Win With Dice Podcast

This week, we get into Starfinder 2e and the new Tech Core book. Starting off with a look at tactical Starship Combat. How it works, how ships are built, and what makes it different from Starfinder First Edition. 0:00 Intro 1:14 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week 2:39 Starfinder 2e Tech Core 4:20 Tactical Starship Combat 5:44 Battle Stations 6:03 Station Actions 7:26 How It Works 7:42 Damage...

This week, part two of the interview with RC Beiler of the Masks And Mayhem Podcast! We cover more about the community and the future of the Mayhemverse. We also bring back the classic segment of taking random public domain comic book supervillains and making a new adventure wit them! 0:00 Intro 0:44 Changes Over Time 8:27 NPCs 11:28 Character Power Level and Story Scale 18:29 Organizing 26:35 Com...

This week, special guest RC Beiler is on to chat about the Mask And Mayhem Actual Play Podcast! We cover the longest running Mutants And Masterminds 3e podcast and the Mayhemverse setting that the story takes place in. 0:00 Intro 0:53 Weekly GM Tip Of The Week 3:50 Guest Introduction: RC Beiler 13:55 Actual Play Production 15:31 Masks And Mayhem 21:05 The Setting 40:58 Outro --Links-- Masks And Ma...

This week, special guests Rodrigo Lopez and Tim Gonzales are on to discuss the upcoming Koronil expansion for Beacon RPG. We chat about the Beacon RPG system and how it can inspire new settings. Then we cover the Koronil setting, character options, and guest designers on the upcomng Kickstarter. 0:00 Intro 0:34 Beacon: Koronil 4:44 Beacon Settings 19:15 Character Creation 23:54 Mechanics 31:59 Kor...

This week, special guests Rodrigo Lopez and Tim Gonzales are on to discuss the upcoming Koronil expansion for Beacon RPG. But first, we have a chat about the Critical Hit Podcast. We talk about feedback, advice for new podcasters, and how the actual play space has changed since the show began in 2008. 0:00 Intro 1:01 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week 6:38 Introductions 11:14 Critical Hit Pod...

This week, mechs, mazes, and the revenge of the return of the Win With Dice Podcast! It's been a while so here's something new. A solo episode about the last few months and some possible plans for the future. 0:00 Intro 1:02 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week 2:41 Win With Dice Returns 4:26 Lancer 12:49 Mutants And Masterminds 23:25 Win With Dice Returns, Part Two 27:22 Outro --Links-...

This week, we've got a lot to catch up on! The Win With Dice Podcast is back with a quick catch-up on recent news from earlier in the year, including new releases announced at GenCon 2026. 0:00 Intro 1:19 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week 4:14 GenCon News 4:47 Paizo 17:48 Mutants & Masterminds 22:21 D&D 27:27 Diamond Publishing Bankruptcy 38:51 Outro --Links-- 13 Omens: https://w...

This week, guest Tim Gonzalez is here to talk about Photon System Overdrive. It's a GM-less roguelite game that can be played by two players or even solo. We talk design, mechanics, and inspiration from 2000s video games. 0:00 Intro 1:26 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week 6:04 Tim Gonzalez Guest Introduction 8:17 Photon System Overdrive 22:01 Mechanic Design 38:00 Character and Setting Cr...

This week, special guest Joel Happyhil is on to talk about the Dollhouse TTRPG Kickstarter. The game features a gritty, urban setting where players interact as both Handlers, assigned various mercenary missions for clients, and Dolls, part machine, part biological human replicas who carry out those missions. 0:00 Intro 1:27 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week 3:34 Guest Introduction 4:51 Dollh...

This week features the second half of the conversation with Amelia and Reed of the Bring Your Own Mech podcast. We chat about running and playing TTRPGs, Actual Plays, and collaborating on music. 0:00 Intro 0:44 Running vs Playing TTRPGs 9:14 Lancer RPG and Actual Plays 13:45 Either Side Of The GM Screen 22:50 Table Safety 29:25 Editing 31:21 Music Collaboration 38:44 Conclusion 44:17 Outro Bring...

This week, Win With Dice returns in 2026 with double the guests! Reed and Amelia of Bring Your Own Mech are here to chat about this Lancer RPG Actual Play podcast. We talk about TTRPGs, Music, and using a map vs theatre of the mind for AP podcasting. 0:00 Intro 1:39 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week 6:12 Bring Your Own Mech Intro 13:03 How Did You Get Into TTRPGs? 20:37 Starting the BYOM Pod...

This week, we wrap up 2025 with a recap! We go over everything we did this year, answer some questions, and see if we achieved the goals we set, before we make a few new ones. 0:00 Intro 1:18 Win with Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week 5:32 Year End 2025 Analytics 7:25 Discord 9:06 What We Did In 2025 17:12 Favourite Channel Thing in 2025 20:01 Something We Learned This Year 23:42 Answering Questions...

