This week we talk all about the Fey. What are their established tricks and how do you pull them off in your games? We'll getting into who and what they are, and where they come from.

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Ep. 234 - How to run the Fey and their tricks

It's all about prep this week. We're going to break down our own prep styles, why we use them and how we found them for ourselves. We'll give tips on how to find your style and what types of things you need to be thinking about when preping your games.

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Ep. 233 - Finding your prep style

This week, we try to breath life into the dying... no we aren't talking about the OGL, we're talking about Resurrection rules. We'll talk through the do's and don'ts for making resurrection great in your games. 

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Ep. 232 - How to Resurrect your friends

Player character death is an inevitability in any TTRPG, so how do you make it satisfying and enjoyable for your players. This week we'll talk through our own expereinces with character death and how we made it a fitting end of our party. 

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Ep. 231 - How to kill your players and have them thank you for it

2023 brings us one step close to the new itteration of Dungeons and Dragons. As we enter the final year of 5e, I sit down with Ray to talk about what we want to see, and what we expect to see, from 5e for its final year of support.

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Ep. 230 - What we want from the final year of 5e

It's that festive time of year and we're getting all reflective. On our final episode of 2022 we look back at what were the ways D&D changed for us this year and what we learned from those experiences. Grab a cup of mulled wine, a ginger bread man and enjoy the fireside chat. 
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Ep. 229 - The festive year in review and what we learned

If you've ever explored other TTRPGS and board games you've most likely found yourself thinking something along the lines of, 'wow this rule is really cool, I wonder how I could bring it into my D&D game'. We certainly have, and today we talk about how, when and if you should be pulling different rules into D&D.
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Ep. 228 - How, when and should you take rules from other TTRPG systems

Random encounters can sometimes feel just a bit too random. This week we'll talk all about what to think about and focus on to make those last minute monster appearances make sense and mean something to the overall story. 

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Ep. 227 - How to make monster appearances make sense

This week Ray joins me to dive into what I did well and what i did not so well in my last D&D Session. We'll go through a Dragon encounter with a fine tooth come to help you perfect your game changing battles.

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Ep. 226 - 5 things you need to run a great dragon encounter

This week we're talk about unfathomable creatures of great power. Incomprehensible to the mortal mind. The Great Old Ones. What/ who are they and ow do you incorporate them into your D&D Games? 

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Ep. 225 - How to run the Great Old Ones

This week we're getting into a topic that can cause issues. Conflict between player characters can be problematic, so how do you pull it off in a way that is safe, fun and makes great stories. We've done it many times so we'll get in to why we think it has worked for us and what you need to do to pull it off.

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Ep. 224 - How to run interparty conflict

How do you hide the evil mastermind right in fornt of your players? It's tricky with the risk of constant discovery, so this week we'll talk about how and when to pull of the hidden villain ark, plus how to deal with them being discovered! 

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Ep. 223 - How to hide a villain in plain sight

No Dm and every Dm fudges their dice, the trick is in the how, the why and the when. This week we'll talk all about those three points. And of course its all hypothecial... we never fudge our dice rolls... 

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Ep. 222 - When and why to fudge your dice rolls

It's one of those things that gets forgotten. You find 50,000gp in a dragon horde and just stuff it into your pockets... But how to do you make that inventory meaningful to your game without getting bodged down in mechanics? We've got you covered this week.

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Ep. 221 - How to make Inventory meanginful

This week we're talking about the small hell spawns that destroy lives - Children. James, a professional teacher and dealer of children joins us to talk about bringing the younger generation into D&D. When you're little brother wants to play what do you need to consider and think about when teaching him D&D?

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Ep. 220 - How to run D&D for kids

This week we're talking all about Hex Crawls. What are they and when do they work. We'll talk about our experiences using and playing in Hex Crawl games and what tips and tricks we have to make them work best for you.  

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Ep. 219 - How and when to run Hex Crawls

This week the show is highjacked by two hunters to talk all about what they've learned playing and running Monster of the Week, and how that has shaped their D&D Games. 

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Ep. 218 - Learning from other systems: Monster of the Week

This week we're talking about all the crimes, well two of them. How do you run prison breaks and heists in D&D. We'll talk about the motifs and tropes you should think about hitting and what and how to prepare.

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Ep. 217 - How to run prison breaks and heists

This week we're talking about how to manage game time. From what to think about during prep to how to keep your eyes open for signs that times are dragging or went by way too quickly.

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Ep. 216 - How to manage game time

Sometimes things just don't go to plan. Today we're talking about what you can do to help with the session just goes wrong. We'll dive into pre-game fixes, what to do during the session and how to work through the problem. Plus so nice after care suggestions. 
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