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Roleplay Rescue — 440 episodes

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Title
1

Hanging Up My Hat

2

Becoming a Player

3

Wandering the Mythic

4

Testing Your Priors

5

Sojourner in the Otherworld

6

Deploying the Scout

7

Invoking the Sentinel

8

High-Fidelity Roleplay

9

Pre-Character Prep

10

Decisions and Dark Sorcery

11

Character Roleplay Drives Emergent Story

12

Karameikos!

13

The Power of Pretend

14

Permission To Bail

15

Character and Story with Andrew Kafoury

16

Three In-Character Preferences

17

Turning Up

18

Overcoming Inertia

19

Master and Emissary

20

The Arc of Experimentation

21

Hunting Monsters

22

Solo Experimentation

23

Yes, I'm a Scanner

24

The 7th Anniversary

25

Player-Directed Goals

26

Wonder Wander

27

Non-linear Paths with Obstacles

28

Jamison and the Magical Bio Sheet

29

The Experimental Mindset

30

The Play's The Thing

31

Reorientation

32

Scenario Design with Simon Williams

33

Wild Magic with Clarke Peterson

34

Story Divide Feedback

35

Characters as Protagonists

36

What are Roleplaying Games with Runeslinger

37

World First T2K with Patrick Mullen

38

Eclectic Thoughts

39

The Story Divide with Runeslinger

40

Grounded Realistic Gameplay

41

Fudging It with Joe from Dekahedron

42

Unshackled

43

Old-School GURPS

44

Crafting Better Roleplay

45

Dungeoneer with Simon Williams

46

Dungeons & Newbies with Johnn Four

47

New Frontiers

48

Voices From The Abyss

49

More Playful Prep

50

Ten GM Rules with Jason Wiebe

51

Tiny Roleplay with Frank T

52

The Most Important Game Mechanism

53

Towards Full Rules Opacity

54

Recovering Purpose and Agency

55

Voices From The Void

56

Escaping Tynebris with Chris Casciano

57

GURPS Fourth Edition

58

Roleplayer: Game Likes It's 1986!

59

Reaver with Joe Salvador

60

Dragons with Arlen Walker

61

Invoking Imagination with Menion

62

Face-to-Face GM Tools with Jason Connerley

63

Six Months Face-to-Face with Jon McNally

64

Meta-Tech with Christopher R. Rice

65

Snapshot!

66

Back To Analogue

67

Imagine with Michael Tenery

68

The End?

69

RPGMatch with Joaquin Lippincott

70

Intermission

71

Five Percent Challenge with Bob from SAFCO

72

GURPS with Mr_Sandman

73

Playing Face-to-Face

74

Primaeval Fantasy with Daniel Jones

75

Into 2024

76

Augury Ignored

77

Seeking Face-to-Face

78

After Five Years

79

An Open World Campaign

80

Talking D&D With YUMDM

81

Adventurer Conqueror King With Alex Macris

82

Schooled

83

Rescue!

84

So You Want To Be A Game Master With Justin Alexander

85

Community Voices

86

Tension and Change With Jason Connerley

87

Talking FKR With Paul Jennings

88

The Apprentice GM

89

Something Shared

90

The Fear of Mastery

91

War of Art with Daniel Jones

92

Transitions

93

Solo Tales Ep4: Into The Tower

94

Player Agency With Simon Williams

95

Adventure Building With Johnn Four

96

Back In Balazar

97

Sparking Creativity With Runeslinger

98

Solo Tales Ep3: Skeletons!

99

Permutations

100

Clarity

101

Rolemaster Unified

102

GM's Journal #183: Coronation Weekend (May 5th-10th 2023)

103

On Community

104

Solo Tales Ep2: Back To Crag's Ruin

105

Characterisation With Simon Williams

106

Why Play GURPS?

107

Simple Dungeon GURPS

108

The Fear Of Starting

109

Megadungeon!

110

Location, Location, Location

111

Simple GURPS With GMShadow

112

On Combat

113

Deeper Gaming With Arlen Walker

114

Crag's Ruin

115

Back To Basic Roleplaying

116

Finale

117

Adventure Prep With Johnn Four

118

Manifesto!

