23 episodes
Podcasts & Players Cool Boy Shane
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A tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) talk show hosted by animator and musician: Cool Boy Shane!
Check us out on youtube for the entire backlog (and more)!
https://www.youtube.com/c/CoolBoyShane
Podcasts & Players is a podcast that aims to entertain with stories and tips for roleplaying games like D&D, as well as to promote content creators who love playing them.
Each episode begins with a general interview about the guest, and then we segue into nerdy topics like character creation, stories from our D&D and Pathfinder games, numbers and game mechanics, tips for dungeon masters and story tellers, setting expectations, world building, running combats, our favorite classes and homebrew, and much, much more!
Guests include a variety of content creators in the TTRPG space on Youtube and beyond! Big names and small ones alike, the core factor that ties us all together is our love for rolling dice, drawing cards, and getting into character for games atop tables (and online)!
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Comparing TTRPG Systems (ft. Puffin Forest!)
Podcasts & Players is a podcast that aims to entertain with stories and tips for roleplaying games like D&D, as well as to promote content creators who love playing them. In this episode, we talk about Star Wars, time travel, rookie mistakes, chaotic players, gripes with Pathfinder, killer badgers, Ben made a GAME ON STEAM, and more! GET BALL DROP NOW: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2326450/Ball_Drop/ Ben's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@puffinforest Ben's Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/PuffinForest If you're interested in playing in a campaign DMed by me, check out the link below! https://startplaying.games/gm/coolboyshane If you'd just like to support me, you can become a patron! https://www.patreon.com/coolboyshane Theme composed by Shane Talerico and Jessica Julian.
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Rules as Written (ft. Pack Tactics!)
SPOILERS for Curse of Strahd @ 42:39!SKIP TO ➡ 51:12 In this episode, we talk about the lore of Pack Tactics, what it means to “optimize”, getting sponsorships, our beef with D&D 5e design, homebrew for our Curse of Strahd games, nerfing Eloquence Bard, One D&D, playing a character with 5 classes, how to approach the Hexblade, how to incorporate spellcasting into the story, are paid D&D games worth it, what makes a D&D game “good”, letting players be proactive instead of reactive, optimizers are your friends, and more! Kobold's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@PackTactics Kobold's Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/Pack_Tacticss Kobold's Discord: Pack Tactics#6749 If you'd like to support me, you can become a patron! https://www.patreon.com/coolboyshane Theme composed by Shane Talerico and Jessica Julian.
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Optimizing for Fun (ft. d4: D&D Deep Dives!)
In this episode, we talk about Colby’s ASMR career, what “optimizing” actually means, bladesinger stategies, Treantmonk’s infamous class guides, fun and quirky character builds, Obbliax the World Render!, the fastest character possible, a good dungeon master should help PCs feel useful, and more!
Colby's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/DDDeepDive/
Colby's Twitter https://www.twitter.com/ColbyPoulson
If you'd like to support me, you can become a patron! https://www.patreon.com/coolboyshane
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Rebalancing D&D 5e (ft. Bone Wizard!)
In this episode, we talk about 5e mechanics, call him “Bone”, dragon sorcerers, mini PEACE GUILD update, dumping Constitution as a paladin, the Owlbear - beast or monstrosity?, Bone starts s**t with the entire youtube community, editing videos and improving content, Shane just can't stop getting Bone off topic, fixing the Barkskin and Stoneskin spells, homebrew philosophy, venom vs. poison, improvising with adopted NPCs, and more!
Bone Wizard's Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp_GDqUpojSdw-WD5Gy6ylg
Bone Wizard's Twitter https://www.twitter.com/WizardBone
If you'd like to support me, you can become a patron! https://www.patreon.com/coolboyshane
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Stinky Lil' Characters (ft. Zannianator!)
In this episode, we talk about early art influences, MLP "ask blogs", Homestuck (more like HomeSUCK haha jk jk), traditional vs. digital art, art students and online posting, D&D in college, why is D&D so darn good, 5e is pretty good, the origins of Popper: the stinky middle-aged goblin man, playing different kinds of necromancers, necro-NERDS discuss ethics, changing your art style, running a one shot for the first time, adding music to your games, and more!
Zannia's Channel https://www.youtube.com/c/Zannianator
Zannia's Twitter https://www.twitter.com/zannianator
If you'd like to support me, you can become a patron!
https://www.patreon.com/coolboyshane
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Getting into Character (ft. Kendall the Human!)
In this episode, we talk about getting started with D&D, line and veil sheets in TTRPG games, honing one’s skills in acting school, director and actor relationships, joining Deer Stalker Pictures, character deaths, animal grudges, making characters for ourselves vs. filling a role in a group, creating fun flaws, and more!
SPOILER WARNING for Curse of Strahd! (10:45 - 12:35)
Deerstalker Pictures https://www.youtube.com/c/deerstalkerpictures
Kendall's Twitter https://www.twitter.com/kendallsdumb
Kendall's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kendallthehuman
If you'd like to support me, you can become a patron!
https://www.patreon.com/coolboyshane
Theme composed by Shane Talerico, original by Shane Talerico and Jessica Julian.