NPC Cast: RPG, Tabletop, and Board Games.

PUBG in RPGs

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 19:02:49 +0000

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Chris and Del talk about the battle royale video game that is sweeping the nation, and about applying some of what makes it great to your RPG sessions! (55min)

Some things you might be interested in:

Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds
Who Goes There

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Playing RPGs with Kids

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 19:10:33 +0000

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Chris and Stephanie share some tips about running and playing games with kids/children/young persons! (67min)

Some things you might be interested in:

Dungeons & Dragons
No Thank You, Evil
Project Ninja Panda Taco
Hero Kids
Adventure Maximus
Little Wizards
Fate Accelerated
The Cloud Dungeon
Bärenpark

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Tabletop Gaming Conventions Pt. 2

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 03:20:07 +0000

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Chris and Stephanie chat about 3 more of their favorite Tabletop Gaming Conventions! (64min)

BGG Con
PAX West
OrcaCon

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Tabletop Gaming Conventions Pt. 1

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Wed, 28 Jun 2017 12:03:46 +0000

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Chris and Stephanie chat about 3 of their favorite Tabletop Gaming Conventions! (84min)

Origins Game Fair
Geekway to the West
Gencon
The Component Collector

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Puzzles in Games with NPC Aaron

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Tue, 13 Jun 2017 19:33:01 +0000

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NPC Aaron is back! He and Chris chat about Puzzle Board Games, and Puzzles in RPGs! (50min)

TIME STORIES
EXIT
Unlock!

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Fave Games with Stephanie Straw

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Wed, 31 May 2017 19:05:02 +0000

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Chris chats with honorary NPC Stephanie Straw about favorites, community, and charity gaming! (70min)

Stephanie on Twitter
Wurfel Bohnanza
Mastermind
Honshu

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Interview with Brittanie Boe

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Thu, 18 May 2017 13:07:40 +0000

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Chris chats with Brittanie Boe, Social Media Marketing Manager for GTS Distribution! (61min)

Brittanie on Twitter
GameWire YouTube Channel
Rising Sun
Honshu
The Gauntlet Board Game Tournament

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so excited

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Wed, 10 May 2017 02:49:48 +0000

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Chris talks about a bunch of things that he is excited about! (40min)

Acadecon
Legends of the Five Rings
Great Western Trail
Pauper Cube
Origins Game Fair

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NPC Cast is Changing

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Tue, 18 Apr 2017 04:15:31 +0000

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Chris talks about some upcoming changes to NPC Cast! (26min)

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Board Games with RPG Elements

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 03:13:41 +0000

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The guys chat about the challenges of infusing board games with elements of RPGs! (60min)

Things you may be interested in:
Gloomhaven
Zipp (Malifaux)
Star Trek Ascendancy
Avenue

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Board Game Design Time

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 04:39:21 +0000

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Chris and Del talk about running and playing in Noir RPG games! (50min)

Things you may be interested in:
Board Game Design Time
The Genius Game

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Noir in RPGs

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 03:42:48 +0000

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Chris and Del talk about running and playing in Noir RPG games! (50min)

Things you may be interested in:
The Last Garden
Noirlandia
Gumshoe
Call of Cthulu
Necromancer in D3
Noir World

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Retro Videogames

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 05:52:25 +0000

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Chris is out of town, and so this is a throwback episode from the NPC Cast Vaults! (43min)

Things you may be interested in:
The Last Garden
Nyctophobia

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Improvised Surprises in RPGs

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Tue, 14 Mar 2017 05:20:10 +0000

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Chris and Del answer some questions about improvising storylinesand when it’s alright to lie to your players! (48min)

Things you may be interested in:
The Last Garden
Rising Sun on Kickstarter
Legendary Encounters Alien Expansion

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RPG Settings for New Players

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 05:23:07 +0000

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Chris and Del answer some questions from the NPC Cast universe, including whether or not Fantasy is the best setting to get started in Role-Playing Games with! (35min)

Things you may be interested in:
The Last Garden
Gloomhaven
Daedalus Complex

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The Last Garden

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 01:25:38 +0000

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Del hosts as Chris and Matt talk about their game The Last Garden, which is live on Kickstarter right now! (40min)

