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Review : Fuhgeddaboudit and Badabing Badaboom

What do the phrases Fuhgeddaboudit and Badabing Badaboom bring to mind? Beyond giving my spell check a heart attack, they remind me of classic, old-school, New York mafia tropes. I immediately picture feuding families, deals made over a spaghetti dinner, and crazy shenanigans that devolve into violence. And thanks to the team at Just Insert …

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Trial of DreamChaser ep 4 – Super Chefien

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 41:03 — 37.6MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Podcast (httptherpgacademy-comfeedlive): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 41:03 — 37.6MB)Subscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS Hello and welcome to the Trial of Dreamchaser, the new RPG from  Imagining Games. The game is currently on Kickstarter and has …

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Trial of DreamChaser ep 3 – Bringing Saucy Back

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 44:01 — 40.3MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Podcast (httptherpgacademy-comfeedlive): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 44:01 — 40.3MB)Subscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS Hello and welcome to the Trial of Dreamchaser, the new RPG from  Imagining Games. The game is currently on Kickstarter and has …

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DM’ing 101 – Synergy Session w/ Brad K. LIVE

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 51:54 — 47.5MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Hello and welcome to our 3rd DM’ing 101 show. This is the audio only from our Youtube Series: DM’ing 101. This episode I was joined by Brad K. one of our IRL Faculty Members for a Synergy Session.  …

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Trial of DreamChaser ep 2 – Fear Goggles

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 47:01 — 43.0MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Podcast (httptherpgacademy-comfeedlive): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 47:01 — 43.0MB)Subscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS Hello and welcome to the Trial of Dreamchaser, the new RPG from  Imagining Games. The game is currently on Kickstarter and has …

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Trial of DreamChaser ep 1 – Character Generation

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:00 — 49.4MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Podcast (httptherpgacademy-comfeedlive): Play in new window | Download (Duration: 54:00 — 49.4MB)Subscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS Hello and welcome to the Trial of Dreamchaser, the new RPG from  Imagining Games. The game is currently on Kickstarter and has …

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Michael played King of Tokyo, with the minions!

  King of Tokyo   Today’s Family Board Game Review is of King of Tokyo, designed by Richard Garfield and published by iello. It plays 2-6 players and suggested age is eight and up. Play time is around 30 minutes.   I wasn’t supposed to play this game with the boys. I wasn’t against it, But I had placed …

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Review : The Book of the Tarrasque

Effectively using a massive, world-ending monster in a typical tabletop game can be challenging. And the Tarrasque, the granddaddy of them all, ramps that challenge up to 11. Luckily, John Arcadian and Encoded Designs has come to the rescue with a 5E supplement, The Book of the Tarrasque.   Overview This supplement is dedicated to …

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Encounter Design by ThatOneGM

Hello students. This week, new faculty member Andrew Young (@ThatOneGM aka that guy with the voices on Lawful and Orderly) brings us an article about encounter design. Enjoy.   Encounter design is perhaps one of the most important aspects of being a game master, whether you prepare ahead of time or design on the fly. …

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A review of Volo’s Guide to Monsters

Hello students. Professor Crunch here with a review of the latest official Dungeons and Dragons Fifth Edition supplement book, Volo’s Guide to Monsters. We received a review copy of this book for this purpose and gave it away as a prize at AcadeCon 2016. {Yeah dude! I spent most of AcadeCon leafing through this lovely book. …

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