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S37E24 | Fundraising with Games, Game Session Music, & Players Intimidated by Roleplaying

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S37E23 | PC Drama Becoming Real Drama, A Gaming Story, & Theatre of the Mind

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S37E22 | Teaching D&D, TTRPG Instructions in Books, & Note Taking for Games

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S37E21 | Live from Gateway 2026!

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S37E20 | Gardening Gamers, Post-Game Talks, & How Much Worldbuilding with Players?

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S37E19 | Prepping NPCs, PCs that Change You, PCs Committing Crimes

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S37E18 | Game Frustrations, A Success Story, Wanting to Game Again

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S37E17 | Limitations as Opportunities, Our Theme Song, Disliking a Group’s System Choice

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S37E16 | NPCs, Bad Game Sessions, Crafting in RPGs

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S37E15 | “Cinematic” Things, Alcohol at the Table, and Compels in FATE

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S37E14 | Back to TTRPGs after 30 Years, Explorers vs Gardeners, and Story Time

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S37E13 | Coffee All Night Games, No-AI GM Prep Resources, and Gear in Games

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S37E12 | Players vs Game Premise, Forever DM not DMing, and “Toolbox GMs”

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S37E13 | Coffee All Night Games, Non-AI Prep Resources, and Gear in Games

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S37E12 | Game Premise Problems, Forever DM not DMing, and “Toolbox GMs”

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S37E11 | Player Contributions, System Styles, GM Tricks

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S37E10 | Fun Dungeon Crawls, A Horror Story, & Slow GMing

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S37E09 | Live from GamEx 2026!

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S37E08 | TTRPGS without Dice, Gaming Success Story, and Powers that cause Problems

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S37E07 | Stolen Moments, Success Story, and Surprise PC Roleplaying

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S37E06 | Pets in Campaigns, Pax East, Electronics at the Table

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S37E05 | PBTA Prep, FATE, & A Gaming Story

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S37E04 | FATE vs Player Agency, GM Horror Stories, & Initiative Thoughts

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S37E03 | Adam from Gnome Made Games, Being a Good Player, Tropes with New Players

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S37E02 | Can Lines & Veils be Inappropriate?, How Actual Plays Work, Memorable NPCs

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S37E01 | Railroading Players vs. PCs, Session Zero Playbook, & In-Game Holidays

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HJRP S36E24 | End Season 36 | Encourage Exploring, System Strengths, & Success Story

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HJRP S36E23 | Molten Sulfur Press, Game Design Groups, & Too Many Plot Threads

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HJRP S36E22 | Live from OrcCon 2026!

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HJRP S36E21 | Explaining TTRPGs, GM Strengths, & Note Taking

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HJRP S36E20 | Making Maps, Gaming Group Sponsors, & Con Game Expectations

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HJRP S36E19 | Creating Villains, Player Contracts, & Voiding PC Abilities

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HJRP S36E18 | Gaming Resolutions, Prep for Mysteries, Day Jobs in Games

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HJRP S36E17 | Character Sheets, NPC Control Reply, Forcing Game Prep

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HJRP S36E16 | Politics at the Table, Safety at Con Games, & Realistic Physical Combat

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HJRP S36E15 | Prep vs Campaign Length, Is Prep Death?, Combat & XP Issues

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HJRP S36E14 | GM Tricks, Math Rocks, & Dealing with a Dominant Player

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HJRP S36E13 | Scheduling Games, Generic Systems, & Successful Horror Story?

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HJRP S36E12 | First System Impressions, Extroverts Supporting Introverts, & IPs Made for Play

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HJRP S36E11 | What are Storygames?, Safety Tools Failure, & Learning Hard Systems

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HJRP S36E10 | GM Feedback, Clerics vs Warlocks, & City Campaign Settings

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HJRP S36E09 | GM Dice Rolls, Finding A Group, & Making Combat Interesting

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HJRP S36E08 | Ross Payton of RPPR, Horror Systems, & Player Agency vs. Rolls

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HJRP S36E07 | Mid Campaign Safety Tools, Non-AI GM Resources, Playing Gods

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HJRP S36E06 | Creating PC Importance, APs vs. Home Games, & Play by Post

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HJRP S36E05 | Weird Player Problems, Cool Game Idea, & NPC Crowd Control

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HJRP S36E04 | Getting a Great PBTA Experience, Favorite NPCs, & Fun Kid Stories

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HJRP S36E03 | Ethical AI Use, Appropriation vs. Appreciation, & a Dream Campaign Idea

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HJRP S36E02 | Hot Takes on Savage Worlds, Weak Heroes Rule, & Shadowrun Success

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HJRP S36E01 | Live from Gateway 2025!

