The Curmudgeon steps away from hosting to talk about his forthcoming tabletop RPG, The Gun Belt! The Favorite and the Legend talk to Ashley Raburn and Ryan about alien and robot cowboys riding dinosaurs in an interstellar Wild West!

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• The Gun Belt

Carie, Jason and Ryan talk about the challenge of welcoming new players to your gaming group. They discuss the typical ways new players often behave, and how to make sure they get involved and enjoy the game! Join the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend as they explore New Players!

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In the season four premiere of On A Roll, the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend return with guest Adam Cerling. Adam created the infamous larp character database software Grapevine, used around the world for more than two decades as the standard for running World of Darkness larps. Carie, Jason and Ryan learn the story of how Grapevine came to be, and the tale of Adam's new project – an indie larp called Storywild!

Special Guest: Adam Cerling.

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Links:

• Grapevine LARP Administration Utility — Download Grapevine here!
• Storywild — Learn about Adam's new larp project Storywild and subscribe to the mailing list for more info!
• The Awfully Cheerful Engine: An RPG of Action Comedy! by Morrus — Kickstarter — Back the Kickstarter for the Awfully Cheerful Engine from Morrus!

The Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend explore the twelve steps to greater story telling. Carie, Jason and Ryan take a deep dive into the monomyth structure of The Hero's Journey!

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After an extensive sick leave, Carie, Jason and Ryan return to answer listeners' questions about our past gaming experiences!

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In this double-length episode, the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend talk about what they've learned from being administrators of national larp organizations. Carie, Jason and Ryan then build a hypothetical org for The Gun Belt!

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Josh Heath joins the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend to talk about genre and canon. Carie, Jason, Ryan and Josh try to define what they are before talking about how they're different, the importance of enforcing them, and if your game even needs them!

Special Guest: Josh Heath.

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Links:

• High Level Games - High Level Games — Find more of Josh's work at High Level Games!

Craig Campbell from NerdBurger Games came by to tell the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend about his new game, Good Strong Hands. Carie, Jason and Ryan learn about this fun new game based loosely on The Neverending Story!

Special Guest: Craig Campbell.

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Links:

• NerdBurger Games — NerdBurger Games' website!
• Good Strong Hands RPG by Craig Campbell — Kickstarter — Back Good Strong Hands on Kickstarter!

Jackie Zantow-Schwartz joins Ryan, Jason and Carie to tell the story of CRAWLR, the web-based social network she created that connects gamers with one another. It's like TindR, but for vampires, superheroes, deckers and clerics!

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Links:

• CRAWLR - Facebook — Like CRAWLR on Facebook!
• CRAWLR — Join CRAWLR on their website, here!

Jason's finished his surgery, so we're back! This week, Ryan made a list of fun questions about our experiences in gaming. With no preparation, Ryan asks Carie and Jason all sorts of things about games, players, locations, game lines and more!

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Brendan Faithfull joins us from Melbourne to talk about larp in Australia and the popularity of weekly battle larps they refer to as Nerdball. Carie, Jason and Ryan learn about his larp, Exodus, and talk about the differences and similarities of international larp philosophies!

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Links:

• Exodus Battle LARP — Here's the website for Brendan's larp!
• Exodus Battle LARP — Check out the Facebook group for Brendan's larp, Exodus!

This week, the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend take a look at where great ideas come from. Carie, Jason and Ryan discuss great sources for plots, characters and themes you can adapt for your games!

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Nerdburger Games' Craig Campbell. creator of Capers and Die Laughing, stops by to tell the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend all about Nerdburger Con Online, coming Aug. 14-16, 2020. He also tells Carie, Jason and Ryan about his upcoming game, Good Strong Hands, and how to run an online con!

Special Guest: Craig Campbell.

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Links:

• NerdBurger Games — Find out more about Craig's games and the Nerdburger Con!
• The Curse of the House of Rookwood by Nerdy Pup Games — Check out this cool little indie game that Carie just got!
• On A Roll Podcast is creating RPG Gaming Podcasts | Patreon
• Good Strong Hands RPG by Craig Campbell — Kickstarter — The Kickstarter for Good Strong Hands, coming soon.

Internationally renowned larp creator Dan Comstock joins the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend to talk about Goat Larp 2, Village of Idiots and the crazy world of larp production. Carie, Jason and Ryan also speak with him about the future of larp in a pandemic land!

Special Guest: Dan Comstock.

