The Play Better Podcast

The Play Better Podcast episodes:

• 01.04.2019

  Let's Play Better: Episode 265 (Tall Pines Part 1)

  We actually get through a the opening part of tall pines! And spend most of the time commenting on how weird it is to make a game out of copying David Lynch.

  
• 12.21.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 264 (Tall Pines Part 0)

  We try to play a game. Honestly we really tried, we swear. We chat about Twin Peaks, Scooby Doo, and the rules for Tall Pines by Self Critical Hit Games.

  
• 12.17.2018

  Play Better Podcast: Episode 263

  We talk about our recent trip to PAX Unplugged, and then get down with the sickness with Death Wish by Zafty Games!

  
• 12.07.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 262 (Legend of the Five Rings 5th Edition Part 3)

  Our young Samurai uncover a secret sinister plot within the Topaz Championship, and then things go... sideways.

  
• 11.30.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 261 (Legend of the Five Rings 5th Edition Part 2)

  Our Samurai continue their coming of age competition, and try to help a young Mantis Bushi stay alive in the process.

  
• 11.24.2018

  Play Better Podcast: Episode 260.1

  We have a holiday mini-sode here for you to talk about some games we've been playing, and how to best jump into D&D; this holiday season.

  
• 11.18.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 260 (Legend of the Five Rings 5th Edition Part 1)

  There's a new edition of the L5R RPG in the world, so it's time for another Topaz Championship!

  
• 11.09.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 259 (Dusk City Outlaws)

  Join our dashing band of rogues while they attempt to steal a necklace in Dusk City Outlaws by Scratchpad Publishing

  
• 11.02.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 258 (Ten Candles)

  Ten Candles! Four Lives! One Dapper 20s Dandy! One Dog!... it's kind of amazing it winds up being as spooky as it does. But it does. P.S.: Ten Candles is great.

  
• 10.31.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 257 (Delta Green: Mimesis Part 3)

  Plot Twist! Things are not as they seem, R-Cell was right, and it only gets worse.

  
• 10.26.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 256 (Delta Green: Mimesis Part 2)

  Rex continues to be unsettlingly prescient, and the rooms here are made of cartilage, skin, and oatmeal.

  
• 10.19.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 255 (Delta Green: Mimesis Part 1)

  R Cell rides again in a new horrifying techno thriller written by the illustrious Cameron McNary!

  
• 10.12.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 254 (D&D 5th Edition - Ratbaggers S1E13)

  We uncover the histories of our Ratbaggers, and Jovi is left with more questions than answers.

  
• 10.05.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 253 (D&D 5th Edition - Ratbaggers S1E12)

  Jovie is confronted with her tragic past, and the Ratbaggers descend into a creepy pit!

  
• 09.29.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 252 (D&D 5th Edition - Ratbaggers S1E11)

  There's a room full of corpses. Gale tries to steal a skeleton, and it doesn't quite work out.

  
• 09.21.2018

  Play Better Podcast: Episode 251

  We have one more regular cast before our return to Ratbaggers, and we talk about Age of Sigmar: Champions, Scythe, and competitive player types!

  
• 09.14.2018

  Play Better Podcast: Episode 250

  We take a brief break from Ratbaggers to have a regular cast this week! We talk about the final Sentinels of the Multiverse expansion: Oblivaeon, Trash Pandas, and setting expectations for your players.

  
• 09.07.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 249 (D&D 5th Edition - Ratbaggers S1E10)

  Our heroes meet with the ghost of Gerald "Duckfoot" Reese, and then find a skeleton that should definitely not have that many pelvises.

  
• 08.31.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 248 (D&D 5th Edition - Ratbaggers S1E9)

  Our heroes delve deeper into the house, spin the thrumming basement wheel, and get into a bit of a scruff with the former inhabitants.

  
• 08.24.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 247 (D&D 5th Edition - Ratbaggers S1E8)

  The Ratbaggers make their way through Rel Mord to everyone's favorite place, the county clerk's office!

  
• 08.17.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 246 (D&D 5th Edition - Ratbaggers S1E7)

  Euadne gets up to some weird ass shit, and Henry the Bullywug is a real asshole.

  
• 08.10.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 245 (Delta Green: Observer Effect Part 4)

  R Cell closes out OBSERVER EFFECT with proper application of STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE.

  
• 08.03.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 244 (D&D 5th Edition - Ratbaggers S1E6)

  The crew heads back to Euadne's house, and she's super rude the whole time.

  
• 07.27.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 243 (D&D 5th Edition - Ratbaggers S1E5)

  The group finds a key card, explores the second floor, and Cameron... licks his dice?

  
• 07.20.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 242 (D&D 5th Edition - Ratbaggers S1E4)

  The Ratbaggers get a little waterlogged, and deal with a trap!