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HJRP S35E25 | Horizons Fellowship, Fantasy Dinosaurs, & Stat Array Drama

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HJRP S35E24 | Black Armada Games, Solo Games, & 7th Sea Plot Question

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HJRP S35E23 | Large Gaming Groups, Mechanics vs. Fun, Wish Struggles

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HJRP S35E22 | System vs. Story, An Origin Story, Keeping Engaged in Combat

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HJRP S35E21 | Setting up a Big Bad, Safety Tools, & Plot Hooks

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HJRP S35E20 | GMing for Jocks, Keeping the GM Spark, & Magic Systems

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HJRP S35E19 | Resurrecting Old Campaigns, Open Table Style, & a D&D Question

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HJRP S35E18 | Why Play TTRPGS?, How to Pace Games, & Unanticipated PVP

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HJRP S35E17 | Belonging Outside Belonging Advice, An Origin Story, Running Modern Games in Troubled Times

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HJRP S35E16 | Game Daze Story, What Systems need Upgrades, & 10yo Murder Hobo

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HJRP S35E15 | BGE & TTRPG Retailers, Mike’s Origin Story, & PCs that are Too Good

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HJRP S35E14 | Games Folk vs Outsider Art, D&D in Postwar Serbia, & GMs Prompting Players

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HJRP S35E13 | Tariffs and TTRPGs, X-cards with Multiple Problems, & Disappearing Elves

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HJRP S35E12 | Prep Without a System, A Success Story, & Interesting NPCs

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HJRP S35E11 | People Against RPing, Reply about Stars & Wishes, & Hard-Won GM Lessons

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HJRP S35E10 | Rediscovering the GMing Spark, Toxic LARP Mistakes, & Con Horror Story

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HJRP S35E09 | Groups with no GM, Learning an IP FAST, & Calling Out our Pro-PBTA Bias

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HJRP S35E08 | Horror Game Reply, Preferring Online Games, & Religions in Games

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HJRP S35E07 | GAMA Expo, Vampire Tea, & Worldbuilding with Depth

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HJRP S35E06 | Live from OrcCon 2025!

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HJRP S35E05 | Intrigue in RPGs, Favorite Systems, & Running Accessible Games for Kids

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HJRP S35E04 | Returning after 20 Years, Writer’s Block, & Systems for Non-Gamers

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HJRP S35E03 | Player Rewards, Mixing Communities, & Choosing to Fail Rolls

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HJRP S35E02 | Playstyle Problems, TTRPGs as Art, D&D as a 2-player game

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HJRP S35E01 | Disappointed in D&D Beyond, New Teen GMs, & a Confession

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HJRP S34E25 | Selling 40k Settings, Recycling Prep, & A GM Success Story

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HJRP S34E24 | Return to Gaming, Success Story, & Resolution Mechanics

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HJRP S34E23 | Felix Issacs on Game Design, Getting Info from Players, & Visual Aids

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HJRP S34E22 | Players Learning Rules, Mike gives Advice, & A Horror Story of Red Flags

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HJRP S34E21 | OSR to Narrative Systems, PBTA Starting Point, & Pandemics in Games

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HJRP S34E20 | Two-Player RPGs, Dice Love, & Space Combat isn’t Boring

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HJRP S34E19 | Freeform Epic Endings, Trapping Players, & RIFTS for Kids?

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HJRP S34E18 | Gaming with Strangers, GM Horror Story, & Red Herrings

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HJRP S34E17 | Publishing Ideas, Actual Play Performance, & a GMing Story

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HJRP S34E16 | Character Goals, Importance of Session 0, & a D&D Story

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HJRP S34E15 | Language in Games, Short-Circuiting Adventures, & Rolls in D&D

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HJRP S34E14 | Prep is/is not Death?, Complimenting a GM, & a Funny GMing Story

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HJRP S34E13 | Imbalance in Supers Games, A Success Story, & Flashbacks and Flashforwards in Games

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HJRP S34E12 | GMing Pace, a Heavy Thanks, & Rolling Flaws in D&D

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HJRP S34E11 | Live from Gateway 2024!

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HJRP S34E10 | Rules Question for Pooja, LitRPGs, & D&D for a Single Player

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HJRP S34E09 | Player Details, Armor Mechanics, & Face Characters in D&D

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HJRP S34E08 | GenCon, Toxic Gaming Groups, & TTRPGs in the Classroom

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HJRP S34E07 | Dealing with PC Death, Con Update, Finding a Group

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HJRP S34E06 | Vibes vs. Mechanics, Cursed Magical Objects, D&D Classes

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HJRP S34E05 | Accessibility War at FLGS, Details with No Mechanics, & guest Graham Gentz!

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HJRP S34E04 | Separating Authors and their Work, Anti-horror Story, & Co-GMing

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HJRP S34E03 | Bleed isn’t Bad, TTRPG Collections, & Sci-fi vs. Fantasy

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HJRP S34E02 | Girl Gamers getting Unwanted Attention, A Lady Blackbird Story, & Losing Control in Character

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HJRP S34E01 | Oops, All Con Men, Video Game Influence, & A Traveller Story Problem