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Links:

• Village of Idiots – A Comedy Larp — Learn about Dan's Village of Idiots larp on their website!
• Goatlarp — Find out more about Goat Larp 2!

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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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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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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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!

Special Guest: Drew Meyer.

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Links:

• Who and Company - Home — Hang out with Drew's Dr. Who podcast friends on their Facebook page!
• Doctor Who: Who & Company — Listen to Drew on his Dr. Who podcast, Who & Company!
• Doctor Who: Who & Company — Listen to Drew on his Dr. Who podcast, Who & Company!

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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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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Links:

• Project SSA — Dan's Project SSA podcast is here!

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!

Special Guest: Josh Heath.

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Links:

• High Level Games — The official website of High Level Games... FROM CANADA! :o
• ‎Werewolf: The Podcast on Apple Podcasts — Listen to Josh Heath and Carie the Legend talk about Werewolf the Apocalypse!
• Werewolf: The Apocalypse - 5th Edition — The official website for the real Werewolf 5th Edition.

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!

Special Guest: Tim Clancy.

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Links:

• The InfoMullet — Tim's blog, The Infomullet, can be found here.
• InfoMullet.com - Home — The Infomullet on Facebook is here.
• The InfoMullet | Patreon — You can help keep the Infomullet going by becoming a patron on Patreon.

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!

Special Guests: Doug Levandowski and Jonathan Gilmour.

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Links:

• Junior Braves Survival Guide to the Apocalypse RPG — You can order Junior Braves of the Apocalypse here!
• Kids on Bikes — You can get Kids on Bikes here!
• Teens in Space — Renegade Game Studios — Want to check out Teens in Space? That's available here!
• Kids on Brooms - Powered by Kids on Bikes — Preorder Kids on Brooms here!
• Icarus — Renegade Game Studios — You can get a copy of Spenser's game, Icarus, here!
• Aunt Agatha's Attic — You can get Doug's new board game, Aunt Agatha's Attic, from Chronicle Books.

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.

Special Guest: Rob Alderman.

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Links:

• College Hill - A Podcast - Home — If you're interested in the College Hill podcast Rob is part of, you can follow their Facebook here.

Socially isolated from each other, the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend take a look at the differences in roleplaying by text versus at a larp or tabletop game. Carie, Jason and Ryan talk about what makes a good post when playing by text on Discord, chat room, MUSH or a play by post game! Also, Jason does his laundry.

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What should your next NPC sound like? The Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend dive into the things that make people speak the way they do. Are you bad at voices and accents? Ryan shares the 9 character voices anyone can do!

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Staying safe and isolated, the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend look at what gaming is like during the coronavirus outbreak. Carie, Jason and Ryan share all of the resources gamers can use, as well as the free and discounted products being offered, as we all practice socially distant roleplaying!

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Links:

• Astral Virtual Tabletop — Astral is an online platform for running tabletop RPGs.
• Roll20: Online virtual tabletop for pen and paper RPGs — Roll20 allows online playing of RPGs and some board games!
• Fantasy Grounds — Fantasy Grounds is another online tabletop RPG platform.
• Tiny Supers — This Tiny d6 rpg is now Pay What You Want during the outbreak.
• The Mud Connector | TMC Mudlist, Muds, Text-Games and Reviews — Mud Connector is a difficult to navigate, non-userfriendly place to find a MUSH to play.
• Marsilikos — Marsilikos is a Kushiel's Debut MUSH.
• AresCentral - AresMUSH — Find MUSHs running the Ares code set here.
• Coral Springs High - Coral Springs — Coral Springs is the superheroes MUSH run by Carie.
• Adventurers Not Wanted — Adventurers Not Wanted is the fantasy MUSH Carie runs.
• Zoom Video Conferencing — Zoom is a great teleconferencing suite you can use to run RPGs over.
• Pugmire Core Rulebook Phone PDF — Pugmire's core book is available for your phone for free right now.
• Teenagers from Outerspace — Another great free RPG!

Have you ever playtested a new game? The Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend talk about games they have ran playtests for, and also the playtests they've played in. Carie, Jason and Ryan deep dive into what you should know if you are running or playing a playtest in this week's episode!

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Links:

• The Gun Belt — Here's a link for information about Ryan's new game, The Gun Belt.

Gearing up with tech and bravery, the Curmudgeon, the Legend and the Favorite take on Facebook Live and hold their second "Ask Me Anything"-style show. Ryan, Carie and Jason talk about their past games, the games they want to play, why they do this podcast and everything else they get asked by our listeners.

