Show overview
Improvised Radio Theatre - With Dice: Latest posts has been publishing since 2017, and across the 9 years since has built a catalogue of 101 episodes. That works out to roughly 120 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 1h 4m and 1h 18m — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-GB-language Leisure show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 weeks ago, with 5 episodes already out so far this year. Published by Roger Bell_West.
From the publisher
Role-playing games and how to do them better.
Latest Episodes
View all 101 episodesYou're Not Going To Like the Bit Where Your Eyes Start Glowing
Crawling Around the Ankles of the Great Cyclopæan Ones
<p><a href="https://tekeli.li/podcast/irtd_158.mp3">Download</a></p> <p>This month, Mike and Roger talk about getting NPCs more involved in play, and how to work with PC backstories.</p>
You're Thinking Of Barry Morse Aren't You?
<p><a href="/podcast/irtd_157.mp3">Download</a></p> <p>This month, Mike and Roger look at the detectability of metagame traits, and revisit random encounters.</p>
Like Performing Divination From Entrails
<p><a href="https://tekeli.li/podcast/irtd_156.mp3">Download</a></p> <p>This month, Mike and Roger talk about demonstration games and Roger rants about dice pools.</p>
Blessed Are The Notetakers
<p><a href="/podcast/irtd_155.mp3">Download</a></p> <p>This month, Mike and Roger look at using current events in games, and think about what player skills we find most useful as GMs.</p>
Little Sisters of Shub-Niggurath Bake Sale
<p><a href="https://tekeli.li/podcast/irtd_154.mp3">Download</a></p> <p>This month, Mike and Roger talk about current hotness Brindlewood Bay, and games for children.</p>
Something You Said In 1963
<p><a href="/podcast/irtd_153.mp3">Download</a></p> <p>This month, Mike and Roger consider ad-hoc backgrounds, and the best way to get started as a new GM.</p>
You Are Not the Gaming Messiah
<p><a href="https://tekeli.li/podcast/irtd_152.mp3">Download</a></p> <p>This month, Mike and Roger talk about what makes a system dead, and whether we should care.</p>
You Get To Choose The Type Of Lunatic You Are
<p><a href="/podcast/irtd_151.mp3">Download</a></p> <p>Michael apologises for leaving the episode to languish in his inbox past the deadline. It may be related to the bad attack of Renovation his landlords put him through.</p> <p>This month, Mike and Roger once again attempt RPG-a-Day as RPG-a-Minute.</p>
Until the GM Got Bored or Went to University
<p><a href="https://tekeli.li/podcast/irtd_150.mp3">Download</a></p> <p>This month, Mike and Roger talk about apotheosis.</p>
Squalid but Interesting Adventures
<p><a href="/podcast/irtd_149.mp3">Download</a></p> <p>This month, Mike and Roger talk about the innocents in the city, and how to start a fight.</p>
Learn It Fast Enough Before Something Eats You
<p><a href="https://tekeli.li/podcast/irtd_148.mp3">Download</a></p> <p>This month, Mike and Roger talk about introducing players to new systems, and how much you stat up your villains.</p>
She Probably Doesn't Have Enough Teacups
<p><a href="/podcast/irtd_147.mp3">Download</a></p> <p>This month, Mike and Roger talk about the gaming possibilities of police stories.</p>
I Am So Much More Enlightened Now
<p><a href="https://tekeli.li/podcast/irtd_146.mp3">Download</a></p> <p>This month, Mike and Roger talk about magic and allied systems.</p> <p>(Apologies for quality, we had to use a backup recording for Mike.)</p>
His Excellency's Policy On Bamboo
<p><a href="/podcast/irtd_145.mp3">Download</a></p> <p>This month, Mike and Roger look at two of Mike's campaigns that have ended recently.</p>
Arete or Wisdom?
<p><a href="https://tekeli.li/podcast/irtd_144.mp3">Download</a></p> <p>This month, Mike and Roger talk about game adaptations that have failed, or indeed that never got a chance to fail.</p>
I Knew There Was Going To Be a But
<p><a href="/podcast/irtd_143.mp3">Download</a></p> <p>This month, Mike and Roger look at Roger's latest enthusiasm, Mongoose's revision of the <em>Bayern</em> campaign for 2300 AD.</p>
I May Have a Bit Of an Ego Problem
<p><a href="https://tekeli.li/podcast/irtd_142.mp3">Download</a></p> <p>This month, Mike and Roger talk about one-off and convention games.</p>
Heiresses Who Are Not What They Seem
<p><a href="/podcast/irtd_141.mp3">Download</a></p> <p>This month, Mike and Roger consider how to steal material for RPGs, and work out an example.</p>
The Difference Between Malice and Inadequacy
<p><a href="https://tekeli.li/podcast/irtd_140.mp3">Download</a></p> <p>This month, Mike and Roger consider the limitations of improvised campaigns and how to deal with rules lawyers.</p>