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Roll For Topic
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GM/DM discussions on topics related to running tabletop games. Each episode is a 30-45 minute conversation about one specific topic chosen by rolling 1d10 on a table of topics. Roll for Topic's regular cohosts are Andy Rau and Chris Salzman. If you or your GM is interested in being a guest, drop us a line!

  1. 2H AGO

    Episode 184 – Play-a-Dungeon 2025: Kaiju vs. Theme Park Employees

    It’s time to play this year’s “Build-a-Dungeon”! Chris GMs a party of five intrepid amusement park employees as they try to save the fair from a rampaging kaiju. This is part of our annual tradition wherein we create an adventure collaboratively in one episode and play it in the next. For the making of this … Continue reading "Episode 184 – Play-a-Dungeon 2025: Kaiju vs. Theme Park Employees"

    1h 32m

  2. 12/18/2025

    Episode 183 – Build-a-Dungeon 2025: Kaiju vs. Theme Park Employees

    This is part 1 of our 2 part Build-A-Dungeon Play-a-Dungeon special for 2025! Chris and Andy are joined, yet again, by John Corey and Kyle Latino! In this episode we brainstorm and build out a one shot adventure that Chris will run in the following episode.

    1h 31m

  3. 12/04/2025

    Episode 182 – Stranger Things, Doom, and One Shot Systems

    Chris tries to get Andy to watch the new season of Stranger Things. Andy talks about Doom’s brilliance. Then they talk about simple systems for running one shots.

    27 min

  4. 11/20/2025

    Episode 181 – Netcrawl, Blades, and 13th Age, Oh My!

    Every TTRPG Kickstarter from the last few years seemed to fulfill this month, so Andy and Chris take an episode to go through the piles of shiny new roleplaying games they’ve acquired recently. Along the way they discuss the impact of strong authorial voices in RPG books and plot to ensnare the author of Netcrawl.

    26 min

  5. 11/06/2025

    Episode 180 – How To Be a Good Player

    Chris has found himself playing in two campaigns, so Andy and Chris talk about how he can be the best player he can be!

    29 min

  6. 10/23/2025

    Episode 179 – Daggerheart, Draw Steel, and the Post-OGL Landscape

    Chris and Andy take a break from their usual format and have an open discussion about Chris’ new Daggerheart game, and what has their attention now that a wave of post-OGL D&D-alikes are finally arriving. As a bonus, we learn about the corporate merch with which Chris bedecks himself.

    28 min

  7. 10/09/2025

    Episode 178 – Stranger Things and Aliens

    Andy and Chris talk about Stranger Things and then an issue that Andy had at the table with players and their pregen characters.

    29 min

  8. 09/25/2025

    Episode 177 – RPG Trivia from RfT Con 2025

    Every year, we host a game convention in Ann Arbor. And every year, a highlight of the con is our obscure RPG trivia contest! This is the live recording of RfT Con 2025’s trivia segment. How does your RPG trivia knowledge stack up?

    33 min
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GM/DM discussions on topics related to running tabletop games. Each episode is a 30-45 minute conversation about one specific topic chosen by rolling 1d10 on a table of topics. Roll for Topic's regular cohosts are Andy Rau and Chris Salzman. If you or your GM is interested in being a guest, drop us a line!

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  • Creator
    Roll For Topic
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2026
  • Episodes
    184
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2019-2023 Roll For Topic
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