In this episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, we discuss the award-winning ALIEN RPG from Free League Publishing. We examine the setting and the mechanics of the game, and discuss Random's recent playtest of the Chariot of the Gods cinematic scenario.

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Materials Referenced in this Episode

RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes

• Initiative and Surprise – RPGBOT.Podcast S2E27
• RPGBOT.Podcast Episode 6 – The Tarrasque
• Mörk Borg Cult: Heretic – RPGBOT.News S2E32

ALIEN RPG

• Free League Publishing
• Core Rulebook (digital) (affiliate link)
• Core Rulebook (physical) (affiliate link)
• Alien Starter Set (affiliate link) – Includes Chariot of the Gods
• Online Tools for the ALIEN RPG

Other Stuff

• Alien (affiliate link)
• Alien: Isolation (Wikipedia)
• Alien: Resurrection (affiliate link)
• Alien vs. Predator (affiliate link)
• Aliens (affiliate link)
• Final Fantasy Flight Star Wars (affiliate link)
• Foundry Virtual Tabletop
• Hello My Baby by Joseph E. Howard and Ida Emerson
• Prometheus (affiliate link)
• Spaceballs (affiliate link)
• Starship Troopers (affiliate link)

In this episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, discuss experience and advancement systems in tabletop RPGs. We discuss classic experience point, milestone leveling, and other ways of tracking experience. We also look at RPGs that use that experience differently from DnD/Pathfinder, such as by using it to purchase specific improvements.

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Materials Referenced in this Episode

RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes

• RPGBOT.Podcast Season 2 Episode 1 – Variant Rules
• RPGBOT.News – The One Ring 2nd Edition

Articles from RPGBOT.Net

• DnD 5e – Epic Boons Breakdown
• Practical Guide to Doom-Style DnD Combat – DnD 5e

Dungeons and Dragons 5e

• Dungeon Master's Guide (affiliate link)

The One Ring 2e

• Core Rulebook (digital) (affiliate link)
• Core Rulebook (physical) (affiliate link)

In this episode of the RPGBOT.News, we discuss Mörk Borg and the recent supplement Mörk Borg Cult: Hertic, both from Free League Publishing and Stockholm Kartell. We explore the setting, themes, and mechanics of the award-winning Mörk Borg RPG, and then dig into the new Mörk Borg Cult: Heretic supplement.

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Materials Referenced in this Episode

Mörk Borg

• Mörk Borg – A Review (includes links to additional resources)

RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes

• RPGBOT.Podcast Season 2 Episode 2 – The Move Toward Inclusion in Tabletop Gaming
• RPGBOT.Podcast S2 E8 – Adapting Media to a Tabletop RPG (Part 2)
• RPGBOT.News – MOAR The Monsters Know What They're Doing with Keith Ammann

Other Stuff

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In this episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, we talk about your first time DMing. We talk rulebooks, dice, what you need to know, what you don't, and how to successfully run your first game session. We also suggest helpful tools that will help you succeed like easy (and often free) pre-written adventures.

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Materials Referenced in this Episode

RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes

• First Time DM Part 1 – RPGBOT.Podcast S2E29
• RPGBOT.Podcast Episode 16 – Surviving a Long Hiatus

Articles from RPGBOT.Net

• DnD 5e – Practical Guide to Faster Combat
• DnD 5e – Practical Guide to One Hour DnD Sessions
• How to Literally Play Dungeons and Dragons

Dungeons and Dragons 5e

• Essentials Kit
• Starter Set
• A Wild Sheep Chase (affiliate link)

Pathfinder 2e

• Beginner Box (affiliate link)
• RPGBOT companion guide for the Beginner Box
• Little Trouble in Big Absalom

Other Stuff

• 5-Room Dungeons on RolePlayingTips.com – This is the guy who invented the concept. 300+ page book of 5-room dungeon ideas is free in PDF format if you sign up for his newsletter, which is also very good.
• Red Hand of Doom
• The One Ring 2nd Edition Starter Set

In this episode of the RPGBOT.News, we talk to Hannah Culbert of the Dames and Dragons podcast. We discuss the story and setting of the podcast, the cast, beetles, top hats, dungeons and dragons, beyblade, and the art of making a performative, long-running actual play.

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MATERIALS REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE

Hannah Culbert

• Twitter

Dames and Dragons

• Twitter

Other Stuff

• 3.0 Deities and Demigods (affiliate link)
• Spin Dice
• Wikipedia – Top Hat – I bet you thought we were kidding.

In this episode of the RPGBOT.News, we talk about your first time DMing. We talk rulebooks, dice, what you need to know, what you don't, and how to successfully run your first game session. We also suggest helpful tools that will help you succeed like easy (and often free) pre-written adventures.

