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Sessions Canceled

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Well, our session is canceled so instead sit down and listen to us discuss, debate, rant, and probably tangent away from the topic of table top role playing games. Our podcast covers everything in the hobby you could want. Mechanics, habits, etiquette, goofs, game design, introducing whole games themselves, occasionally math. Everything is on the table! Except for character sheets. Cause session got canceled.Twitter: https://twitter.com/SessionsCanceldYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6ABackground music by Kevin Dubois: https://www.instagram.com/kevindubeast/

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  1. How's D&D 5E Looking These Days? Still Bad?: Ep. 212

    We decided to take a look back over in the Wizards Of The Coast walled garden and see what they're planting. This weeks selection, their latest release, Arcana Unleashed. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel:...

  2. What If The Rule Of Cool, Isn't Cool?: Ep. 211

    Everyone preaches "the rule of cool" but sometimes, you should actually say no to your players. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sessionscanceld.bsky.social Twitter:...

  3. You Don't Need All That Backstory: Ep. 210

    Some people really just want you to read their funny short story but honestly, they probably went a little over board. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Bluesky:...

  4. Maybe GMs Should Get Off The Internet: Ep. 209

    In the modern era of the internet always at our finger tips it's really easy to look up an answer to your woes as soon as it comes up but, maybe we should do that a little bit less. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel:...

  5. Finishing The Campaign When You Really Don't Want To: Ep. 208

    Every GM knows the feeling when you get close to the end, sometimes you just want to be done. You're ready to move on but you also know you're close to a satisfying end so you can't tap out now. How do we deal with this tension? Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube...

  6. Table Top Shout-Out | Final Fantasy XIV: The TTRPG Part 2: Ep. 207

    Time to finish up with the Final Fantasy XIV table top game and take a look at the GM book. Not our favorite in comparison to other GM books. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Bluesky:...

  7. Table Top Shout-Out | Final Fantasy XIV: The TTRPG: Ep. 206

    We got another table top game to look over. This time it is the official table top game for the MMO Final Fantasy 14. As Final Fantasy fans we of course were curious. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ...

  8. The Rest Of The D&D GenCon News: Ep. 205

    We of course were talking about some of the GenCon news last week but we decided we wanted to cover the rest of it. Why not? Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Bluesky:...

  9. Have Collabs Gone Too Far?!: Ep. 204

    D&D has a bunch of announcements at GenCon this year. One of those announcements was collab products with WoW and Star Wars. That got us thinking, do we even like the whole collab thing? Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled Bluesky:...

  10. CAIN: Glory Unto Them | Tabletop Shout-Out: Part 2: Ep. 203

    Bringing it around with a wrap on the supplement CAIN: Glory Unto Them. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sessionscanceld.bsky.social Twitter:...

  11. CAIN: Glory Unto Them | Tabletop Shout-Out: Ep. 202

    We have returned with some fresh and spicy CAIN content. There's a cool unofficial supplement that we wanted to talk about. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Bluesky:...

  12. The Kobold Mines Of Doom | MOAR Reddit Horror Stories: Ep. 201

    Nothing fancy to say here, it's time for more r/RPGHorrorStories. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sessionscanceld.bsky.social Twitter:...

  13. It's Time To Cut Some Campaign Content: Ep. 200

    As the natural end of a campaign starts to approach some tough decisions gotta be made. You can't fit all the content you wanted into the game so some stuff is going to have to go, but what? Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel:...

  14. Why D&D's Unearthed Arcana Sucks Now: Ep. 199

    Patch notes, updates, errata, etc feel like this new fancy thing in the modern age but really, they have always existed in the table top space although way back to Advanced D&D's Unearthed Arcana and Games Workshop's White Dwarf. But how do we actually feel about these kinds of content changes?...

  15. Looks Like The Session Spiraled Outta Control: Ep. 198

    A session of Isaiah's Lancer campaign kind of lost the plot and the prep wasn't working out? Should he reset things and tackle it differently or just power through? Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ...

  16. Dealing With Powerful Player Characters In Fabula Ultima: Ep. 197

    The player characters in Fabula Ultima have some really crazy tools that make them really hard to challenge. Josh kind of spiraled from this. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Bluesky:...

  17. Why 5E's “Bounded Accuracy” Doesn't Work: Ep. 196

    A famous legends of 5Es "Bounded Accuracy" are known across the internet. But what does it actually mean and does it even really work? Well there's a complicated answer to that. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel:...

