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Being a Game Master is hard, and often thankless work! But from goblins to zombies, from planning fantastic fights to making all your players play nice at the table, Jamal and Tanner have seen it all from both sides of the DM's screen! Each week we brew up tasty custom content for a brand new RPG world that folks are free to use, or we dive deep into the nitty gritty of getting a party from 1 to 30 with their sanity (and their friendships) intact! Come join our party, we've always got a spot at our table!

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Ranking of Kings Heel Turns

2022/03/07

Tanner and Jamal depart from their normal conversations and have a full on episode about the anime series Ranking of Kings! Join us as we break down what works and what makes this anime so good and the lessons that it imparts in our dnd games. Layers people, we are talking about layers! Jamal @ twitter.com/mapstonepark Tanner @ twitter.com/penmademightier Join us on Discord! Typewriters and Dice

Promoting Different Playstyles

2022/02/21

Tanner and Jamal talk about how to incentivize different play styles from your players. Tanner is starting up a game where combat is the last thing players want to do because they will gain levels based off of their ability to steal things. What would that game look like? Incentivizing different elements will change the flow of your game. What do you promote in your games? Jamal @ twitter.com/mapstonepark Tanner @ twitter.com/penmademightier Join us on Discord! Typewriters and Dice

House Rules Conversation I

2022/01/24

What separates your game from the vanilla version of DnD? In the spirit of starting new campaigns, Tanner and Jamal dig into discussing different house rules that promote the type of game play they enjoy! Jamal @ twitter.com/mapstonepark Tanner @ twitter.com/penmademightier Join us on Discord! Typewriters and Dice

City Building Conversation

2022/01/10

Tanner and Jamal talk about city building theories. How involved are your players in the creation of the different areas of your cities or locations? We also stumble across the idea of different locations having an affinity that works for your players vs areas that they need to earn their progression. Jamal @ twitter.com/mapstonepark Tanner @ twitter.com/penmademightier Join us on Discord! Typewriters and Dice

The Discord Trick

2021/12/27

Welcome Back! Join Tanner and Jamal as they dig into tricks and tips that help with running and playing in games that meet more infrequently. Do you have any tips that help with getting the most out of your games? Share them with us on Twitter or join our discord. Jamal @ twitter.com/mapstonepark Tanner @ twitter.com/penmademightier Join us on Discord! Typewriters and Dice

Alternate Win Conditions

2021/11/22

Tanner and Jamal discuss how to tackle alternate win conditions in their games. They discuss implementing video game mechanics and inspiration from stories. Jamal @ twitter.com/mapstonepark Tanner @ twitter.com/penmademightier Join us on Discord! Typewriters and Dice

Random Encounters Discussion with Nicholas Qualls

2021/11/08

Tanner and Jamal are joined by Nicholas Qualls as they dig into the topic of how we all go about using random encounters. Niko runs a campaign that Jamal plays in so its an opportunity to workshop a world they are already experienced with. Jamal @ twitter.com/mapstonepark Tanner @ twitter.com/penmademightier Nicholas @ twitter.com/nikoscream Join us on Discord! Typewriters and Dice

Question Grab Bag

2021/10/25

Tanner and Jamal have pulled questions and ideas that they've seen online to discuss their takes on them. Questions about personal house rules, how they do death savings throw, and how INT can be more useful. Jamal @ twitter.com/mapstonepark Tanner @ twitter.com/penmademightier Join us on Discord! Typewriters and Dice

How to Craft a Mystery

2021/10/11

Tanner and Jamal dive into how they go about crafting mysteries in their games. What pitfalls to look out for and how they straddle the line of planning for everything so that you can have very detailed notes vs crafting elements as they come up. Jamal @ twitter.com/mapstonepark Tanner @ twitter.com/penmademightier Join us on Discord! Typewriters and Dice

To Fudge or Not To Fudge

2021/09/27

Tanner and Jamal discuss fudging dice rolls and bargaining with your dice. This can be a sensitive topic depending on who you ask and we go over how we use dice rolls and how we place our faith in the dice. How do you use dice to influence your story from a DM perspective? Jamal @ twitter.com/mapstonepark Tanner @ twitter.com/penmademightier Join us on Discord! Typewriters and Dice

How To Leave a Game

2021/09/13

Not all games are for everyone. What do you do when you find yourself in a game that doesn't work for you? Sometimes the game is no longer fun for you or life gets too busy and you need to step away from the game while maintaining friendships...what's the best way to do that? Tanner and Jamal broach this topic and hopefully hit you with steps and tools that you can utilize in this situation. Jamal @ twitter.com/mapstonepark Tanner @ twitter.com/penmademightier Join us on Discord! Typewriters and Dice

Why Every Room Should Matter (Sad Sorcerer)

2021/08/30

Tanner and Jamal discuss how the details that make up a space can add to your world. Join them as they create a space in the moment that tells just as much about an NPC as any combat would. Jamal @ twitter.com/mapstonepark Tanner @ twitter.com/penmademightier Join us on Discord! Typewriters and Dice

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photokeith 2021/02/03

Fantastic world building discussions

I’m normally a strictly by-the-book DM, meaning I don’t really feel creative enough to make my own campaigns. Listening to this podcast is changing th...

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