119

Gaming With Teens

120

Otherworlds With Daniel Jones

121

Solo With Simon Williams

122

Talking OD&D and AD&D with Jason Connerley

123

Talking Worlds With Kevin From The Redcaps

124

Old-School Reflections

125

Talking Pantheons With Ron Ogden

126

Goals For Engagement

127

Choosing Modern and SF Worlds

128

Uncomfortably Old-School

129

Choosing Fantasy Worlds

130

Call-In Collective

131

Tiny Prep

132

Choosing Is Hard

133

Traveller With Bob Loftin

134

Choose Your Rules

135

Mystery With Justin Alexander

136

Imagine Places First

137

Discussing AD&D With Menion (aka Rob)

138

Fantasy, Dungeons, and The Open Table

139

Old-School Essentials With Doug Cole

140

Back To The Table With Simon Williams

141

Being More Playful

142

Towards An Anxious Gamers Guide To FRPG

143

Talking Roleplaying Games With Justin Alexander

144

Community Call-Ins (Finale)

145

Che, Jon, and The Mythic Experiment

146

Taking Stock As GM

147

Behind The Screen With Daniel Jones

148

Playing Alone

149

Emergent Play

150

Making Prep Doable

151

How To Emergency Prep

152

Going Over The Edge

153

Bonus Call-in Collection

154

Casting Dispel Terror

155

Running and Gunning

156

Talking Wargames With Dad

157

That Hexcrawling Vibe

158

Inherently Valuable

159

Playing By The Seat Of Your Pants

160

#RoleForCharity

161

Playing With Invisible Rules

162

Roles, Teams, and Open Tables

163

Feeling Stuck?

164

Turning Up To Play

165

Realm Management With Christopher R. Rice

166

Not The Regular Kind

167

What's It For?

168

Talking Thieves With Christopher R. Rice

169

Movember Appeal

170

920 The Massive Call-in Collection

171

919 Don't Wanna Play How You Wanna Play

172

918 Return To The Infinite Game

173

917 Combat-only Gaming

174

916 Talking Fear with Peter Laws

175

915 Trickster's Net with Barney and Tom

176

Feeding Back on Lieren (Bonus)

177

914 Towards Primaeval Fantasy with Daniel Jones

178

BRP Call-ins (Bonus)

179

913 Eisen's Vow

180

Portal Messages (Bonus)

181

912 Talking Labels, Communication, and Play Styles with Lieren

182

Another 1d6 Call-ins (Bonus)

183

911 Basic Roleplaying

184

910 Portals to Adventure

185

On Podcasting (Bonus)

186

On Worlds & Underdogs (Bonus)

187

909 Necropolis (5e) with Mark Greenberg

188

Dungeon Master's Diary #90.5: Arlen Called, On Trust (Bonus)

189

Rollin' 1d6 Call-ins (Bonus)

190

908 Underdogs

191

2-12 Random Call-ins (Bonus)

192

907 Finding My Blend: System Fluid

193

906 Mondays In Mystamyr

194

Solo Call-ins (Bonus)

195

905 Finding My Blend: Fantastic Worlds

196

Dicey Call-ins (Bonus)

197

904 Two Ways, One Me

198

903 Solo Sundays

199

Quickfire Call-ins (Bonus)

200

902 The Magic Of Dice

201

Delayed Blast Call-ins (Bonus)

202

901 One Game At A Time

203

900 Starting Over (a good place to begin)

204

Delvers To Grow With Doug Cole (Bonus)

205

815 Return to Mystamyr: The Lure of Mythras Classic Fantasy

206

814 Firing Up GURPS Campaigns with Christopher R. Rice

207

Dungeon Master's Diary #72.5: Something Significant This Way Comes

208

813 A Fistful Of Feedback

209

812 Why Don't You Knock It Off With Them Negative Waves?

210

811 The Elusive Shift

211

Bonus: Facing Truth and Evil with Peter Laws

212

810 Learning Pathfinder: 10 Things I Enjoyed

213

Bonus: Talking Mental Health and Roleplaying Games With Jason Hobbs

214

809 Unpicking Webster's GM Rules, Part 3

215

808 Unpicking Webster's GM Rules, Part 2

216

807 Manifesto Pt 1, The Limits Of Our Power

217

806 Unpicking Webster's GM Rules

218

805 Campaigning In 2021

219

Bonus: The Cycle Of Change

220

804 Cyphering

221

803 Three Useful Motivators

222

802 Thirteen Game Master Rules

223

Bonus: An Interview With Christopher R. Rice

224

Bonus: Am I Stuck In A Loop?

