Episodes

Episode Details & Links What an exciting episode in store for you today! I'm joined by the one and only Sean K. Reynolds to discuss campaign setting creation! I ask Sean questions about his history in the gaming community and...

Episode Details & Links Today I'm joined by Dan from Beddlym’s Social Hour: A D&D Podcast to discuss how to safely run a story with darker themes. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links For Tricks we look a a …

Episode Details & Links Today is all about understanding the 5 archetypes that I believe are most representative of the player types you will encounter in your games. The power-gamer, the role-player, the specialist, the casu...

Episode Details & Links Today we are discussing writing and running your first adventure in a campaign! Tricks of the Trade Information & Links Our Tricks today features story prompts generated by AI through the use of the to...

Episode Details & Links Today we continue our discussion on building your campaign and discuss writing your introduction and how I like to "write" my NPCs Tricks of the Trade Information & Links In Tricks we discuss a few plo...

Episode Details & Links Today we continue our journey to running our first session and discuss considerations when building characters, the importance of character backstories, and session zero. Tricks of the Trade Informatio...

Episode Details & Links A special broadcast from Gem State Comic-Con in Boise, ID. I bring you this short episode about cherry-picking rules from different systems, recorded live during the convention. Tricks of the Trade Inf...

Episode Details & Links Today we discuss dragons! Their life cycle, how to incubate dragon eggs, and what their hoard means to them. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links In Tricks today I give you three ideas for how …

Episode Details & Links Today we are looking at some information from my book, which laying the foundation of a campaign. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links Most of today's episode is tricks of the trade, as I walk …

Episode Details & Links I'm so busy right now with work and school! I've been traveling state to state to open new locations but I still wanted to provide you with some content. So today, the episode is right from …

Episode Details & Links Today we will be discussing the dreaded game group conflict. How to recognize it, and how to identify the source. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links After identifying the source of conflict, trick...

Episode Details & Links Today I am joined by the full cast of Dungeon Radio Hour, to discuss ways to improve your improv skills as a gamer. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links Each member of Dungeon Radio Hour …

Episode Details & Links Today I speak with John Eric Welker from RPG Research about the common gamer stereotypes that exist and what the research actually says about them. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links In today’s Tr...

Episode Details & Links Today I'm joined by my friends and gaming group members, Nate and Chris Pohl to discuss three different topics that each have three parts to them. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links In tricks of …

Episode Details & Links Today we are joined by the illustrious and brilliant author, Keith Ammann to discus monster psychology. What are the monsters in our game thinking, and how should they behave in order to be believable?...

Episode Details & Links Today I'm joined by Nate and Chris Pohl as we discuss what it means to "win" in a TTRPG. We share a few different ideas that could constitute good winning or bad winning and how we …

Episode Details & Links On today's episode I'm joined by Laura & Noel from the Do We Level Up Podcast . We discuss their show and their experiences with running low and no prep sessions. Tricks of the Trade Information …

Episode Details & Links Today we are talking about keeping your players attention at the table. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links Most of our episode today is tricks of the trade that will help you keep the attention …

Episode Details & Links Today I am joined by Matt and Bobby of the Twenty Sides Podcast to discuss their show and our main topic, creature centered campaigns. In knowledge check I'll be talking about the debate that violent g...

Episode Details & Links In todays episode I'm joined once again by my friend Dustin to discuss retcons. What they are, when they can occur, and when they should be used or not. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links …

Episode Details & Links Hello and welcome to the Season 2 premier! On this episode I sit down with the legendary Monte Cook and we discuss his background and the elements of worldbuilding. Tricks of the Trade Information & Li...

I am featuring this episode of the The Introspective Leader Podcast which I had the pleasure of being on! In this episode, Rachel and Stuart discuss with Robert Walker--DM, corporate manager, and student of organizational psy...

On this amazing bonus episode I am joined by the hosts of Dragon Talk, the Official D&D Podcast, Greg Tito and Shelly Mazzanoble. We discuss their upcoming book, stories from their book and show, and talk about how amazing th...

Today I am joined by three of my gaming companions as we wrap up Season 1 with discussions about changes to next season's format, our favorite moments of season 1 and games we played in this year, and a couple …