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Adventurers, alight! Veteran gamemaster Brennan Lee Mulligan dives deep into role-playing games, with tips for everyone from first-time players to other pros.
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Episode 1 - Creating Rounded Characters (with Lou Wilson)
Release Date: 2018-12-19Lou Wilson joins Brennan for Fantasy High secrets, first-time DM fails, and tips for scary villains.
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Episode 2 - Keeping a Game Going (with Amy Vorpahl)
Release Date: 2019-01-09Amy Vorpahl and Brennan talk antisocial orphans, nine-year campaigns, and babies that ruin games.
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Episode 3 - Raising the Stakes (with Brian Murphy)
Release Date: 2019-01-23Brian Murphy and Brennan discuss when to kill off PCs and reveal what's behind their DM screens.
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Episode 4 - Playing in a Safe Space (with Erika Ishii)
Release Date: 2019-02-06Erika Ishii and Brennan chat about honing social skills through DnD and building trust with players.
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Episode 5 - Being the Mean GM (with Noah Diamond)
Release Date: 2019-02-20Noah Diamond and Brennan dig into overpowered magical items and what to do when PCs just wanna loot.
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Episode 6 - Finishing a Campaign (with Molly Ostertag)
Release Date: 2019-03-06Molly Ostertag and Brennan get into the ethics of fudged dice rolls and why 5e is so queer-friendly.
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Episode 7 - Building Your Own Campaign Setting (with Matthew Mercer)
Release Date: 2019-03-20Matthew Mercer and Brennan get into Harry Potter's rad world building and those tricky NPC accents.
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Episode 8 - Leveling Up (with Satine Phoenix)
Release Date: 2019-04-03Satine Phoenix and Brennan chat about level splits, bending the rules, and letting your PCs fail.
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Episode 9 - What to Do With a Nat 20 (with B. Dave Walters)
Release Date: 2019-04-17B. Dave Walters and Brennan talk about making twists more twisty and manifesting character traits.
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Episode 10 - Giving Yourself Permission to Feel (with Marisha Ray)
Release Date: 2019-05-01Marisha Ray and Brennan tackle crying during gameplay and players with different ways of listening.
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Episode 11 - Playing a Cooperative Game (with Nick Marini)
Release Date: 2019-05-15Nick Marini joins Brennan to talk about making characters to fit a world and being a flexible PC.
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Episode 12 - Healing Through D&D (with Krystina Arielle)
Release Date: 2019-05-29Krystina Arielle joins Brennan to talk about playing as the nervous newbie and the experienced one.
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Episode 13 - Reunion with the Cast of Escape From the Bloodkeep (1)
Release Date: 2019-06-12Ify Nwadiwe, Amy Vorpahl, & Erika Ishii join Brennan to discuss the big moves & ships of the season.
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Episode 14 - Reunion with the Cast of Escape From the Bloodkeep (2)
Release Date: 2019-06-26Matthew Mercer, Rekha, & Trapp join Brennan to discuss all the surprises and challenges of the show.
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Episode 15 - Introducing Horror to a Game with Ivan Van Norman
Release Date: 2019-07-10Ivan Van Norman joins Brennan to discuss setting horror expectations and how to play traitorous pcs.
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Episode 16 - Finding Fun in Failure with Siobhan Thompson
Release Date: 2019-07-24Siobhan Thompson joins Brennan to generate random characters and talk about The Unsleeping City.
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Episode 17 - Killing Off Characters with Jack Covell
Release Date: 2019-08-07Jack Covell joins Brennan to talk about letting go and running campaigns without intense planning.
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Episode 18 - Storytelling As a Game Master with Peter Warren
Release Date: 2019-08-21Peter Warren joins Brennan to discuss how studying screenwriting made them better DMs, & vice versa.