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 & go over some basic tools to observe ourselves. Let's take some steps towards the maxim "know thyself."

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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Season 2 is coming...

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If you are in the area this weekend (June 20-23) stop by the Missoula Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention (MisCon). If you see Luke or I, make sure to say hello.

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.
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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.

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A8 Using Mechanics is up!

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?

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A7 Balancing Encounters is up!

Josh and Lucas talk about balance in encounters. What is it? Do you need it? If you do what are the best ways to balance a game? Time to think about encounters as sketches. All this and more!

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Episode A6 Player Buy-In is up!
Join Luke and Josh as they explore some ideas to improve player and game master engagement. Let's get to how we can use the players and their stories to create a world that they want to immerse themselves into.
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Episode A5 - Josh and Lucas talking about why it's so important for you to give your creative mind a break, even when you'd love to be gaming. Not only that they discuss the dreaded time management and how to find the sweet spot for you and your games.

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RPG tip from the archive: Work with the players, not against them.

#dnd #ttrpg

RPG Psych episode A4 Verisimilitude is now available for you to listen to. Josh and Lucas tackle Verisimilitude. Should our games just be abstractions? How much truth is too much truth in the fantastic? Josh and Lucas talk about the difference between feeling real and being realistic and more.

Can you believe it? A3 Radical Acceptance is available! Josh and Lucas dive into accepting the world as it is and not how we wish it to be. How do we equip ourselves as players and GMs to "roll" with it when things don't go our way?

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Notes from the editing room...

Every decision you make at the game table affects every other player at the game table in some way.

"All of my characters are optimized for shenanigans."
- Josh Pate-Terry, LCSW

Well, we are just getting started. Episodes A1 and A2 are up and you can listen to Josh and Luke babble on about session zero and safety tools. Look for us where you get your favorite podcasts and hopefully we will be there.

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