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In today's episode, Nick and friends of the pod Mac and Danny talk about the Arkham Horror Roleplaying game. In this episode, you'll discover: Our thoughts on what This system does RIGHT Our thoughts on the utility of the Arkham Horror TCG Should you buy, read, or skip this ttrpg! Joining us is host Nick Perron in conversation with Shade, Franco, and Rio. Together, they bring their combined 75 years of ttrpg hobby experience to bear to answer your questions and talk about this hobby we love. LINKS! → Tabletopped's website → Patreon →…
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Nick Perron · Leisure & Travel · English
Welcome game masters! Each week Nick Perron dives deep into the art of running role-playing games with guests experts to get tips for everyone from first-time players to seasoned veterans. Join us to find out what makes a great story and an even greater campaign!
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S4 · E4 · 15 Jun 2026 · 49 min
Backrooms and Liminal Spaces
In today's episode, Nick and the crew talk about how to build liminal spaces in your TTRPG campaign In this episode, you'll discover: What are liminal spaces? Ideas on how to run them. What is Franco's favorite Kurt Vonnegut Novel!? Joining us is host Nick Perron in conversation with Shade, Franco, and Rio. Together, they bring their combined 75 years of ttrpg hobby experience to bear to answer your questions and talk about this hobby we love. LINKS! → Tabletopped's website → Patreon →…
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S4 · E3 · 1 Jun 2026 · 57 min
This Is Important: How To Create Buy-In
In today's episode, Nick and the crew talk about how to get your players to take game events seriously. In this episode, you'll discover: How to create buy in Early vs late game tactics How can we as players help? Joining us is host Nick Perron in conversation with Shade, Franco, and Rio. Together, they bring their combined 75 years of ttrpg hobby experience to bear to answer your questions and talk about this hobby we love. LINKS! → Tabletopped's website → Patreon → Instagram →…
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S4 · E2 · 18 May 2026 · 57 min
Nature Versus Nurture... But Gnomes: Creating Fantasy Species
In today's episode, Nick and the crew talk about what is important to do when putting your own spin on ttrpg species. In this episode, you'll discover: How to think about deterministic species Pitfalls to avoid when making your own lore for species GNOMES Joining us is host Nick Perron in conversation with Shade, Franco, and Rio. Together, they bring their combined 75 years of ttrpg hobby experience to bear to answer your questions and talk about this hobby we love. LINKS! → Tabletopped's website → Patreon →…
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S4 · E1 · 4 May 2026 · 43 min
Sorry Guys, Can't Make It: What to do when players cancel
In today's episode, Nick and Shade talk about what to do when people bail, flake, and just generally can't make a session. In this episode, you'll discover: Strategies to continue stories when players are abscent Improv as a essential skill Discussing when you need to even care Joining us is host Nick Perron in conversation with Shade, Franco, and Rio. Together, they bring their combined 75 years of ttrpg hobby experience to bear to answer your questions and talk about this hobby we love. LINKS! → Tabletopped's website → Patreon →…
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S4 · E1 · 20 Apr 2026 · 36 min
Tabletopped Turns 4 Years Old: Nick interviews..... Nick?
In today's episode, Nick talks about the Tabletopped that was, and will be in celebration of the pod turning 4 years old! In this episode, you'll discover: If Nick can do a monologue for 40 minutes Joining us is host Nick Perron in conversation with Shade, Franco, and Rio. Together, they bring their combined 75 years of ttrpg hobby experience to bear to answer your questions and talk about this hobby we love. LINKS! → Tabletopped's website → Patreon → Instagram → Twitter Check us out…
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S3 · E33 · 23 Mar 2026 · 55 min
Settings vs. Story: What Makes a Versatile Setting?
In today's episode, Franco and Nick talk about what settings need to be used for basically everything. In this episode, you'll discover: Our thoughts on what makes a good setting Heroic stories and what they need from a setting How to make a setting that will last many campaigns Joining us is host Nick Perron in conversation with Shade, Franco, and Rio. Together, they bring their combined 75 years of ttrpg hobby experience to bear to answer your questions and talk about this hobby we love. LINKS! → Tabletopped's website → Patreon →…
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S3 · E32 · 9 Mar 2026 · 44 min
Why is Technology so hard in TTRPGs?
In today's episode, Rio and Nick get cozy and talk about technology in ttrpgs and why its so hard to make a gun feel like a gun. In this episode, you'll discover: Our thoughts on what is hard about GMing in high tech games What solutions you can make when you dont know how something works Tech and biomes Joining us is host Nick Perron in conversation with Shade, Franco, and Rio. Together, they bring their combined 75 years of ttrpg hobby experience to bear to answer your questions and talk about this hobby we love. LINKS! → Tabletopped's website →…
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S3 · E31 · 23 Feb 2026 · 57 min
The Mailbag: Captives of Dolagan and IPs We Want a TTRPG of!
In today's episode, the crew sits down and opens the mailbag to talk about The Captives of Dolagan module kickstarting soon as well as talk about a listener question regarding IP in TTRPGs. In this episode, you'll discover: Our thoughts on The Captives of Dolagan Sideways the ttrpg Whether you could make a Severence ttrpg Joining us is host Nick Perron in conversation with Shade, Franco, and Rio. Together, they bring their combined 75 years of ttrpg hobby experience to bear to answer your questions and talk about this hobby we love. LINKS! → Tabletopped's website →…
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S3 · E30 · 9 Feb 2026 · 52 min
Releasing Tales From the Cryptids
In today's episode, Nick talks to Scryptid Games' co-directors Brigitte Winter and Nat Mesnard! We talk about their upcoming game anthology "Tales from the Cryptids." In this episode, you'll discover: How Scryptid Games builds community What people can expect form this new release How you can submit to get your work published in the book! Scryptid LINKS! Project link: https://scryptidgames.com/tales-from-the-cryptids Discord: https://discord.gg/jpzU3UjMVZ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/scryptidgames.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scryptidgames/ SG website:…
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S3 · E29 · 26 Jan 2026 · 1 hr 3 min
"My Feels Have Been Destroyed": Taking Feedback as a GM
In today's episode, the crew sits down to talk about how you can solicit advice and feedback from your players by using a real life example that happened to Nick! In this episode, you'll discover: Our thoughts on what is helpful and non-helpful feedback Franco being the villain of the pod How you too can give and take feedback in a ttrpg! Joining us is host Nick Perron in conversation with Shade, Franco, and Rio. Together, they bring their combined 75 years of ttrpg hobby experience to bear to answer your questions and talk about this hobby we love. LINKS! → Tabletopped's…
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