Dungeons, Dragons, & Psychology Podcast

Text us, Psyclithids Episode Details & Links Today I talk about some of the many real world benefits of engaging in roleplaying games. Although this is only a partial list of the may ways that roleplaying can improve your life, I believe these are some of the most noticeable benefits.  Tricks of the Trade Information & Links For tricks I discuss three tools that I believe will help you fur...

Text us, Psyclithids Episode Details & Links Today we look at the shifting culture that took TTRPGs and all things nerd culture from the outcasts and supposed demonic influences to the modern wide acceptance. I also discuss my thoughts on where the future of TTRPGs and nerd culture could be headed.  Tricks of the Trade Information & Links For Tricks I give you three ideas of unique setting...

Text us, Psyclithids Episode Details & Links Today we delve into the idea of falling from grace and how your heroes could slide down that slippery slope from hero to villain. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links For tricks I give you five ideas for how a hero could become a villain in your stories. Knowledge Check References and Links The Benefit of Teaching Ethical Dilemmas  Become a P...

Text us, Psyclithids Episode Details & Links What an exciting episode in store for you today! I'm joined by the one and only Sean K. Reynolds to discuss campaign setting creation! I ask Sean questions about his history in the gaming community and with other campaign settings. We discuss what it takes to publish professionally, and what you can to build your own setting for your table, or...

Text us, Psyclithids Episode Details & Links Today I'm joined by Dan from Beddlym’s Social Hour: A D&D Podcast to discuss how to safely run a story with darker themes. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links For Tricks we look a a few darker themes you could use in your game, if your players feel comfortable doing so. Guest Links https://peaceinthechaosproductions.com Facebook Ins...

Text us, Psyclithids Episode Details & Links Today is all about understanding the 5 archetypes that I believe are most representative of the player types you will encounter in your games. The power-gamer, the role-player, the specialist, the casual gamer, and the rules lawyer. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links In tricks today I share some ideas for how to keep each of these five arch...

Text us, Psyclithids Episode Details & Links Today we are discussing writing and running your first adventure in a campaign!  Tricks of the Trade Information & Links Our Tricks today features story prompts generated by AI through the use of the tool Chat GPT Knowledge Check References and Links The Arcane Library Blog HOW TO WRITE A D&D ADVENTURE: THE COMPLETE GUIDE My Linktree https:/...

Text us, Psyclithids Episode Details & Links Today we continue our discussion on building your campaign and discuss writing your introduction and how I like to "write" my NPCs Tricks of the Trade Information & Links In Tricks we discuss a few plot hooks that you can use to disrupt the normal life of your PCs Knowledge Check References and Links https://www.thegamer.com/dungeons-d...

Text us, Psyclithids Episode Details & Links Today we continue our journey to running our first session and discuss considerations when building characters, the importance of character backstories, and session zero. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links In tricks of the trade we discuss what to discuss during your session and how to set player and game expectations. Knowledge Check Refer...

Text us, Psyclithids Episode Details & Links A special broadcast from Gem State Comic-Con in Boise, ID. I bring you this short episode about cherry-picking rules from different systems, recorded live during the convention. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links How to communicate and keep track of rules that you incorporate into your homebrew. My Linktree https://linktr.ee/dungeonsdragons...

Text us, Psyclithids Episode Details & Links Today we discuss dragons! Their life cycle, how to incubate dragon eggs, and what their hoard means to them. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links In Tricks today I give you three ideas for how to incorporate dragons into your party. Knowledge Check References and Links Ammann, K. (2020). The monsters know what they're doing: Combat Tacti...

Text us, Psyclithids Episode Details & Links Today we are looking at some information from my book, which laying the foundation of a campaign. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links Most of today's episode is tricks of the trade, as I walk you through the process that I typically use to lay the foundation for my own written campaigns. Knowledge Check References and Links https://www....

