Looking for guests with interesting home TTRPG campaigns. If you run a cool home game and you'd be up for an audio-only no-video podcast interview at our studio in Seattle, DM us. We're really hoping to showcase more home games that wouldn't otherwise get shared with the world. #ttrpg #indiettrpg

Looking for guests with interesting home TTRPG campaigns. If you run a cool home game and you'd be up for an audio-only no-video podcast interview at our studio in Seattle, DM us. We're really hoping to showcase more home games that wouldn't otherwise get shared with the world. #ttrpg #indiettrpg

The Season 4 finale came out less than a week ago but we're already looking for guests for Season 5! If you're based in Seattle, you have a cool home TTRPG campaign, and you'd like to talk about it on a podcast, then you should DM us about it. #ttrpg #indiettrpg

In this week's episode, we chat with Satah (@posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online) about the distinction between games and writing exercises, the social expectations of GMing, and a table writing 150,000 words of fanfiction about their own campaign. #ttrpg #indiettrpg #solottrpg

yay!!! really enjoyed this convo a little while back!!!!! excited to listen to hear how my opening monologue got scored 👀👀👀

In this week's episode, we chat with Satah (@posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online) about the distinction between games and writing exercises, the social expectations of GMing, and a table writing 150,000 words of fanfiction about their own campaign. #ttrpg #indiettrpg #solottrpg

Thank you again, Jake and Reilly, for having me on to talk about @gadia-official.com ! It was so good to catch up with you again one year later and report what had happened with #LegendsOfGadia since our first meeting. 🤗

This week, we're on location at OrcaCon 2026! We hear about taste mechanics, Canadian orthography, and products for the sloppy player. share.transistor.fm/s/3dd1538c

I had a nice chat with the folks at @campaignspotlight.bsky.social at OrcaCon!

This week, we're on location at OrcaCon 2026! We hear about taste mechanics, Canadian orthography, and products for the sloppy player. share.transistor.fm/s/3dd1538c

In this week's episode, we chat with Chris Pramas of @greenroninpub.bsky.social! We hear about adapting a series of novels as a TTRPG, implementing spaceship combat without writing a physics textbook, and the importance of considering what a fantasy city would smell like. #ttrpg #indiettrpg

In this week's episode, we chat with Chris Pramas of @greenroninpub.bsky.social! We hear about adapting a series of novels as a TTRPG, implementing spaceship combat without writing a physics textbook, and the importance of considering what a fantasy city would smell like. #ttrpg #indiettrpg

In this week's episode, we chat with Maia about tracking the passage of time within a campaign, how GMing changes your persective on the game, and the challenges of playing coming-of-age narratives at a table of adults. #yeld #ttrpg #indiettrpg share.transistor.fm/s/22b2699d

In this week's episode, we chat with Maia about tracking the passage of time within a campaign, how GMing changes your persective on the game, and the challenges of playing coming-of-age narratives at a table of adults. #yeld #ttrpg #indiettrpg share.transistor.fm/s/22b2699d

In this week's episode, we chat with Selius from @heartleafgames.bsky.social about building an economy where dungeon delving makes sense, the hazards of concentrating intellectual property in a single company, and the mechanics for noodle-bodied PC species. share.transistor.fm/s/f472ebf6

You guys rock! The full interview on Spotify is a fantastic listen.

This week, we're on location at the Dragonflight GameCon in Bellevue, WA! We hear about carefully engineered dice, the unsustainability of grimdark campaigns, and orange cats that are not burdened by an abundance of thought. share.transistor.fm/s/750eca69

@campaignspotlight.bsky.social chatted with us at Dragonflight a few weeks ago! Check out their podcast version of the merchant hall at the con: share.transistor.fm/s/750eca69#t...

This week, we're on location at the Dragonflight GameCon in Bellevue, WA! We hear about carefully engineered dice, the unsustainability of grimdark campaigns, and orange cats that are not burdened by an abundance of thought. share.transistor.fm/s/750eca69

This week, we're back on location at the Furlandia furry convention @furlandia.bsky.social in Portland! We hear about the virtues of being your party's straight man (in the comedy sense), PC-on-PC romance, and a party that fails to notice that you're secretly Mothman. #ttrpg #dnd #podcast

In this week's episode, we chat with Wesley about the enforcement of veils and lines, the virtues of stabbing birds, and the use of TTRPGs in therapy. share.transistor.fm/s/fa720134

In this week's episode, we chat with Wesley about the enforcement of veils and lines, the virtues of stabbing birds, and the use of TTRPGs in therapy. share.transistor.fm/s/fa720134

Taking a midseason break because Reilly's hard at work on some really ambitious episodes and Jake's hard at work on the end of their long-running home game! We'll be back to our regular schedule next week 🎙️🎲🐉⚔️🔮

In this week's episode, we chat with Max about Seattle-appropriate doula gifts, the TTRPG version of porn brain, and the concept of exploration in TTRPGs. share.transistor.fm/s/89302a10 #osr #dnd #shadowdark

In this week's episode, we chat with Max about Seattle-appropriate doula gifts, the TTRPG version of porn brain, and the concept of exploration in TTRPGs. share.transistor.fm/s/89302a10 #osr #dnd #shadowdark

