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AP Review 05 – Mistborn Adventure Game – Session 2 from 2021-03-18T12:00

Welcome to our fifth AP Review game. Listen

Episode 38 – It Only Takes One Roll from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

This month the gang gets together (sans Katie) to talk abouth One Roll Engine games. We get dwon into the gritty details of how to create your dicepool and interpret it as well as what all the funk...

AP Review 05 – Mistborn Adventure Game – Session 1 from 2021-01-05T13:00:22

Welcome to our fifth AP Review game. Listen

AP Review 05 – Mistborn Adventure Game – Session 0, Part 2 from 2020-11-01T13:00:22

Welcome to our fifth AP Review game. We hosted a poll on our website that decided that our next game would be Listen

AP Review 05 – Mistborn Adventure Game – Session 0, Part 1 from 2020-09-25T12:00

Welcome to our fifth AP Review game. We hosted a poll on our website that decided that our next game would be Listen

Postmortem Review 04 – Scion 2nd Edition from 2020-09-09T04:00:07

Welcome to our fourth Postmortem Review episode! Continuing with the new format, we wanted to offer an episode that is more like our original ...

AP Review 04 – Scion 2nd Edition – Session 03 from 2020-08-10T16:00:52

Welcome to the third session our fourth AP Review game, Listen

AP Review 04 – Scion 2nd Edition – Session 02 from 2020-07-14T18:17:44

Welcome to the second session our fourth AP Review game, Listen

AP Review 04 – Scion 2nd Edition – Session 01 from 2020-05-28T22:22:18

Welcome to our fourth AP Review game. Our Facebook followers decided that our next game (via Poll) would be Listen

Postmortem Review 03 – Don’t Rest Your Head from 2020-05-14T12:00

Welcome to our third Postmortem Review episode! Continuing with the new format, we wanted to offer an episode that is more like our original c...

AP Review 03 – Don’t Rest Your Head – Session 02 from 2020-04-01T03:00

Welcome to the last episode of our third AP Review game, Don’t Rest Your Head by Listen

AP Review 03 – Don’t Rest Your Head – Session 01 from 2020-01-28T03:57:15

Welcome to the next episode of our third AP Review game, Don’t Rest Your Head by Listen

AP Review 03 – Don’t Rest Your Head – Character Creation + Prelude from 2019-12-28T03:51:34

Welcome to our third AP Review game. Our Patreon backers decided that our next game would be Don’t Rest Your Head by Listen

Postmortem Review 02 – MASKS from 2019-12-13T13:00

Welcome to our first Postmortem Review episode! With the new format, we wanted to offer an episode that is more like our previous content. No...

AP Review 02 – MASKS RPG – Session 02 from 2019-11-29T00:25:31

Welcome back to the third round of our new AP Review series. This our second and final Game Play session of MASKS: A New Generation by Listen

AP Review 02 – MASKS RPG – Session 01 from 2019-11-14T13:00

Welcome back to our second round of our new AP Review series. This our first Game Play session of MASKS: A New Generation by Listen

AP Review 02 – MASKS RPG – Character Creation from 2019-11-01T04:05:12

Welcome to our second round of our new AP Review series. This time we had our Patreon Backers decide our next game and they chose MASKS: A New...

Postmortem Review 01 – Fiasco – Dragon Slayers from 2019-10-17T03:59:50

Welcome to our first Postmortem Review episode! With the new format, we wanted to offer an episode that is more like our previous content. Now...

AP Review 01 – Fiasco – Dragon Slayers – Act 2 & Aftermath from 2019-10-03T05:15

Here is the third (and final) part of our first Actual Play Review for Fiasco by Bully Pulpit Games Listen

AP Review 01 – Fiasco – Dragon Slayers – Act 1 & Tilt from 2019-09-18T23:52:12

Here is the second part of our first Actual Play Review for Fiasco by Bully Pulpit Games.
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AP Review 01 – Fiasco – Dragon Slayers – Setup from 2019-09-05T04:52:25

Welcome to our first Actual Play Review! We have decided to go back to focusing on Reviews, with the twist of making Actual Plays of the syste...

