Download NPC Cast Episode 130 – How to Teach Games
This episode, the guys chat about their process for teaching games! (66min)
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Starting a New RPG
Download NPC Cast Episode 129 – Starting a New RPG
This episode is brought to you by our Patreon backer Derek, and features Aaron and Del talking about what they do when looking to run a new RPG! (44min)
Some things you may be interested in:
NPC Cast Episode 109: RPG Preludes
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System Mastery – Iron Kingdoms
Download NPC Cast Episode 128 – System Mastery – Iron Kingdoms
In this episode, the gang is back together to talk about the Iron Kingdoms RPG (58min)
Other things you may be interested in:
Iron Kingdoms Unleashed Adventure Kit
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Playing Games with Strangers
Download NPC Cast Episode 127 – Playing Games with Strangers
In this episode, the guys are joined by friend-pc Stephanie Straw, to talk about playing games with strangers! (67min)
Other things you may be interested in:
Meetup.com – A place to find events near you!
Epic Spell Wars of the Battle Wizards 2
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Designer Spotlight – Bauza
Download NPC Cast Episode 126 – Designer Spotlight – Bauza
In this episode, the guys do a designer spotlight on Antoine Bauza! (52min)
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Boonville – Campaign Crucible
Download NPC Cast Episode 125 – Boonville
In this episode, the guys record the first Campaign Crucible of the year! (82min)
Other things you may be interested in:
Penny Press – A worker placement game about chasing down stories!
Mad Max: Fury Road – Del’s favorite action movie of the last decade.
East of West – A revenge graphic novel involving Death!
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D&D 5E – Bullet Points
Download NPC Cast Episode 124 – D&D 5E Bullet Points
In this episode, the guys offer up some bullet points about what they would do with the next Dungeons and Dragons product! (78min)
Other things you may be interested in:
BattleBards – SFX for your role-playing sessions!
Coup Rebellion G54 – A Coup expansion with 25 characters!
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Game Accessories and GameWireGirl
Download NPC Cast Episode 123 – Game Accessories and GameWireGirl
In this episode, Chris and Del are joined by their friend Brittanie (aka @GameWireGirl) while they talk about accessories in games! (60min)
CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT BRITTANIE AND THE TOKEN FEMALES IN THE GAUNTLET: MOXTROPOLIS!
Other things you may be interested in:
Campaign Coins – Metallic coins and more for your RPGs or other games!
Inked Playmats – Custom playmats on demand!
The Noteboard – A dry erase mat you can fold up and fit in your pocket!
The Broken Token – Quality box inserts for the most popular board games!
Daft Concepts – Custom box inserts for your favorite games!
Meeple Source – Custom painted meeples and other premium components!
Player’s Choice Card Sleeves – Del’s favorite sleeves OF ALL TIME!
Kigi – A beautiful card game designed by Daniel Solis!
Apocrypha – A brand new card game from friend of the show Mike Selinker
The Twin Flip ‘n’ Tray – The most glorious thing Brittanie has ever held in her hands.
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Real-Time Games
Download NPC Cast Episode 122 – Real-Time Games
In this episode, we’re back to talk to you about Real-time games! In real time! (78min)
Things you may be interested in:
Patchwork – A two-player game by Uwe Rosenberg
Zen Bins– Containers for your favorite Dice-dueling games!
Deadly Class – A comic about assassins in high school!
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The Zombie Finale!
Download NPC Cast Episode 121 – A Zombies Episode Part 4
In this episode, we reach our conclusion, and go behind the screen! (52min)
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Zombies Episode Three!
Download NPC Cast Episode 120 – A Zombies Episode Part 3
In this episode, we’re still dealing with zombies! (61min)
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Another Zombies Episode
Download NPC Cast Episode 119 – A Zombies Episode Part 2
In this episode, we’re still dealing with zombies! (58min)
Part One is right here.
Part Three!
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A Zombies Episode
Download NPC Cast Episode 118 – A Zombies Episode
In this episode, we deal with zombies! (61min)
End of the World: Zombie Apocalypse
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Splitting the Party
Download NPC Cast Episode 117 – Splitting the Party
In this episode, we talk about the age-old mantra “never split the party!” (61min)
Things you may be interested in:
NPC Chris’ Piece on Mox Boarding House
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Top 5 Games You Must Play
Download NPC Cast Episode 116 – Top 5 Games You Must Play
In this episode, each of the guys tells you the 5 games they think you absolutely, postively must play! (64min)
Things you may be interested in:
NPC Chris’ Piece on Mox Boarding House
Mike Selinker’s Top 100 Games you absolutely, positively must play.
