Total Party Thrill: RPG Advice From Our Table to Yours

Not sure if the new game that caught your eye is the one for you? Hosts I-Hsien and Shane play matchmaker and discuss how to tell real love from a one fight stand. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders get called out and overreact, and Cupid draws back his bow in the Character Creation Forge. (58m) Sponsors: Elderwood Academy: High-quality dice and gaming accessories. Important Li...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane duke it out amongst themselves and the other party members as they discuss Player-vs-Player combat. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders nurse their fledgling mining operation, and The Player Killer is ready for her friends to become enemies in the Character Creation Forge. (63m) Sponsors: Kobold Press: Check out their latest D&D 5e adventure, Courts of th...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane tear apart enemy stat blocks to see what makes them tick and then stitch them back together. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders place a bet, and the Mummy can’t rest until those that disturbed it are punished in the Character Creation Forge. (63m) Sponsors: Kobold Press: Check out their latest D&D 5e adventure, Courts of the Shadow Fey. Elderwood Academy...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane get what’s coming to them as they discuss curses (don’t worry, we’re not potty-mouths). In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders put the expedite in expedition, and the Lycanthrope Hunter seeks out the accursed and the afflicated in the Character Creation Forge. (m) Sponsors: Kobold Press: Check out their latest D&D 5e adventure, Courts of the Shadow Fey. Elde...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane knock out a tight five and explain the joke to death. What, are we here to amuse you? We’re talking comedy in RPGs. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders fend off local fauna, and The Jester kills it out there in the Character Creation Forge. (55m) Sponsors: Kobold Press: Check out their latest set of D&D 5e adventures, 12 Peculiar Towers. Important Links:...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane seize the narrative from the whims of fate as they put down the dice and focus on roleplay. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders meet some local entrepreneurs, and The Improviser will figure it out when she gets there in the Character Creation Forge. (55m) Sponsors: Kobold Press: Check out their latest set of D&D 5e adventures, 12 Peculiar Towers. Importan...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane tap into their ancient, bestial pasts as they discuss Eberron’s most underappreciated native race. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders hire a local crew, and The Lunatic spreads the gift of monthly madness in the Character Creation Forge. (58m) Sponsors: Elderwood Academy: High-quality dice and gaming accessories. Kobold Press: Check out their latest set...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane hurl insults, wield swords, and defend their honor as they discuss dueling. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders hit the ground running, and The Second is the first person to call when you need backup in the Character Creation Forge. (55m) Sponsors: Elderwood Academy: High-quality dice and gaming accessories. Kobold Press: Check out their latest set of D&D...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane finally give in to the Dark Side, and it feels good. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders wish they’d opted for a summary execution, and The Blighter turns nature’s own power against it in the Character Creation Forge. (63m) Sponsors: Elderwood Academy: High-quality dice and gaming accessories. Genuine Fantasy Press: Get a free version of the new book The...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss playing and running games with high-level characters and all the challenges and rewards that come along with it. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders learn about their new colony, and Jack Frost helps everyone chill out in the Character Creation Forge. (65m) Sponsors: Kobold Press: Check out their latest set of D&D 5e adventures, Midgard Sagas. Eld...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane continue the alignment series with an outlook that pursues order, unfettered by considerations of morality. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders discover a whole new world, a deadly place they never knew, and the Hardhead keeps the peace on the streets of Sigil in the Character Creation Forge. (66m) Sponsors: Genuine Fantasy Press: Get a free version of th...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane dive deep into the newest official campaign setting for D&D, as they review Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica. They discuss the setting itself–a magical city-planet rife with complicated guild politics–and walk cover-to-cover through player options, setting info, adventure hooks, magic items, monsters and more. Both the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign and the Character Creation F...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane gobble down your letters about betrayal, one-shots, letting PCs soar, and more in a holiday Q&A. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders reap what they’ve sown, and Friar Tuck gets pious drunk in the Character Creation Forge. (59m) Sponsors: Audible.com: More than 180,000 audiobooks to choose from. Genuine Fantasy Press: Get a free version of the new book The...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane bring their regular characters to an irregular game as they discuss playing one shot games with the PCs from long-term campaigns. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, one Arch-militant bids adieu to another, and the Wedlock is bound to holy spirits in the Character Creation Forge.(48m) Important Links: Tales from Mauxferry: A fun-loving Blades in the Dark actual play from G...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane scale the ramparts and dodge boiling oil to tear down the walls keeping your game from a good, long siege. Best to hunker down and pray for winter. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders broker a deal, and the Siege Engine cracks walls like walnuts in the Character Creation Forge. (63m) Editor’s note: Of course we mean self-forged, not soulforged! Sponsors:...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane find a ship, find a crew, and keep flyin’ as they discuss the campaign setting of the short-lived-but-beloved TV show, Firefly. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, Tranq takes a shot, and YoSaffBridge is as bewildering as she is beautiful in the Character Creation Forge. (60m) Sponsors: Kobold Press: Support the makers of great third-party D&D 5e supplements on Patreon tod...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane demonstrate how to copy, steal, crib, replicate, imitate and just plain rip off characters to play in your own games. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders meet a haunted soul, and Tracer has all the time she needs in the Character Creation Forge. (57m) Sponsors: Kobold Press: Their latest adventure for 5th Edition, Tales of the Old Margreve, is now on Kick...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane suggest, charm, command, and even dominate a discussion of the various mind-influencing effects in RPGs. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders strike a bargain, and The Lie Detector is keeping an eye on you in the Character Creation Forge. (59m) Sponsors: Kobold Press: Their latest adventure for 5th Edition, Tales of the Old Margreve, is now on Kickstarter....

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane keep an eye out for the best ways to handle farseeing, remote viewing and good old-fashioned mirror-gazing. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders eat a bullet, and The Eye of Horus watches it all happen in the Character Creation Forge. (61m) Sponsors: Elderwood Academy: High-quality dice and gaming accessories. Archvillain Games: Check out their Character S...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane have an infectious discussion of ways to make disease more than an inconvenient die roll in your games. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders bid farewell, and The Rangerer outshines her ranger counterparts from the shadows in the Character Creation Forge. (59m) Sponsors: Archvillain Games: Check out their Character Sheet Gauntlets on Kickstarter! Kobold Pr...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss what lies beyond the end of the world. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders conduct an experiment by smashing things, and Furiosa fights, shoots, and drives (like, really well) in the Character Creation Forge. (64m) Sponsors: Kobold Press: Publishers of the Creature Codex for 5th Edition D&D. Important Links: DSPN: Check out the other great shows o...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss playing one of Eberron’s most exotic races, Kalashtar. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders settle in for a home-cooked meal, and the Mindhunter seeks her quarry with little more than mental prowess in the Character Creation Forge. (58m) Sponsors: Kobold Press: Publishers of the Creature Codex for 5th Edition D&D. Important Links: Table Top Babble:...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss how to dream up and play convincing and creative illusions. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders tour a manor house, and the Scarecrow turns fears into reality in the Character Creation Forge. (59m) Sponsors: Kobold Press: Publishers of the Creature Codex for 5th Edition D&D. Important Links: Table Top Babble: We talk 5e monster evolution with Jame...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane use their imaginations–and only their imaginations–as they discuss theater of the mind combat. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders crank up an engine, and the Psycophant is less charming the more you get to know him in the Character Creation Forge. (62m) Sponsors: Elderwood Academy: Purveyors of finely crafted dice towers, dice trays, dice boxes, deck box...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane continue the alignment series with an outlook that’s more complex—and even more rewarding—than it seems. In the Dynasty Unwarranted campaign, the Rogue Traders make an uncharacteristically valiant stand, and Robin Hood jumps fences and dodges trees in the Character Creation Forge. (60m) Important Links: DSPN: Check out the other great shows on Don’t Split the Podcast Networ...