All Episodes
Nerdcognito — 150 episodes
Tag Team Dungeon Masters! - Nerdcognito Episode 342
Battle of the Backstories - Nerdcognito Episode 341
Stray Crows Feudal Japanese TTRPG Kickstarter Preview! - SPECIAL Nerdcognito Episode 340
Gaming is Good! How Gaming & TTRPGs Make Your Life BETTER! - Nerdcognito Episode 338
TTRPGs and Video Games: Parasitism - Nerdcognito Episode 338
Do Paid DMs Ruin the Game? - Nerdcognito Episode 337
Flushing TTRPG Reddit! - Nerdcognito Episode 335
Are YOU Hand-Waiving Travel? - Nerdcognito Episode 335
Monsters: Why & How They Exist in Your World - Nerdcognito Episode 334
Don't Prep, Just Steer the Ship - Nerdcognito Episode 333
Big Bad Evil Guys - Nerdcognito Episode 332
Monsters! ...as a game mechanic - Nerdcognito Episode 331
One Show One Shot - Nerdcognito Episode 330
Character Advancement: Milestone vs. XP vs. ??? - Nerdcognito Episode 329
New Blood in Classic Gaming and the OSR - Nerdcognito Episode 328
"Morally Grey" vs. "Capital E" EVIL - Nerdcognito Episode 327
WotC's Critical Role KNOCKOFF Bombs! - Nerdcognito Episode 326
Wizards of the Coast's SUPER SECRET Survey - Nerdcognito Episode 325
The DUNGEON Gets a Turn - Nerdcognito Episode 324
Learn to LOVE Low Levels - Nerdcognito Episode 323
Pretty Pink Dollhouse - It Came From Reddit - Episode 322 Bonus Episode
Read The F***ing Manual! Modern Gaming Says "Don't Learn The Rules!" - Nerdcognito Episode 322
Archetypes of the Dungeon Master - Nerdcognito Episode 321
Lethality Fallacy: Is Classic Gaming REALLY More Lethal? - Nerdcognito Episode 320
Driving the Point: WotC's 5.5e Concession - Nerdcognito Episode 319
Romance ❤️ According to Ginny Di - Nerdcognito Episode 318
Rewards and Treasure Management - Nerdcognito Episode 317
Dumpster Fire: A little bit of everything - Nerdcognito Episode 316
How NOT to Make a Character - Nerdcognito Episode 315
Spectacular Settings (w/ Dungeon Delver!) - Nerdcognito Episode 314
Environmental Action! - Nerdcognito - Episode 313
Stranger Damage to the Gaming Hobby - Nerdcognito - Episode 312
Gaming Media News Blitz - Nerdcognito Episode 311
Balancing Act: Balance in TTRPG Design and Play - Nerdcognito Episode 310
Starting a Successful TTRPG Campaign - Nerdcognito Episode 309
WotC NEEDS Your DIGITAL ID - Nerdcognito Episode 308
DnD Beyond: We Suffered & You Will Too! - Nerdcognito Episode 307
World-Building: Events & Holidays - Nerdcognito Episode 306
Pets & Familiars: Classic vs. Modern Roleplaying - Nerdcognito Episode 305
Holiday Havoc (aka: Your D&D Group's Schedule!) - Nerdcognito Episode 304
12 More Months of Ginny Di - Nerdcognito Episode 303
Old School Essentials Abandons the OSR?!? - Nerdcognito Episode 302
Seven Levels of DnD/TTRPG Reddit - Nerdcognito Episode 301
Episode 300 Celebration! Plus: WotC Playing Nice with Classic Gamers? - Nerdcognito Episode 300
Horror at Your Table - Nerdcognito Episode 299
Worth the Wait? - Nerdcognito Episode 298
Edition Wars: The Cut Line - Nerdcognito Episode 297
"Controversial" Monsters - Nerdcognito Episode 296
Defending Filthy Storygamers - Nerdcognito Episode 295
Pacifist Characters: Do No Harm? - Nerdcognito Episode 294
Five TTRPG Campaign Styles - Nerdcognito Episode 293
Becoming a Great Gamer? - Nerdcognito Episode 292
West Marching On! - Nerdcognito Episode 291
Defining and Defending the OSR - Nerdcognito Episode 290
Brennan Lee Mulligan Thinks Math is Too Hard - Nerdcognito Episode 289
Railroading?!? - Nerdcognito Episode 288
Ginny's D&D Romance Guide - Nerdcognito Episode 287
