Taking 20 Podcast

Short, bite-sized RPG advice, tips, and tricks for DMs and players of tabletop role playing games (TTRPG)

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Ep 239 - Write What You Know

Episode Date: October 6, 2024

Do you ever struggle to create compelling adventures for your RPG group?  I know I have in the past until I embraced the simple tip:  “write what you...

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Ep 236 - Scheduling

Episode Date: August 25, 2024

Sometimes the hardest monster to defeat in RPGs is the calendar.  It’s hard to schedule games when the real world gets in the way.  In this episode I...

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Ep 231 - Premade Adventures

Episode Date: July 14, 2024

There are similarities between delivering a performance at a theater and running a game whether online or in person.  In this episode I’ll tell you wh...

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Ep 229 - Wandering Monsters

Episode Date: June 23, 2024

Wandering monsters have been around since the very earliest days of D&D.  Their usage has waxed and waned through the years as the editions have c...

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Ep 225 - Lore Part 2

Episode Date: May 26, 2024

Lore can be doled out in small measures any number of ways at your table from dreams to treasure, holidays to PC backstories.  I hope the last two wee...

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Ep 224 - Lore Part 1

Episode Date: May 19, 2024

Lore, like so many other aspects to our game can be as present or absent as you would like it to be.  Lore makes your world richer and deeper but how...

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Ep 222 - Epilogues

Episode Date: May 5, 2024

One sure way to put a period (or even a question mark) on the end of your campaign or adventure is by using one or more epilogue scenes.  In this epis...

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Ep 221 - Rules Light RPGs

Episode Date: April 28, 2024

Sometimes we want a break from the rules heavy games and want to play something light and easy.  Sometimes people we know are interested in playing RP...