Episode 251: We're Back, For One Night Only!

Holy moly! Has it been three years already? (And then some?) It's wild how fast time flies. Well, we're back- not for good unfortunately, but after so much time had passed I thought it would be fun to get together with Jeff and record one more episode for old time's sake. Come join us as we reminisce and catch you all up on the many things we've been up to since the podcast ended, and also listen in on the announcement of my next big project!

Normally at this point I would plug all of the other content creators on the Critnation Fellowship- but sadly I think most of those creators have either moved on or at least put things on hold. But the OG creator, Crit Academy, is still kicking (though in a bit of a different format) so go see what they've been up to!

So welcome back everyone, and I hope you'll stay tuned for my next project, coming out in a few weeks!

Episode 251: Remake, Rebirth, Reunion

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Question(s) answered this episode:

1. Hey Gabe and Jeff, what have you been up to for the past three years?

2. How Is the recording and editing process for the actual play different from IPC?

3. Have you guys been guests on any other podcasts?

4. During the last few episodes of the podcast you mentioned playing Pathfinder: are you still playing that (privately)? And how do you like it?

5. What systems have you been playing? Has the "main system" shifted (as in, "used to play mostly 5e, and a little of 2e, now it's mostly 2e" or something like that)?

6. Are you still as passionate about TTRPGs? Why / why not?

7. Did you play Baldur's Gate 3 and how did you like it?

8. Dinner-Party Conflict time. What have you been cooking?

9. How has your (turkey) smoking journey been going Gabe?

10. Any new and exciting RC Cola flavours / stories you want to tell us about?

11. Is RC still the greatest?

12. Are you all interested in maybe hitting up some conventions like gencon in the future?

13. How are the dogs doing?

14. Gabe, how's your brother doing?

15. Will the new show be on the IPC main stream?

16. Are there any new game systems you're interested in trying out soon?

17. Will there be a return to Cloudstralia in the future?

18. If you absolutely had to do it, what do you both think would be the best starting point to making a Final Fantasy-themed campaign setting? 

19. Are y'all following Daggerheart at all? What do you think of it? Think it has any real staying power? With Critical Role campaign 3 wrapped up, do you think they'll give a shot moving to it as their main game?

20. Do you feel obligated to throw out the old edition the moment a new one comes out or do you wait until they work the bugs out?

21. Will we finally find out what Gabe's mystery metric was for the episode titles?

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Noteworthy Links:

Jeff's Twitch Channel

Gabe's Horror Blog

Star Wars needs more rocks

Uncharted North, the Canadian-based podcast network that will be the future home of Inter-Party Conflict's projects. Previous collaborations can be found on their Uncharted Explorations page!

The episode of Encounter This where Gabe ranted all about the 5e tarrasque

Blood in the Water, a short 5e interlude I guested on from the Kaleidosphere podcast

Tens & Aces Podcast, a podcast that I was surprised to learn was using my voice for their intro

My Immortal, an audiobook of the worst fanfic ever written, read by me

The Film Reroll

A Bug in the Program, a short story written by Ken MacGregor where I get killed

Steam Deck

Get Played's coverage of  Baldur's Gate 3

Vincenzo's Plate Authentic Bolognese, the recipe I've made so many times over the past three years

Nowhere Man: The Nowhere Man Project

Fall of the House of Usher

The Adventure Zone: Steeplechase

Dawn of Worlds (2nd Edition!)

Chrono Trigger

Monster Hunter Wilds

Episode 163: Wait, What?

Hello, everyone! This is week three of hoping you all out there are staying safe and healthy. We're going to keep on making episodes, because it's the only thing we know that might help! This week we talk about a few different topics that share some basic issues: jealousy over an NPC, inappropriate behavior at a public venue, and a difference of expectation between you and the DM. This episodes goes in some bizarre directions, but hopefully you can make sense of it all!

This week's winner of our Unearthed Tips & Tricks drawing is Danny C! Congratulations, Danny! You should get your copy within the next few days. Whenever you have a chance to read it over, be sure to leave Crit Academy a review! They're a great group and would love to use your feedback to improve their products.

Would you like to enter the drawing? It's easy- just e-mail us at InterPartyConflict@gmail.com with "Unearthed Tips & Tricks" in the subject line! It's that easy! And remember- this is a new product, so if you won one of our earlier drawings, you can enter again!

