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Delve 227 – Unsolicited Advise, Part 1
Aug 12, 2019
Show notes
And now, Alex and Nathan try something a lot different. In this 2-parter, they dive into Reddit and address some of the tabletop game development questions being asked over there. We talk about odd card sizes, makeshift dice, ideas for Roll & Move games and the perils of being Bob. Poor Bob…
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While all our friends and colleagues are away at GenCon, Nathan and Alex sit quietly in a corner of the Internet and discuss what all the cool kids are doing in Indianapolis. Before you know it, Paul and James had joined said corner. We talked about a few things at GenCon brought to our attention by a mysterious source called DC, caught up on what everyone is playing and got way too deep into Star Wars. The minute Plagus the Wise comes up, there is no turning back.
ALSO: Nathan needs more Mel Brooks, Alex could become Krang and we don’t know how to feel about Pathfinder 2E.
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Stop by our Discord server and say hello! Join us in chat, on one of our live shows, or let us know about something you’d like discussed on the show.
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If you have questions for us or would like to be a guest on the show, email us at DelvePodcast@gmail.com.
And yes, we do indeed have a Patreon featuring some extra content. Thank you to our Shiny! level patrons: Bonnie Ainsworth and Dom Parry!
GenCon can mean many things. But usually it refers to the largest tabletop convention in America and it’s happening this weekend. In anticipation of our live episode of the same weekend, Nathan does a short episode discussing GenCon, including what that even means.
You can follow Alex and Nathan on Twitter, as well as the show itself over at DelvePodcast. Make sure you follow along to join in on all the topics!
Stop by our Discord server and say hello! Join us in chat, on one of our live shows, or let us know about something you’d like discussed on the show.
We are on iTunes & Google Play! Please rate, review and subscribe wherever you get finely crafted podcasts like this one!
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If you have questions for us or would like to be a guest on the show, email us at DelvePodcast@gmail.com.
And yes, we do indeed have a Patreon featuring some extra content. Thank you to our Shiny! level patrons: Bonnie Ainsworth and Dom Parry!
Delve 225 – Explaining Hard
Jul 22, 2019
Show notes
It’s one thing to build a unique system, it’s a whole other thing explaining why. Nathan and Alex discuss how designers can introduce or acclimate new players to their systems. Reference points, priming your players, starting quests, introductions and the like are some of what we touch on here.
Also: There’s a bird!
You can follow Alex and Nathan on Twitter, as well as the show itself over at DelvePodcast. Make sure you follow along to join in on all the topics!
Stop by our Discord server and say hello! Join us in chat, on one of our live shows, or let us know about something you’d like discussed on the show.
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And yes, we do indeed have a Patreon featuring some extra content. Thank you to our Shiny! level patrons: Bonnie Ainsworth and Dom Parry!
Delve Spotlight – That Time Dom Interviewed the Kind GM
Jul 15, 2019
Show notes
While we’re dealing with technical communication issues over here, I wanted to give a signal boost to a test episode we originally had up over on our Patreon. Long-time friend and collaborator Dominic Parry took his first shot at hosting a podcast for a show we call More Than Meets The Die. This is the very first episode we put together, where Dom talked to Chris Karelis, also known as The Kind GM. But they didn’t just discuss tabletop gaming, they also went into Chris’s other interests like computer science and photography. Enjoy!
You can follow Alex and Nathan on Twitter, as well as the show itself over at DelvePodcast. You can also follow Dom, Nine Dragons and Chris! Make sure you follow along to join in on all the topics!
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Check out our YouTube page for more Delvecast projects in video form!
If you have questions for us or would like to be a guest on the show, email us at DelvePodcast@gmail.com.
And yes, we do indeed have a Patreon featuring some extra content. Thank you to our Shiny! level patrons: Bonnie Ainsworth and Dom Parry!
