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May 21 Episode 194 – Chris in the Candy Store
Chris has a lot of store credit to spend on TTRPG goodies. What will Andy pressure him into picking up? Around this important question, Chris and Andy fit a discussion of the importance of books as physical artifacts, the allure of those early iconic RPGs, and more.
31 min
May 07 Episode 193 – Elric! and Others
With a new Elric RPG announced, Chris and Andy discuss what their dream Eternal Champion game might look like. Plus, Chris discovers Christopher Priest’s The Prestige and Andy glumly reports about the (non)state of his Band of Blades game.
23 min
April 23 Episode 192 – Third Time’s a Charm
Andy talks about an upcoming game he’s kicking off. It’ll be the 3rd time he’s tried it! They gush about forged in the dark, talk about the value of running campaigns, and discuss building dungeons with random tables.
36 min
April 09 Episode 191 – Bringing Real-life Locations to the Game Table
Chris explored a cave recently! That brings Andy and Chris to discuss the challenge of injecting the thrill of real-world locations into their in-game versions. Can a fantasy game about fighting goblins in caves convey some of that real-world excitement?
30 min
March 26 Episode 190 – Props at the Game Table Revisited
Chris has been busy building props for a school play, and wonders how some of that energy might be expressed at the game table! Also, Andy and Chris discuss the joys of history and the ways they do and don’t make history and culture an important part of player characters.
33 min
March 12 Episode 189 – Do You Let Players Respec Their Characters?
Lots to catch up on this episode, including the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, edgelord vampire roleplaying from the 1990s, and Chris’ dilemma as a player: can he respec a PC that isn’t mechanically working the way he intended?
39 min
February 26 Episode 188 – Daggerheart Recap with Jess!
Chris and Jess talk about a small Daggerheart campaign that Jess ran and Chris played in! (Andy will be back next time!)
36 min
February 12 Episode 187 – Antarctic Cthulhu Weekend After-action Report
Andy’s back from his weekend GMing an Antarctic Cthulhu campaign, and Chris has questions! Topics covered include the value of creating special game events like this, the challenge of fighting a long campaign into a short weekend, and more.
34 min
January 29 Episode 186 – What Games Do You Bring on Trips?
Chris is heading off on a work trip, so discussion turns to which RPGs or board games you squeeze into your suitcase when traveling. With snow days and work trips imposing on our schedules, it’s a short episode–but we’ll be back next episode with a detailed breakdown of Andy’s epic Arkham Horror RPG weekend.
17 min
January 15 Episode 185 – Catch up
Andy and Chris have a lot to talk about! They discuss Splatbook, how the build-a-dungeon/play-a-dungeon went, the worst part of the D&D ruleset, Shadowdark, and Andy’s upcoming weekend game in a secluded cottage.
45 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.