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The complete podcast of Sly Flourish, the Lazy Dungeon Master. Building the better D&D dungeon master and RPG game master.

The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish mike@slyflourish.com

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    • 4.8 • 164 Ratings

The complete podcast of Sly Flourish, the Lazy Dungeon Master. Building the better D&D dungeon master and RPG game master.

    Shadowed Keep on the Borderlands Deep Dive

    Shadowed Keep on the Borderlands Deep Dive

    Mike dives deep into Shadowed Keep of the Borderlands by Raging Swan Press.
    00:00 Show Start
    01:39 What Is Shadowed Keep of the Borderlands?
    04:59 Why is it So Good?
    07:07 What Do You Get?
    10:09 Dulwich Overview and Quick References
    18:24 The Duchy of Ashlar
    22:42 The Shadowed Keep
    31:35 Appendices and Player Handouts
    33:35 My Own Shadowed Keep Campaign
    42:22 Final Recommendation: Buy It
    Links
    Visit the Sly Flourish Blog
    Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter
    Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Podcast
    Support Sly Flourish on Patreon
    Buy Sly Flourish Books: https://shop.slyflourish.com/
    Shadowed Keep on the Borderlands (affiliate link)

    • 43 min
    WOTC Survey Predictions – Lazy RPG Talk Show

    WOTC Survey Predictions – Lazy RPG Talk Show

    D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com
    Contents
    00:00 Show Start
    00:59 D&D & RPG News: Jim Ward Passes Away
    01:37 Commentary: Bob World Builder's Survey of D&D and WOTC Popularity
    12:55 D&D & RPG News: Legos and Sneakers and Hawaiian Shirts
    13:59 D&D & RPG News: Tome of Beasts 2023 on D&D Beyond
    21:45 Patreon Spotlight: The SF Patreon Q&A Database
    25:41 D&D & RPG News: Larian says No BG3 Expansions or BG4
    29:27 DM Tip: Reach and Run Awesome Campaign Endings
    45:36 Patreon Question: Too Much Comedy and Joking at our Serious D&D Game
    49:15 Patreon Question: How Much is Gold Worth? Function Economies in our D&D Games
    52:55 Patreon Question: Lazy Encounter Benchmark for Multiple Battles in a Day
    Links
    James Ward Wikipedia Page
    Bob World Builder WOTC Survey Video
    Take the Survey Here
    Tome of Beasts 1 2023
    Larian Studios Won't Make Baldur's Gate 3 DLC, Expansions, or Baldur's Gate 4
    Ending Campaigns
    The Lazy Encounter Benchmark
    Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter
    Support Sly Flourish on Patreon
    Buy Sly Flourish Books:

    • 57 min
    The Elven Orb – Shadowdark Gloaming Session 24 Lazy GM Prep

    The Elven Orb – Shadowdark Gloaming Session 24 Lazy GM Prep

    Mike prepares for his Shadowdark RPG campaign, the Gloaming!
    Shadowdark RPG Campaign Notebook available to Sly Flourish patrons
    Visit the Sly Flourish Blog
    Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter
    Support Sly Flourish on Patreon
    Buy Sly Flourish Books
    Shadowdark RPG
    Cursed Scroll 1
    Dyson Maps

    • 30 min
    Do You Love WOTC? – Lazy RPG Talk Show

    Do You Love WOTC? – Lazy RPG Talk Show

    D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com
    Video Contents
    00:00 Show Start
    01:28 D&D & RPG News: Dungeon Crawl Classics Humble Bundle
    04:35 D&D & RPG News: Worlds Without Number SRD in CC0
    07:07 D&D & RPG News: WOTC's "Do You Like Me" Survey
    16:11 D&D & RPG News: Hasbro's Chris Cocks on D&D and AI
    20:36 D&D & RPG News: WOTC Partners with StartPlaying.Games
    23:26 D&D & RPG News: Daggerheart Open Beta Available
    30:05 Sly Flourish News: Lazy DM's Companion On Sale!
    30:47 Patreon Spotlight: Dungeon Chambers
    36:44 DM Tip: Challenging High-Level Characters
    55:28 Patreon Question: Getting Players to Speak Up During (Online) Games
    58:01 Patreon Question: Staying Excited about Long Campaigns
    Links
    Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter
    Support Sly Flourish on Patreon
    Buy Sly Flourish Books
    Lazy DM's Companion on sale for 50% off!
    Huge DCC Humble Bundle
    Worlds Without Number SRD CC0
    Hasbro on AI for D&D
    Penny Arcade on Hasbro
    WOTC Partners with Startplaying.games
    Daggerheart Playtest Released
    Collected Experiences Running D&D 5e Boss Fights
    Call on Individual Players During Online D&D Games
    Ginny Di on Online Game Etiquette

