The Goblins and Growlers Podcast

Nov 18 2024 91 ep. 61 mins 5
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Hey, we do awesome tabletop stuff. Since 2018, Goblins and Growlers has been: - Running public TTRPG events in local breweries and restaurants in Richmond - Writing and publishing all our own original (award-winning) content - Producing ”Quid Pro Roll,” a 90k+ download narrative tabletop podcast - Producing ”The Goblins and Growlers Podcast,” an interview and discussion show about fun gaming products and topics - Presenting panels, performing on stage, and running organized tabletop events at gaming and pop culture conventions up and down the East Coast

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2024 Dungeon Master's Guide: A Complete and Total Review | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast

Nov 18 2024 93 mins  
OMG WTF DMG Early access and bonus content on PatreonSubscribe to our monthly gaming newsletterJoin the Discord Good gravy we spent so much time recording this episode and the Deep Dives -- 3.5 hours of content from one recording session. But there was a lot to talk about. In this main-feed release of The Goblins and Growlers Podcast, Brandon, Inver, and Josh debate what works, wha

Writing a very specific kind of D&D game | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast

Nov 04 2024 70 mins  
Writing is hard. Josh and Brandon discuss the very specific kind of writing you have to do for a public/pick-up D&D game. It’s a lot different than writing for a home game, but should it be? Obviously, folks should do what works best for them and their players, but there’s definitely value in examining how you write for your home game.

The new DMG seems... useful?

Oct 21 2024 64 mins  
Handy gaming tools: A useful DMG? Early access and bonus content on PatreonSubscribe to our monthly gaming newsletterJoin the Discord We collected a bunch of news about the upcoming 2024 Dungeon Masters' Guide release. Word on the street is that this version of the DMG is going to be a much more useful tool than previous iterations from editions past. We talk about the return of Gr

Responsible uses of AI in D&D

Oct 07 2024 74 mins  
GAME WITH ME IF YOU WANT TO LIVE: AI in D&D Early access and bonus content on PatreonSubscribe to our monthly gaming newsletterJoin the Discord With Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks basically tripling down on his commitment to the use of some form of AI in Dungeons & Dragons, we talked through what that might look like. Is there even a path for the responsible use of AI in TTRPG gami

Is the 2024 Player's Handbook useful or cash grab? | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast

Sep 23 2024 77 mins  
2024 PLAYER'S HANDBOOK IS HERE! Early access and bonus content on PatreonSubscribe to our monthly gaming newsletterJoin the Discord Wizards of the Coast released the new 2024 Player's Handbook last week. It's the first of the 2024 update releases of the Core Rules, with the Dungeon Master's Guide coming in November and the 2024 Monstrous Manual coming in... 2025. Is the update a un

D&D Direct Debrief | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast

Sep 09 2024 73 mins  
We debrief on D&D Direct and talk about the new 2024 Players Handbook, the upcoming "total rewrite" of the Dungeon Masters Guide, and potential balance issues to look out for until the new Monstrous Manual comes out. Also, we try to decide Wizards of the Coast employees were actively trolling Josh on the pronunciation of "Sigil" during GenCon, and Brandon makes another push for

An RPG for Kids - Chatting with Nomnivore Games | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast

Aug 26 2024 71 mins  
A great treat today. After probably about 6 weeks of comparing schedules and various people fighting COVID, we were finally able to get together and chat with Kate, Kerby, and Britt from Nomnivore Games. We've run into the Noms a handful of times at various cons and it was great to get a chance to sit and talk with them. While you might know them from games like "Dungeons & Din

GenCon Trip Report: We Had Access to VIPs | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast

Aug 12 2024 62 mins  
In our efforts to become more pro, we sent Josh to GenCon as a correspondent because we were able to get invites to a bunch of industry networking events. It's a tale of long-haul driving, spaceship administration, and insomnia. Despite being a multi-year veteran of DragonCon, this was Josh's first trip to the Hoosier state for THE largest tabletop gaming convention. Josh was able

Dice, Roleplaying, and False Dichotomies | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast

Jul 29 2024 63 mins  
Back from our break, sort of. Josh is out sick, so I'm joined by my friend and occasional legal counsel, Noah Downs. I'm in the last couple of weeks of my grad school experience, so Noah was kind enough to suggest this episode's topic, too, to give my brain a bit of a break. We're talking about the virtues, vices, and play strategies for dice-heavy players versus role-playing playe

The Future of Third-Party TTRPG Crowdfunding | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast

Jun 24 2024 70 mins  
Just where is the future of third-party content going? There's been some doomsaying about the level of support those kinds of Kickstarters are getting now compared to what they were. We take a look at some Kickstarters in the continuing analysis of the OGL fallout from last year. We also dig in a little on the philosophical differences between efforts like DC20 and Tales of the Va