Dice in Mind

We return this week to issues of mechanics.  Specifically, we question the various ways one might adapt the mechanics of their favorite published games to their own tables. We focus on the dice, eventually talk character sheets, and invariably ramble a bit along the way as we give a shout to a lot of different games and systems.

Along the way, we also highlight a few examples of especially interesting source material:

Green Ronin

Welcome to Dice in Mind, a weekly podcast in which we explore the meaning of life through the lens of RPGs!  In each episode, we will consider everyday stuff like science, religion, philosophy, and economics…through the lens of a specific roleplaying game and its dice mechanic.

If you like what you hear, consider buying us a cup of coffee or becoming a patron.  You can also join the conversation by following us on Facebook.

Music by Kevin McCloud courtesy of Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 license (https://www.youtube.com/c/kmmusic/featured).

For the first time in a long time, we waited to record an episode until the evening before so that we could share our initial impressions of the brand new The Book of Boba Fett (on Disney+) as it pertains to RPGing. We also might have gotten slightly off the track toward the end of the discussion. Regardless, how to you think the new show can inform your own gaming? Drop us a line on Twitter and let us know!

@diceminmind

Along the way, we refer to some interesting source material:

The Book of Boba Fett

Welcome to Dice in Mind, a weekly podcast in which we explore the meaning of life through the lens of RPGs!  In each episode, we will consider everyday stuff like science, religion, philosophy, and economics…through the lens of a specific roleplaying game and its dice mechanic.

If you like what you hear, consider buying us a cup of coffee or becoming a patron.  You can also join the conversation by following us on Facebook.

Music by Kevin McCloud courtesy of Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 license (https://www.youtube.com/c/kmmusic/featured).

It's Episode 30...and the Count to 100 continues!  This week we chat with Dr. Timm Woods, professional gamester, author, and educator who joins us to talk about his scholarship and work in roleplaying.  We suspect you will find Timm to be as kind of a person as we did.

Please check out (and purchase!) Timm's book:

Random Tables: Cities and Towns

Also, consider booking Timm for your next event!

Welcome to Dice in Mind, a weekly podcast in which we explore the meaning of life through the lens of RPGs!  In each episode, we will consider everyday stuff like science, religion, philosophy, and economics…through the lens of a specific roleplaying game and its dice mechanic.

If you like what you hear, consider buying us a cup of coffee or becoming a patron.  You can also join the conversation by following us on Facebook.

Music by Kevin McCloud courtesy of Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 license (https://www.youtube.com/c/kmmusic/featured).

In this episode, we follow up to our recent Twitter post about the portrayal of psychotherapy in Star Trek: Discovery. That post garnered a lot of views (nearly 9400!) and we wanted to talk openly about the importance of psychological health and how RPGs can contribute to it. You can join the conversation by posting your feedback to us on Twitter! @diceminmind

If you are struggling, please reach out to someone.  Here is a place to start:  Crisis Hotlines and Resources

Along the way, we also refer to some interesting source material and people:

Wilson Cruz

Welcome to Dice in Mind, a weekly podcast in which we explore the meaning of life through the lens of RPGs!  In each episode, we will consider everyday stuff like science, religion, philosophy, and economics…through the lens of a specific roleplaying game and its dice mechanic.

If you like what you hear, consider buying us a cup of coffee or becoming a patron.  You can also join the conversation by following us on Facebook.

Music by Kevin McCloud courtesy of Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 license (https://www.youtube.com/c/kmmusic/featured).

In this episode, we debate the relative merits of being creative beyond canon in some of our favorite RPGs.  When does an adaptation or novel idea become a homebrew?  Does it matter whether it is an issue of timeline, content, rules, or mechanics?  Join us for the conversation by posting your feedback to us on Twitter!

@diceminmind

Along the way, we refer to some interesting source material:

Titansgrave

Welcome to Dice in Mind, a weekly podcast in which we explore the meaning of life through the lens of RPGs!  In each episode, we will consider everyday stuff like science, religion, philosophy, and economics…through the lens of a specific roleplaying game and its dice mechanic.

If you like what you hear, consider buying us a cup of coffee or becoming a patron.  You can also join the conversation by following us on Facebook.

Music by Kevin McCloud courtesy of Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 license (https://www.youtube.com/c/kmmusic/featured).

Where do you play?  We often neglect to develop the environments in which our adventures take place, instead focusing on the NPCs, combat, etc.  In this episode, we discuss the potential for natural environments (as well as urban ones) to help set the context of our adventures.