Playing with Yourself, aka "Solo Gaming" - Nerdcognito Episode 286
Mothership Mania and D&D "Franchising" - Nerdcognito Episode 285
Does Your Game Flow? - Nerdcognito Episode 284
SPECIAL: Wonderfilled or Wonder-fooled with Stephen Dinehart? - Nerdcognito Episode 283
Castles: "Walls of Stone; Tales of Glory!" - Nerdcognito Podcast Episode 282
Have Some Class! - Nerdcognito Podcast Episode 281
Large Scale Combat in D&D/TTRPGs - Nerdcognito Episode 280
Why Does it ALWAYS Come Down to SEX? - Nerdcognito Episode 279
D&D Campaign Longevity: Why WE Have It and SparkeTrolls Don't - Nerdcognito Episode 278
Just Between Friends (Daniel D. Fox, One Year Later) - Nerdcognito Episode 277
Modern State of the Woke Overlord - Nerdcognito Episode 276
Rule Zero Rumble - Nerdcognito Episode 275
Foxy Reflections - Nerdcognito Episode 274
What's YOURS is Wizards' - Nerdcognito Episode 273
WotC Spring Cleaning... and the future of D&D - Nerdcognito Episode 272
Tariffs, Tension, and TTRPGs - Nerdcognito Episode 271
Homebrew: Another "Lost Art" - Nerdcognito Episode 270
Taking a Breather - Nerdcogntio Episode 269
Shadowdark Sovereignty! - Nerdcognito Episode 268
ADHD-cognito; a.k.a. If Things Can Go Wrong... - Nerdcognito Episode 267
Reddit Can Go To Hell - Nerdcognito Episode 266
Zero D&D Prep... "That's Too Much!" - Nerdcognito Episode 265
Romance Rules?!? Pathfinder/Paizo Codify the Obvious - Nerdcognito Episode 264
The "Lost Art" of Mapping in D&D - Nerdcognito Episode 263
2025 Monster Manual Madness - Nerdcognito Episode 262
The Satanic Panic, Revisited! - Nerdcognito Episode 261
Horsing Around with Horse Girl; Former BrOSR Phenom Joel Peterson - Nerdcognito Episode 260
DnD 2025 Monster Manual... They did WHAT? - Nerdcognito Episode 259
"Anticolonialism" Screeching; Nerdy Vacay Destinations - Nerdcognito Episode 258
Best D&D Party Ever; Don't Remake THIS! - Nerdcognito Episode 257
Christmastime in the Nation!; Siobhan Invades the News - Nerdcognito Episode 256
Nerdcognito - Episode 255: Fan Fiction v. Canon; Holiday Themed Games
Nerdcognito - Episode 254: Drizzt is "Too Problematic"; D&D Movie Replacements
Nerdcognito - Episode 253: Pros and Cons if Elon Musk Buys Hasbro; Leave Them Kids Alone!
SPECIAL Nerdcognito - Episode 252: BDubs of the BrOSR
Nerdcognito - Episode 251: Paladins MUST BE Lawful Good!; "DnD Math Is Too Hard!"
Nerdcognito - Episode 250: Building a "Perfect" TTRPG; Aberrations!
Nerdcognito - Episode 249: 2024 Dungeon Master's Guide GUTTED! Erased Options & Choices for 5e Tables!
Nerdcognito - Episode 248: D&D in Decline - The 2024 DMG Destroys DM Agency & Codifies Safety Tools!
NanoNerdcognito: Exiting Bad Apples from Your Game (overtime w/ Randy!)
Nerdcognito - Episode 247: Pre-New System Player Prep; Randy Nichols Co-Hosts!
Nerdcognito - Episode 246: Where's The Line? How Much Shock Is Too Much?
Nerdcognito - Episode 245: No-Prep v. Full Prep Dungeon Mastering
Nerdcognito - Episode 244: WotC "Fudging" Sales Numbers?; Welcome to Jack!
Nerdcognito - Episode 243: Comedy TTRPGs; WotC Allows Mid-Combat "Time Outs!"
Nerdcognito - Epiode 242: TTRPG Character Creation Chatter!
Nerdcognito - Episode 241: Not a Hero's Feast for the Eyes!
Nerdcognito - Episode 240: WotC to "Revise" Keep on the Borderlands; Building Intrigue as a DM
Nerdcognito - Episode 239: WotC Forces OneDND on EVERYONE Using D&D Beyond
Nerdcognito Presents - Fudging: Barkeep's Banter with the Elven Maid Inn - #001
Nerdcognito - Episode 238: Designers NEED To Insert... Identity Politics & Social Justice Themes?!?