DelveCast Live – The Year is 50% Loaded
Jul 08, 2019
Show notes
Coming off a busy month, everyone is missing! Except for Nathan and DC. So let’s talk everything we’re still excited about following E3. Also, Nathan goes on some long tangents about Spiderweb Software and the Tales series.
You can also follow Alex, Nathan and DC on Twitter, as well as the show itself over at DelvePodcast. Make sure you follow along to join in on all the topics!
Stop by our Discord server and say hello! Join us in chat, on one of our live shows, or let us know about something you’d like discussed on the show.
We are on iTunes & Google Play! Please rate, review and subscribe wherever you get finely crafted podcasts like this one!
Check out our YouTube page for more Delvecast projects in video form!
If you have questions for us or would like to be a guest on the show, email us at DelvePodcast@gmail.com.
And yes, we do indeed have a Patreon featuring some extra content. Thank you to our Shiny! level patrons: Bonnie Ainsworth and Dom Parry!
Delve 224 – The Fall of 76
Jul 01, 2019
Show notes
We had a lot of possible subjects to discuss now that we’re back to recording after a break in content. But that had to be put on hold since Nathan was angry. Specifically, Nathan was angry about Fallout 76, battle royale modes, roadmaps to actual content, Bethesda being praised for doing the bare minimum expected of them and the current pricing standards for a game that lost the market immediately after release. Okay, so there are a lot of specific things here. The problems, potential solutions and general anger that goes along with them is what we’re talking about on this episode.
Dustin DePenning is no stranger to the show. Having been on twice to discuss Synthicide and joining us for a live episode roundtable, Dustin was brave enough to return yet again. This time, we discuss his new project Heroic Dark, available on DriveThruRPG. He takes the age-old battle of heroes fighting the forces of darkness and make a non-setting specific system out of it. We discuss how players and the GM create the world together, the rules that get set up in Session 0, how players build their characters and what constitutes win/lose scenarios.
And if you want to check out Heroic Dark for yourself, you can download the PDF for yourself here on DriveThruRPG! A print-and-play version is also available now.
You can follow Alex, Nathan and Dustin on Twitter, as well as the show itself over at DelvePodcast. Make sure you follow along to join in on all the topics!
Stop by our Discord server and say hello! Join us in chat, on one of our live shows, or let us know about something you’d like discussed on the show.
We are on iTunes & Google Play! Please rate, review and subscribe wherever you get finely crafted podcasts like this one!
Check out our YouTube page for more Delvecast projects in video form!
If you have questions for us or would like to be a guest on the show, email us at DelvePodcast@gmail.com.
And yes, we do indeed have a Patreon featuring some extra content. Thank you to our Shiny! level patrons: Bonnie Ainsworth and Dom Parry!
Delve 222 – Captain on Board!
Jun 04, 2019
Show notes
For reasons we still cannot quite explain, Psitanium and CaptainSugarBear were left alone in a voice chat for about 90 minutes. This surely ends well…
So, let’s sing some Twitch karaoke, take a poll to determine what we do, discuss playing versus running RPGs, discuss having waaaay too many projects to work on for our own good, argue about why monks are great/terrible, argue about which starter Pokemon are great/terrible and choose which Pokemon fits which D&D classes the best. Also, which are the best/worst Pokemon and what did the tortle do to a shadowfell dragon!?
You can follow Alex, Nathan and Brian on Twitter, as well as the show itself over at DelvePodcast. Make sure you follow along to join in on all the topics!
Stop by our Discord server and say hello! Join us in chat, on one of our live shows, or let us know about something you’d like discussed on the show.
We are on iTunes & Google Play! Please rate, review and subscribe wherever you get finely crafted podcasts like this one!
Check out our YouTube page for more Delvecast projects in video form!
If you have questions for us or would like to be a guest on the show, email us at DelvePodcast@gmail.com.
And yes, we do indeed have a Patreon featuring some extra content. Thank you to our Shiny! level patrons: Bonnie Ainsworth and Dom Parry!
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