The RPG Academy: Faculty Meetings

These are general advice and discussion shows. Here you will find shows dedicated to large ideas about running games; how to create worlds and re-skin monsters to make them new and exciting as well as discussions about minute and individuals rules; how spell slots work in D&D 5e or how to properly set a DC for a skill check. These shows were originally called Dungeon Talks but the content is the same no matter how far back you go.

Show And Tell # 153 – 2nd Wave Space Blades

This week's Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sitting down with RPG designer Sidney Icarus about their temporarily titled 2nd Wave Space Blades, and how to deconstruct and get to the heart of what game mechanics do and how and when to apply them.

10-08
52:00

Show And Tell # 152 – Murder Gently

This week's Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sits down with Raphael Stiliano, Aaron Fischer, Designers of Murder Gently, a zero prep Murder mystery RPG

09-06
26:42

The Reviews – 2024 D&D 5e PHB

Hello and welcome to The RPG Academy's The Review series. Today Michael is joined by Jake and Michael to review the latest iteration of D&D 5e's Player Handbook

08-27
52:17

Show And Tell # 151 – Sentients

This week's Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sits down with Ted Hayes to discuss their currently Kickstartering game: Sentients. Sentients is a new, scifi tabletop RPG where you play an android that has suddenly become conscious in a world that is actively hunting you down. Sentients is a game of of liberation, underground resistance, newfound emotion, and what it means to be something other than human.

08-22
26:25

Show And Tell # 150 – Holdfast Station – corrected audio

This week's Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) on the other side of the microphone as HE gets interviewed by returning host Tom Cantwell all about Holdfast Station, Moe's newest game. A zero-prep game about asteroid miners surviving and holding their community together in the grim desolation of space.

08-07
40:31

Show And Tell # 149 – Starscape redux

This week's Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) revisits a conversation with Kimi Hughes Designer of the Ennie award winning Decuma, and the Powered By the Apocalyps game Starscape, Kickstarting now!

07-31
33:30

Show And Tell # 148 – Sam Dunnewold

This week's Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sitting down with Sam Dunnewald about his game Northfield and his Ennie nominated podcast Dice Exploder.

07-16
40:59

Show & Tell # 147 – Mythworks

This week's Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sitting down with Ray Chow, co-founder and CEO of Mythworks, an award winning RPG and Comics Publisher.

07-09
53:11

Show & Tell # 146 – Bump in the Dark

This week's Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sitting down with Jex Thomas about his horror RPG, Bump in the Dark.

06-24
35:38

Show & Tell # 145 – The Extraordinarily Horrible Children of Raven’s Hollow

This week's Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sitting down with Jessie Burneko about his new card based RPG, The Extraordinarily Horrible Children of Raven's Hollow

06-05
36:01

Show & Tell # 144- Slayers RPG

This week's Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sitting down with Spencer Campbell of Gila RPGs, the designer of Slayers, an RPG with asymmetric characters to play.

05-21
27:37

Show & Tell # 143- D20 Cruise recap with Neal and Rich

This week's show is a Michael Special where he chats with friends Neal Powell and Rich Howard about their recent stint as Pro DMs on the D20 Cruise.

05-10
58:44

Show & Tell # 142 – Moe guests on Dice Exploder

This week's show is a cross-over where we are cross posting a recent episode of the Dice Exploder podcast where our very own Moe was a guest

05-06
44:25

Show & Tell # 141 – Rascal News

This week's Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sitting down with Linda Codega about the launch of Rascal a new, independent, TTRPG News website.

04-11
42:11

Show & Tell # 140 – eXistential eSsential

This week's Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sitting down with Alexander Marc Yanis, founder of MoMoDi Games and creator of Existential Essential RPG

04-03
36:06

Bonus ep – Draft Special – Most awesome collection of Vehicles from Live-action TV 70’s, 80’s and 90’s

Hello and Welcome to The RPG Academy.  In this special bonus episode Kevin Stacey from Wanderer's Haven Productions, Lewankia from Tabletop Journeys and Chris Burlew from Smuggler's Blues and The RPG Academy gather for a special Draft episode.  This time we are drafting the most awesome collection of vehicles from live-action TV shows from the 70s, 80s and 90s  Listen to their picks and then vote for whom you think put together the most awesome collection. Lewanika serves as the Draft-Master for this event. The winner of this event will serve as draft-master for our next one.

03-27
44:14

Show & Tell # 139 – Helbine

This week's Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sitting down with Maria Moore, co-designer of the Space Adventure, Savage Worlds supplement, Helbine.

02-23
29:29

Show & Tell # 138 – Errant Challenger

This week's Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sitting down with Alex Bartee, designer of Errant Challenger, a super tactical TTRPG with PVP!

02-16
27:36

Show & Tell # 137 – Beetle Knight

This week's Show and Tell finds Host Moe Poplar ( @Ashyfeet1 ) sitting down with Jim Hall about about an upcoming TTRPG called Beetle Knight where you play Bugs in a forest dealing with political and medieval style intrigue.

02-06
31:14

The Reviews – Tales from the Loop – Starter Set

Hello and welcome to The RPG Academy's The Review series. Today Michael is joined by first-time reviewer JimmyLogan to review the Tales from the Loop - Starter Set.

02-01
43:25

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