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Two DnD nerds attempting to roll decent investigation checks into different TTRPG Systems as brand new players!
We explore different tabletop role-playing games through exploration, discussion, and actual-play. We also discuss TTRPG topics, products, and more!
We explore different tabletop role-playing games through exploration, discussion, and actual-play. We also discuss TTRPG topics, products, and more!
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![[BONUS] Psychology Check Into TTRPG Storytelling (with Dungeons, Dragons, and Psychology Podcast)](https://s3.castbox.fm/b6/7d/c3/d01102f2055b7b620cd14ac4d967a2724b_scaled_v1_400.jpg "[BONUS] Psychology Check Into TTRPG Storytelling (with Dungeons, Dragons, and Psychology Podcast)")
In this special bonus episode, your hosts Parker and Brandon are joined by Robert Walker, host of the "Dungeons, Dragons, and Psychology Podcast" and author of 'Session Zero: The DMG to Writing Great Campaigns in Any Setting'. They discuss some psychological aspects of TTRPG's such as the popularity of Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder, what makes a good Villain, Escapism, and other topics!
Check out Robert's fantastic podcast on your podcatcher of choice, as well as finding him on Instagram, Facebook, and X (Twitter).
You can follow Nat 1 Nerds on their social media on Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and YouTube for podcast updates and TTRPG posts.
Music is created by Monument Studios. Check out their amazing music for all things TTRPG and fantasy at www.monumentstudios.net
In this final episode exploring "Roll Table for 2" by Fights and Fancy, your hosts Savannah and Parker give their parting thoughts and grades for the TTRPG system, discussing the session 0 they unknowingly had and remarks on it's combat mechanics. Their infant son also gives his two cents as well :)
You can follow Nat 1 Nerds on social media on Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and YouTube for updates and additional TTRPG posts.
"Roll Table for 2" TTRPG system is created and published by Fights and Fancy. Check out their other system, "Notes in the Twilight" and D&D journals at https://fightsandfancy.co.uk/
Music created by Monument Studios. Check out their fantastic music for all things fantasy and TTRPG at www.monumentstudios.net
Poppy, one of the co-creators of the TTRPG "Roll Table for 2" from Fights and Fancy, joins Parker in this GM episode for a fantastic discussion on the origins, inspiration, and aspects of their TTRPG that has proven to a 'gateway' TTRPG for many! They also discuss their Solo Journal TTRPG system, "Notes in the Twilight" and why both systems (and those like them) are valuable tools for TTRPG players, GM's, artists, writers, and creatives.
You can follow Nat 1 Nerds on Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and YouTube for more TTRPG content and posts!
"Roll Table for 2" and "Notes in the Twilight" are created by Poppy and Sammy of Fights and Fancy. Check out their fantastic products at https://fightsandfancy.co.uk/
Music was created by Monument Studios. Check out their amazing music for all things TTRPG and fantasy at www.monumentstudios.net
In Part 2 of our Actual-Play of "Roll Table for 2" by Fights and Fancy with your hosts Parker and Savannah, the festivities continue in the quaint village of IvyFell, or do they?
You can follow Nat 1 Nerds on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and also YouTube for updates and further TTRPG content!
"Roll Table for 2" is a fun and unique TTRPG system created by Fights and Fancy. Check it out along with their other amazing products at https://fightsandfancy.co.uk/
Music created by Monument Studios. Check out their fantastic music for all things Fantasy and TTRPG at www.monumentstudios.net
Your hosts Parker and Savannah play the first session of Fights and Fancy's Roll Table for 2, where two thieves are reunited after a shared and tragic backstory! This system, since it's made for two players and no GM, is broken up into Session booklets, the first one called "The Meeting Point" which your hosts explore and read from.
Roll Table for 2, Session 1: The Meeting Point, is published by Fights and Fancy, and written by Poppy and Sammy Layton. Parts of this episode are read directly from their creative work. Support their amazing work at https://fightsandfancy.co.uk/
Follw Nat 1 Nerds on Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and YouTube! You can also support us on our KO-FI page!
Music for this episode was created by Monument Studios. Check out their amazing music for all things TTRPG and fantasy at www.monumentstudios.net
In this episode, your host Parker is joined by his wife Savannah in their exploration of 'Roll Table for 2', a TTRPG system by Fights and Fancy that only requires two players... and NO GM! A system that acts as the game master? Yep! They discuss their initial thoughts, discuss abilities and their required ability points, and create Savannah's character from scratch!
You can follow Nat 1 Nerds on Instagram, Facebook, Threads, and YouTube for TTRPG thoughts and sneak peaks!
