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Ep 1065One Fight Does Not Fit All

I talk about scaling your encounters during sessions.

Jul 3, 20218 min

Ep 1064Resolving Loopholes

I talk about loopholes in rules sets and how you don't always have to plug them.

Jul 2, 20219 min

Ep 1063Ode to a D6

I talk about standard D6 damage and how it isn't.

Jul 1, 20217 min

Ep 1062Options and Monsters

I talk about play options in OSR games while trying to figure  out which monsters book to use with my new campaign.

Jun 30, 202110 min

Ep 1061The Hook Abides

I talk about how maintenance of plot hooks helps your game.

Jun 29, 20218 min

Ep 1060A Magical Miscellany

I talk about a few things pertaining to magic spells and items.

Jun 28, 202115 min

Ep 1059Fleshing Out the Flunkies

I talk about henchmen and hirelings - who they are and how you can develop them.

Jun 27, 20218 min

Ep 1058Trust

I talk about trust between players and GM.

Jun 26, 20218 min

Ep 1057Tentpegging Your Adventure

I talk about a quick and simple way to outline an adventure.

Jun 25, 202110 min

Ep 1056Your Fantasy in My Space

I talk about how I'm thinking of running a Swords and Spaceships-type campaign and how much (if any) of what genre want to add to the mix.

Jun 24, 20217 min

Ep 1055Dungeon Logic

I talk about the justification of the existence of dungeons in a game world and one possible way to make it plausible.

Jun 23, 20218 min

Ep 1054Too Tired to Chuck

I talk about being tired and what I can do about it.

Jun 22, 20218 min

Ep 1053Paying Attention

I talk about attention at games and how I deal with it.

Jun 21, 20219 min

Ep 1052RPG RFD

I talk about using physical maps and visiting rural and wilderness areas to help GMs with their campaign worlds.

Jun 20, 20218 min

Ep 1051Tweak-A-Spell

I talk about how GMs can tweak and adjust spells to suit their needs.

Jun 19, 20218 min

Ep 1050Dicey Encounters

I talk about random encounter dice and how they'd work as tables.

Jun 18, 20217 min

Ep 1049Nice and Tight

I talk about making your prep tight.

Jun 17, 20219 min

Ep 1048One-Hit Wonders

I talk about 1st level characters and how the GM can help them get through to 2nd and beyond.

Jun 16, 20217 min

Ep 1047Magical Tinkering

I talk about how to tweak spells, magic items and how to integrate them into adventures.

Jun 15, 20218 min

Ep 1046Fantasy Franchises

I talk about possible shops and businesses in a campaign world.

Jun 14, 20217 min

Ep 1045Get Out!

I talk about playing RPGs in the outdoors.

Jun 13, 20217 min

Ep 1044No More, No Less

I talk about using less description to get the PCs to ask more questions.

Jun 12, 20218 min

Ep 1043Time to Reach Out

I talk about polearms and other reach weapons.

Jun 11, 202110 min

Ep 1042The THAC0 Talk

I talk for a bit about AC - up or down, however it goes.

Jun 10, 20218 min

Ep 1041Usury

I talk about another way of managing resources - the Usage Die.

Jun 9, 202111 min

Ep 1040Workin' For the Man

I talk about an intriguing way to deal with PCs with too much treasure.

Jun 8, 20216 min

Ep 1039Don't Be That Guy

I talk about disruptive players at convention games.

Jun 7, 202110 min

Ep 1038Launch A Cow

I talk about throwing the players a curve ball once in a while to see where it leads the game.

Jun 3, 20218 min

Ep 1037Wheat From Chaff

I talk about deciding what you should take to cons and other away-from-home game spaces.

Jun 2, 20218 min

Ep 1036Making With the Tokens

I talk about using tokens in your games (again).

Jun 1, 20216 min

Ep 1035Feeling Their Age

I talk about age in RPGs and if (or how) it affects PCs.

May 31, 20218 min

Ep 1034Short Time

I talk about running short on sessions and what I do about it.

May 30, 202113 min

Ep 1033Locations On-the-Fly

I talk about adding locations at the table.

May 29, 20218 min

Ep 1032Twist and Shout

I talk about how an occasional plot twist can help your adventures.

May 28, 20216 min

Ep 1031The Rewrite

I talk about how rewriting can help your game.

May 27, 20219 min

Ep 1030Too Much

I compare the current versions of D&D with it's pile of bells and whistles to the more compact and stripped-down OSR games - at least i think that's what I'm talking about...

May 26, 202114 min

Ep 1029Pump & Dump

I talk about the trouble of starting an adventure, brain dumps and mind mapping.

May 25, 202110 min

Ep 1028Tripping Over Cantrips

I talk about cantrips - a bit about their history in RPGs and how they can be used.

May 24, 20218 min

Ep 1027How'd We Get Here?

I talk about a possible way to use in media res to get the PCs immersed in the world and the action.

May 23, 202111 min

Ep 1026Describing With Dice

I talk about GMs using dice to help enhance your descriptions.

May 22, 20217 min

Ep 1025GM FX

I talk about how the GM can make his own sound effects for his games.

May 21, 20217 min

Ep 1024Convention Downtime

I talk about things to think about and plan for convention downtime activities.

May 20, 202111 min

Ep 1023Where You From?

I talk about voices and regional accents you can use to add variety to your campaign.

May 19, 202111 min

Ep 1022Calling Your Shots

I talk about hit points, hit locations and attempting called shots.

May 18, 20218 min

Ep 1021Better Bait

I talk about using bait to attract (and ward off) various beasts.

May 17, 20218 min

Ep 1020Just Run It

I talk about how you have to stop fussing with it and get that adventure to the table.

May 16, 20218 min

Ep 1019Group or Not?

I talk about group vs. individual initiative.

May 15, 20217 min

Ep 1018Negotiation

I talk about the fine art of player-GM negotiation.

May 14, 202111 min

Ep 1017Villain 101: Smooth Rage

I talk about making villains and how I like the anger-with-a-veneer-of-civility types.

May 13, 202111 min

Ep 1016How Much Pregen?

I talk about how and why to do pregens.

May 12, 20219 min