Discern Realities

Jason Cordova & David Lafreniere•discernrealities.libsyn.com

A podcast about the roleplaying game Dungeon World, inspired by hobby magazines like Dragon and Gygax. Each episode contains play tips, reviews, original material for your game, and our 'comic strip' AP.

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Episodes

Episode 13

What Happened Here Recently? (00:22) All hands on deck to take down a dragon What Should I Be on the Lookout For? (05:54) _The Seclusium of Orphone of the Three Visions_ What Here is Not What it Appears to Be? (10:23) The Mage playbook What Here is Useful or Valuable to Me? (20:01) The Origami Bestiary (20:43) The Marvelous Scabbard of Bran Baereddyn (22:14) The Chromatic Cup (23:50) What Is About to Happen? (26:01) What is Domenico trying to find at Iotho’s party? (26:30) The curse of the Casta...

Mar 31, 2016•39 min

Episode 12

What Happened Here Recently? Using abandoned PCs for emotional fodder (00:21) What Should I Be On the Lookout For? The Noteboard (06:15) http://thenoteboard.com What Here is Not What it Appears to Be? Debilities (09:10) What Here is Useful or Valuable to Me? The Spider Ring (14:45) The Auditor’s Necklace (16:00) The Gloves of the Master Opener (17:32) What is About to Happen? Urbina’s fate (19:45) A discussion about where to go from here (21:22) A new adventure begins! (23:04) Who is Really in C...

Mar 24, 2016•30 min

Episode 11

A slightly modified format this week in order to bring you an extended AP segment. Enjoy! Thanks for the Golden Geek Nomination! (00:19) https://rpggeek.com/thread/1538957/10th-annual-golden-geek-awards-nominees-announced Reminder About Magic Item Contest (01:13) What Here is Not What it Appears to Be? (2:33) Using Flags as a replacement for Bonds http://walkingmind.evilhat.com/2015/09/07/from-bonds-to-flags/ What Here is Useful or Valuable to Me? (8:02) Talebearer’s Map What is About to Happen?...

Mar 17, 2016•24 min

Episode 10

Magic Item Contest (00:25) What Happened Here Recently? (01:20) Playing to find out what happens. What Should I Be On the Lookout For? (06:36) Tim B.’s Play by Post materials. What Here is Not What it Appears to Be? (11:27) Weapon tags. What Here is Useful or Valuable to Me? (18:18) Noble sacrifice set piece. What is About to Happen? (26:12) The ongoing adventures of Ramshackle Crow. Who is Really in Control Here? Gauntlet Community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104672702589306017985 ...

Mar 10, 2016•34 min

Episode 9

What Happened Here Recently? (00:23) A fiery finale What Should We Be On the Lookout For? (07:42) Funnel World What Here is Not What it Appears to Be? (11:18) Converting modules to DW What Here is Useful or Valuable to Me? (19:59) Cerberus Coin, Chain Lightning in a Bottle, Brazier of Summoning & Commanding Fire Elementals What is About to Happen? (23:34) Our comic strip AP featuring Ramshackle Crow Who is Really in Control Here? The Gauntlet: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/10467270...

Mar 02, 2016•31 min

Episode 8

What Happened Here Recently? (00:23) Butterfinger PCs What Should I Be On the Lookout For? (6:15) Adventures on Dungeon Planet http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/112308/Adventures-on-Dungeon-Planet What Here is Not What it Appears to Be? (12:19) Being a good player What Here is Useful or Valuable to Me? (20:44) A wicked take on the Orc One-Eye What is About to Happen? (25:50) The ongoing adventures of Ramshackle Crow Who is Really in Control Here? The Gauntlet Gaming Community https://plus.goog...

Feb 23, 2016•36 min

Episode 7

What Happened Here Recently? (00:23) What happens in the evil toad god temple, stays in the evil toad god temple. What Here is Useful or Valuable to Me? (09:12) Marshall Miller’s dungeon starters. [http://www.finemessgames.com/DWsupplements/dungeonstarters] What Here is Not What It Appears to Be? (17:13) Running a sandbox in Dungeon World. What Here is Useful or Valuable to Me? (25:12) Custom Move - The Barkeep. What is About to Happen? (27:59) The ongoing adventures of Ramshackle Crow. Who is R...

Feb 16, 2016•37 min

Episode 6

What Happened Here Recently? (00:28) Letting another player use your character What Should I Be On the Lookout For? (7:00) Jason Lutes’s The Perilous Wilds What Here is Not What It Appears to Be? (13:57) Unarmed combat What Here is Useful or Valuable to Me? (20:25) The Keepers of the Unquiet Dead What is About to Happen? (25:00) The ongoing adventures of Ramshackle Crow Who is Really in Control Here? The Gauntlet: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104672702589306017985 Twitter: @GauntletRP...

Feb 02, 2016•34 min

Episode 5

What Happened Here Recently? (00:31) Using Microscope to Involve Your Players in World Creation What Should I Be On the Lookout For? (6:43) Take On Establishments [http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/107759/Take-on-Establishments] Take On Games [http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/106849/Take-on-Magic-Items] What Here is Not What It Appears to Be? (14:21) Undertake a Perilous Journey What Here is Useful or Valuable to Me? (20:50) Custom Move - Visions of Death What is About to Happen? (25:30) Ou...

Jan 26, 2016•34 min

Episode 4

What Happened Here Recently (00:20) A tragic romance in the Castle of the Dreaming Doors. What Should I Be On the Lookout For? (06:57) Johnstone Metzger’s T errors of the Ancient World and Wizard-Spawned Insanities . What Here is Not What it Appears to Be? (10:50) Player versus player conflict. What Here is Useful or Valuable to Me? (18:33) Osmun the Unsourceable and Nemrath’s Almanac. What is About to Happen? (24:06) Our ongoing ‘comic strip’ AP following the adventures of Ramshackle Crow. Who ...

Jan 19, 2016•35 min

Episode 3

What Happened Here Recently? (00:00) A situation in which one player’s character is suffering because of the failed actions of his companions. What Should I Be On the Lookout For? (10:12) Trenton Kennedy’s Grim World What Here is Not What it Appears to Be? (17:45) Fighting a large group of enemies What Here is Useful or Valuable to Me? (26:19) Mountain Sorrow Ale What is About to Happen? (33:13) The ongoing adventures of Ramshackle Crow Who is Really in Control Here? The Gauntlet Community https...

Jan 13, 2016•45 min

Episode 2

In our second episode of Discern Realities, we discuss character downtime and the Carouse move, the Story Games Names Project, equipment abstraction (a la Adventuring Gear), and more! We also continue our ongoing comic strip AP, featuring the adventures of Ramshackle Crow. Join our G+ Community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104672702589306017985 Play games with us: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/116329047011220562548 Twitter: @GauntletRPG...

Dec 22, 2015•40 min

Episode 1

In this episode, we discuss character death, our love for the Fighter playbook, and much more! Links: Dirk Leichty's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/dirkleichty?ty=c Sinister Solstice: http://www.jellysaw.com/dw/sinister-solstice.pdf The Gauntlet Community: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104672702589306017985 Gauntlet Hangouts: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/116329047011220562548 Twitter: @GauntletRPG...

Dec 09, 2015•53 min

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