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We talk a lot about Session Zero, so the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend decided to deep dive into just what a Session Zero is. Carie, Jason and Ryan discuss why games need Session Zero and what should happen at them!

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Love was in the air this week (blaaaaghhhh!), so the Curmudgeon and the Legend decided to talk about in character romances. Carie and Ryan dig into the topic, looking at the differences between loving at the tabletop, loving at a larp and loving in a MUSH, as well as the reasons and results of these relationships!

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Indie game developers James Davey and Jim Beverly join the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend to talk about their upcoming tabletop rpg, The Midnight World. Carie, Jason and Ryan talk with these two incredible combat veterans about their game and its unique focus on PTSD and mental health awareness!

Special Guests: James Davey and Jim Beverly.

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Links:

• The Midnight World - Home — The official Facebook page for The Midnight World rpg!
• Welcome to The Midnight World — This is the official website for The Midnight World rpg.
• The Midnight World - First Actual Play - YouTube — Check out the actual play of The Midnight World hosted by SimulacraTV.

In our first episode of season 3, the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend analyze what makes a storyteller better than just "fine." Carie, Jason and Ryan discuss how you can tell if you are a great DM, and how your players will tell you if you are!

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This week is our final episode of season 2, so the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend spend some time talking about what they are thankful for in gaming. Carie, Jason and Ryan do some Thanksgiving work and share some love before the break! Season 3 will signal our hosts' return in January 2020!

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After two seasons of trying, the Favorite and the Legend finally convince the Curmudgeon to let them talk to him about his independent roleplaying game project. Carie, Jason and Ryan spend some time this week exploring the frontier, wild west world without wheels featured in The Gun Belt!

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Links:

• The Gun Belt - Home — Keep up with news about The Gun Belt on their official Facebook page.

The Curmudgeon and the Legend have talked a lot about problem players, but this week they have a conversation about what happens when the game runner is the problem. Carie and Ryan do a deep dive into how gamers can address and prevent problem DMs! This program is presented as originally created. It may contain outdated cultural depictions.

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Links:

• Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master — Here's more information about Sly Flourish's Lazy Dungeon Master book.
• Ryan Faricelli and Carie Varner's Books and Publications Spotlight — Here's where you can get Ryan's book, On A Roll.
• Running the Game - YouTube — Matt Colville's great YouTube channel filled with DM advice.

This week, the Curmudgeon and the Legend hang out with Sarah to do a deep dive into what the heck MUSHing is. Carie, Sarah and Ryan discuss the hobby, how it works and what makes it the same and different from other kinds of roleplaying games!

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Links:

• Adventurers Not Wanted — This is the website/wiki for Carie's MUSH, Adventurer's Not Wanted.
• Atlantis | Riverdark — Here is where Mac users can find Atlantis, a MUSH client.
• MUSHclient - a 32-bit MU* client — MUSHclient can be found here, for folks on PCs.
• The Mud Connector | TMC Mudlist, Muds, Text-Games and Reviews — Mud Connector is a place to find new MUSH, MUD and MUCK games. It's a little confusing, though.
• AresMUSH - AresMUSH — Ares is one of the software programs used to actually make a MUSH. This site is a good introduction to the nuts and bolts of MUSHing.

Continuing the Ten Things lists, this week the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend talk about better characters. Carie, Jason and Ryan assemble a list of the Ten Things That Will Make Your Character Better!

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This week, the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend investigate some basic approaches to making the setting where your game takes place even better. Carie, Jason and Ryan gleen their experiences to compile a list of ten simple things anyone running a game can do right now to improve locations in their game and help everyone have more fun!

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There's a lot of talk about offensive topics in games right now, so the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend examine sexual assault, child abuse, pregnancy, miscarriage and abortion in gaming. Carie, Jason and Ryan discuss alternative stories that storytellers can run that can evoke the same kinds of emotional responses from players without creating threatening, unsafe or uncomfortable games!

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Monte Cook Games published a Consent Checklist book this week, so the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend gave it a read. Carie, Jason and Ryan discuss what's in the document, as well as their thoughts on it as a tool for gaming! They even look at some of the reactions folks are having to it.

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Links:

• Consent in Gaming - Monte Cook Games — Here is the link to the Consent in Gaming booklet published by Monte Cook Games.

