DoubleDM

In this Episode of DoubleDM we talk about One-Shots and Campaigns. How do both differ from each other in Play, Prep, and Design. The Discussion focuses on Major Differences we see between the two. What are the Strongsuits of both Sides and what are their Weaknesses, what they allow you to do as a DM, and what as a Player. How One-Shots provide a Training and Test Ground for a lot of Things, like n...

This Episode of the DoubleDM Podcast focuses on Drawing Inspiration as part of our Mini-Series on how and where we find Inspiration. This time we talk about the Inspiration we found from 2 Videogames: Greenhell and Greedfall. Both are very good Video Games on their own but we talk about how to draw Inspiration from them for a TTRPG Campaign, One-Shot, or even a System. We talk about what the Games...

In this episode, we discuss how to Enhance your Game using Battle/Encounter Maps To help us do that we have a guest this week. Eric from Maps’n’Quests. With him, we talk about the pros and cons of using battle maps, their general effect on the game,  what to keep in mind during their design and compare battle maps to the theater of Mind. We talk extensively about how and why Eric became a Map...

Today we talk about something a lot of DMs talk about in Online Discourse: Improv vs. Railroad. We want to shine a light on both sides and how both sides are not only a valid Style to DM a Game but also how they work combined. We talk about what Planning we do for our Games, what we want to achieve with the Planning and where we Improvise, and how we do it. We talk about what we find easy to plan,...

This episode focuses on the topic of Ending Stories on TTRPGs and How Stories End. Our Guest this Week is Hamilton from Dragons Duel who is here to talk with us about how he thinks Stories in TTRPGs differ from other Media. We talk about what we can Adapt from Media for TTRPGs, What makes a Good Ending to a Campaign or Story, and also what Endings we already had in the past and what we plan to do...

This episode focuses on the topic of Designing a TTRPG Setting Book. Specifically the DnD 5e Setting Book, BEOWULF Age of Heroes from Handiwork Games. Jon Hodgson one of the Writers and the Owner of Handiwork Games talks about the challenges of designing such a Book, What the Creative Process looks like, and his best advice for people looking to do the same. He talks about the Importance of Passio...

This Episode answers the Question: What actually is Combat? Combat isn't just 1 Dimensional but rather an Intricate Multi Dimensional Puzzle that can get way to complex for 1 Mind to handle, so let us take you on a Journey where we help you understand what Combat is all about. What Things do you need to prepare before Combat, what do you need to keep track of while in Combat, what happens after Co...

This week we got another incredible guest with us FG, the Server Owner of DnD World. Which is the biggest West Marches Text-based Discord server of the World  This Episode we talk with FG about the Experiences of running such a Big DnD Community, what Challenges she and her team faced, and what happens behind the scenes. We also talk alot about the West Marches Playstyle of DnD and its Key Di...

This one is a bit chaotic even for us, but nevertheless, we talk about how we start our campaigns. We answer the big questions of what do you need? What steps do we take? What steps are important? How you actually go on after you have done your first session and also what we mean when we say you need good players for a campaign.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Episode is the start of our 2nd mini-series, this one is all about drawing inspiration. Where from, for what, etc.. We figured it would be best to start with a topic very familiar to us, German Folklore. You will hear that this Topic is one that is very close to our hearts. We hope you can enjoy our chaoticness and take away one or two things for your games. Hear you on the next one. Hosted o...

This Episode is all about Music & Ambience.   Our Guest this Week is @aGhostofeli from maydayroleplay.com We talk about Music for TTRPGs, What Kind of Music we like to use, what Music can do for TTRPGs, how it helps and how to use it to the best of its effect. We also talk about Sound Effects, Ambience Sounds and how they work a lot to make your Players feel immersed. We talk about the Ef...

This Epsiode is all about our House- & Homebrewrules we use in our games, and why we use them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This time we talk about story arcs, what they mean regarding TTRPG's what we think about them and how we do them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Todays Epsiode is all about the Session 0 we mentioned so often in other episodes.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This Episode is all about Character backstory. What we look for in them and some tips we use to craft our own. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode we have a guest helping us discuss and talk about our experience with inner party relationships and romantic party relationships. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Discussion about Covid-19, Quarantine, and the Pandemic. Today we talk with 2 of our friends about how we play during the quarantine/lockdown, what are pros & cons of Playing Online and how the whole Situation of Playing Online changed the way we play, and how we view the Game. We would like to emphasize, that if you don't feel ready to talk or hear about this very Sensitive Topic, that you sh...

On this episode we talk about our experience with new players at our tables and give some tips for new DM's, DM's engaging with new players and for new players in general. Still very early into our Podcast career, so please excuse any issues we have. Feedback is welcome and appreciated! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the very first Episode ever of Double DM. A Podcast, from two DM's talking about everything TTRPG related. The topic of this Episode is an introduction to ourselves, how we began playing TTRPG's and some funny stories we had in some of our games. Please Excuse any audio issues in the first few episodes, because we still try to figure out how all of this works. Feedback is very welcome! Hos...