  
• 07.13.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 241 (D&D 5th Edition - Ratbaggers S1E3)

  The Ratbaggers get to rollin’ on a river, and have their first taste of combat!

  
• 07.10.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 240 (D&D 5th Edition - Ratbaggers S1E2)

  Ratbaggers: What the Hell do we do now? The Ratbaggers crew gets reoriented after a rocky start. They emerge even rougher around the edges, and ready to Play Better!

  
• 07.06.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 239 (Delta Green: Observer Effect Part 3)

  R Cell take another shot at preventing Azathoth from eating all of reality, and things... uh... happen.

  
• 06.29.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 238 (D&D 5th Edition - Ratbaggers S1E1)

  The Ratbaggers’ great adventure begins! Much like our heroes, it's rough around the edges.

  
• 06.22.2018

  Play Better Podcast: Episode 237

  Our Origins 2018 debrief! We play a lot of games, had a blast, and also got a fantastic interview with Cat Tobin of Pelgrane Press!

  
• 06.08.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 236 (Delta Green: Observer Effect Part 2)

  The madness continues in this week's episode of Delta Green. Come for the sanity loss, stay for the interdimensional radiation burns!

  
• 06.01.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 235 (Delta Green: Observer Effect Part 1)

  We're joined by cast favourite Amanda Farough as R Cell finds themselves on the wrong side of reality!

  
• 05.25.2018

  Play Better Podcast: Episode 234

  We talk about video game to board game adaptations, changing tone mid game, and amateur dermatology. 

  
• 05.18.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 233 (Nightcrawler Investigations - The King in Roadstone Part 2)

  Nightcrawler Investigations gets put between a rock and a hard place! Also the rock is a demon who is really a rock. Monster of the Week, with special guests James Flanagan and Jen Rabbit Ring!

  
• 05.11.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 232 (Nightcrawler Investigations - The King in Roadstone Part 1)

  Back due to popular demand: Nightcrawler Investigations - The King in Roadstone With special guest: Jen Rabbitt Ring !

  
• 05.04.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 231 (The One Ring Part 2)

  We continue our One Ring ghost hunt that may or may not involve a Necro-Draco-Barrow-Oliphaunt.

  
• 04.27.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 230 (The One Ring Part 1)

  This time around, we're joined by special guest Nerissa Hart for Molly's GMing of The One Ring RPG by Cubicle 7!

  
• 04.20.2018

  Play Better Podcast: Episode 229

  We talk about BATTLE FOR ROKUGAN, ALIENT ATRIFACTS, ...and really weird dreams?

  
• 04.13.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 228 (TOP SECRET Part 2)

  If we analyze a game about spies, does that make us Intelligence Analysts? Because that would look super cool on our business cards. Top Secret, Part 2: THE DEBRIEFENING.

  
• 04.06.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 227 (TOP SECRET: NWO Part 1)

  This week we play TOP SECRET. If we told you any more, we'd have to kill you.

  
• 03.30.2018

  Play Better Podcast: Episode 226

  We take a break from deep thoughts, and play a couple small-format games!   Discussions of Super-Gonorrhea and the sex lives of Space Marines feature prominently.

  
• 03.17.2018

  Play Better Podcast: Episode 225

  We set out to play some more KARMA. That is not what winds up happening.

  
• 03.07.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 224 (Karma Part 2)

  Tactical Machete is a Thing. We’re making it a Thing. You heard it here first. Part 2 of KARMA.

  
• 02.28.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 223 (Karma Part 1)

  Let’s Play Better: KARMA, a Roleplaying Game About Consequences, by Frenzy Kitty Games! Featuring the stunning first appearance of... TACTICAL MACHETE!

  
• 02.14.2018

  Play Better Podcast: Episode 222

  The inimitable Fred Wan returns to the cast to discuss the new Legend of the Five Rings LCG, acclimating players to complex settings, and more!

  
• 02.07.2018

  Play Better Podcast: Episode 221

  “SURPRISE TABLETALK TOPIC in this one, folks! We start off talking about one thing, and then talk about ANOTHER THING INSTEAD!”

  
• 01.30.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 220 (Coriolis Part 2)

  CORIOLIS, Part 2: Where creeping scifi horror is met with concussion grenades, stoic pragmatism, and preemptively setting people on fire.

  
• 01.24.2018

  Play Better Podcast: Episode 219

  This week we talk about solo gaming, motion sickness, and how to pronounce "erudite". We also have a fantastic interview with Mike Pondsmith of R. Talsorian games!

  
• 01.17.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 218 (Follow Part 2)

  “The best-laid plans of Gods and Men gang aft a-gley. Like, SO a-grey, y’all. The Emu of Vaginal Birth is heavily involved.”

  
• 01.10.2018

  Let's Play Better: Episode 217 (Follow Part 1)

  This week we play Follow by Ben Robbins! We invent a pantheon of gods. It goes about as well as you'd expect. Phalluses abound!