The Monster Professor makes a triumphant return to the podcast. We tackle movie monsters by considering the storytelling techniques in The Terminator and Jaws. The monster professor breakdowns the concept of the "hunter" that is usually present in horror movies. We dive deep into scenes and storytelling before we turn to board games. Josh is designing a new board game and he pulls back the curtain and shows us how he is creating rules.

Max Carr and Mikael Sebag, the creative force behind Hellguard: Curse of Caina, both join me on the podcast today. We dive into gamemaster advice and game design. The conversation is wide-ranging and then we focus on Hellguard.

Rest in Pieces and Dreamchaser designer Pete Petrusha joins me on the podcast today. We talk about game design, TTRPG rules, gamemastering, and much more. The conversation ranges from RPG history to RPG culture so you don't want to miss it.

Game designer Alvaro Cifuentes of Browy Games joins me on the podcast today. We discuss Alvaro's history of gaming and then we dive into his design work. Come along with us as we talk about tabletop RPGs and Alvaro's game Dice & Adventures.

The original designer of the first Call of Cthulhu RPG, Sandy Petersen, joins me on the podcast. We explore sandy's love of tabletop role-playing games and plumb the inky depths of the CoC RPG's origins. Sandy freely shares his knowledge of running Call of Cthulhu sessions and gives insights help to all game masters across all genres. It is a wide-ranging conversation that is to fascinate all lovers of RPGs. Don't miss it!

Dungeon master guru, The Major, returns to the podcast. We discuss the Major's rules of RPG world-building. He covers some common pitfalls DMs and GMs fall into while world-building for role-playing game campaigns. We talk about not wasting time, not creating things your players don't care about, and much more.

Writer and RPG designer, Tristan Zimmerman, returns to the podcast once again. Tristan informs us of three historical topics we can use for inspiration in our RPG campaigns. In the Tangling With the Night Watch segment, we learn to take off our 21st-century glasses when thinking about town defense in pseudo-middle-age RPG settings. The Patrocles’ Caspian Exploration Fraud is all about exploration or not. How to use frauds and false maps in RPGs. Post-Pirate Politics in a Mughal Port creates a dynamic milieu for dungeon masters and game masters to thrust their characters into. This podcast episode is packed with RPG campaign ideas. Don't miss it!

Transmedia author and speaker Houston Howard returns to the podcast. We have a fascinating conversation about the misconceptions about tabletop role-playing game world-building. We survey a wide array of topics and points of how game masters and dungeon masters can world-build effectively and creatively. We cover examples from movies, TV shows, books, and more. Every game master needs to hear this conversation.

Roll20 Director of Licencing, Emily Floyd, joins me on the podcast today. We discuss the use of virtual tabletop platforms and how they aid role-playing game players. The pandemic's impact on Roll20 plays a large role in the conversation. Emily also lets us in on the future of Roll20 and where the platform is headed.

Tales of Xadia RPG lead designer, Cam Banks, joins me on the podcast today. We set the stage with a conversation about Cam's role-playing game history and how he became a game designer. We then dive into a deep discussion of the Tales of Xadia which is an RPG based on the Netflix show The Dragon Prince. Cam fills us in on the stand-out features of this exciting new tabletop RPG and the rich world of The Dragon Prince. Plus, Cam gives us a hardy helping game master advice along the way. Don't miss it!