    • 1 hr
    Thoughts on Obsidian for RPG Prep

    Thoughts on Obsidian for RPG Prep

    Mike explores using https://obsidian.md/ for tabletop RPG prep.
    Episode Contents
    00:00 - Show Start
    01:18 - Why Obsidian?
    02:40 - Choose the Tool You Dig
    04:19 - What Is Obsidian
    05:11 - Check the Resource Links in the Show Notes
    07:17 - The Fun and Dangers of Dorking With Our Systems
    11:28 - Why Obsidian Again?
    13:10 - On Markdown
    20:10 - On Synching Notes
    24:30 - Keeping Things Simple
    35:18 - Limiting Hyperlinking
    36:03 - The Lazy GM Campaign Template for Obsidian
    41:38 - The Danger of Plugin Proprietary Notes
    45:32 - Espanso for Text Autofilling
    49:40 - Printing Notes to PDF with Automator, Shell Scripting, Pandoc, and Latex...
    52:32 - Final Thoughts
    Links
    Visit the Sly Flourish Blog
    Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter
    Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Podcast
    Support Sly Flourish on Patreon
    Buy Sly Flourish Books
    Getting Started with Obsidian for D&D – PhD20
    Nicole van der Hoeven's D&D and Obsidian YouTube Playlist
    Nicole's RPG Obsidian Notes
    D&D-tagged notes
    Non-Lazy DMs use Obsidian for D&D
    Obsidian for Tabletop Roleplaying Games (collection)
    Obsidian TTRPG Tutorials
    Espanso

    • 54 min
    Take Critical Notes During the Game – Lazy RPG Talk Show

    Take Critical Notes During the Game – Lazy RPG Talk Show

    D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com
    Contents
    00:00 Show Start
    01:06 Sly Flourish News: Last Week's Sly Flourish RPG Newsletter
    03:42 Kickstarter Spotlight: Planestrider
    09:52 Kickstarter Spotlight: Surviving Strangehollow
    12:02 Sly Flourish News: Lazy DM's Companion On Sale 50% Off
    13:59 D&D & RPG News: NASA Releases a 5e Adventure
    16:04 D&D & RPG News: Chaosium RPG Design Contest
    21:58 DM Tip: Taking Notes During and After the Game
    36:43 Patreon Question: Running City of Arches as an Open Table Game
    41:18 Patreon Question: Villainous Plans and the Three of Five Keys Model
    48:21 Patreon Question: Introducing New Players to RPGs
    51:18 Patreon Question: Secrets and Lore as Character Knowledge
    54:22 Patreon Question: Secrets and Clues in Dark Sun
    Links
    Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter
    Support Sly Flourish on Patreon
    Buy Sly Flourish Books:
    Last weeks Lazy RPG News Letter
    Planestriders Kickstarter
    Surviving Strangehollow
    NASAs RPG adventure
    Chaosium Basic Roleplaying Design Challenge
    Three of Five Keys
    Revealing Secrets

    • 58 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
164 Ratings

164 Ratings

LyonPryde13 ,

Best RPG Podcast

Mike Shea offers a variety of amazing content - his published works on DMing, his excellent articles, his terrific YouTube channel, and his podcast series on prepping for games. He is positive, constructive, and mostly objective when reporting on news and other RPG subject matter. I highly recommend consuming all of his products and offerings, including his Patreon. Great value.

iamnotaspy1000 ,

Thank you!

👍

Chumplestilskin ,

Truly a help to present and future GMs

I have listened to many podcasts over the last few years that were focused on helping people become better Dungeon Masters. While I enjoy those as well, the Lazy RPG Podcast is truly a finely tuned GM building machine where one benefits from the vast knowledge and creativity of Mike Shea (host). The podcast gives solid advice and tricks on spending less time prepping for your games and yet also ideas to add to the quality of your presentation to your players. This allows more time for the fun part of coming up with cool ideas or spending more time on other imporant things in life without your RPG game taking any back seats. Not only that, he sounds like he generally enjoys doing it. A show well worth your time to listen to and is my absolute favorite podcast!

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