Diceology Podcast

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit playfearless.substack.com Join me for a deep dive into the world of tabletop role-playing games with none other than the incomparable GM, Judd Karlman . We talk about everything from the WYRD (yes, with a “Y”) to iconic games like Blades in the Dark and its newest supplement. Judd and I nerd out over challenges like decision fatigue and...

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas, Gamer!🎄🎅🏽 Judd Karlman of Daydreaming About Dragons podcast and I chat about our extraordinary path from hobbyists to paid game masters, revealing the quirky, exciting, and sometimes absurd adventures that come with the territory. From hilarious bachelor party RPG requests to the broader implications of monetizing our love for gaming, we peel back the curtain...

Jolt #4 - Daye & Knight Nate and Obie encounter some extraordinary security guards when they try to make off with goods from the secret lab they've robbed. Later after getting Jason to a hospital, they have an odd encounter with 3-Pain. That night Nate, Obie, and Maggie strategize for the coming days ahead. Rich Rogers (of +1 Forward Fame) and I continue our Champions Now series exploring the supe...

Jolt #2: Nathan interviews for the super spokesmodel position at Door Dash but gets an emergency text from his wife and leaves abruptly! Special Guest Villain , 3Pain, the witness protection assassin, has made a house call! Later, Nathan and OB discuss OB's debt to Red-Eye, the wetwork job left undone, and a secret lab OB found while doing that job.  Plus Fanmail! Play. Fearless is a reader-suppor...

Welcome to the World of Jolt! Superpowers give you an edge, but in the end, Big Business trumps. Gigging and scratching in Jax while a criminal organization rises. Nathan is lured into a CHIMERA experiment as they trap him on the Buckman bridge to observe his abilities! Back home, it’s parent-teacher conference night for him, Sarah, and their kid Mason. OB stops by looking for a hanging-out buddy....

The 2Eleven show returns with Jolt! Welcome to Session Zero for Jolt! A Champions Now actual play. I feel like I must remind you I do not receive any kickbacks for the millions of Champions Now sessions, content, or name drops! 🤣 Champions Now RPG has been a great source of fun for me, and I am thrilled to have Rich Rogers of +1 Forward fame along for the ride! Nathan Fellows was the Jolt! Cola S...

Champions Now Jolt #2 -3 Nathan interviews for the super spokesmodel position at Door Dash but gets an emergency text from his wife and leaves abruptly! 3Pain, the witness protection assassin, has made a house call looking for 'Claire' AKA Sera, Nathan's wife, who's in the program. Later, Nathan and OB discuss OB's debt to Red-Eye, the wetwork job left undone, and a secret lab OB found doing that...

Whitney returns to the Diecology podcast. We talk about her new Kickstarter game of running crime gigs! The Old, The Cold, The Bold. You play as criminals using an app that provides tasteful gigs in their area and protection from the fuzz - inspired by Lady Blackbird. And there is MERCH!! 10 Days to go! Whitney Marie Delaglio is the designer of Prism, an RPG about sensuality, relationships, and co...

Strap in!! Champions Now #2 - For whom the Bel-Samu tolls! Anita and Raul force a stand-off with Sister Mary Agnes and the order of St. Gideon after they shot Michael, Father Martins's brother - who was dressed up like a priest. Father Martin, realizing his powers are still active, begins searching for more unholy threats in the museum. It's not long before he finds Bel-Samu. Herald of the Queen i...

On rotation: * A|State by Handiwork games and Love Letters * Champions Now “r/CapitolCryptids” is the first of my superhero AP series on the Dicelogy Podcast this year. * Twilight 2000 - Battle for the still aftermath. * Into Borgenwold with Judd Karlman * Apocalypse World: Burned Over - L.E.O on Twitch.tv/actualplay WIP: * Defiant RPG as a 1v1 game * Working on #dungeon23 - The Artefact . a Massi...