225

801 Finding My Own Way

226

800 May All Your Dreams Come True

227

Dungeon Master's Diary #57: Unclenching (Bonus)

228

720 Battlelords of the 23rd Century with David Suruco

229

719 The Lost Dungeons of Tonisborg with Griff Morgan

230

718.9 Pressing Pause

231

718 Tale of The Manticore with Jon

232

717 The Defense Roll Reversal with Doug Cole

233

What's Up With RPR? (Bonus)

234

716 Dungeon Master's Diary #51: Roger and Out

235

715 On Gamemastering: Choose Your Players!

236

714.9 Dungeon Master's Diary #50 (Part 3): Staggering Onward

237

714.5 Dungeon Master's Diary #50 (Part 2): RuneQuest Revelations

238

714 Dungeon Master's Diary #50 (Part 1): The Big Five-O

239

713 Satanic Panic with Peter Laws

240

712.5 Dungeon Master's Diary #49 (Part 2): Shaping Creativity

241

712 Dungeon Master's Diary #49 (Part 1): RuneQuesting

242

Quiet Voices (Bonus)

243

711 Not Letting Work Kill My Hobby

244

710 Dungeon Master's Diary #48: School Kills Your Hobby

245

709 What Is It With D&D Fantasy?

246

708.5: Dungeon Master's Diary #47 (Part 2)

247

708 Dungeon Master's Diary #47 (Part 1)

248

Bonus: Talking Play-by-Post With Evil Jeff

249

707 An Interview With Tom Knauss (Frog God Games)

250

706.5 Dungeon Master's Diary #46 (Part 2): Megadungeon!

251

706 Dungeon Master's Diary #46 (Part 1): Playing Again

252

Addendum: I Don't Feel Safe

253

705 Why Do I Play How I Play?

254

704b Dungeon Master's Diary #45 (Part 2): Being Not-GM

255

704a Dungeon Master's Diary #45 (Part 1): DM Surrender

256

Microburst: The Walker Testimony

257

Bonus: On Dice and The Loop with Andy Goodman

258

703 Vox Populi

259

702 Dungeon Master's Diary #44 (Part 2): The Triangle Realisation and Why I Play Solo

260

702 Dungeon Master's Diary #44 (Part 1): July 4th, TPK Messages, and Bold Assertions

261

Bonus: More Otherworld Immersion with Daniel Jones

262

701 Purpose and Engagement

263

700 Roleplay Rescue Evolved

264

Dungeon Master's Diary #43: Of Harn, Orcs, a TPK, and Discovering the Otherworld

265

613 Responses to Daniel Jones (Season 6 Finale)

266

Dungeon Master's Diary #42: Making Time and a Mykovnian Discovery

267

612 Talking Numenera with Dave Aldridge

268

Dungeon Master's Diary #41: Back to School, Slowing, and Questioning Methodology

269

611 Otherworld Immersion with Daniel Jones

270

Dungeon Master's Diary #40: Lonely Adventures and Recovering Mykovnia

271

610 Still Playing Too Seriously

272

Dungeon Master's Diary #39: Pruning, Blockers, and Savage Fridays

273

609 Talking Pathfinder with Joe Richter

274

Dungeon Master's Diary #38 (Part 2): Prepping, Random Tables, and the Pulp-Cinematic Extreme

