Dungeons, Dragons, & Psychology Podcast

Text us, Psyclithids . In today’s session I’m joined by my friend and fellow role-player, Kimothee. We’re going to be covering one of my favorite aspects of a great game, and that is writing compelling villains. In today’s tricks of the trade, we each have three ideas for unique villains. Feel free to borrow these ideas for your own stories. Patreon Etsy LinkTree S ession Zero The Player’s Handboo...

Text us, Psyclithids In today’s session I’m joined by economist and numbers guru, Joseph Henry where we will be debating the merits of different stat generation methods. In Tricks of the Trade we give you several examples of different stat generation methods that you can use in your own games. Patreon Etsy LinkTree S ession Zero The Player’s Handbook for Real Life Patreon Etsy Support LinkTree S e...

Text us, Psyclithids On today's episode Dustin and I discuss foreshadowing in your games and how it should begin very early on. We also talk a little bit about prequels and prologues. In Tricks of the Trade, Dustin gives us further details on one of his ideas from the last episode and how he would use foreshadowing with that idea. Patreon Etsy LinkTree S ession Zero The Player’s Handbook for...

Text us, Psyclithids On today’s episode I’m delighted to be joined by my good friend and longtime gaming buddy, Dustin Archer, and we will be discussing how to build a campaign backwards. Today we also have have ten tricks of the trade as I asked Dustin to bring five campaign ideas to share, and I came with five of my own as well. Patreon Etsy LinkTree S ession Zero The Player’s Handbook for Real...

Text us, Psyclithids On today’s episode we’re going to look at a fun topic that can lend a lot of uniqueness to your campaigns, and that is politics. We also look at why psychology says that political scandals are so commonplace.  In Tricks of the Trade we will be looking at a few fantasy appropriate political structures that you can use for your games. Patreon Etsy LinkTree S ession Zero The Play...

Text us, Psyclithids On today’s episode we talking about riddles and puzzles, and how they can make games much more interesting. In Tricks of the Trade I have four fun puzzle ideas for you to borrow for your own adventures. Patreon Etsy LinkTree S ession Zero The Player’s Handbook for Real Life Support the show Email: DungeonsDragonsPsychology@gmail.com   Website: http:// www.dungeonsdragonspsycho...

Text us, Psyclithids On today’s episode we talking about player archetypes, and the psychological motivations of the different types of players. On my Tricks of the Trade segment, I give you ideas for side quests for each of my 5 player archetypes. Patreon Etsy LinkTree S ession Zero The Player’s Handbook for Real Life Support the show Email: DungeonsDragonsPsychology@gmail.com   Website: http://...

Text us, Psyclithids On today’s episode we are discussing plot hooks. How to write them, how to make them appropriate to your characters, and how using the psychology of story writing can make your plot hooks irresistible to your players. Sound effects obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com Patreon Etsy LinkTree S ession Zero The Player’s Handbook for Real Life Support the show Email: DungeonsDrag...

Text us, Psyclithids A short description about what to expect from this podcast. Patreon Etsy LinkTree S ession Zero The Player’s Handbook for Real Life Support the show Email: DungeonsDragonsPsychology@gmail.com   Website: http:// www.dungeonsdragonspsychology.com   LinkTree https://linktr.ee/dungeonsdragonspsychology   My Etsy Shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/Games4Games Amazon Link to Session Zer...

Text us, Psyclithids In this pilot episode I introduce myself to you and discuss what to expect from this podcast. In addition, we take a look at the psychology of emotional connection to a story, and I give you some tricks of the trade for improving your campaigns. Patreon Etsy LinkTree S ession Zero The Player’s Handbook for Real Life Support the show Email: DungeonsDragonsPsychology@gmail.com  ...