Monday, June 24, 2019 marked one year since my first podcast episode.

I've survived the rains and flooded basement and got my computer back online.

You can read the companion blog post here.

We've had lots of rain in SW Michigan so I bellyache about that but try to put a gaming spin on it.

I just released my June PDF, Multi-Use Encounters, as PWYW on DriveThruRPG.

Next month's PDF will be Deserts & Desert Encounters. It's something I need for my campaign and my patrons voted to do that and resume regular polls in August.

After some call ins, I give an update on the card game and mention my last three blog posts.

CALL INS FROM:

Lieren of Updates From The Middle Of Nowhere  

Happy Whisk  

John Large of Red Dice Diaries Podcast  Blog  about Episode 114 - Thursday Thoughts - Virtual Table Tops

John Large about Episode 115 - Saturday Scrawl - Campaigns and Adventures

Email list for an email when the Card Game Kickstarter launches.

FAQ for the Card Game

BLOG POSTS MENTIONED:

Allergies In RPGS (6/18/19)

Circlets Of Golem Control (6/16/19)

Monstrous Creatures Not Slain (6/14/19) 

Call in from Jeremy "Frothsof" Smith of the Thought Easter podcast  and blog checking up on me. I've gone a couple weeks without a new podcast.

Shane Ward of the Gilligan's Isle of ADD podcast and 3 Toadstools blog call in about Episode 116 - Tweaking Random Treasure Maps from May 9, 2019.

Today is Free RPG Day. Retailer Locator for a list of participating game stores near you.

Most of my PDFs on DriveThruRPG are PWYW.

How do we make adventures that don't require the adventurers to swoop in and be the heroes?

Panzerlion's thread on Twitter.    On Thread Reader.

My Reply on Twitter.     My Reply on Thread Reader.

The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations     36 Dramatic Situations on DriveThruRPG [Affiliate Link]

The 36 Plots by Loren J. Miller [This is the list I was thinking of.]      Radio Grognard on the 36 Dramatic Situations

The Seven Basic Plots

The Fifty-Five Dramatic Situations

42 Essential 3rd Act Twists

Hero's Journey

The Action Heroine's Journey      Satine Phoenix

The Alexandrian - Don't Prep Plots

Five Common Character Archetypes

The Companion Blog Post

This is a bit of a newsy episode but touches on some big RPG happenings the past few days and an update on my convention attendance this year and more on the card game.

Stephen Colbert      Matt Mercer     Critical Role    More About Red Nose Day    

Watch Stephen play D&D     Donate to Red Nose Day via Critical Role

OSRIC WIKI         OSRIC Wiki Announcement

If you need a spell to let the BBEG wizard track the party, here's a way to do it that doesn't require a crystal ball or other scrying device. It doesn't require summoning a dangerous creature and risking it attacking you. Send a powerful ally or minion after the party.

ICRPG

Webcomic Unsounded

Sky Burial My Blog Post about types of burial.

Reddit discussion.

Woodfall

Goblin Punch: The Ruined City of Braxa / Undead Armies

See the companion blog post here.

How might a culture in need of more labor with limited living space use the dead?

See the companion blog post here.

AD&D explains magic as channeling power from the positive & negative material planes. p. 40 DMG

I muse a bit about how that might work.

Ley Lines

Today's topic is another idea that came to me while mowing the lawn.

Call in from Jeremy " frothsof" Smith of the Thought Eater podcast. Thought Eater blog.

Read the companion blog post.