Music and sound effects for this episode was created by Monument Studios. Check out their music for all things TTRPG and Fantasy at www.monumentstudios.net
Roll Table for 2 is published by Fights and Fancy. Defiantly check out their website for awesome "Games, TTRPG tools and fantasy themed artwork" at https://fightsandfancy.co.uk/
Promo for this episode is Rosemary PG Studios. Check out their website (or Youtube channel) at www.rosemarypgstudios.com
In this episode, your hosts Parker and Brandon give some updates and announcements for the podcast. They also give sneak peaks into some of the systems they'll be exploring, Brandon gives his sixty-second review of a Netflix show, and pose the question: Is it OK to mark your TTRPG books?
You can follow "Nat 1 Nerds" on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and YouTube for more TTRPG insights and discussions!
This episodes promo is from the podcast "Friend and Foe Adventuring Co", a Bunkers and Badasses TTRPG actual-play podcast you can find on the podcast of your choice.
Intro and Exit music by Monument Studios. Check out their awesome music for all things fantasy and TTRPG at www.monumentstudios.net
In this episode, your hosts Parker and Brandon discuss their thoughts on how Parker did as a first-time Loremaster for The One Ring TTRPG system. After Parker gushes over his love for all things Tolkien, they talk about what mechankcs could have been better implemented, additional information on those mechanics, and if Tolkien ever wrote about the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. They also share their favorite mechanic of the system.
You can find Nat 1 Nerds on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, or at nat1nerdspodcast@gmail.com for comments, questions, and recommendations! If you like what we do, leave us a review and share the podcast with your friends!
"The One Ring" 2nd Edition TTRPG is published by Free League Publishing. Check out their awesome TTRPG producst at www.freeleaguepublishing.com
Music for this episode was created by Monument Studios. Check out their website for fantastic TTRPG and Fantasy music at www.monumentstudios.net
In this actual-play session utilizing Free League Publishing's "The One Ring" 2nd edition TTRPG system, your host Parker takes you into the wild and to the house of Elrond as the Loremaster (GM) with Hanar of Durin's Folk (Brandon), Elanor of Lindon (Afton), and the ranger Geniveve (Savannah) as they assist their elven companion deliver troubling news to Lord Elrond from Ciridan the Shipwright regarding an impossible possibility that will lead them to ancient elven ruins of a begone age of the world... all while exploring the systems unique skill checks, Council Phase, and Travel phase mechanics.
"they are not all accounted for, the lost seeing stones..."
"The One Ring" 2nd Edition TTRPG is published by Free League Publishing. Check out their great products at www.freeleaguepublishing.com
Music for this episode was created by Monument Studios. Check out their amazing music selection for all things fantasy and TTRPG at www.monumentstudios.net
In this special "extra" episode, your host Parker is again joined by Savannah to help give a little additional insight into the region of Eriador, the primary region of Middle-earth The One Ring system focuses game play in (before the actual-play). He explains further context, history, and basic lore of Eriador and it's ancient kingdom of Arnor for both players and lore-masters alike.
Savannah and him also mention the importance of the improve principle of "yes and", the Dunedain Rangers, and her character Geniveve's basic backstory.
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You can follow 'Nat 1 Nerds' on social media for updates, tips, and classic tabletop shenanigans on Instagram, Facebook, and Threads, as well as email them at nat1nerdspodcast@gmail.com with comments, questions, and recommendations on what to explore next with the table!
Music for this episode was created by Monument Studios. Check out their amazing music selection of all things fantasy and TTRPG at www.monumentstudios.net
The One Ring 2nd Edition TTRPG is published by Free League Publishing. Check out their great products at www.freeleaguepublishing.com
In this episode, your hosts.... Savannah and Afton take over? They introduce your regular hosts (and their spouses) turned guests, Parker and Brandon to help them create their characters (PC's) for "The One Ring" 2nd Edition TTRPG for the upcoming one-shot actual play session!
They discuss in detail Heroic Cultures and it's associated cultural blessings; Callings; Target Numbers: Endurance, Hope, and Parry; and also Combat Proficiency. While creating their characters, Brandon gives a couple random insights into his own character already created... in secret.
Music for this podcast was created by Monument Studios. Check out their amazing selection of music for all things fantasy and TTRPG ar www.monumentstudios.net
The One Ring 2nd Edition TTRPG is published by Free League Publishing. Check out their great products at www.freeleaguepublishing.com
In this episode, your hosts Parker and Brandon introduce us a brand new system: The One Ring 2nd Edition (by Free League Publishing) and the world of Tolkien's Middle-earth, particularly the northern regions where dwell hobbits, men, elves, and... dark things in long forgotten ruins. Parker takes the opportunity to flex his Tolkien knowledge a bit and begins giving his initial thoughts, expectations, and ultimate hopes for the system. They discuss the setting, dice mechanics, character options, and the unique system mechanics regarding Endurance, Hope, and Shadow...
