Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchEpisode 165 – How Do You Handle Character Aging and Age Differences?
Have you played in games where your character’s age had a big impact, mechanically or narratively? Chris and Andy discuss why it matters if your D&D …
1 year, 1 month ago
Episode 164 – How Do You Handle Player Mounts and Horses?
What do you do when one of your players comes to the table with a PC that has a horse, mount, or another game feature that radically changes tactical…
1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 163 – Do you hand out documents at the table?
Andy and Chris talk about the things we used to love and then get into the the discussion of handing out documents/clues/puzzles at the table.
1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 162 – How Do You Run Wilderness Survival Games?
What elements go into a good game focused on wilderness survival and exploration? Chris and Andy discuss, but not before a few detours to talk about …
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 161 – How Do You Handle Religion in Your Games?
What does religious faith look like in your games? Do you encourage your players to make religious faith a key part of their PCs, whether or not thei…
1 year, 3 months ago
Episode 160 – How Do You Game in Times of Difficulty?
Is tabletop roleplaying “just” an escapist diversion? How and why do we approach a hobby like gaming when news and politics and life in general are s…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 159 – To Chase or Not to Chase Your White Whales
Andy and Chris recap the build-a-dungeon/play-a-dungeon and then talk about their gaming plans for 2025. Andy wonders aloud about whether to “just” p…
1 year, 4 months ago
Episode 158 – Holiday Actual Play Special
It’s our annual holiday tradition–a TTRPG actual play in which we run the roleplaying scenario that we designed in the last episode! Join Chris and h…
1 year, 5 months ago
Episode 157 – Build a Dungeon 2024!
It’s that time of year again! Join Chris and Andy with special guests, John Corey and Kyle Latino, as they build a dungeon live on air! This is part …
1 year, 5 months ago
156 – Chit Haters
Andy and Chris talk about the feelings they have about different methods of getting a random number. Rolling a die is great; drawing a chit from a ba…
1 year, 5 months ago