Terra Mystica
Fiasco!
Magic
Dread
D&D
Snake Oil!
Carcassonne
Love Letter
1000 Blank White Cards
Portal 2
Resistance
Dead of Winter
Coup
Hanabi
Artemis
Iron Kingdoms Unleashed Adventure Kit
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Episode 115 – Creating RPG Societies
Download NPC Cast Episode 115 – Creating RPG Societies
In this episode, the guys talk about their methods for creating societies for your RPGs! (58min)
Things you may find interesting:
45:21 – Above and Below – A storytelling board game by Ryan Laukat.
49:56 – International Tabletop Day – A day to celebrate our favorite hobby…Tabletop games!
52:30 – Donjon – An insanely awesome random generator for RPGs.
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Episode 114 – LARP
Download NPC Cast Episode 114 – LARP
In this episode, the guys ask Del a bunch of questions about LARPing! (71min)
Things you may find interesting:
The LARP List – Find LARPs in your area!
53:26 – Spite LARP
55:02 – Between Two Cities
58:38 – World Wide Wrestling RPG
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Episode 113 – Edge of the Empire
Download NPC Cast Episode 113 – Edge of the Empire
In this episode, the guys do a system mastery episode of Star Wars: Edge of the Empire! (54min)
Things you may find interesting:
A blog post about NPC Del’s Star Wars Edge of the Empire game props!
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Episode 112 – Magic Points
Download NPC Cast Episode 112 – Magic Points
In this episode, the guys design their own custom sets for Magic: The Gathering! (70min)
Things you may find interesting:
Time N Space
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Episode 111 – Board Games 102
Download NPC Cast Episode 111 – Board Games 102
In this episode, the guys talk about moving from gateway games into stuff that is a bit more meaty! (62min)
Things you may find interesting:
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Episode 110 – RPG Foreshadowing.
Download NPC Cast Episode 110 – RPG Foreshadowing.
In this episode, the guys chat about foreshadowing in Role-Playing games! (70min)
Things you may find interesting:
Angry Rants: Chekhov’s Gun – The Angry DM talks about why the famous literary concept doesn’t always work in RPGs.
Strike! RPG – A new RPG system with “tactical combat and exciting twists!” Checkout the website here.
Heroes of the Storm – A new MOBA from Blizzard! Share your bnet IDs with NPC Cast!
iOS Games from Playdek – Join NPC Chris online for some board game action!
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Episode 109 – RPG Preludes.
Download NPC Cast Episode 109 – RPG Preludes.
In this episode, the guys chat about some different types of prelude adventures you can do to start your RPG campaign! (61min)
Things you may find interesting:
NPC Cast Episode 42 – Where the guys chat about character generation in RPGs
Horror on the Orient Express – A massive adventure for Call of Cthulu! MASSIVE.
Spyfall – A deception and deduction game in which the Spy just needs to figure out where they are! Introduced to NPC Chris by his friend @425Suzanne! Check out her Print and Play version.
Heroforge Custom Miniatures – Custom minis for all of your RPG needs. So robust!
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Episode 108 – Switchers.
Download NPC Cast Episode 108 – Switchers.
In this campaign crucible, the guys take a suggestion from a live audience through the magic of the internet! (87min)
Things you may find interesting:
The WWE Royal Rumble – An over the top rope battle royale!
The Staufer Dynasty – A brand new area-control euro!
Podcaster Diplomacy – Follow along as NPC Chris takes on the rest of Europe in the play by post Diplomacy game!
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Episode 107 – Level Up.
Download NPC Cast Episode 107 – Level Up.
In this episode, the NPCs chat about Gencon housing and that feeling of “leveling up” at a game! (83min)
2:41 – Gencon Talk – How is housing at gencon going to be distributed differently this year?
15:46 – Leveling Up – Those moment during game when you feel like you’re getting better.
Things you may find interesting:
Akrotiri – A two-player tile placement game!
Fate Reforged – The newest Magic the Gathering Set!
Spirits of the Rice Paddy – Construct and tend to rice paddies!
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Episode 106 – Big Nothing
Download NPC Cast Episode 106 – Big Nothing
In this episode, Chris and Del chat about running an RPG campaign without a big bad! 51min)
Things you may find interesting:
Sheriff of Nottingham – A bluffing game about sneaking goods to market!
