Dice in Mind

Green Ronin developer at large Malcolm Sheppard has over 20 years of experience in the RPG industry as a writer, designer, and developer, starting with work on the Mage: The Ascension line for White Wolf. His other credits include work on Exalted, Shadowrun, Scion, Vampire: The Masquerade, numerous Chronicles of Darkness titles, Blue Rose, and Fantasy AGE. Now at Green Ronin, his work focuses on t...

Green Ronin developer at large Malcolm Sheppard has over 20 years of experience in the RPG industry as a writer, designer, and developer, starting with work on the Mage: The Ascension line for White Wolf. His other credits include work on Exalted, Shadowrun, Scion, Vampire: The Masquerade, numerous Chronicles of Darkness titles, Blue Rose, and Fantasy AGE. Now at Green Ronin, his work focuses on t...

Dr. Aaron Peterson is an active researcher and most recently was an assistant professor of educational leadership as well as higher education and student affairs leadership at Minnesota State University-Moorhead. His research explores conflict engagement best practices for higher educational leaders, students, and the private sector. Please check out these links from the episode: Star Wars and Con...

Aaron Dill is a veteran of Games Workshop, Gale Force Nine, and Monster Fight Club. With over 20 years in the tabletop hobby world, he is excited to be embarking on a new adventure Jolly Lark Games. Over the years, Aaron has run Grand Tournaments, designed gaming accessories, and collaborated on a number of popular board games. His work includes Firefly: the Game, Star Trek Ascendancy, Spartacus,...

Matt Davids is a writer, a creator of tabletop role-playing game resource books, a novelist, a podcast host, and a former filmmaker. He is the author of the Amazon bestsellers, The Book of Random Tables and The Book of Random Tables: Quests. His first novel, The Spaceport Gambit, was released in June 2021. He lives in Missouri with his wife and their four children. His bookshelves groan under the...

Happy New Year! As the world welcomes 2023, we wanted to take an episode to share our thoughts about where Dice in Mind will be going over the coming months. The result is a vamp session in which the two of us share some thoughts, tease some plans, and dive into a protracted GM Corner. Hey, that's what happens when we haven't recorded for three weeks due to our holiday schedules and travels. An im...

It is our true pleasure to welcome back James Sutter, co-creator of Pathfinder and Starfinder, musician, and accomplished full-time author. Much as with our initial interview thirty episodes ago, James once again engaged us in deep and humane conversation about complex topics. Of course, we did invite him to explore the potential of moral ambiguity in writing and character development. James also...

With the holiday season approaching across the Northern Hemisphere, we are taking two weeks to explore the importance of mental health and how RPGs and adjacent canons and games can promote it. Please join us for this timely conversation...and please be well. If you are in need of talking with someone, please consider calling: 911: Emergency Assistance 988: Suicide and Crisis Lifeline You can also...

With the holiday season approaching across the Northern Hemisphere, we are taking two weeks to explore the importance of mental health and how RPGs and adjacent canons and games can promote it. Please join us for this timely conversation...and please be well. If you are in need of talking with someone, please consider calling: 911: Emergency Assistance 988: Suicide and Crisis Lifeline You can also...

We are geeking out this week to chat with Thomas Marrone. The creator of countless and stunningly beautiful starships, Thomas spent a bit of time with us walking us through his creative process, his evolution as an artist, and more. Join us as we explore the sacred duty of designing ships for Star Trek. Please check out Thomas' oeuvre: Website Twitter ArtStation Star Trek Online As the Art Directo...

We are thrilled to share with you this week our second interview with Keith Ammann, author of the definitive natural history texts on all things Dungeons & Dragons monsters about his upcoming book, How to Defend Your Lair. As we will hear, this is a work that transcends the gaming table and takes us to new depths. Join us as Keith talks of his creative process, his publishing success, and his upco...

We are so pleased this week to chat with Aaron Hübrich, masterful artist and author of the recently released The Game Master's Book of Legendary Dragons. Join us as we explore the potential of legends and lore to enliven these most enigmatic of NPCs to the roleplaying table. Please check out Aaron's oeuvre: The Game Master's Book of Legendary Dragons Blog Posts JetPack7 Aaron Hubrich is a writer/a...

Join us for a three-episode run of actual play! In this third and final episode, our protagonist discovers that imps can be impish. Also, Brad and Jason learn an important lesson about the difficulties of recording a truly interesting actual play podcast. Get us back to the interviews! Finally, we again give a shout-out to Beth and Jonathan Ball, the lovely people behind D&D Duet and previous gues...

Join us for a three-episode run of actual play! In this second episode, Fred Rogers demonstrates how not to use a longbow in close combat during a training exercise. Also, we extend a shout-out to Beth and Jonathan Ball, the lovely people behind D&D Duet and previous guests of the podcast, for the one-shot adventure upon which this arc of episodes relies. D&D Duet Welcome to Dice in Mind, a weekly...

Join us for a three-episode run of actual play! In this first episode, we set up the worldbuilding and create two PCs, Fred Rogers and Elrond Hubbard. There is no fourth wall this time around, so grab a character sheet, sit yourself down, and get ready to roll! Welcome to Dice in Mind, a weekly podcast in which we explore the meaning of life through the lens of RPGs!  In each episode, we will cons...

We are thrilled to chat this week with Shelly Mazzanoble and Greg Tito, the wonderful co-hosts of the Dragon Talk podcast and authors of the upcoming Welcome to Dragon Talk: Inspiring Conversations about Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Love to Play It. We spend most of our time exploring the book, diving into the potential for D&D to make the world a better place through fostering community,...

We are joined this week by Aaron Pollyea, chief engineer for Star Trek Adventures by Modiphius. We talk about his process of starting out nearly all of the starships of the game. Even more interestingly, Aaron shares with us his personal and professional story of how he became a scientist and then master of starships. We even dove into some serious talk about historical reenacting. Although Aaron'...

An episode in which Brad and Jason catch up after not having recorded for awhile by exchanging their thoughts about science fiction, fantasy, and RPGs. Join us for a wide-ranging and rather unstructured conversation about the good stuff. Welcome to Dice in Mind, a weekly podcast in which we explore the meaning of life through the lens of RPGs!  In each episode, we will consider everyday stuff like...

This week we bring you RPG royalty! Seriously. We have the good fortune of sharing our fascinating conversation with Bill Smith, writer and editor of the much hailed Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game (2nd ed.) core rulebook, Game Master Handbook, and more from West End Games. Bill's work on the mechanics and storytelling of Star Wars roleplaying should not be underestimated. His influences subtle an...

This week Brad, Jason, and his friend and colleague Dr. Aaron Peterson discuss the potential for Captain Pike of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds to use humility to inform the practice of leadership. Along the way, they debate the realities of leading in the way in the real world, share some stories, and provide another update on their upcoming book. Please join us as we dive deeply into how Trek can...