With the Favorite off for the week, the Curmudgeon and the Legend examine the six gaming topics most likely to cause troll-ignited dumpster fires. Carie, not-Jason and Ryan talk blackface at larp, professional DMing, the Mercer effect and more!

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A group of scholars determined that there are eight types of fun in games. The Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend explore these "fun languages." After learning about them, Carie, Jason and Ryan examine how players and game runners can use them to make their games more fun!

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• The MDA paper — This is the original paper presented by Robin Hunicke, Marc LeBlanc and Robert Zubek detailing and defining the eight types of fun.

After hearing from a friend who played their first D&D game ever recently, the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend decided to talk about what new players should think about as they join a game. Carie, Jason and Ryan deep dive into the things new players should do to help make their first game even more fun!

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This week, the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend investigate some basic approaches to making your game better. Carie, Jason and Ryan gleen their experiences to compile a list of ten simple things anyone running a game can do right now to improve their group and help everyone have more fun!

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Maury Brown joins the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend this week to talk about the massively successful New World Magischola larp and the new Magimundi Bestiary currently on Kickstarter. Carie, Jason and Ryan talk about bisonatees, changing the world through larping, whimsical cryptids, destination larp organization and how "transmedia" doesn't really mean anything!

Special Guest: Maury Brown.

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Links:

• Magimundi Bestiary: New Monsters for 5e or Pathfinder by Inexorable Media LLC — Kickstarter — Back the Magimundi Bestiary on Kickstarter until Aug. 7, 2019.
• Learn Larp — This is Maury's company, Learn Larp, which runs New World Magischola.
• LearnLarp Online Shop — Get tickets for New World Magischola and other Learn Larp events here!

Why do people love dice? Gamers have to have all the dice they can get, so the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend spend some time with Lucia Versprille of Monstrous Incantations to talk about the little plastic buggers. In the process, Carie, Jason and Ryan learn all about the artisinal crafting and techniques of making your own dice by hand!

Special Guest: Lucia Verspille.

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Links:

• Monstrous Incantation on Twitter — Follow Monstrous Incantation on Twitter!
• Monstrous Incantation — Here is the official website and store for Monstrous Incantation dice!
• Monstrous Incantation on Instagram — Follow Monstrous Incantation on Instagram!
• Monstrous Incantation - Home — Check out Monstrous Incantation on Facebook here!
• Dice Making Discoveries — This is the Facebook group that Lucia talks about being a part of.
• WarcasterMolds Etsy Store — This is the store that Lucia purchases her molds from.

It's a round robin extravaganza this week, as the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend tackle a ton of topics in rapid succession. Carie, Jason and Ryan plow through the first On A Roll RPG Omnibus!

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• Jeff Goldblum at TwinMask Larp — Here's a user video from a gamer that played with Jeff Goldblum on July 7, 2019, at the TwinMask Larp.

The Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend tackle the difficult but important topic of ethics in gaming this week. Carie, Jason and Ryan try to figure out just what ethics are and how they affect gaming communities, as well as what gamers can do to help improve things!

Huge thank you to Dr. Andrea Phillips from Lee University for graciously contributing to our show this week through her research on ethics – used with permission.

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Inspired by something said in an interview on last week's show, the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend do a deep dive into power gaming. Carie, Jason and Ryan look at the reasons power gamers exist, how they affect your game and whether or not they are good or bad!

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The Favorite shares his experiences from Goat Larp with the Curmudgeon and the Legend. Was it everything you'd expect from a larp for goats!?! Jason also talks with attendees and the creators of Goat Larp recorded live on location in the middle of the field!

Special Guest: Dan Comstock.

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Links:

• Goatlarp Website — The website for the future of larp as we know it.
• Goat Larp Facebook Group — If you want to know more about Goat Larp, or see photos, check out their Facebook group!

Major, long-running plot arcs are the topic this week for the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend. Carie, Jason and Ryan explore the art of crafting and planning story-driven, character-driven and emotion-driven plot arcs!

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This week, the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend explore the three generally accepted ways for players to play their character. Carie, Jason and Ryan deep dive into playing to win, playing to lift and playing to lose!

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In the second of our two-part episode deep dive on the topic of advertising your role-playing game, marketing expert Jared Powers joins the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend. Jared informs Carie, Jason and Ryan on a variety of advertising topics, including Facebook ads, SEO and marketing apps for your phone.

Special Guest: Jared Powers.