Specter Ops – A new sci-fi stealth game from plaid Hat!
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Episode 105 – S3E1
Download NPC Cast Episode 105 – S3E1
In this episode, the guys look back at the year that was and ahead to the year that will be! 58min)
Things you may find interesting:
Alchemists – A board game which uses a mobile app in order to uncover mysterious mixtures!
Shadows of Brimstone – A Wild West meets Cthulu dungeon crawl!
Black Mirror – A BBC Anthology-style show about the darker aspects of modern technology!
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Episode 104 – 2014k Casties!
Download NPC Cast Episode 104 – 2014k Casties!
In this special end of the year episode, we give out our awards for our favorite games of the year! (90min)
—POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD—
Some of the great games we mention in this episode:
Minis:
Hordes: Exigence
Star Wars X-Wing Wave 4
Malifaux: Crossroads
Card Games:
Khans of Tarkir
Magic: The Gathering – Conspiracy
Warhammer Conquest
Gateway Games:
Camel Up
Belle of the Ball
Machi Koro
Splendor
Board Games:
Hyperborea
Five Tribes
Dead of Winter
Abyss
RPG Supplement:
Pathfinder Monster Codex
Edge of the Empire: Suns of Fortune
Shadowrun Run and Gun
13th Age Bestiary
New RPG:
Malifaux: Through the Breach
Dungeons and Dragons
Mindjammer
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Episode 103 – Bullet Buddies.
Download NPC Cast Episode 103 – Bullet Buddies
In this episode the guys make bullet point games for one another! (62min)
Things you may be interested in:
Till Dawn – Nothing like Cash and Guns!
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Episode 102 – Monstars.
Download NPC Cast Episode 102 – Monstars
In this episode the NPCs talk about Monsters in RPGs! (76min)
Things you may be interested in:
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Episode 101 – NPCCSMDND5E!
Download NPC Cast Episode 101 – NPCSMDND5E!
The guys finally give their take on the latest (and greatest?) version of D&D yet! (84min)
Things you may be interested in:
The D&D Website – I can’t believe they had the audacity to put a picture of Dragons up there.
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Episode 100!
Download NPC Cast Episode 100!
The guys go long! Recorded live, the NPCs answer questions from the NPC Cast Universe! (104min)
Things you may be interested in:
Mordheim – City of the Damned
World of Warcraft
The Mono-Black Pox Deck that NPC Chris modeled his after.
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Episode 99 – Why We Buy.
Download NPC Cast Episode 99 – Why We Buy.
In this NPC Chris-less episode, the guys talk about what it takes for them to buy a game!! (44min)
Things you may be interested in:
Fantasy Flight merges with Asmodee
Age of Rebellion: Stay on Target.
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Episode 98 – The Methuselah Spark.
Download NPC Cast Episode 98 – The Methuselah Spark.
Yet another Campaign Crucible as we get closer to Episode 100! (72min)
Things you may be interested in:
Aaron’s Descent painting challenge.
Chris is a Malifaux Henchman.
The Dracula Dossier, by Kenneth Hite.
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Episode 97 – Winging It.
Download NPC Cast Episode 97 – Winging It.
In this episode, the guys chat about improvising in your RPG! (70min)
Things you may be interested in:
Our Extra-Life Friends: Marguerite, Tiffany, Stephanie, Kyle, and Brittanie.
Dead Meat: Quarantine Zone America
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Episode 96 – Malifaux System Mastery!
Download NPC Cast Episode 96 – Malifaux System Mastery!
In this episode, the guys gush about Malifaux, the miniatures game from Wyrd Games! (64min)
Things you may be interested in:
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Episode 95 – Magic the Boardgaming.
Download NPC Cast Episode 95 – Magic the Boardgaming
In this episode, the guys make Bullet-Point games based on Magic the Gathering cards! (66min)
Things you may be interested in:
Magic the Gathering Strategy Board Game
51:27 – Outer Earth
55:50 – twitch.tv/everblightWIP
59:01 – Catalyst RPG
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Episode 94 – Traitor Joe’s.
Download NPC Cast Episode 94 – Traitor Joe’s/
In this episode the guys discuss traitor mechanics in games! (60min)
Things you may be interested in:
Lanterns: The Harvest Festival
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Episode 93 – Balance in RPGs!
