Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEpisode 65 — What on Earth is a THAC0?
After an opening reflection about character creation, Chris and Andy tackle the question that drives us all: what is THAC0, how does it work, and why…
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 64 — Spaceship Dinosaurs, Mutant Crime-fighters, and More
Join Chris, Andy, and guest GM Joel Boonstra as they venture off-script and deep into the heart of 1980s children’s cartoons! With the help of the Ga…
5 years ago
Episode 63 — Sports Are Just Numerology Actual Play
For a change of pace, Chris and Andy take a break from talking about roleplaying games and actually play one! We play a short game of Sports Are Just…
5 years ago
Episode 62 — How Do You Use and Care For Your Game Books?
How are your physical game books a part of the experience of tabletop gaming? How do you handle, annotate, and use them at the table? Andy and Chris …
5 years, 1 month ago
Episode 61 — How Do You Start a New Campaign? (with guest GM Murph)
Once you have an idea for a new campaign, how do you make it happen at the table? Guest GM Murph joins Andy and Chris to discuss different ways to ap…
5 years, 1 month ago
Episode 60 – What campaign are you chickening out of running?
Andy and Chris get personal and share all about the campaigns they really want to run, but just can’t quite bring themselves to dive into. It’s a GM …
5 years, 2 months ago
Episode 59 — How Do You Use Mazes in a Roleplaying Game?
Mazes and labyrinths are a fixture of fantasy roleplaying games, but are they actually fun? Chris and Andy talk about what goes into making mazes fun…
5 years, 2 months ago
Episode 58 — Waterdeep Postmortem, Plus Digital Resources in Games (with Guest GM Tim Saucer)
Tim Saucer joins Andy and Chris to discuss his recently-completed Waterdeep: Dragon Heist campaign, before diving into this episode’s topic: how do y…
5 years, 3 months ago
Episode 57 — “Eternal Lies” Campaign Postmortem (with Guest GM Matt Wilson)
Guest GM Matt Wilson (@hypomodern) joins the show to discuss his recently-finished 18-month campaign of “Eternal Lies”! Matt talks about what worked …
5 years, 3 months ago
Episode 56 — How Do You Handle Luck and Divine Intervention? (with guest GM Kyle Latino)
Guest GM Kyle Latino joins Andy and Chris to discuss luck, fate points, divine intervention, and other ways that games equip players with get-out-of-…
5 years, 4 months ago