You can follow Nat 1 Nerds on social media for updates, tips, and classic tabletop shenanigans on Facebook and Instagram (@nat1nerdspodcast), as well as email them at nat1nerdspodcast@gmail.com with comments, questions, or recommendations on what to explore next with the table!
Music for the podcast was created by Monument Studios. Check out their amazing selection of music for all things fantasy and TTRPG at www.monumentstudios.net
The One Ring 2nd Edition TTRPG is published by Free League Publishing. Check out their great products at www.freeleaguepublishing.com
![[BONUS] We Play Dungeons and Dragons Trivial Pursuit (with Derrick and Matt)- Part 2](https://s3.castbox.fm/a7/71/c7/ea32c7699d0c230fefdfb2abaf9db72277_scaled_v1_400.jpg "[BONUS] We Play Dungeons and Dragons Trivial Pursuit (with Derrick and Matt)- Part 2")
In Part 2 of our Dungeons and Dragons Trivial Pursuit episode, your host Parker, and guests Matt and Derrick continue to showcase their knowledge of D&D history, lore, and also the lack thereof; proving that even the most experienced Dungeon Master's don't know half of what's been published... and that they don't need too. It's also here that the champion of the wedges is declared!
Check out both Derrick's podcast 'How Not to DM' (@hownottodm) and Matt's podcast 'Twenty Sides' (@twentysidespod)!
If you like what we're doing over-all leave us a 5 star review on the pod-catcher of your choice and share with your friends! You can connect with us on Facebook and Instagram @nat1nerdspodcast and nat1nerdspodcast@gmail.com
Music provided by Monument Studios. You can find their awesome selection of fantasy and TTRPG music at www.monumentstudios.net
![[BONUS] We Play Dungeons and Dragons Trivial Pursuit (with Derrick and Matt)- Part 1](https://s3.castbox.fm/a7/f9/0e/149f46eedeb672d03308a823d975337613_scaled_v1_400.jpg "[BONUS] We Play Dungeons and Dragons Trivial Pursuit (with Derrick and Matt)- Part 1")
Your host Parker really wanted to play his unopened gift from Christmas: "Dungeons and Dragons Trivial Pursuit" Ultimate Edition. So naturally he invited Derrick from the podcast "How Not To DM" and Matt from a D&D actual-play podcast "Twenty Sides" to join him in a leisure game.
It was anything but leisure. In this episode you'll hear Derrick and Matt introduce themselves and their fantastic podcasts, how the questions started off easy until Parker shuffled the deck, and their struggle to answer any questions regarding both in-game lore and real-world history (they legit got hard lol). Part 2 will come soon and reveal who had the most wedges in the end!
Check out both Derrick and Matt's amazing podcasts wherever you find podcasts, and also check their Instagram pages @hownotodm and @twentysidespod
If you like what we're doing over-all leave us a 5 star rating on your pod-catcher of choice and share with your friends! You can connect with us on both Facebook and Instagram @nat1nerdspodcast or email us at nat1nerdspodcast@gmail.com!
Music created by Monument Studios. Check out their fantastic music for all things fantasy and TTRPG at www.monumentstudios.net
Trivial Pursuit is owned by Hasbro. Dungeons and Dragons are owned by Wizards of the Coast. This episode is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.
In this episode that wraps up their exploration of the Call of Cthulhu TTRPG, your hosts Brandon and Parker give their final thoughts as newcomers on the system and their "grade" for each aspect of the game. They discuss their favorite mechanics of the system, how to potentially incorperate those into D&D and other TTRPG systems, and how Parker can't smite spiders to save his life (almost).
You can follow Nat 1 Nerds on their social media on Facebook and Instagram (@nat1nerdspodcast), as well as email them at nat1nerdspodcast@gmail.com with comments, questions, or recommendations on what to explore next.
Music for the podcast was created by Monument Studios. Check out their amazing selection of music for all things fantasy and TTRPG at www.monumentstudios.net
Call of Cthulhu is published by Chaosium. Check out their website for more info at www.chaosium.com
In this episode, your hosts Brandon and Parker spend some discussing about what it takes to be a Keeper running the Call of Cthulhu TTRPG system, and what is needed to do so. They specifically dive into Brandon's first time running the system with Parker, Savannah, and Pedro as their foundation. Also discussed is that despite the horror aspects of the system, that if enough imagination is used (Rainbows and Ponies??), it can more versatile in setting then one might initial think.
