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SideQuests! — 181 episodes

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Cozy Games and Safe Spaces.. what?

2

We're almost hitting a nerve!

3

Onboard, Worldbuild, Roleplay: The Table-Ready Episode

4

Gaming with young ones? We talk with Geek my Games, Flintlock & Fog, and Explore Rooms RPGs

5

The art of Storytelling with Judith of Misunderstood Minions

6

Altered Worlds with Seth, Anders and Travis

7

Kid friendly and NPC psychology

8

Mental health and TTRPGS (again!)

9

Power of Gaming Across Generations

10

Mike's Hero, Ben Devers from Lone Wolf

11

Developing Folklore and The Inspiration of It

12

Welcome to Season 5 and Worldbuilding

13

Clint, Anthony and Mike run the show

14

Andrew Gipson

15

Frank and Leanna stop by SideQuests!

16

Welcome back Hollywood

17

Becoming Mike Prime

18

More Mikes!

19

Mike, Mike, and.. more Mike?

20

Tonya and Jon from Tales of the Manticore stop by

21

Tony Dorighty sits down with the Paladins of Podcast

22

The SideQuests Troupe Returns!

23

Judith

24

Hollywood DM & Owen SagaSmith

25

Guest Michael and Anthony

26

Let the Bloodsworth Spill!

27

This one went everywhere

28

SideQuests with GamesPlayed Badly

29

Chris Todd Joins us on SideQuests!

30

Harman Lindsey Joins us on SideQuests!

31

Hanging with Andrew Gipson

32

Epic Adventures with Steve Kellams

33

Mythril and Story Tellers Tale

34

Killer DM Game Show

35

Get connected with Rouge Game Masters

36

Marcin the Architect GM

37

The Inked GM

38

SideQuests with SideQuests

39

Rolling Dice with the Next Generation with Gamemaster Mom

40

Talking with John from Tale of the Manticore

41

Unintended Consequences with Calamity Punk

42

Nomnivore Games and Accessability

43

White Carnation Adventure Group

44

Kickstarter Part 2

45

The Business Side of TTRPGs

46

Gamemaster Resources

47

Introduction to Kickstarter

48

Improving and Preperation

49

Building Community and TTRPGs as a Creative Outlet

50

Getting player feedback

51

World Building Series 2 - Nomadic Magic

52

World Building Introduction - Scorched Earth

53

Ethical Considerations in Tabletop Gaming

54

It's Mainstream Now

55

The Mind of a Storyteller

56

From HeroQuest to Heroic Adventures

57

Evil Genius Games is Hemorrhaging

58

A Recap and Ramble

59

Sieges, Wars, and Granularity

60

Decoding Game Mechanics: The Math of Fun

61

Unveiling the Secrets of Proactive Game Mastering

62

Planar Chronicles: Journeys Across Dimensions

63

Cursed Conclusions and Fey Contracts

64

Closing out the 2023

65

EdH Rambo Review - Everyday Heroes

66

Universal Soldier Review - Everyday Heroes

67

Eli's Session was awesome! Rob's was for the players.

68

Session Recaps and too many handouts!?

69

Rolling the Dice: NPCs Unplugged

70

Unraveling the Mysteries of Kick-Ass Quests

71

Building Kick As$ Encounters

72

Goblin Fight Club and Eli Catches Us Up

73

Cracking the Code of Memorable Encounters

74

Immerse, Invest, Interact: The Quest for Engagement

75

Rolling for Profit: A Debate on Dungeon Mastering for Cash

76

Return to the Realm and Arcane Insights

77

Critical Rolls & Dicey Decisions

78

Battletech, Arcane Rites, and a little more

79

Dice, Discord, and Dramatic Combat

80

Elicon3 and Battling Burnout

81

Exploring Emberwind: Mechanics, Accessibility, and Neurodivergence

82

Damn, now i'm hungry.

83

Adventures, Connections, and Tales from the Tabletop

84

Paladins at the Mecca: Unveiling GenCon's Gaming Extravaganza!

85

Tactical Infinity and Goblin Antics: Unraveling Adventures

86

Generic Adventure Review

87

Tactical Triumphs and Adventurous Tales

88

Unveiling the Social Contract: Etiquette, Expectations, and Game Mastery

89

Rumors in Portugal and Mid-Combat Cliffhangers

90

Lessons Learned and Convention Chronicles

91

Looking for more hosts, Part Three!

