The One-Shot Show

This week we're talking about how to play games that avoid violence altogether. That doesn't mean they avoid conflict, mind you! So the question comes: how do we introduce conflict while avoiding violence?

This simple-seeming question is deceptively complex. This week we're breaking down why and might just change your perspective on what you consider to be 'Official' content.

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!

There's nothing worse than preparing something really cool, only for your players to go in a completely different direction. All that effort wasted! Or is it...

You've probably come across the phrase 'How do you want to do this?' or possibly even use it already in your games. This week we're talking in depth about it as a tool and how to take it even further!

Here's the f***ing dungeon crawl rules by the way:We reference these in the episode and mention they will be linked in the show notes, so here's the link:https://apothecary.press/2021/01/18/where-the-f-are-the-dungeon-crawl-rules/

This is a new episode format that we'll be doing intermittently going forward. Those of you who support us on Patreon can submit questions that we'll answer in these episodes!

Brought to you by Start Playing! Sign up with the link below for $10 off your first game:https://startplaying.games/referral/cmf5m9zlt00majr04kxq0eykzThis week we take on a more casual tone as paddy and I sit around the fire and reminisce on our long years of difficulties in finding groups and players.