Adventuring Academy

2018 · Talk

Adventurers, alight! Veteran gamemaster Brennan Lee Mulligan dives deep into role-playing games, with tips for everyone from first-time players to other pros.

Episodes

1. Creating Rounded Characters (with Lou Wilson)53m · Lou Wilson joins Brennan for Fantasy High secrets, first-time DM fails, and tips for scary villains.

2. Keeping a Game Going (with Amy Vorpahl)56m · Amy Vorpahl and Brennan talk antisocial orphans, nine-year campaigns, and babies that ruin games.

3. Raising the Stakes (with Brian Murphy)60m · Brian Murphy and Brennan discuss when to kill off PCs and reveal what's behind their DM screens.

4. Playing in a Safe Space (with Erika Ishii)60m · Erika Ishii and Brennan chat about honing social skills through DnD and building trust with players.

5. Being the Mean GM (with Noah Diamond)53m · Noah Diamond and Brennan dig into overpowered magical items and what to do when PCs just wanna loot.

6. Finishing a Campaign (with Molly Ostertag)58m · Molly Ostertag and Brennan get into the ethics of fudged dice rolls and why 5e is so queer-friendly.

7. Building Your Own Campaign Setting (with Matthew Mercer)56m · Matthew Mercer and Brennan get into Harry Potter's rad world building and those tricky NPC accents.

8. Leveling Up (with Satine Phoenix)51m · Satine Phoenix and Brennan chat about level splits, bending the rules, and letting your PCs fail.

9. What to Do With a Nat 20 (with B. Dave Walters)52m · B. Dave Walters and Brennan talk about making twists more twisty and manifesting character traits.

10. Giving Yourself Permission to Feel (with Marisha Ray)50m · Marisha Ray and Brennan tackle crying during gameplay and players with different ways of listening.

11. Playing a Cooperative Game (with Nick Marini)54m · Nick Marini joins Brennan to talk about making characters to fit a world and being a flexible PC.

12. Healing Through D&D (with Krystina Arielle)47m · Krystina Arielle joins Brennan to talk about playing as the nervous newbie and the experienced one.

13. Reunion with the Cast of Escape From the Bloodkeep (1)65m · Ify Nwadiwe, Amy Vorpahl, & Erika Ishii join Brennan to discuss the big moves & ships of the season.

14. Reunion with the Cast of Escape From the Bloodkeep (2)63m · Matthew Mercer, Rekha, & Trapp join Brennan to discuss all the surprises and challenges of the show.

15. Introducing Horror to a Game with Ivan Van Norman51m · Ivan Van Norman joins Brennan to discuss setting horror expectations and how to play traitorous pcs.

16. Finding Fun in Failure with Siobhan Thompson46m · Siobhan Thompson joins Brennan to generate random characters and talk about The Unsleeping City.

17. Killing Off Characters with Jack Covell62m · Jack Covell joins Brennan to talk about letting go and running campaigns without intense planning.

18. Storytelling As a Game Master with Peter Warren61m · Peter Warren joins Brennan to discuss how studying screenwriting made them better DMs, & vice versa.

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