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Third Action

Third Action

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We're a Pathfinder Second Edition actual-play podcast going through Paizo's classic adventure paths, converted over to the new edition! Season 1 - Rise of the Runelords (complete!) Season 2 - Curse of the Crimson Throne (ongoing)
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Playtest Podcast

Playtest Podcast

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This is Playtest. A podcast where the host Dane Kubicka interviews Indie studios about their video games currently in development and also their history with games and how they got where they are now.
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Join our young Poets of Lacuna as they weather a royal clash between Hope and Fear--and fight to save a land born of both. A love letter to the brand new Daggerheart TTRPG system by Darrington Press. (By/for fans of Actual Play who love drama and gaming in equal measure.) STARRING Jay Ben Markson as Lemma Katie McLean Hainsworth as Evelyn David Skeist as OrLeon Carmela Smith as Ginny and Asteria the Hag as Game Master Produced by Asteria (aka Liz Thaler) and Carmela Smith Sound Editor Carmel ...
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Play/Test

Chris Foster

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Play/Test is one part Actual Play Podcast, one part Interview Show, one part shameless promotional material for the tabletop role-playing games I make. Each week you'll hear actual playtests, edited for your consumption, of Hard-Space Hustle, a low-glamour sci-fi action game!
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A TTRPG actual play podcast that takes games that aren't quite finished cooking and goes ahead and dips our hands right in the gooey middle. We risk the tummy ache and playtest a variety of games, and then about how it went, only occasionally getting sidetracked with pop-culture discussions. Hosted by Andrew Barton with reoccurring players Hayden Belue, Erek Majkrzak, Carter Majkrzak, Kayla Story and More! New episodes every Tuesdays! Cover art by Carter Majkrzak
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Let the gods quake at the sounds of your whispered plans. Let them lose sleep in their skyscrapers and citadels. Their end looms, a neon Fimbulwinter rising from those they pushed down. Ragnarok is coming, and it's you. Join Tracy Barnett, Alex Flanigan, Bee Zelda, and Jeff Stormer as they playtest the first season of Iron Edda Reforged! See the system develop from inception to final as the neighborhood of Puppet Strings rises up to take down Tyr!
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Wandering Monster

John Baltisberger

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America’s Test Table! Each week a rotating cast of GMs, players, and creatives come to the table to playtest new and indie TTRPGs. We go through the mechanics, the world, and mostly just stress-test our GMs patience!
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PlayQuest

PlayQuest

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We're PlayQuest! A group of friends that loves to playtest table-top RPGs and tell a story along the way! Come along with us as we play D&D, Cypher, Tenra Bansho Zero, and other TTRPGs, discuss the rules, and try not to let our characters die as we test the limits the games and our imaginations.
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Fun Problems

AJ Brandon and Peter C. Hayward

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Board game design is a deep and often challenging pursuit. We explore all aspects of game design and the fun problems (and solutions) that come with it.
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Head to Table

Thom Rawson and Tom Snowden

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Head to Table is the comedy podcast where each week two friends design a brand new, short form tabletop RPG and then playtest it. Join us as we create ill-advised mechanics, vastly oversimplify the complicated, and foil our own best laid plans. Head to Table is Thom Rawson and Tom Snowden. Check us out on Twitter at @headtotable or at headtotable.com.
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Sword of Symphonies

Peach Garden Games

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Cozy roleplaying in a haunted post-apocalypse. Join Cobb, Tissa, and Penelope as they travel the pastoral continent of Amylte and try to help the world heal from the mistakes of its war-torn past. Sword of Symphonies is the award-winning Actual Playtest of Heroic Chord, led by designer Cat McDonald and played by their excellent friends.
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Adventures in Lollygagging

