In which I discuss creating structure for easier improvisation and Inspiration Goat brings us Leaving Kansas by Emmy Allen from Knock, Issue #1. Knock Issue 2 Kickstarter | https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/896102915/knock-issue-two | The Sixth Ring, a Trophy podcast | https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/trophy-podcast Daydreaming about Dragons Merch | https://shopofjudd.threadless.com/collections/daydreaming-about-dragons Inspiration Goat's Twitter | https://twitter.com/InspirationGoat | Daydreamin...
Jun 21, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 80
In which I discuss leadership and empathy in collaborative endeavors and think about Lester Bangs in Almost Famous and what he has to say about Rock and Roll. Reddit Thread Mentioned | https://www.reddit.com/r/DMAcademy/comments/ngskg3/how_to_tell_a_player_he_cant_play_his_new/gysrzqm?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3 Daydreaming about Dragons Merch | https://shopofjudd.threadless.com/collections/daydreaming-about-dragons Inspiration Goat's Twitter | https://twitter.com/Inspira...
Jun 14, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 79
In which I consider some ideas on what to do when there are more people and less people than you had anticipated and think a bit more about Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, Audiobook read by Moira Quirk. Daydreaming about Dragons Merch | https://shopofjudd.threadless.com/collections/daydreaming-about-dragons Inspiration Goat's Twitter | https://twitter.com/InspirationGoat | Daydreaming about Dragons youtube Playlist | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcnZ3uO0pp0rzRsfN_ObyhOdgaoeMs0TQ | Dic...
Jun 07, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 78
In which I think a bit about what I like to bring to Session 0 and Inspiration Goat rightfully demands discussion on the Murderbot Diaries. Rob Donoghue's tweet about backgrounds | https://twitter.com/rdonoghue/status/1389025610232647682 Blog Post about Backgrounds | https://githyankidiaspora.wordpress.com/2021/05/10/bringing-it-all-together-quickly-with-backgrounds/ Threadless Shop | https://shopofjudd.threadless.com/ Inspiration Goat's Twitter | https://twitter.com/InspirationGoat | Daydreamin...
Jun 03, 2021•19 min•Season 2Ep. 77
In which I talk about keeping secrets and putting information on the table so the players can make interesting decisions and Inspiration Goat brings Mare of Easttown to the table, getting us to think about small town settings, hobbit shires and a bit about detectives as sorcerers. Sci-fi Collection, Supporting Medshare India | https://shopofjudd.threadless.com/collections/science-fiction/ Silver Swords of the Lich Queen: Inspirational Tables for a Githyanki Invasion | https://www.dmsguild.com/pr...
May 17, 2021•28 min•Season 2Ep. 76
In which I discuss having an alternate game for when you don't have enough gamers to play your primary campaign and Inspiration Goat brings us Star Trek Discovery so that we can talk about plotlines and themes that might give us all kinds of feelings in a post-Covid world. Sci-fi Collection, Supporting Medshare India | https://shopofjudd.threadless.com/collections/science-fiction/ Silver Swords of the Lich Queen: Inspirational Tables for a Githyanki Invasion | https://www.dmsguild.com/product/35...
May 06, 2021•20 min•Season 2Ep. 75
In which I remember a floating head in a LARP, thinking about what lessons it taught me and Inspiration Goat brings us the action-packed TV show, Warrior and what it can teach us about avoid mono-cultures in our world-building. Threadless Shop | https://shopofjudd.threadless.com/ Inspiration Goat's Twitter | https://twitter.com/InspirationGoat | Daydreaming about Dragons youtube Playlist | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcnZ3uO0pp0rzRsfN_ObyhOdgaoeMs0TQ | Dictionary of Mu | https://pakas...
Apr 05, 2021•16 min•Season 2Ep. 74
In which I mourn a member of our community and talk about e-hugs and getting to the table with online acquaintances you think are cool. Join us this Friday, 7:30pm PST on the Actual Play Twitch Channel. The blog post, Moons of Leviathan, about Morgan's Traveller Character...
Mar 02, 2021•10 min
Word choice in play as an element of world-building and what we can learn from Issa Rae's Insecure and bring to the table. Please support: Black Lives Matter Global Network | https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 | Black Trans Covid-19 Community Response Grant | https://blacktrans.org/campaigns/coronavirus-grant/ | Other Links Awkward Black Girl | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL019D7AE1C3429770 | Insecure on HBO | https://www.hbo.com/insecure | Inspiration Goat's Twitte...
Feb 25, 2021•26 min•Season 2Ep. 73
In which I share the story of my first game set in Ravenloft and congratulate my friends. Please support: Black Lives Matter Global Network | https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 | Black Trans Covid-19 Community Response Grant | https://blacktrans.org/campaigns/coronavirus-grant/ | Toccata and Fugue in D Minor from Archive.org | https://archive.org/details/ToccataAndFugueInDMinor | Inspiration Goat's Twitter | https://twitter.com/InspirationGoat | Daydreaming about Dragons yout...