And remember, Crit Academy is just one of the great podcasts in the Critnation Fellowship! For more podcasts, visit our friends at Brute Force and Ignorance, and the (unfortunately ended) D&D Character Lab! And for books, adventures, and videos, check out Goblin Stone, Loresmyth, Aurican's Lair, Jeff Stevens, and The Kind GM!

See you next week! (Or was it last week?)

Episode 163: How Does That Make You Feel?

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Question(s) answered this episode:

1. Am I the jerk for being upset my boyfriend flirted with an NPC?

2. A game run by a new DM at my local game store quickly became inappropriate for young audiences. What is the best way to address this without alienating good people?

3. Our DM never kills his players, even in situations where they rightfully should have died. Our party is at a point in the campaign where we feel there will be no consequences for our actions. Is there a good way to address this issue?

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Noteworthy Links:

Episode 84: You Want This, I Want That- the episode where we discuss magical tattoos (along with Jessica from Incoming Game!)

Pandemonium Games & Hobbies, our local gaming store

Episode 148 is here, so close to 150!

Hello, everyone! We took a break from our normal episodes last week, but we still brought you something fun to listen to- a group of interviews I did at my birthday party! It's not a typical episode for us (not by a long shot), but I had a lot of fun making it and I'm sure there's some fun stuff in there that might interest our typical listener.

And if not, we're back the following week with another D&D-packed episode! This week got to stretch out imaginative muscles as we covered an environmental hazard that might pop up in your game- wild magic zones! We talked about how to use them, how not to use them, and we came up with a bunch of fun ideas for how to make them more interesting.

This week's winner of our Chapel on the Cliffs drawing is Tori R! Congratulations, Tori! You should get your copy within the next few days. Whenever you have a chance to read it over, be sure to leave Goblin Stone a review! They're a great company and would love to use your feedback to improve their products.

Would you like to enter the drawing? It's easy- just e-mail us at InterPartyConflict@gmail.com with "Chapel on the Cliffs" in the subject line! It's that easy! As always, we need more entries for this drawing, so you have very good chances of winning very soon!

And remember, Goblin Stone is just one of the great content creators in the Critnation Fellowship! For more books and adventures, check out Loresmyth, Aurican's Lair, Jeff Stevens, and The Kind GM- and for more podcasts, visit our friends at Crit Academy, Brute Force and Ignorance, and the (unfortunately ended) D&D Character Lab!

One last thing- be sure to get yourself a copy of Crit Academy's Unearthed Tips & Tricks book! It's a great product, and I helped write it!

Thanks for listening, and catch us next time as we inch closer to the end of our third year!

Bonus Episode 7: Birthday Party Conflict

Episode 148: How Wild

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Question(s) answered this episode:

1. How do you feel about Wild Magic zones? Should a Wild Magic zone affect divine casters, or just arcane casters? Can you think of other kinds of "Wild" zones that could have different effects?

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Noteworthy Links from the past two weeks:

ASMR Hotel Check-In

Mops Brings You Love

Bleak House, a novel by Charles Dickens

Rising from the Last War, the first official Eberron book in 5e D&D

Risk Legacy

Flood the Streets with Art, an art event that my wife took part in this year


Pokemon Shield

Neverwinter Nights, an older computer RPG based on D&D 3e that recently got a Switch release

The Wrong Guy, a woefully underrated and unknown movie by Dave Foley (while I linked specifically to the scene with the wealthy farmers that I referenced on the podcast, that link is to the full movie on Youtube- I recommend watching the whole thing)

The Greatest Generation, a Star Trek podcast by two guys who are embarassed to have a Star Trek podcast

Star Trek Voyager

Mystic Theurge, a prestige class from 3rd Edition D&D that allowed you to cast as both an Arcane and Divine spellcaster

Perpetual Motion Machines

Total Mayhem, a game mode in the online multiplayer game Overwatch

Inkarnate, a free online mapmaking tool

Talespire, an online tabletop currently in development

Chessex Vinyl Mats

Harry Potter

Percy Jackson

Locke & Keye

Episode 112, the best episode of the year!

Welcome to our podcast, everyone! This week we have a perfectly normal episode with the same hosts as always. The usual hosts talk about a wide variety of topics like having pets in your party, when to split up, dragons, wizards, giants, and much, much more! Also, be sure to pay close attention- you just might hear a couple unexpected guests that were listening in on the recording!