Adventures in Lollygagging

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Adventures in Lollygagging is a group of silly folks who create, record, and live-stream content for several tabletop roleplaying games. We focus on character-driven stories, bad decisions, and a fair bit of absurdity.
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As “The Epic Story Podcast,” we pride ourselves in producing content with one focus: sharing “Timeless Tales and Eternal Truths.” With an innovative and fun Rating System, you’ll know what you’re getting into long before an episode drops, so your family can discuss the content presented. Follow our current campaign as the party quests across the continent of Malbonara—a playtest of a table-top roleplaying game currently in dev! Like what you hear? Become a subscriber! Show your monthly suppo ...
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Spout Lore

Spout Lore Studios

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A series of comedy bits, loosely connected by dice rolls. Join a well-meaning barbarian, a mysterious druid, and an orphaned halfling child as they try to figure out the world they're in.
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Candid conversations with veterans of all aspects of the business side of games. We firmly believe that great games from all developers need the support they deserve to succeed. This podcast exists to provide that support. IndieGameBusiness® is produced by The Powell Group, a video game consulting firm specializing in business development, marketing, and licensing. Our CEO has been in the industry for 20 years and closed countless publishing and licensing deals. The Powell Group monitors ove ...
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Talk Tennis

Michelle Heidbrink, Tennis Warehouse

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Created for the tennis enthusiast & players of all ages and levels! Get a peek behind the scenes from WTA & ATP pros, industry experts, the physics behind tennis & gear guides! You‘ll stay up to date & well versed in all things tennis and learn more than you can imagine about gear (think: racquets, shoes, strings and MORE)! Powered by Tennis Warehouse.
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A podcast presentation of our groups actual-play role playing sessions. We play in a variety of genres and systems, both long campaigns and one-shot adventures. Our cast of players come from all over the globe and we introduce new voices from our audience as they wish to play.
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Design Doc

Hannah Shaffer and Evan Rowland

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Come along with Hannah and Evan in a living documentation of the game design process, from the first spark of an idea, to every disastrous surprise. It’s not an instruction manual, but a travel guide, with lots of unexpected stops along the way.
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In Think Like a Game Designer, award-winning designer and Stone Blade Entertainment CEO Justin Gary speaks with world-class game designers and creative experts from various industries. Each episode deconstructs the creative process, offering insights into the art of game design and the broader cultural, technological, and business influences shaping a myriad of creative mediums. Join us for actionable advice and unique perspectives that will enrich your understanding of what it means to be c ...
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Crit Academy is a Dungeons and Dragons talk show. Our goal is to deliver guidance and inspiration to both players and game masters. Each week we have a round-table-style discussion about the world's greatest roleplaying game. Topics covered include D&D news, official released content, playtest material, third-party content, publishing, homebrew, and so much more. In addition to our main topic, each week we have our unearthed tips and tricks segment where we provide a monster variant, encount ...
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Wait, Roll That Again!

Wait, Roll That Again!

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This is Wait, Roll That Again! A Tabletop RPG Design Podcast hosted by Alex, from Aotearoa New Zealand! Alex designed his first game, and chronicled that story in the show's first two seasons. Now, every episode covers the behind-the-scenes story of a different tabletop RPG. https://waitrollthatagain.carrd.co/
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World of Wyldrvir

Robert Montelongo

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Welcome to Wyldrvir! A Podcast set in an all new TTRPG system that is fully free to play at home! Made by a team of young adults come watch this world bloom and the adventures begin!
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Brain to Board

Andrew Nathenson

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Welcome to Brain to Board, a podcast about how one crazy man designs a game from scratch, and takes you along for the ride. We'll explore the design process and publishing process, and any other things that come up along the way. Episodes are released every other Saturday. Music by TeknoAXE
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Roll For Intent - Creator's Corner

Roman Neville Productions

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Join Trevor Payne, GM and Show Runner for the Roll for Intent podcast and Christian Cheney, 30 year veteran of TTRPGs and the mind behind Beast Foundry as the review content, talk to creators of all stripes, and discuss the state of Pathfinder 2nd Edition.
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An exploration of interactive entertainment in Oklahoma. We will talk a lot about larp, escape rooms, haunted houses and other immersive events around the state. There will likely be a lot of Dystopia Rising content, as we are heavily involved in that community. If you’ve got an immersive event going on in Oklahoma, let us know!
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Design Games

