The One-Shot Show

By Matt Carroll

"Where GMs go to level up!"

15 minutes long, because session prep takes long enough.

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June 28, 2025 Episode 11: Improvising Plot Hooks
As a natural follow to our episode that talked about memorable NPCs, how to create them on-the-fly, and how they might lead in to deeper plots, this episode talks about creating those very plots entirely off-the-cuff.
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17min
June 21, 2025 Episode 10: How To Create Interesting NPCs
We get into some of the tricks of the trade when it comes to creating NPCs that will stick with your players. This includes how to plan great NPCs, and how to make up unplanned ones!
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18min
June 14, 2025 Episode 9: The Realism Fallacy
Matt's got another one locked and loaded, this time tackling why 'Realism' isn't really what people want more of in their games. Mock gets to talk too sometimes.
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19min
June 07, 2025 Episode 8: How to be a Great Player
We're joined again by Brad Thompson as we get into how you as a player can make your GM's life easier and level up your own enjoyment too!
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19min
May 31, 2025 Episode 7: How To Railroad Well
'Railroading' is a bit of a dirty word in TTRPGs. We try to clean up its image a little and talk about why it can actually be a useful tool for your games.
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May 24, 2025 Episode 6: Yes, And (Sucks)
There's a lot to be said here. 'Yes But, No And' is a literary structure you may find a lot of use in for your campaigns. We'll hopefully talk more about it but in the meantime people much smarter than us have said a whole lot on the subject so slap it into google and have at it!
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May 17, 2025 Episode 5: Production Value
We're joined this week by Brad Thompson from Cutting Words to break down what we mean by 'Production Value', easy ways to increase the production value of your sessions, and why you might want to do that in the first place.

Brad's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@CuttingWords
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May 10, 2025 Episode 4: How to Start a Campaign
In this episode we share all the wisdom we've developed around how to run the first session of your campaigns and where to go from there to give your campaign the best start possible!
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19min
May 03, 2025 Episode 3: GM Style
In this episode we define what we mean when we say 'GM Style', how to develop your own style, and what impact your style has on your games.
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17min
April 26, 2025 Episode 2: So You Want To Make Money Off D&D
You might have heard about people paying GMs to run TTRPGs for them. In this episode we talk about how to go about becoming one of those paid GMs, why you might want to do it, and why you might not want to do it.

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