It's My Birthday Week!

 Hey everyone! We're taking the week off from our normal episodes today, but here's a fun Patreon episode from last year, where I run Jeff through a couple old-school text adventures in quasi-RPG form. Enjoy!

Bonus Episode 8: Action Castle Adventures

If you'd like to try out Parsely Games on your own, you can find them on Memento-mori.com!

Episode 195: Late, But Not Forgotten

Welcome back everyone! This week we're talking about some alignment-based character ideas, what constitutes a "full" campaign, and we reminisce about some of our favorite gaming stores that have unfortunately been lost to time!

And this week's winner of our giveaway for Crit Academy's Unearthed Tips & Tricks: Volume II is Matthew V! Congratulations, Matthew V! Be sure to leave Crit Academy a review, so they can keep on making great products! They're a great group and would love to use your feedback to improve their products in the future.

Would YOU like a chance to win a copy of Unearthed Tips & Tricks Volume II? It's a great book (that I helped write!) and all you have to do to win is enter our drawing by sending us an e-mail with "Unearthed Tips & Tricks 2" in the subject line. (Gotta have that 2 in there though!) It's that easy!

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!

Catch you next week, listeners!

Episode 195: Dead, But Not Forgotten

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Question(s) answered this episode:

1. Let's say you have to make a character for a good party, a neutral party, and an evil party. What are your go-to characters for each?

2. Do you feel that a "full campaign" has to take you to the upper levels?

3. Do you remember any gaming stores that closed down over the years, that you really miss?

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Noteworthy Links:

Jeff playing Dark Souls

Order of the Stick, a long-running webcomic based around D&D

Red Hand of Doom, a late 3.5-era D&D module

Spawn, a comic book series from Todd McFarlane

Pinball Pete's, an arcade in a college town near us

Shadow Over Mystara, one of the two Capcom Dungeons & Dragons arcade games

D&D: Warriors of the Eternal Sun, a D&D game for the Sega Genesis

The Styes, an old module from Dungeon Magazine (that link is of an Actual Play of that very adventure!) that has apparently a continued legacy in the form of the Ghosts of Saltmarsh book

Rise of the Runelords

Episode 194: It's Your Fault

Hello everyone! Today we have another fun episode- we talk about magical healing, making your players feel guilty, killing off an old character, and much, much more. Enjoy, and share your thoughts down below!

And this week's winner of our giveaway for Crit Academy's Unearthed Tips & Tricks: Volume II is The DM's Council! Congratulations, Council! Be sure to leave Crit Academy a review, so they can keep on making great products! They're a great group and would love to use your feedback to improve their products in the future.

Would YOU like a chance to win a copy of Unearthed Tips & Tricks Volume II? It's a great book (that I helped write!) and all you have to do to win is enter our drawing by sending us an e-mail with "Unearthed Tips & Tricks 2" in the subject line. (Gotta have that 2 in there though!) It's that easy!

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 time, and I hope you don't regret it!

Episode 194: Invoking Consequences

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Question(s) answered this episode:

1. If you heal a wound with magic, does it leave a scar?

2. Is it right to guilt your players for their choices?

3. A player wants to scrap their current character and play a new one. Do you kill them off? If so, how do you go about it? If not, how do you reconcile this in the story?

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Noteworthy Links:

Dane Cook, a stand-up comedian popular in the 2000s

Portal 2, a co-operative puzzle game

Spec Ops: The Line

The Thing, a horror movie from 1982

Foundry, a virtual tabletop

Would You Like To Develop an App?

Episode 193 - November Is Here

Welcome back, everyone! Halloween has come and gone and now we're getting close to the end of the year. This week we're discussing the right amount of preparation for brand-new players, as well as some ideas for how to handle an obstacle that could be easily overcome by low-level magic like Comprehend Languages.

And this week's winner of our giveaway for Crit Academy's Unearthed Tips & Tricks: Volume II is Shawn M! Congratulations, Shawn! Be sure to leave Crit Academy a review, so they can keep on making great products! They're a great group and would love to use your feedback to improve their products in the future.

Would YOU like a chance to win a copy of Unearthed Tips & Tricks Volume II? It's a great book (that I helped write!) and all you have to do to win is enter our drawing by sending us an e-mail with "Unearthed Tips & Tricks 2" in the subject line. (Gotta have that 2 in there though!) It's that easy!

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!

Now, we need to go get next week's episode ready, so see you then!

Episode 193: Divination and Preparation

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Question(s) answered this episode:

1. When teaching D&D to someone with no gaming experience whatsoever, should one prepare sample characters beforehand?

2. Should spells like Comprehend Languages and Identify always work, even when dealing with ancient or alien languages and magic?

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Noteworthy Links:

Darmok

Encounter This

Nystul's Magic Aura

Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo

Elves Cause Cancer

Farscape swears

Battlestar Galactica Frak

Firefly language