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The Roll Report episodes
- Infodump! Episode 7
Welcome to Infodump! where Colin & Hannah scour the internet for TTRPG news & history, and dive into the archives of reddit for some juicy horror stories.
THIS EPISODE: the slow demise of Sigil VTT, Mike Mearls criticizing his own Challenge Rating, criteria to judge a campaign’s success, and the merits and pitfalls of DM PC’s.
Support The Roll Report on Patreon for EXTENDED AND AD-FREE INTERVIEWS! Follow us on Instagram and Tiktok for news & exclusive content!
The Roll Report is: Colin (Creative Director), Uriah Findley (Audio Producer), and Hannah Bradshaw Lozier (Producer).
Cover art by Annaleise Gray
Theme song: "Adventures in Adventureland" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
1 hr 36 min - Praxis Games with Gwilym Evans
The spooky and spectacular GWILYM EVANS joins Colin to talk about the ghostbusters RPG, adapting real world martial arts to game design, bringing cultures not your own into design and games with sensitivity and appreciation, and updated 20-year-old flash games.
Find Gwilym on the internet! Praxis Games
Games we mentioned: Dragonfable and Artix Entertainment can be found here: https://portal.battleon.com/default.asp
Support The Roll Report on Patreon for EXTENDED AND AD-FREE INTERVIEWS! Follow us on Instagram and Tiktok for news & exclusive content!
The Roll Report is: Colin (Creative Director), Uriah Findley (Audio Producer), and Hannah Bradshaw Lozier (Producer).
Cover art by Annaleise Gray
Theme song: "Adventures in Adventureland" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
1 hr 50 min - Eldritch Hunts and DM advice with Brandon Green (madnis_dm)
The internet's beloved BRANDON GREEN, aka totalmadnis and madnis_dm, joins Colin to talk about being the forever GM and loving it, learning to let go in a game, advice for DMs everywhere, and so much more!
Find Brandon on the internet! totalmadnis on TikTok
Check out Steinhardt’s Guide to the Eldritch Hunt!
Support The Roll Report on Patreon for EXTENDED AND AD-FREE INTERVIEWS! Follow us on Instagram and Tiktok for news & exclusive content!
The Roll Report is: Colin (Creative Director), Uriah Findley (Audio Producer), and Hannah Bradshaw Lozier (Producer).
Cover art by Annaleise Gray
Theme song: "Adventures in Adventureland" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
1 hr 24 min - D&D for kids and Lorekeeping with Nick Plaisance
The bearded and bodacious NICK PLAISANCE joins Colin to talk about throwing babies out with the bathwater, why every AP podcast needs a lorekeeper, and all the things kids can learn from playing TTRPGs together.
Find Nick on the internet! delightfuldungeondiving.com / beardyp.com / Bluesky / TikTok
Support The Roll Report on Patreon for EXTENDED AND AD-FREE INTERVIEWS! Follow us on Instagram and Tiktok for news & exclusive content!
The Roll Report is: Colin (Creative Director), Uriah Findley (Audio Producer), and Hannah Bradshaw Lozier (Producer).
Cover art by Annaleise Gray
Theme song: "Adventures in Adventureland" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
54 min - Infodump! Episode 6
Welcome to Infodump! where Colin & Hannah scour the internet for TTRPG news & history, and dive into the archives of reddit for some juicy horror stories.
THIS EPISODE: the ongoing itch.io deplatforming and payout delays, how "AI is perfect for lazy D&D players and no one else" (according to wargamer.com), and our typical assortment of DM advice and commiseration dug up from the reddit archives.
Links: AI is Perfect for Lazy D&D Players and Precisely No One Else / Payout Issues from itch.io / itch.io Delists Games Under Pressure
Support The Roll Report on Patreon for EXTENDED AND AD-FREE INTERVIEWS! Follow us on Instagram and Tiktok for news & exclusive content!
The Roll Report is: Colin (Creative Director), Uriah Findley (Audio Producer), and Hannah Bradshaw Lozier (Producer).