Episode 55 – Time to Change It Up! from 2019-07-19T03:18:18

In this episode, we talk about our convention experience with 1d4Con 2019, Queen City Con, and Origins. We also explain the changes that comin...

Episode 54 – Our Favorite RPG Supplements (Round 2) from 2019-04-01T04:14:23

In this episode, we tackle another round our favorite supplements, ranging from additive to transformative to toolkits; only this time with Katie. Again, each host picked two of their fa...

Episode 53 – Our Favorite RPG Supplements (Round 1) from 2019-02-22T00:07:24

In this episode, we talk about our favorite supplements, ranging from additive to transformative to toolkits. Each host picked two of their favorite supplements (from all sorts of game w...

Episode 52 – Gaming the Headlines, Part 2 from 2019-01-26T04:21:34

In this episode, we revisit the Headline topic from August 2018’s episode. With a bunch of headlines submitted by David H. and some others that we researched, we attempt to take we...

Episode 51 – Reviewing Godbound from 2018-12-29T03:17:28

CONTEST ~GIVEAWAY~Congratulations to Zac C.!Not only did he send in the only entry, he gave us much more than we were asking for. For those reasons, he was sent all three items.
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Episode 50 – Randomly Generating Planets Where No GM Has Generated Before from 2018-11-21T04:10:29

CONTEST ~GIVEAWAY~ (Still Taking Entries)We are giving away ONE softcover copy of THE SPRAWL to a lucky winner. For 2 runner-ups (2nd and 3rd place), we will have a hardcover of the Path...

Episode 49 – Unlikely Adventures from 2018-10-18T03:53:50

CONTEST ~GIVEAWAY~We are giving away ONE softcover copy of THE SPRAWL to a lucky winner. For 2 runner-ups (2nd and 3rd place), we will have a hardcover of the Pathfinder Module: The Emer...

Episode 48 – Lets Get Into Character from 2018-10-01T04:42:50

September has come and gone, so here is a podcast episode that we managed to record even though my work schedule has been nuts.







CONTEST ~GIVEAW...

Episode 47 – Gaming the Headlines from 2018-08-15T03:26:32

Happy 8 years everyone!

Holy cow, how did we ever make it this far? Will we be around for the 9th? We know it’s not consistent. We don’t post an episode every week, every othe...

Episode 46 – Combating Murderhobo Syndrome from 2018-07-20T03:23:19

AND WE ARE BACK ON A MONTHLY ROTATION… at least we have a strong start. Our main topic for this short episode is about “Avoiding the Murderhobo Trope” in tabletop roleplaying game...

Episode 45 – Taking This to the Next Level from 2018-06-27T04:09:32

After an almost 5 month hiatus, we at 1d4Cast come back strong with all of the crew on this episode. We start with some light talk about 1d4Con 2018 (held April 13-15), drop the date for 1d4Con 201...

1d4Con is Coming! from 2018-02-18T01:09:45

1d4Con 2018 is less than two months away! It all happens on April 13-15 at the Holiday Inn of Martinsburg, WV.

We have a ton of games posted, whether you are looking for board games, mini...

Episode 44 – Online Play from 2018-02-03T03:46:37

This is the first episode of 2018! In this first month of 2018’s episode, we talk about all manner of ways that one can play Tabletop RPGs on the internet. We discuss various platforms and ta...

Episode 43 – Now You’re Playing With Power! from 2017-12-20T02:08:12

This is December 2017’s Episode. In this final month of 2017, we talk about handling and working with power scale in various RPGs and formats. Many of the discussion questions were created fr...

Episode 42 – Building Character from 2017-11-26T04:09:10

This is November 2017’s Episode. This month we talk about our favorite Character Building subsystems within various RPGs. We ask ourselves (and each other) the tough questions and take a few ...

