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Episode 206 – “Ice and Steel” with Kevin Hassall and Alban Cadu

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Episode 205 – Preparing for Halloween

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Episode 204 – RfT Con Postmortem, Plus: When Do You Need a Statblock For Your Flashlight?

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Episode 203 – LIVE from RfT Con 2026!

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Episode 202 – Dealing with Creativity Fatigue

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Episode 201 – Chris Explores Forbidden Island

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Episode 200 – Get Rid of it All

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Episode 199 – Charismatic Villains and Tough Moral Decisions

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Episode 198: World Cup Fever

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Episode 197 – Building Wizard City

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Episode 196: Chasing that Feeling

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Episode 195 – T1 Prep

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Episode 194 – Chris in the Candy Store

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Episode 193 – Elric! and Others

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Episode 192 – Third Time’s a Charm

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Episode 191 – Bringing Real-life Locations to the Game Table

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Episode 190 – Props at the Game Table Revisited

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Episode 189 – Do You Let Players Respec Their Characters?

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Episode 188 – Daggerheart Recap with Jess!

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Episode 187 – Antarctic Cthulhu Weekend After-action Report

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Episode 186 – What Games Do You Bring on Trips?

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Episode 185 – Catch up

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Episode 184 – Play-a-Dungeon 2025: Kaiju vs. Theme Park Employees

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Episode 183 – Build-a-Dungeon 2025: Kaiju vs. Theme Park Employees

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Episode 182 – Stranger Things, Doom, and One Shot Systems

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Episode 181 – Netcrawl, Blades, and 13th Age, Oh My!

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Episode 180 – How To Be a Good Player

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Episode 179 – Daggerheart, Draw Steel, and the Post-OGL Landscape

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Episode 178 – Stranger Things and Aliens

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Episode 177 – RPG Trivia from RfT Con 2025

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Episode 176 – Autumn GM Plans and Convention Prep

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Episode 175 – How Do You Run a Game in Two Hours or Less? (with Garrett Douglas)

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Episode 174 – Theater and Gaming with Andy Jones

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Episode 173 – Mechs with Toby Shearman

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Episode 172 – D&D on the Beach, Blue Prince, and The Gunslinger

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Episode 171 – The Kids Are Alright

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Episode 170 – How Do You Run a One-shot for Non-gamers?

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Episode 169 – I Know a Guy and Changing Rules

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Episode 168 – Do You Replay TTRPG Scenes That Go Wrong?

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Episode 167 – How Do You Use Weather in Your TTRPGs?

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Episode 166 – Do your characters have lives outside of the adventure?

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Episode 165 – How Do You Handle Character Aging and Age Differences?

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Episode 164 – How Do You Handle Player Mounts and Horses?

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Episode 163 – Do you hand out documents at the table?

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Episode 162 – How Do You Run Wilderness Survival Games?

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Episode 161 – How Do You Handle Religion in Your Games?

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Episode 160 – How Do You Game in Times of Difficulty?

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Episode 159 – To Chase or Not to Chase Your White Whales

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Episode 158 – Holiday Actual Play Special

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Episode 157 – Build a Dungeon 2024!

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156 – Chit Haters

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Episode 155 – Gold in Games

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Episode 154 – How Do You Prepare to Run an Epic Campaign? (with Matt Wilson)

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Episode 153 – Spooky and Cheery Holiday Games

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Episode 152 – What Can Mini-games Add to an RPG?

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Episode 151 – RfT Con 2024 Trivia Quiz and Diamond Heist!

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Episode 150 – What Does Crime Look Like in Your Game Setting?

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Episode 149 – How Do You Use Languages?

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Episode 148 – How Do You Use Alignment?

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Episode 147 – The Enthusiasm of a Con

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Episode 146 – Running Minigames Within Your Games

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Episode 145 – How to Prep for a Game When You Have No Time (with John Corey)

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Episode 144 – How Do You Handle Light Sources in Dungeons?

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Episode 143 – How Do You Convey Setting Detail to Your Players?

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Episode 142 – Our Mount Rushmore of Gaming

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Episode 141 – How Do You Help Players with the Rules?

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Episode 140 – Live from the AADL Game Con 2024!

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Episode 139 – When do you invite players to help you build the world?

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Episode 138 – How Do You Spotlight Characters?

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Episode 137 – What Famous Person Would You Like to Game With?

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Episode 136 – Band of Blades and One Gandalf is Enough

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Episode 135 – Dialect, Savage Worlds, and Campaign Length

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Episode 134 – The Book of the New Sun, and Challenging Game Settings

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Episode 133 — What Makes a Great First D&D Adventure?

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Episode 132 — All About Randomness and Dice! (with guest GM Toby)

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Episode 131 – Play a Dungeon – The Mice of The Artemis

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Episode 130 – Build a Dungeon 2023!

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Episode 129 – Long-running Campaigns and their Challenges

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Episode 128 – Palladium Surprise Package Unboxing and More

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Episode 127 – Are Your Games “Interesting Failures”?

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Episode 126 – Maintaining Momentum

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Episode 125 – When Players Do the Unexpected

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Episode 124 — Do You Require Your Players To Read the Rules?

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Episode 123 – Live at Roll For Topic Con!

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Episode 122 — How Do You Encourage Your Players to Roleplay Among Themselves?

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Episode 121 — What Makes a Good Flawed Hero?

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Episode 120 — Choosing the Right Convention Game

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Episode 119 – Audio Equipment, Mysteries, Aliens, and Repetition

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Episode 118 — How to Make Small Towns in Your Fantasy Setting Memorable

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Episode 117 – How do You Steal from Movies and Books?

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Episode 116 — What Goes Into a Great Online TTRPG Experience?

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Episode 115 — The 30-Year D&D Campaign (with Bryn Mills)

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Episode 114 — Making Food and Meals a Part of an RPG Campaign (with Jeremy Bai)

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Episode 113 – Running Hacking Scenes (with James Pozenel)

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Episode 112 — Running RPGs with Kids

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Episode 111 – What Role Does Nostalgia Play in Your Games?

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Episode 110 — How Do You Adjust the Tone at Your Gaming Table?

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Episode 109 — How Do You Incorporate PCs’ Family and Loved Ones?

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Episode 108 — Dealing with GM Distraction

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Episode 107 — What Do You Do When Your Players Get Stuck?