Keith R. A. DeCandido is the author of more than 50 novels. He has written for series like Star Trek, Stargate, Farscape, Andromeda, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and more. Keith joins me on the podcast today to discuss writing, storytelling, our favorite Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes, and more. Also, we touch on his experience with D&D and his career as a writer.

The host of the Making a Monster podcast Lucas Zellers joins me on the podcast today. We discuss his monster's first approach to running tabletop role-playing games. We learn how Lucas began playing D&D and we get into his ideas for running one-shot adventures. We delve into monsters and why as humans we are fascinated with them. Plus, we talk about Lucas' D&D adventure he published on the DMs Guild.

Cat Tobin, co-owner and CEO of Pelgrane Press, returns to the podcast. We discuss the future of tabletop role-playing games as an industry and as a hobby. The conversation delves into the phenomenon of watching people play TTRPGs online. Cat also lets us know how Pelgrane Press is handling the changing nature of the RPG hobby and what new RPGs they are releasing soon.

New York Times bestselling author Philip Athans visits the podcast today. We have a wide-ranging discussion that includes Phil's career, his time editing and writing D&D novels, how he began playing Dungeons and Dragons, gamemaster advice, writing monsters in RPGs and fiction, the history of TSR and Wizards of the Coast, Lovecraft's fiction, and what monsters mean. The conversation also touches on Jaws, Aliens, and how those movies handle monsters.

Chris O'Neill from 9th Level Games joins me on the podcast today. We discuss Chris' history playing tabletop RPGs and the various games he has played. The conversation moves into 9th Level's RPGs and his preferences in RPG design. Chris gives us some excellent gamemaster advice and we talk about unchanging heroes.

Archeologist and tabletop role-playing game designer Scott Smallwood joins me on the podcast today. We learn about Scott's history with TTRPGS as well as his day job as an archeologist. We discuss how cultural respect informs his RPG adventure design and why he doesn't like the term "race." The conversation covers a variety of RPGs and Scott's own The Matter of Elbe RPG. He also shares his advice for gamemasters, which involves reactive GMing and more.

Megaliths, Icelandic beasts, and David Alroy with Tristan Zimmerman. Tristan from Molten Sulfur Blog joins me on the podcast again to discuss a range of topics. We dive into Stonehenge and other stone circles and how to use them in your tabletop RPG campaigns. If that wasn't enough, we cover Icelandic beasts and a false messiah and how to work them into your RPGs.

The Dungeon Coach drops in on the podcast today to dish out dungeon master advice. The Dungeon Coach is a YouTuber who creates helpful D&D videos. We talk running D&D campaigns and our best pieces of advice for DMs. We touch on a variety of topics all geared to crafting better Dungeons and Dragons sessions.

Jesse Covner and Patrick Chandler from the Sons of Singularity join me on the podcast to discuss the Journal d'Indochine, a new Call of Cthulhu RPG campaign. The Journal d'Indochine takes place in 1925-1954 French Indochina and explores the horrors of reality and beyond. We learn about Jesse and Patrick's backgrounds, their histories with Tabletop RPGs, and more.