What Am I Rolling?

Content Warnings Specific content warnings/themes for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠City of Winter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ include: Forced displacement of people and loss of a place to call home The gradual erasure of cultural traditions The loss of close family members, parental figures and friends Natural disasters Themes of classism Bullying and intense rivalry between characters Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by my friend...

Show Notes This bonus episode comes from our sibling podcast, ‘The DM's Book Club?’, a weekly book club podcast about Dungeons and Dragons and how we might include it and improve it in our roleplaying campaigns. We read the books so you don't have to! Originally released on The DM's Book Club?  on 26th August 2026. The&nbsp...

Content Warnings Specific content warnings/themes for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠City of Winter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ include: Forced displacement of people and loss of a place to call home The gradual erasure of cultural traditions The loss of close family members, parental figures and friends Natural disasters Themes of classism Bullying and intense rivalry between characters Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by my friends...

Content Warnings Specific content warnings/themes for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠City of Winter⁠⁠⁠⁠ include: Forced displacement of people and loss of a place to call home The gradual erasure of cultural traditions The loss of close family members, parental figures and friends Natural disasters Themes of classism Bullying and intense rivalry between characters Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by my friends fr...

Content Warnings Specific content warnings/themes for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠City of Winter⁠⁠⁠ include: Forced displacement of people and loss of a place to call home The gradual erasure of cultural traditions The loss of close family members, parental figures and friends Natural disasters Themes of classism Bullying and intense rivalry between characters Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by my friends from...

Content Warnings Specific content warnings/themes for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠City of Winter⁠⁠ include: Forced displacement of people and loss of a place to call home The gradual erasure of cultural traditions The loss of close family members, parental figures and friends Natural disasters Themes of classism Bullying and intense rivalry between characters Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by my friends from ⁠...

Content Warnings Specific content warnings/themes for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠City of Winter⁠ include: Forced displacement of people and loss of a place to call home The gradual erasure of cultural traditions The loss of close family members, parental figures and friends Natural disasters Themes of classism Bullying and intense rivalry between characters Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by my friends from Rol...

Content Warnings Specific content warnings/themes for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Koriko⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ include: Parental expectations and control. Loneliness, especially from moving somewhere new. Peer pressure and media harassment. Infrequent physical or emotional harm. Show Notes This week, Fiona is playing ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Koriko: A Magical Year⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - A solo journaling game with novice witches, urban exploration, and teenage drama....

Content Warnings Specific content warnings/themes for ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Koriko⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ include: Parental expectations and control. Loneliness, especially from moving somewhere new. Peer pressure and media harassment. Infrequent physical or emotional harm. Show Notes This week, Fiona is playing ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Koriko: A Magical Year⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - A solo journaling game with novice witches, urban exploration, and teenage drama. Writ...

The hosts of The DM's Book Club proudly bring you a new limited series, The DM's Travel Bookclub: A Guide to Faerûn! Inspired by the recent releases of 'Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn' & 'Forgotten Realms: Adventures in Faerûn', Fiona and Hamilton take a whistle stop tour around the forgotten realms and see the sights, meet the people and discover hidden treasures! The trailer theme music: 'Ro...

Content Warnings Specific content warnings/themes for ⁠⁠⁠⁠Koriko⁠⁠⁠⁠ include: Parental expectations and control. Loneliness, especially from moving somewhere new. Peer pressure and media harassment. Infrequent physical or emotional harm. Show Notes This week, Fiona is playing ⁠⁠⁠⁠Koriko: A Magical Year⁠⁠⁠⁠ - A solo journaling game with novice witches, urban exploration, and teenage drama. Written...

Show Notes This bonus episode comes from our sibling podcast, ‘The DM's Book Club?’, a weekly book club podcast about Dungeons and Dragons and how we might include it and improve it in our roleplaying campaigns. We read the books so you don't have to! Originally released on The DM's Book Club?  on 6th May 2026. From the episode show notes: This week, Fiona and guest cohost Holly Musgrave talk abou...

Content Warnings Specific content warnings/themes for ⁠⁠⁠Koriko⁠⁠⁠ include: Parental expectations and control. Loneliness, especially from moving somewhere new. Peer pressure and media harassment. Infrequent physical or emotional harm. Show Notes This week, Fiona is playing ⁠⁠⁠Koriko: A Magical Year⁠⁠⁠ - A solo journaling game with novice witches, urban exploration, and teenage drama. Written by ⁠...

