Episode 403: Exploring The Gun BeltThe 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

New Players

May 11th, 2022 57m 3s

Episode 402: New PlayersCarie, 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 F

The Story of Grapevine

May 28th, 2021 57m 20s

Episode 401: The Story of GrapevineIn 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 worl

The Hero's Journey

Feb 11th, 2021 1h 11m

Episode 330: The Hero's JourneyThe 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!

Memories of Gaming

Dec 4th, 2020 1h 11m

Episode 329: Memories of GamingAfter an extensive sick leave, Carie, Jason and Ryan return to answer listeners' questions about our past gaming experiences!

Building a Gaming Org

Oct 20th, 2020 1h 58m

Episode 328: Building a Gaming OrgIn 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 hypotheti

Shooting Genre From Canons

Oct 2nd, 2020 1h 12m

Episode 327: Shooting Genre From CanonsJosh 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 importan

Good Strong Hands

Sep 25th, 2020 1h 12m

Episode 326: Good Strong HandsCraig 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 Neve

Find a DM on CRAWLR

Sep 10th, 2020 1h 1m

Episode 325: Find a DM on CrawlrJackie 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, dec

Ryan Asks A Question

Sep 4th, 2020 1h 15m

Episode 324: Ryan Asks A QuestionJason'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

Australian Nerdball

Aug 21st, 2020 1h 19m

Episode 323: Australian NerdballBrendan 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 t

Great Artists Steal

Aug 13th, 2020 1h 1m

Episode 322: Great Artists StealThis 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!

Craig Campbell and Nerdburger Con Online

Aug 5th, 2020 1h 2m

Episode 321: Craig Campbell and Nerdburger Con OnlineNerdburger 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. H

Of Goats and Idiots

Jul 31st, 2020 1h 1m

Episode 320: Of Goats and IdiotsInternationally 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 als

NPCs

Jul 16th, 2020 1h 2m

Episode 319: NPCsNon-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!

Building South Fallenrock

Jul 3rd, 2020 1h 6m

Episode 318: Building South FallenrockThis week, the Favorite, the Curmudgeon and the Legend test a session zero component of Ryan's roleplaying game, The Gun Belt (http://thegunbelt.com)! Ryan leads Carie and Jason through the town-building p

A Game's First Impression

Jun 25th, 2020 1h 9m

Episode 317: A Game's First ImpressionJason 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 gam

Running Kid-Friendly Games

Jun 18th, 2020 1h 8m

Episode 316: Running Kid-Friendly GamesLibrarian 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

Running for New Players

Jun 4th, 2020 1h 2m

Episode 315: Runnning for New PlayersJason'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 fo

Character Acting

May 28th, 2020 1h 14m

Episode 314: Character ActingLee 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!

Imagining Werewolf 5th Edition

May 23rd, 2020 1h 17m

Episode 313: Imagining Werewolf 5th EditionJosh 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 Apoc

Advanced COVID 19th Edition

May 14th, 2020 1h 13m

Episode 312: Advanced COVID 19th EditionThe 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 c

Kids on Brooms on Podcasts!

May 7th, 2020 1h 16m

Episode 311: Kids on Brooms on PodcastsThe 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)

For Whom The Bell Tolkiens

May 1st, 2020 1h 8m

Episode 310: For Whom The Bell TolkiensAre 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 Re

Typing Your Roleplay

Apr 9th, 2020 58m 25s

Episode 309: Typing Your RoleplaySocially 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 make