On A Roll

Episode 403: Exploring The Gun Belt

Episode  |  June 30th, 2022  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 6 mins

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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!

Episode 402: New Players

Episode  |  May 11th, 2022  |  Season 4  |  57 mins 3 secs

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

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!

Episode 401: The Story of Grapevine

Episode  |  May 28th, 2021  |  Season 4  |  57 mins 20 secs

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

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!

Episode 330: The Hero's Journey

Episode  |  February 11th, 2021  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 11 mins

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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!

Episode 329: Memories of Gaming

Episode  |  December 4th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 11 mins

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

Episode 328: Building a Gaming Org

Episode  |  October 20th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 58 mins

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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!

Episode 327: Shooting Genre From Canons

Episode  |  October 2nd, 2020  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 12 mins

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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!

Episode 326: Good Strong Hands

Episode  |  September 25th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 12 mins

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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!

Episode 325: Find a DM on CRAWLR

Episode  |  September 10th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 1 min

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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 Clerics!

Episode 324: Ryan Asks A Question

Episode  |  September 4th, 2020  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 15 mins

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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!