On A Roll

Episode 218: Marketing Your Game part 1

Episode  |  June 2nd, 2019  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 5 mins

advertising, characters, dungeons and dragons, experience points, facebook, game design, games, geeks, larp, marketing, mush, pathfinder, podcast, recruitment, reddit, roleplaying, rpg, tabletop, twitter, world of darkness, xp

Marketing expert Jared Powers joins the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend to talk about how to market your game. Jared takes Carie, Jason and Ryan on a deep dive on the topic of advertising your role-playing game to find new players in this first of two parts!

Episode 217: Fleshing Things Out

Episode  |  May 23rd, 2019  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 2 mins

characters, dungeons and dragons, experience points, game design, games, geeks, larp, mush, pathfinder, podcast, roleplaying, rpg, tabletop, world of darkness, xp

After the basic concepts of her new game have been decided, the Favorite and the Curmudgeon help the Legend flesh out some cultural details of Adventurers Not Wanted. Carie, Jason and Ryan share the brainstorming process and insights in fleshing out a world that's been created for a game!

Episode 216: Shut Up & Listen

Episode  |  May 16th, 2019  |  Season 2  |  57 mins 54 secs

characters, dungeons and dragons, experience points, game design, games, geeks, larp, mush, pathfinder, podcast, roleplaying, rpg, tabletop, world of darkness, xp

After receiving an email with some valid concerns about Carie's treatment on the show, the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend take a look at her experience as a woman who games. Carie leads Jason and Ryan on a journey of discovery and awareness that's upsetting and insightful, demonstrating the need for us all to be better gamers!

Episode 215: Grease Monkeys

Episode  |  May 3rd, 2019  |  Season 2  |  58 mins 42 secs

characters, dungeons and dragons, experience points, game design, games, geeks, larp, mush, pathfinder, podcast, roleplaying, rpg, tabletop, world of darkness, xp

Mechanics are important, so this week, the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend spend some time examining the dice, nuts and bolts in a game and what makes them work (and not work). Carie, Jason and Ryan also discuss Ryan's theory of Collaborative Immigrants and Collaborative Natives!

Fifty Questions For Better Characters

Article  |  April 27th, 2019
By Ryan - The Curmudgeon
character, characters, dungeon master, dungeons and dragons, gaming, geeks, history, inclusion, masks, pathfinder, roleplaying games, rpg, sensitivity, storytelling, tabletop, vampire, white wolf, world of darkness

After talking about character histories, The Curmudgeon shares the list of 50 questions to help develop your character's history that was published in his book, On A Roll.

Episode 214: Making Histories

Episode  |  April 25th, 2019  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 7 mins

characters, dungeons and dragons, experience points, game design, games, geeks, larp, mush, pathfinder, podcast, roleplaying, rpg, tabletop, world of darkness, xp

This week, the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend examine the finer points of crafting a history for your characters. Carie, Jason and Ryan deep dive into methods, techniques and tropes for making your character's history something memorable and influential in your games!

Episode 213: Playing Dead

Episode  |  April 18th, 2019  |  Season 2  |  48 mins 1 sec

characters, dungeons and dragons, experience points, game design, games, geeks, larp, mush, pathfinder, podcast, roleplaying, rpg, tabletop, world of darkness, xp

Jason's off doing work stuffs, so the Curmudgeon and the Legend take on character death. Carie and Ryan examine how your character dying sucks, but also, how it can be good fo you as a player and good for your game!

Episode 212: Does (Plot) Size Matter?

Episode  |  April 11th, 2019  |  Season 2  |  58 mins 55 secs

characters, dungeons and dragons, experience points, game design, games, geeks, larp, mush, pathfinder, podcast, roleplaying, rpg, tabletop, world of darkness, xp

Running epic plots is hard! This week, Carie, Jason and Ryan talk about the challenges of huge stories and the difficulty involved in nailing good endings for giant tales.

