Jul 26
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 40:53 — 32.7MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Hello students! Welcome to a new bonus feature on The RPG Academy, Detention! In this show, we have three featured segments: Extra Curricular Activities, Dead Campaigns, and Class Review. In this episode, I am joined by Scott …
Jul 21
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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 48:20 — 38.7MB)Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Hello and welcome to The Campaigns, the Actual Play podcasts from The Rpg Academy. This is episode 11 of our newest DnD 5E actual play podcast. Wrought Iron In this episode, the party leaves and awkward situation and …
Jul 19
Hello students, Crunch here with an article from Faculty Member Jared Smith (@TheOtherJared1) SERIES INTRO Did you ever think of a great campaign concept that you knew would make for an epic story, but never saw it come to fruition because of the fear it wouldn’t play out the way you pictured it in …
Jul 19
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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
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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 13
Hello students, Crunch here with an article from Faculty Member Ryan Porta. Fun Suggestions for Introducing the New Party Member Your gaming group has been together for over a decade. The party was cleaning out caves of kobolds and goblins while you were in grade school. In high school, saving towns and villages from …
Jun 30
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
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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
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
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 …
