L5R5E Mini-Campaign, Part 1 (Legend of the Five Rings, 5E)
Aug 3, 202630mEp. 160S2
Tanner runs L5R 5E for Dusty as a start of a new campaign! They chat about telegraphing and predicting story moments, giving a player character a sidekick, making complex characters, role-playing in-character, how game s
G.I. JOE the Roleplaying Game! (Essence20: Snake Pit)
Jul 27, 202638mEp. 159S2
Dusty and Tanner check out the G.I. Joe RPG! Topics include setting the tone before the game, adapting a group-focused game to 1 player, system cheat sheets, pre-made adventure structures, how an adventure teaches you a
Closed Shell Castle, Part 2 (Legend of the Five Rings, 5E: Sins of Regret)
Jul 20, 202639mEp. 158S2
Dusty and Tanner conclude their trip through Closed Shell Castle in L5R 5E. They talk goal-oriented gaming, expectations of role-playing in the world of Rokugan, scene-based games with no procedure, role-playing characte
Closed Shell Castle, Part 1 (Legend of the Five Rings, 5E: Sins of Regret)
Jul 12, 202633mEp. 157S2
Tanner runs L5R 5E for Dusty! It's maybe his favorite roleplaying game? They discuss the tendency of players to not do homework, the self-consciousness of playing Eastern fantasy, the game of twenty questions and lifepat
Albert Pyun's Knights in 5E (D&D, 5E: Tower of Storms)
Jul 5, 202619mEp. 156S2
Dusty runs 5E for the first time in ten years... let's see how it went. Topics include running a game for a system you don't even like, bad early 90s movies, techno-vampires, the power of re-skinning stat blocks and enti
Dusty tells Tanner about Martin's latest campaign in a Wild West Call of Cthulhu! They talk the appeal of d100 systems, Japanese COC adventures, realism in historical settings, appropriate contents for horror games, high
Tanner talks about tying together multiple dungeons into one overarching campaign for his home group! (Note: Tanner's mic sounds a little bit hot, but the issues clear up about 9 minutes in. Sorry!!!!). They chat about s
Dusty loves Cyberpunk 2077! But Tanner does not... listen as they compare notes! Discussions include the setting in the tabletop RPG and the video game, low-brow vs high-brow genre fiction, Keanu Reeves, playing male or
Tanner ran "Dragon in the Dungeon" for his group! While Tanner's group didn't encounter Frog (will anyone ever?), they did turn on the guards! The guys talk hex dungeons once again, and there's a little discussion about
Dusty finished the classic adventure The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh for Tanner! Long story short, Dusty needs to get better at re-capping prior sessions to recreate immersion. Scarlet Heroes by Sine Nomine Publishing o
Neverland! (Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game: Neverland)
Feb 9, 202620mEp. 150S2
Dusty describes running Andrew Kolb's Neverland for his daughter and her friends! They talk arts and crafts as a part of running RPGs, bucket list gaming, setting expectations about hex crawls, affordable gaming, the str
Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh 1! (Scarlet Heroes: The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh)
Feb 2, 202625mEp. 149S2
Dusty ran the classic adventure The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh for Tanner as a Hex Dungeon! Topics include adapting an old adventure for a Hex Dungeon, variety in published adventures, how damn good of a game Scarlet H
Tanner loves Baldur's Gate 3! But Dusty hates it... Listen to Tanner take Dusty to task! Note, there will be spoilers for Baldur's Gate 3 in this episode. They talk about translating tabletop combat to video games, the l
Tanner and Dusty finish Slug House! They discuss the importance of an emotional hook, the current state of Tanner's system, the Tan Hack, and more! Slug House by Stromberg Press: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/4
Tanner tells Dusty about the end of his Lancer campaign, and they discuss the difference (if there is one) between short-term and long-term fun in TTRPGs! LANCER RPG: https://massif-press.itch.io/corebook-pdfIntro / Outr
Slug House, Part 2 (and more)! (Tan Hack: Slug House)
Jun 9, 202535mEp. 145S2
Dusty and Tanner return to the slimy world of Slug House, talking wandering monsters and following your own advice. Then they switch gears, talking some of Dusty's at-home gaming time running a tried-and-true adventure f
Tanner runs Slug House for Dusty, an old-school dungeon that's a bit bigger than what they are used to! Topics of converstation include hacking together your own OSR system, one player running multiple characters, the di
Tanner ran Dusty through a one-on-one sci-fi OSR adventure in Death In Space, and it wasn't great! They chat about the joy of creating characters by rolling on random tables, playing a character with 1 HP, the power of a
Hex Dungeons At Home! (Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game)
May 19, 202536mEp. 142S2
Dusty tells Tanner about running games for some family and friends, and talk about secret doors in dungeons, metagaming the map, Jaquaysing the dungeon, keying your maps, pacing and indecision, red dragons vs green drago
Lancer, Part 2: Campaign Update! (LANCER: Operation Solstice Rain)
May 12, 202530mEp. 141S2
Tanner gives Dusty an update on his Lancer campaign with his home group, talking about how long combat takes, the importance of scheduling, designing tactical combat encounters, roleplaying mechanics, and the strengths o
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