Nerdcognito - Episode 237: Play THIS! ...not OneDND! (with special guest host Grim Jim Desborough)
Nerdcognito - Episode 236: Dave Arneson RIPPED OFF at GenCon; ShadowDark Sweep!
Nerdcognito - Episode 235: Hasbro's 2Q Earnings and WotC's Impact; New Ranger, Old Mindsets
Nerdcognito - Episode 234: Neo-Appendix N! Non-print Inspiration for the Gang!
Nerdcognito - Episode 233: Your Character is DEAD!; Player Input into World Building
Nerdcognito - Episode 232: D&D Crafting Change Catastrophe!; Sci-Fi/Horror Gem Mothership
Nerdcognito - Episode 231: DM as Referee?!? What is the Correct Title and Role?; Western Renaissance
Nerdcognito - Episode 230: WotC's Hideous, Woke, and Racist Art Drop
Nerdcognito - Episode 229: D&D, Influenced by It's Own Supplements!
Nerdcognito - Episode 228: Gaming Group Meeting Failures; Unfathomable Board Game Revisited
Nerdcognito - Episode 227: 40+ "Rules" for the TTRPG Table... (He's not wrong!)
NanoNerdcognito: "Accidental Overpowering"
Nerdcognito - Episode 226: Too Many Classes! (aka Less is More)
Nerdcognito - Episode 225: From the Tabletop to the Screen! (and back!)
Nerdcognito - Episode 224: WotC's AI Art Dust Storm... plus The Dungeon Delver!
Nerdcognito - Episode 223: Grim Jim and the TTRPG Hobby's Toxic Cancel Culture
Nerdcognito - Episode 222: Cynthia Williams out at WotC, Modules!, Dystopian Dawn Time Warped
Nerdcognito - Episode 221: Can Tourists and SparkleTrolls be "Saved??"
Nerdcognito - Episode 220: Player Requests, Suggestions, and DEMANDS?!?
SPECIAL Nerdcognito - Episode 219: Discomfiting Dialogue with Daniel D. Fox (friend of the show?!?)
Nerdcognito - Episode 218: "You Can't Play With THEM!"
Nerdcognito - Episode 217: TPKs and Near Total Party Kills in D&D/TTRPGs
Nerdcognito - Episode 216: Real Relationships at the Fake D&D Table; Arkham Files TTRPG!
Nerdcognito - Episode 215: RD admits "I was wrong!", Horror at the Table, Blister Critters
Nerdcognito - Episode 214: Mythology, Folklore, and History in D&D, Creativity and Improv
Nerdcognito - Episode 213: Backstories?!? Encounter Balance?!? Pfft!!
Nerdcognito - Episode 212: Consequences and Death in Your TTRPG; Our Own "Session Zero"
Nerdcognito - Episode 211: Nostalgia at your TTRPG table; Let's not make money!
Nerdcognito - Episode 210: Grim Jim Desborough Co-Hosts and Digs Into #DungeonDrama
Nerdcognito - Episode 209: Player Skill v. Character Ability; Tragedy at Taigon's Falls Review
Nerdcognito - Episode 208: Power Gamers and Meta Gamers be Damned!; World Building
Nerdcognito - Episode 207: NPC Do’s and Don’ts; Names and TNK Preview
Nerdcognito - Episode 206: Greenhaven is gold; DM Tips
Nerdcognito - Episode 205: 2023’s Past, Present, and Future in our Hobby!
Nerdcognito - Episode 204: The Hasbro Layoffs; Jumping Back Into Fantasy TTRPG!
Nerdcognito - Episode 203: Appendix N Addons; Gamer Cancelled by TTRPG Creator?
Nerdcognito - Episode 202: TTRPG Week of Woke; OD&D Reprint... Sort Of!
Nerdcognito - Episode 201: Censorship in Play aka ”You Can’t Do THAT!”; Gaming Gift Ideas
Nerdcognito - Episode 200: Celebrating 200 Episodes and Revisiting the Best from the Past!
Nerdcognito - Episode 199: Tropes in TTRPGs; Confirmation Bias and All of Us
Nerdcognito - Episode 198: The TTRPG/D&D Controversy Carousel; Racism in a New Group Finder App?
Nerdcognito - Episode 197: Booting Horrible Players; Disturbing Monsters; Bad Horror Sequels