This week's winner of our Chapel on the Cliffs drawing is Chris Y! Congratulations, Chris! You should get your copy within the next few days. Whenever you have a chance to read it over, be sure to leave Goblin Stone a review! They're a great company and would love to use your feedback to improve their products.

Would you like to enter the drawing? It's easy- just e-mail us at InterPartyConflict@gmail.com with "Chapel on the Cliffs" in the subject line! It's that easy! As always, we need more entries for this drawing, so you have very good chances of winning very soon!

And remember, Goblin Stone is just one of the great content creators in the Critnation Fellowship! For more books and adventures, check out Loresmyth, Aurican's Lair, and Jeff Stevens- and for more podcasts, visit our friends at Crit Academy and D&D Character Lab- as well as the new Actual Play podcast on the Critnation Fellowship, Brute Force and Ignorance!

One last thing- be sure to get yourself a copy of Crit Academy's Unearthed Tips & Tricks book! It's a great product, and I helped write it!

See you all next week, and don't be an APRIL FOOL!

Episode 112: The Rogues' Gallery

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Question answered this episode:

1. In your opinion, what is the GM's job and why?

2. When do you introduce dragons?

3. What do you think of parties having pets/companions?

4. When is it okay to split the party?

5. In 5e, can a paladin using an attack with divine smite that brings a creature's hit points to zero declare it as non-lethal?

6. Why do you think so many gaming groups have issues with showing up on time?

7. How should I go about ending a long campaign?

8. How do you feel about the "nerdy" stereotype that D&D brings with it?

9. I have a player who is incredibly busy all the time. Is it wrong to just play without him?

10. Could you enjoy a game with no conflict?

11. How do I know if my D&D group is worth sticking with?

12. How to role play a female character?

13. How can I make travel more interesting?

14. What do you guys think of taking a historical place and time and making it an RPG setting? How would you do it? What place and time would you use?

15. Am I the only one who hates hearing people's D&D stories?

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Noteworthy Links:

Ill Mitch, a Russian rapper

Scooby Doo

Camp Slaughter (Also known as Camp Daze), the movie Lisa mentioned for some reason where the characters split up and one of them survives

Toast Simulator, a Googly Play app that Lisa has gotten lots of playtime out of (Also, I think Skylar thought she was referring to I Am Bread)

Spice Girls

Beavis and Butthead, a cartoon from the 90s by Mike Judge

BTS, a Korean Pop group

Did You Just Call Me A Liar?

Centralia, a ghost town in Pennsylvania that has had an active mine fire burning under it for decades

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Books Lisa Used for Reference:

Wizardry, a collection of modern fantasy tales

The Secret History of Giantsby Professor Ari Berk

The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide by James D'Amato

Bonus Episode 5: 'Tis the Season to be Off-Topic

Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas!

I'm posting the episode a bit early today as I'll most likely be too busy to do it later. In honor of the holiday (as well as to fit the weird format we've made for our yearly podcasting releases), this week's episode is not a normal numbered episode- instead, it's a bonus episode where Jeff and I answer off-topic questions about us, the future of the show, as well as a certain dog (who has been very naughty the last few days). So I hope you enjoy this little peek into our personal lives and I hope you'll join us next week for our one-hundredth episode!

This week's winner of our Chapel on the Cliffs drawing is Hal A! Congratulations, Hal! You should get your copy within the next 48 hours. If you like it (or if you don't) be sure to leave Goblin Stone a review!

Would you like to enter the drawing? It's easy- just e-mail us at InterPartyConflict@gmail.com with "Chapel on the Cliffs" in the subject line! It's that easy!

And remember, Goblin Stone is just one of the great content creators in the Critnation Fellowship! For more books and adventures, check out Loresmyth, Aurican's Lair, and Jeff Stevens- and for more podcasts, visit our friends at Crit Academy and D&D Character Lab!

One last thing- be sure to get yourself a copy of Crit Academy's Unearthed Tips & Tricks book! It's a great product, and I helped write it!

Merry Christmas to all, and to all, a great week!

Bonus Episode 05: Inter-Inter-Party Conflict Conflict

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Question answered this episode:

1. I don't know if you've ever answered this but have you and Jeff ever talked about how you guys met?

2. We've heard a lot about video games and podcasts you like. What are your favorites from other general media (TV shows, movies, music, plays, etc.)?

