Show us how you run a game for demo purposes vs. just for entertainment! Phil and Senda talk the balance of entertainment and demo modes for con games as well as the focus of each MORE
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DwDnD#181 – Designing Encounters Part 1
Shawn and Chris talk about some of their foundational ideas and concepts when designing encounters. Enjoy Links Stranger Things’ Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set Plays Mike Wheeler’s Adventure Love’s Labour’s Liberated – A 5e RPG MORE
Gnomecast #60 – Don’t Fridge the NPC
Join Ang, Chuck, and Wen for a discussion on the complications and problems with “fridging,” or endangering vulnerable characters without reason. Will these gnomes be thoughtful enough to keep out of the fridge, er, stew? MORE
MMP#344 – Layout in RPGs with Tim Jones
Hey folks. This episode we converse with Tim Jones, Encoded Designs graphic designer, about layout and graphic design and how he applies his skills and eye to layout in RPGs. Enjoy, think about backing us MORE
BXP#23 – Rosenstrasse, with Jessica Hammer
Jessica Hammer joins us to talk about her work on Rosenstrasse: an historical freeform game set in 1930s Berlin, exploring the events and emotions leading up to the Rosenstrasse Protest of 1943 when German housewives MORE
Panda’s Talking Games 144 – You Can Lead a Group to Water
Show us how you manage a group that lacks leadership! Phil and Senda talk about leading and supporting roles (in games and in life), types of leadership, and how to provide leadership in a game MORE
DwDnD#180 – Interview with Mike Shea at Winter Fantasy
Shawn gets down with Mike Shea at Winter Fantasy. Enjoy the interview. Links Mad Wizard’s Menagerie Patreon
MMP#343 – Conjure Hagalaz Three
Hey folks. Tonight we engage in the play of Conjure Hagalaz. It’s a game by Blake Ryan “Batman”, patron and friend of the show and the gameosphere. Today we’re finishing our exploratory play of the MORE
Panda’s Talking Games 143 – Adventure Structure
Show us how you structure you sessions, one shots, campaigns, or adventures! Phil and Senda talk through the various adventure structures, including linear, branching, railroad, and sandbox. Also, origami butterflies, missing dice, and Phil forgets MORE
DwDnD#179 – Planar Adventures
Chris and Shawn get down with the planes of existence. It’s gates, and shadowfey fellwild realms, and fire & ice, and all the wackiness of the Elemental Chaos, Limbo, and Pandemonium. So lets get hopping. MORE