Download NPC Cast Episode 93 – Balance in RPGs!
In this episode the guys discuss John Wick‘s recent blog post and whether or not balance is important in RPGs! (60min)
Things you may be interested in:
Chess Is Not An RPG: The Illusion of Game Balance – A blog post by John Wick, and what this episode is about!
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Episode 92 – Adaptaptation.
Download NPC Cast Episode 92 – Adaptaptation.
In this episode the guys chat about how to convert your favorite book, movie, or TV show into an RPG campaign! (60min)
Things you may be interested in:
Deadlivers – A concept album by NW Underground Hip Hop group Grayskul
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Episode 91 – Savage Worlds System Mastery!
Download NPC Cast Episode 91 – Savage Worlds System Mastery!
In this episode, the guys chat about Savage Worlds! (69min)
Things you may be interested in:
Lords of Nal Hutta – An expansion for Star Wars: Edge of the Empire!
Micro Art Studio Bases Kickstarter!
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Episode 90 – Cinemax.
Download NPC Cast Episode 90 – Cinemax
In this episode, the guys chat about “Cinematic” vs. “Tactical” in RPGs! (70min)
Things you may be interested in:
End of the World
Pathfinder Advanced Class Guide
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Episode 89 – The Boardgamizer!
Download NPC Cast Episode 89 – The Boardgamizer!
In this episode, the guys used the Boardgamizer to make games! (68min)
Things you may be interested in:
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Episode 88 – WW2 Victory Gardens.
Download NPC Cast Episode 88 – WW2 Victory Gardens
In this episode, the guys talk about Victory conditions in games! (82min)
Things you may be interested in:
NPC Cast Episode 35 – Playing Catch-Up
NPC Cast Episode 75 – Going Starside
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Episode 87 – S.A.N.D. Blasters!
Download NPC Cast Episode 87 – S.A.N.D. Blasters!
The gang is back at it with another Campaign Crucible, and they are taking care of some unfinished business! (75min)
Things you may be interested in:
Wizards of the Coast announces a new standard!
Blighted Bather alternate Spawning Vessel – A promotional model for Hordes!
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Episode 86 – Post Gencon!
Download NPC Cast Episode 86 – Post Gencon!
In this episode, Del takes over and asks the guys about their trip to GENCON!!!!! (57min)
Things you may be interested in:
Quartermaster General
Abyss
Hyperborea
D&D Attack Wing
Malifaux
Primeval Thule
Star Wars Armada
Star Wars Imperial Assault
World Wide Wrestling RPG
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Episode 85 – We At Gencon!
Download NPC Cast Episode 85 – We At Gencon!
This week, the guys are at Gencon. NPC Chris took some time to chat with friend-PCs Tony and Matt about what they were excited about! Next week, we’ll be back with our regularly scheduled program! (36min)
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Episode 84 – Del’s Dont’s
Download NPC Cast Episode 84 – Del’s Don’ts.
In this episode, NPC Del reveals his don’ts when it comes to playing in tournaments! (54min)
Things you may be interested in:
Machi Koro – A light city-building “intro” game!
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Episode 83 – Travel.
Download NPC Cast Episode 83 – Travel.
In this episode, the guys chat about Travel in RPGs! (64min)
Things you may be interested in:
Wizard Dodgeball – A fast and furious game for two-players!
Warmachine Tactics – A tactics game set in the world of Warmachine!
Unboxing Operation Icestorm – A sweet unboxing by the guys at Beasts of War for the upcoming Infinity starter set!
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TPK Behind the Screen – [redacted]
In this spoiler-tastic Behind the Screen, the guys sit down and talk about how the game went and the process behind [redacted].
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Episode 82 – More Headlines!
Download NPC Cast Episode 82 – More Headlines!
In this episode, NPC Chris and NPC Del create RPG story hooks utilizing some recent headlines! (56min)
Things you may be interested in:
Blackest is the new black: Scientists develop a material so dark that you can’t see it…
Now you feel it, now you don’t: Nanomaterial cloaks the sense of touch
Donut capers stymie police in Oregon
Earthworms delay flights at Kathmandu airport
Mysterious white flags replace U.S. stars and stripes on Brooklyn Bridge
Discovered German WWII weather station
Archaeologists Have Found an Unopened, 200-Year-Old Bottle Of Seltzer
Cockroach Poker – A simply and elegant pure bluffing game!
Coven – An upcoming game about witches by Paul Saxberg.
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