Total Party Thrill: RPG Advice From Our Table to Yours

Tez Proudgale makes his first (nosy) friends at Arcanix. This episode is part of the third season of TPT’s Actual Play series, running the Dungeons & Dragons 5E adventure The Magister’s Masquerade in Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos from Wizards of the Coast, modified for solo play in the Eberron campaign setting. (68m) Bonus Content for this episode on Patreon: Coming soon! Editing: Aram Vartian...

Against his better judgment, Tez Proudgale is headed back to school. This episode kicks off the third season of TPT’s Actual Play series, playing the Dungeons & Dragons 5E adventure The Magister’s Masquerade in Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos from Wizards of the Coast, modified for solo play in the Eberron campaign setting. (52m) Bonus Content for this episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane set a gifftastic course for the phlogiston to prepare for the return of Spelljammer. But first, the party goes boom in the Gates of Mourning campaign. Later, Uchiha Sasuke makes eye contact in the Character Creation Forge. (63m) Bonus Content for this episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/66765499 Editing: Aram Vartian Important Links: Total Party Thrill Discord...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane lock it down to discuss control effects. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party attacks the tower, and Eren Yeager is a titanic fighter in the Character Creation Forge. (72m) Bonus Content for this episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tpt-316-bonus-of-66358657 Editing: Aram Vartian Important Links: Total Party Thrill Discord server: NEW! You asked for it,...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane do a brain dump on playing illithids. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party walks in the woods, and the Cerulean Sign keeps the Far Realm at bay in the Character Creation Forge. (61m) Bonus Content for this episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tpt-315-bonus-of-65751712 Editing: Aram Vartian Important Links: Total Party Thrill Discord server: NEW! You ask...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane run gaming sessions with as little preparation as possible. But first, the party has flashbacks in the Gates of Mourning campaign. Later, the Doomsday Prepper has something for that in the Character Creation Forge. (65m) Bonus Content for this episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/65496434 Editing: Aram Vartian Important Links: Total Party Thrill Discord server:...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane talk about playing shared characters. But first, the party takes a bath in the Gates of Mourning campaign. Later, Sharing Is Caring carries the whole party in the Character Creation Forge. (59m) Bonus Content for this episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/65496205 Editing: Aram Vartian Important Links: Total Party Thrill Discord server: NEW! You asked for it, so...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane hoard shiny math rocks. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party fights mind to mind, and The Dice Goblin rolls with it in the Character Creation Forge. (66m) Bonus Content for this episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/65495492 Editing: Aram Vartian Important Links: DiceDB: https://db.drnod.de/ Reddit: r/dice Dice Maniacs Club (FB): https://www.facebook.com...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane brave the wilds of Eriador for an extra-long cover-to-cover review of the 2nd Edition of the RPG set in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth. Same authors, new publisher, and an updated ruleset for adventuring west of the Misty Mountains. The Gates of Mourning campaign and Character Creation Forge take the week off but will return next episode. (97m) Bonus Content for this episode...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane make evil look good. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party botches an experiment, and Carmen Sandiego pulls off monumental capers in the Character Creation Forge. (54m) Bonus Content for this episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tpt-episode-310-63908042 Editing: Aram Vartian Important Links: Total Party Thrill Discord server: NEW! You asked for it, so co...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane exploit scarce resources as they discuss making survival fun. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party stares at nothing, and Judge Dredd is the law in the Character Creation Forge. (58m) Bonus Content for this episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/63907511 Editing: Aram Vartian Important Links: Total Party Thrill Discord server: NEW! You asked for it, so co...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane shield themselves from consequences with the armor of plot. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party hires help, and The King Under the Mountain holds off Smaug in the Character Creation Forge. (57m) Bonus Content for this episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tpt-308-bonus-of-63350181 Editing: Aram Vartian Important Links: Total Party Thrill Discord server:...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane break down this season’s actual play: what worked, what didn’t, what was changed from the module, and what we’d do differently next time. This episode is part of the second season of TPT’s Actual Play series, inspired by the 5e Dungeons & Dragons adventure A Deep and Creeping Darkness in Candlekeep Mysteries from Wizards of the Coast, modified for solo play in the Eberron c...

