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Faculty Meeting # 57 – Looking back

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:08:07 — 54.6MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSHello and Welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcast from The RPG Academy.  This is  where we discuss topics that came up at our gaming table or yours I am Michael, and this is Faculty Meeting …

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Clancy Played Relic Runners

Grab Your Pith Helmet, It’s Relic Runners! The idea of running through ancient temples in search of treasure has been ingrained in my mind since I was a young boy. This was largely due to the Atari and Commodore 64 games I played. In video games like Pitfall and Pitfall II: Lost Caverns you were …

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Rocky Made a DnD5e XP Tool for Encounter Building

  Using the XP Tool for Encounter Building With Fifth Edition By Rocky Helton      Creating fun encounters that your players will love and remember is a challenge unto itself. If the players were enjoying the challenges you were putting before them and then all of a sudden your overpowered baddie crashes through the town …

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Campaigns: City of the Damned: Ep 4 – Leap of Faith

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 52:31 — 48.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSHello and welcome to the Campaigns, the Actual Play Podcasts from The Rpg Academy. I am Michael and this is the Campaigns:  City of the Damned Episode 4 – Leap of Faith This whole adventure, which i’m calling …

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Faculty Meeting # 56 – GenCon 2014 Wrap Up

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:19:31 — 54.6MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSHello and Welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcast from The RPG Academy.  This is  where we discuss topics that came up at our gaming table or yours I am Michael, and this is Faculty …

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Rocky played High Noon Saloon

I played High Noon Saloon at GenCon 2014.   “The last one standin’ wins, and there ain’t no prize for second.” This is what the demonstrator said to me and it’s the quote from the back of the box that made me sit down and try the fast, easy to learn, and sometimes downright hilarious …

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Michael went to GenCon 2014

  I joined my fellow gamers for our annual pilgrimage to the holy land of Indianapolis, Indiana to pay homage to our forefathers and foremothers of Gaming.  Below follows the travelogue of my adventures this year.   The Rpg Academy Pre-GenCon Extravaganza In what I hope will become an annual event, I had put out …

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Faculty Meeting # 55 – Not our Travis

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:07:27 — 54.0MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSHello and Welcome to Faculty Meetings: The general advice and discussion podcast from The RPG Academy.  This is  where we discuss topics that came up at our gaming table or yours I am Michael, and this is Faculty Meeting  # …

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Movie Days 2 – Dungeons & Dragons Wrath of the Dragon God

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:02:25 — 57.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Hello and welcome to Show & Tell the movie review podcasts from The Rpg Academy. I am Michael and this is Show and Tell episode 2: Dungeons and Dragons: Wrath of the Dragon God.  As one of …

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Campaigns: City of the Damned: Ep 3 – Frog Guts

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:10:58 — 56.9MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSSHello and welcome to the Campaigns, the Actual Play Podcasts from The Rpg Academy. I am Michael and this is the the Campaigns:  City of the Damned: Episode 3 – Frog Guts. This whole adventure, which i’m calling The …

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