Episode 21: Session 0

In this Episode Ryan, Ralf, and Kade discuss some of the ways playing tabletop RPGs online can make your game better!If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us.The music for our boxed text section is Cocoon Transit by Blue dot Sessions.

In this Episode Ryan, Ralf and Kade talk about the importance of Session 0 and then do a session 0 for a game they will play! Also Ralf reveals his true identity as a robot, or he may have left an air purifier on near his microphone, you be the judge!The games we mention in this episode are Genesys, Kids on Bikes, Powered by The Apocalypse, Fiasco, Monster Hearts, and Ryuutama. If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us.The music for our boxed text section is Road Fellow by Blue dot Sessions.

In this Episode Ryan, Ralf, and Kade continue their discussion on why you should play new systems!The games we mention in this episode are , Scum and Villainy, and Clean-Up Crew. If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us.The songs in our boxed text section are Jespen and Dangerous Swing by Blue dot Sessions.

In this Episode Ryan, Ralf and Kade discuss the barriers (and more importantly how to overcome them) of getting a new system to the table and start pitching different systems.The games we mention in this episode are 7th Seas, Gensys, Savage Worlds, Wretched and Alone SRD, Mouse Guard and Call of Cthulu. If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us.

In this episode Ryan, Ralf, and Kade talk about how to use location to inform and improve your encounters.The game we mention in this episode is Barbarians of Lemuria. If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us.The tracks for our boxed text section are Pelliu and Plain Grey by Blue dot Sessions.

The important thing we mention today is the Solo but not Alone Bundle 3 which you can get now!

In this episode Ralf and Ryan make different encounter PC's may encounter during The Feast of Spirit in the town of Remembrance.The dice used in this episode are from WuDeRPG. If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us.

In this holiday special Ryan, Ralf, and Kade come up with a holiday for the town of remembrance (the town we created in Episode 12: Making a Location Feel Alive). Then we create an encounter for this holiday!The games we mention in this episode are Savage Worlds and Shadowrun. If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us.The music for our boxed text section is Capering by Blue dot Sessions.

In this episode Ryan, Ralf, and Kade talk about how to inject the weird into your game. Unfortunately there is no boxed text or mid-roll this episode as the editor was quite sick, look forward to that next week.If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us.

In this episode Ryan, Ralf and Kade talk about how to use inspiration to help run better games and make better encounters!The games we mention in this episode are Gensys, Quixotic SRD and Savage Worlds . If you want to support our podcast you can buy those games through the affiliate links or head to our patreon page at www.patreon.com/the_encounter_table. If you’d like to support us in a non-monetary way you can subscribe to our podcast, leave a five star rating and review, or tell your friends about us.The music for our boxed text section is Circle DR Valga by Blue dot Sessions.