Text us, Psyclithids Episode Details & Links I'm so busy right now with work and school! I've been traveling state to state to open new locations but I still wanted to provide you with some content. So today, the episode is right from the first chapter of my book Session Zero: The DMG to Writing Great Campaigns in Any System and is all about invested players based on three types of p...

Text us, Psyclithids Episode Details & Links Today we will be discussing the dreaded game group conflict. How to recognize it, and how to identify the source. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links After identifying the source of conflict, tricks of the trade will focus on ways to resolve conflict in your game group. Knowledge Check References and Links When a conflict can't be resol...

Text us, Psyclithids Episode Details & Links Today I am joined by the full cast of Dungeon Radio Hour, to discuss ways to improve your improv skills as a gamer. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links Each member of Dungeon Radio Hour gives us an idea of an exercise or two that you can use to help develop your own improv skills. Guest Bio & Links The Cast of Dungeon Radio Hour are  | D...

Text us, Psyclithids Episode Details & Links Today I speak with John Eric Welker from RPG Research about the common gamer stereotypes that exist and what the research actually says about them. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links In today’s Tricks of the Trade, I have asked John to give some advice to the gamers out there on how to have conversations about gaming with non-gamers.  Guest...

Text us, Psyclithids Episode Details & Links Today I'm joined by my friends and gaming group members, Nate and Chris Pohl to discuss three different topics that each have three parts to them.  Tricks of the Trade Information & Links In tricks of the trade we tackle a difficult challenge, trying to combine all three topics from our episode into three concepts that you can feel free to...

Text us, Psyclithids Episode Details & Links Today we are joined by the illustrious and brilliant author, Keith Ammann to discus monster psychology. What are the monsters in our game thinking, and how should they behave in order to be believable?  Tricks of the Trade Information & Links Keith shares with us a few simple steps to make your monsters or villains more believable. Guest Bio &am...

Text us, Psyclithids Episode Details & Links Today I'm joined by Nate and Chris Pohl as we discuss what it means to "win" in a TTRPG. We share a few different ideas that could constitute good winning or bad winning and how we can make sure our games are focused more on the good approach to winning. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links Today we give ideas on how to make su...

Text us, Psyclithids Episode Details & Links On today's episode I'm joined by Laura & Noel from the Do We Level Up Podcast . We discuss their show and their experiences with running low and no prep sessions. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links On tricks of the trade we give you several ideas for how to pull off a low or no prep session. Fantasy Name Generator DMs Guild Th...

Text us, Psyclithids Episode Details & Links Today we are talking about keeping your players attention at the table. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links Most of our episode today is tricks of the trade that will help you keep the attention of your players. Knowledge Check References and Links The Article Wisniewski, C. (2022, January 24). Understanding some basic components of attentio...

Text us, Psyclithids Episode Details & Links Today I am joined by Matt and Bobby of the Twenty Sides Podcast to discuss their show and our main topic, creature centered campaigns. In knowledge check I'll be talking about the debate that violent games lead to violent behavior. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links In today’s Tricks of the Trade, I have asked Matt and Bobby to share o...

Text us, Psyclithids Episode Details & Links In todays episode I'm joined once again by my friend Dustin to discuss retcons. What they are, when they can occur, and when they should be used or not. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links We discuss situations in which we feel a retcon is acceptable even if a lot of time has passed. Guest Bio & Links Dustin Archer is a lifelong gam...

Text us, Psyclithids Episode Details & Links Hello and welcome to the Season 2 premier! On this episode I sit down with the legendary Monte Cook and we discuss his background and the elements of worldbuilding. Tricks of the Trade Information & Links On Tricks of the Trade we discuss some ideas to get you into building worlds of your own. Guest Bio & Links Having worked as a professiona...

Text us, Psyclithids I am featuring this episode of the The Introspective Leader Podcast which I had the pleasure of being on! In this episode, Rachel and Stuart discuss with Robert Walker--DM, corporate manager, and student of organizational psychology--how game role-playing can enhance, and is enhanced by, one's understanding of human psychology and how that understanding can translate into...