Typewriters and Dice

Tanner and Jamal depart from their normal conversations and have a full on episode about the anime series Ranking of Kings! Join us as we break down what works and what makes this anime so good and the lessons that it imparts in our dnd games. Layers people, we are talking about layers!

Jamal @  twitter.com/mapstonepark
Tanner @ twitter.com/penmademightier

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Tanner and Jamal talk about how to incentivize different play styles from your players. Tanner is starting up a game where combat is the last thing players want to do because they will gain levels based off of their ability to steal things. What would that game look like? Incentivizing different elements will change the flow of your game. What do you promote in your games?

Jamal @  twitter.com/mapstonepark
Tanner @ twitter.com/penmademightier

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What separates your game from the vanilla version of DnD? In the spirit of starting new campaigns, Tanner and Jamal dig into discussing different house rules that promote the type of game play they enjoy!

Jamal @  twitter.com/mapstonepark
Tanner @ twitter.com/penmademightier

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Tanner and Jamal talk about city building theories. How involved are your players in the creation of the different areas of your cities or locations? We also stumble across the idea of different locations having an affinity that works for your players vs areas that they need to earn their progression.

Jamal @  twitter.com/mapstonepark
Tanner @ twitter.com/penmademightier

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Welcome Back! Join Tanner and Jamal as they dig into tricks and tips that help with running and playing in games that meet more infrequently. Do you have any tips that help with getting the most out of your games? Share them with us on Twitter or join our discord.

Jamal @  twitter.com/mapstonepark
Tanner @ twitter.com/penmademightier

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Tanner and Jamal discuss how to tackle alternate win conditions in their games. They discuss implementing video game mechanics and inspiration from stories.

Jamal @  twitter.com/mapstonepark
Tanner @ twitter.com/penmademightier


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Tanner and Jamal are joined by Nicholas Qualls as they dig into the topic of how we all go about using random encounters. Niko runs a campaign that Jamal plays in so its an opportunity to workshop a world they are already experienced with.

Jamal @  twitter.com/mapstonepark
Tanner @ twitter.com/penmademightier
Nicholas @ twitter.com/nikoscream

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Tanner and Jamal have pulled questions and ideas that they've seen online to discuss their takes on them. Questions about personal house rules, how they do death savings throw, and how INT can be more useful.

Jamal @  twitter.com/mapstonepark
Tanner @ twitter.com/penmademightier


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Tanner and Jamal dive into how they go about crafting mysteries in their games. What pitfalls to look out for and how they straddle the line of planning for everything so that you can have very detailed notes vs crafting elements as they come up.

Jamal @  twitter.com/mapstonepark
Tanner @ twitter.com/penmademightier


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Tanner and Jamal discuss fudging dice rolls and bargaining with your dice. This can be a sensitive topic depending on who you ask and we go over how we use dice rolls and how we place our faith in the dice. How do you use dice to influence your story from a DM perspective?
 
Jamal @  twitter.com/mapstonepark
Tanner @ twitter.com/penmademightier


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