how easily we drifted off the tracks.
So here's a short outtake.
Hope you enjoy.
Thanks!!
MIchael - AKA Mumbles
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Hello all,
Here is our newest Dungeon Talk Episode. In this one we have a special guest. Rob, one of my very good friends from my old gaming group in Cleveland joins us. We had set up a SKYPE session but it didn't work out well so we ended up just putting him on speaker phone (thus the title). The quality of this is not great, you can definately tell that he's on a phone, but the volume and quality of his voice is good enough for you to hear and understand what he says (when Evan isn't talking over him! :)
*If anyone out there knows a better a way to do internet or phone interviews for podcasts, please let us know
On this Episode we discuss conflicts in game and out of game. What causes them, and what you can/should do about them. We also cover some events that happened recently in the new Game that Evan is running and discuss ways to improve.
As always, we hope you enjoy and look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks!!
Michael - AKA Mumbles.
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Hey all, so here is our first dungeon talk for 2013. We took a break for a couple months for Michael to have a surgery, which he discusses. We really talk a lot about what happened in our game this week which was the first game Michael has run in a couple months. We are a little rusty and just needed to record something to knock off the cob webs, enjoy! Oh, and Happy New Year!
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Hello All,
Here is Dungeon Talk: Episode 10. The title comes from the fact that we started twice before we were actually recording (once for about 45 minutes . . .) and then on take 3 we started laughing at ourselves and had to start over again.
We had a couple suggestions for topics from Twitterer @Berliad; Running a game in an official setting (Eberron, Dragonlance, Greyhaw, Forgotten Realms, etc . . .,) vs Homebrew and then running a module vs. a homebrew adventure. We had covered it twice before we recorded so I'm not sure we had it in us to give the topic justice that third time.
We also covered group size and when should a player or DM cancel a game.
Please stick around till the end. Evan recorded a new outtro piece that is awesome!
As always, thanks for listening and feedback/comments are welcomed.
Also, here are the game notes that Niko was talking about for when he writes up adventures for him to run.
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Here is the second half of Dungeon Talk Episode 9. Enjoy!
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Tonights podcast is just a little different. We played our usual weekly game, and when it was over at around 10 pm, we decided to stay at Michael's house and record an episode of Dungeon Talk. Niko and Jared were able to stick around and join us which was fun because I always think the conversation is better when there's more than just me and Michael. The quality is a not as good since it was in Michael's basement and the sound really echoes down there. Also sometimes you will be able to here the furnace running in the background, hahaha. If i didn't think the conversation was that great I probably would have opted to scrap it and just record another one, but I thought there was some really good back and forth going on and good questions too.
Some topics we talked about were:
What made us want to switch from playing characters and be a DM.
Of course we talk about DnD Next and how great we think it is, although Jared offers us some reasons why he enjoys 3.5 more.
The differences between building and developing characters in DnD Next compared to past games.
Michael asked what advice I might give to someone who was thinking of DMing for the first time.
Hope you enjoy, and as always please leave us some comments and suggestions for topics.
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Hello all,
Here is the back half of the recap/discussion we had after our DnD Next Playtest.
Thanks!! Michael - AKA Mumbles
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Hello all,
Here is a slightly edited version of the battle I ran during the DnD Next Playtest. This battle was all Theater of the Mind; no mini's, no grid.
Please look over Evan's sniffles . . .
Thanks!! Michael - AKA Mumbles
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Hello all,
Last Saturday, I ran a DnD Next Playtest for my regular gaming group. We had been running a 3.5 game and because we had 3 out of 4 PC's that were non-core classes it would be difficult to switch over. So I decided to run a alternate game that ran side by side of the regular game.
The Players were given pre-gen characters. Each were essentially low-level gangsters; Part of the Crimson Claw Crime Syndicate. This session occurred in the city that the PC's were currently heading toward.
Zaine, played by Evan, was the crew leader. A human Rogue with a Scavenger Background (House Ruled, as he worked to find lost artifacts in the wasteland north of the city) and the Survivor Speciality.
Grexil, played by Niko, was the muscle. A muttant (long story, but my game includes an alien race that took over the world and then left ) fighter with Slayer background and 2-handed weapon specialist (House Rule).
Yomi, played by Rob, was a Halfing Rogue with the Bounty Hunter Background and Archer Specialty.
The play test went over great. All the players did a fantastic job and wanted to drop the original game and switch over (which makes me happy and sad at the same time).
Here is the discussion Evan and I had about this play test the following day.
Thanks!!
Michael - AKA Mumbles
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Hello all,
Evan and I decided beforehand that we would devote this entire episode to building a Sand-Box game, which is something I am struggling with right now in my game. Somehow, after talking for nearly 2 hours (only about 1 hour made the podcast), we NEVER got to that topic. Despite that, I think this may be my favorite episode yet. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do and please leave us some comments/feedback.
Thanks!!
Michael - AKA Mumbles
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/DTE6-1.mp3 Dungeon Talk: Episode 6 - The College Years Hello all,
In this week's Dungeon Talk Podcast, Evan, after remember to turn on the recorder (after we had been talking for half an hour!) discuss some of my all time favorite Dungeons and Dragons memories. We tried to separate what made those games so special and memorable from being in College at the same time. We then got into a really good discussion about the amount of verbal description I use in my games. As a bit of DM therapy we covered the fact that although I jokingly call myself Mumbles on this site it is tied to the fact I know that I have an accent (I'm from South Eastern Kentucky originally) I tend to talk fast and I do on occasion get tongue tied and mumble. To overcome this when I give presentations at work and when I DM I tend to practice in my head what I'm going to say. I think I'm really good at improvising on the fly but there is a substantial difference in how I describe scenes i've practice vs. the one's I'm making up as I go.