  18. Dune: Adventures In The Imperium | Tabletop Shout-Out Part. 3: Ep. 195

    The long awaited wrap up of our look at Modiphius Entertainment's Dune: Adventures In The Imperium. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sessionscanceld.bsky.social...

  19. Dune: Adventures In The Imperium | Tabletop Shout-Out Part. 2: Ep. 194

    We continue our coverage on Dune: Adventures In The Imperium. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sessionscanceld.bsky.social Twitter…

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  20. Dune: Adventures In The Imperium | Tabletop Shout-Out Part. 1: Ep. 193

    Isaiah caught wind of yet more Dune content and he can never get enough so we decided to take a look at Modiphius Entertainment's Dune: Adventures In The Imperium. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ...

  21. Sometimes You Gotta Stop Players Talking: Ep. 192

    Everybody loves the juicy dramatic role playing. It's one of the main reasons we play in this hobby but, sometimes the role playing is going on just smidge too long. One of tools in your GM tool set should be, when do you cut the role playing off? Donate To Our Editor:...

  22. Making Good Fantasy Nonsense Names: Ep. 191

    Naming things can be really hard for GMs, we aren't authors or linguists. But there is something we can do that will make our lives much easier, STEAL IDEAS FROM AUTHORS. They won't mind. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel:...

  23. RPG Horror Stories, Round 2: Ep. 190

    It was a little too much fun last time so we decided to do it again. We entered the Reddit rabbit hole once more for them wild stories. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Bluesky:...

  24. What Makes A Grimdark Campaign Work?: Ep. 189

    A lot of people like to run a "grimdark" style game but a lot of people end up getting it kind of wrong. End Of Transistor Spoilers: 34:00 End Of Witcher Spoilers: 58:06 Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel:...

  25. Ashes Without Number | Tabletop Shout-Out Part. 2: Ep. 188

    We finish up Ashes Without Number with our usual coverage of the GM half of the book. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sessionscanceld.bsky.social Twitter:...

  26. Ashes Without Number | Tabletop Shout-Out Part. 1: Ep. 187

    We finally take a look at the fourth installment of the much praised Without Number RPGs, Ashes Without Number! It's time for a little post-apocalyptic fun. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Bluesky:...

  27. Weirdo GM Gets His Dad Called On Him: Ep. 186

    We are finally doing it, doing the thing every table top creator does at some point. We're reading Reddit RPG horror stories. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Bluesky:...

  28. Your Players Hate You For This, But That's Okay: Ep. 185

    The GM often wants their villains to get away and live another day. There is a lot of benefit to a villain who stick around but players sometimes get a little annoyed when the villain escapes. That's okay, let them feel the frustration, it's worth it in the end. Donate To Our Editor:...

  29. What To Do When PCs Get TOO POWERFUL?: Ep. 184

    A lot of games let the player characters get more powerful as a campaign goes on. Sometimes though, that power gets a little out of hand and GM isn't sure how to handle it. That's Isaiah is feeling about Lancer right now. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel:...

  30. Making Memorable Villains: Ep. 183

    The villain is often the linchpin of the GMs toolbox for making a high quality campaign. You really want to make sure your players are always thinking about your villains. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel:...

  31. Advancing Your GM Skills: Ep. 182

    After you have played a system for awhile you'll start to get a good handle of the fundamental rules. Once you hit that point you'll probably want to move your game to more advanced or high level kind of play. We got some ideas on how to do that. Donate To Our Editor:...

  32. Perfect Draw! | Tabletop Shout-Out Part 2: Ep. 181

    We got more Yu-Gi-Oh table top goodness for you as we wrap up our look at Perfect Draw! Some opinions on the game have changed a bit. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Bluesky:...

  33. Perfect Draw! | Tabletop Shout-Out Part. 1: Ep. 180

    Ever wanted to play the Yu-Gi-Oh anime in table top form? Well do we have the game for you! Perfect Draw is here to deliver on all your niche TCG anime needs. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ…

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  34. New Required Reading, The Fabula Ultima Bestiary Vol. 1: Ep. 179

    The much anticipated new Fabula Ultima book has finally arrived! It's The Bestiary Vol.1 and, as expected, it's a another excellent addition to the game. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Bluesky:...