7th Year Anniversary & Halloween Special AP – Shadow of the Demon Lord from 2017-10-22T04:23:22

This was supposed to be August 2017’s episode, however between personal things and crazy work hours for James, it wasn’t recorded until Septe...

Episode 41 – It’s Clobbering Time from 2017-07-02T04:41:49

This is June 2017’s Episode. This month we talk about our favorite Combat and other Conflict Resolution subsystems within various RPGs.

If you have any comments, feedback, system yo...

Episode 40 – A Particular Set of Skills from 2017-05-20T17:28:48

This month we talk about our favorite Skills subsystems within various RPGs. We also discuss our time at and running 1d4Con 2017 as well.

Thank you to Zac C. for writing in!

If ...

Episode 39 – Favorite RPG Subsystems: Magic! from 2017-04-12T20:00:11

This month we talk about our favorite Magic subsystems within various RPGs. We discuss and play a promotional plug for 1d4Con 2017. We also play a promotional plug for TsunamiCon 2017.

If...

Episode 37 – Board Games and Card Games are AWESOME! from 2016-12-18T04:04:03

We had planned to talk about One Roll Engine games. However, with Henry sick and Paul unable to attend the recording, we decided to talk about board games. Some of us did our top five lists, while ...

Bonus Ep 08 – Games Turned To Film from 2016-11-17T04:59:49

This episode is a little bit of a tangent. With only Steve, Paul, and James recording this month, we focus on games that have been made into movies. While we do talk about tabletop RPGs, larping, a...

Episode 36 – Diceless Gaming from 2016-09-23T22:53:23

This episode is a little bit of a tribute to the late Steven Russell of Rite Publishing, Listen

Interview with Neall and Monica about Scion 2nd Edition from 2016-09-02T04:21:57

This episode marks our 6th year as a podcast! Happy Anniversary to us! Despite the several months of off again and on again hiatus, we have done our best to stick to it.

Monica is working...

Episode 35 – You are all Savages! from 2016-07-29T19:02:04

In this episode, we perform a system analysis on Savage Worlds. We go throught the general rules as laid out in the Savage Worlds Deluxe 2nd Edition (we specifically reference the Explorers edition...

Episode 34 – All of the Conventions from 2016-06-23T15:17:52

“Back once again for the renegade master, d4 damager, power to the people!” – Wildchild – Renegade Master (Listen

Episode 33 – Game Complexity from 2016-05-18T03:56:59

We are officially back in action after a 7 month hiatus!

In this episode, we are missing John again and Andy was unable to be a guest, but we have Paul joining us. We recorded with Google...

Episode 32 – Powered by the Apocalypse (LIVE) from 2015-09-30T03:51:26

In this episode, we are missing John, and broadcasting LIVE with Google Hangouts “On Air”. We ran into a few glitches here and there, so the sound quality does suffer a little. We talk ...

Episode 31 – Campaign Design Part 2: Tools We Use from 2015-08-26T20:36:53

HAPPY 5 YEARS TO US!!!!!



In this episode, we are missing Katie, but we carry on regardless and talk a little bit about games we have run or played in since the last recording, ...

Episode 30 – Philosophy of Campaign Design from 2015-07-23T05:02:50

In this episode, we are missing James and John, but we carry on our courageous and noble quest to talk a little bit about games we have run or played in since the last recording as well as discuss ...

Episode 29 – Wanna Play In Our Sandbox? from 2015-07-02T04:34:10

In this episode, we talk a little bit about games we have run or played in since the last recording as well as discuss twitter and facebook posts from our listeners.

The episode’s m...

Episode 28 – Getting A Clue from 2015-05-21T19:23:40

Hey! We aren’t dead…. yet!

We do apologize for the long hiatus, as Conventions (planning and executing) and Life in general have gotten in the way of, and eaten our podcasting...

