My First Dungeon

Foes are revealed and old friends return... JOIN OUR PATREON My First Dungeon Presents: DIE is an eight-week podcast event that celebrates one of the best new tabletop roleplaying games with a limited-run narrative play series featuring immersive sound design, original music, and an absolute rock star cast. CAST: Drakoniques  as Enoch (Dictator) Carolyn Page  as Anna (Fool) Abby Hepworth  as Kelly...

The battle begins and the danger is real... JOIN OUR PATREON My First Dungeon Presents: DIE is an eight-week podcast event that celebrates one of the best new tabletop roleplaying games with a limited-run narrative play series featuring immersive sound design, original music, and an absolute rock star cast. CAST: Drakoniques  as Enoch (Dictator) Carolyn Page  as Anna (Fool) Abby Hepworth  as Kelly...

Six friends sit down to play a game after 25 years apart. Only one of them knows that this time it's more than just a game... JOIN OUR PATREON My First Dungeon Presents: DIE is an eight-week podcast event that celebrates one of the best new tabletop roleplaying games with a limited-run narrative play series featuring immersive sound design, original music, and an absolute rock star cast. CAST:...

The ritual begins... JOIN OUR PATREON My First Dungeon Presents: DIE is an eight-week podcast event that celebrates one of the best new tabletop roleplaying games with a limited-run narrative play series featuring immersive sound design, original music, and an absolute rock star cast. CAST: Drakoniques  as Enoch (Dictator) Carolyn Page  as Anna (Fool) Abby Hepworth  as Kelly (Trust Knight) Shenuqu...

Brian is joined by Kieron Gillen (DIE, Immortal X-Men, Star Wars) and Grant Howitt (Heart, Spire, Honey Heist) who teach him the rules of the game and discuss how to make great stories.  My First Dungeon Presents: DIE is an eight-week podcast event that celebrates one of the best new tabletop roleplaying games with a limited-run narrative play series featuring immersive sound design, original musi...

They thought they’d left their imaginary world in the past. But after 25 years, the Game and its Master have other ideas… PREMIERES FRIDAY APRIL 7TH, 2023 (WITH NEW EPISODES EVERY FRIDAY) My First Dungeon Presents: DIE is an eight-week podcast event that celebrates one of the best new tabletop roleplaying games with a limited-run narrative play series featuring immersive sound design, original mus...

Sam Leigh , the designer of  Anamnesis , returns to discuss our Anamnesis radio play and to dive deeper into solo TTRPGs. Links from this Episode: Portal at Hill House The Wretched Death of the Author Blinking Birch Games My First Dungeon  is the tabletop role-playing podcast where we put first-time GMs through their paces as we build and run their first adventure and then circle back around to di...

Without his memory, a deck of tarot will reveal all he was, all he is, and all he will become... The following audio drama is an improvisation. Credits: Brian Flaherty - The Querant Abby Hepworth - The Tarot Reader Editing and Sound Design by Brian Flaherty Anamnesis was written and designed by ⁠Sam Leigh. You can find all of Sam's games at Blinking Birch Games. *** My First Dungeon is the tab...

Sam Leigh , the designer of Anamnesis , teaches Brian about solo TTRPGs and how to play her ENnie-nominated game about amnesia and rediscovering your identity through a deck of tarot cards.  Links from this Episode: Portal at Hill House The Wretched Death of the Author Blinking Birch Games My First Dungeon is the tabletop role-playing podcast where we put first-time GMs through their paces as we b...

Taylor Moore (Producer, Worlds Beyond Number) swings by to continue our conversation about Narrative Play podcasts and the growing spectrum of Actual Play as a medium. We also talk A LOT about the latest Fortunate Horse show: Worlds Beyond Number.  Listen to my last conversation with Taylor Narrative Play vs. Actual Play Podcasts How to Build a Narrative Play Podcast ⁠ Join our Patreon ⁠ Subscribe...

Support the Project ECCO Crowdfundr Campaign (LESS THAN 24 HOURS REMAINING!) *** Elliot Davis sits down again with Brian Flaherty to review and critique the first ever playtest of the never-before-played TTRPG Schröedinger's Cats while also responding to player feedback about the game from Kevin Bauer, Abby Hepworth, and Julia Schroeder. Together, they all try to take this game from Playtest t...

In the finale of the Schröedinger's Cats playtest, Brian Flaherty leads Kevin Bauer , Abby Hepworth , and Julia Schroeder deeper into The Liminality to discover the sinister forces that has been stealing cat's lost lives. (Part 2 of 2) Download a FREE pdf of Schröedinger’s Cats My First Dungeon is the tabletop role-playing podcast where we put first-time GMs through their paces as we build...