  35. Useful GM Lessons From The Witcher Games: Ep. 178

    Video games can often be really helpful inspiration for table top games, there are a lots of good ideas to steal. In this case Josh has some ideas about side quests inspired by The Witcher series of games. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel:...

  36. Getting The Campaign Rolling Again: Ep. 177

    We, like many other tables, went a bit of winter holiday hiatus with our games. But now we it's time to get back in the saddle again and sometimes that's a little tricky. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel:...

  37. Getting Your Players To Open The Dang Door: Ep. 176

    The way you frame and deliver a scene to your players is a very important skill to hone. Especially if you want them to walk through the door instead of talking about how to open the door. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel:...

  38. Apocalypse World 3E Is On The Way!: Ep. 175

    Vincent and Meg Baker dropped a surprise bomb on us out of nowhere and announced a Kickstarter for Apocalypse World 3E. So, naturally, Josh wants to comb over every preview that we got. It's looking pretty good. Link To The Kickstarter:...

  39. Struggling With Your Game of Choice: Ep. 174

    Some times the game you decided to play just really isn't clicking with you and that can be rough. We think we got some ideas for tackling the issue though. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Bluesky:...

  40. Managing Your Games Spotlight: Ep. 173

    Part of the GMs job in running the game is figuring out who gets the spotlight and for how long. It can be a delicate thing to manage though and is often easier said than done. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel:...

  41. A New GM's Struggles And Successes Running CAIN: Ep. 172

    Most people run D&D as their first game. Our friend however decided to take a different route and ran CAIN instead so we were curious to see how she feels after all is said and done. Kass' Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/crystalline-lune.bsky.social Donate To Our Editor:...

  42. Draw Steel, Monsters! | Tabletop Shout Out-Part. 5: Ep. 171

    We just had to do a little more Draw Steel. The monsters book was calling our name so here it is in all its toothy glory. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Bluesky:...

  43. How Much Meta Knowledge Do You Give Out?: Ep. 170

    It is a constant internal debate for a GM, how much should I tell the players? How much do I keep close to the chest? What crosses into too much meta knowledge? Well we got answers to this conundrum. Or at least suggestions. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube…

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  44. Spicing Up Your Combat Objectives: Ep. 169

    It's easy to make combats in your game become really samey and boring. Hit the bag of hit points until it goes down isn't always the most fun option. Throw in some alternative objects though and things get more interesting quick. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube...

  45. Should You Use Cutscenes In Your Table Top Game?: Ep. 168

    The dreaded phrase no one wants to admit to doing, railroading. But when it comes to running scripted scenes or cutscenes, is it really railroading? Is it even really a problem if it is? Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel:...

  46. Draw Steel, Tactial Heroic Cinematic Fantasy | Tabletop Shoutout-Part. 4: Ep. 167

    After many moons and many trials we have done it. We have finished our look at Drawl Steel Book One, Heroes. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Bluesky:...

  47. Draw Steel, Tactial Heroic Cinematic Fantasy | Tabletop Shoutout-Part. 3: Ep. 166

    Forward we go, deeper into the battle that is Draw Steel. We finish up all of the nitty gritty that is character creation. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Bluesky:...

  48. Draw Steel, Tactial Heroic Cinematic Fantasy | Tabletop Shoutout - Part. 2: Ep. 165

    More Draw Steel as we work our way through the book. It's a thick one. Donate To Our Editor: https://ko-fi.com/sessionscanceled YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/sessionscanceld.bsky.social Twitter:...

  49. Draw Steel, Tactial Heroic Cinematic Fantasy | Tabletop Shoutout: Ep. 164

    MCDMs new RPG Draw Steel finally is out! We have been following it for awhile now and we are very interested to see how it turned out after all the years of waiting. YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Bluesky:...

  50. Apocalyptic Subclasses | Unearthed Arcana 2025: Ep. 163

    WotC has dropped another Unearthed Arcana on our laps. We haven't been paying attention to 5E as much these days so let's see how the design is looking right now. YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Bluesky…

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Well, our session is canceled so instead sit down and listen to us discuss, debate, rant, and probably tangent away from the topic of table top role playing games. Our podcast covers everything in the hobby you could want. Mechanics, habits, etiquette, goofs, game design, introducing whole games themselves, occasionally math. Everything is on the table! Except for character sheets. Cause session got canceled.Twitter: https://twitter.com/SessionsCanceldYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6ABackground music by Kevin Dubois: https://www.instagram.com/kevindubeast/

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