Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEpisode 30 – When Do You Look Up Rules?
Chris and Andy chit-chat about some recent games they ran. Then we dive into our topic about the most fun part about games: referring to the rules! R…
6 years, 1 month ago
Episode 29 — Do You Run Published Adventures or Create Your Own? (with Jess Snyder)
Guest GM Jess Snyder joins Andy and Chris to address the timeless question: do you run published adventures or exclusively homemade ones? And how do …
6 years, 2 months ago
Episode 28 — How to Introduce a New Game to Your Gaming Group
How do you go about bringing a new RPG to the table? Andy and Chris discuss—and do a little reflecting on the first year of Roll for Topic.
6 years, 2 months ago
Holiday Special Part 2: Live Play-a-dungeon!
Happy holidays everyone! We’re back with an episode in which we play through the dungeon that we made during the last episode. Andy is your esteemed …
6 years, 3 months ago
Holiday Special Part 1: Live Build-a-Dungeon (with guest GM Kyle Latino)
As a change of pace for the holidays, Andy and Chris team up with previous guest Kyle to design a dungeon one-shot on the fly! Will the end result be…
6 years, 3 months ago
Episode 25 — How Do You Deal with Anxiety as a GM?
Call it stage fright, nervousness, or GMing anxiety, but all gamemasters must deal with it. What are some ways to minimize it? Andy and Chris discuss…
6 years, 3 months ago
Episode 24 – Do You Read the Block Text in Your Adventure? (special guest, Aaron)
We’re joined by Aaron this week to talk about reading the written block text from adventures. When there’s block text in the adventure module you’re …
6 years, 4 months ago
Episode 23 – How to Introduce Non-Gamers to Your Game
This week it’s just Andy and Chris jabbering about how to introduce non-gamers to your game. We talk about such things as: character creation, whethe…
6 years, 4 months ago
Episode 22 — How to Handle Doors in Dungeons (with guest Al McWilliams)
Guest GM Al McWilliams joins Andy and Chris to talk about his Damage Dice Kickstarter, and to talk about the question that’s on every GM’s mind: How …
6 years, 5 months ago
Episode 21: What Elements from Other Media do You Bring into Your Tabletop Games? (with Audrey Huggett)
Audrey, who was on the show back in Episode 13, came back on to talk a bit about how the AADL RPG Fest went and then to help us think about what stuf…
6 years, 5 months ago