Feb 23, 2021•5 min
Responding to gaming stories sent in by daydreamers and friends. Please support: Black Lives Matter Global Network | https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 | Black Trans Covid-19 Community Response Grant | https://blacktrans.org/campaigns/coronavirus-grant/ | Inspiration Goat's Twitter | https://twitter.com/InspirationGoat | Daydreaming about Dragons youtube Playlist | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcnZ3uO0pp0rzRsfN_ObyhOdgaoeMs0TQ | Dictionary of Mu | https://pakasthrea...
Jan 26, 2021•21 min
How does gaming help us move beyond genres and tropes and thinking about humor in our scifi and fantasy with What We dD in the Shadows and Lower Decks. Please support: Black Lives Matter Global Network | https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 | Black Trans Covid-19 Community Response Grant | https://blacktrans.org/campaigns/coronavirus-grant/ | Inspiration Goat's Twitter | https://twitter.com/InspirationGoat | Daydreaming about Dragons youtube Playlist | https://www.youtube.com/p...
Jan 14, 2021•34 min
Responding to gaming stories sent in by daydreamers and friends. Please support: Black Lives Matter Global Network | https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 | Black Trans Covid-19 Community Response Grant | https://blacktrans.org/campaigns/coronavirus-grant/ | Stygian Seas blog post | https://githyankidiaspora.wordpress.com/2016/07/28/stygian-galleon-on-the-dead-seas/ | Questions based on D&D character sheet | https://githyankidiaspora.wordpress.com/2020/05/11/ddish-questions-...
Jan 12, 2021•24 min
A strange episode in which I ditch our usual structure and discuss my favorite gaming sessions of the past decades... Please support: Black Lives Matter Global Network | https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 | Black Trans Covid-19 Community Response Grant | https://blacktrans.org/campaigns/coronavirus-grant/ | Blog Posts about Gaming with my Dad Visiting Westeros with my Dad | https://githyankidiaspora.wordpress.com/2013/08/04/visiting-westeros-with-my-dad-his-buddy-and-a-long-t...
Jan 07, 2021•30 min•Season 2Ep. 71
Responding to gaming stories sent in by daydreamers and friends. Please support: Black Lives Matter Global Network | https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 | Black Trans Covid-19 Community Response Grant | https://blacktrans.org/campaigns/coronavirus-grant/ | Links Inspiration Goat's Twitter | https://twitter.com/InspirationGoat | Daydreaming about Dragons youtube Playlist | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcnZ3uO0pp0rzRsfN_ObyhOdgaoeMs0TQ | Michael Miller's Incarnadine Pr...
Dec 31, 2020•27 min
How to get everyone at the table caring about world lore and Inspiration Goat brings us My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service. Please support: Black Lives Matter Global Network | https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 | Black Trans Covid-19 Community Response Grant | https://blacktrans.org/campaigns/coronavirus-grant/ | Links Inspiration Goat's Twitter | https://twitter.com/InspirationGoat | Daydreaming about Dragons youtube Playlist | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?li...
Dec 23, 2020•40 min•Season 2Ep. 70
We often talk about skills for DMing and GMing but what makes for a good player? And with IG, The Sopranos... Inspiration Goat's Twitter | https://twitter.com/InspirationGoat | Daydreaming about Dragons youtube Playlist | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcnZ3uO0pp0rzRsfN_ObyhOdgaoeMs0TQ Rebel Crown Youtube Playlist | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNuXiEYyM4ivQZAHtIDs_TYmy7dKbZBxP Please support: Black Lives Matter Global Network | https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_201...
Dec 14, 2020•30 min
My GMing Mantra at the table (Consequences, Context and Cool Shit) and IG brings us some metal. Hold the Line: a guide to defending democracy | holdthelineguide.com/ Links Inspiration Goat's Twitter | https://twitter.com/InspirationGoat | Daydreaming about Dragons youtube Playlist | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcnZ3uO0pp0rzRsfN_ObyhOdgaoeMs0TQ Perception Checks, an open letter | https://githyankidiaspora.wordpress.com/2020/10/01/perception-checks-an-open-letter/ | Dawnbringer: Into th...
Oct 16, 2020•22 min•Season 2Ep. 68
Thinking about how adventures change characters through scars, tattoos or whatever and IG brings us a classic episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation... Links Inspiration Goat's Twitter | https://twitter.com/InspirationGoat | Daydreaming about Dragons youtube Playlist | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcnZ3uO0pp0rzRsfN_ObyhOdgaoeMs0TQ Beast Hunters | https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/50666/Beast-Hunters-RPG | Please support: Black Lives Matter Global Network | https://secure.actblue....
