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Mathew & Logan
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Taking a world of inspiration, and boiling it down to the ideas that can become Tabletop RPG content. Each episode comes with classic podcast conversation followed by a small gameplay segment.

  1. 12/10/2021

    Book Inspiration - Fizban's Treasury Of Dragons

    Welcome weary adventurers! Come on in and join Podmaster Mathew as he discusses the wonderful new(ish) book published by Wizards of the Coast for D&D. While this conversation wont be a page by page review of what can be found in the book, hopefully the parts that inspired Mathew will help inspire you.

    41 min

  2. 11/29/2021

    Solo Discussion - Tabletop Miniatures and Tangible Media

    Welcome weary adventures! Come on in and join Podmaster Mathew as he discusses the wonderful world of representative miniatures when it comes to tabletop roleplaying games. Learn all about some of the direct options meant for Dungeons and Dragons as well as some ways to extrapolate other existing miniatures to fit at your table.

    46 min

  3. 11/16/2021

    Session 13 - Animal Companions Gameplay (ft. Adam, David, Hannah and Jared)

    Welcome weary adventurers. Come on in and join Podmasters Mathew and Logan as they work with some friends to solve the dastardly disaster of an enemy far too eager to hurt the thing these players love the most: their companion creatures! This episode is a partner episode to session 12 wherein the Podmasters talked about how to incorporate and run companion animals in your tabletop games. Will our players keep their furry friends safe, or will they fall to the dubious plans of the Great Orc Shaman, Pir'Gok! Only one way to find out. Special thanks to our friends joining as Player Characters today: Adam, David, Hannah, and Jared.

    1h 7m

  4. 10/01/2021

    Session 12 - Companion Animals

    Welcome weary travelers! Come on in and join Podmasters Logan and Mathew as they discuss the wonderful world of animal companions in tabletop roleplaying games.

    43 min

  5. 09/11/2021

    Session 11 - Weaving Worlds: Magic Systems

    Welcome Weary Travelers! Come on in and join Podmasters Logan and Mathew as they discuss the wonderful world of magic that is magic systems in tabletop roleplaying games! They dip all around the multiverse discussing the tropes across media to see if theres hope yet to build a system thats just right for your table. Stick around till the end when Logan's Wizard undergoes the perilous process of inventing his own spell. Will the spell conquer his foes or leave him in ruins? Only one way to find out!

    1h 11m

  6. 09/03/2021

    Session 10 - Starting Campaigns

    Welcome weary travelers! Come on in and join Podmasters Logan and Mathew as they discus starting campaigns and kicking off adventures in this weeks episode. Logan and Mathew talk about past campaigns and experiences that have inspired their current methods of making campaigns interesting from the very first session. Stay tuned until the end where Mat starts his adventure in Logan's tavern, where only chaos survives!

    1h 11m

  7. 08/20/2021

    Session 9 - New Player Experience (ft. A New Player!)

    Welcome weary adventurers!  Come on in and join podmasters Logan and Mathew as they sit down with a brand new player, special guest Samantha Martinez, to discuss D&D in popular media and start the process of learning the game. They discuss the wonderful influence of Stranger Things and dive into a beginner's session taking place in a modified modern day setting. Stick around till the end to see if Samantha can get the hang of things while hopefully inspiring you to send this episode to someone you know who wants to learn how to play the worlds greatest roleplaying game! Big thank you to Belcampo Santa Monica for providing their media room to help us record this episode!

    1h 22m

  8. 08/13/2021

    Session 8 - Making Monsters: Monsters with Magic Items

    Welcome weary adventurers! Come on in and join Podmasters Mathew and Logan as they discuss enhancing your classic combat encounters by giving wonderful loot to the enemies. They discuss all manner of ways to implement the three main categories of items in ways that are simple and effective.  Stay till the end when Mathew (as Game Master) leads Logan (playing his trusty recurring character Ash) though a wonderful encounter into the treasure horde depths of the hobgoblin known as Turgit the Greedy! Will Ash survive? Only one way to find out!

    1h 31m
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Taking a world of inspiration, and boiling it down to the ideas that can become Tabletop RPG content. Each episode comes with classic podcast conversation followed by a small gameplay segment.

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    Mathew & Logan
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  • Episodes
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