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March 19, 2020 Episode 33 – How do you run games when your group is just one or two players? (with Shel Kahn)
We’ve all been there. It’s game night and over the course of the day everyone is cancelling until you only have 1 or 2 players. Do you cancel? Do you play a board game instead?! Or do you embrace the smallness and see what happens? Shel Kahn joined us this week to roll on the …
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42 min
March 19, 2020 Episode 33 – How do you run games when your group is just one or two players? (with Shel Kahn)
We’ve all been there. It’s game night and over the course of the day everyone is cancelling until you only have 1 or 2 players. Do you cancel? Do you play a board game instead?! Or do you embrace the smallness and see what happens?
Shel Kahn joined us this week to roll on the table and talk about running games for small groups! This was a fun conversation and we hope it brings you some inspiration during these times of social distancing:
The Yellow King – Shel did some AMAZING artwork for this book in the Paris book. Check this out and tell me you don’t want to visit spooky ParisPortable City – where you can see everything Shel is up to.The Sorcerer’s Catalogue – Shel’s shop. GUMSHOE Ryuutama – and the kickstarter.Dames Making Games – An organization that Shel works with. It’s “a space for queer and gender-marginalized people to create games freely.”
42 min
March 05, 2020 Episode 32 – How Do You Handle Romance and Shopping in Your Games?
Donn Stroud joins us to talk about two things that are a major part of life that sometimes get missed in tabletop games: romance and shopping! Unsurprisingly, we had more to say about one of these things than the other. Appendix: Mothership and Dead Planet Lesser Key to the Celestial Legion – cowritten with James …
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47 min
March 05, 2020 Episode 32 – How Do You Handle Romance and Shopping in Your Games?
Donn Stroud joins us to talk about two things that are a major part of life that sometimes get missed in tabletop games: romance and shopping! Unsurprisingly, we had more to say about one of these things than the other.
Appendix:
Mothership and Dead PlanetLesser Key to the Celestial Legion – cowritten with James A Pozenel Jr.AD&DPendragonDCCThe Forgotten Rites of the Moldering Dead Exalted FuneralRolemaster
47 min
February 20, 2020 Episode 31 — How Do You Establish Mood and Avoid an “Adventure Slapstick” Tone in Your Games?
Joking around with your friends around the game table is great, but sometimes you want to steer away from that default “adventure slapstick” vibe. How do you establish the appropriate mood for the game you’re running? Andy and Chris discuss this, along other diverse topics including Games You Should Play in Art Museums and Chris’ …
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34 min
February 20, 2020 Episode 31 — How Do You Establish Mood and Avoid an “Adventure Slapstick” Tone in Your Games?
Joking around with your friends around the game table is great, but sometimes you want to steer away from that default “adventure slapstick” vibe. How do you establish the appropriate mood for the game you’re running? Andy and Chris discuss this, along other diverse topics including Games You Should Play in Art Museums and Chris’ dream of running a Final Fantasy tabletop game.
34 min
February 06, 2020 Episode 30 – When Do You Look Up Rules?
Chris and Andy chit-chat about some recent games they ran. Then we dive into our topic about the most fun part about games: referring to the rules! Rules are arguably what makes a game a game; however, pausing the session to flip through a book can kill the narrative momentum at the table. So, dear …
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31 min
February 06, 2020 Episode 30 – When Do You Look Up Rules?
Chris and Andy chit-chat about some recent games they ran. Then we dive into our topic about the most fun part about games: referring to the rules!
Rules are arguably what makes a game a game; however, pausing the session to flip through a book can kill the narrative momentum at the table. So, dear listener, when do you look up rules at the table? What are rules even for? Why not just play make-believe instead?
Also, listen to the end to hear a confession. We just ask that you don’t think less of us.
31 min
January 23, 2020 Episode 29 — Do You Run Published Adventures or Create Your Own? (with Jess Snyder)
Guest GM Jess Snyder joins Andy and Chris to address the timeless question: do you run published adventures or exclusively homemade ones? And how do you address the challenges that arise with each approach?
46 min
January 23, 2020 Episode 29 — Do You Run Published Adventures or Create Your Own? (with Jess Snyder)
Guest GM Jess Snyder joins Andy and Chris to address the timeless question: do you run published adventures or exclusively homemade ones? And how do you address the challenges that arise with each approach?
46 min

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GM/DM discussions on topics related to running tabletop games. Each episode is a 30-45 minute conversation about one specific topic chosen by rolling 1d10 on a table of topics.