Download “PUBG in RPGs”
Chris and Del talk about the battle royale video game that is sweeping the nation, and about applying some of what makes it great to your RPG sessions! (55min)
Some things you might be interested in:
Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds
Who Goes There
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Download “Playing RPGs wth Kids”
Chris and Stephanie share some tips about running and playing games with kids/children/young persons! (67min)
Some things you might be interested in:
Dungeons & Dragons
No Thank You, Evil
Project Ninja Panda Taco
Hero Kids
Adventure Maximus
Little Wizards
Fate Accelerated
The Cloud Dungeon
Bärenpark
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Download “Noir in RPGs”
Chris and Del talk about running and playing in Noir RPG games! (50min)
Things you may be interested in:
The Last Garden
Noirlandia
Gumshoe
Call of Cthulu
Necromancer in D3
Noir World
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Download “Improvised Surprises in RPGs”
Chris and Del answer some questions about improvising storylinesand when it’s alright to lie to your players! (48min)
Things you may be interested in:
The Last Garden
Rising Sun on Kickstarter
Legendary Encounters Alien Expansion
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Download “Party Splitting and Rotating Players”
Del and Chris answer a couple of audience questions, including what to do when your players are heading in different directions and the best way to run a game for a ton of players! (54min)
Things you may be interested in:
Shadowrun: Anarchy
The Last Garden
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Download “Dusk City Outlaws”
Del and Chris chat with Rodney Thompson about his new game Dusk City Outlaws, on Kickstarter now! (68min)
Things you may be interested in:
Dusk City Outlaws Kickstarter
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Download “nPc 4 Life”
In Aaron’s last show as NPC Cast host, we look back on the things he has been the most proud about! (55min)
Things you may be interested in:
Overwatch
Dusk City Outlaws
Harry Potter Minis Game
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Download “The New Hotness & New Players”
Del and Chris answer a couple of listener questions, including how to deal with players that want to play the new hotness and how to introduce brand new players to the hobby! (52min)
Things you may be interested in:
Roll Player
Apocrypha
The Other Side
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Download “Haberdashers – Campaign Crucible”
Del and Chris combine some ingredients for another Campaign Crucible! (50min)
Things you may be interested in:
OrcaCon
Baseball Prospectus
The Last Garden Contest!
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Download “Problem Players – DM Advice”
Del and Chris answer a listener question about how to deal with problem players in your RPG campaign! (55min)
Things you may be interested in:
The Other Side Kickstarter
The Last Garden Contest!
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Download “Level Up Mail Bag”
The NPC Cast enters 2nd Edition, and fields questions from the NPC Universe! We’re also on YouTube now, over at One Thousand XP. Oh, and you can all finally level up! (53min)
To get the Star Wars: Edge of the Empire PDFs that Del was referring to, head here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/level-up-mail-7648658
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Download “Preprinted RPG Modules”
The NPC Cast fields a request from a Patreon backer, and discusses their ideal Preprinted Modules!! (52min)
Things you may be interested in:
NPC Cast Episode 163
The Dracula Dossier
Ugly Critmas Sweater
Monocle Society
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Download “Holidays in Role-Playing Games”
The NPC Cast discusses holidays in role-playing games, and also talk about what it means for your group IRL! (56min)
Things you may be interested in:
Gift Trap
The Other Side
Sofa Justice Warriors: Soldier
Champions
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Download “RPG Campaigns From Video Games”
The NPC Cast discusses some video games, and what they would do to make them into RPG campaigns! (64min)
Things you may be interested in:
Overwatch
Final Fantasy
X-Com 2
Pokemon
Lisboa
Star Trek: Discovery
Westworld
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Download “50 RPG Story Hooks”
The NPC Cast gets together and does some rapid-fire story hook generation! (61min)
Things you may be interested in:
Fabled Fruit
Final Fantasy XV
Uncanny Valley
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Download “NPC Archive – Off the Rails”
Revisit our very first episode ever, with some bonus commentary from NPC Chris! (53min)