You can find 'Nat 1 Nerds' on Facebook and Instagram, as well as at nat1nerdspodcast@gmail.com for comments, questions, clarifications, and even suggestions on what TTRPG system to explore next. If you like what we do, please share the podcast and leave us a review!
Music is by Monument Studios. Check out their amazing music for all things fantasy and TTRPG at www.monumentstudios.net
Call of Cthulhu is published by Chaosium. Check out their website (and to aquire the Quick-Start Guide to Call of Cthulhu) at www.chaosium.com
In Part Two of this Call of Cthulhu actual-play, Brandon continues as Keeper (GM) with Parker (as the clergyman Donald), Savannah (the actress Ms. Claire), and Pedro from 'The Storyteller's Tavern' podcast (as the lawyer Jonathan).
After an initial look inside the mine, the group discovers raven-like monstrosities inhabiting the mine and manage to escape back to town after Ms. Claire sustained injuries due to Donald's rash-decision making. Once recovered after a week in the local hospital, the group again returns to stop the hellish darkness within the haunted shafts. Will they be lucky enough to escape again? Or will they succumb to the horrors within the heart of darkness? After all, the "raven sees all"...
'The Storyteller's Tavern' is an actual-play TTRPG podcast that has explored Call of Cthulhu and Dungeons and Dragons 5e via actual-play. Check them out as well!
Music is by Monument Studios. Check out their amazing selection for all things fantasy and TTRPG at www.monumentstudios.net
Call of Cthulhu is published by Chaosium. Check out their website for more info at www.chaosium.com
In this actual-play episode, your hosts Brandon and Parker are again joined by Pedro from 'The Storyteller's Tavern' podcast and another special guest: Parker's wife Savannah! Brandon takes the reigns of Keeper (or Game Master) for a Call of Cthulhu one-shot adventure set in the deserts of Apache Junction, Arizona in the mid 1920's. Join the lawyer Jonathan (Pedro), Reverend Donald Dillard (Parker), and Miss Claire (Savannah) as they assist Jonathan in uncovering the mysterious darkness plaguing a newly discovered mine that caused all the miners to die... with the exception of one lone miner gone completely mad. Can they solve the ominous warnings scratched into the rock? (Part Two coming soon!)
'The Storyteller's Tavern' is an actual-play TTRPG podcast that has explored Call of Cthulhu and Dungeons and Dragons via actual-play through on most major podcast platforms.
Music is by Monument Studios. Check out their fantastic music for all things fantasy and TTRPG at www.monumentstudios.net
Call of Cthulhu is published by Chaosium. Check out more info at https://www.chaosium.com/
In this enlightening episode, your hosts Parker and Brandon make their own Call of Cthulhu character/investigator with the help of Pedro from The Storyteller's Tavern podcast! They dive deep into the exact mechanics surrounding the creation of an investigator, how important percentile dice are, and discuss everything on the character sheet. They also create Parker's character, Donald Dillard, step by step... or roll by roll. Hopefully Donald's stats are good enough to keep him more sane then not... if he survives Brandon's one-shot adventure next episode.
Pedro is the "forever DM" of the podcast, The Storyteller's Tavern, where they have a Call of Cthulhu actual-play and currant Dungeons and Dragons actual-play adventure. You can find them on Instagram and most major podcatchers like Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Check out their amazing stories on your favorite podcatcher!
Music for the episode was created by Monument Studios. Check out their amazing selection of fantasy and TTRPG music at www.monumentstudios.net
Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition system is published by Chaosium. Check out the Quick-Start rules (and other products) at their website: https://www.chaosium.com/content/FreePDFs/CoC/CHA23131%20Call%20of%20Cthulhu%207th%20Edition%20Quick-Start%20Rules.pdf
Welcome to our next system! Today, your hosts Brandon and Parker begin the exploration of the TTTPG system "Call of Cthulhu" with a brief introduction by sharing their initial impressions, basic mechanics, and seeing how sane they'll stay after venturing into the eldritch unknown...
If you like the episode, we'd love for you to leave a review, subscribe to the podcast, and share with your friends! If you want to leave a lengther review, you can message Nat 1 Nerds on Facebook, Instagram, or email at nat1nerdspodcast@gmail.com
"Call of Cthulhu" is published by Chaosium. You can find the basic rules for the system at: https://www.chaosium.com/content/FreePDFs/CoC/CHA23131%20Call%20of%20Cthulhu%207th%20Edition%20Quick-Start%20Rules.pdf
Thanks again to Monument studios for your amazing music! You can check them out at www.monumentstudios.net
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