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At Least They're From the Same Planet Originally

May 31, 202652 min

You're Not Going To Like the Bit Where Your Eyes Start Glowing

Apr 30, 202651 min

Crawling Around the Ankles of the Great CyclopÃ¦an Ones

<a href="https://tekeli.li/podcast/irtd_158.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger talk about getting NPCs more involved in play, and how to work with PC backstories.

Mar 31, 20261h 0m

You're Thinking Of Barry Morse Aren't You?

<a href="/podcast/irtd_157.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger look at the detectability of metagame traits, and revisit random encounters.

Mar 1, 202654 min

Like Performing Divination From Entrails

<a href="https://tekeli.li/podcast/irtd_156.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger talk about demonstration games and Roger rants about dice pools.

Feb 1, 202659 min

Blessed Are The Notetakers

<a href="/podcast/irtd_155.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger look at using current events in games, and think about what player skills we find most useful as GMs.

Jan 1, 20261h 10m

Little Sisters of Shub-Niggurath Bake Sale

<a href="https://tekeli.li/podcast/irtd_154.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger talk about current hotness Brindlewood Bay, and games for children.

Dec 1, 202558 min

Something You Said In 1963

<a href="/podcast/irtd_153.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger consider ad-hoc backgrounds, and the best way to get started as a new GM.

Nov 1, 20251h 3m

You Are Not the Gaming Messiah

<a href="https://tekeli.li/podcast/irtd_152.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger talk about what makes a system dead, and whether we should care.

Sep 30, 202543 min

You Get To Choose The Type Of Lunatic You Are

<a href="/podcast/irtd_151.mp3">Download</a> 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. This month, Mike and Roger once again attempt RPG-a-Day as RPG-a-Minute.

Aug 31, 20251h 47m

Until the GM Got Bored or Went to University

<a href="https://tekeli.li/podcast/irtd_150.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger talk about apotheosis.

Jul 31, 20251h 4m

Squalid but Interesting Adventures

<a href="/podcast/irtd_149.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger talk about the innocents in the city, and how to start a fight.

Jun 30, 20251h 6m

Learn It Fast Enough Before Something Eats You

<a href="https://tekeli.li/podcast/irtd_148.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger talk about introducing players to new systems, and how much you stat up your villains.

May 31, 20251h 0m

She Probably Doesn't Have Enough Teacups

<a href="/podcast/irtd_147.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger talk about the gaming possibilities of police stories.

Apr 30, 202550 min

I Am So Much More Enlightened Now

<a href="https://tekeli.li/podcast/irtd_146.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger talk about magic and allied systems. (Apologies for quality, we had to use a backup recording for Mike.)

Mar 31, 20251h 13m

His Excellency's Policy On Bamboo

<a href="/podcast/irtd_145.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger look at two of Mike's campaigns that have ended recently.

Mar 1, 20251h 7m

Arete or Wisdom?

<a href="https://tekeli.li/podcast/irtd_144.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger talk about game adaptations that have failed, or indeed that never got a chance to fail.

Feb 1, 20251h 8m

I Knew There Was Going To Be a But

<a href="/podcast/irtd_143.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger look at Roger's latest enthusiasm, Mongoose's revision of the Bayern campaign for 2300 AD.

Jan 1, 202553 min

I May Have a Bit Of an Ego Problem

<a href="https://tekeli.li/podcast/irtd_142.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger talk about one-off and convention games.

Dec 1, 202459 min

Heiresses Who Are Not What They Seem

<a href="/podcast/irtd_141.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger consider how to steal material for RPGs, and work out an example.

Nov 1, 20241h 10m

The Difference Between Malice and Inadequacy

<a href="https://tekeli.li/podcast/irtd_140.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger consider the limitations of improvised campaigns and how to deal with rules lawyers.

Sep 30, 20241h 7m

Press Twice For Amputation

<a href="/podcast/irtd_139.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger once again attempt RPG-a-Day as RPG-a-Minute.

Aug 31, 20241h 16m

We Are All Gamers Old In Wickedness

<a href="/podcast/irtd_138.mp3">Download</a> This month, Roger and Mike look back on our experience with Blades in the Dark. Warning, Roger gets a bit ranty.

Jul 31, 20241h 12m

Picaresque With Tentacles

<a href="/podcast/irtd_137.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger consider our experiences with Enemy in Shadows, the first part of the classic Warhammer campaign, and look at the second edition of Reign.

Apr 30, 20241h 8m

The City is Like a Woman, and She Wants Her Alimony-

<a href="/podcast/irtd_136.mp3">Download</a> This month, Roger and Mike consider system choice and system mastery, and look at Mike's new Blades in the Dark campaign.

Mar 31, 20241h 12m

Slug Stores

<a href="/podcast/irtd_135.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger consider how to do character sheets right, and ponder the future of generic systems.

Mar 1, 20241h 31m

My Sex Life is Cosmically Important

<a href="/podcast/irtd_134.mp3">Download</a> This month, Roger and Mike can't get away from bashing dungeons, and consider the (sadly still-extant) adversarial relationship between players and game masters.