92

Looking for more hosts, Part Two!

93

Looking for more hosts, Part One!

94

Woah! And like that our time was up

95

A 5e adventure..!?

96

Have You Ever HAD ONE OF THOSE MONTHS!?

97

What in the AI was that? And does Rob even roll dice bro?

98

A little bit of world, building, a little bit of catching up, and a few other things!

99

A quick primer on painting minis and catching up on GaryCon!

100

s3e26 Gary Con for Eli, post surgery for Rob and A missed deadline

101

s3e25 With a lot going on, we still manage to touch on alignment

102

s3e24 World Events and Weather

103

s3e23 Lets Rock & Roll! Great things. from both Rob and Eli's campaigns have taken place!

104

s3e22 We sat down with the Peschke of Dragon Slayer RPGs

105

Beavers and Broadswords truly surprised Eli and we start by covering more Challenge Rating!

106

We jump right in today! This episode was awesome to do!

107

Oh No! Rob messed with his levels instead of turning up his headphones! Babies and broadswords too?

108

Oh no! Our audio died during the last two minutes of the show! The Paladins were devastated!

109

These long titles are absolutely amazing! We'll talk about two great games!

110

What do you mean I picked up the the sickies from the kids!? Downtime activities and more!

111

The longest titles convey the most epic of episodes! Sidequests mentions a carrot!

112

Dungeon23

113

Everyday Heroes had Technical Difficulties!

114

What in the world Conan!?

115

Yellow Mold Tea..

116

Hi Trent!

117

Thank you & Happy Holidays

118

Shooting from the hip

119

What are mircoshots?

120

The Endgame and how to do various other things

121

What is balance, and why would Rob fight a bird?

122

Going all In

123

The Social Contract

124

Designing Content to Publish

125

We wanted to talk about Monsters!

126

Interview with Dai Shugars

127

Objects of Negative Mass.. Welcome to SideQuests!

128

The first change of many!

129

Talking to Possum Creek Games!

130

Does anyone else overdevelop NPCs?

131

Notes? Who takes notes anyway?

132

Aspartame..?

133

GenCon Special! City of Mist & Amit Moshe

134

GenCon Special!

135

The Funny Trap Dungeon

136

What did we do....?

137

New Host, New Inspiration

138

We talk about Etiquette

139

Let's Welcome Joshua Johnson!

140

We mourn the passing of Brandon "Potato" Tatroe

141

The Marvel Multiverse Character Catchup..

142

Talking Vaesen

143

Marvel Multiverse Roleplaying Game

144

Big plans from the big two?

145

Potato had a Baby!

146

Paizo made some big moves!

147

Potato Brought the Content!

148

ETG Developing Games

149

Cheating, PC environment, and a double dose of monster spotlight

150

5e Chaotic Good Cleric Zealot Concept?

151

Alternative Spell Uses? Oh Yeah.

152

We talked about Dune and got hung up on The One Ring

153

Why am I back on this Soapbox?

154

Deep dive into two games

155

More Interesting Games

156

A lot of Horror Stories

157

What was this DM Thinking!?

158

Happy New Year!

159

Happy Christmas Everybody!

160

Who buys Mundane Items Anyway?

161

People end their campaigns at certain levels... What?

162

There is more to TTRPG's than WoTC & Paizo

163

Merry Thanksgiving Everybody!

164

The XP Valley

165

Real World Religion Mechanics

166

Ok, What the...? With Zac

167

Finishing up the Conversation with Zac

168

Into the Fold

169

Crappy House Rules

170

Party Sizes and Etiquette

171

Starting Hooks

172

DMPC's, Home-brews, Game Settings and Nat20 Stories

173

Nerfing Players, MultiClassing, and Bringing the RP

174

Finding Inspiration

175

Building a Character

176

Character Building Questions and Who Knows?

177

Worldbuilding

178

Adult Content, Popularity, books or pdf's?

179

Min/Maxing, Covid and Virtual Table Tops

180

Episode 0 - Continuation of the Test

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Episode 00 - Introduction Test