Oct 01, 2020•22 min•Season 2Ep. 67
Be awesomed by your friends at the table and one of my top five fantasy novels ever and what it can teach us about gaming... Links Inspiration Goat's Twitter | https://twitter.com/InspirationGoat | Daydreaming about Dragons youtube Playlist | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcnZ3uO0pp0rzRsfN_ObyhOdgaoeMs0TQ Bluecoats Playlist | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNuXiEYyM4isWQ8hhybnDAj3Xjz87Si5G | #iamawesomedbyyou | https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Iamawesomedbyyou&src=typed_query...
Sep 24, 2020•24 min•Season 2Ep. 66
Responding to gaming stories sent in by daydreamers and friends. Links Cowboy Dracula Youtube Channel | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZN_EGJcwm3VrC8UMe-Mahg/featured Lair of Secrets Podcast | https://lairofsecrets.com/ Brindlewood Bay, (Cozy Lovecraftian Mystery RPG) | https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/307416/Brindlewood-Bay Inspiration Goat's Twitter | https://twitter.com/InspirationGoat | Please support: Black Lives Matter Global Network | https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepa...
Sep 22, 2020•16 min
Responding to gaming stories sent in by daydreamers and friends. Links: Inspiration Goat's twitter account! | https://twitter.com/InspirationGoat Michael Miller's Incarnadine Press | http://ipressgames.com/ Ogre's Blog, Pens, Paper and Polyhedrals | https://penspaperpolyhedrals.wordpress.com/ The Actual Play Twitchstream | https://www.twitch.tv/actualplay Please support: Black Lives Matter Global Network | https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 | Black Trans Covid-19 Community Re...
Sep 17, 2020•23 min
Links Judd's Twitter | https://twitter.com/Judd_of_Kryos | Actual Play on Twitch | https://www.twitch.tv/actualplay Please support: Black Lives Matter Global Network | https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 | Black Trans Covid-19 Community Response Grant | https://blacktrans.org/campaigns/coronavirus-grant/ | Black Voters Matter | https://blackvotersmatterfund.org/ |...
Sep 14, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 65
Links Judd's Twitter | https://twitter.com/Judd_of_Kryos | Please support: Black Lives Matter Global Network | https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 | Black Trans Covid-19 Community Response Grant | https://blacktrans.org/campaigns/coronavirus-grant/ | Black Voters Matter | https://blackvotersmatterfund.org/ |...
Aug 30, 2020•29 min•Season 1Ep. 64
Random Tables are world building. And Inspiration Goat brings us the Githyanki my favorite monster of all time. Links Band of Blades | https://www.evilhat.com/home/band-of-blades/ | Stars Without Number (Free Edition) | https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/230009/Stars-Without-Number-Revised-Edition-Free-Version | Godbound (Free Edition) | https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/185959/Godbound-A-Game-of-Divine-Heroes-Free-Edition | Paid for in Blood | | https://juddkarlmangmailcom.itch.io/paid-for...
Aug 23, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 63
Responding to gaming stories sent in by daydreamers and friends. Links Please support: Black Lives Matter Global Network | https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 | Black Trans Covid-19 Community Response Grant | https://blacktrans.org/campaigns/coronavirus-grant/ | Black Voters Matter | https://blackvotersmatterfund.org/ | Contact: Judd's Twitter | https://twitter.com/Judd_of_Kryos |...
Aug 19, 2020•13 min
Genre Expectations in play and Star Trek Lower Decks and how we can bring some of it to our tables. Links Blades in the Dark, Bluecoats youtube playlist | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNuXiEYyM4isWQ8hhybnDAj3Xjz87Si5G | Burning Wheel, The Ballad of Bina Janos youtube playlist | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNuXiEYyM4isVUi-fFiMR0XJJu6nHra2D Stars Without Number | https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/230009/Stars-Without-Number-Revised-Edition-Free-Version Please support: Black...
Aug 14, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 62
Mechanics and pacing in play. HBO's recent Perry Mason reboot and corpses in our games. Links Please support: Black Lives Matter Global Network | https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 | Black Trans Covid-19 Community Response Grant | https://blacktrans.org/campaigns/coronavirus-grant/ | Black Voters Matter | https://blackvotersmatterfund.org/ | Perry Mason | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2077823/ | Judd's Twitter | https://twitter.com/Judd_of_Kryos |...
Aug 02, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 61
Brainstorming at the table and I think about the three classic science fiction franchise that form a triangle around my heart. Links Please support: Black Lives Matter Global Network | https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 | Black Trans Covid-19 Community Response Grant | https://blacktrans.org/campaigns/coronavirus-grant/ | Black Voters Matter | https://blackvotersmatterfund.org/ | SWN: Black Hole Mining on the Actual Play channel | https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNuXiE...
Jul 19, 2020•22 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Responding to gaming stories sent in by daydreamers and friends. Links see blog post for full links Black Lives Matter Global Network | https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 | Black Trans Covid-19 Community Response Grant | https://blacktrans.org/campaigns/coronavirus-grant/ | Black Voters Matter | https://blackvotersmatterfund.org/ |...
Jul 15, 2020•20 min
