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Oct 19

Field Trip to Vasiley’s Woe – episode 4

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:29 — 51.7MB)Subscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS | www.therpgacademy.com/podcasts Hello and welcome to another exciting Field Trip from The RPG Academy Podcast. This time we are heading into the land of Imperiums a campaign setting for Pathfinder and now on Kickstarter to be converted to D&D 5e. …

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Oct 17

New Pocket editions announced for Pathfinder RPG

    Paizo, Inc., publisher of the award-winning Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, announces the release of new softcover pocket editions for the two of the game’s essential rulebooks: the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook and Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary.       The Core Rulebook and Bestiary pocket editions will include the same page count and …

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Oct 06

Field Trip to Vasiley’s Woe – episode 2

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 40:11 — 36.8MB)Subscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS | www.therpgacademy.com/podcasts Hello and welcome to another exciting Field Trip from The RPG Academy Podcast. This time we are heading into the land of Imperiums a campaign setting for Pathfinder and now on Kickstarter to be converted to D&D 5e. …

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Sep 29

Field Trip to Vasiley’s Woe – episode 1

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:03:08 — 57.8MB)Subscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS | www.therpgacademy.com/podcasts Hello and welcome to another exciting Field Trip from The RPG Academy Podcast. This time we are heading into the land of Imperiums a campaign setting for Pathfinder and now on Kickstarter to be converted to D&D 5e. Vasily’s Woe …

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Sep 15

Faculty Meeting # 100 – Who Woulda Thought

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 2:22:43 — 57.2MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings – The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 100 – Who Woulda Thought. This a special episode for us. After just over 4 years of …

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Aug 25

Faculty Meeting # 99 – Armor Slippage

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:10:00 — 48.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Hello and welcome to Faculty Meetings – The general advice and discussion podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is Faculty Meeting # 99 Armor Slippage. Caleb and I tackle the idea of using a skill check in combat to weaken …

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Aug 24

Michael Played Legendary Big Trouble in Little China

    I had three games on my “to buy” list when I went to GenCon 2016. Marvel Legendary: Civil War, Legendary Encounters: Firefly and Legendary: Big Trouble in Little China. All three new installments of the Legendary Deck Builder system. So, you should know already that I really like the Legendary card games. You …

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Aug 19

Show and Tell 30: Invisible Sun

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 59:24 — 40.8MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Hello and welcome to Show & Tell the Podcasts from The Rpg Academy where we bring on guests to talk about something new and cool we want them to show us and tell us all about! (Get …

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Aug 17

GM Advice – Using the PC’s backstory

Using the PC’s backstory:   In my last article, I wrote about creating effective backgrounds for player characters. This included advice on how to write background that are not bogged down with too many details as well as a discussion about how to allow GMs to effectively use this background information in the story. Today …

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Aug 02

How to build a better backstory

Backstory: It’s quite common for a DM to ask their players to come up with the background or backstory of their new character before the start of a new game. I see questions on forums quite often where players are asking for advice on how to do this, or what to include.   I am …

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