Things you may be interested in:
The Last Garden

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Party Splitting and Rotating Players

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 08:01:49 +0000

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Del and Chris answer a couple of audience questions, including what to do when your players are heading in different directions and the best way to run a game for a ton of players! (54min)

Things you may be interested in:
Shadowrun: Anarchy
The Last Garden

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Dusk City Outlaws with Rodney Thompson

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 19:26:29 +0000

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Del and Chris chat with Rodney Thompson about his new game Dusk City Outlaws, on Kickstarter now! (68min)

Things you may be interested in:
Dusk City Outlaws Kickstarter

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nPc 4 Life

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 08:01:31 +0000

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In Aaron’s last show as NPC Cast host, we look back on the things he has been the most proud about! (55min)

Things you may be interested in:
Overwatch
Dusk City Outlaws
Harry Potter Minis Game

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New Hotness and New Players

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 08:01:02 +0000

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Del and Chris answer a couple of listener questions, including how to deal with players that want to play the new hotness and how to introduce brand new players to the hobby! (52min)

Things you may be interested in:
Roll Player
Apocrypha
The Other Side

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Haberdashers – Campaign Crucible

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 08:01:37 +0000

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Del and Chris combine some ingredients for another Campaign Crucible! (50min)

Things you may be interested in:
OrcaCon
Baseball Prospectus
The Last Garden Contest!

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Running RPGs with Problem Players

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Mon, 09 Jan 2017 08:01:00 +0000

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Del and Chris answer a listener question about how to deal with problem players in your RPG campaign! (55min)

Things you may be interested in:
The Other Side Kickstarter
The Last Garden Contest!

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LEVEL UP MAIL BAG

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Mon, 02 Jan 2017 08:01:49 +0000

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The NPC Cast enters 2nd Edition, and fields questions from the NPC Universe! We’re also on YouTube now, over at One Thousand XP. Oh, and you can all finally level up! (53min)

To get the Star Wars: Edge of the Empire PDFs that Del was referring to, head here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/level-up-mail-7648658

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Preprinted RPG Modules

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Mon, 26 Dec 2016 08:21:45 +0000

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The NPC Cast fields a request from a Patreon backer, and discusses their ideal Preprinted Modules!! (52min)

Things you may be interested in:
NPC Cast Episode 163
The Dracula Dossier
Ugly Critmas Sweater
Monocle Society

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Holidays in Role-Playing Games

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 08:14:04 +0000

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The NPC Cast discusses holidays in role-playing games, and also talk about what it means for your group IRL! (56min)

Things you may be interested in:
Gift Trap
The Other Side
Sofa Justice Warriors: Soldier
Champions

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RPG Campaigns From Video Games

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 23:22:07 +0000

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The NPC Cast discusses some video games, and what they would do to make them into RPG campaigns! (64min)

Things you may be interested in:
Overwatch
Final Fantasy
X-Com 2
Pokemon
Lisboa
Star Trek: Discovery
Westworld

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50 RPG Story Hooks

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Tue, 06 Dec 2016 01:46:53 +0000

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The NPC Cast gets together and does some rapid-fire story hook generation! (61min)

Things you may be interested in:
Fabled Fruit
Final Fantasy XV
Uncanny Valley

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NPC Archive – Off the Rails

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Mon, 28 Nov 2016 08:05:32 +0000

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Revisit our very first episode ever, with some bonus commentary from NPC Chris! (53min)

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NPC at BGG

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 22:21:04 +0000

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In this episode the Chris and Aaron are joined by some friends live on location from BGG Con! (57min)

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Dentium – Campaign Crucible

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Tue, 08 Nov 2016 07:50:15 +0000

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In this episode the guys have another campaign crucible, and this one features some difficult ingredients! (58min)

Things you may be interested in:

City of Mist

NaNoWriMo

Monocle Society

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Role-Playing Game Consequences

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Mon, 31 Oct 2016 07:10:36 +0000

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In this episode the guys all discuss consequences in RPGs, and how GMs can calibrate them! (64min)

Things you may be interested in:

Volo’s Guide to Monsters

Terraforming Mars

Extra Life!

