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Dead Letters

Hosted by Walid Raouda · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 13 episodes

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Episodes
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About this podcast

Dead Letters is a podcast about tabletop role playing games. Sam, Misha, and Walid are game designers and academics committed to doing the readings. Rulebooks, adventures, blogposts, articles, and everything in between. Tune in for your weekly dose of RPG discourse every Thursday!If you’re interested in being a part of the conversation, Dead Letters holds a book club every bi-monthly at boshi's place in NYC. Visit boshis.place and join the discord for updates on the next meeting.Follow us on bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/dead-letters.bsky.socialFollow boshi's place: boshis: boshis.place

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About the host

Walid Raouda hosts Dead Letters, a arts show with 13 episodes published.

Recent episodes

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15: The Expressionist Games Manifesto

Jun 5, 20261h 13m0

Today on the #1 money management podcast Dead Letters, finance bros Walid, Sam, and Misha take a step back from their stock portfolios to discuss Jay Dragon's Expressionist Games Manifesto. Join the guys as they discuss

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14: Wolves Upon the Coast

May 29, 20261h 26m0

Dead Letters has returned! On this episode, time traveling RPG enthusiasts Walid and Misha argue with Sam about the beloved, massive, hexcrawl adventure Wolves Upon the Coast by Luke Gearing. Tune in as the guys discuss

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13: Goblin Laws of Gaming (GLOG)

May 15, 20261h 33m0

Sam holds a seance with two spirits, Walid and Misha, to discuss the beloved combination of blogs, pdfs, excel documents, and communities that make up the GLOG: a ruleset by by Arnold Kemp. Join the guys as they recap th

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12: The Shrike

May 7, 20261h 24m0

Walid and Misha, two sentient insects controlling human bodies, bring on entomologist Sam to discuss the Ennie Award winning adventure by Leo Hunt: The Shrike. Join the bugs as they converse over dungeon design, mandator

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11: Blades in the Dark

May 1, 20261h 24m0

Sam brings on two of his favorite cyborg robots, Misha and Walid, to discuss an influential book to them and much of the TTRPG scene: John Harper's Blades in the Dark. Listen to the guys break down their experience Forgi

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10: Against Procedurality

Apr 23, 20261h 17m0

Dead Letters is back with a special episode! Sam and two famed astronauts Walid and Sam return from their mission on flat Mars to discuss Miguel Sicarts famous article Against Procedurality. Listen to the guys transform

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9: Holy Mountain Shaker

Apr 9, 20261h 9m0

We at Dead Letters are proud to present two Mega Billion lottery award winners Misha and Walid along with their poor "friend" Sam to discuss Luka Rejec's Holy Mountain Shaker, a caving adventure. Listen to the billionair

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8: Gradient Descent

Apr 2, 20261h 11m0

Sam invites Fields medal winning mathematicians Walid And Misha as they ponder the various machine mysteries in Gradient Descent, a Mothership adventure by Luke Gearing. Listen to the guys argue about panic checks, forma

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7: Null

Mar 26, 20261h 5m0

Local magicians Misha and Walid bring Sam along a magical journey of discovery, as they review Thriftomancer's funky metasystem: Null. Discover the implications of system when it is removed from play, parsed between the

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6: Apocalypse World

Mar 19, 20261h 21m0

Today is a special day at Dead Letters as the guys return from the moon to analyze and review the iconic: Apocalpyse World. They'll discuss the makings of a great system, the power of modularity, and how Vincent and Megu

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5: The Ennies

Mar 12, 20261h 11m0

Sam brings in his two uncles, Misha and Walid, to discuss the ENNIE Awards: the premier TTRPG award show. The guys do this through the lens of Clayton Notestine's series of blogposts discussing his personal experience as

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4: A Perfect Wife

Mar 5, 20261h 6m0

Today on Dead Letters, Sam and two dangerous musicians, Misha and Walid unravel the mystery in Zedeck Siew's "A Perfect Wife". Join the guys as they talk about the best parts of world building, anxious roleplaying, and m

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3: Triangle Agency

Feb 26, 20261h 13m0

Today on Dead Letters, Misha, Sam and Walid talk about RPG rules as railroading through the lens of multiple award wining TTRPG book Triangle Agency. Discover what frame theory is, the problems with breaking the fourth w

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2: Settlers of a Dead God

Feb 20, 20261h 9m0

What is a setting guide? What should a GM, or player, expect after buying one? Tune in as the guys discuss whether Eduardo Carabaño's Settlers of a Dead God meets their totally reasonable expectations of what should or s

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1: His Majesty the Worm

Feb 19, 20261h 14m0

When is it time for your homebrew, epic, high fantasy, mega campaign to be published? Sam, Misha, and Walid - three tabletop roleplaying game designers and academics give their take on the question through the lens of Jo

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Who is the host of Dead Letters?

Dead Letters is hosted by Walid Raouda. The show is categorised under arts (books) and has published 13 episodes.

How many episodes does Dead Letters have?

Dead Letters has published 13 episodes.

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Episodes of Dead Letters average 76 minutes, giving guests a long-form format with plenty of time to expand on their expertise.

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