I've been listening to a couple live-play D&D podcasts and it's been a tremendous help to me as a DM. I pick out things I like (and steal, story wise) and then the things I think the DM could do better. I'm hoping to be able to record and post our Live Play D&D Podcast soon and then after each session post a dissection of it; what's good and what's not.
Please listen and we've appreciate any feedback you have.
Table Topic # 1 - Discussion of my game experiences while in College 00:00 - 30:26
Table Topic # 2 - Underselling a moment / taking time to describe in detail 31:25 - 53:39
Thanks!!
Michael – AKA Mumbles.
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Michael and I took vacations and just got back this week so we recorded and will resume our weekly game this Monday. We had another guest with us this week. His name is Jared and he recently joined our weekly game. He has been playing for many years and has a lot of DM xp. He's not experienced with DnD Next so we start of discussing the play test process / materials.
Table Topic # 1 - The Five Minute Workday 7:45 - 23:23
Table Topic # 2 - Setting a campaign length 23:37 - 36:52
Table Topic # 3 - A look at what is Role-playing 37:00 - 46:08
Table Topic # 4 - Rolling stats vs. standard array 46:10 - 47:00
Table Topic # 5 - DM 'Cheating' 47:00 - 56:33
Thanks!!
Michael – AKA Mumbles.
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Well here we are at our new home. The first 9 or 10 minutes is Michael discussing what happened with the old website and why we decided to move. The first topic begins after that. We also have a guest with us, his name is Rob and he plays in our current weekly game.
Table Topic # 1 - In game rewards 9:53 - 33:30
a. Magic items
b. Hero Point systems
Table Topic # 2 - Playing yourself as a PC 33:36 - 45:25
Table Topic # 3 - When a Player is cheating 45:30 - 58:00
Table Topic # 4 - 5 Minute work day 58:18 - 58:41
Thanks!!
Michael – AKA Mumbles.
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https://therpgacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/DTE3edited.mp3 Dungeon Talk: Episode 3 - An Editing Adventure Happy to bring to you episode 3! We had a lot of fun recording this one, probably too much since we finished with about an hour and a half of recording. I had to cut it down significantly to upload.
If you don't want to hear Michael and I discuss his phobia of microphones then skip to about 2 minutes in. It's funny, but maybe vulgar for kids (or immature adults).
Table Topic # 1 - Pulled a few big moments from Evan's last game 1:10 - 12:30
a. Not having a PC roll for some actions
b. My view of what was going to happen vs. what Evan saw happening
c. How this game compares to Blazing Saddles
d. Giving items to players that they don't know what they do.
e. Asking players for feedback.
Table Topic # 2 - Having a distracted / distracting player 12:30 - 24:39
Table Topic # 3 - Giving players/PC's rewards. 24:40 - 40:00
a. Experience and leveling rate
b. Michael's aversion to Magic items
Table topic # 4- Discussing Michael's new campaign: The Lost City 40:15 - 58:00
a. Different ideas of how to start the game
b. having the DM create the PC's for the players or not
As always comments are appreciated, thanks for listening, and send us some topics to cover.
Thanks!!
Michael – AKA Mumbles.
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Dungeon Talk: Episode 2 - The Saga Continues We changed the intro a little this time, the old intro was too long before we started talking.
Table Topic # 1 - Update on Evan's game 00:24 - 15:00
Table Topic # 2 - We discuss me taking over Evan's game or starting my own 15:00 - 26:00
Table Topic # 3 - Rotating DM structure and my party getting killed while I wasn't there 26:30 - 40:00
Table Topic # 4 - We briefly discuss encounter building theory in different editions 40:00 - 46:45
Table Topic # 5 - some PC's don't understand what a Sphere of Annihilation is. 46:50 - 51:11
As always comments are appreciated, thanks for listening, and send us some topics to cover.
Thanks!!
Michael – AKA Mumbles.
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Dungeon Talk: Episode 1 - The Beginning
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Well this is the first true episode of Dungeon Talk. We call it # 2 in the beginning, but that's because we had an Episode 0 for a while. We chose a couple topics brought about by our game this past Monday.
We begin with some things about the website and Michael and I's progress on learning how to do this.
Topic 1 - 8:15 - 18:30 Evan's experience so far with being a first time DM. How the game is going, and how his planning leading up to games has changed.
Topic 2- 18:30 - 36:30 Setting DC's in the game.
Topic 3 - 36:30 - 46:30 How a game can be affected by one player interacting with the DM for too long. We talk about a specific instance from our most recent game where a decision Michael made lead to a long drawn out role play between him and myself. We talk about whether we thought it was a good thing, or could have been dealt with in a different way in order to keep the other players involved in the game.
Topic 4 - 43:30 - 51:05 We discuss a couple quick battles we did with no map or mini's
We start out by discussing the development of the website - which is still on-going. If you want to skip over all that jump to the 8:15 mark.
Thanks!!
Michael – AKA Mumbles.
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