This week, we talk about creating a player primer for a future Lancer RPG campaign. We also get into Hex Flowers and the unique mechanics created by these expanded random tables. 0:00 Intro 1:19 Win with Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week 5:07 Player Primer 27:26 Announcements 31:12 Hex Flowers 35:40 Outro Hex Flowers: https://www.hexflower.com/ https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/295083/hex-flowe...

This week, we continue to chat with Duncan Rhodes about his upcoming book, The Creative Game Masters Guide To Extraordinary Locations and How To Design Them! We talk about art, design, and using this 5e book in Pathfinder 2e and other systems. 0:00 Intro 1:01 Designing Setting Agnostic Locations 3:05 Choosing Locations For The Book 6:54 Reusing GM Notes 11:04 Adventure Hooks 12:17 Converting To Ot...

This week, we chat with our guest Duncan Rhodes about his upcoming book: The Creative Game Master's Guide to Extraordinary Locations & How to Design Them. We chat about the book, how to use it, and designing setting agnostic environments. 0:00 Intro 1:04 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week 6:38 Duncan Rhodes Introduction 19:43 The Creative Game Masters Guide To Extraordinary Locations...

This week, we catch up with the Paizo Live stream for November 2025! There's updates on several new books: Starfinder 2e Alien Core, Pathfinder 2e Monster Core and the upcoming Draconic Codex, full of all kinds of dragons to challenge your players! 0:00 Intro 1:06 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week 5:24 Paizo Live November 2025 6:14 Paizo Partnerships 7:42 Starfinder 2e Alien Core 18:02 M...

This week, we have a conversation about community and running TTRPG campaigns. We also do a quick prep for a Pathfinder 2e session using a creature made of living art. 0:00 Intro 2:11 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week 7:09 Matt Colville - Community Video 15:13 Professioanl GMing 32:48 Pathfinder 2e Prep 42:28 Wrapping Up Yapping 48:58 Outro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emdki5B_O7Q Mechani...

This week, we chat about playing in a Daggerheart oneshot using the new quickstart adventure. We chat game mechanics and dice rolls. We also cover Paizo news and the start of a new Critical Role campaign. 0:00 Intro 1:13 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week 3:39 Paizo Site Updates 4:44 Starfinder Afterlight Kickstarter 8:07 Critical Role Campaign 4 16:48 Daggerheart 34:56 Other Games 44:51 Outr...

This week, we take a look at the Cinematic Starship Scenes of the Starfinder GM Core. With these narrative rules, GMs and players can conduct missions in ship with mechanics that support different goals and outcomes in this science-fantasy game. 0:00 Intro 1:25 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week 6:53 Starfinder Afterlight News 9:06 Starfinder 2e Cinematic Starship Combat 12:35 Scene Statblock...

This week, we cover the first session of the Lancer West Marches inspired sandbox campaign we chatted about over this trilogy of episodes. We chat about the session, the rewards, the combat and where to go next. 0:00 Intro 1:27 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week 5:57 DAWN RPG Physical Release 6:30 Pathfinder Quest Boardgame 6:48 Starfinder Afterlight Companion Trailers 7:!3 (Reminder to check...

This week, we continue our discussion about this West Marches inspired sandbox Lancer RPG campaign. We chat setting, factions and how the players get involved. 0:00 Intro 1:38 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week 6:50 Lancer West Marches Worldbuilding 8:29 Mechanics 14:03 Setting Discussion 47:38 Outro West Marches Blog Post: https://arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/78/grand-experiments-west-marc...

This week, we do some planning for a new Lancer campaign. Inspired by the sandbox style of West Marches campaigns, players would have the ability to pick and choose what jobs they pursue. We chat about rewards, structure and more in this episode. 0:00 Intro 1:19 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week 4:44 FanExpo 2025 5:25 Planning a Lancer Campaign 9:23 What is West Marches? 12:47 Campaign Conce...

This week, we talk superheroes with Mutants And Masterminds Fourth Edition! We get into some of the new changes and a handful of new characters made with the updated system. 0:00 Intro 1:31 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week 4:38 Mutants And Masterminds 4e 7:58 Ability Scores 13:11 Skills 15:44 Reactions 16:12 Presence 17:19 Damage 20:05 Minions and Menaces 21:05 Characters 29:51 Running Sess...

This week, we head into space with Starfinder Second Edition! We take a peek at the new science fantasy game, compatible with Pathfinder Second Edition. We also recap Paizo news from GenCon 2025. 0:00 Intro 1:13 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week 4:01 GenCon 2025 5:10 Paizo updates 5:41 Starfinder Launch Panel 13:21 Battlecry Panel 17:12 Starfinder 2e 17:44 Ancestries 25:18 Classes 28:42 Skil...

This week, we have Alex Thomas on to talk about the upcoming fourth edition of Mutants And Masterminds! We chat about the updates to the game mechanics and making it easier to get new players to create their own superheroes. We also talk about investigations in TTRPGs and unique mechanics to manage them. 0:00 Intro 1:38 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week 6:17 Investigations in TTRPGs (Possibl...