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Episode 25 — How Do You Deal with Anxiety as a GM?
Call it stage fright, nervousness, or GMing anxiety, but all gamemasters must deal with it. What are some ways to minimize it? Andy and Chris discuss. Episode 25 appendix: Hotel Ar...
Episode 24 – Do You Read the Block Text in Your Adventure? (special guest, Aaron)
We’re joined by Aaron this week to talk about reading the written block text from adventures. When there’s block text in the adventure module you’re running, do y...
Episode 23 – How to Introduce Non-Gamers to Your Game
This week it’s just Andy and Chris jabbering about how to introduce non-gamers to your game. We talk about such things as: character creation, whether players should have to ...
Episode 22 — How to Handle Doors in Dungeons (with guest Al McWilliams)
Guest GM Al McWilliams joins Andy and Chris to talk about his Damage Dice Kickstarter, and to talk about the question that’s on every GM’s mind: How do you handle doors...
Episode 21: What Elements from Other Media do You Bring into Your Tabletop Games? (with Audrey Huggett)
Audrey, who was on the show back in Episode 13, came back on to talk a bit about how the AADL RPG Fest went and then to help us think about what stuff from other media (videogames,...
Episode 20 – The Shortest Episode: Running Halloween Themed Games
Andy is out sick this week so rather than skipping Chris decided to jump on the mic and blab about whatever struck his fancy for a few minutes, which happened to be running Hallowe...
Episode 19 — How to Run a Convention Game (with John Corey)
Gamemastering a roleplaying game at a convention is a much different ball game than running for your home group. Guest GM John Corey returns as we discuss the fine art of running g...
Episode 18 – 7th Sea Campaign Retrospective with Matt Wilson
Matt, one of our first guest GMs, recently wrapped up a two-year campaign of 7th Sea, so we invited him back to reflect on what he’s learned. Also, we touch on the topic of u...
Episode 17 – Reflections on Gencon 2019
As a change of pace from our usual format, we’re talking about Gencon 2019, from which Andy just returned! Chris and Andy discuss some GMing takeaways from the con. Episode 1...
Episode 16 – How to Send Off a Player Who’s Leaving Your Game
What do you do when one of your players has to leave the game for good? Hopefully, you give them a fun in-game send-off. Chris and Andy discuss what makes for a good farewell salut...
Episode 15 – Theater-of-the-mind vs. Maps, Minis, and Other Visual Representations (with Murph)
We’re joined by Murph to talk about how to bring the action at the table alive. Do you paint word pictures, or slap down some gorgeously painted miniatures? If you have any f...
Episode 14 – How to Create and Use Monsters in a Game (with Kyle Latino)
This episode we’re joined by Kyle Latino, our first returning guest (!), to discuss monsters. Listen as we all admit to just re-skinning existing monsters from the Monster Ma...
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