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Download “Dentium – Campaign Crucible”
In this episode the guys have another campaign crucible, and this one features some difficult ingredients! (58min)
Things you may be interested in:
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Download “Role-Playing Game Consequences”
In this episode the guys all discuss consequences in RPGs, and how GMs can calibrate them! (64min)
Things you may be interested in:
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Download “Horror Role-Playing Games”
In this episode the guys chat about the things that make for good horror RPG sessions! (66min)
Things you may be interested in:
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Download “Dice in RPGs”
In this episode Del and Chris talk about dice systems in a variety of different RPGs! (59min)
Things you may be interested in:
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Download “Breaking the Rules in RPGs”
In this episode Del and Chris talk about omitting rules from your RPG game, and about GMs and players fudging dice rolls! (61min)
Things you may be interested in:
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Download “GM’s Checklist”
In this episode Del and Chris offer up a checklist for new and established GMs when preparing for their sessions! (65min)
Things you may be interested in:
Podbean code: igp7j86v
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Download “Cardamom”
In this episode Del and Chris hit you with another Campaign Crucible! (63min)
Things you may be interested in:
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Download “Politics in RPGs”
In this episode Del and Chris talk about Politics in your campaign world, and how you can use them to add some flavor to your adventures! (55min)
Things you may be interested in:
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Download “Disease in RPGs”
In this episode Del and Chris talk about how diseases in RPGs, and how GMs can use them in their campaigns! (64min)
Things you may be interested in:
Dead of Winter: The Long Night
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Download “Players That Know Too Much”
In this episode Del and Chris take a question from a listener about players who know too much! (59min)
Things you may be interested in:
Duckfeed.tv – The podcast network Gary runs!
World Wide Wrestling – International Incident
Merchants of Araby
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Download “NPCs in RPGs”
In this episode, Chris and Del talk about NPCs in RPGs! It’s a legit NPC CAST! (65min)
Things you may be interested in:
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Download “Non-Fantasy RPGs”
In this episode, Chris and Del talk about transitioning from Fantasy RPGs to different genres! (53min)
Things you may be interested in:
“I just realized I have no idea how to play games that aren’t medieval fantasy”
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Download “Playing Canon Games”
In this episode, Chris and Del talk about playing games based on pre-existing canons! (52min)
Things you may be interested in:
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Download “Economics in RPGs”
The gang chats about Economic systems in RPGs! (57min)
Things you may be interested in:
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Download “Headline Hooks & Jabs”
Chris and Del trade blow in a headline story hook challenge! (58min)
Things you may be interested in:
NPC Cast Episode 58 – From the Headlines
JFK’s love letter to mistress one month before death will be auctioned
Italian man suffers brain damage and now eats, reads and speaks French
AMERICA’S WORKFORCE RUNS ON UPPERS
Horrified woman claims neighbour ‘sold her freezer containing dead mother’s frozen FOOT’
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Download NPC Cast Episode 176 – Matryoshka w/ Monte Cook
Recorded live in front of an audience at MoxCon 2016, the gang is joined by legendary RPG designer Monte Cook for some Campaign Crucible action! (55min)
Things you may be interested in:
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Download NPC Cast Episode 175 – Vehicles in RPGs
NPC Chris and NPC Del chat about Vehicles in RPGs! (60min)
Things you may be interested in:
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Download NPC Cast Episode 173 – Trappers
In this episode campaign crucible episode, the guys take suggestions from Patreon and make a random table! (63min)
Things you may be interested in:
Manifest Destiny (Comic Series)
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Download NPC Cast Episode 172 – One Shot Invades NPC Cast
In this episode, James and Kat from the One Shot podcast come on the show to chat about their new project, plus improv at the RPG table! (69min)
Things you may be interested in:
Noisy Person Cards Kickstarter
Expedition: The Roleplaying Card Game
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Download NPC Cast Episode 170 – Unfun PCs
The NPC Cast discusses what you can do if you’re not having fun with your current character! (50min)
Things you may be interested in:
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Download NPC Cast Episode 169 – Del’s GMtervention
Del has some issues in his campaign and we talk about some potential fixes for his problems! (56min)
Things you may be interested in:
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Download NPC Cast Episode 167 – Dungeons in RPGs
PLEASE VOTE FOR US FOR THE GOLDEN GEEK AWARDS
The band is back together to chat about what they think would make a great system for dungeons in an RPG! (63min)
Things you may be interested in:
Shadows Over Innistrad Spoilers
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Download NPC Cast Episode 164 – Hacking in RPGs
The guys chat about what they want out of a hacking mechanic in RPGs! (65min)
Things you may be interested in:
World Wide Wrestling: International Incident
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Download NPC Cast Episode 163 – Running a Published RPG Module
The guys chat about running published RPG modules and how you can tailor them to your campaigns! (55min)
Things you may be interested in:
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Download NPC Cast Episode 162 – King of the Jungle
We do a campaign crucible about Pandas, Politics, and Fighting Tournaments! (65min)
Things you may be interested in:
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Download NPC Cast Episode 161 – RPG Story Hooks from the Headlines
Chris and Del are making up RPG story hooks on the fly by referencing current headlines! (55min)
Things you may be interested in:
NPC Cast Episode 58: From the Headlines
Chinese spy stole patented corn seeds in Iowa for scientists back home
Martin Shkreli Threatens to Delete Ghostface’s verses from “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin”
Rare 2-legged bullet fish caught.
Overdue book from 1967 returned
B.o.B. Just Started a Rap War With Neil DeGrasse Tyson Over His Flat Earth Tweets
Are Stoned, Hallucinating Coyotes Terrorizing California Drivers?
Abandoned Cruise Ship Full of Starving Rats Headed For Land
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Download NPC Cast Episode 160 – Roll20 and Writing Adventures for Profit
Aaron and Chris chat with Roll20 Co-Founder Nolan T. Jones and Roll20 Brand Manager Suzanne Wallace! (72min)
Things you may be interested in:
WotC Announces OGL and DMs Guild for 5E.
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Download NPC Cast Episode 159 – Pacing Your RPG Sessions
We chat about how a GM can approach pacing their campaigns and their individual sessions! (60min)
Things you may be interested in:
NPC Cast Episode 109 – Preludes
WotC Announces OGL and DMs Guild for 5E.
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Download NPC Cast Episode 156 – How to be a Good Player
We offer some of our advice for how to be the type of player your GM would love to have at the table! (73min)
CHECK OUT THE BRACKET FOR THE 2015k CASTIES. FILL IT OUT. MAYBE WIN A PRIZE.
Things you may be interested in:
Pop Culture Playoffs – Aaron and Del’s other podcast!
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Download NPC Cast Episode 147 – The Big Picture in RPGs
In this episode, Aaron goes solo and talks about big picture story arcs in RPGs! (22min)
Some things you may be interested in:
Pop Culture Playoffs – Aaron and Del’s other podcast!
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Download NPC Cast Episode 146 – Cypher System – System Mastery
In this episode, Aaron and Chris are joined by Friend-PC Matt as they talk about the Cypher System from Monte Cook Games! (73min)
Some things you may be interested in:
Our Cypher System Actual Plays on Youtube.
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Download NPC Cast Episode 145 – Playing RPGs Online
In this episode, Aaron and Chris are joined by Friend-PC Stephanie Straw to talk about playing Tabletop RPGs over the world wide web! (68min)
Some things you may be interested in:
City of Egress Episodes on YouTube
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Download NPC Cast Episode 144 – Cel
In this episode we do another Campaign Crucible! (62min)
Some things you may be interested in:
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Download NPC Cast Episode 142 – Videogames and RPGs w/ Kyle Fergusson
In this episode we get together with podcaster, blogger, and DM Kyle Fergusson to talk about using video games for inspiration! (61min)
Some things you may be interested in:
Legendary Encounters: Predator
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