3. Where do you see the podcast this time next year?

4. Do you have any podcast back up plans? Or plans to expand into other genres?

5. Do you think you'll ever find the listener question format doesn't work?

6. Do you have any regrets about decisions made during development of the show and if you could alter them now, would you?

7. Do you find yourselves answering similar questions frequently?

8. Are there any questions you have received which you refuse to answer? And Why?

9. Gabe- Are you and Lisa high school sweet hearts?

10. Tell me about your dog. What kind do you have? How old? Has he/she ever done anything stupid?

11. Jeff- Are you and Skyler gonna get married?

12. I’ve got a really important question here...what are your favorite pizza toppings??

13. What Hogwarts houses are you both?

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Noteworthy Links:

WDHS Student Video, the video program where Jeff and I first met (note: the website I linked to apparently underwent a redesign some time ago, and as such is completely useless. For videos created by the program, go to their Youtube channel)

My Fair Lady, the first musical I acted in back in 2002

Banana Man by Tally Hall

Inherit the Wind, a play about the Scopes Monkey Trial, a historical court case about teaching evolution in schools- I was in this play in 2002 as well

Frasier, a sitcom starring Kelsey Grammar that was a spin-off of Cheers

Firefly, a sci-fi western TV show by Joss Whedon

The Office, an American remake of a British sitcom

Toast of London, a British sitcom about an out-of-work actor starring Matt Berry

Breaking Bad, an American TV show about a chemistry teacher-turned drug kingpin

Farscape, a sci-fi TV show created by Jim Henson Productions

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Star Trek Voyager

Doctor Who: A Christmas Carol

The Muppet Christmas Carol

The World's End, Gabe's favorite movie of all time (Holy crap, even watching that movie makes want to watch it again BRB I'M ABOUT TO WATCH IT AGAIN)

Tally Hall Directions - Watch This Video

Pepperoni 2 - Watch This Video Too

Actual Cannibal Shia Lebeouf - And This One

Perfect (29 Celebrity Impressions song)

Noises Off, Jeff's favorite movie

Clue, a murder-mystery film based on the classic board game

Wicked, an award-winner musical about the untold story of the Wicked Witch of the West

Guys & Dolls, another amazing musical about a group of gamblers in the roarin' 1920s

Damn Yankees, a musical about a baseball player who sells his soul to the devil

Once on this Island, a tropical island musical about the gods' meddling in human affairs

20 Year Old Movie, a podcast hosted by our friend, Joel Walkowski

1776, a musical about the signing of the Declaration of Independance

Some Great Dane facts

Super Hans, the crack-addled side character on the British sitcom Peep Show

The Ring, Gore Verbinski's American remake of the Japanese horror film Ringu

Pottermore, the official home of Harry Potter lore

Ten episodes later....

We're into double-digits! Thank you all for listening so far, and I hope you'll stick around for the next milestone. This podcast wouldn't exist without you, the listeners, so give yourself a hand! I recommend cutting one off a goblin first.

This episode has some really good questions, and a really good item. The item in question is the Ring of the Grammarian- specifically chosen by me because it's amazing. I first heard about it on an episode of The Adventure Zone (link below), and it made the rounds on Reddit as well- there's hundreds of suggestions people have come up with if you take the time to look. If you have any of your own uses that you've come up with, e-mail us at InterPartyConflict@gmail.com! You can also submit other items you'd like us to discuss, and we always need questions. So go ahead and immortalize yourself in the annals of history by contributing to Inter-Party Conflict! After the Fast Food Wars there's going to be so little pre-war information left over that the history books just might paint you as some kind of god-like figure. What am I even talking about? Who knows/cares?

As always, please rate/review/subscribe!

Episode 10: All Together Now

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Questions answered this episode:

1. Who was your best DM, and what is one thing that blew your mind?

2. When is it okay to split the party?

3. What do you do when one or more of your players can't make it to a session, and you still want to have a meaningful game?

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Noteworthy links:

The Adventure Zone, an Actual Play podcast where Justin, Travis, Griffin, and Clint McElroy play 5th Edition Dungeons & Dragons. This is, without question, my all-time favorite podcast, and I cannot recommend it highly enough for gamers and non-gamers alike. What are you waiting for? Start listening!

The second-best AlbinoBlackSheep video ever (is that saying much?)

Gossip Golem's reddit post detailing how he set up the "B-Roll" session for his players

Nameless: the Hackers RPG by BoxCat Games, the creators of our Intro/Outro music