Total Party Thrill: RPG Advice From Our Table to Yours

Tez Proudgale (Shane) sets out on an adventure for fortune and academic prestige in the hinterlands of southern Breland. What triumphs and tribulations does the Dungeon Master (I-Hsien) have in store? We play to find out. This episode is part of TPT’s Actual Play series, playing the Dungeons & Dragons 5E adventure Sunless Citadel in Tales from the Yawning Portal from Wizards of the Coast, modified...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane gear up and strap in for a discussion of steampunk as an RPG genre. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party sets sail, and Iron Man takes flight in the Character Creation Forge. (56m) Important Links: Düngeonmeister: 75 Epic RPG Cocktail Recipes to Shake Up Your Campaign The Ultimate Micro-RPG Book: 40 Fast, Easy, and Fun Tabletop Games Skyjacks Setting Zine Vol. 1: On...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane break down the video game Hades as inspiration for your tabletop sessions. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party tries to do no harm, and Zagreus dies escaping yet lives on in the Character Creation Forge. (54m) Sponsors: HeroForge: Create custom 3D-printed plastic and metal miniatures and VTT tokens! Important Links: Skyjacks Setting Zine Vol. 1: One Shot’s lore and...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane punch down as they discuss using giants in your game. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party puts a history of breaking and entering to good use, and Stone’s Throw kills two birds and more in the Character Creation Forge. (52m) Sponsors: HeroForge: Create custom 3D-printed plastic and metal miniatures and VTT tokens! Kobold Press: Tome of Beasts 2 is now available! Im...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane correct the record on incorporating pieces of the past into your game. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party fights gravity, and the Historian digs up the truth in the Character Creation Forge. (57m Sponsors: HeroForge: Create custom 3D-printed plastic and metal miniatures and VTT tokens! Elderwood Academy: Artisans who make awesome gaming accessories! Kobold Press:...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane shed armor and overarching plots for a gritty discussion of sword and sorcery as an RPG genre. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party fights friendly, and Red Sonja is an unstoppable force in the Character Creation Forge. (57m) Sponsors: HeroForge: Create custom 3D-printed plastic and metal miniatures and VTT tokens! Kobold Press: Tome of Beasts 2 is now available! Im...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane bundle up for a trek across the frozen wastes as they discuss adventures on the tundra. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party looks beneath the surface, and Healing Warmth revives body and soul in the Character Creation Forge. (47m) Sponsors: Kobold Press: Tome of Beasts 2 is now available! HeroForge: Create custom 3D-printed plastic and metal miniatures and VTT toke...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane see what bubbles up in a supersized cover-to-cover review of the latest sourcebook for 5th Edition D&D. Iggwilv herself presents two dozen subclasses, new race and proficiency options, magic items, and DMG tools. The Dynasty Unwarranted campaign and Character Creation Forge take the week off but will return next episode. (93m) Sponsors: Kobold Press: Tome of Beasts 2 is now...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane are in a hurry and just want to finish this fight as they discuss speeding up combat. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party starts connecting the dots, and Simple Simon speeds up the action in the Character Creation Forge. (62m) Sponsors: Elderwood Academy: Artisans who make awesome gaming accessories! HeroForge: Create custom 3D-printed plastic and metal miniatures...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane grab you by the collar with a new round of plot hooks to use in your game. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party brings the house down, and Undeath Metal slays the set in the Character Creation Forge. (53m) Sponsors: Kobold Press: Tome of Beasts 2 is now available! HeroForge: Create custom 3D-printed plastic and metal miniatures and VTT tokens! Important Links: Skyja...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane show off both their lack of creativity and their ability to mimic the sounds of podcast hosts as they discuss playing Kenku. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party disturbs the peace, and Sombra hacks anything and anyone in the Character Creation Forge. (55m) Sponsors: Bits Before Crits: Check out this actual play podcast! Important Links: Skyjacks Setting Zine Vol. 1...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane lose themselves in realism as they discuss verisimilitude. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party tracks a package, and Winston leaps into the fray in the Character Creation Forge. (51m) Sponsors: Elderwood Academy: Artisans who make awesome gaming accessories! Important Links: Skyjacks Setting Zine Vol. 1: One Shot’s lore and Kickstarter for the Skyjacks campaign is...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane face the force of nature buried at the center of the Earth as they discuss using the legendary Tarrasque. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party opens the floodgates, and Mei helps you chill out in the Character Creation Forge. (59m) Sponsors: Kobold Press: The Scarlet Citadel Kickstarter is live! Important Links: Skyjacks Setting Zine Vol. 1: One Shot’s lore and Kick...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane go gravedigging for a good discussion about spells that affect the dead. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party faces new horrors, and Ashe shoots from the hip in the Character Creation Forge. (53m) Sponsors: Elderwood Academy: Artisans who make awesome gaming accessories! Kobold Press: The Scarlet Citadel Kickstarter is live! Important Links: Skyjacks Setting Zine Vo...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane wander into the Margreve as they discuss the Midgard Campaign Setting. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party uncovers new horrors, and Torbjorn kicks off Overwatch-tober with a bang (of his hammer) in the Character Creation Forge. (56m) Sponsors: Kobold Press: The Scarlet Citadel Kickstarter is live! Important Links: Skyjacks Setting Zine Vol. 1: One Shot’s lore and...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane pack their trunks and settle in for a journey on lightning rails and other trains. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party hacks healing, and the Conductor punches tickets with minimal resistance in the Character Creation Forge. (59m) Sponsors: Kobold Press: The Scarlet Citadel Kickstarter is live! Important Links: Skyjacks Setting Zine Vol. 1: One Shot’s lore and Kick...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane throw out the lore you thought you knew as they discuss events that change your setting at its core. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party bleeds out, and the Shock Jock makes the sparks fly in the Character Creation Forge. (55m) Sponsors: Kobold Press: Check out Deep Magic for 5e D&D! Important Links: Skyjacks Setting Zine Vol. 1: One Shot’s lore and Kickstarter for...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane realize this is a kissing game and pour their hearts into a discussion of love between characters. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party reveals a secret identity, and the Heartbreaker turns love into a battlefield in the Character Creation Forge. (56m) Sponsors: Kobold Press: Check out Deep Magic for 5e D&D! Important Links: Skyjacks Setting Zine Vol. 1: One Shot’s...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane slip into the interplanar wonder of thoughts and dreams as they discuss adventures in the astral sea. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party accosts a scientist, and the Guardian of the God-Isles turns away divine tourists in the Character Creation Forge. (57m) Sponsors: Kobold Press: Check out Deep Magic for 5e D&D! Important Links: Co-op Mood: Shane’s new video game...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane gather the troops for a chaotic battle as they discuss strategies for running mass combat scenarios. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party gets some inside info, and the Bugbear-tillerist brings the siege weaponry with them in the Character Creation Forge. (62m) Sponsors: Kobold Press: Check out Deep Magic for 5e D&D! Hero Forge: Print fully-colored custom minis! Imp...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane found a pantheon and and curry worship as they discuss using deities in your games. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party goes spelunking, and the Ecclesitheurge has gotta have faith, faith, faith in the Character Creation Forge. (61m) Sponsors: Elderwood Academy: Artisans who make awesome gaming accessories! Important Links: Co-op Mood: Shane’s new video game podcas...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane take a deep dive into the newest sourcebook from Eberron creator Keith Baker, Exploring Eberron. In this cover-to-cover review, they discuss player options like new races and feats, subclasses and magic items, as well as new monsters and a lot more lore. Both the Gates of Mourning campaign and the Character Creation Forge take the week off but will return next episode. (79m...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane celebrate the fifth year of Total Party Thrill by cracking open the mailbag and answering your questions! Later, Buffy fights supernatural strangeness in a special Sunnydale edition of the Character Creation Forge. (90m) Important Links: Co-op Mood: Shane’s new video game podcast with friend of the show Sally Tamarkin is now available! Total Party Thrill Discord server: NEW...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss the best ways to use and react to the surprising and erratic results of randomized tables. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party attempts magical CPR, and the Lotto Ticket hopes their number’s up with every swing in the Character Creation Forge. (55m) Sponsors: Hero Forge: Print fully-colored custom minis! Important Links: Co-op Mood: Shane’s new video game p...

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss playing kobolds, the diminutive descendants of dragons. In the Gates of Mourning campaign, the party fends off an ambush, and the Weather Balloon drifts in the sky taking measurements and dropping ordnance in the Character Creation Forge. (59m) Sponsors: Kobold Press: Check out the Creature Codex Pocket Edition for 5E! Important Links: Co-op Mood: Shane’s new video...