Episode 211: Dan Comstock and The Goat Larp

Episode  |  April 3rd, 2019  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 2 mins

characters, dammerung, dungeons and dragons, experience points, festival larp, game design, games, geeks, germany, goat larp, goats, larp, mush, pathfinder, podcast, roleplaying, rpg, tabletop, world of darkness, xp

Dan Comstock shows up to talk with the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend about GOAT Larp. Carie, Jason and Ryan try to figure out how to run plots for goats while talking to Dan about the 10,000 attendee German festival larp scene and his plans for Dammerung!

Episode 41: Dakotasaurus on Math

Episode  |  April 1st, 2019  |  Season 2  |  24 mins 31 secs

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This week on the Honor Roll podcast, the Professor, the Alumnus and the Teacher's Pet sit down with Dakotasaurus to talk about study techniques and mathematics. Ryan, Carie and Jason take on a math problem dictated by Dakota and she challenges them to guess her favorite dinosaurs!

Episode 210: Rare and Unusual Characters

Episode  |  March 28th, 2019  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 6 mins

characters, dungeons and dragons, experience points, game design, games, geeks, larp, mush, pathfinder, podcast, rare, roleplaying, rpg, tabletop, unusual, world of darkness, xp

After listening to Jason's dramatic prison tale, the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend dive deep into the world of rare and unusual characters. Carie, Jason and Ryan discuss what makes a character rare and unusual and how storytellers and players should handle them in their games!

Episode 209: Burnout!

Episode  |  March 21st, 2019  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 29 secs

burnout, characters, dungeons and dragons, experience points, game design, games, geeks, larp, mush, pathfinder, podcast, roleplaying, rpg, tabletop, world of darkness, xp

What happens when you get burned out? The Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend try to figure out the signs of gaming burnout and what causes it. It's up to Carie, Jason and Ryan to come up with ways to avoid and treat player and storytelling burnout on this week's episode!

Episode 208: Plot Building

Episode  |  March 14th, 2019  |  Season 2  |  56 mins 31 secs

characters, dungeons and dragons, experience points, game design, games, geeks, larp, mush, pathfinder, plot, podcast, roleplaying, rpg, tabletop, world of darkness, xp

What does the process of plot building sound like? This week, the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend pull back the curtain on a storyteller meeting. Carie, Jason and Ryan craft a plot for a game off the cuff to demonstrate the process!

Episode 207: Josh Heath on Snowhaven

Episode  |  March 7th, 2019  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 2 mins

characters, dungeons and dragons, experience points, game design, games, geeks, high level games, larp, mush, pathfinder, podcast, roleplaying, rpg, savage worlds, snowhaven, tabletop, world of darkness, xp

Josh Heath from High Level Games joins the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend to talk about the current tabletop RPG on Kickstarter, Snowhaven. Carie, Jason and Ryan learn all about snow-punk, the process of producing an indie RPG and the fascinating world of pistol-packing yetis!

Episode 206: Live! from Con Nooga!

Episode  |  March 5th, 2019  |  Season 2  |  50 mins 21 secs

ama, characters, con nooga, connooga, dungeons and dragons, experience points, game design, games, geeks, larp, live, mush, pathfinder, podcast, roleplaying, rpg, tabletop, world of darkness, xp

Con Nooga, the multi-fandom convention in Chattanooga, Tennessee, asked the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend to help host panels and record an episode live during the con. Carie, Jason and Ryan answered questions and gave gaming advice to attendees in this week's episode!

Episode 205: Matthew, Zak and Other Pieces of Poop

Episode  |  February 20th, 2019  |  Season 2  |  1 hr 6 mins

abuse, characters, dungeons and dragons, experience points, game design, games, geeks, larp, mush, pathfinder, podcast, roleplaying, rpg, tabletop, world of darkness, xp

After an exhausting week, the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend talk about the gross monsters in the RPG industry. Carie, Jason and Ryan tackle the controversies and consider what we as gamers can and should do now!