Finding Atoria

Malcolm O'Stephan, Tori Selznick, Arcadia Deschane
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Three friends, each with 30+ years playing and running TTRPGs sit down weekly to tell stories about the games, community and topics surrounding the Table Top Role Playing world.  

  1. 3D AGO

    MISSING!!: Tips and Tricks for Absences at the Table

    Send us Fan Mail Welcome Back to the Table! This week Malcolm is alone in the studio for an episode dealing with absences in your TTRPG group. Everyone has dealt with and most likely been an absent player or two at the table.  What can send GMs into panic and cause disruptions in your game, doesn’t have.  We take a look at the nature of missing games, the likely and the underlying causes and give you the gamer ideas for how to handle these inevitable events at your table.  We find that as with most things in life, a little kindness and communication are key to keeping the game going when attendance isn’t 100%.  Support the show on our Patreon!   https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc/4.0/88x31.png Rise (Epic, Inspirational, Cinematic) by Artur Aravidi is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Contact Us on Our Socials: FacebookInstagramA production of WordLeaf Media Support the show https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc/4.0/88x31.png Rise (Epic, Inspirational, Cinematic) by Artur Aravidi is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Contact Us on Our Socials: FacebookInstagramA production of WordLeaf Media

    28 min
  2. Vampire: the Masquerade–A Beginner’s Guide to Clans: Exploring Ravnos & Hecata

    APR 9

    Vampire: the Masquerade–A Beginner’s Guide to Clans: Exploring Ravnos & Hecata

    Send us Fan Mail Welcome Back to the Table! This week we continue our VTM Beginner’s Guide to clans while sending healing potions to Arcadia and missing Jess at the table. That’s right, somebody didn’t read the memo and left Tori and Malcolm unsupervised on the mics.  Tori brings us the world of the Ravnos, a rare and mysterious find in modern nights.  These Kindred work outside of the social realms of other Vampires and decimated to low numbers, have been cursed with the need to move from one place to another, making feeding and survival all the more challenging to an outcasted and oft hunted clan.  Malcolm comes back from the break to dive into the Hecata Clanglomerate.  A bloodied history of betrayal and haunting power brought together this group of Necromantic beasts who operate as a familial structured organization dancing the lines of dealings in the realms of the living, Kindred and the dead.  Sit back and enjoy another wonderful episode full of tips, info, fangs and fun!    Support the show https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc/4.0/88x31.png Rise (Epic, Inspirational, Cinematic) by Artur Aravidi is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Contact Us on Our Socials: FacebookInstagramA production of WordLeaf Media

    37 min

  3. APR 2

    TTRPG Stories and Scripted Media – Game Tools for Storytelling at the Table

    Send us Fan Mail Welcome Back to the Table!  We are down one Tori for today’s discussion on telling stories.  But Arcadia, Jess and Malcolm peel back the story teller role in both sets of media.  We look at the audiences, similarities and differences in scripted media production vs the chaotic collaborative storytelling found in most TTRPG experiences.  What advantages a scripted media piece has in its message interpretation and when telling your story at a table as a GM can turn your players into unwilling cast members.  Where is the intersection, what are the risks and where we each find the balance.  Jess is able to relate stories of her current game prep as they compare to the efforts of writing a novel.  We get to the good parts of what tools are there for a GM to move story and game forward when needed and learn its not always bad to hop on the GM Express for the sake of Functional Funcilitation. ← (It’s gunna be a thing) Support the show https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc/4.0/88x31.png Rise (Epic, Inspirational, Cinematic) by Artur Aravidi is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Contact Us on Our Socials: FacebookInstagramA production of WordLeaf Media

    43 min

  4. MAR 26

    Get to Know Your Atorians – Just Chatting Around the Table

    Send us Fan Mail Welcome Back to the Table!  Tori is downing health potions and is missed today. Settle in for a fun and telling chat with Malcolm, Arcadia and Jess.  Far from the hard hitting, serious interview topics, today the group keeps it light and Funcilitates good conversation.  We discuss a little about them as GMs and Players and then jump into the people at our table with less than deep questions and hypotheticals.  We discuss what player tendencies we find challenging beyond the screen and try applying some D&D classes on ourselves.  A simple morning chat about gaming at the table, what could be better? Support the show https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc/4.0/88x31.png Rise (Epic, Inspirational, Cinematic) by Artur Aravidi is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Contact Us on Our Socials: FacebookInstagramA production of WordLeaf Media

