Yochai, Brad, and Sam review DA2: Temple of the Frog by Dave Arneson and David J. Ritchie, and answer a mootsack question (and then some!).

• How do you telegraph traps to monsters?
• What are examples of adventures that inspired your work?

13:23 Mootsack

22:55 Mailbag

31:07 Main Review

1:11:36 Deep Dive

Season 5, Episode 9: DA2: Temple of the Frog

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Yochai, Brad, and Sam review On The Hill by M. Allen Hall, and answer a mootsack question.

• Mootsack: When do you stop adding or changing stuff in a system?

13:14 Mootsack

29:15 Main Review

54:54 Deep Dive

Season 5, Episode 8: On The Hill

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Yochai, Brad, and Sam review Ooze Nun by Joey Royale and Tiger Wizard, and answer a question from the mootsack.

• Mootsack: How do you balance searching for or telegraphing traps?

10:11 Mootsack

27:47 Main Review

56:38 Deep Dive

Season 5, Episode 7: Ooze Nun

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Yochai, Brad, and Sam are joined by Directsun to review Dinoplex: Cataclysm by Ian Yusem and CRYO-SIQ by WACO. We also answer a mootsack question... but the call was coming from inside the house!

• Mootsack: How do you handle the existential dread of changing careers?

13:32 Mootsack

30:18 Main Review

Season 5, Episode 6: Dinoplex: Cataclysm & CRYO-SIQ

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Yochai, Brad, and Sam review Tiny Fables by Josiah Moore, and answer a mootsack question.

• Mootsack: How do you know what levels to design for?
• Weird stranger things ephemera

19:58 Mootsack

35:25 Main Review

1:07:26 Deep Dive

Season 5, Episode 5: Tiny Fables

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Yochai, Brad, and Sam are joined by Liam Pádraig Ó Cuilleanáin to review Pollute the Elfen Memory Water by Michael Raston, and to answer a mailbag question.

• How do you do notes for prep and during play?

23:18 Mootsack

39:52 Main Review

1:13:24 Deep Dive

Season 5, Episode 4: Pollute the Elfen Memory Water

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Yochai, Brad, and Sam review Downward Spiral of the Lost by Pablo Dapena, and answer a mootsack question.

• How do you handle large amounts of gold in a dungeon?

12:34 Mootsack

29:02 Main Review

59:40 Deep Dive

Season 5, Episode 3: Downward Spiral of the Lost

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JOIN US AT BETWEEN TWO CONS! 

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review B8: Journey to the Rock by Michael Malone in another Gamer Blast from the Past! Also, we answer a mailbag question.

• Should I bend the story to serve the narrative?

10:37 Mootsack

25:53 Main Review

Deep Dive 51:19

Season 5, Episode 2: B8: Journey to the Rock

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Yochai, Brad, and Sam review A Haunting in Glass by Jesse Winter, and answer a rulings-related question.

• How do you handle hidden information (like a character that will die after X days)?

8:14 Make a Ruling

33:48 Main Review

Season 5, Episode 1: A Haunting in Glass

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It's that time of year again! Brad, Sam, and Yochai count down their five favorite modules they reviewed this year. There is also a mootsack question in there somewhere.

7:45 Mootsack

23:22 The Cairnies

Spoilers Below!

Yochai

5 Ex Inferis

4 Frozen Ascent

3 Grotto of the Golden Gargoyle

2 Horrendous Hounds of Hendenburgh

1 The Smoking Pillar of Lan Yu

Brad

5 Buried in the Bahamas

4 Kidnap the Archpriest

3 ARKOS

2 Frozen Ascent

1 Horrendous Hounds of Hendenburgh

Sam

5 Evils of Illmire

4 Fragments of the Floating City

3 Frozen Ascent

2 Grotto of the Golden Gargoyle

1 The Ghosts of Zoazanna Mountain

Season 4, Episode 17: The Cairnies 2025

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