Podcast Episodes

Wonder Wander

Season 16 Episode 4

This week I found myself wandering back to Traveller - specifically, the current edition of the game published by Mongoose.

Wandering is an inevitability in my hobby. My mind is constantly scanning fo…

Published on 9 hours ago

Non-linear Paths with Obstacles

Season 16 Episode 3

Starting with a seemingly random quote from "Tiny Experiments" by Anne-Loure Le Cunff, I riff off the idea of non-linear paths through RPG adventures.

I draw on Jamison's idea about the Obstacle and …

Published on 1 week ago

Jamison and the Magical Bio Sheet

Season 16 Episode 2

This episode I talk about Brian Jamison's approach to setting up a role-playing game. I stitch together Pat Mullen's bio sheet into this process as I talk about how I've applied it in my gaming in re…

Published on 2 weeks ago

The Experimental Mindset

Season 16 Episode 1

What would happen if I recorded one short episode every week for ten weeks? This is my tiny experiment for Roleplay Rescue Reborn.

This episode I talk about the intention, the experimental mindset, an…

Published on 3 weeks ago

The Play's The Thing

Season 15 Episode 15

I don’t want to say this out loud, because it feels so final and unlikely, but this is the last planned episode of Roleplay Rescue. After seven years, what is there left to say? Well, uncounted thing…

Published on 3 months ago

Reorientation

Season 15 Episode 14

This episode arose after 12 weeks of conversations and not recording a more personal episode during those 3 months. Here you'll catch up with what I've been doing since April, hear three great messag…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Scenario Design with Simon Williams

Season 15 Episode 13

This one’s with a familiar guest - Simon Williams - in which, as it turned out, Simon interviewed me on the question of Scenario Design: how do I do it and what approaches do I take? Simon is a Briti…

Published on 4 months ago

Wild Magic with Clarke Peterson

Season 15 Episode 12

My guest today is Clarke Peterson from Speaks and Spells Publishing, the author of several 5th Edition compatible products including Venture Forth, The Arcane Exterminator, and Secrets of the Selkies…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Story Divide Feedback

Season 15 Episode 11

This one is all about the call-in feedback for the discussions I recently shared with Anthony, aka Runeslinger, from Casting Shadows on the topic of the Story Divide. More specifically, these message…

Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago

Characters as Protagonists

Season 15 Episode 10

This one’s another conversation with Runeslinger, aka Anthony from the Casting Shadows blog, podcast, and Youtube channel. He hails from South Korea and, having just enjoyed a week off work, I was ab…

Published on 5 months ago