Cover art by Annaleise Gray
Theme song: "Adventures in Adventureland" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
1 hr 21 min - Stories Told Again and Starting Your Actual Play with Austin Baacke
Writer and showrunner AUSTIN BAACKE joins Colin to get classy! We'll talk about being part of the world’s smallest fandom, world building to do with your players, starting your TTRPG journey with extremely difficult games, and much more!
Find Austin on the interwebz! And check out Stories Told Again
Support The Roll Report on Patreon for EXTENDED AND AD-FREE INTERVIEWS! Follow us on Instagram and Tiktok for news & exclusive content!
The Roll Report is: Colin (Creative Director), Uriah Findley (Audio Producer), and Hannah Bradshaw Lozier (Producer).
Cover art by Annaleise Gray
Theme song: "Adventures in Adventureland" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
1 hr 11 min - A Lifetime of TTRPGs with Michael Patrick
Long time gamer and designer Michael J Patrick joins Colin to talk about role play vs roll play, the spectrum from audio drama to improvised tables, tantalizing tidbits from a life observing the changes in TTRPGs, and much more!
Find Michael and his games on the interwebz!Support The Roll Report on Patreon for EXTENDED AND AD-FREE INTERVIEWS! Follow us on Instagram and Tiktok for news & exclusive content!
The Roll Report is: Colin (Creative Director), Uriah Findley (Audio Producer), and Hannah Bradshaw Lozier (Producer).
Cover art by Annaleise Gray
Theme song: "Adventures in Adventureland" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
1 hr 13 min - Prepless GMing and Community Moderating with Geoff Barry
The tremendously talented GEOFF BARRY joins Colin to talk about low-to-no prep DMing, worldbuilding on the fly with your table, the best and worst parts of community management, and much more!
Links: The Quiet Year for world building, Stories Told Again links, Grant Howitt 1 page RPGs, Do Or Do Not
Support The Roll Report on Patreon for EXTENDED AND AD-FREE INTERVIEWS! Follow us on Instagram and Tiktok for news & exclusive content!
The Roll Report is: Colin (Creative Director), Uriah Findley (Audio Producer), and Hannah Bradshaw Lozier (Producer).
Cover art by Annaleise Gray
Theme song: "Adventures in Adventureland" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
1 hr 19 min - Infodump! Episode 5
Welcome to Infodump! where Colin & Hannah scour the internet for TTRPG news & history, and dive into the archives of reddit for some juicy horror stories.
THIS EPISODE: BG4 & other WotC announcements, the possible origins of AD&D monsters in 60’s and 70’s Ultraman episodes, and of course lots of DM advice - including how to not be a bad DM.
LINKS: The "chinasaur" army origins of D&D monsters
Support The Roll Report on Patreon for EXTENDED AND AD-FREE INTERVIEWS! Follow us on Instagram and Tiktok for news & exclusive content!
The Roll Report is: Colin (Creative Director), Uriah Findley (Audio Producer), and Hannah Bradshaw Lozier (Producer).
Cover art by Annaleise Gray
Theme song: "Adventures in Adventureland" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
1 hr 33 min - Ecology in TTRPGs and The Book of Extinction with Lucas Zellers
Author and game designer LUCAS ZELLERS joins Colin to discuss 4th edition D&D - we TALK about it!, scientific accuracy in game design, how to use ecology to become a better player and game master, and much more!
Check out Glatisant , The Book of Extinction , and follow @lucaszellers on Instagram for more!
Support The Roll Report on Patreon for EXTENDED AND AD-FREE INTERVIEWS! Follow us on Instagram and Tiktok for news & exclusive content!
The Roll Report is: Colin (Creative Director), Uriah Findley (Audio Producer), and Hannah Bradshaw Lozier (Producer).
Cover art by Annaleise Gray
Theme song: "Adventures in Adventureland" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
1 hr 22 min
About The Roll Report
From the publisher's feed
Welcome to the show! We play RPGs, imagine fantasy world public radio broadcasts, and interview people about their favorite D&D character classes.
DM Colin takes players Fenner, Kaya, and Ben on adventures in a magical world in our live-play D&D episodes - catch up on news and get episode recaps thru WSPR broadcasts in between campaign episodes! We get to the really important questions with our TTRPG friends and heroes in Classin' Up The Joint: what's their favorite PC class and subclass?