Undesign Vincent Venturella & T.A. Lambert
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Join Vince & Travis for Undesign as they talk about the really important things in life, like Ability Scores, Random Tables, and Giant Robots . Take a deep dive in each episode as they cover often overlooked elements of designing, playing and running tabletop games.
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Episode 99 - Campaign Length
Join Vince and R2 as they discuss the perfect length for a campaign. What is the perfect platonic form for a campaign in terms of speed of levels and length of the campaign? So many campaigns start strong and then sputter out in just a few levels. Does anyone actually get their characters to level 18 naturally? Why is all the cool stuff something no one ever plays? All of this and less will be discussed within!
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Episode 98 - Time Tracking & Minutiae
Join Vince and R2 as they get into the nitty and the gritty. Vince and R2 are breaking down the minutiea of time keeping, ammunition tracking, and all the other little details of character’s lives that are best ignored. Or maybe we should all start tracking when our characters go to the bathroom. All of this and (hopefully) less, will be discussed within.
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Episode 97 - Distractions at the Table
We’re back! After a long Holiday break, Vince and R2 are back discussing distractions at the table. What exactly are distractions at the table? How has the modern world made gaming so much worse at the same time its made gaming so much better? How do you actually get your players to dial in and pay attention? All of this and less will be discussed within!
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Episode 96 - Campaign Prep
Join Vince & R2 as they speak about what it takes to prep for a campaign. This activitiy is full of so many pitfalls and fills GMs with dread. Some prepare too much, others prepare too little, but wht is the goldilocks zone for your campaign preperation? All of this and less will be revealed within.
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Episode 95 - Lore, What is it good for?
Join Vince and Ryan as they discuss the pesky nature of Lore and talk, well, what is it good for anyway? It’s not absolutely nothing. Ryan and Vince discuss the different types of lore and what PCs should start the game knowing and how they should go about learning more. Hope you enjoy!
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Episode 94 - Planescape
Join Vince and R2 as they sit down to discuss the wonderful, magical, weird world of Planescape. This setting is one of the all time greatest settings ever created for D&D but it has languished for many years. Between it’s incredible art, imaginative story-telling and compelling personas, they couldn’t be more excited about it’s return to D&D in the modern age.
Customer Reviews
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Great podcast. One of my favorite RPG shows. Excellent back catalogue with tons of hood advice.
Fantastic!
Vince and Travis (and now R2) really break down what is amazing, memorable and incredible about roleplaying. Undesigned truly is a unique podcast experience that makes you think about the games you love from a different perspective based on the whims of those devilish chance cubes. Absolutely recommend.
This is the RPG podcast I have been looking for!
I really love the nuts and bolts of RPG systems and design. This podcast delves into those topics in a concise and informative ways. I always end an episode with new ideas for my games and characters. Thank you so much for this excellent podcast!