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MATERIALS REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE

RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes

• RPGBOT.Podcast Season 2 Episode 3 – Why are you running your one shots at level 1 (or 2 or 3)?
• RPGBOT.Podcast S2E10 – Session

Dungeons and Dragons 5e

• Player's Handbook (affiliate link)
• Dungeon Master's Guide (affiliate link)
• Monster Manual (affiliate link)
• Volo's Guide to Monsters (affiliate link)
• Official Free Pregen Characters (affiliate link)
• AAW Games Mini-Dungeons
• A Wild Sheep Chase (affiliate link)

Pathfinder 2e

• Core Rulebook (affiliate link)
• Gamemastery Guide (affiliate link)
• Archives of Nethys
• Pathfinder Nexus
• Little Trouble in Big Absalom
• Secrets of Magic (affiliate link)

Other Stuff

• 1-Inch Grid Easel Pad
• Dry Erase Grid Mat
• Jane Mcgonigal – Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World

In this episode of the RPGBOT.News, we discuss upcoming TTRPG releases in 2022. We take a brief aside to discuss the upcoming(ish) D&D movie, then dive into upcoming releases from our favorite TTRPG publishers, including Wizards of the Coast, Paizo, .

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MATERIALS REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE

RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes

• RPGBOT.Podcast Episode 13 – The Future of Dungeons and Dragons
• RPGBOT.News – Jonathan G. Nelson of AAW Games

Dungeons and Dragons 5e

• Dragons of Deceit – new upcoming Dragonlance novel, coming August 2022
• Unearthed Arcana: Heroes of Krynn
• Unearthed Arcana: Travelers of the Multiverse

Wizards of the Coast

• Critical Role Presents: Call of the Netherdeep (affiliate link)
• Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel (affiliate link) – June 27th
• Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse (affiliate link) – May 17th

Kobold Press

• Tome of Beasts 3
• Tome of Heroes – July 2022

Frog God Games

• Splinters of Faith

AAW Games

• Rise of the Drow on Foundry VTT

Paizo

• Kingmaker Bestiary for 5e
• Abomination Vaults for 5e

Pathfinder 2e

• Book of the Dead – April 2022
• Dark Archive
• Beadle & Grim's Pathfinder collection

Free League Publishing

Alien RPG

• Heart of Darkness

Mork Borg

• Cult: Heretic – April 12th

Symbaroum

• Ruins of Symbaroum 5e adaptation
• 5e adaptation demo adventure (affiliate link)
• Death in Space

Other Stuff

• Dungeons & Dragons Move (2023)
• Mazes and Monsters (1982)

In this episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, we discuss initiative and surprise mechanics in TTRPGs. We examine how initiative and surprise work in DnD 5e and how people are using it wrong, we compare 5e to other RPGs including Pathfinder 2e and The One Ring, and we explore some variant initiative options which you might use in your own games.

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MATERIALS REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE

RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes

• RPGBOT.News – Caleb Valorozo-Jones on Neurodiversity in TTRPGs
• RPGBOT.Podcast Season 2 Episode 1 – Variant Rules

Dungeons and Dragons 5e

• Player's Handbook (affiliate link)
• Dungeon Master's Guide (affiliate link)

Pathfinder 2e

• Core Rulebook (affiliate link)
• Gamemastery Guide (affiliate link)

Other Stuff

• Alien RPG
• Easy Roller Dice's Hollow Metal Dice (affiliate link)
• Fantasy Flight Star Wars (affiliate link)
• Mörk Borg
• The One Ring 2e

In this episode of the RPGBOT.News, we discuss Garycon 14 and share some pull-aside interviews with the wonderful people we met at Garycon.

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People Interviews in This Episode

Interviewees are listed in order of appearance.

Daniel Fisher

• Hammered Game Tables
• Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

Yolanda Frontany, Jeremiah, and Austin

• The Birthplace of DnD
• IndieGoGo campaign to preserve the home of Dungeons and Dragons

Daniel Colwell, Michael Paylor, Bill Supplanta

• Griffin and Gargoyle

Alexander Stangroom

• Kobold Press
• Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding Volume 2
• Tome of Beasts 2
• Tome of Beasts 3
• Deep Magic
• Vault of Magic
• Tome of Heroes

Bill Webb, Zach Glazar

• Frog God Games
• Splinters of Faith on Kickstarter
• Tome of Alchemy
• Book of Lost Spells
• Rapan Athuk

Alex Kammer

• Gamehole Con
• True Dungeon

Luke Gygax

• Garycon
• Heart of Chentoufi on Kickstarter
• Twitter

In this episode of the RPGBOT.Podcast, we discuss bringing new players into the TTRPG hobby. We offer advice on teaching players to play without overwhelming them, how to run games with all new players, and how to bring new players into games with experienced players.

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MATERIALS REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE

RPGBOT.Podcast Episodes

• How to Play Dungeons and Dragons Playlist on Spotify

Dungeons and Dragons 5e

• Dungeon Master's Guide (affiliate link)

Pathfinder 2e

• Core Rulebook (affiliate link)
• Gamemastery Guide (affiliate link)