How Would You Run That?

Episode overview: Jake leverages a recent experience with The Outer Wilds, adds a healthy dollop of Pan's Labyrinth and sprinkles some delectable puns as he presents his idea for running an abandoned abattoir in this episode of the podcast. It's also the last in the current series! Our sincere thanks to all who have joined us for this first tranche of episodes, and we hope to improve our format (and release schedule) in Series 2!

Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

Music Credits

The Future Ancient Now - Nathan Moore

Ten Inch Spikes - Jeremy Korpas

Space Age Hustle - Squadda B

Episode overview: Lucas presents a twist on the cursed item idea, showing that not everything has to be a game-breaking focus point! The pair discuss subtlety and nuance of minor curses, and how a DM might weave such a thing into their world. Then they accidentally revisit some 90s childhood memories and get heavily sidetracked on minor Addams Family characters.

Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

Music Credits

The Future Ancient Now - Nathan Moore

Episode overview: Jake misunderstands some of the brief due to Eurovision excitement overload. As a result, the pair quickly roll up an intentionally sub-optimal character ('worst' is subjective in D&D!), and try and find a place for the poor bugger in a D&D world. We don't always get to make perfect choices in our lives. We are instead shaped by our situations, and our individual stories reflect this. See what you make of our character, and let us know if you try him out!

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Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

Music Credits

The Future Ancient Now - Nathan Moore

Ubiquitous - Diamond Ortiz

From the cutting room floor: How do you measure your area's COVID recovery?

Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

Episode overview: Jake's spent a week (or so) planning to integrate a pair of apprentice potionmakers into a campaign setting. Come and see how you can flesh out this mainstay of a fantasy RPG town!

Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

Music Credits

The Future Ancient Now - Nathan Moore

Medieval Astrology - Underbelly & Ty Mayer

Episode overview: Lucas discusses his session plans for the tricky Invisible Stalker! From turning NPCs loveable with a single, endearing trait, to building tension with agonising pauses, join Lucas and Jake exploring this classic D&D monster in a short adventure arc.

Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

Music Credits

The Future Ancient Now - Nathan Moore

Slow Sneak Up - Godmode

From the cutting room floor: Ever needed an origin story for all doctors?

Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

Episode overview: After a short recording break, Jake brings (most) of an advanture arc together centered around a character based on the fictional character Donald J Trump. The pair discuss different ways of fleshing out such a character within the framework of D&D 5e, as well as a story route through the adventure. There's also some very serious discussion about slippers and early 2000s PlayStaion games.

Podcast Overview: How Would You Run That? is an ideas factory and creative workshop for Dungeons & Dragons by Lucas Tomlinson and Jake Canner. At the end of each show one of the hosts will reveal the subject for the next episode - an encounter, location, NPC, item, monster (or anything else that can exist in D&D) and ask the question - How would you run that? The pair have a week to plan and research the topic before discussing on the next show, explaining their own ideas and then merging the best of them into something that Dungeon Masters and Players could actually incorporate into their games.

Music Credits

The Future Ancient Now - Nathan Moore

Freefall - Anno Domini Beats

Officer of the Day March - United States Marine Band