Episode 27 – Onward! Into 2015 from 2015-01-17T05:55:23

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to 2015! This month we talk about our gaming related goals for 2015, our current (and past) favorite games, and the sometimes abusive relationship we have our guil...

See You In 2015! from 2015-01-01T05:21:10

We were unable to coordinate a recording for December, but here is a little something. We plan to be back in January! See you in 2015!

Episode 26 – This is your Fate! from 2014-11-06T03:07:44

Hello Everyone!

This would have been October’s episode, but we had some major technical issues that prevented us from recording. A busy schedule kept me from attending this make up ...

Episode 25 – Delving Into DnD 5th Edition from 2014-09-12T03:37:23

Hello Everyone!

Happy Anniversary to us, 4 years and still kicking! This month we have a full cast plus special guests, Henry, Katie, and Steve.

This episode focuses on Dungeons...

Episode 24 – That is so EPIC! from 2014-07-27T22:38:02

Hello Everyone!

This was recorded at the end of June. Due to traveling for vacation and changing jobs, this has been delayed until now. It is only edited slightly as Monica’s mic wo...

Episode 23 – Post-1d4Con 2014 Wrap Up from 2014-05-29T16:25:05

Hello Everyone!

This is May 2014’s episode. We decided to try out recording from Google Hangouts instead of Mumble this time. Please let us know if you like how this episode sounds ...

GM Toolkit EP03 – Prepping for Cons from 2014-03-28T23:54:52

Hello everyone! We are actually releasing our March Episode in *GASP* March!

This time it is just Steve and I and with 1d4Con right around ...

Episode 22 – Post-Apocalyptic Bullshit Cyber Elves from 2014-03-06T14:12:51

*WARNING* This podcast is explicit!

Hello Everyone!

Let me first apologize for the tardiness of this episode. It was recorded for February and was supposed to be out last week. ...

Episode 21 – More Game For Your Buck! from 2014-01-31T15:00:06

Hello Everyone! Happy New Year, despite the fact that January is now at it’s end! I had full intention of being on this episode, but I got hit by a nasty stomach virus the day we were to reco...

Episode 20 – Skyscrapers of Gygaxian Text from 2013-12-19T21:06:26

Hello everyone!

My baby boy, Elijah, is doing great! I hope to get back to this podcasting thing in January :).

Anyway, the 1d4cast crew, along with special guest Henry, got tog...

Episode 19 – Aneurysms and Crocodiles from 2013-10-16T21:10:10

Hello everyone!

My baby boy, Elijah, was born on 10/10/2013. Due to this, I am forced to take a small break away from podcasting to be with my little one.

However; the 1d4cast c...

A Closer Look At… Skill Use from 2013-10-04T20:01:08

Here is a new ACLS episode where we tackle how different systems use skills. This is not a comprehensive list of systems, but it is a very diverse one, covering both traditional games and indie gam...

Episode 18 – Organized Play from 2013-08-31T23:01:01

Hello everyone,

It’s the end of August, and this month we bring you a regular episode with all four of our regular cast members (I know, miracles do happen)! The topic for this epis...

Pre-GenCon 2013 Update from 2013-08-02T23:00:51

For this update, I am going solo. I talk about some of the stuff happening with the 1d4cast crew as well as Otakon, GenCon, the official release of Monica’s “No Rest for the Wicked̶...

Episode 17 – Lite Vs Heavy Systems from 2013-05-24T02:59:26

Hello everyone! Welcome to May’s episode. This month we discuss the Pros and Cons between Rules-Lite and Rules-Heavy systems. We even sneak a little Rules-Medium games in the talk as well. Ho...

Episode 16 – The Road to 1d4Con from 2013-05-05T03:26:55

Hello everyone! April pretty much got away from us, especially with it leading right into 1d4Con. In light of this, we decided to talk a little bit about the convention so that we could possible in...

Interview with David Hill about Apotheosis Drive X from 2013-04-07T21:41:33

Okay so this is a late release, it should have been out in March. Been busy with family and 1d4Con stuff. Finally had a chance to get this out for you to hear.