    47 min

  5. MAR 19

    TTRPG Source Materials: Hitting the Books at the Table

    Send us Fan Mail Welcome Back to the Table!  We are letting our inner Book-Goblins out today!  Join Arcadia, Malcolm, Tori and Jess for a look at some old school tomes from our library of tomes.  Today Tori opens up with a little compare and contrast on two sources for everything from little minions to BBEGs.  The stories behind the releases and inclusions of both the Monster Manual for AD&D and subsequently, the Fiend Folio follow all the delicious twists and turns that a 1980’s TSR publishing effort offers and shows us how and why some ideas, images and even monsters do and don’t live on from version to version.  After the break Malcolm cracks up the much-discussed 1985 “Gygaxian Gift” of AD&D’s Unearthed Arcana.  A supplement as famous for its inclusions of new character classes, playable races and new magic as it was for its glaring errors, OP rules application and potential as desperate grab for cash under weight of a beleaguered company.  But damn…that Easley cover art!  Enjoy the fun as we get into our books a bit and make sure to like, subscribe and support the podcast below! Support the show https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc/4.0/88x31.png Rise (Epic, Inspirational, Cinematic) by Artur Aravidi is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Contact Us on Our Socials: FacebookInstagramA production of WordLeaf Media

    46 min

  6. MAR 12

    Discworld: Adventures In Anhk-Morpork: Narrative Satire At the Table

    Send us Fan Mail Welcome Back to the Table!  Today Arcadia, Tori, Malcolm and Jess sit down to discuss the Terry Pratchett Disc World RPG update as presented by Mordiphius Games.  What we know, what we like and a bit on what others are saying about the game.  We take some time to step in the setting, nod to the books and media that in doubt influenced the game and explore what, if any niche space the game has in a crowded Narrative Driven IP RPG market.  After a break we go further into the art and playstyle of the game and its potential to allow players satirical narrative resolution in place of dice, tables and cards.  While we all agree a table like ours might make use of the best parts of the game and world, that it is not for all tables and doesn’t stroke the brains of those character optimization, statistical complexity, group battle players.  Judge it for yourself and let us know your thoughts!  Support the show https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc/4.0/88x31.png Rise (Epic, Inspirational, Cinematic) by Artur Aravidi is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Contact Us on Our Socials: FacebookInstagramA production of WordLeaf Media

    37 min
  7. Vampire: the Masquerade–A Beginner’s Guide to Clans: Exploring Salubri & Brujah

    MAR 5

    Vampire: the Masquerade–A Beginner’s Guide to Clans: Exploring Salubri & Brujah

    Send us Fan Mail Welcome Back to the Table!  We have a full and festive studio for another dive into the World of Darkness with two more Guides to Clans for Beginners in VTM.  Tori Starts us off with the story of the Salubri, an odd duck in Vampire lore.  The Salubri were healers whose origins date back to the oldest of nights but their Empathy served to make them a target and continues to be their bane.  Many a challenge await those players who embark on the path of the Unicorn, 3rd Eye Feelers of the Kindred.  Vampires choosing lunch to become lunch…for said lunch. After the break Arcadia peels back the tropes surrounding Clan Brujah and reveals are complex, capable and dynamic clan to play at your table.  The brute thugs of modern nights don’t show us all of the intelligence, machinations and rage of this deep clan.  From playstyles to lore and more, join us for this latest episode of FA!   Support the show https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc/4.0/88x31.png Rise (Epic, Inspirational, Cinematic) by Artur Aravidi is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Contact Us on Our Socials: FacebookInstagramA production of WordLeaf Media

    46 min

  8. FEB 26

    Multi-Class Clowning – Dimensional Characters at the Table

    Send us Fan Mail Welcome Back to the Table!  You’ve really locked into a strange one this week!  We have a full studio for a conversation (that just about gets going) on Dual and Multi-Class characters, rules and impacts in D&D in contrast to other games and systems.  Tori introduces us to her Rouge (and more) who are using the rules of Multi-Classing at the table to progress the character through a specific skill tree, with an end result in mind.  Jess tell us of her Wizlock, whose path was forged through the shared story telling between player and GM.  After the break, Arcadia takes us out of the ampersand and into an exploration of how other TTRPGs address the concepts and mechanics of effective ‘Multi-Class’ game play. Comparisons are made, words like “clunky” and “upper-decker”, for some reason, are bandied about with great abandon, in the latest episode and high water mark of hilarity in the FA Studios!   Support the show https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc/4.0/88x31.png Rise (Epic, Inspirational, Cinematic) by Artur Aravidi is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Contact Us on Our Socials: FacebookInstagramA production of WordLeaf Media

    46 min
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Three friends, each with 30+ years playing and running TTRPGs sit down weekly to tell stories about the games, community and topics surrounding the Table Top Role Playing world.  

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  • Creator
    Malcolm O'Stephan, Tori Selznick, Arcadia Deschane
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    62
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Finding Atoria
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