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Join us for this episode where we discuss creating and telling wonderful stories and how TTRPGs help (and/or hinder) you from telling the best stories.

Different building blocks are needed for a Story to exist and in this episode, we talk about exactly those building Blocks and how TTRPGs help you in creating them and the story. We go over simple tricks and tools you can implement to use these building blocks to tell the story you want to tell. We talk about what it means to experience a story using TTRPGs instead of just telling it and a whole lot more! We talk about Balancing Tension, Buildup, Themes, Storyrules, and the Basic Building Blocks of a Story today so you have easy guidelines and helpful tips for creating the stories you want to tell.

For more information see these timestamps:

15:00: What makes a good Story?

19:00: A Story makes its own rules

27:00: Your Storyrules need to persist

29:00: Themes are the Baseline for Stories

35:00: Balance is needed in a Story

38:00: Buildup as a Tool 

41:00: TTRPGs are about experiencing a Story

44:30: What does a Story need to be great?

55:00: TTRPGs help you tell a Story

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Join us for this episode where we discuss creating the most exciting, spicy, engaging, and/or memorable combat for your D&D and TTRPG tables!

We talk about what makes D&D and TTRPG combats fun and what makes them boring and some easy simple tricks you can use to make combats better for your table experience.  Combats are supposed to be tense, dramatic, and engaging experiences for the whole table that shape the story just as much as impactful decisions and with just a few simple tricks and a little know-how, you easily can make your combats feel like epic high stakes situations. Often it really comes down to what you want from combats in the first place and that is why this episode talks about a whole lot of different types of combats and how you can achieve them.

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13:00: What do we want from combat?

15:00: Making Combats Flashy!

19:00: Change the rules of the combat

23:30: Think about the Setting of your combat

26:00: Increasing Danger and Risk in Combat

35:30: Better Statblocks lead to better Combats

39:00: Movement is crucial to Dynamic Combats

43:30: Combats should breed Creativity

49:30: Combats are Story Devices

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Join us for this episode where we discuss creating the best Homebrew Rules for your D&D and TTRPG Tables.

We talk about what Homebrew Rules in D&D and TTRPG do and why we use them at our tables so often. Homebrew Rules are supposed to nudge a game a little more into the direction you want it to go not outright change the fundamentals of it and that is why this episode discusses which Homebrew Rules are the best for your D&D and TTRPG Tables and how you can create and formulate better rules to get even more out of your already great games.

For More Information see these timestamps:

13:30: So let's talk about Homebrew Rules 

17:00: Homebrew Rules should bring more Fun

23:30: Homebrew Rules should reflect what you want

29:30: Learning from other games

35:30: Adding something that is missing

39:00: Why playing RAW is good

42:00: Major vs Minor Homebrew Rules

47:00: Make sure you know the system before creating rules

52:00: Every Table enjoys the game differently

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In this episode of DoubleDM we talk about how to start a new D&D and TTRPG Campaigns, something that happens more often than ending one. This episode talks about what the first session of your new TTRPG campaign should accomplish and how you can make sure to create the best first session and make the best first impressions ever. The first session of a campaign is the first view the players get of the world, story and also their characters so getting it right is important. And here you will learn how! We talk about the Early Campaign Stages, common problems that often arise in new campaigns, and how you can make sure to prevent an unengaged campaign.

For more information check these timestamps:

14:00: How important is the Start of a Campaign

18:00: What do you need to know before Starting your Game

30:00: Write down concepts at the beginning

35:30: Making the Group work together

42:30: Give the PCs Motivation and Make your PCs Motivatable

47:00: Every Campaign is a huge Mechanism

49:00: Name your Campaigns!

53:30: Make every Character shine in Session 1

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In today's episode, we cover the topic of Player Character backstories and how you can write great engaging D&D backstories your GM can use to weave you into the world and narrative of the campaign. 

A great backstory can mean a lot of different things depending on the game, world, campaign, other players and so much more and that's why we are talking about what steps you should take to create a great fitting backstory or if you are a GM what steps you should take so your players create the backstories you want. We also talk about what it means to create no backstory or limit the length of the backstories you are getting from your players.

For more information check out these timestamps:

18:00: What are we looking for in Backstories?

23:00: Limiting Backstories is not a good idea

28:00: Find your way to create a character in play

36:00: A Backstory needs to fit the Game

40:00: Include things that GMs can use

47:00: A Backstory needs to support the Game Story

49:00: First get a feel for the Character and then create a Backstory

52:00: Include a TL;DR in your Backstory

56:00: Work with your GM to make the backstory fit.

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In this episode, we discuss Session 0s and especially what makes a Session 0 a good Session 0. In Session 0 you can do a lot of stuff but most importantly you lay the groundwork for your campaign in and out of the game by ensuring Safety, Managing Expectations, Creating Characters, and a whole lot more. It depends a lot on what you need from your Session 0, however, there are a few key points that we believe create the perfect session 0 and we are covering them in this episode.

For more information check these timestamps:

13:30: We are doing a Session 0

16:00: How to start a Session 0

20:00: Leaving is Okay

24:30: Understand the Game

29:00: Safety is Important

35:30: Organisation needs to happen

39:00: What does everyone expect from the game?

43:00: Talk about the Details

48:00: House Rules

54:00: Character Creation in Session 0

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This week we talk to Bart Wynants about Spurned of Orcus his D&D 5e Kickstarter which has been built by new up-and-coming TTRPG writers through blind collaboration with a minimal prompt style approach. If this seems a little unorthodox to you, that's because it is!! This Kickstarter is something new and exciting to talk about so we just had to talk to Bart, the organizer for this, and what the process of this looks like. Bart also talks about his love for Immersive Storytelling and how he finds Inspiration and how to incorporate both into your D&D games!!

For more information see these timestamps:

17:00 Let's meet Bart

20:00 Okay what is Spurned of Orcus

28:00 How Immersive Audio can help an Adventure

34:00 Immersive Audio Puzzles (also for Podcasts)

38:00 How does a Kickstarter feel?

40:00 What do "Blind Collaboration" and "Minimal Prompt" mean?

45:00 These are all newcomer writers

52:00 What advice for Kickstarter starters

60:00 Acknowledgments and Shoutouts

Bart’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/critographer

Spurned of Orcus Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bolvverk/spurned-of-orcusan-audio-enhanced-5e-adventure

Tim Samsoen’s artwork: https://deviantart.com/mindwisp

Anna Bakker’s music: http://songhir.nl

MySoundDelve SFX Website: http://mysounddelve.com

Raging Swan Press: https://ragingswanpress.com

Hansor Publishing: https://thegaiacomplex.com

Nightfall Games: https://nightfall.games

Ex1st Games: https://ex1st.com/games/

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In this episode of DoubleDM we discuss why you are a great Game Master and TTRPG Player too. We discuss that it is hard to define a Game Masters Value at a TTRPG Table and what work you need and should do for your Games. We also discuss the comparison between different GM Styles and the GM vs. Player Comparison and why we think it's not healthy to always compare yourself to others.

For more information check these timestamps:

19:00: Does the Game Master do more work than the Players?

24:00: So what Work does the GM do?

27:00: Lets talk about how long a combat turn should go

35:00: Quantity vs. Quality in Work

39:00: Two Sides working together

42:00: Every Game Master is different

46:00: You're a great Game Master

50:00: Pro GMing is something different

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