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Today Nick interviews an up and coming independent game publisher, Scryptid Games! You've heard about them before with our interviews on Psychic Trash Detectives and with Nat Mesnard on interactive fiction, but today we get into the details of how this new publisher came to be and what their plans are for the future! Check the episode out! It's a cool new player on the ttrpg scene.

Check out Scryptid Games' Website!

Or check out their Itch page!

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Todays episode was such a treat. Dr. Emily Friedman is a professor who studies actual plays as a new story telling format and medium. She sat down with us to talk about her studies, how actual plays are made, what separates a mediocre actual play from a great one, and some of her favorites that she has come across.

Check out her work at ecfriedman.com or see what she's up to on twitter @friede.

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Happy Pride everyone! To celebrate the crew sits down and reviews the award winning Thirsty Sword Lesbians ttrpg. This game has got everything! Find out what we think and see if you can use the rules to arbitrate a dance fight that breaks out in game (spoilers: you can).

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It's the last episode of heist month and we couldn't leave out the staples of any heist game: Guards and Thieves. Need something to protect something? Guard. Need something to steal something? Thief. We talk all about the uses of these characters and how to think about them when running your campaign.

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Today we are talking about crafting delicious story hooks to catch those pesky players and bring them into the story. Who better to talk about this stuff than Matteo Copelli, the Host, Editor & Producer of Role Play Chat! We talk about how to start quests, seeding story hooks in a campaign, and inviting players to be a part of the story.

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Today we dive into the world of ttrpg music with Max Coltrin as our guide! How do you use music in games? Where do you find it? How can you make it yourself? We talk about all this and more in today's episode!

Wanna listen to some of Max's music? Go HERE

Wanna help contribute to Max's music? Go HERE

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Today the Tabletopped crew is coming back together for one last job.... talking about heists! This episode is all about how to run a heist in ttrpgs. From the prep to actually playing through one, our hosts will walk through all the ins and outs of this genre staple.

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Do you feel a kinship with trash animals? You know, the ones who you find rooting through your trash with psychic powers solving crimes and mysteries? If so, you are going to love Scryptid Game's Psychic Trash Detectives. Today we we talk to Brigitte Winter, the designer of this new amazing ttrpg, about her process making this new game.

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We all went to the theatre to see the new D&D movie! Today we talk about our thoughts about this movie and whether we think people should see it! We are talking in a free ranging spoiler-filled way, so if that isn't your jam then check it out after you see it.