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Onsite at Dragonflight [S4T8]

Onsite at Dragonflight [S4T8]

S4E14 · · 50:31

This week, we're on location at the Dragonflight GameCon in Bellevue, WA! We hear about carefully engineered dice, the unsustainability of grimdark campaigns, and orange cats that ar...

Onsite at Furlandia (Part 2) [S4T7]

Onsite at Furlandia (Part 2) [S4T7]

S4E13 · · 28:24

This week, we're back on location at the Furlandia furry convention in Portland! We hear about the virtues of being your party's straight man (in the comedy sense), PC-on-PC romance,...

Viciously Destroying the Things You're Anxious About: TTRPG Therapy with Wesley [S4E5]

Viciously Destroying the Things You're Anxious About: TTRPG Therapy with Wesley [S4E5]

S4E12 · · 55:12

In this week's episode, we chat with Wesley about the enforcement of veils and lines, the virtues of stabbing birds, and the use of TTRPGs in therapy. (Wesley's an actual literal the...

Six-Mile Hex Grids with Seventeen Locations: Exploration in OSR Games with Max [S4L1]

Six-Mile Hex Grids with Seventeen Locations: Exploration in OSR Games with Max [S4L1]

S4E11 · · 42:59

In this week's episode, we chat with Max about Seattle-appropriate doula gifts, the TTRPG version of porn brain, and the concept of exploration in TTRPGs. This season, we're experime...

Onsite at Furlandia (Part 1) [S4T6]

Onsite at Furlandia (Part 1) [S4T6]

S4E10 · · 28:33

This week, we're on location at the Furlandia furry convention in Portland! We hear about tricky metallurgy puns, the challenge of playing a character with a limited vocabulary, and ...

The Hackensack Hack 'n' Slash: Rotating GMs with Garrett and the Bucket Buddies [S4E4]

The Hackensack Hack 'n' Slash: Rotating GMs with Garrett and the Bucket Buddies [S4E4]

S4E9 · · 01:08:27

In this week's episode, we chat with Garrett about highly effective cult leaders, a curse of potential unkillability, and a table of players that rotates GMing duties (and systems!) ...

Onsite at VancouFur, Part 2 [S4T5]

Onsite at VancouFur, Part 2 [S4T5]

S4E8 · · 29:26

This week, we're back on location at the VancouFur furry convention in Vancouver! We hear about a bomb mage, a high-charisma roguelike wizard, and a monk who discovers a new way to d...

A Table Full of Chaos Monkeys: Con Games with Greg and Casey [S4E3]

A Table Full of Chaos Monkeys: Con Games with Greg and Casey [S4E3]

S4E7 · · 01:23:41

In this week's episode, Greg and Casey of Black Shield Productions share their experience running large-scale games at conventions. We hear about the flow of information between play...

Onsite at VancouFur (Part 1) [S4T4]

Onsite at VancouFur (Part 1) [S4T4]

S4E6 · · 32:31

This week, we're on location at the VancouFur furry convention in Vancouver! We hear about capitalist considerations in a fantasy world, a plucky little rat, and the cuthtroat Vancou...

Onsite at the Grand Opening of Chance Encounter Games (Part 2) [S4T3]

Onsite at the Grand Opening of Chance Encounter Games (Part 2) [S4T3]

S4E5 · · 37:55

This week, we're once again on location at the grand opening of Chance Encounter Games! We hear about a sham trial and a public execution at a LARP, very ambitious notetaking, and pl...

Tactical Immersive Experience: Miniatures Combat with Simon [S4E2]

Tactical Immersive Experience: Miniatures Combat with Simon [S4E2]

S4E4 · · 01:06:24

In this week's episode, we chat with Simon about using soda cans and pizza boxes as terrain, the shift away from miniatures in TTRPGs, and the incompatibility of the Seattle real est...

Onsite at the Grand Opening of Chance Encounter Games (Part 1) [S4T2]

Onsite at the Grand Opening of Chance Encounter Games (Part 1) [S4T2]

S4E3 · · 34:05

This week, we're on location at the grand opening of Chance Encounter Games! We hear about the economy of game publishing, the joy of playing your character like you're driving a sto...

On Location at Vulpine Taproom (Part 2) [S4T1]

On Location at Vulpine Taproom (Part 2) [S4T1]

S4E2 · · 52:44

In this week's Streetlight, we're back on location at Vulpine Taproom in Seattle asking people about their characters and campaigns! We hear about liches with day jobs, wild magic dr...

Cats That Herd Themselves: Running a Campaign across Multiple Tables with Dante [S4E1]

Cats That Herd Themselves: Running a Campaign across Multiple Tables with Dante [S4E1]

S4E1 · · 01:11:31

Welcome to Season 4 of Campaign Spotlight! This week, we chat with Dante about running eleven weekly parallel tables in the same campaign, falling in to becoming a professional GM, a...

Season 3 Finale [S3F8]

Season 3 Finale [S3F8]

S3E16 · · 20:52

In the very last Flashlight of Season 3, Jake describes Reilly's rations, Reilly shows off some sound effect finesse, and we commit to a timeline for Season 4. Spoiler alerts for eit...

Black Trenchcoats and Pink Mohawks with Ev [S3E8]

Black Trenchcoats and Pink Mohawks with Ev [S3E8]

S3E15 · · 01:09:26

In our very last interview of Season 3, we chat with Ev about spontaneous goblinization, nanite infestation, and a future Seattle that's even grimmer than the one we live in. Quite a...

On Location at Vulpine Taproom [S3F7]

On Location at Vulpine Taproom [S3F7]

S3E14 · · 50:34

In this week's Flashlight, we're at Vulpine Taproom in Seattle! We hear about the appropriate attire for a fantasy cosplay wedding, the hazards of getting emotionally invested in a g...

PC Customization with Tyler [S3E7]

PC Customization with Tyler [S3E7]

S3E13 · · 01:19:50

In this week's episode, we chat with Tyler about big beefy robots smashing into each other, character specialization and specificity, and playing with a whole party of GMs. This inte...

On Location at OrcaCon (Part 2) [S3F6]

On Location at OrcaCon (Part 2) [S3F6]

S3E12 · · 24:25

In this week's Flashlight, we're still at the OrcaCon tabletop games convention in Seattle! We see a lot of excellent wizard hats, we hear about a lot of cool projects, and Jake reve...

Professional GMing with RP [S3E6]

Professional GMing with RP [S3E6]

S3E11 · · 01:20:29

In this week's episode, we chat with RP about the expectations of the hero's journey, mysterious celebrity clients, and getting paid to DM. Spoilers for Beowulf, I think? We tank our...