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Links:

• Make Social Graphics, Short Videos, and Web Pages To Stand Out—In Minutes | Adobe Spark — Adobe's software for editing things into social media graphics.
• Word Swag App — One of the free tools for adding cool quotes and words to your posts.
• Unfold – A Toolkit For Storytellers™ — Unfold gives you frames, collages and other things for your game posts.
• InShot — Video editing tool for your promotions.
• Photofy | The easiest content creation tool for iOS and android — An app to edit your photos into masterpieces.

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!

Special Guest: Jared Powers.

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Links:

• Google Domains — This is where you can purchase a domain name for your game from Google.
• Google Search Console — Here is where you can register your web site to be searched by Google.
• Learn SEO | Free SEO Learning Center - Moz — This is the Moz search engine optimization free learning resource.
• Google Ads - Get More Customers With Easy Online Advertising — This is where you go to place Google ads!

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!

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Links:

• Atlantis Mushclient — Here is a link to Atlantis, the MUSHclient that Carie and Ryan use to access MUSH games.
• Potato MUSH Client - a MUSH/MUD/MU* Client for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X — Potato is another client used for accessing MUSH games. This one works on Windows, Linux and Macs.

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!

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Links:

• On A Roll Podcast is creating RPG Gaming Podcasts — If you'd like to help keep our show on the air, consider becoming a patron! You can get free stuff, as well as on-air shout outs!

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!

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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!

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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!

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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.

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Links:

• #Inktober2018 Postcard Set by Reel Fun Studios — Kickstarter — Carie's Kickstarter for her postcard set is found here.

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!

Special Guest: Dan Comstock.

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Links:

• #Inktober2018 Postcard Set by Reel Fun Studios — Kickstarter — Carie's running a Kickstarter to fund her awesome postcard set! Check it out and please consider backing her project!
• Goatlarp — It's weird. It's fun. It's real. Check out Dan's Goat Larp project!
• Dammerung LARP - Home — DAMMERUNG!!!!!!!! Information about Dan's mythic dark age fantasy larp can be found here.
• Pertho Productions | Dammerung Website — This is the website for Dammerung.

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!

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Links:

• (1) reelfunstudios - Twitch — Carie makes art on her Twitch channel!
• Carie Varner is creating Paintings and other art | Patreon — Carie's Patreon for folks who would like to support her artwork!
• (1) Reel Fun Studios - Home — Here's where you can follow Carie making art on Facebook!

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!

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Links:

• Snowhaven for Fifth Edition by Josh Heath — Kickstarter — Support Snowhaven on Kickstarter and get a book with Carie's art on the cover!
• The Gun Belt - Home — Check out Ryan's RPG The Gun Belt!

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!

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Links:

• Coral Springs MUSH — This is the MUSH that Carie runs that we crafted the plot for.
• The Gun Belt - Home — This is The Gun Belt, the tabletop rpg that Ryan is developing.
• Snowhaven for Fifth Edition by Josh Heath — Kickstarter — Carie was just hired to do the cover art for Snow Haven, a new setting for 5th Edition. Josh Heath was on last week to talk about Snow Haven, which is currently on Kickstarter.

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!

Special Guest: Josh Heath.

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Links:

• Snowhaven for Fifth Edition by Josh Heath — Kickstarter — The Snowhaven Kickstarter!
• High Level Games - High Level Games — High Level Games' website.
• Cyberpunk: Night City – A Cyberpunk 2020 Live Action Experience — The Cyberpunk 2020 LARP taking place in San Antonio, Texas this May.

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!

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Links:

• The Gun Belt - Home — Ryan's game, The Gun Belt, is about robot and alien cowboys riding dinosaurs in an interstellar wild west!
• Roll20: Online virtual tabletop for pen and paper RPGs and board games — Roll20 enables online D&D!
• DriveThruRPG.com - The Largest RPG Download Store! — DriveThruRPG is a great place to get PDFs of your favorite games!
• Dungeon Masters Guild - — The DMs Guild is part of DriveThruRPG where you can download adventures written by other fans!
• Amazon.com: Hasbro Stranger Things Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Starter Set: Gateway — The Stranger Things/D&D crossover set!

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!

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Links:

• Ninja Monkey Studios - Home — The Facebook page for the artist that was hired to draw Carie's MUSH character!
• NerdBurger Games — Check out Die Laughing from Craig Campbell over at NerdBurger Games!

This week, the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend take a cue from a listener and discuss the differences between running a sandbox-style game and a narrative-driven game. Carie, Jason and Ryan take a look at the pros and cons, and what they prefer!

