Writer and game designer Jason Brick drops in on the podcast to discuss running tabletop role-playing games. Jason has written for RPGs like Conan, John Carter of Mars, Dishonored, and more. We cover a variety of topics and drop GM tips and tricks along the way. If you want to level up your gamemastering, this […]
Patrick Kanouse is a longtime gamemaster and novelist. He joins me on the podcast to discuss running tabletop role-playing games. We discover Patrick began playing RPGs with Traveller. He stuck with science fiction and only recently moved into Dungeons and Dragons. In addition to gamemaster advice, we discuss his mystery novel series and self-publishing. Patrick
Tabletop RPG writer and blogger Tristan Zimmerman joins me once again on the podcast to discuss how to use historical events in your role-playing games. In this episode, we talk about the West African gold trade, Sir John Mandeville’s wild travels, and his description of the pygmies’ war with the cranes. Plus we touch on
RPG designer and writer, Bill Slavicsek, joins me on the podcast today. Bill is the Lead Writer on the Elder Scrolls Online MMORPG and has extensive RPG industry credits including D&D 3rd and 4th edition, d20 Modern, the Dark Sun setting, and more. In the podcast, we discuss his work on the West End Stars
Role-playing game designer and Saturday Morning Scenarios founder Matt Corley joins me on the podcast today. We discuss his career as a writer and creator of RPG adventures and campaigns. Plus we talk about what makes a good RPG encounter and his new horror 5e campaign Horror in the Windy City. TTRPG Designer Matt Corley
The Monster Professor returns to the podcast for the third time. We start our wide-ranging conversation with infectious monsters then talk about lake monsters. We veer into D&D territory to discuss Owlbears and Beholders. Along the way, we touch on vampires, zombies, 80’s movies, Godzilla, and more. THE MONSTER PROFESSOR – Josh Woods Check Josh’s
Author of Play Unsafe and designer of Cthulhu Dark, Graham Walmsley, joins me on the podcast today. We discuss his books and his role-playing games as well as his gamemaster advice for running tabletop role-playing games. Graham Walmsley Links Please check out Graham’s books and RPGs by clicking the links below. Graham Walmsley on DriveThruRPG
Adron Buske, the host of the FICTITIOUS podcast, returns to the show to discuss becoming a better gamemaster by studying stories. We talk about creating compelling villains, plot points, story structure, plus share tips for playing online. We share stories from our role-playing game campaigns, movie references, and much more. How Gamemasters Can Tell Better
Graeme Davis is one of the original designers of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay as well as a designer of Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North video game. On the podcast, we discuss his career, WFRP, and we sprinkle in some gamemaster advice. Plus we talk about low fantasy vs. high fantasy and more. Graeme Davis
Dr. Michael Drout is a professor of English as well as a leading Tolkien scholar. In our conversation on the podcast, we discuss common misconceptions about The Lord of Rings as well as ancient texts that influenced Tolkien’s writing. At first, we talk about Dr. Drout’s career and his interest in LotR from an early
Darren W. Pearce was kind enough to join me on the Dicegeeks podcast today. He is a writer and game designer with lots of experience in the tabletop RPG industry. Some of his game design credits include Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000 AD, the Doctor Who RPG, as well as Shaintar from Savage
My guest today is Matt Wilson the founder and Chief Creative Officer of Privateer Press, a miniatures game company. We discuss his career including a couple of tours at Wizards of the Coast. We discuss the state of the gaming industry as well as self-publishing. Matt describes the Iron Kingdoms and War Machine some of
James Introcaso is a tabletop role-playing game designer for D&D and the host of the Table Top Babble podcast. He has worked on Eberron: Rising from the Last War, Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount, Waterdeep Dragon Heist, Ghosts of Saltmarsh, and more. He is also a prolific contributor to numerous adventures on the DMs Guild. On
Novelist and podcaster Van Allen Plexico joins me on the podcast today to discuss his novels and writing. We touch on a variety of subjects from self-publishing to why the superhero genre is so popular. Van gives us insight into his novels Lucian and Sentinels. In addition to writing novels, Van has several podcasts two
Want gamemaster and player advice for tabletop RPGs? Well, Nate from WASD20 joins me on the show today to talk about those topics. We learn how Nate started playing role-playing games as well as producing videos about them. We touch on how to jump into being a dungeon master. Plus how you can up your
