Hello students, Professor Crunch here. Today, I am happy to bring you an article written by fan of the show Red Rabbit. You can find Red on the Academy forums. I have had the pleasure of discussing all kinds of game theory with Red and believe me, you are in for a treat with this …
Jul 04
An ENnie-Nominated Podcast
Wow! This is a humbling and exciting honor! Seeing our name listed under “Best Podcast” is simply mind-blowing. We are working our hardest to make this podcast, website, and network the best it can possibly be. Seeing this nomination means so much to us all. From the bottom of our nerdy hearts, thank you. We …
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 23
Field Trip : Cthulhu Wushu Part 2
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 47:33 — 38.1MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Hello Students! Crunch here with the conclusion of our excursion into the Wushu-powered Lovecraftian world of DISK. Devon and Matthew wrap up their assignment and a few very surprising things happen. We had so much …
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 16
Field Trip : Cthulhu Wushu Part 1
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:09:40 — 55.8MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Hello Students! Crunch here with a bonus episode while our fearless leader is away at Origins. There are actually quite a few Network members at Origins this year, so make sure you hunt them …
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 …
Jun 09
Show and Tell 29 : Mastermind’s Workshop
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:43 — 46.2MB)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 …