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After attending a new local game with lots of costuming, the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend talk about the difference between engagement and immerision, and how both are achieved. Carie, Jason and Ryan work out the pros and cons of them both, and they try to figure out which is more important!

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Links:

• The Gun Belt — Learn more about the RPG that Ryan is writing. Cowboys, aliens and robots riding dinosaurs in a wild west world without wheels!
• On A Roll - Blog - The Broken Brilliance of "Get Woke, Go Broke" — Read the response Ryan wrote to the online pushback our last episode received in Facebook groups.
• reelfunstudios - Twitch — Watch Carie make art on her Twitch stream!

After a viscious thread in a Facebook group, the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend tackle the important topic of sensitivity editing in gaming. Carie, Jason and Ryan try to navigate the angry distance between the "Get Woke Go Broke" and the "Social Justice Warrior" crowds and figure out sensitivity in game design!

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• The Gun Belt — Looking for more info on the role-playing game Ryan is creating? Here's where!
• reelfunstudios - Twitch — Watch Carie make art on her Twitch channel!
• Blog - The Broken Brilliance of "Get Woke, Go Broke" — When this episode was announced, it received sadly predictable responses. The Curmudgeon responds with thoughts on how we can be a better gaming community.

It's the first episode of season two! Since it's the beginning of our new season, the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend talk about endings. Carie, Jason and Ryan explore the reasons and requirements for ending a story and the benefits and drawbacks of doing so!

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• reelfunstudios - Twitch — Watch the Legend draw on her new Twitch channel!
• The Gun Belt - Home — Learn more about the role-playing game that Ryan is developing, The Gun Belt!

After reading a heated online discussion, the Curmudgeon, the Legend and the Favorite dive into the ethics and acceptability of running role-playing games, particularly LARPs, for profit. Ryan, Carie and Jason discuss behaviors, expectations and general opinions about this surprisingly controversial topic.

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• My Unethical Existence: A Letter to Those Who Oppose Larp for Profit in the US — Tara Clapper's article we discuss that's about LARPing for profit.
• These Mean Streets - White Wolf | Storytellers Vault — Drew Steven's Storytellers Vault book "These Mean Streets."
• On A Roll Podcast is creating RPG Gaming Podcasts through Patreon — Want to help support this podcast while getting cool swag for yourself? Consider becoming an On A Roll patron on Patreon!

The Curmudgeon, the Legend and the Favorite have a sit down with Matthew Webb about his recent article about the concept of LARP as Nerdball. Ryan, Carie and Jason talk about how competitive play can be abusive and systemic. They also exploring ways we can all work to prevent those problems and build healthy gaming communities.

Special Guest: Matthew Webb.

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• Let’s Fight - In Defense of Competitive Play, Part 1 - Nordic Larp — Matthew's article about competitive play.
• Nerdball: How a LARP becomes the game no one likes to play — Matthew's article about LARP as Nerdball.
• Jackalope Live Action Studios | a Texas LARP studio — Matthew's LARP company that is running The Night in Question.
• The Night In Question | A Vampire: The Masquerade blockbuster LARP horror event - November 17, 2018 — The highly immersive Vampire: the Masquerade LARP being run by Jackalope Studios focusing on the Sabbat!
• On A Roll Podcast on Patreon — Help support this podcast and enable us to keep making great episodes for all of you to enjoy by becoming a patron on Patreon. You also get cool stuff!

What sort of things that are NOT the game helps make your game better? This week, the Curmudgeon, the Legend and the Favorite discuss snacks, locations, music, props and everything else you can add to your game night to make things great. Ryan, Carie and Jason even explore the differences in these kinds of additions for tabletop games, LARPs and MUSHs.

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• On A Roll Podcast on Patreon — If you like this podcast, consider becoming a patron! You can earn great perks and rewards while helping to keep this show on the air!

What happens to characters in between games? The Curmudgeon, the Legend and the Favorite take a look at the between games antics of characters, players and storytellers as they examine downtime actions, online or email scenes and player requests. Ryan, Carie and Jason work through the challenges and expectations of what happens between games.

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• On A Roll Podcast on Patreon — Help keep this podcast on the air by supporting it through Patreon! You can even get some cool rewards!
• Lost Colonies Larp — Lost Colonies LARP is an immersive live-action roleplaying game in the DC area that looks like it's a ton of fun!