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Today, I'd like to talk about railroads. Back in May and June of 2015, I wrote a couple of blog articles about railroad style of play. The first, RAILROAD VS. SANDBOX – THE TIMELINE .  The second, WHAT IF YOUR RPG INVOLVES A RAILROAD ? 

My thoughts on building a framework or checklist to help me build more interesting adventures that might also be useful to novice GMs.

Today I discuss the time back in the day when Griswald faced the consequences of an alignment deviation. SHIP'S KLAXON HORN by U.S. Department of Defense SOURCE: https://archive.org/details/ShipsKlaxonHorn

Today I discuss organization. But first some of the usual side quests before the main topic. It finally clarified in my mind what to call all of my blog readers, social media followers, Patrons, YouTube viewers, and podcast listeners. You'll have to listen in for the reveal. I've got some T-shirt ideas and will have a poll about them. A bit of mention about Kickstarter ideas and planning. (Nothing...

Here's episode 79, actually number 80 since I started with episode 0. Today, I'd like to talk about Language and Writing. I've been working on a blog post, but it's slow going. Some news in addition to Caravans & Trade , I have a second Copper seller on DriveThruRPG, Library Generation Tables .

Call ins from Colin "Spikepit" Green and Pete Jones of the Dragons Are Real podcast. After some review of the past couple of podcasts and blog posts, and some stats on the podcast and one of my PDFs on DriveThruRPG, I finally get to the topic of today's episode.

After much reflection on my workflow, and the expense of some of my tools, combined with the looming demise of G+, I am convinced, that for me, I need to get serious about moving my workflow to Linux. Plus, dual booting a computer is like having two and is twice as much work to keep updated. You can read my companion article here on my blog.  https://followmeanddie.com/2019/02/02/simpler-tool...

G+ Finally made it clear that all the personal G+ information will be deleted. hear my thoughts here on the podcast, or read them on the blog. https://followmeanddie.com/2019/01/31/the-end-of-an-era/

Today on episode 75 another Tuesday Tales. Last week I discussed insanity and promised I'd tell the story of how Griswald almost died of disease, and again, another cleric had to heal him. Thanks for the call in from Shane Ward of Gilligan's Isle of ADD. I also have a new podcast follower, the Role Per Second Podcast based in Guadalara, Mexico. Welcome! ¡Bienvenidos!

Today's episode of Saturday Scrawl marks the completion of a complete week of the regular Tues, Thurs., Sat. cycle. I also had a couple of extra episodes. As so many are talking about conventions they're attending and both running and playing games, I want to talk about running convention games. I also share a snippet of a story from my foggy mind as I awoke this morning. I'm not sure what I was d...

What do you do when life gets in the way of your hobbies?  Tonight's episode is a short one as I'm just taking a quick break from an emergency project at work. I said I was back to my normal podcast schedule this week, and I'm sticking to it. We have calls ins from Tim Shorts of Gothridge Manor and Ray Otus of Plundergrounds.

So far, I've had 7 call ins from three people on my episode Saturday about Dwarven Beards. I wrote a follow up blog article with more details and some tables. This morning I realized I left out some things I meant to touch on, so I've written a second blog article with some more tables. Both articles are linked below.. Rather than let this information simmer, I'm ready to respond to these call ins...

My granddaughter is fascinated with magic as portrayed in cartoons, like Disney's Frozen. Lately, she is hooked on magic wands. Her grandmother got her a tablet and her parents got her a dozen styluses, just in case. Today, one such stylus is her wand. I think this is a great example of role play, she is all in when it comes to being who she says she is. She likes rolling dice, but she's not quite...

After having a long beard for over a year, the end of April, early May will mark two years since I stopped trimming it and let it grow. I've been thinking about beards and how to portray them more realistically where dwarves are concerned. But first, a call in from Colin, Spikepit himself.

After a hiatus due to craziness of the annual busy time at work and some family issues I made a quick episode to update everyone on what I'm up to in the new year. I'll try to do a weekly Saturday scrawl the rest of January until work slows down, then I'll return to my 3 episode a week schedule.

After some call ins I ramble about the Kickstarters I've backed, mention an upcoming year in review blog post, and announce a break from the podcast until work slows down in mid to late January.

I have call ins from John Large of Red Dice Diaries, Ivy The Happy Whisk, and Cody M. of No Save For You. Today's story is about the party interrupting the wizard.

First call ins about two prior episodes and what's going on that I skipped the last Tuesday and Thursday podcasts

Comments on the last episode about Cities as Dungeons. Today I discuss playing the games you buy and download instead of just gathering them.

I muse on how cities are like dungeons and ways ancient lost cities can become dungeons.

Calls ins about my last episode announcing no new episodes until today. A bit of family drama explaining the hiatus (I really want to change channels on this soap opera.) Overzealous fighter uses all his attacks on a farmer. Bar fights every time we meet in a tavern to start a new group of characters. Finally, over 1,200 listens for November. My 3rd PDF on OBS hit Best Copper Seller, and the total...

An interruption of the regular schedule this week. Just a quick explanation after a call in from Happy Whisk. Normal episodes will resume next week with Tuesday Tales.

After two call in from Colin Green (Spikepit), I touch on various names for goblins and other folkloric creatures. Also, hobbit, is a term one can use for their own creatures, as long as it's not the same as a halfling in the works of Tolkien. See the articles on The Denham Tracts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denham_Tracts And on the word Hobbit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbit_(word)

I take a few moments to express what I am thankful for. Here is the companion Blog Post: https://followmeanddie.com/2018/11/22/thanks/

After call ins from Dr. Robert Groves of DM Dad https://anchor.fm/dm-dad/, and Cody M. of No Save For You https://anchor.fm/nosaveforyou/, I share a story about characters in winter and some things to consider with making the effects of weather more realistic.