Today we talk about how Genre and Theme impact your tabletop RPGs as players, game masters, storytellers, and designers both before play, during prep, and at the table.
Author: clight
MM Plays 44 – A Magical Night Part 6 (CotS AP)
It’s part 6 of A Magical Night. The crew of Gunny, Silas, and Ti are back in the back rooms and things are heating up with the Prosperity Cult of the Wyrm. Will Meseme be recovered and reconstituted? Will Kurt get what’s coming to him? Will we get to see Beau’s weapon? Tune in and potentially learn the answers to these questions and more on Children of the Shroud.
Thac0 with Advantage 34. Styles of Play – Beer & Pretzels vs. Wine & Cheese
Welcome to THAC0 . . . with Advantage! We’re two friends that have been playing D&D a long time. While we both love lots of other RPGs, D&D taught us when to bring the snacks.
Ang and Jared discuss Beer & Pretzels versus Wine & Cheese, and it’s not just what they’re having for the holidays. Come with us on this episode of THAC0 with Advantage as we explore different play styles in D&D, from casual and cathartic to engaging and exacting.
MM Plays 43 – The Mishmash: Reliable and unreliable narrators, Getting a game to the table fast, putting together good demo games, Setting Design
The title says it all as we’re hitting a bunch of small topics this week on the show.
MM Plays 42 – A Magical Night Part 5 (CotS AP)
It’s part 5 of A Magical Night. The crew of Gunny, Silas, and Ti are finally at the PROM. Things start heating up as there’s dancing, food, intrigue, and a secret meeting of the Wyrm clan to find out about. Tune in as we’re back from our Holiday Break
Thac0 with Advantage 33. Being a Better Player
Welcome to THAC0 . . . with Advantage! We’re two friends that have been playing D&D a long time. While we both love lots of other RPGs, D&D is what taught us our RPG manners.
This episode is all about being a better player. Ang and Jared talk about their past trials with rough players and what they believe helps be a better player at the DnD table. Let us know what you think are some quality traits to bring to the table and any tips you might have for being a better player.
Gnomecast#177 – Superhero Games
Ang, Chris, & Jared talk about superhero games and get off on a variety of comic book and superhero media tangents. Links http://misdirectedmark.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/GC_177_Superhero_Games_final.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
MMPlays – Holiday Break
We’re taking a short two week break. We do this around Thanksgiving every year. We’ll be back on the 5th of December with new episodes. Thanks for listening and we’ll be back soon. http://misdirectedmark.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Holiday-Break.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Thac0 with Advantage 32. Calendars and Seasons
Welcome to THAC0 . . . with Advantage! We’re two friends that have been playing D&D a long time. While we both love lots of other RPGs, D&D is what we spend most of our segments on.
Time keeps on slipping slipping slipping into the future… and we should probably have some way to track it, some reason for keeping time, and have some interesting holidays and festivals to break up the monotony of the passing of the days. Maybe even put some cool adventures inside those holiday moments. That’s what todays episode is all about.
MM Plays 41 – One Shot Best Practices
We’re talking about our best one shot tips today for both GMs and Players. So if you’ve ever felt neglected as a player in all this podcasting these are the shows you should tune in for. We love talking about how to get more out of games at the table as a player. We also love helping you folks as GMs play your best games your way. Take what you think works best from what we’re saying and make it your own.