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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 …
Jul 28
Faculty Meeting # 98 – Wish Lists & Memorable NPCs.
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:36 — 52.7MB)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 # 98 – Wish Lists & Memorable NPCs. In this episode Professor Crunch and I, along with Matt and …
Jul 19
The Trial of Reflections
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:16 — 52.4MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Hello and welcome to The Trials. Our new system play test Actual Play podcasts from The Rpg Academy. These games are from one-shots of us playing a new system and giving it a trial run. This …
Jul 14
Faculty Meeting # 97 – ENnie Moment Now
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:06:22 — 60.8MB)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 # 97 – ENnie Moment Now In this episode Professor Crunch and I discuss our ENnie nomination, ask you …
Jul 12
Vote for us – ENnie awards
Hello! Here is the direct link so you can vote for this year’s ENnie awards. Please consider us for the # 1 spot for Best Podcast and Melvin Smif’s Geekery for best website. www.Ennie-awards/vote/2016
Jun 30
Fewer skill checks, please.
Note to readers, this article was inspired by Table Topics # 68 – Setting DC’s in D&D You can listen to that episode here: www.therpgacademy.com/table-topics-episode-68-dcs-in-dnd Fewer skill checks, please. Role Playing Games, by their very nature, are an odd mixture of free-form cooperative storytelling and rigid mechanics. Everyone approaches this mix according to …
Jun 28
Faculty Meeting # 96 – Origins 2016
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 58:48 — 53.8MB)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 # 96 – Origins 2016 This episode of The RPG Academy Podcast is sponsored by Boardgametables.com and their …
Jun 20
Intro to Player Narrative Control
Note to readers, this article was inspired by Table Topics # 88 – The matrix. You can listen to that episode here: www.therpgacademy.com/table-topics/the-matrix Introduction to Player Narrative Control: The idea of Player Narrative Control is that you allow players to create details of the story that then become real in the game world. …
Jun 13
What’s in a Name?
Note to reader: This article was inspired by Dungeon Talk Episode 1 of The RPG Academy Podcast. You can listen to that full episode at : www.theRpgacademy.com/dungeon-talk-episode-1-the-beginning/ What’s in a name? Less than you might think. When I first started running games I was terrified that a player would ask me questions I couldn’t …
Jun 12
First Time at the Academy ?
Hello and welcome to The RPG Academy podcast website. If this is your first time here, we want to give you a brief tour of the Academy to help you get acclimated to the wide variety of content we provide and our extensive back catalog. Primarily, we are a podcast. We strive to hit a …
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