Nathan Paoletta & Will Hindmarch

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We are Nathan Paoletta and Will Hindmarch. We design games. On the Design Games podcast, we talk from our different backgrounds about designing games from ideation to publication, focusing on analog experiences like tabletop RPGs. Listen in as we find out what we know and think about games. We don't always agree and it's awesome.
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Playtesting doesn’t need to be expensive or overwhelming. This talk shares a simple process any small team can use to run regular 1 on 1 playtesting sessions. Learn how to find testers outside your immediate circle, prepare stable builds, guide productive sessions, and turn feedback into meaningful improvements. You’ll leave with clear, repeatable …
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The party heads beneath the mountain, searching for missing lumber workers. This is an actual-play of the BLACK COMPANY RPG Playtest, a tabletop roleplaying game created by Arc Dream Publishing, based on the fiction of Glen Cook. The Black Company RPG - https://theblackcompanyrpg.com/ - Cast - Redeye. Drunk Ex-Scholar. Played by Long Big Dog. Incom…
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As the year draws to a close we talk about New Year's resolutions. Hannah makes them every year, Evan does not. Hannah shares her elaborate system for setting goals of masteries, experiences, and skills. And together, we consider Turtlebun's upcoming year. Links: Join the Turtlebun Discord: https://discord.gg/XD4WVDjvbz⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support our work on Patr…
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00:49 – Show open, holiday greetings, and massive live server sound-off 06:29 – Festivus, Diwali, Yule, and “everyone is included” holiday chaos 09:55 – Return of Stupid News and podcast throwback energy 10:40 – Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and pop-culture headlines 12:40 – Cruise culture jokes, Disney controversy, and odd news reactions 15:32 –…
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Kierra and Oxley try to make their new relationship work, despite the pressures of the Christmas season. Andy consults Kierra for gender advice, and D.G. struggles to protect her daughter while staying ahead of the law. 🎶 Turn it inside out so I can see The part of you that's drifting over me 🎶 CREDITS: Morgan Taylor as Kierra Arugula Tyberius Wils…
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The morning brings many surprises in the Queen of Harrows' palace: breakfast, gifts, hexes, childhood friends...and a voyage into the forbidden. The second half of Season 1's penultimate session! It is a twisting trail indeed that leads our young Poets to their goal--a trail that may know their goals better than they do. STARRING Jay Ben Markson as…
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🎁 Hi Spout Lorians 🎁! The Holiday Merch Drop is HERE and we just launched our brand new merch store at ⁠spoutlore.store⁠! 🎄✨ We've got LIMITED EDITION art prints from Jessica featuring iconic moments from Spout Lore history 🖼️—beautiful giclée prints on thick, velvety fine art paper (the good stuff). Only 50 of each! Plus a brand new, never-before-…
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In this episode of IndieGameBusiness, we’re joined by Nate Purkeypile, solo indie developer at Just Purkey Games. Nate shares what it’s really like to leave the AAA world and build games completely on your own. We’ll talk about why he shifted from major studios to solo development, why he chose not to start a small company, and how he stays on trac…
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Patrick and Will head to Donovan's warehouse, while Marie and Carmelita try to break Monte Jr. out of the hospital. This is an actual-play of ETERNAL LIES, a tabletop roleplaying campaign from Pelgrane Press, and using the CALL OF CTHULHU system from Chaosium. Find us online at https://www.thelollygaggers.com/ - Cast - Carmelita Buñuel. Investigati…
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Brendan Byrne, News Director at Central Florida Public Media and host of Are We There Yet?, to present the 2025 Off-Nominees: the most bizarre space news stories of the year. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 222 - Way to Gaureau (Presenting the 2025 Off-Nominees with Brendan Byrne) - YouTube The Off-Nominal Awards…
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Hosts Peter C. Hayward and AJ Brandon discuss how to give useful game-design feedback by matching your advice to the designer’s experience. They cover empathy, asking what feedback is wanted, sandwiching critiques, and focusing on tools and experience to help designers improve. Discord: https://discord.gg/BjerXtQ3Me Email: funproblemspodcast@gmail.…