This time we have another ...

Episode 15 – Spreading the NerdLove from 2013-02-24T21:13:41

It’s February and we have been bitten by the love bug. No not in that way. We make a few shout outs to some other podcasts and conventions. We talk a bit about 1d4Con and then dive right into...

Episode 14: Taking A Look Back and A Look Ahead from 2013-01-27T23:55:57

Welcome to 2013! This month we do sort of a “Year in Review” along with a look ahead into 2013.

If you have any comments, feedback, system you want us to talk about, or even a...

Episode 13: Holiday Special – More Dungeons and More Dragons from 2012-12-25T19:52:36

Hey everyone!

We have finally made it to our Holiday Special and it’s Christmas day, so here is our present to you. This time we invited all of the DVd20 Productions family to join ...

Interview with David Hill about Gospel of Sarah from 2012-12-15T23:11

It’s December so we are giving you yet another gift. This time it is another interview with David Hill of Machine Age Productions about their new game “Gospel of Sarah”. Have a li...

Interview with Chris Perrin about Mecha RPG from 2012-12-07T15:53:04

Hey everyone!

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving (if you celebrate it) and are experiencing a good holiday season so far. I know that it is December, but this is the episode for Novem...

Episode 12: How Games Are Marketed To Us from 2012-10-06T21:46:37

Hey everyone!

We apologize for the lateness of this episode. It was supposed to be released last week, but there was a schedule conflict.

Anyway Monica, Paul and James talk abou...

Episode 11: Post GenCon 2012 show & Board Game Talk from 2012-08-30T20:23:35

Hey everyone!

We apologize for the lateness of this episode. It was supposed to be released last week, but there was a schedule conflict.

Anyway Monica, Paul and James talk abou...

Pre-GenCon 2012 update from 2012-08-13T16:47:04

Hello Everyone!

We know it’s been a while since we’ve had any kind of episode, so take a listen to this informational episode about news, GenCon, and updates for this podcast....

ACLS EP3 – Mage: The Awakening from 2012-06-22T15:29:12

*Warning – Explicit*

This month we take a closer look at Mage: The Awakening. It is a game from White Wolf’s storytelling system called World of Darkness (aka nWoD). We take a...

Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Interview with David Hill about Farewell to Fear from 2012-06-22T15:15:07

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This month we interview David A. Hill Jr. of Machine Age Productions about his new game called “Farewell to Fear”. Never heard of it? Check this epi...

Bonus Ep 07 – Accommodating Your Players from 2012-06-22T15:06:05

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Again we have another tangent topic, but this one kind of borders on a GM Toolkit topic as well. How do you go about accommodating your players and making sched...

Bonus Ep 06 – What Makes A Game Mature & A Special Announcement! from 2012-06-22T14:43:12

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This month we tackle the topic of mature gaming. What makes a game mature? How can I use mature themes in my game? All these questions and more are answered wit...

Bonus Ep 05 – Using Music In Your Games from 2012-06-22T14:06:50

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This month we hit up a topic that is very near and dear to our hearts. We all love music and many of us use it enhance our games. So here is a tangent topic epi...

Episode 10: Girl Gamers: Busting The Stereotypes from 2012-06-22T13:46:42

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This month, Monica approached me with the idea of doing a show on girl gamers. We came up with a list of questions and invited several of our lady friends to be...

Bonus Ep 4 – Dicey Situations from 2012-06-22T01:19:16

*Warning – Explicit*

For our November show, we decided to do a show about dice statistics, superstitions at the gaming table, and what mechanics a lot of the popular game systems ha...

Episode 9: By Sigmar’s Hammer from 2012-06-21T23:52:42

*Warning – Explicit*

Hello everyone! This is a late release for October. This is a long episode and I had a lot of audio issues with my microphone, so I apologize in advanced for ho...

GM Toolkit EP 2 from 2012-06-21T23:32:05

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First, Look! We are kinda back on schedule… posting in the month we record in :-P. As of last month, 1d4cast is a year old, so thank you for all of our li...

