Short, bite-sized RPG advice, tips, and tricks for DMs and players of tabletop role playing games (TTRPG)
243 episodes transcribedBetrayal is a common story trope you see in movies, books, and even let's play podcasts. It can be an amazing moment to include in your game but shou...
It's hard to make NPCs that the PCs will trust, open up to, be vulnerable with. Unfortunately it's not something that anyone can do with 100% success...
The Gap is an aberration in the lore of most RPG products: a time where history is completely broken and no records remain. What do we know about th...
Before the MCU introduced the world to that word, "Multiverse" meant something different in the RPG world: a collection of universes, each of which w...
This week Jeremy discusses the flexible tool for DMs known as the Rule of Three, including the 3 Clue Rule and other variants of this handy method you...
This week's topic comes courtesy of Andreas Jonasson who listens from Sweden and generously donated to my ko-fi at ko-fi.com/taking20podcast. In this...
DMs are the sources of truth for the game world. The players depend on us to provide the facts about encounters, the world, and NPCs and we should be...
Democracies are largely prevalent on planet earth but you hardly ever see them in an RPG setting. In this episode, Jeremy discusses why RPGs are rare...
Gaming inspiration can come from published material from existing game worlds. In this episode we talk briefly about the Orcgate Wars, its history, t...
We all love campaigns that have actions and reactions grounded in realism but in this episode, Jeremy asks, is the work to make things realistic worth...
Listener Peter sent an email asking about Paizo's planned Pathfinder Nexus so I went digging through the archives and recorded interviews from PaizoCo...
If you've never DM'd at a convention or one night at a gaming store, it's just a little different. While you could try to duplicate your gaming exper...
Low level characters die so easily. The game world is full of traps, monsters and all sorts of things looking to do them harm. As a player, how to y...
It can be hard to find a Dungeons and Dragons group to play with. When you finally find one, it may be even harder to make the decision to leave the...
Game Masters, vampires are fascinating characters from both literary and RPG lore. They are always powerful, beautiful, and mysterious, right? Not s...
We DMs tend to be quick to tell players to grab their dice during our game sessions but should we? Before having your players make yet another roll t...
Running games for younger players has some similarities to running games for adults but there are some key differences that we all must be mindful of....
Players, do you get disheartened when your character fails their acrobatics check and slips off the ice into the freezing river? DMs, do you worry th...
Earthfall on Golarion, much like the Cataclysm on Krynn, set the stage for the world that was to come for both good and for ill. At first glance this...
This week I get to answer some of the questions sent in to me by listeners, from how to work with players who can't game as long as others to the Kend...
