The Encounter Table Podcast

Tabletop RPG Encounters
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Do you ever struggle to make fun and engaging encounters in your tabletop role playing games? Come join the Encounter Table where each week three friends discuss how to make great encounters, game design, and leave you with a fun encounter you could put on your table. Whether you play Dungeons and Dragons, Genesys, Pathfinder, Savage Worlds, Powered by the Apocalypse or any other RPG come join us as we figure out how to make our games better!

  1. 04/19/2023

    Playing Online

    In this Episode Ryan, Ralf, and Kade discuss some of the ways playing tabletop RPGs online can make your game better! If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us. The music for our boxed text section is Cocoon Transit by Blue dot Sessions.

  2. 03/20/2023

    Session 0

    In this Episode Ryan, Ralf and Kade talk about the importance of Session 0 and then do a session 0 for a game they will play! Also Ralf reveals his true identity as a robot, or he may have left an air purifier on near his microphone, you be the judge! The games we mention in this episode are Genesys, Kids on Bikes, Powered by The Apocalypse, Fiasco, Monster Hearts, and Ryuutama. If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us. The music for our boxed text section is Road Fellow by Blue dot Sessions.

  3. 03/10/2023

    Playing New Systems Part 2

    In this Episode Ryan, Ralf, and Kade continue their discussion on why you should play new systems! The games we mention in this episode are , Scum and Villainy, and Clean-Up Crew. If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us. The songs in our boxed text section are Jespen and Dangerous Swing by Blue dot Sessions.

  4. 02/21/2023

    Playing New Systems Part 1

    In this Episode Ryan, Ralf and Kade discuss the barriers (and more importantly how to overcome them) of getting a new system to the table and start pitching different systems. The games we mention in this episode are 7th Seas, Gensys, Savage Worlds, Wretched and Alone SRD, Mouse Guard and Call of Cthulu. If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us.

  5. 02/07/2023

    Locations

    In this episode Ryan, Ralf, and Kade talk about how to use location to inform and improve your encounters. The game we mention in this episode is Barbarians of Lemuria. If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us. The tracks for our boxed text section are Pelliu and Plain Grey by Blue dot Sessions.

  6. 01/24/2023

    The Encounter Prompts

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  7. 01/10/2023

    Holiday Special Part 2

    In this episode Ralf and Ryan make different encounter PC's may encounter during The Feast of Spirit in the town of Remembrance. The dice used in this episode are from WuDeRPG. If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us.

  8. 12/27/2022

    Holiday Special

    In this holiday special Ryan, Ralf, and Kade come up with a holiday for the town of remembrance (the town we created in Episode 12: Making a Location Feel Alive). Then we create an encounter for this holiday! The games we mention in this episode are Savage Worlds and Shadowrun. If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us. The music for our boxed text section is Capering by Blue dot Sessions.

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Do you ever struggle to make fun and engaging encounters in your tabletop role playing games? Come join the Encounter Table where each week three friends discuss how to make great encounters, game design, and leave you with a fun encounter you could put on your table. Whether you play Dungeons and Dragons, Genesys, Pathfinder, Savage Worlds, Powered by the Apocalypse or any other RPG come join us as we figure out how to make our games better!

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  • Creator
    Tabletop RPG Encounters
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Ryan Ihle 2021
  • Show Website
    The Encounter Table Podcast