In the first part of this two part episode Ryan, Ralf and Kade talk about how to be inspired by and use mechanics from other games in order to run better encounters and better games.

The games we mention in this episode are Blades in the Dark, Powered by The Apocalypse, Scum and Villainy, Barbarians of Lemuria, Don’t Rest Your Head, Dune, The Lumen SRD, Slayers, Clean Up Crew, WuDeRPG, The Wretched, Wretched and Alone SRD and Dread . If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us.

The music for our boxed text section is Um Pepino by Blue dot Sessions.