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Most developer-publisher relationships don’t turn sour because of money; they suffer from miscommunication, misaligned expectations, or ignored crises. In this talk, we break down your responsibilities as a developer, what to do when things go really wrong, and how to tell if your publisher producer isn’t doing their job. Packed with practical advi…
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About Vlaada Vlaada Chvátil is one of the most influential game designers of the modern era. As the creative force behind classics like Through the Ages, Codenames, and Galaxy Trucker, and a co-founder of Czech Games Edition (CGE), he’s built a career defined by curiosity, craft, and an uncompromising commitment to making games he actually wants to…
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I run x2line, a lean studio with 50M+ downloads across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android (including TV form factors), and the web. I’m the only full-time developer. I manage production, ship updates, and coordinate long-term art and animation contractors instead of an in-house team. I’ll cover: how to scope version 1 vs later updates, how to get usable as…
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Keak races out of Yswieg, and the group tries to cover her departure. This is an actual-play of LEGEND IN THE MIST, a tabletop roleplaying game from SON OF OAK GAME STUDIO. Find us online at https://www.thelollygaggers.com/ - CAST - Snaggletooth (Jeremy). Beaverkin Homesteader. Lloyd Grover (Long). Curious Candlemaker. Keak na Morrow (Kipser). High…
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🔗 Show Notes Acclaim / Pixel Washer Washlist Pixel Washer on Steam 🔥 Acclaim is publishing my game Pixel Washer 🕹️ How I got a publisher for my indie game 📺 Video: Publishing with Acclaim Diggy, an open source JavaScript game engine (with example game) Onslaught! Arena by Lost Decade Games Onslaught! Arena Bacon and Games Game Dev Comics by Matt Ha…
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In a wide-ranging episode, David and Asteria wax philosophical--and psychological, and dramaturgical--about the art of TTRPG storytelling. Get ready for two hyper-intellectual elder millennials who've made theater together since the 90s, cuz they're gonna talk about Daggerheart! (And Jacques Lacan. And we cut the part where they try to remember the…
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When game projects start slipping with missed milestones, scope creep, and fading morale, how do you get things back on track? This session presents a production first aid kit with tools to diagnose problems, triage scope, rebuild schedules, and communicate changes clearly to your teams. Key takeaways: Spot early warning signs, apply a lightweight …
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What were the best tennis racquets, shoes, and strings of 2025—according to players who actually tested them? In this podcast episode, our playtest team sits down to break down the tennis gear that truly stood out after months of on-court testing. With so many new racquets, shoes, and string setups released every year, it’s easy to waste money on g…
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Our heroes ride north to the Cinderlands, via the maximally sketchy free city of Kaer Maga. We are Third Action, an Pathfinder Second Edition actual-play podcast running through the classic Curse of the Crimson Throne adventure path. Watch us live at 7:30 PM PST every Monday night @ https://www.twitch.tv/thirdaction ! Discord - https://discord.gg/J…
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As the Redcaps perform a blood ritual, the survivors look for a way out of the city. This is an actual-play of WE'RE IN DANGER, an upcoming tabletop roleplaying campaign designed by Jeff Baker (the GM of this session). Available on itch.io now! Hop into our Discord channel (link below) to get updates and playtest sessions of the game. - Cast - Jere…
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Kierra and Natalie each suffer a terrible misfortune that diminishes their spirits. To cheer them up, Oxley and D.G. take them to Sarah’s Hanukkah celebration, where everybody learns what it truly means to be in a relationship. 🎶 I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel I'm cold and I am shamed, lying naked on the floor Illusion never changed into …
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Successful games not only have a strong creative vision but are also highly acclaimed by players; this integration of player insights occurs throughout the entire development cycle and takes different forms. In this talk, we map out lightweight, well-timed user experience research (UXR) activities into a production pipeline that doesn’t slow things…
