Dungeons & Tangents

We talk through casting NPCs, buying materials, gathering and writing your own reference materials, the fears of being a DM and how to create conflict. The good kinda conflict. You know? The kind that involves killing goblins.

Our official website: http://www.dungeonsandtangents.net/

In this episode, Robert and Erik discuss how to make a gaming moments that stick in our memories.

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In this episode, Robert and Erik discuss the contentious subject of metagaming.

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This time, Robert and Erik talk Miniatures. Big, medium, and small. Pewter, plastic, and paper. We discuss miniatures that help with tactics and establish a shared understanding.

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In this Episode, Robert and Erik talk Maps.

We discuss maps that inspire, establish setting, help with tactics or establish a shared understanding. Then we get philosophical about how maps and other inspirational pieces need to leave gaps that the viewer can fill with their imagination. It gets all existential. Then we talked about Mel Gibson LARPing.

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Works of Karen Wynn Fonstad

In this Episode, Chris Rutledge joins Erik to talk about Narration. We discuss back stories, settings, imagery verses perception, environmental consistency, building your descriptive vocabulary and a bunch of other subjects. They all surround the central ideas of keeping the players engaged, believing in the world of the game, and having fun.

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In this Episode, Robert and Erik talk Table Manners. We discuss an obscene amount of topics: Good and bad Banter, staying focused while gaming, eating at the table, knowing the rules, player preparedness, arguing with DMs, and what DMs can do to ruin a game.

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In this Episode, Robert and Erik talk dice... for an hour! We discuss the purpose of dice, dice accuracy, dice superstitions, dice rolling, and our first memories of dice.

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In this Episode, Robert and Erik try to stay on topic. The topic being; what to name this Podcast. We discuss other podcasts, potential names, and past D&D experiences.

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