Tez Proudgale brings the battle to the beach—and forces a tough choice. This episode is the finale of the second season of TPT’s Actual Play series, inspired by the Dungeons & Dragons 5E adventure A Deep and Creeping Darkness in Candlekeep Mysteries from Wizards of the Coast, modified for solo play in the Eberron campaign setting. (88m) Bonus Content for this episode on Patreon: https://www.patreo...

Tez Proudgale comes face-to-face with the mysterious killer. This episode is part of the second season of TPT’s Actual Play series, inspired by the Dungeons & Dragons 5E adventure A Deep and Creeping Darkness in Candlekeep Mysteries from Wizards of the Coast, modified for solo play in the Eberron campaign setting. (69m) Bonus Content for this episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tpt-3...

Tez Proudgale takes the battle to the Beast to find clues about its true form. This episode is part of the second season of TPT’s Actual Play series, inspired by the Dungeons & Dragons 5E adventure A Deep and Creeping Darkness in Candlekeep Mysteries from Wizards of the Coast, modified for solo play in the Eberron campaign setting. (63m) Bonus Content for this episode on Patreon: https://www.patre...

The Beast is dead and the reward claimed—but Tez Proudgale is suspicious. This episode is part of the second season of TPT’s Actual Play series, inspired by the Dungeons & Dragons 5E adventure A Deep and Creeping Darkness in Candlekeep Mysteries from Wizards of the Coast, modified for solo play in the Eberron campaign setting. (77m) Bonus Content for this episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.co...

Tez Proudgale heads into the fog to look for clues—and finds more than he expected. This episode is part of the second season of TPT’s Actual Play series, inspired by the Dungeons & Dragons 5E adventure A Deep and Creeping Darkness in Candlekeep Mysteries from Wizards of the Coast, modified for solo play in the Eberron campaign setting. (66m) Bonus Content for this episode on Patreon: https://www....

Tez Proudgale begins his first mission for the Trust—whether he likes it or not. This episode is part of the second season of TPT’s Actual Play series, inspired by the Dungeons & Dragons 5E adventure A Deep and Creeping Darkness in Candlekeep Mysteries from Wizards of the Coast, modified for solo play in the Eberron campaign setting. (66m) Bonus Content for this episode on Patreon: https://www.pat...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane celebrate another year of Total Party Thrill by answering all your questions about gaming while parenting, game prep shortcuts and much more in a super-sized mailbag special. And Dora the Explorer gets some help from you in the Character Creation Forge. (147m) Bonus Content for this episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/60493064 Editing: Aram Vartian Important L...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane pick apart the worst gaming recommendations the internet has to offer. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party trades thoughts, and we Just Play a Fighter in the Character Creation Forge. (62m) Bonus Content for this episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/60254979 Editing: Aram Vartian Important Links: Total Party Thrill Discord server: NEW! You asked for it...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane finally discuss how to play these curious, wily, and fragile creatures in a world where real-life rules don’t apply. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party splits up, and the Steam Knight is boiling for a fight in the Character Creation Forge. (63m) Bonus Content for this episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tpt-298-bonus-of-59977286 Editing: Aram Vartian...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane talk about how to keep things interesting for a jaded gaming group. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party buys a drink, and the Old Dog tries a new path in the Character Creation Forge. (57m) Bonus Content for this episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/59717315 Editing: Aram Vartian Important Links: Total Party Thrill Discord server: NEW! You asked for it...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane summon abyssal lore to discuss how to use demons in your games. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party takes flight, and Fire Walk With Me burns but is not consumed in the Character Creation Forge. (55m) Bonus Content for this episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/59477326 Editing: Aram Vartian Important Links: Total Party Thrill Discord server: NEW! You a...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss adventuring in city environments. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party faces justice, and the Urban Cowboy deals with bull in the Character Creation Forge. (60m) Bonus Content for this episode on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/59125534 Editing: Aram Vartian Important Links: Total Party Thrill Discord server: NEW! You asked for it, so come hang out wi...