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Our heroes pack up their friends and belongings and flee the city--but not before stopping for a quick harrow reading. We are Third Action, an Pathfinder Second Edition actual-play podcast running through the classic Curse of the Crimson Throne adventure path. Watch us live at 7:30 PM PST every Monday night @ https://www.twitch.tv/thirdaction ! Dis…
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Game projects don’t get made in a straight line. In this session, we’ll explore how the producer’s role shifts across art, features, publishing, and external development—and why producers are essential to each. Our panelists will compare what their day-to-day looks like, the backgrounds that help most, how success is measured, and where the biggest…
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In this episode of IndieGameBusiness, we’re joined by Jess Feidt, Owner of Underwater Fire Games. Jess shares his journey from working on massive AAA franchises like Call of Duty to building his own indie studio from the ground up. We’ll talk about why he decided to leave AAA, how he transitioned into running his own team, and how his experience at…
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After meeting a strange new ally, the investigators decide whether or not to help Montgomery Donovan. This is an actual-play of ETERNAL LIES, a tabletop roleplaying campaign from Pelgrane Press, and using the CALL OF CTHULHU system from Chaosium. Find us online at https://www.thelollygaggers.com/ - Cast - Carmelita Buñuel. Investigative Journalist.…
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Jake and Anthony are joined by Jeffrey Kluger to talk about his new book, Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, the Untold Story. Topics Off-Nominal - YouTube Episode 221 - Ornithopter of Spacecraft (with Jeffrey Kluger) - YouTube Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, the Untold Story: Kluger, Jeffrey: 9781250323002: Amazon.com: Books Gemini Follow Jef…
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Most teams skip design documentation and pay for it later, in miscommunication, scope creep, and wasted development time. This session reveals how proper design docs streamline your entire pipeline. Learn the MDA framework for evaluating features, documentation techniques that actually help your team build faster, and how to communicate design deci…
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Strange and dangerous events plague Pemberlee Ridge on the eve of the Guthrie-Delapore wedding. This is a live-play of the HUCKLEBERRY adventure "Veils & Vengeance." Find us online at https://www.thelollygaggers.com/ #Huckleberry #ActualPlay #ttrpg Support Huckleberry on BackerKit! - CAST - Lullaby. Shaman. Played by Long. Dora Vix. Leech. Played b…
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Conventions are an opportunity for us to get our games in front of a bigger audience, and PAX Unplugged is our biggest show. The stakes feel high, and we have to balance our ambitious goals with practical preparations. In this episode, we talk about what we were proud of, what we wish we’d done differently, and how every year we get a little better…
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00:50 – Show Open & Greetings DJz welcomes listeners, introduces Griffin and Jules, jokes about running late due to snow and “still being on central time.” 02:00 – Weather, Road Conditions & Technical Delays Discussion of the rough winter morning, driving conditions, and internet issues. 03:00 – Introducing Arcfall Topics DJz outlines today’s focus…
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Our heroes escort Vencarlo and Neolandus out of Korvosa and plan their next move. We are Third Action, an Pathfinder Second Edition actual-play podcast running through the classic Curse of the Crimson Throne adventure path. Watch us live at 7:30 PM PST every Monday night @ https://www.twitch.tv/thirdaction ! Discord - https://discord.gg/JwuyMnV Res…
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In our campaign finale, the crew confronts Max Babylon. This is an actual-play of the HARD WIRED ISLAND Roleplaying Game. Find us online at https://www.thelollygaggers.com/ - Cast - Kowboi Frezh. Played by Alex. D3RE:K. Played by Derek. bl00d r10t. Played by Maitreyi. https://tinyurl.com/256mcfw7 Sw33T. Played by Melissa. https://melazera.bsky.soci…
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Mitt Broccoli hosts a Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day concert in the park, counter-programmed by Natalie Arugula’s concert. Kierra and Oxley must decide where their true loyalties lie, while D.G. discovers the inadequacies of the Parks Department. 🎶 And I’m here to remind you Of the mess you left when you went away It’s not fair to deny me Of the cros…
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