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Sessions Canceled
Well, our session is canceled so instead sit down and listen to us discuss, debate, rant, and probably tangent away from the topic of table top role playing games. Our podcast covers everything in the hobby you could want. Mechanics, habits, etiquette, goofs, game design, introducing whole games themselves, occasionally math. Everything is on the table! Except for character sheets. Cause session got canceled. Twitter: https://twitter.com/SessionsCanceld YouTube…
Episodes
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Are Races Racist?: Ep. 93
Races, species, ancestry, heritage, lineage, origin whatever word you use the type of creature your character is has always been a staple of RPGs. Let’s take a…
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Making Boss Fights Cool: Ep. 92
Boss fights, one of the most memorable parts of any good campaign. They can be tricky to do well but man if you nail it, boy does it feel great. YouTube…
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Keeping Up Excitment in the Game Room: Ep. 91
Sometimes your games get a little samey. A little too monotonous. Nothing new and interesting going on. So how do you bring that spice back into the…
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Why Does Anyone Like Actual Plays?: Ep. 90
Mat and Isaiah talk about their backgrounds in actual play fandom with shows Critical role and Dimension 20. Join us as we learn all we can of nerds streaming…
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Apprehensions & Assumptions: Ep. 89
As Josh is pulled into the warp for another go around, it's up to Isaiah and Mat to fill the void. Join us as we brain dump our current thoughts and opinions…
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Does High Level 5E Actually Work?: Ep. 88
High level play, rarely touched but often dreamed about. Is it actually any fun once you reach it though? Well we have some experience and commentary to answer…
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Ending a Campaign, It's Hard: Ep. 87
The ending to your campaign is of course super important but executing on a good ending idea is much easier said than done. So how should you go about it? We…
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Player Agency, To Take or Not To Take: Ep. 86
You never want to take away player agency when running your game...or do you? YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ…
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The Class Handbook; Warlock: Ep. 85
It’s the last of the twelve official classes. In this episode we finish off our Class Handbook series with the mighty and much beloved Warlock. YouTube…
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D&D Trivia Night!: Ep. 84
IT’S TRIVIA NIGHT!!! Mat tests our mighty knowledge and mighty brains. Can we pass our INT checks? Maybe, maybe not. YouTube Channel…
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Hot Takes-Defend That S**t!: Ep. 83
The bad internet takes are back! Isaiah scoured the online hellscape once again but this time with a mission, we have to try and defend the bad takes and see…
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The Class Handbook; Paladin: Ep. 82
Class number twelve in the bag. It’s everyone's favorite Smite Machine, the Paladin! YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ…
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The Marvelous Misadventures of Mat | Part. 7 | FINALE: Ep. 81
IT’S THE FINALE OF MAT’S THREE YEAR CAMPAIGN! YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Twitter…
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Setting The Scene: Ep. 80
Setting the scene. The mood. The ambiance. The tone. An ever important aspect of GMing. Some people find it harder than others though. YouTube Channel…
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The Class Handbook; Ranger: Ep. 79
It’s RANGER time! We are talking about the most controversial class in D&D 5E and what we want out of it. YouTube Channel…
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The D&D 2024 Rules Refresh So Far: Ep. 78
The 2024 Rules Refresh is now eight playtests deep. How’s it looking so far? YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Twitter…
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The Class Handbook; Artificer: Ep. 77
Another class handbook in the ol’ Bag of Holding. This time round it’s the Artificer. The class no one knows how to pronounce. YouTube Channel…
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WTF Is WotC Doing With VTTs???: Ep. 76
D&D Beyond just released a new VTT. But also WotC is still working on their 3D VTT. And also all the other VTTs are really stepping up their game. What’s the…
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Handling Sensitive Subjects at the Table: Ep. 75
Sometimes things get a little heavy at the table. How you deal with dat? YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Twitter…
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The Experience of Experience Points: Ep. 74
We are doing a little bit of a revisit on Experience Points in this episode. Taking some inspiration from Baldur’s Gate 3 and other video games Josh talks…
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It's looking. Like. A SIDE QUEST!: Ep. 73
The infamous SIDE QUEST. Some hate it. Some love it. Some people don’t even think about it. There are good ways and bad ways to do it though so let’s try and…
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Burning Out: Ep. 72
GM burn out, a constant source of stress that will inevitably hit every Game Master. So how do you deal with it? What some tricks to stave it off or lessen the…
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Plotting Out THE PLOT :Ep. 71
How doth one write a beautiful story? Make a thrilling and epic tale for their table? I don’t know but we gonna throw our two cents in anyway. YouTube Channel…
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Marvelous Misadventures of Mat | Part. 6: Ep. 70
Once more into the Mat-o-verse. Mat says we are near the end of the Saga. We shall see. YouTube Channel…
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Monster Manual SMASH! or PASS!: Ep. 69
IT’S TIME FOR THE LONG AWAITED MONSTER MANUAL SMASH OR PASS! Yes, the whole Monster Manual. Well minus the random animals. YouTube Channel…
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Objective Switch Ups: Ep. 68
Sometimes you need to spice up your combats a little bit. Add a little something, something. Well why not try making a combat where the objective isn’t just to…
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Marvelous Misadventures of Mat | Part. 5: Ep. 67
We return with Mat and his crazy players reeking havoc on his sanity. YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf1ILEpdmgiEHnc6Agaz4KQ Twitter…
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Weird Ways to Confuse DMs: Ep. 66
You gotta be careful what you give your players sometimes. It could be wacky fun time magic items like the Deck of Many Things or could be a simple bag of…
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Legacy Effects: Ep. 65
The idea of passing the torch. Letting your legacy live into the next generation. How does one do this? And how does one make sure those filthy zoomers don’t…
