Dungeons, Dragons, & Psychology Podcast

Text us, Psyclithids On this amazing bonus episode I am joined by the hosts of Dragon Talk, the Official D&D Podcast, Greg Tito and Shelly Mazzanoble. We discuss their upcoming book, stories from their book and show, and talk about how amazing the community of TTRPGs is, how D&D has something for everyone, and the power of this community to make positive changes in the world and our person...

Text us, Psyclithids Today I am joined by three of my gaming companions as we wrap up Season 1 with discussions about changes to next season's format, our favorite moments of season 1 and games we played in this year, and a couple of tangents along the way. In Tricks of the Trade we each give our #1 piece of advice to make your games better, and I have a very special guest announcement for a...

Text us, Psyclithids In today's session I'm joined by author J.V. Hilliard, the author of The Warminster Series. We discuss his novels, his background as both a role-player and a Dungeon Master, where he found inspiration for his stories and his main characters, and more. In Tricks of the Trade Joe gives us some ideas for how to go from telling stories, to writing them. J.V. Hilliard&apo...

Text us, Psyclithids On today's episode I am joined by Dalton Riddle and Andrew Gehrlein, two of creative minds behind Dungeon Radio Hour, an improve comedy actual play 5E podcast. We chat about their show and what makis it so enjoyable and unique and also talk about comedy and the value that being a little silly can add to tabletop games. We also devolve into laughter at least a few times......

Text us, Psyclithids In today's session I talk with Chaney Hereford and Cory Holman, the creators of Super Blood Moon Studios and their upcoming RPG Realms of Elghrune. We discuss how their system came about and how it can make playing TTRPGs less complicated especially new players.  Chaney also discusses how roleplaying games, have contributed to management of living with  schizophrenia and...

Text us, Psyclithids In todays session I'm joined by Tom Sanderson, the host of the podcast Tom Meets Interesting People, and we discuss his university dissertation of the formation of friendships through roleplaying games.  In Tricks of the Trade we discuss ideas for DMs to use as icebreakers when making new friends around the table. https://open.spotify.com/show/2F1IPzbKUKgEEq101kyU6w?si=02...

Text us, Psyclithids In today's session I discuss whether players should play characters who don't represent them as a person. I share an experience of my own that I recently had when playing a character with a different sexual identity than myself, and discuss how psychology can help us answer this question through the subject of implicit bias. On Tricks of the Trade I offer a few ideas...

Text us, Psyclithids In this session I discuss how views that I have expressed in the past have been wrong and insensitive. I look at what the 3 primary problems with the Drow have been, and how we can still maintain the current literature that we have while still addressing the problems and understanding that these changes mean that we can be more inclusive and sensitive. Patreon Etsy LinkTree S...

Text us, Psyclithids In today's session I'm joined by my close friends Nate and Chris as we discuss how to bring games to a successful conclusion. In Tricks of the Trade we give you some ideas of endings that you could plan for in your own campaigns. Patreon Etsy LinkTree S ession Zero The Player’s Handbook for Real Life Patreon Etsy Support LinkTree S ession Zero The Player’s Handbook f...

Text us, Psyclithids On today's bonus episode I sit down with Dan Ware, a mental heath therapist, who discusses his experiences in playing a character with dissociative personality disorder. He offers commentary on where he draws inspiration from to play a complicated character, and how many of the personalities are reflections of himself.  He also offers some pointers for how to organize a c...

Text us, Psyclithids In today's session I am pleased to be joined by Jordan, the Dungeon Master for campaign 2 of Modified Roll. We discuss the show, and how they played through backstory elements. In our main topic we discuss using dreams and visions and how they can help and sometimes maybe even hinder games. In Tricks of the Trade we discuss ways in which you can utilize dreams in your own...

Text us, Psyclithids In todays session I am joined by Kala Lundgren and Keisha Mayer-Gawlik from Potions & Potpourri. We discuss their background and show before moving to our main topic on NPCs In tricks of the trade we give you ideas for NPCs that you can add right to your campaigns. Patreon Etsy LinkTree S ession Zero The Player’s Handbook for Real Life Patreon Etsy Support LinkTree S essio...

Text us, Psyclithids In today's session I'm Joined by Logan, the Innkeeper of The Red Hare Inn. We discuss his background and what got him into TTRPGs then discuss the various projects he has going on in his homebrew word of Ecriom including their actual play podcast. In our main topic we discuss adventure writing and how we each go about it. For Tricks of the Trade, we offer several ide...