Episode 8: Finding the Path from 2012-06-21T23:09:29

*Warning – Explicit*

This is our podcast for July 2011. I apologize for how late it’s being released. In this episode we review Pathfinder. We are fortunate that our good frie...

New Series: The GM Toolkit from 2012-06-21T23:01:39

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This month we try out a new series called the GM Toolkit (GMTK) in which we discuss various topics that all GMs/DMs/STs face at some point in their gaming caree...

Episode 7: Roaming The Weird West from 2012-06-21T22:59:19

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This month we review a great game called Dead Lands. It is such a great game and it truly deserves more credit :). Hope you enjoy! Feedback is always appreciate...

Level UP! Podcast from 2012-06-21T22:55:30

While at Regulator Con 2011, Monica and James were interviewed by Benoit of Level UP! Podcast. They are a podcast that is devoted to all things Dungeons & Dragons 4th

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Episode 6: The Exalted Show: Stunt Like Mad from 2012-06-21T22:54:24

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Welcome back to 1d4cast. Its been awhile since we’ve done a review show, so we decided that White Wolf’s Exalted should be our next topic. It is a g...

Bonus EP 3 – Making Characters from 2012-06-21T22:52:58

*Warning – Explicit*

While recording the last ACLS, Steve asked the question, “How do you we make characters?”. So here you go, this little tangent is now its own short ...

ACLS EP2 – Shadowrun from 2012-06-21T22:51:36

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Welcome to the second episode of our ‘A Closer Look Series’ (ACLS). This time Kate (aka the Bane of James) joins us as we go more indepth about Shad...

Bonus EP 2 – Monica rolls for stats the oldschool way from 2012-06-21T22:36:16

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Monica prepares for our first Actual Play by rolling up stats for 2 oldschool DnD characters. Listen to find out how she rolled in this short episode.
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A new series… “A Closer Look” – Episode 1: Changeling the Lost from 2012-06-21T22:34:13

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This month we are releasing the first episode of a new series. Its called “A Closer Look…”. In this episode we jump back into nWoD by examinin...

1d4cast Episode 5b: D&D Special, Part 2 – WotC’s DnD from 2012-06-21T22:31:27

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This month is our DnD Special Month. This episode is the second of two where we explore the game of Dungeons and Dragons. Part 2 focuses on DnD under Wizard of ...

1d4cast Episode 5a: D&D Special, Part 1 – TSR’s DnD from 2012-06-21T22:28:34

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This month is our DnD Special Month. This episode is the first of two where we explore the game of Dungeons and Dragons. Part 1 focuses on DnD under TSR’s...

1d4cast Episode 4: The Many Faces of Players from 2012-06-21T22:26:37

*Warning – Content More Explicit Than Usual*

This week we talk about and give advice concerning common topics such as “Player Archetypes” and “Meta-gaming”. ...

The first 1d4cast bonus episode! from 2012-06-21T22:24:16

*Warning: Explicit Content*

That’s right folks! An episode under 1.5 hours does exist :-P. This one is even less than 10 minutes :).

In this bonus episode, we talk about l...

1d4cast Episode 3: Run! Don’t Walk In The Shadows from 2012-06-21T22:22:03

*Warning: Explicit Content*

In this episode, we talk about Shadowrun 4th Edition. We discuss the setting, character building, game mechanics, magic, hacking, equipment, and how it compare...

1d4cast Episode 2: A Look At nWoD from 2012-06-19T18:42:39

Warning: Explicit Content

In this episode we explore the current version of the World of Darkness (aka nWoD). We talk about the setting, our takes on the game lines, give advice, and comp...

Episode 1: Introductions from 2012-06-19T17:46:12

*Warning: Content is Explicit*

This is our first episode of the podcast. All of the hosts introduce themselves, talk about their favorite games/ campaigns, least favorite campaigns, as we...