Episode Synopsis Paul and Dusey ask and answer: is player agency always sacrosanct? Should every new roleplayer start in a dungeon? Did Tolkien know how to name women and did...
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E2: Making And Breaking Genre
Episode Synopsis Paul and Dusey talk about onboarding new roleplayers, monetizing your hobbies, priming a table for optimal play, and the power and limits of genre. Content warning: D&D is...
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Ten Unanswerable Evergreen Discourses
One of the most frustrating things about being deep into RPGs in a serious way for a very long time is that the same conversations seem to keep coming up....
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The Usual Suspects
Something that occurred to me just this year: having an encyclopedic knowledge of RPGs hasn’t actually made me happier. In fact it’s probably made me less happy participating in my...
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Furniture Store Lore
Sometimes I find myself in the mood to peruse a lore*-heavy game rather than work my way through a book-book. Ugh, fiction/non-fiction, so much work! I want a short, easy...