The One-Shot Show

We talk a lot about long-term campaigns and one-shots, but we seldom talk about the middle ground! We (try) to get into it this episode, but quickly get sidetracked in realising that we ought to deep-dive into specific campaign lengths.

This is a new series we've been cooking up for a while where we talk about certain character archetypes and how best to provide for them at your tables. Each episode will cover 2 archetypes in depth. For this first one we're talking about the Face and the Tank

This is a preview of this month's bonus episode! You can find the full version on our Patreon.These bonus episodes are longer than our usual fare, at around 25-30 minutes each, and are where we dive deeper into topics too big to fit in a regular episode.Enjoy!

Losing your character sucks, except when it doesn't. This week we're talking about some of the reasons a player might actually enjoying seeing their character meet their end.

We went into the studio early especially to record this while Stranger Things 5 is still topical. We have gripes about it, of course. It's not just the writing, it's not just the inaccurate D&D, it's the terrible writing *within* the show's D&D. Paddy has an axe to grind this time and the Duffer Brothers' heads are on the block!

This topic got us really excited when we hit upon it because it nails a concept that we've skirted around before but never quite had the language to address directly.