Show Notes This bonus episode comes from our sibling podcast, ‘The DM's Book Club?’, a weekly book club podcast about Dungeons and Dragons and how we might include it and improve it in our roleplaying campaigns. We read the books so you don't have to! Originally released on The DM's Book Club?  on 8th April 2026. From the episode show notes: This week, Fiona and Hamilton try out some of the exerci...

Show Notes To tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona chats to game designers and podcast hosts Dillin Apelyan and James D’Amato, about their new book ‘The Ultimate RPG Villain Backstory Guide’. With its step-by-step processes, engaging prompts, and expert insights, The Ultimate RPG Villain Guide is an essential tool for game masters and RPG players s...

Content Warnings Specific content warnings/themes for ⁠⁠Koriko⁠⁠ include: Parental expectations and control. Loneliness, especially from moving somewhere new. Peer pressure and media harassment. Infrequent physical or emotional harm. Show Notes This week, Fiona is playing ⁠⁠Koriko: A Magical Year⁠⁠ - A solo journaling game with novice witches, urban exploration, and teenage drama. Written by ⁠⁠Jac...

Content Warnings Specific content warnings/themes for ⁠Koriko⁠ include: Parental expectations and control. Loneliness, especially from moving somewhere new. Peer pressure and media harassment. Infrequent physical or emotional harm. Show Notes This week, Fiona is playing ⁠Koriko: A Magical Year⁠ - A solo journaling game with novice witches, urban exploration, and teenage drama. Written by ⁠Jack Har...

Content Warnings Specific content warnings/themes for Koriko include: Parental expectations and control. Loneliness, especially from moving somewhere new. Peer pressure and media harassment. Infrequent physical or emotional harm. Show Notes This week, Fiona is playing Koriko: A Magical Year - A solo journaling game with novice witches, urban exploration, and teenage drama. Written by Jack Harrison...

Content Warnings The Zone has mature sci fi horror themes. Specific content warnings for the game include: Violence and self injury Arson Mentions of Warfare and guns Descriptions of mutations, body horror and gore Hallucinations and variations there upon. Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by Jenise, Alex and Ben from ⁠Roleplay Retcon⁠ for ⁠The Zone⁠: A Surreal Play-To-Lose Horror RPG by ⁠Raph...

Content Warnings The Zone has mature sci fi horror themes. Specific content warnings for the game include: Violence and self injury Arson Mentions of Warfare and guns Descriptions of mutations, body horror and gore Hallucinations and variations there upon. Show Notes This week, Fiona is joined by Jenise, Alex and Ben from Roleplay Retcon for The Zone: A Surreal Play-To-Lose Horror RPG by Raph D’Am...

Happy New Year and welcome to 2026! Quick annoucement to say there no new episode this week due to running out of time before the festive period! We return on Sunday 18th Jan with The Zone! Credits The ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠'What Am I Rolling?'⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast was created, recorded, and edited by Fiona Howat. The WAIR logo was created by Fiona Howat. The theme music was '8-bit march' by Twin Musicom (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠twinmusi...

Content Warnings ⁠My Late Father's Correspondence⁠ explores bittersweet family drama. Content includes grief, patriarchy, illness, colonialism, war and death. Show Notes This week, Fiona is playing '⁠⁠My Late Father's Correspondence⁠⁠': an epistolary roleplaying game of bittersweet family drama by Hayley Gordon and published by ⁠Storybrewers Roleplaying⁠. The player takes on the role of the younge...

Content Warnings My Late Father's Correspondence explores bittersweet family drama. Content includes grief, patriarchy, illness, colonialism, war and death. Show Notes This week, Fiona is playing '⁠My Late Father's Correspondence⁠': an epistolary roleplaying game of bittersweet family drama by Hayley Gordon and published by Storybrewers Roleplaying. The player takes on the role of the younger chil...

Content Warnings Alone Against The Static explores themes of grief, isolation, relationships, and heartbreak. It is recommended for mature players and listeners. Show Notes This week, Fiona is playing 'Alone Against The Static': A Call of Cthulhu modern-era scenario beyond signal range, written by B.W. Holland and published by Chaosium! Alex and Charlie believe that a secluded weekend getaway in t...

Show Notes To tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona chats to Wingshan Huntley⁠, founder of Twisted Spire and creator of Sirens’ Oath: Tides Turning: a revenge driven, eco fantasy, mermaid coven one-shot TTRPG. Sirens’ Oath blends storytelling, emotion, and memories. Players are invited to embody mermaid witches, wield hand cast miniatures as talisma...