Critical Fails

By Crit Fails

Critical Fails is a humorous talk show where a game designer, a writer and a teacher discuss Dungeons & Dragons and all the glorious ways we‘ve failed miserably while game mastering.... more

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How many episodes does Critical Fails have?

The podcast currently has 52 episodes available.

Critical Fails episodes:

October 17, 2019 Ep 12 Playing Your Character's Stats
In this episode, we discuss the finer points of roleplaying your ability scores effectively or whether you even should. (Apologies for the delay, life got in the way. From now on we will be releasing on a biweekly basis.)

Music Used:
Title Theme:
Tavern by PeriTune
https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot

Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Folk Round" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
...more
1h 3min
September 19, 2019 Ep. 11 When to Say No (And Yes)
In this episode we discuss when to say no to players (and sometimes when to say yes) and we finally abandon this dumb naming convention.

Music Used:
Title Theme:
Tavern by PeriTune
https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot

Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Folk Round" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
...more
1h 3min
September 04, 2019 Ep 10 Of First Sessions and Party Composition
In this episode, we discuss the origins of our failures and whether party composition matters. (Sorry about the weird recording jitters in places)

Music Used:
Title Theme:
Tavern by PeriTune
https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot

Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Folk Round" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
...more
50min
August 24, 2019 Episode 9: Of Unwinnable Fights
In this episode we discuss the concept of unwinnable fights and how to run them (or if it's even a good idea). With special guest Matt Chavis (He's a dude we know)
Music Used:
Title Theme:
Tavern by PeriTune
https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot

Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Folk Round" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
...more
1h 1min
August 09, 2019 Episode 8: Of Bards and Magic
In this episode, we discuss Bards and why their magic source is something of a conundrum.

Music Used:
Title Theme:
Tavern by PeriTune
https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot

Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Folk Round" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

...more
1h 1min
August 02, 2019 Episode 7: Of World Building
In this episode, we discuss the finer points of world building and argue the semantics of top-down vs bottom-up (and whether or not those are stupid terms).

Music Used:
Title Theme:
Tavern by PeriTune
https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot

Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Folk Round" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
...more
58min
July 25, 2019 Episode 6: Of Player Character Death
In this episode, we discuss how (not) to handle player character death. (That's player character death, not player death)

Music Used:
Title Theme:
Tavern by PeriTune
https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot

Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Folk Round" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
...more
55min
July 16, 2019 Episode 5: Of Missed Content
In this episode, we discuss what to (not) do when your players skip content you've worked really hard on. Also, the debut of our new Character Corner segment!

Music Used:
Title Theme:
Tavern by PeriTune
https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot

Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Teddy Bear Waltz" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
"Folk Round" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
...more
57min
July 09, 2019 Episode 4: Of Convincing Plot Twists
In this episode we discuss how to pull off effective plot twists and reveals. Also enjoy the official debut of our new segment: "Campaign of Mystery"

Music Used:
Title Theme:
Tavern by PeriTune
https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot

Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Teddy Bear Waltz" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
"Folk Round" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
...more
58min
July 02, 2019 Episode 3: Of Nontraditional Encounters and Boss Fights
In this episode, we discuss the finer points of how to create encounters your party isn't used to handling and how to try (and fail) to run effective boss fights.

Music Used:
Title Theme:
Tavern by PeriTune
https://soundcloud.com/sei_peridot

Music from https://filmmusic.io:
"Zanzibar" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
"Folk Round" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
...more
55min

FAQs about Critical Fails:

How many episodes does Critical Fails have?

The podcast currently has 52 episodes available.