This week, Rob and I are back with some actual gameplay of Savage Worlds. It’s our first try at this system and we had some fun. You can email the show at [email protected] Thanks for listening!

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Alive After Reading is back with a conversation I had with Dave Robison about the past year. We talk about what each of us learned in 2017. Thanks for listening! Check out Archivos and start building story worlds! Check out The Mangrove Suite and enjoy the crown jewel of my last year of publishing.

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Happy New Year! Welcome to our first episode of 2018 – Character Creation for Savage Worlds. Rob is playing this one and he has some good ideas for his character. Thanks for listening! Email the show at [email protected]

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In this final Alive After Reading of 2017, I talk with author Scott Roche about how he manages his patreon.com as well as a few other curious subjects. Thanks to you listeners and guests for making this inaugural year of Alive After Reading a good time for me. You can email me at [email protected] if you […]

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Welcome back, everyone! It’s our final episode of the year, folks. For this one, Rob asks me a few questions about how one learns a new RPG one is planning to run. It’s been a good year for Of Mooks and Monsters. Thanks to all you listeners, and hope to hear from you in 2018. […]

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This week on Alive After Reading, I have author Bianca Rowena on the show. Check out Bianca’s novel, The Gift Stone. We talk a bunch about the origins of this novel on the podcast.   Check out Bianca’s facebook author page. Happy holidays to all those celebrating. You can email the show at podcast@mentalcellarpublications if […]

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Welcome back to Of Mooks and Monsters. This week, Rob and I talk about two very popular forms of videogame structure that often prove to be pitfalls in tabletop rpgs. Thanks for listening! Have any ideas for the show? Email us at [email protected] Happy holidays!

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On this episode of Alive After Reading, I have a fun conversation with adventure and thriller author, David Wood. David runs a very good podcast himself. Check it out here. Check out David’s site. Thanks for listening. Share and enjoy! Want to be a guest? Email me at [email protected].

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This time on Of Mooks and Monsters, Rob is running the show again, and we talk about how to read your audience to make a game everyone can enjoy. And in this case, audience means players. The two have some parallels and some differences. Thanks for listening! Share and enjoy! You can email the show […]

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This week on Alive After Reading, I talk with Adam Dreece, author of The Yellow Hoods series for all ages, as well as the Wizard Killer books and the Man of Clouds. It’s a fun conversation, and includes a discussion of the charity Adam is involved with over at BooksForAGoodClaus.com You can also find Adam at […]

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