Twilight 2000 RPG - Battle for the still finale! After 3.5 sessions of some intense combat, the players have won back their alcohol still but at a high price! Legacy: Life Among the Ruins Sessions 0 and 1. The All Moons festival is celebrated at the Tsukumogami landfill - and some guests disguised as Tsukumogami try to steal Amuro, a mecha head and the greatest hero of the last war. Cy_borg RPG Se...

My guests, Jason Lutes and Paul Beakley , and I get lost in the West Marches game style . Jason is currently running his second West Marches campaign using Freebooters on the Frontier and Arden Vul as the setting.  I’m currently playing in Jason’s Arden Vul game. Valentine Berrygrove is my halfing wizard character. I get an incredible amount of joy from running West Marches campaigns, and geeking...

Easily the week of the West Marches. Starting with my halfling wizard’s Arden Vul adventure to helping my local gamers launch their own IRL West Marches games. It’s got me thinking about other non-fantasy applications. On the Gauntlet , we’ve wrapped up a three-session run of Fading Suns with Lowell Francis at the helm. He also hosted a Zoom talk about Legacy 2E: Life among the Ruins . Best practi...

Fading Suns Fading Suns on The Gauntlet . Lowell Francis trying out the system, and you can tell he’s down his prep. I’m playing an Ur-Ukar witch with TK-like abilities. We’ve taken up a mission from a noble to be his escort and eyes and ears in a hostile system. Fading Suns has pulled at me for some years now; I’m hoping to jump-start my future runs of it by playing it first. At its core, it is a...

The last couple of weeks has been a lot of fits and starts for some of my games. I've been playing Trophy gold with Judd on some Friday mornings. I hope to get back on track once we’re back in the school groove here at home. Also in fits and starts is Glorantha using Mythras . My friend Dave has been running, teaching, and lecturing these sessions on Tuesday evenings. We’re three sessions in and h...

I jump into the lake of Glorantha and Mythras ! Rasta son of Ros and Terargh the Shieldless (my character!) have made their way to Pavis, to the Big rubble. After a little sightseeing of the city, they venture into the rub - as it is known. They chat with a farmer and then get ambushed by rock lizards as they move thru the ruins heading south. This was my first play in the world of Glorantha, and...

My guest for this episode of Last Week in Gaming is Judd Karlman  host of the Daydreaming about Dragons podcast. He is a gamer I admire for his style of GMing and asking players questions. He has the uncanny ability for generating gameable premises. He is the author of the Dictionary of Mu, a favorite sword and sorcery setting of mine. He's the host of the Daydreaming About Dragons podcast and my...

Join the Mad Jay Hustle! You can find the full discussion on Patreon/MadJayZero. I’ve recorded this conversation with Geoff and Neil from my Twilight: 2000 Saturday morning game. This group, this time slot, and the game are a magical thing for me right now, and I suspect for the four players as well. I wanted to get their thoughts and feels 10 sessions in about the game, the group, and whatever el...

Here’s a summary rundown of my games last week. I started a run on Mothership with Judd . I'm playing a character inspired by Fox Mulder. The pitch: Two scientists investigate the disappearance of their professor and the crew of a science vessel. I’m digging the new post-Kickstarter materials that have been rolling out for this game. Character creation feels especially tighter, it had me groaning...

Welcome to the 10 degrees morning version. It's cold outside baby! I’ve been running a Tuesday night WhiteHack game. In that last session, we go into the bottle city for the first time using a passage through a crypt. I used a zine by Bloodthorn press called Dungeons and Dilemmas to build out the crypt section. I've built Dungeons, plenty of Dungeons, plenty of crypts, and tombs before in the past...

The 2021 Mad Jay Picks! Some year-end metrics and my personal game picks for: * The Most Surprised Experience Award.  * The Old Man Logan Award. * The Lethal Sessions Award. * Most Evocative Setting Award. * Closest to My Heart. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit playfearless.substack.com/subscribe