Using Random Encounters In Your RPG

Update: 2026-02-26

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TTRPG Show for Feb 26, 2026.

It’s time to be more intentionally random as game masters. Today we discuss the value of random encounters, when and why to incorporate them, and the difference in feel between RPGs designed with random elements in mind versus those that are not.

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00:00 Open

00:42 Intro: Back Booth Banter

01:26 Random Encounters

15:47 Wrap

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Using Random Encounters In Your RPG