The First Watch is a cinematic actual play podcast making the most of genre-based storytelling. DM Andrew Coons and I discuss the seven types of conflict in literature and how heroes make the courageous, if stupid, choice.

Making a Monster: GM Edition asks actual play podcasters how they use the monsters in their games. Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/monster-first-watch/

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Meet my guest Andrew Coons:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu5p4VD1CxwndFhal7DF0mA

https://twitter.com/firstwatchshow

Music by Nihilore

http://www.nihilore.com/license

The Last Tapestry is a tech-noir, Eberron-inspired actual play D&D podcast. DM Dan Locke and I discuss "monster monsters" and the definition of villainy.

Making a Monster: GM Edition asks actual play podcasters how they use the monsters in their games. Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/monster-the-last-tapestry/

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Meet my guest Dan Locke from the Last Tapestry: https://www.thelasttapestry.com/

Music by Nihilore

http://www.nihilore.com/license

Nikki Yager makes D&D podcasts. Like, a lot of D&D podcasts. Like a lot. Her favorite villains are the ones who think they're the hero. We talk about heroism and villainy on a dimmer, and the many, many times gamers seem to end up at Denny's.

Making a Monster: GM Edition asks actual play podcasters how they use the monsters in their games. Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/monster-beholder-to-no-one/

Meet my guest Nikki Yager: https://linktr.ee/BeholdertoNoOne

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Music by Nihilore

http://www.nihilore.com/license

Avatar Legends brings the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender to your tabletop as an RPG. The game has a balanced take on what it means to be a villain and a monster. Join designers James Mendez Hodes and Sharang Biswas and discover how the Apocalypse World engine becomes a faithful representation of the show.

Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/monster-avatar-legends-the-rpg/

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Meet my guests:

https://jamesmendezhodes.com/

https://sharangbiswas.myportfolio.com/

Opening music: Shapes Within the Jade by Nihilore

Closing tune: Pennywhistle by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com

Roll20's exclusive sci-fi RPG Burn Bryte asks you to jump in to a galaxy where an adorable teleporting mischief fox could just walk right into your ship. It's also a game where hope wins.

Learn more about Burn Bryte and get 3 monsters from My Dad's Monster Manual on the episode page here: https://scintilla.studio/monster-blipp-burn-bryte

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Meet my guest James Introcaso:

https://twitter.com/JamesIntrocaso

http://www.jamesintrocaso.com/

https://worldbuilderblog.me/

https://burnbryte.com/

Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com

Roll Play Lead uses Dungeons & Dragons to teach social skills to teens in Colorado. Kids and teens use monsters to explore the obstacles in their own lives.

You can support Roll Play Lead Directly, use Jamie's adventures in your home game, or check out her TEDx Talk at the links here: https://scintilla.studio/monster-roll-play-lead-social-skills-dnd

Meet my guest Jamie Flecknoe: https://twitter.com/Rosey_Games

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Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com

Leading unsuspecting adventurers to the Feywild with a gentlemanly hand, the tamlin combines the Scottish folk tale with the literary trope of the white rabbit for a planes-hopping, swashbuckling good time.

To read the transcript and find out what a "gish" is visit the show's website: https://scintilla.studio/monster-tamlin-feywilds-white-rabbit

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Meet my guest Joe Gaylord: https://twitter.com/LabLazarus

Closing music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com

As one of D&D's very few Celestial monsters, Varadrel is an agent of divine justice best compared to the personified disasters of Japanese kaiju.

To read the transcript, check out "Titans of Faerun", or see the full-color, "be not afraid" illustration of Varadrel, visit the show's website: https://scintilla.studio/varadrel-the-kaiju-angel/

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Meet my guests Jackson Lewis and Cassandra MacDonald:

https://twitter.com/honeybadger3495

https://twitter.com/theicequeer

Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com

The shattered kalashtar asks questions about dealing with trauma, and lets other players participate in the answers. It expands D&D's Eberron campaign setting with a psychic dystopia reminiscent of Neuromancer and Brave New World.

Download the stat block and read the full transcript here: https://scintilla.studio/monster-shattered-kalashtar-eberron/

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Meet my guest:

https://twitter.com/ILGingell

https://imogen.space/

Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com

Andrew Grondin wrote a tabletop game that combines European fairy tales and Lovecraftian existential horror. Inside that Venn diagram is a surprisingly encouraging message about power and who has it.

Read the transcript and get more from the show: https://scintilla.studio/shakespeare-lovecraft-combine-delirium

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Join the conversation: www.twitter.com/SparkOtter

Meet my guest, Andrew Grondin:

https://twitter.com/TheSiegeAndrew

https://s-15studios.squarespace.com/#/delirium/

Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com