Episodes

In today's session I'm joined by author J.V. Hilliard, the author of The Warminster Series. We discuss his novels, his background as both a role-player and a Dungeon Master, where he found inspiration for his stories and his ...

On today's episode I am joined by Dalton Riddle and Andrew Gehrlein, two of creative minds behind Dungeon Radio Hour, an improve comedy actual play 5E podcast. We chat about their show and what makis it so enjoyable and uniqu...

In today's session I talk with Chaney Hereford and Cory Holman, the creators of Super Blood Moon Studios and their upcoming RPG Realms of Elghrune. We discuss how their system came about and how it can make playing TTRPGs les...

In todays session I'm joined by Tom Sanderson, the host of the podcast Tom Meets Interesting People, and we discuss his university dissertation of the formation of friendships through roleplaying games. In Tricks of the Trade...

In today's session I discuss whether players should play characters who don't represent them as a person. I share an experience of my own that I recently had when playing a character with a different sexual identity than myse...

In this session I discuss how views that I have expressed in the past have been wrong and insensitive. I look at what the 3 primary problems with the Drow have been, and how we can still maintain the current …

In today's session I'm joined by my close friends Nate and Chris as we discuss how to bring games to a successful conclusion. In Tricks of the Trade we give you some ideas of endings that you could plan for …

On today's bonus episode I sit down with Dan Ware, a mental heath therapist, who discusses his experiences in playing a character with dissociative personality disorder. He offers commentary on where he draws inspiration from...

In today's session I am pleased to be joined by Jordan, the Dungeon Master for campaign 2 of Modified Roll. We discuss the show, and how they played through backstory elements. In our main topic we discuss using dreams and …

In todays session I am joined by Kala Lundgren and Keisha Mayer-Gawlik from Potions & Potpourri. We discuss their background and show before moving to our main topic on NPCs In tricks of the trade we give you ideas for …

In today's session I'm Joined by Logan, the Innkeeper of The Red Hare Inn. We discuss his background and what got him into TTRPGs then discuss the various projects he has going on in his homebrew word of Ecriom including …

Hey there psyclithids! This is a rather long episode where we explore our feelings on different alignments and why we each have our own opinions on what types of alignments work best in a game. Later on we discuss the …

We've made it to our twentieth episode my psyclithids! Celebrate the achievement with our Twentieth Episode Extravaganza! On this episode we decide to have a roundtable without a specific topic. We share stories from our gami...

Hello Psyclithids! On today's episode I am joined by my friends Nate, Keegan, & Jamae as we discuss how stat rolling methods with greater diversity in numbers can actually lead to having more character cooperation in a game. ...

Greetings psyclithids! In today's episode I am joined by Kimothee and Keegan and we discuss creating character backstories. We also delve into the importance of session zero for establishing comfort levels when dealing with f...

Hello psyclithids! In todays session I am joined by members of my gaming group; Dustin, Kimothee, and Jamae as we discuss how monsters are oftentimes not played to their full potential and examine some of the reasons why this...

In today's session I have finally settled on a name for my listeners, psyclithids. The illithids who are drinking the knowledge of psychology and D&D from my brain via this podcast. I'm joined for the main topic by my friend …

In today's session, I am joined by my friends and members of my gaming group, Dustin and Kimothee as we discuss turning your campaigns into the canon of your world. We talk about some of the benefits as well as …

In todays session I'm joined by Dustin Archer and we discuss methods of fast travel, such as teleport or narrative rather than encounters. We also talk about time skipping during the course of a campaign. Tricks of the Trade ...

In today's episode I'm joined by Hunter the MC from the Misteries Unknown podcast. We are talking about Collaborative Storytelling, the City of Mist TTRPG, and how Autism is a Roleplaying Superpower. In Tricks of the Trade we...

In today’s session I’m joined by DM Rick the creator of Hammer of the Gods actual play Podcast, which is a Geckos Media Production. We discuss the challenges and fun of using a real world historical setting as the backdrop …

In today’s session I’m joined by Kelly Kupris and Laura Templeton, the creators of Home Brew Coffee & Co. We discuss their coffee and how roleplaying can be used to reduce stress or cope with depression and uplift your menta...

On today’s episode we will be talking about being the new player at the table with my friend and NOOB Keegan. In Tricks of the Trade I have asked Keegan to talk about three things that would make roleplaying easier …

. In today’s session I’m joined by my friend and fellow role-player, Kimothee. We’re going to be covering one of my favorite aspects of a great game, and that is writing compelling villains. In today’s tricks of the trade, we...