S2E11: A Firm Starting Place: Stock Characters and Archetypes
This week, Todd, Nick, and Percy discuss the role and potential pitfalls of using stock characters and archetypes in theatre and tabletop role-playing games, as well as the way playbooks or character ...
4 Aug 202146min
S2E10: Matters of the Heart are Miserable Affairs
This week, the Silver Cowls head to pick up an artifact from the Silver Nails and attempt to avoid the horde of Hollows outside the headquarters where they're making this score. When they meet their c...
28 Jul 202153min
S2E9: Narrative is the Jelly: The False Binary of Fiction and Crunch
This week, Todd, Nick, and Percy dive into a recurring theme in discourse about tabletop role-playing games: fiction-forward games and "crunchy" games. They dissect what these terms mean, discuss thei...
21 Jul 202143min
S2E8: Labor Laws are So Last Century
This week in our Blades in the Dark game, Princess Mirena plays matchmaker, Wick confronts their rival, Milos' colleague Philomena continues her search for the imaginary book, and the Silver Cowls emb...
14 Jul 202153min
S2E7: Checks, Balances, and Communication: The Role of the GM
This week, Todd, Nick, and Percy chat about the role of the GM in different systems, focusing on transparency, player agency, and Blades in the Dark's framing of the game as a conversation between the...
7 Jul 202140min
S2E6: That’s How We Do It At the Moo Cow
The Silver Cowls are back with more shenanigans - while Milos and Wick make a deal, Mirena and Gabe meet someone new at the Centralia Club and Ellery discovers a new career path. Dungeons + Drama Ner...
30 Jun 20211h 23min
S2E5: Meet the GM: Elliot Peterson
Todd sits down with the GM of our Blades in the Dark campaign, Elliot Peterson, to chat about their theatre work, their connection to tabletop games, and their vision for Blades in the Dark. Dungeons ...
23 Jun 202115min
S2E4: Can I Roll a Vibe Check?
We kick off our campaign of Blades in the Dark with the Silver Cowls' first score. Milos gathers information and gets perhaps a little more than he bargained for, Gabe proves adept at opening doors fo...
16 Jun 20211h 17min