Text us, Psyclithids Hey there psyclithids! This is a rather long episode where we explore our feelings on different alignments and why we each have our own opinions on what types of alignments work best in a game. Later on we discuss the the elimination and revision of alignments as has recently happened in some of the major TTRPGs. In tricks of the trade we each give an idea for how to effective...

Text us, Psyclithids We've made it to our twentieth episode my psyclithids! Celebrate the achievement with our Twentieth Episode Extravaganza! On this episode we decide to have a roundtable without a specific topic. We share stories from our gaming backgrounds, some of our favorite moments, or failures, and advice for DMs and players that we have acquired over our long gaming history. Patreon...

Text us, Psyclithids Hello Psyclithids! On today's episode I am joined by my friends Nate, Keegan, & Jamae as we discuss how stat rolling methods with greater diversity in numbers can actually lead to having more character cooperation in a game.  Later, in Tricks of the Trade we each give a suggest about how to accomplish player cooperation using stats. Patreon Etsy LinkTree S ession Zero...

Text us, Psyclithids Greetings psyclithids! In today's episode I am joined by Kimothee and Keegan and we discuss creating character backstories. We also delve into the importance of session zero for establishing comfort levels when dealing with fantasy racism and other possibly problematic scenarios. In tricks of the trade we each share an idea about what could make an interesting backstory....

Text us, Psyclithids Hello psyclithids! In todays session I am joined by members of my gaming group; Dustin, Kimothee, and Jamae as we discuss how monsters are oftentimes not played to their full potential and examine some of the reasons why this is. Later in Tricks of the Trade I surprise them with monsters at random and ask my guests to come up with ways to utilize those monster's unique in...

Text us, Psyclithids In today's session I have finally settled on a name for my listeners, psyclithids. The illithids who are drinking the knowledge of psychology and D&D from my brain via this podcast. I'm joined for the main topic by my friend and gaming companion Jamae who is our resident expert on mundane items, tools, and alchemy. In tricks of the trade we discuss ideas on how t...

Text us, Psyclithids In today's session, I am joined by my friends and members of my gaming group, Dustin and Kimothee as we discuss turning your campaigns into the canon of your world. We talk about some of the benefits as well as the drawbacks of going about this. Then, in Tricks of the Trade we offer a few ideas on how to keep your canon timelines organized. Patreon Etsy LinkTree S ession...

Text us, Psyclithids In todays session I'm joined by Dustin Archer and we discuss methods of fast travel, such as teleport or narrative rather than encounters. We also talk about time skipping during the course of a campaign. Tricks of the Trade involves ideas for how these time shifting methods can happen in your games. Patreon Etsy LinkTree S ession Zero The Player’s Handbook for Real Life...

Text us, Psyclithids In today's episode I'm joined by Hunter the MC from the Misteries Unknown podcast. We are talking about Collaborative Storytelling, the City of Mist TTRPG, and how Autism is a Roleplaying Superpower. In Tricks of the Trade we discuss ideas for how to encourage your players to add to the narrative of your story. Patreon Etsy LinkTree S ession Zero The Player’s Handboo...

Text us, Psyclithids In today’s session I’m joined by DM Rick the creator of Hammer of the Gods actual play Podcast, which is a Geckos Media Production. We discuss the challenges and fun of using a real world historical setting as the backdrop of a campaign. We also discuss the Hammer of the Gods podcast and in Tricks of the Trade we give you six ideas for historical settings you could use to run...

Text us, Psyclithids In today’s session I’m joined by Kelly Kupris and Laura Templeton, the creators of Home Brew Coffee & Co.  We discuss their coffee and how roleplaying can be used to reduce stress or cope with depression and uplift your mental health. In Tricks of the Trade we share a few ideas for how to set up moments in your games that can help players with stress relief. Patreon Etsy L...

Text us, Psyclithids On today’s episode we will be talking about being the new player at the table with my friend and NOOB Keegan. In Tricks of the Trade I have asked Keegan to talk about three things that would make roleplaying easier for a new player and I have three of my own as well. Patreon Etsy LinkTree S ession Zero The Player’s Handbook for Real Life Patreon Etsy Support LinkTree S ession...