Roleplay Rescue

By Che Webster

Did you used to play roleplaying games back in the day, delving dungeons with funny dice in hand? Why’d you stop? Find out how to reclaim your RPG hobby as a working adult.

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Roleplay Rescue episodes:

May 29, 2019 GM's Journal #14: Momentum Lost
Another week of random thoughts from my GM's Journal. The main topic is momentum and how to lose it. There's also an unboxing in there plus a wonderful surprise from a Roleplay Rescue supporter. Lots to ponder... as long as you don't mind the raw, rambling peek into my inner life as a gamer. Enjoy!
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May 25, 2019 305 Choosing Castles & Crusades
Do you remember when Frank T called in and asked me about my choice of system for our fantasy roleplaying game? Frank’s getting his wish today because I wanted to respond to the question and didn’t feel like I could do it justice in just a short reply. Thus, I’ve decided to sit down with a few notes and share my thoughts on why I chose Castles & Crusades for my new fantasy adventure campaign.

Useful Links:
Troll Lord Games: trolllord.com
TLG Online Store: www.trolllord.com/tlgstore/#!/Castles-&-Crusades/

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Roleplay Rescue Quicklink: rpgrescue.com
Email Me: [email protected]
MeWe Page: mewe.com/page/5c077833bce33a3fe7dd7f04 (or search "Roleplay Rescue")
Facebook Page: facebook.com/roleplayrescue/ (or search "Roleplay Rescue")
Patreon: patreon.com/rpgrescue
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28min
May 22, 2019 GM's Journal #13: Unlucky For Some?
Another instalment of my dronings about Gamemastering a roleplaying campaign. Good news with the teenaged gaming group, not so much with the adults. As ever, this is a laid-bare peek behind the GM's screen and not for the faint-hearted. Enter at your peril!
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30min
May 18, 2019 304 The Unscripted Dungeon
Whatever your rules system, there are two other big elements that you’ll want to create as you get started with your game. The first of those is the world. The second of those are the game structures that you want to employ. As a beginning Dungeon Master, I’d recommend keeping things simple. This episode is about creating a short adventure in a lightly sketched world using the Dungeoncrawl game structure. It's also an episode in which I ditch the script and record off the cuff. Hope it's not too awful.

Useful Link:
The Unscripted Dungeon Map on UbiquitousRat.net: ubiquitousrat.net/?p=5030

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Roleplay Rescue Quicklink: rpgrescue.com
Email Me: [email protected]
MeWe Page: mewe.com/page/5c077833bce33a3fe7dd7f04 (or search "Roleplay Rescue")
Facebook Page: facebook.com/roleplayrescue/ (or search "Roleplay Rescue")
Patreon: patreon.com/rpgrescue
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42min
May 15, 2019 GM's Journal #12: Fresh Beginnings
GM's Journal becomes a regular fixture at Roleplay Rescue with our first scheduled Wednesday release. This episode sees me focused on preparing for the new fantasy roleplaying campaign that the Friday Night Gamers have asked for. Along the way we visit antics at the school club and hear an update on Saturday night online gaming. As ever, it's a candid peek behind the GM's screen which assembles my audio notes into a rough edit. There's the odd naughty word and there are spoilers for players in my campaigns... you have been warned!
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38min
May 11, 2019 303 Talking Dungeon World With Yochai Gal
I wanted to create more episodes that explore other well-known roleplaying game systems. To do this, I decided it’d be a good idea to talk to people who already enjoy those games. Today’s episode is the first of these in which the brief was to create a Dungeon World 101.
Yochai Gal is an avid fan of the Dungeon World roleplaying game who hails from Massachusetts, USA. He maintains the Dungeon World Syllabus, a repository of links useful to anyone who wants to get into the game, and is highly active in the Reddit community. Yochai published a Beta of this Dungeon World hack, “One Shot World”, via DriveThruRPG in January. He’s here today to talk about the Dungeon World RPG and why we should consider getting into it.

Useful Links:
Dungeon World Syllabus: docs.google.com/document/d/1ORjM3sxhQrwNI_chlNzYFMD5OFHj7u-Rs_gY4kHkzO0
A 16 Hit Point Dragon: latorra.org/2012/05/15/a-16-hp-dragon/
Dungeon World Guide: drive.google.com/file/d/0BzeF5GXNEsnfUjU0NXRDM1dFN1k
Dungeon World Website: dungeon-world.com
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May 05, 2019 GM's Journal #11: Decision
Here's the latest Journal in which I burble on about deciding what to do with the Friday Night Roleplayers. A decision is made. As usual, this episode features my audio notes recorded here and there. Assembled into a rough edit, these notes form a journal and let you take a peek behind the GM’s screen. But be warned: there are spoilers aplenty for anyone who plays at any of my gaming sessions. It’s a pretty candid and messy snapshot of my inner life as a gamer - you have been warned!
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58min
May 04, 2019 302 What's Wrong With 5e?
Over recent weeks, there have been a few people in the Anchorite OSR community talking about the current edition of Dungeons & Dragons. As someone who got involved playing the Fifth Edition right from the days of the D&D Next Playtest, I feel it’s high-time we gave the game some serious consideration. This episode I want to ask: What’s wrong with 5e? Why not just play the world’s most popular roleplaying game?

Useful links:
D&D5e Basic Rules: dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/basicrules

Show Contact Details:
Roleplay Rescue Quicklink: rpgrescue.com
Email Me: [email protected]
MeWe Page: mewe.com/page/5c077833bce33a3fe7dd7f04 (or search "Roleplay Rescue")
Facebook Page: facebook.com/roleplayrescue/ (or search "Roleplay Rescue")
Patreon: patreon.com/rpgrescue
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33min
April 28, 2019 GM's Journal #10: Messy, Flaky, Conflicted
Welcome to the Roleplay Rescue Game Master’s Journal. This episode covers the two week period from the end of Season 2 and the start of this new series. Each journal episode features my audio notes, recorded here and there over the days between my regular gaming sessions. Assembled into a rough edit, these notes form a journal and let you take a peek behind the GM’s screen. But be warned: there are spoilers aplenty for anyone who plays at any of my gaming sessions. It’s a pretty candid and messy snapshot of my inner life as a gamer - you have been warned!
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42min
April 27, 2019 301 Escaping The Grind
Welcome to Season 3 of Roleplay Rescue! Today we take a look at the meaning and importance of Escapism. We learn that we are healthier when we seek escapes that are focused on self-expansion rather than self-suppression. Through a brief glance at modern psychology, we find out how roleplaying games allow us to do do cool stuff AND become friends with people with whom we discover how to work with collaboratively. If that isn’t a cool reason to get back to the table, I don’t know what is.

Show Contact Details:
Roleplay Rescue Quicklink: rpgrescue.com
Email Me: [email protected]
MeWe Page: mewe.com/page/5c077833bce33a3fe7dd7f04 (or search "Roleplay Rescue")
Facebook Page: facebook.com/roleplayrescue/ (or search "Roleplay Rescue")
Patreon: patreon.com/rpgrescue
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30min

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