House Of Bards

Long-time friends Alex and Beth look at the challenges and techniques involved in tabletop roleplaying via the "shared narrative" style.

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Episodes

Cynicism vs Idealism

Alex and Beth discuss the problems that can arise when two players with very different expectations sit down at the table together, and Alex explains why Jeremy Corbyn won the Labour leadership election. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Oct 04, 2015•58 min•Season 1Ep. 12

NPCs

House Of Bards returns with a discussion on playing Non-Player Characters as a DM. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Sep 23, 2015•53 min•Season 1Ep. 11

Armageddon

Alex and Beth attempt to tackle dealing with the end of the world. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Aug 29, 2015•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 10

Gods and Religion

Religion is a pretty inescapable part of D&D, so Alex and Beth go over how to make it interesting and what living in a world where all gods are real truly means. "Crunk Knight" and "Anxiety" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Aug 16, 2015•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 9

Magic Vs Technology

The topics from episodes 2 and 5 return, and Alex and Beth ask: Is pitting them against each other a good idea? "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Aug 10, 2015•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 8

Fantasy Tropes

Beth leads Alex down a journey of common fantasy tropes. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Jul 31, 2015•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 7

The Wildlife

Alex and Beth talk about monsters and environments. Donjon: http://donjon.bin.sh/ Lomion 2e Monster Manual: http://www.lomion.de/cmm/_contents.php Tucker's Kobolds: http://www.tuckerskobolds.com/ "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0...

Jul 27, 2015•50 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Magic

Alex and Beth talk about ways to model magic in your setting. Mette Ivie Harrison's 12 questions about magic: https://metteivieharrison.tumblr.com/post/29057069965/12-questions-to-ask-yourself-about-your-magic "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0...

Jul 12, 2015•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Villains

Alex and Beth talk disjointedly about villains and villainy. There's a bit of REAL TALK, and Beth expresses a childhood disappointment in Lauren Faust. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Jul 07, 2015•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 4

The Q-Con XXII experiment

Burglars and poisonings and not-quite-time-travel-shenanigans, oh my! In this episode, Alex talks about running a series of games at QUB Q-Con XXII. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Jun 26, 2015•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Technology

You should probably stop worrying about anachronistic technology in your game world quite so much, and Alex and Beth are here to tell you why. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Jun 21, 2015•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Getting Started

Alex and Beth work through creating a game world for DMs, and creating characters for that world for players. Alex cringes during editing and makes a mental note to acquire a pop screen. "Crunk Knight" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

Jun 14, 2015•1 hr 5 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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