The Encounter Table Podcast

In this episode Ryan, Ralf and Kade discuss how to make a locations feel like real place and how to use encounters to do that.

The game we mention in this episode are Gensys. If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us.

In this episode Ryan, Ralf and Kade come up with a variety of spooky encounters you can put into your table top role playing game game!

The games we mention in this episode are Kids on Bikes, Shiver , and Call of Cthulu.. If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us.

In this episode Ryan, Ralf, Kade and special guest Charlie from Parable Games talk about their new game shiver and how to put more horror into your RPG.

The games we mention in this episode are Blades in the Dark, Gensys, and Shiver If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us.

The music for our boxed text section is Roadside Bunker by Blue dot Sessions.

In this episode Ryan, Ralf and Kade talk about how knowing what your players want out of a role-playing game and what interests they have outside of it can improve your encounter design

The book we mention in this episode is The Monsters Know What They are doing. If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us.

The music for our boxed text section is Turning to You by Blue dot Sessions.

In the second half of this two part episode Ryan, Ralf and Kade talk about how to be inspired by and use mechanics from other games in order to run better encounters and better games.

The games we mention in this episode are Numenera, Powered by The Apocalypse, Savage Worlds and The Dark Eye. If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us.

The music for our boxed text section is Gilly Wash by Blue dot Sessions.

In the first part of this two part episode Ryan, Ralf and Kade talk about how to be inspired by and use mechanics from other games in order to run better encounters and better games.

The games we mention in this episode are Blades in the Dark, Powered by The Apocalypse, Scum and Villainy, Barbarians of Lemuria, Don’t Rest Your Head, Dune, The Lumen SRD, Slayers, Clean Up Crew, WuDeRPG, The Wretched, Wretched and Alone SRD and Dread . If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us.

The music for our boxed text section is Um Pepino by Blue dot Sessions.

In this episode Ryan, Ralf and Kade talk about how to think about the choices you provide players in encounters that have impact on the game.

The games and books we mention in this episode are Genesys, 7th Seas, and The Monsters Know What they are Doing. If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us.

The music for our boxed text section is Service Road 237 by Blue dot Sessions.

In this episode Ralf, Kade and Ryan talk about how to use tension to make encounters feel more important and how to push your story forward.

The games we mention in this episode are Blades in the Dark, Dread, and Call of Cthulu. If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us.

The music for our boxed text section is Shields Up by Blue dot Sessions.

In this episode Ryan, Ralf and Kade talk about how to use stakes, or the consequences of failing, to make your encounters more interesting.

The games we mention in this episode are Blades in the Dark, Powered by The Apocalypse, Gensys, Scum and Villainy, and Shadowrun. If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us.

The music for our boxed text section is Flashing Runner by Blue dot Sessions.

In this episode Ryan, Ralf and Kade talk about how to use the different modes of play to make your encounters more interesting.

The games we mention in this episode are Shadowrun, Gensys, Pathfinder, and Barbarians of Lemuria, If you want to support our podcast you can buy games through our affiliate link or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/The_Encounter_Table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us.

The music in this episode for the boxed text was Our Only Lark by Blue dot Sessions. You can find their music at Sessions.Blue.