Going to be wandering around @dfgamecon.bsky.social asking people about their projects

This week, we're on location at the Furlandia furry convention in Portland @furlandia.bsky.social! We hear about tricky metallurgy puns, the challenge of playing a character with a limited vocabulary, and the hazard of DMing in Florida. share.transistor.fm/s/1cc02360

This week, we're on location at the Furlandia furry convention in Portland @furlandia.bsky.social! We hear about tricky metallurgy puns, the challenge of playing a character with a limited vocabulary, and the hazard of DMing in Florida. share.transistor.fm/s/1cc02360

In this week's episode, we chat with Garrett about highly effective cult leaders, a curse of potential unkillability, and a table of players that rotates GMing duties (and systems!) for each campaign. share.transistor.fm/s/69843cff

If ya’ll want to hear what Ruckgar our short orkling king and a really cool podcast about tabletop GMing check out the link!!!

You are! Thanks for sharing your experience. It was incredibly cool to hear from multiple people from the same table.

In this week's episode, we chat with Garrett about highly effective cult leaders, a curse of potential unkillability, and a table of players that rotates GMing duties (and systems!) for each campaign. share.transistor.fm/s/69843cff

We recorded on-location and in-character at an extremely fun cyberpunk LARP yesterday. Excited for this episode to come out. We're so lucky that this show gives us an excuse to go to events like this.

We're covering a cyberpunk LARP live on location and we always want to respect the vibe of the events we cover and your cohost Jake is woefully unsupervised at the moment so decisions are being made.

This week, we're back on location at the @vancoufur.bsky.social convention in Vancouver! We hear about a bomb mage, a high-charisma roguelike wizard, and a monk who discovers a new way to defeat Strahd. share.transistor.fm/s/755ca752

Greg (@schneiderlorax.bsky.social) and Casey share their experience running large-scale games at conventions. We hear about the flow of information between players and tables, deciding whom to leave behind on a doomed planet, and the trope of a preacher with a gun. share.transistor.fm/s/689a4318

This week, we're on location at the @vancoufur.bsky.social furry convention in Vancouver! We hear about capitalist considerations in a fantasy world, a plucky little rat, and the cuthtroat Vancouver real estate industry. share.transistor.fm/s/cba2ef11

This week, we're on location at the @vancoufur.bsky.social furry convention in Vancouver! We hear about capitalist considerations in a fantasy world, a plucky little rat, and the cuthtroat Vancouver real estate industry. share.transistor.fm/s/cba2ef11

This week, we're once again on location at the grand opening of Chance Encounter Games (@chanceencounter.games)! We hear about a sham trial and a public execution at a LARP, very ambitious notetaking, and playing a nonmagical character in a very magical world. share.transistor.fm/s/71fa5027

This week, we're once again on location at the grand opening of Chance Encounter Games (@chanceencounter.games)! We hear about a sham trial and a public execution at a LARP, very ambitious notetaking, and playing a nonmagical character in a very magical world. share.transistor.fm/s/71fa5027

In this week's episode, we chat with Simon @simonberman.bsky.social about using soda cans and pizza boxes as terrain, the shift away from miniatures in TTRPGs, and the incompatibility of the Seattle real estate market with large-scale miniatures combat. share.transistor.fm/s/ad06a21a

I chatted with the fine folks at @campaignspotlight.bsky.social about a number of things that went way off the rails of our planned discussion topics but here we are...

In this week's episode, we chat with Simon @simonberman.bsky.social about using soda cans and pizza boxes as terrain, the shift away from miniatures in TTRPGs, and the incompatibility of the Seattle real estate market with large-scale miniatures combat. share.transistor.fm/s/ad06a21a

If you're listening to the show and enjoying the music and want more, go check out Reilly's Mixcloud! Extremely chill house and disco from Reilly's actual live DJ sets. www.mixcloud.com/tastefulnude/

We're taking off the week between Pride weekend and Caesar salad invention long weekend! For now, admire this absolutely inscrutable cover for Dungeon Magazine, July 2003 edition. Is this a SLAY and/or SERVE?

This week, we're on location at the grand opening of Chance Encounter Games @chanceencounter.games! We hear about the economy of game publishing, the joy of playing your character like you're driving a stolen car, and the impeccable vibes of a cast-iron portcullis. share.transistor.fm/s/b7858f3d

This week, we're on location at the grand opening of Chance Encounter Games @chanceencounter.games! We hear about the economy of game publishing, the joy of playing your character like you're driving a stolen car, and the impeccable vibes of a cast-iron portcullis. share.transistor.fm/s/b7858f3d

In this week's Streetlight, we're back on location at Vulpine Taproom in Seattle @vulpinetaproom.bsky.social asking people about their characters and campaigns! We hear about liches with day jobs, wild magic druids, and the downsides of digital dice. share.transistor.fm/s/f31cdb9e

Campaign Spotlight interviewed me about having six different gaming groups in one shared narrative. It was a grand 'ole time! Check it out over at Folded Frequencies. @campaignspotlight.bsky.social

This week, we chat with Dante about running eleven weekly parallel tables in the same campaign, falling in to becoming a professional GM, and embracing the tropes of the fetch quest. Plus, Dante has some sage advice for GMs like Jake who love spreadsheets. share.transistor.fm/s/3139afbe