Welcome to Dice in Mind, a weekly podcast in which we explore the meaning of life through the lens of RPGs!  In each episode, we will consider everyday stuff like science, religion, philosophy, and economics…through the lens of a specific roleplaying game and its dice mechanic.

If you like what you hear, consider buying us a cup of coffee or becoming a patron.  You can also join the conversation by following us on Facebook.

Music by Kevin McCloud courtesy of Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 license (https://www.youtube.com/c/kmmusic/featured).

And now for something entirely different!  In this bonus episode, Brad interviews musician and gamer Steve Matthews about their interest in computer gaming, how they got to know Brad, and especially about his awesome guitar playing.  Please subscribe to Steve's YouTube channel You can find it here:

Steve Matthews on YouTube

Welcome to Dice in Mind, a weekly podcast in which we explore the meaning of life through the lens of RPGs!  In each episode, we will consider everyday stuff like science, religion, philosophy, and economics…through the lens of a specific roleplaying game and its dice mechanic.

If you like what you hear, consider buying us a cup of coffee or becoming a patron.  You can also join the conversation by following us on Facebook.

Music by Kevin McCloud courtesy of Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 license (https://www.youtube.com/c/kmmusic/featured).

It's time for the rubber to meet the road!  For months we have shared how we think the various RPG dice mechanics are a way to quantify life.  In this episode, we put that hypothesis to the test by challenging one another to use three different dice mechanics to see what might have happened had we used them to make professional and personal decisions.  You know what?  It would have worked out pretty well.

Along the way, we refer to some interesting source material:

The Wayfarer Series by Becky Chambers

Welcome to Dice in Mind, a weekly podcast in which we explore the meaning of life through the lens of RPGs!  In each episode, we will consider everyday stuff like science, religion, philosophy, and economics…through the lens of a specific roleplaying game and its dice mechanic.

If you like what you hear, consider buying us a cup of coffee or becoming a patron.  You can also join the conversation by following us on Facebook.

Music by Kevin McCloud courtesy of Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 license (https://www.youtube.com/c/kmmusic/featured).

It's Episode 25...let the Count to 100 begin!  Last week we began exploring the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in roleplaying.  This week we chat with Shelly Mazzanoble, co-host of Dragon Talk and accomplished author, who joins us to talk about feminism in D&D.  We hope you will find the discussion as impactful as we did.  Please keep thinking about what you learn in this episode.  We all share in the responsibility to ensure that everyone has a seat at the table.

Please check out (and purchase!) Shelly's books:

Confessions of a Part-time Sorceress: A Girl's Guide to the D&D Game

Also, be sure to be on the lookout for Shelly's upcoming third book!

Shelly Mazzanoble is the author of Confessions of a Part-Time Sorceress: A Girl’s Guide to the Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game and Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Dungeons & Dragons: One Women’s Quest to Trade Self-Help for Elf Help and co-hosts the official Dungeons & Dragons podcast, Dragon Talk (the subject of her third book, coming Fall ‘22). When she’s not writing books with really long subtitles, she’s writing about her child who thankfully hasn’t added the word “litigation” to his vocabulary yet. Find her on Twitter or Instagram at @shellymoo and her blog at shellymazzanoble.com.

Welcome to Dice in Mind, a weekly podcast in which we explore the meaning of life through the lens of RPGs!  In each episode, we will consider everyday stuff like science, religion, philosophy, and economics…through the lens of a specific roleplaying game and its dice mechanic.

If you like what you hear, consider buying us a cup of coffee or becoming a patron.  You can also join the conversation by following us on Facebook.

Music by Kevin McCloud courtesy of Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 license (https://www.youtube.com/c/kmmusic/featured).

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are the hallmarks of vibrant society.  Until that day truly arrives, we can all play our part to ensure that there is a place for everyone at the table.  This week, we discuss this important topic relative to current and past RPGs.  Okay, we ramble here and there as we try to address the topic in a meaningful way.  We close with a question from Brad.  What will be your answer?

Welcome to Dice in Mind, a weekly podcast in which we explore the meaning of life through the lens of RPGs!  In each episode, we will consider everyday stuff like science, religion, philosophy, and economics…through the lens of a specific roleplaying game and its dice mechanic.

If you like what you hear, consider buying us a cup of coffee or becoming a patron.  You can also join the conversation by following us on Facebook.

Music by Kevin McCloud courtesy of Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 license (https://www.youtube.com/c/kmmusic/featured).