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Running the Table

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On this episode of Running The Table, we address how to safely introduce some realistic variations and oddities around coins and currency in your TTRPG games! This is the most recent in our World Building and Setting discussion topics, with mor
Welcome back to Running The Table, a podcast all about running and playing Table Top Roleplaying Games!This episode, we discuss the different levels of setting building and mapping - from Continent to City, the adventures you play in will ne
Today on Running The Table, we discuss some aspects of World Building in Dungeons and Dragons. Specifically, a brief overview and then a detailed discussion of Pantheons, Gods, and Religions! How do you incorporate a religious aspect into a wor
What does it mean to be a Dungeon Master for Dungeons and Dragons? In this episode, the first of our new format, I discuss a bit about the roles expected of a DM in D&D, what they each mean, and a little bit of the support provided to you by th
The first episode of the new year brings you... an announcement! Please listen to this short blurb on some background on upcoming changes to the format of Running The Table. Next week we will begin following this new format and focus on a discu
With the release of Cyberpunk 2077, whatever your opinions on the game, you may be having an itch for more cyberpunk to play. If you are, have we got some recommendations for you! This episode we'll go over some table top games with cyberpunk s
In this episode of Running The Table, we have a story for you! That's right, once again on this podcast for TTRPGs, we will be reading through and discussing a story. This time, it's all about the Monk Who Thought He Could - And Couldn't. I hop
Welcome back to Running The Table, a podcast all about running and playing table top roleplaying games! This episode we follow up on the stories we read through in episode 34, and address downtime rules themselves. We look at three games: Monst
Welcome back to Running The Table! On this episode of your favourite TTRPG Advice Podcast we read through two stories that hinge on downtime activities. Either downtime changed the story, or made an entirely new one in unpredicted ways. Downtim
This episode is all about the how of creativity and walking that fine line between innovation and meta-gaming! We tackle it based on some of the stories from last episode, and from both the player and game runner / storyteller sides. If you enj
Episode 32 is here for Running The Table! Today we discuss something very important in Table Top RPGs through three different stories: Setting The Tone. Each of these stories includes some variations in why players and game-runners (GMs, DMs, S
Welcome back to Running The Table, a podcast about running - and playing - table top roleplaying games! In this episode I discuss some thoughts around travelling in various games, and the rules that have been outlined for it. Do you prefer to s
On Episode 30 of Running The Table, we're going to be reading through and discussing one of my all-time favorite D&D stories: The All Barbarian party! This story of hilarity and heroism may be well known, but it can still teach us a lot about r
Hello and welcome to Running The Table, a TTRPG discussion podcast! This episode we're experimenting a little bit - I have received a few requests to discuss some of the basic rules of some games and how to effectively leverage them. In light o
Welcome back to Running The Table, a podcast all about running your Table Top Role Playing Games!This episode we go into greater detail discussing the stories we spoke of, and how the players within both had mismatched expectations of the ga
This episode, we read through a couple of recently popular stories about player issues - namely when player expectations of the game, the dungeon master or game master, or their other players just don't mesh with the rest of the group. Next epi
In this episode we dive a little deeper into Player - and Character - Agency. Just what is Agency, and what does it mean to preserve or take it away from our players? How can we avoid taking away agency?Please send any questions, comments, o
Welcome back! Today we'll be reading through the RPG Horror Story "Good Soldiers Follow Orders" from a recent post on reddit, and taking a look at some of the major glaring errors and how you can avoid them.If you have questions, other comme
This episode our guest Tyler, from Miss-Rolled Adventures, joins us for some discussion of what it takes to get and keep players at the table, how to help them tell a story with you, and more.Follow us on Twitter: @RunningTheTableMiss-Rolled
In this episode, we go back over the story we read through in episode 22 and point out where some of the major issues were. What could the DM have done differently? And how can you avoid the same mistakes?Follow us on twitter! @RunningTheTab
Welcome back to Running The Table! On this episode, we're going to be reading through a horror story posted online. Next week, we will be discussing the story and looking at how you can avoid similar pitfalls as a GM and Player in Table Top Rol
Today is Episode 21, first of our new Friday release schedule, with our very special guest Luke from Have a Go Heroes! This episode we have some great discussion on some common social issues, as well as plot hooks and player engagement. For mor
Hello everyone! On this episode of Running The Table I have a little topic that's somewhat personal. We've talked a lot about communication in this podcast, and I wanted to speak a little more on how important it and Empathy are, especially wit
Welcome back to Running The Table! This week we have a special guest, my good friend Connor - the current Keeper for Experience and Gold's season 1.5. Come learn more about Connor, Experience And Gold, and get your questions answered, including
This episode we revisit Telling Your Story! We'll discuss two more easy to grasp storytelling approaches in TTRPGs, and cover some more than that about interweaving them. If you haven't, now's a great time to listen to Episode 16, and give us a
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