Level Up Your Gaming: Tabletop RPG Podcast

In today's episode we talk about communication between players in character development.  What are important things to discuss between players?  How do you avoid overlap in development?  What subjects are off limits and how to you communicate them?  How do you develop intertwined backstories during development? We answer all these questions and more in today's episode.

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In today's episode we talk about experience systems.  What types of experience systems are there?  Is there a best choice?  What if I don't want to use experience?  How to I augment systems to create my own experience system?  What are some things to avoid when giving experience?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode.

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In today's episode we talk about salvaging a game that is failing.  How do I identify the problem?  What if it's a GM problem?  What if it's the players?  Do we need to start all over?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode.

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In today's episode we talk about critical failures.  What are critical failures?  How do we use critical failures?  How do you prevent them from hamstringing your players?  How can you use them to improve your game?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode.

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In today's episode we talk about your recurring bad guy.  How do I give them proper motivation?  How do I hook my players into finding them?  How do I handle underlings?  When do I let my players finally see the villain?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode.

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In today's episode we talk about 9 more things we probably shouldn't be doing as GMs.  Below is the list.

You probably shouldn't have in game tasks take too long or have too many steps.
You probably shouldn't limit NPC knowledge in the moment.
You probably shouldn't role play out a whole scene of NPC's talking to one another.
You probably shouldn't require overly detailed backgrounds from your players.
You probably shouldn't run games to teach your players lessons.
You probably shouldn't keep running a game you don't enjoy storytelling.
You probably shouldn't make your players roll for things they role played out well in the scene.
You probably shouldn't use music without purpose or forget you have it running in the background.
You probably shouldn't engage in side sessions that are away from the table.

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In today's episode we talk about creating emotion in your players.  How do I get my players to feel emotion?  What types of emotion should I be shooting for?  How do I handle emotional scenes?  What if my players don't feel the emotions?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode.

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In today's episode we talk about improving your dungeons.  Why do I need to add story to my dungeons?  Why do I need to care about the monsters or traps in my dungeons?  Do I always need to force my players through the dungeon.  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode.

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In today's episode we revisit music and sound in games.  Why is it important to use music and sound in game?  What do I gain from it?  How should I get started and what should I avoid?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode.

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In today's episode we talk about improving your mass combat.  How do I handle mass combat?  How to I make sure it doesn't get boring and slow?  What are the purposes of mass combat?  How to I engage all players in large extended combats?  We answer all these questions and more in today's episode.

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