RPG Lessons Learned

The show where you can learn from our mistakes... We talk about our games, and the lessons we learned while playing them.

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Martin's Game, Part 2! (Old-School Essentials: Palace of the Silver Princess)

March 24, 2025

Martin's Game, Part 2! (Old-School Essentials: Palace of the Silver Princess)

Dusty gives Tanner an update on his long-running OSE campaign with the world's greatest GM, Martin, and they talk simulationism in RPGs, GMPCs, missing...

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00:31:38

Carnival of Crime, Part 3! (Mutants & Masterminds, 3E)

March 17, 2025

Carnival of Crime, Part 3! (Mutants & Masterminds, 3E)

Dusty and Tanner discuss the conclusion to their Mutants & Masterminds game, and cover the volatility of 1-on-1 combat encounters, sidestepping GM prep, luck...

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00:28:15

Carnival of Crime, Part 2! (Mutants & Masterminds, 3E)

March 10, 2025

Carnival of Crime, Part 2! (Mutants & Masterminds, 3E)

Dusty and Tanner chat about Part 2 of Carnival of Crime in Mutants & Masterminds, and talk three-act structures, player agency vs railroading, and...

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00:33:34

Carnival of Crime, Part 1! (Mutants & Masterminds, 3E)

March 03, 2025

Carnival of Crime, Part 1! (Mutants & Masterminds, 3E)

Dusty and Tanner discuss the first session of their three-part Carnival of Crime mini-campaign in Mutants & Masterminds! Carnival of Crime, Part 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pDz9vxtWEGHk_Vl-GdlJgwegNtSYWOzl/view?usp=drive_link...

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00:34:13

Rat Trap! (Mutants & Masterminds, 3E: Rat Trap)

February 24, 2025

Rat Trap! (Mutants & Masterminds, 3E: Rat Trap)

Dusty ran "Rat Trap," the adventure in the "Mutants & Masterminds" third edition quickstart, for Tanner! Mutants and Masterminds Quickstart: https://freeronin.com/3e_files/MnM3_Quickstart.pdf Dusty's Mutants &...

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00:20:33

Abberant Reflections! (The Black Hack,  2E: Abberant Reflections)

February 17, 2025

Abberant Reflections! (The Black Hack, 2E: Abberant Reflections)

Tanner ran "Abberant Reflections," an Old-School puzzle-based dungeon, for Dusty in "The Black Hack!" Abberant Reflections by Directsun on DrivethruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/419533/aberrant-reflections The Black Hack...

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