RPG Psych

RPG Psych
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A podcast exploring the intersection of metacognition and tabletop gaming.  Join educator Lucas Hutson and clinical therapist Josh Pate-Terry as they discuss tabletop role-playing games and bring some of their professional experience to help make our games better.  Let's think about how we think at our game table.

  1. 11/16/2025

    B4 Insight

    Josh and Luke take an initial look at how having insight into our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors can help us as players at the game table and go over some basic tools to stop and observe ourselves.  It's time to take some steps towards the maxim "know thyself."

    17 min

  2. 11/02/2025

    B3 Rules Lawyering (adaptively)

    Luke and Josh take a different approach to the rules lawyer.  Sit back and listen as they discuss how to utilize a strong understanding of the rules as a force for good.

    15 min

  3. 10/15/2025

    B2 Electric Boogaloo

    It's time to start chippin' in choombs, Josh and Luke discuss digital tools in our digital world and how they affect our games.  Make sure you are all chromed up as we dive into this electrifying episode of RPG Psych.

    24 min

  4. 10/02/2025

    B1 Player Driven Story

    Luke and Josh dive into the idea of player driven stories in your tabletop RPGs and making your players authors in their own stories while also doing your job for you, at least a little bit.  Tune in and hear about conspiracy boards, radically accepting your player's crazy ideas, and real stories of transitioning from being an over-preparer to someone who rolls with an emerging story.

    19 min

  5. SEASON 2 TRAILER

    Season 2 Trailer

    Season 2 of RPG Psych is coming!

    1 min

  6. 06/15/2025

    A10: Understanding your PCs Psychology Part 1: Motivations and Values

    Season 1 ends with a discussion on the motivations and values of the PCs! Get ready cause it's going to get clinical and anecdotal as Josh and Lucas dive in to this part one of PC Psychology.

    36 min

  7. 06/01/2025

    A9 You start in a cliche...

    Josh and Lucas turn on all the lights in the local pub to expose the ways you can use a cliche to benefit your players, turn it on its head or just riff on it. They also suggest ways of avoiding this well worn path.

    26 min

  8. 05/15/2025

    A8 Using Mechanics

    Lucas and Josh set the scene with mechanics. This is how we dress the stage for our players it's also our table's social contract. How many mechanics are too many though?

    24 min
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A podcast exploring the intersection of metacognition and tabletop gaming.  Join educator Lucas Hutson and clinical therapist Josh Pate-Terry as they discuss tabletop role-playing games and bring some of their professional experience to help make our games better.  Let's think about how we think at our game table.

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  • Creator
    RPG Psych
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    15
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 RPG Psych
  • Show Website
    RPG Psych