275

Dungeon Master's Diary #38 (Part 1): Call-ins, Cool Maps, Opening Rifts

276

608 Beginnings, Part 2: Playing Well

277

Answering the OSR Question

278

Dungeon Master's Diary #37: The GM Rant and the Big Book Clearout

279

607 Tempting FATE with John Large

280

Dungeon Master's Diary #36: Measuring Up, Monster Hunting, and the Power of Fear

281

606 Playing Too Seriously With Jason Hobbs

282

Dungeon Master's Diary #35: Harn, Dolmenwood, and Stepping On Up

283

Community Callbacks

284

605 Beginnings, Part 1: Creating Character

285

Dungeon Master's Diary #34 (Part 2): Darkness Falls and Light Bursts Through

286

Dungeon Master's Diary #34 (Part 1): Darkness Approaches

287

604 Adventures With Douglas Cole

288

Dungeon Master's Diary #33 (Part 2): Death In Dolmenwood and Stealing Mystara

289

Dungeon Master's Diary #33 (Part 1): Hyboria, Stealing Maps, and Prepping Dolmenwood

290

Simulation Callbacks and The OSR Question

291

603 Talking The Traditional Game With Griff

292

Dungeon Master's Diary #32 (Part 2): Creative Traps and GURPS Adventures

293

Dungeon Master's Diary #32 (Part 1): Dolmenwood, Death Test, and Closing Thaarl

294

Talking GURPS With Dr. Kromm

295

602 Why Do You Play What You Play?

296

Dungeon Master's Diary #31 (Part 2): The Fantastic Isles, AD&D2e, and Fantasy Flavours

297

Dungeon Master's Diary #31 (Part 1): Holiday, Listlessness, and a Parcel Arrives

298

Talking To Steve Jackson

299

601 Back To The Mic

300

What Is Roleplay Rescue?

301

522 Writing Stuff Down

302

Dungeon Master's Diary #30: School Shennanigans, the Coming of Virus, and The End

303

521 Slow Down For Immersion

304

Dungeon Master's Diary #29: More Maps, Descriptions, and Club Victories

305

520 Back To The Fifth Edition

306

Dungeon Master's Diary #28: School, Getting D&D Out There, and a Dolmenwood Update

307

519 The Referee's Basic Toolkit

308

Dungeon Master's Diary #27: A Week Spent Travelling Alone

309

518 The Fear And Freedom Of Improvisation With Andy Goodman

310

Dungeon Master's Diary #26: News From Thaarl, Dolmenwood, and Traveller

311

Dungeon Master's Diary #25: Zines, Maps, and Thaarlian Musings

312

517 What If It's Not About Storytelling?

313

Dungeon Master's Diary #24: Satanic Responses and OSE Impressions

314

516 The Beckelhimer Testimony & Other Thoughts

315

Dungeon Master's Diary #23: Into Dolmenwood With Old School Essentials

316

Dungeon Master's Diary #22: Illness, Low-fantasy, and Swords & Wizardry

317

515 Using RPGs In Education With Dave Aldridge

318

Dungeon Master's Diary #21: Sci-Fi Missions and Satanic Accusations

319

514 Structures, Modules, and Finding Groups

320

Dungeon Master's Diary #20: Prep Anxiety, Mutants, and Burning Out

321

513 Roleplayer vs Rollplayer

322

Dungeon Master's Diary #19: Beyond The Iron Door

323

512 Talking Old School Essentials With Gavin Norman

324

Dungeon Master's Diary #18: Complexity, Luck, and Cepheus Arrives

325

Dungeon Master's Diary #17: Whiffs, Stressors, and Excitement

326

511 Talking Art With Jeshields

327

Dungeon Master's Diary #16: I Have Been Wrong

328

Dungeon Master's Diary #15: Regrets, Realisations, and Expectations

329

510 Put The Players First

330

Dungeon Master's Diary #14: Pathfinder 2, Why More RPGs, and Travelling

331

Dungeon Master's Diary #13: Into Thaarl and Down a Sidetrack

332

509 Eight Types of Fun

333

Dungeon Master's Diary #12: Delving Thaarl

334

508 Revisiting The Open Table

335

Dungeon Master's Diary #11

336

507 Fighting Fantasy

337

Dungeon Master's Diary #10 feat. Reich 5, Fighting Fantasy, and a "Special Project"

338

Dungeon Master's Diary #9 incl. NPC tips, Gygax75 in Space & Spoilers from Thaarl

339

506 The Community Strikes Back!

340

Bonus: GURPS Quick Start Actual Play

341

Dungeon Master's Diary #8 feat. Mrs W.