It's the first ever playtest of Schroedinger's Cats as Brian Flaherty leads Kevin Bauer, Abby Hepworth, and Julia Schroeder into The Liminality to rescue their lost lives! (Part 1 of 2) Download a FREE pdf of Schröedinger’s Cats My First Dungeon is the tabletop role-playing podcast where we put first-time GMs through their paces as we build and run their first adventure and then circle bac...

This episode Elliot Davis takes over the host seat from Brian Flaherty to interview him about his brand-new TTRPG Schröedinger's Cats that he will be playtesting for the very first time on this podcast! We discuss our thoughts on game design, what to look out for when playtesting, and how to incorporate player feedback into future revisions.  Download a FREE pdf of Schröedinger’s Cats My First...

Brian and Elliot discuss their first ever game of 10 Candles and go over what went right, what went wrong, and how to make the next session even better.  These things are true. The world is dark...and we are alive. This season on My First Dungeon we are delving deep into darkness in the tragic horror game 10 Candles. This isn’t a game about survival, there are no survivors. Our characters will die...

These things are true. The world is dark...and we are alive. ⁠ Join our Patreon ⁠ Subscribe to  ⁠The Twenty Sided Newsletter Follow the Players: Elliot Davis Twitter: @morebluebs IG: @moreblueberries Itch.io: moreblueberries.itch.io Brian Flaherty IG: @bflare42 Abby Hepworth IG: @abby_hep Shenuque Tissera Twitter: @shenuque IG: @shenuque Follow My First Dungeon: Twitter: @myfirstdungeon IG: @twent...

Brian and Elliot are joined by 10 Candles ' creator Stephen Dewey who walks them through his innovative game and discusses how to best build a horror narrative and how to keep your players on the edge of their seats.  These things are true. The world is dark...and we are alive. This season on My First Dungeon we are delving deep into darkness in the tragic horror game 10 Candles . This isn’t a...

These things are true. The world is dark...and we are alive.  This season on My First Dungeon we are delving deep into darkness in the tragic horror game 10 Candles. This isn’t a game about survival, there are no survivors. Our characters will die, without question and without quarrel. Instead, it is a game about hope, and how it can be found even in the darkest of moments. We will be joined by th...

I am joined once again by author Keith Ammann (The Monsters Know What They're Doing) to discuss his latest book How to Defend Your Lair . My First Dungeon is the tabletop role-playing podcast where we put first-time DMs through their paces as we build and run their first adventure and then circle back around to discuss what went right, what went wrong, and how they can make their game better....

Jay Dragon joins us once again to discuss Wanderhome, running guide-less sessions, and our very first game of this ENNIE award-winning pastoral fantasy.  The land of Hæth is a pastoral fantasy world filled with everything you could ever need from a role-playing game: Moth mailmen, bumblebee shepherds, and a countryside filled with the quiet knowledge of the small and forgotten gods. But there'...

Our road-weary travelers arrive in a new metropolis just in time for the annual Night Market, but first they must find the "vibes" of the city. The land of Hæth is a pastoral fantasy world filled with everything you could ever need from a role-playing game: Moth mailmen, bumblebee shepherds, and a countryside filled with the quiet knowledge of the small and forgotten gods. But there's...

The land of Hæth is a pastoral fantasy world filled with everything you could ever need from a role-playing game: Moth mailmen, bumblebee shepherds, and a countryside filled with the quiet knowledge of the small and forgotten gods. But there's one thing this game doesn't need: A Game Master.  This season Jay Dragon introduces us to GM-less systems and gets us ready for a game of Wanderhome...

Elliot Davis joins Brian to discuss the game they played and how they can make it better from the point of views of both Game Designer and Chicken Master. Something is Wrong with the Chickens is a one-page TTRPG all about chickens, eldritch powers, and revenge. Download Something Is Wrong With The Chickens My First Dungeon is the tabletop role-playing podcast where we put first-time GMs through th...

Brian is joined by Elliot Davis (Something is Wrong with the Chickens), Shenuque Tissera (The Art of Killing It), Jenny Gustafson (Twenty Sided Podcast), Kihresha Redmond (The PIT NYC), and Abby Hepworth (Twenty Sided Podcast) in a zero-prep game of Something is Wrong With the Chickens that's filled with Prophecies! Elder Chickens! And...Jazz Nuggets? Download Something Is Wrong With The Chick...

Bryson Foods, Inc has taken everything from us. We are Chickens. We are Eldritch Horrors. Make. Bryson. Pay. This season we dive back into the world of one-page RPGs with this fantastic game of eldritch poultry revenge by Elliot Davis. In this episode Elliot will teach me the rules, explain some tips and tricks, and set me up to succeed for a zero-prep game. Download Something Is Wrong With The Ch...