Inspiration Point

Jan 16 2025 194 ep. 77 mins 33

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What's the point?! Join Adam and Tiana for some friendly, off-the-cuff discussion about their ideas on D&D, RPGs, or just games in general!

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S7E1: Inspiration Point D&D Overview

Jan 16 2025 61 mins

Welcome back from the holiday break, folks! This week, Adam and Tiana sit down to talk about their ambitious project: rewrite D&D to make it more of a passion project than the lackluster thing WOTC gave the world with D&D 2024. We have a lot to unpack and rebuild and discuss; please join us as we dive ever deeper!To watch the Death Campaign live: https://www.twitch.tv/vanal

S6E45: Season Wrap-up

Dec 12 2024 71 mins

This week, Adam and Tiana look back over the year and talk about the lessons learned and the many games played. Time for us to head into hibernation for the rest of the year!

S6E44: The Art of War in TTRPGs

Dec 05 2024 69 mins

This week, Adam and Tiana talk about Adam's favorite strategy manual: The Art of War by Sun Tzu. We talk about how to use the principles in that book to change the way GMs and players think about their roles in encounters and overall gameplay. To watch the Death Campaign live: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqs

S6E43: Political Intrigue (Or: Making Frienemies and Influencing People)

Nov 21 2024 61 mins

This week, Adam and Tiana talk about upcoming plans in the ongoing Westgate Patron game, where the party is about to start building political alliances within the city. We use that as a springboard to talk about how to set up those sorts of situations for your players, and ways that players can engage within the situations.To watch the Death Campaign live: https://www.twitch.tv/van

S6E42: The Anatomy of a Despot

Nov 14 2024 65 mins

This week, Adam and Tiana are feeling TOTALLY NORMAL, NOTHING TO DISCUSS HERE, and talk about what a despot looks like. Dictators and despots can be incredibly intricate TTRPG villains, usable in a number of circumstances ranging from mustache-twirling to "doing the wrong thing for the right reasons." To watch the Death Campaign live: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Disc

S6E41: The Thirteen Keys Applied to TTRPGs

Nov 07 2024 66 mins

This week, Adam and Tiana take a tool from politics and political coverage to talk about the best predictors for the survival of a TTRPG table. Because while we do our best to stay away from national politics, we do agree that there are politics inherent in table dynamics, and we want to give our listeners every chance to stack the deck in their favor.To watch the Death Campaign li

S6E40: How to Make BBEGs Not (Immediately) Explode

Oct 31 2024 64 mins

This week, Adam and Tiana talk about Big Bad Evil Guys and how to make them feel appropriately dangerous and scary. We've all been there: you spend a campaign building up to the BBEG, and then when you get into the final fight, they go down like a tower of cards in the first few rounds. How do we make that not happen? Let's talk about it!To watch the Death Campaign live: https://ww

S6E39: The Second Secret Ingredient

Oct 17 2024 64 mins

This week, Adam and Tiana introduce the second secret ingredient. We've talked about it before in passing, but this time, we dive deep into why curiosity is the second secret ingredient and how it can elevate your games. Be curious, not judgmental.To watch the Death Campaign live: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join the Discord! https://discord.gg/gYSp3vcrqs

S6E38: Lessons Learned

Oct 10 2024 66 mins

This week, Adam and Tiana talk about the lessons Adam learned from running two different sessions of Death: one on Friday for a private group of Patrons, and one on Tuesday for the livestream crew. No matter how long we've been playing or GMing, there's always something new to learn if we're willing to dig in!To watch the Death Campaign live: https://www.twitch.tv/vanalosswen Join

S6E37: Redesigning the Ranger

Oct 05 2024 73 mins

This week, Adam and Tiana dive into a rewrite of the Ranger player class that Adam's been working on. The goal is to design to the Ranger fantasy, without being overly reactive to the 2024 changes to the class.The Google Doc with the rewritten class: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gCHFMjrHrnmmdlVeOJqFGaYVbxNY4flfQz-EeBcPlAE/edit?usp=sharingTo watch the Death Campaign live: htt