342

505 Never Go Back?

343

Dungeon Master's Diary #7 feat. Old School Essentials

344

Dungeon Master's Diary #6

345

504 Talking With Jason Connerley

346

Dungeon Master's Diary #5

347

Bonus: The GURPS Conversation

348

503 Three Voices: Why Do People Play Games?

349

Dungeon Master's Diary #4

350

502 Talking GURPS With Douglas Cole

351

Dungeon Master's Diary #3

352

501 The Infinite Game

353

Dungeon Master's Diary #2

354

Dungeon Master's Diary #1

355

500 Motivation, Looking Back, and Looking Forward

356

Bonus: GM's Journal 12-10-19

357

Bonus: GM's Journal 05-10-19 RAW

358

420 The Spirit of Arneson

359

419 GM's Journal 28-09-19

360

418 Simple Dungeoneering, Part Two

361

417 GM's Journal 21-09-19 feat. #OBaWS

362

416 Simple Dungeoneering, Part One

363

415 GM's Journal 14-09-19

364

414 Overcoming Inertia

365

413 GM's Journal 07-09-19: Sleep Deprivation Special

366

412 The Pit Rescue Ramblecast

367

411 GM's Journal 31-08-19

368

410 Going Mythic

369

Bonus: 10 Things From Arduin With Gabriel Roark

370

409 GM's Journal 24-08-19

371

408 Delving Deeper Solo

372

407 GM's Journal 17-08-19

373

406 Energy At The Table

374

405 GM's Journal 10-08-19

375

404 Talking Random Tables With Dave Aldridge

376

403 GM's Journal 03-08-19

377

402 Return of The Flaky GM

378

401 GM's Journal 27-07-19

379

Bonus: GM's Journal 20-07-19

380

Bonus: GM's Journal 13-07-19

381

400 The Season 4 Trailer

382

312 Being Top Of Your Game

383

Bonus: The Gaming With Teenagers Patreon Special

384

GM's Journal #21

385

311 Three Good Adventure Games

386

GM's Journal #20: Bam... Three Games!

387

310 Building Sandboxes

388

GM's Journal #19

389

309 Talking Savage Worlds With Frank Turfler

390

GM's Journal #18

391

GM's Journal #17

392

308 Mystery Making

393

GM's Journal #16

394

307 The Game I Really Want To Run

395

GM's Journal #15: Sharing The Mo

396

306 Talking World Anvil With Janet Forbes

397

GM's Journal #14: Momentum Lost

398

305 Choosing Castles & Crusades

399

GM's Journal #13: Unlucky For Some?

400

304 The Unscripted Dungeon

401

GM's Journal #12: Fresh Beginnings

402

303 Talking Dungeon World With Yochai Gal

403

GM's Journal #11: Decision

404

302 What's Wrong With 5e?

405

GM's Journal #10: Messy, Flaky, Conflicted

406

301 Escaping The Grind

407

Bonus: Old, New, Borrowed, Blue

408

210 Talking Arduin With Gabriel Roark

409

GM's Journal #9: The Revelation

410

GM's Journal #8: The TPK

411

209 Bringing The SF

412

GM's Journal #7: Glorantha Games 2019

413

GM's Journal #6

414

208 On Virtual Tabletops

415

GM's Journal #5: Patreon Special

416

207 An Interview With Rob Twohy

417

GM's Journal #4

418

206 Five Great Games

419

GM's Journal #3

420

205 An Interview with Mike Mason

421

Solo Journal #SAMM Ep2

422

Solo Journal #SAMM Ep1

423

204 Getting Started Solo

424

GM's Journal #2: A New Campaign

425

203 On Being A Player

426

202 An Interview With Douglas Cole

427

GM's Journal #1

428

201 Fitting Roleplaying Back Into Your Life

429

Series 2 Trailer & Call-ins

430

108 Curse of The Flaky GM

431

107 How To Get Players To Try Older Games

432

Bonus: An Interview With Ted Wallerstedt

433

106 An Interview with Carl Bussler

434

105 Delving the Megadungeon

435

Bonus: An Interview With A Priest

436

104 An Interview With Gavin Norman

437

103 On Rediscovery & Roots

438

102 What Are Roleplaying Games, Really?

439

101 What Stops You From Gaming?

440

Episode 0: Why?