Podcasts by Dice Against Isolation
A podcast about running tabletop games, focussed on doing so within this current moment of global crisis. I'm an experienced GM adapting offline workshop content into this series that will offer help and encouragement to GMs old and new, covering general game advice, emotional wellbeing, and the nitty-gritty of online play, among other things.
Transcripts available https://kesbeacon.itch.io/dice-against-isolation-all-transcripts, or in episode descriptions.
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10: The Long Game and the Ending from 2020-06-11T17:57:52
It's the final episode, covering the long term running of a campaign as well as how to end one! The ongoing game and the conclusion are some of the biggest challenges for a GM, but they absolute...
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9: Running the Game from 2020-06-04T15:27:37
It's all been building to this! Sessions are living things, writhing things, and it's time to wrestle one. We get right down to the basics of interaction with the world in this episode, then int...
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8: Sessions As Events from 2020-05-28T15:47:26
Sessions aren't just about narrative and gameplay; they're also about a group of people sitting down, at the moment at separate computers, and committing to being in a virtual room together for ...
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6: Liftoff from 2020-05-14T18:01:23
It's all well and good knowing how to lay the groundwork for a campaign, but there's no point just endlessly making plans. In this episode we talk about actually pressing go on a campaign, from ...
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5: System, Setting, Story Setup from 2020-05-07T18:05:37
With a lot of groundwork done, it's time to dig into the more granular creative part, so here is a very whistlestop tour of ways to think about systems, about setting, and about getting that fir...
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4: Practical Setup from 2020-04-30T16:36:32
One of the things that you have to think about before you're ready to hit play, sometimes even before you've done much creative work, is the practicality of the thing. Who are you playing with, ...
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3: Calibrating Expectations from 2020-04-23T16:20:27
Everybody brings something different to the table, and everyone has a different idea of what they're going to get out of it. Getting stuck in to what you, your group, and your system thinks is f...
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2: Emotional Wellbeing from 2020-04-16T16:08:23
Even at the best of times, it's important to look out for each other while playing tabletop games; we all bring our own baggage and hurts to the table, we all need support and care, we can all g...
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1: Introduction from 2020-04-13T15:57:27
Welcome to Dice Against Isolation, a podcast about running tabletop games in this current moment of global crisis! This introductory episode goes over the reasoning behind this podcast's existen...
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