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Horror Role-Playing Games

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 06:24:40 +0000

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In this episode the guys chat about the things that make for good horror RPG sessions! (66min)

Things you may be interested in:

Dr. Strange

Bluebeard’s Bride

Extra Life!

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Dice in RPGs

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 07:05:14 +0000

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In this episode Del and Chris talk about dice systems in a variety of different RPGs! (59min)

Things you may be interested in:

Ghost Court

Netrunner: Daedalus Complex

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Breaking the Rules in RPGs

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 00:05:10 +0000

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In this episode Del and Chris talk about omitting rules from your RPG game, and about GMs and players fudging dice rolls! (61min)

Things you may be interested in:

PredictIt.Org

World Wide Wrestling RPG

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GM’s Checklist

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Mon, 03 Oct 2016 21:47:56 +0000

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In this episode Del and Chris offer up a checklist for new and established GMs when preparing for their sessions! (65min)

Things you may be interested in:

Chessex Pound ‘O Dice

CrysKnife007 Soundbeds

Scrivener

Space Ghost Coast to Coast

MTG Kaladesh

Podbean code: igp7j86v

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Cardamom

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Tue, 27 Sep 2016 01:44:27 +0000

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In this episode Del and Chris hit you with another Campaign Crucible! (63min)

Things you may be interested in:

Mars 4:45

Star Wars: Destiny

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RPG Design with Joshua A.C. Newman

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 07:53:11 +0000

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In this episode Del and Chris interview Joshua A.C. Newman (Mobile Frame Zero, xenoglyph, Shock:Social Science Fiction) about getting started in RPG design! (46min)

Things you may be interested in:

Joshua’s Reddit AMA

patreon.com/joshua

glyphpress.com

Chris’ Kickstarter: Under My Bed

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Politics in RPGs

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 00:59:10 +0000

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In this episode Del and Chris talk about Politics in your campaign world, and how you can use them to add some flavor to your adventures! (55min)

Things you may be interested in:

Shudder.tv

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Disease in RPGs

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Tue, 30 Aug 2016 00:21:32 +0000

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In this episode Del and Chris talk about how diseases in RPGs, and how GMs can use them in their campaigns! (64min)

Things you may be interested in:

Dead of Winter: The Long Night

rk post Patreon Page

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Players That Know Too Much

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Tue, 23 Aug 2016 03:59:22 +0000

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In this episode Del and Chris take a question from a listener about players who know too much! (59min)

Things you may be interested in:

Duckfeed.tv – The podcast network Gary runs!

World Wide Wrestling – International Incident

Merchants of Araby

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Designing The Last Garden

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 02:38:36 +0000

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In this episode Del chats with Chris and Matt about their game The Last Garden! (54min)

Things you may be interested in:

MaRo at GDC

Junk Art

Stranger Things

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Gen Con 2016

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 19:27:11 +0000

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In this Del-hosted episode, Chris and Stephanie talk about their trip to Gen Con! (63min)

Things you may be interested in:

Board Game Geek Gen Con GeekBuzz List

New Angeles

Thornwatch

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NPCs in RPGs

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Mon, 01 Aug 2016 07:04:00 +0000

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In this episode, Chris and Del talk about NPCs in RPGs! It’s a legit NPC CAST! (65min)

Things you may be interested in:

NPC Cast Episode 5

Near and Far

Doom: the Board Game

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How To Choose What Game To Play

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 08:07:32 +0000

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In this episode, Chris and Del are joined by friend-pc Stephanie Straw to talk about how we choose what games we want to play! (55min)

Things you may be interested in:

Stranger Things

Luke Cage

Gloomhaven

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Bullet Points – Two Player Games

thenpccast@gmail.com (NPC Cast) — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 08:15:05 +0000

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In this Bullet Points episode, Chris and Del are joined by their friend Pete, from Mind the Gap Studios to create Two-Player games that don’t use cards! (65min)

Things you may be interested in:

Mind the Gap Studios

Seafall

Who, What, Why Cast

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