Feb 1, 20241h 8m

James Wallis Burned My Boat

<a href="/podcast/irtd_133.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger review a bumper set of Bundles of Holding, consider our gaming plans for 2024, and consider the deep history of RPGs.

Jan 1, 20241h 1m

A Mad Career Towards Some Dreadful Ending

<a href="/podcast/irtd_132.mp3">Download</a> This month, Roger and Mike consider railroading, its inevitability, and how to build characters who are a good fit for the campaign.

Dec 1, 20231h 1m

Quite Gnostic In Places

<a href="/podcast/irtd_131.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger dissect Mongoose Traveller and a couple of campaigns Mike has run with it.

Nov 1, 20231h 15m

Character Description Language

<a href="/podcast/irtd_130.mp3">Download</a> This month, Roger and Mike consider class-and-level and other ways of building and improving characters.

Sep 30, 202355 min

As Long As They're Not Nibbling On Your Leg

<a href="/podcast/irtd_129.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger indulge once more in RPG-a-Day all at once.

Aug 31, 20231h 23m

Weakly Godlike

<a href="/podcast/irtd_128.mp3">Download</a> This month, Roger and Mike consider gods (what sorts are interesting?) and revolution (which side is more fun to play on and how can we tilt that balance?).

Jul 31, 20231h 14m

Something John Dee Whipped Up

<a href="/podcast/irtd_127.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger reveal that really the world was like this all along, and consider how the Planning Scene can be restrained (and when it should be).

Jun 30, 20231h 14m

The Friends You Leave In Shallow Graves

<a href="/podcast/irtd_126.mp3">Download</a> This month, Roger and Mike consider making travel interesting, and ask whether RPGs need escapism.

May 31, 20231h 8m

A Strong Antinomian Tendency

<a href="/podcast/irtd_125.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger do an end-of-the-season review of one of Rogerâs masterpieces and let their inner Grumpy Old Men out to have a rant or two.

Apr 30, 20231h 2m

Unresolved Rage About Billy Bunter

<a href="/podcast/irtd_124.mp3">Download</a> This month, Roger and Mike consider social interactions modelled as combat, and magical school stories.

Mar 31, 20231h 14m

Determinedly Cheerful Or Just Obtuse

<a href="/podcast/irtd_123.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger ask what makes a hero, and look into the benefits and drawbacks of doing character generation as a group.

Mar 1, 20231h 25m

Pretentious? Moi?

<a href="/podcast/irtd_122.mp3">Download</a> This month, Roger and Mike wonder why Roger doesn't get narrative games, and then contemplate the criminal life.

Feb 1, 20231h 12m

Idioculture

<a href="/podcast/irtd_121.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger give each other gifts, and consider how to build an almost-historical setting.

Jan 1, 20231h 9m

You Could See Coronation Street From There

<a href="/podcast/irtd_120.mp3">Download</a> It's our tenth anniversary! So as a special exception to our usual format we talk to each other.

Dec 1, 20221h 34m

Too Busy Starving to Have a Civil War

<a href="/podcast/irtd_119.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger try to end slavery. Turns out it's quite hard.

Nov 1, 202259 min

Investing in a Plausible Scotsman

<a href="/podcast/irtd_118.mp3">Download</a> This month, Roger and Mike revisit British history: this time, the Napoleonic Wars and the Regency.

Sep 30, 20221h 21m

Extensive Rules On Clothing

<a href="/podcast/irtd_117.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger make our usual annual visit to <a href="https://www.autocratik.com/search/label/%23RPGaDAY2022">RPG a Day</a>.

Aug 31, 20221h 9m

Mapping the Kitchens of Camelot

<a href="/podcast/irtd_116.mp3">Download</a> This month, Roger and Mike discuss settings that didn't start as RPGs, and how to make your home base more interesting.

Jul 31, 20221h 4m

National Amnesia

<a href="/podcast/irtd_115.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger contemplate another gameable age: the Stuart Restoration.

Jun 30, 20221h 48m

High Wycombe: Conspiracy, Sin and Iniquity

<a href="/podcast/irtd_114.mp3">Download</a> This month, Roger and Mike discuss the English Civil War and how it can be useful to role-playing.

May 31, 20221h 5m

Out on the Sharp and Bitey End

<a href="/podcast/irtd_113.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger contemplate madness in gaming, and attempt to don a veil of ignorance.

Apr 30, 20221h 5m

Straitjackets and Scaffolds

<a href="/podcast/irtd_112.mp3">Download</a> This month, Roger and Mike consider the history and utility of character classesâ¦ and do not reveal their True Names.

Mar 31, 20221h 0m

Playing With Ducks

<a href="/podcast/irtd_111.mp3">Download</a> This month, Mike and Roger look at the history and current edition of RuneQuest, then talk with Dean Engelhardt about the new Cthulhu Eternal SRDs.

Mar 1, 20221h 38m