Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchBlending the Fantastic and Mundane with Lew [S2E8]
Season 2 Episode 15
In this week's episode, we chat with Lew about unsustainable character voices, mixing ABBA with Norse mythology, and the importance of buying in to t…
2 years ago
Dungeon Lore VII: Hasbro and the OGL controversy [S3F7]
Season 2 Episode 14
In this week's Flashlight, we talk about intellectual property, resolve to go to law school, and finally earn that explicit rating. You can tell that…
2 years, 1 month ago
Building a new game system with Dennis [S2E7]
Season 2 Episode 13
In this week's episode, we chat with Dennis about branching out from D&D, useful feedback on game design, and the tradeoff between generality and spe…
2 years, 1 month ago
Dungeon Lore VI: Actual Plays and Peak D&D
Season 2 Episode 12
In this week's Flashlight, we talk the rise of actual plays, the incredible profitability of Wizards of the Coast, and the professionalization of a h…
2 years, 1 month ago
Beginning Idol with Wolfgang [S2E6]
Season 2 Episode 11
In this week's episode, we chat with Wolfgang about the struggle of making it in showbusiness, the importance of embracing a system's genre conventio…
2 years, 2 months ago
Dungeon Lore V: Playtesting and Pathfinder [S2F5]
Season 2 Episode 10
In this week's Flashlight, we talk about playtesting at scale, becoming a cult leader, and the development of D&D 3e and D&D 3.5e as well as Pathfind…
2 years, 2 months ago
Live Action Role-Playing with Rex [S2E5]
Season 2 Episode 9
In this week's episode, we chat with Rex about being a mean satyr, the role of persuasion and compulsion in TTRPGs and LARP, and how to step out of y…
2 years, 2 months ago
Dungeon Lore IV: Wizards, Pokemon, and Primal Order [S2F4]
Season 2 Episode 8
In this week's Flashlight, Reilly introduces some very special guests, Jake is intimidated by game store employees, and we discuss the meteoric rise …
2 years, 2 months ago
Messy Entanglements with Erika [S2E4]
Season 2 Episode 7
This week, we chat with Erika about running a campaign using multiple systems, the upsides of metagaming, and worldbuilding at a table of dirty anarc…
2 years, 2 months ago
Dungeon Lore III: Corporate Finance and also Swords [S2F3]
Season 2 Episode 6
In this week's Flashlight, we chat about the complicated corporate history of TSR, monetizing your hobbies, and how we'd deal with getting sued. Reil…
2 years, 3 months ago