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The Class Handbook; Druid: Ep. 64
After a decent break we finally return to our class handbook series. This time we’re hitting the Druid. A class of much contention between us. YouTube Channel…
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How to Not Jojo Your D&D: Ep. 63
You thought it was a table top episode, but it was actually a Jojo episode! WRRRRYYYYYYYYYYY! YouTube Channel…
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Present & Future Qualms: Ep. 62
Mat wanted to do another stream of ideas episode and hit on some points that have been on his mind. Mostly we complain about D&D recent business decisions…
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Particular Problems: Ep. 61
Isaiah didn’t have any particular idea for this episode and instead came at us with a bunch of different little things that have come up from his game. So…
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Combating Diagram Dilemmas: Ep. 60
Inspired by the events of a D&D session, some videos online, and video games Josh wanted to bring up some ideas about spicing up combat. Specifically getting…
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Marvelous Misadventures of Mat | Part. 4: Ep. 59
Mat comes back to us with the chaos campaign of chaos. Now it is time for the saga of Webtropolis and the funny grumpy underground elf people. YouTube Channel…
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The Horrors of TTRPGs: Ep. 58
SPOOOOOOOOOKY TIIIMMMEEE. Sam wants to talk a little horror and how it gets used in tabletop games. Types of horror, how to make the horror, managing a horror…
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PC Deaths Are Not The End: Ep. 57
Rocks fall and everyone dies. That’s the best way to get rid of PCs right? Isaiah wanted to talk a bit about player characters dying in the game and how to…
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Designing That Movie Magic: Ep. 56
After a little inspiration from the D&D movie, Josh wanted to talk about cinematic game design. What kind of thinking you should have to really add that…
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Modern Settings Require Modern Playbooks: Ep. 55
There was an attempt at talking about modern settings in RPGs. We kinda do. But also, lots of other nonsense. YouTube Channel…
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Marvelous Misadventures of Mat | Part. 3: Ep. 54
We continue forward with Mat’s campaign of chaos. This time we have fun things like Yuan-ti Jerky and Githyanki space ships. YouTube Channel…
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Nonsense of Consciousness: Ep. 53
Both Sam and Mat are missing so Josh and Isaiah just leapt into the chaos void and talk about stuff and things. YouTube Channel…
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Mountains to Valleys of Low & High Fantasy: Ep. 52
A little break from Mat’s 3 year campaign due to Mat having no internet. So instead we take a little stroll down fantasy lane. We’re talking about the…
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Marvelous Misadventures of Mat | Part. 2: Ep. 51
We continue the adventures of Mat’s party and the story of the three year campaign. This time around things get a little more West Marches. YouTube Channel…
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Marvelous Misadventures of Mat | Part. 1: Ep. 50
We are finally doing it. We are doing the retrospective and talking about Mat’s often referenced three year campaign. It’s a fun ride. YouTube Channel…
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Setting the Pace and Keeping the Beat: Ep. 49
At what speed do you move things along? When do you drop the boss fight on the players? Do you have any pacing rules you use to control the flow of things?…
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There's More Than 5E?: Ep. 48
Josh often rants and raves about people playing games other than D&D. There are lots of reasons and benefits from picking and at the very least skimming…
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"Proper" Rewards: Ep. 47
Should your game reward combat or role playing? Just one or the other? Probably both. Either way we talk about rewards and where you get them from in your…
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Villainous Traits 2: Bloodlines: Ep. 46
Mat wanted to revisit the topic of villains with Josh and Sam present this time. So we come back to the topic of villains and general baddies with two new…
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The Internet's Bad Takes: Ep. 45
We return to the world of bad takes with this episode. This time though Isaiah has scoured the internet in search of the takes to be judged before us. The…
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The Compelling Narrative: Ep. 44
Main quest vs. side quest, how do you choose? Which part of the game is more important? How to decide how much attention to give each potential storyline?…
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Waaaghing With War Games: Ep. 43
Wargaming versus Tabletop Gaming. Differences, similarities, ideas they take from each other, a little history of the hobby. We hit all that good stuff in this…
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The Class Handbook; Monk: Ep. 42
Another round of the Class Handbook. Now we are talking the punch machine themself the mighty Monk. They hit things, hit things good. But not good enough…
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Villainous Traits: Ep. 41
With Josh and Sam succumbing to The Warp again, Isaiah and Mat discuss one of the most fun aspects of gaming and running games. The bad guys! Join the crew as…
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What Is An Encounter? (A miserable pile of mechanics): Ep. 40
How doth one build an encounter? Truly the greatest question of our age and Mat wants answers! So of course he puts the question on our table. Twitter…
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Pet Peeves: Ep. 39
We’re talking pets. Doggos, cats big and small, drakes, and more. Sam brings us the topic of pets/companions and mechanics in relation to them at your table…
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Risk Vs. Reward: Ep. 38
How do you get players to do what you as GM want? How do you make the emotional and maybe even physical trauma your players go through feel worth it? How do…
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GM Story Mechanics: Ep. 37
Josh has often mentioned his frustrations with running 5E and how he feels the game often leaves the GM hanging and Isaiah has expressed confusion about this…
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The Class Handbook; Bard: Ep. 36
Another Class Handbook episode comes round the bend. For this one it’s all about the dragon fucker extraodinaire, the Bard. Twitter…
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Makin' n Breakin' Classes: Ep. 35
We return to the topic of character creation with this episode. This time though we focus a bit more on the mechanical design of character creation and how…
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Vacation Chat: Ep. 34
WE RETURN! And we are chatting about our vacation cause we felt like it. Twitter: https://twitter.com/SessionsCanceld Background music by Kevin Dubois…