TPT #74: The Thrillie Awards, Resolutions & Aquaman

Posted on December 29, 2016December 29, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

Hosts I-Hsien and Shane present the Second Annual Thrillie Awards to the best gaming products of the year, check-in on last year’s New Years gaming resolutions, and then share new resolutions. In the Character Creation Forge, Aquaman does some goofy fish stuff and occasionally blasts people with a trident. (56m)

Important Links:

Two Weeks: a micro-game collection which benefits the ACLU, including Shane’s NASCAR-inspired RPG, Wreckin’ is Racin’.

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TPT #73: 2nd Annual Mailbag & The Flash

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane sort through the mail and answer listener questions about plot hooks, campaign planning and time management. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the final battle rests on the outcome of a single die roll, and the Flash outruns even the sharpest shooters in the Character Creation Forge. (64m)

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TPT #72: Playing Tieflings & The Faustian Fiddler

Posted on December 15, 2016December 14, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss how to play tieflings, those devil-blooded outcasts that Planescape gifted to the game. In the Mourning Glory campaign, each member of the party must make a final decision, and the Faustian Fiddler puts the devil in the detailed fingerwork in the Character Creation Forge. (60m)

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TPT #71: Burnout & The Smitebiter

Posted on December 8, 2016December 9, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss how to avoid burnout, what to do if you feel yourself getting burned out, and the merits of participating in RPGs as both a player and a gamemaster. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party is severely tempted, and the Smitebiter gets a taste of combat in the Character Creation Forge. (64m)

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Help us decide what to do after we finish recapping Mourning Glory in our Twitter poll:

What should replace the Mourning Glory Campaign segment on the show?

(We don't have enough sessions played in Dark Sun to recap it… yet)

— Total Party Thrill (@TPTCast) December 8, 2016

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TPT #70: Low Fantasy in D&D & The Lazylord

Posted on December 1, 2016December 8, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane explain how to strip out unrealistic elements from traditional fantasy RPGs to run grounded and gritty games. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party’s succes comes back to bite them, and the Lazylord leads from the reclining chair in the Character Creation Forge. (63m)

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TPT #69: D&D 5E’s Volo’s Guide to Monsters Review

Posted on November 24, 2016November 27, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane breakdown the latest release for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, Volo’s Guide to Monsters, including their favorite and least favorite elements, in this super-sized episode. Both the Mourning Glory campaign and the Character Creation Forge take the week off, but will return next episode. (91m)

Note: The original uploaded file had a 40-second audio gap around 17 minutes. This has been corrected.

Important Links:

The Tome Show Roundtable 143: Shane and I-Hsien joined the show to discuss the previews of the of Volo’s Guide to Monsters, in case you were curious what we thought before we had a copy in hand.

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TPT #68: Scale in RPGs & The Storm Surge

Posted on November 17, 2016November 18, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane try to make sense of a single die roll as they discuss narrative scale in RPGs. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party takes up arms to defend the innocent, and the Storm Surge enters like a flash and goes out with a bang in the Character Creation Forge. (55m)

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The Tome Show Roundtable 143: Shane and I-Hsien joined the show to discuss the previews of the then-upcoming D&D 5E supplement, Volo’s Guide to Monsters, released November 15, 2016.

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TPT #67: Splitting the Party & The Beguiler

Posted on November 10, 2016November 10, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane encourage you to take a walk on the wild side and do that thing you thought you should never do: split the party. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party adjusts to their new reality, and the Beguiler charms your pants off in the Character Creation Forge. (58m)

Important Links:

“Never Split the Party,” by Emerald Rose.

The Tome Show Roundtable 143: Shane and I-Hsien join the show to discuss the previews of the upcoming D&D 5E supplement, Volo’s Guide to Monsters, releasing November 15, 2016.

Gamemaster’s Journey #129: Shane joins the show to discuss gaming between sessions.

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TPT #66: The Dark Sun Campaign Setting & The Wasteland Wanderer

Posted on November 3, 2016November 27, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss their favorite sandals and sorcery setting, Dark Sun. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party steps into an unfamiliar realm that ends up all too familiar, and the Wasteland Wanderer goes it alone in the Character Creation Forge. (56m)

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Athas.org: Unofficial D&D 3.5 conversion of Dark Sun, and valuable source of setting information

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TPT #65: Designing Epic Destinies & The Psychic Warrior

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Total Party Thrill

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Hosts I-Hsien and Shane discuss how to create high-level abilities for players that go beyond the baseline offered in most RPGs. In the Mourning Glory campaign, the party tries to keep an enemy alive, and the Psychic Warrior gets Shane riled up in the Character Creation Forge. (52m)

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Epic Destinies PDF: I-Hsien’s epic destinies for the Mourning Glory campaign

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