On A Roll
The Podcast that helps you Level Up Your RPG!
We found 10 episodes of On A Roll with the tag “geeks”.
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Episode 319: NPCs
Episode | July 16th, 2020 | Season 3 | 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
Non-player characters are essential, so the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend take a look at the kinds of NPCs that are in a game. Carie, Jason and Ryan then examine the best ways to utilize them!
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Episode 318: Building South Fallenrock
Episode | July 3rd, 2020 | Season 3 | 1 hr 6 mins
characters, dungeons and dragons, experience points, game design, games, geeks, larp, mush, pathfinder, podcast, roleplaying, rpg, tabletop, the gun belt, world of darkness, xp
This week, the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend test a session zero component of Ryan's roleplaying game, The Gun Belt! Ryan leads Carie and Jason through the town-building process as they create the interstellar wild west streets of South Fallenrock!
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Episode 317: A Game's First Impression
Episode | June 25th, 2020 | Season 3 | 1 hr 9 mins
characters, dungeons and dragons, experience points, game design, games, geeks, larp, mush, pathfinder, podcast, roleplaying, rpg, tabletop, world of darkness, xp
Jason bought a new rpg, so the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend explore why. Carie, Jason and Ryan do an analysis of the things people look at when deciding if they want to buy a new roleplaying game!
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Episode 316: Running Kid-Friendly Games
Episode | June 18th, 2020 | Season 3 | 1 hr 8 mins
characters, dungeons and dragons, experience points, game design, games, geeks, kids, larp, mush, pathfinder, podcast, roleplaying, rpg, tabletop, world of darkness, xp
Librarian and gamer Drew Meyer joins the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend to talk about his experiences running RPGs for kids and teens. Carie, Jason and Ryan explore the wonders and challenges of young gamers and learn Drew's 10 Rules For Running Kid-Friendly Games!
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Episode 315: Running for New Players
Episode | June 4th, 2020 | Season 3 | 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
Jason's been running D&D for a group of brand new players, so Carie and Ryan join him to talk about what he's learned. We talk about best practices for making sure your new players have fun and come back for more!
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Episode 314: Character Acting
Episode | May 28th, 2020 | Season 3 | 1 hr 14 mins
characters, dungeons and dragons, experience points, game design, games, geeks, larp, mush, pathfinder, podcast, roleplaying, rpg, tabletop, world of darkness, xp
Lee University theater Professor Dan Buck joins the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend to talk about acting. Carie, Jason and Ryan get schooled on how to find a character and how to act it out!
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Episode 313: Imagining Werewolf 5th Edition
Episode | May 23rd, 2020 | Season 3 | 1 hr 17 mins
characters, dungeons and dragons, experience points, game design, games, geeks, hunters entertainment, larp, mush, pathfinder, podcast, roleplaying, rpg, snowhaven, tabletop, vampire, werewolf, world of darkness, xp
Josh Heath joins the Curmudgeon and the Legend to imagine and dream about Werewolf 5th Edition. Carie, Josh and Ryan brainstorm on what they would do if they were developing the new Werewolf: the Apocalypse game!
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Episode 312: Advanced COVID 19th Edition
Episode | May 14th, 2020 | Season 3 | 1 hr 13 mins
characters, covid19, dragon con, dungeons and dragons, experience points, game design, games, geeks, gencon, larp, mush, pathfinder, podcast, roleplaying, rpg, tabletop, world of darkness, xp
The pandemic is a lot to process, so Ryan and Carie sat down with gamer and research scientist Tim Clancy from the Infomullet. He puts COVID-19 into gaming terms that even the Curmudgeon and the Legend can understand, addressing the virus, the response, how it will affect conventions like Gen Con or Dragon Con and what it's like to be sick from it!
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Episode 311: Kids on Brooms on Podcasts!
Episode | May 7th, 2020 | Season 3 | 1 hr 16 mins
characters, dungeons and dragons, experience points, game design, games, geeks, larp, mush, pathfinder, podcast, roleplaying, rpg, tabletop, world of darkness, xp
The fun flies in on a broomstick this week as the Curmudgeon and the Legend are joined by the creators of the all new Kids on Brooms rpg! Jonathan Gilmour and Doug Levandowski (who created Kids on Bikes) join us with their Kids on Brooms co-creator Spenser Starke to talk about these amazing games!
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Episode 310: For Whom The Bell Tolkiens
Episode | May 1st, 2020 | Season 3 | 1 hr 8 mins
characters, dungeons and dragons, experience points, game design, games, geeks, kids on bikes, larp, mush, orcs, pathfinder, podcast, racism, roleplaying, rpg, tabletop, tolkien, world of darkness, xp
Are Orcs a racist construct from Tolkien that persists in modern day Dungeons and Dragons, or is it a lot to do about nothing? After a firestorm on Twitter, the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Jason's Replacement do a deep dive into Tolkien, orcs and racism.