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We welcome Matt Rowles from Gamers For Veterans who are now managing the two big Denver, CO gaming conventions, Matt talks about changes and challenges to taking over an established gaming con, we then talk about making your public games open and fun for all. Just a reminder. RoleplayDNA will be hosting a panel at Tacticon 2105 on the Saturday afternoon of the con.

We talk our most recent gaming, Justin’s fight for charity against the Babyface, reminder about our D&D actual play contest, our thoughts on the state of gaming at Denver Comic Con, Allowing a player to adjust their character or story without destroying the balance or game plot. Myth and Legends Con – Justin is running three games here Tacticon – The entire crew of RPDNA will be there running games and we will be hosting a panel on Saturday afternoon of the con. The Babyface Podcast Ravaged Earth

We catch up on what’s new with us, talk Conclave of Gamers, Derek’s game with his son, ending an epic campaign, running games for kids, Justin and Ed talk their regular games, Justin started up a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game at his Tuesday night game, we discuss retro gaming and those who are trying to re-skin old games in new systems. Also…RoleplayDNA wants to run Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition for its next actual play recording and we want your help! Create a concept, outline, module for a convention length session (2-4 hours), create pregen ideas or full characters, and determine who you want to run the game; Ed or Justin. Submit your game to RPDNAPodcast@gmail.com by June 6th. If we select your game to play we will give you a $10 gift certificate to DriveThruRPG.com! Have fun with this!

We talk about our recent gaming, Leonard Nimoy’s passing, using minis and other game enhancements.

Derek, Ed, and Justin are joined by guests: Ayla, Jacob, and Wendy for the actual play of Dread.

Derek, Ed, and Justin are joined by guests: Ayla, Jacob, and Wendy for the actual play of Dread.

Happy 2015! We welcome Chris the Savage Mommy from Smiling Jack’s Bar and Grill, we talk our holidays, the Dread AP is coming, for 2015 we are going to do at least a few actual plays, our thoughts on the Tenra Bansho Zero AP, we answer a question about if Kickstarter is good for gaming or not, and check out Derek’s work on Soujourn Volume II.

We are back! Jake is filling in for Ed, Jake was just on Gamers Tavern, We play a little catch-up, an update on the actual play recordings, we get political (ads) for a bit, ThanksGaming is coming up, Knight of Injustice talk, how do you make good use of the spotlight in gaming, we finish up talking about our game of choice to play at Halloween and the challenges in running a horror game.  The Gamers Tavern episode Jake was on ThanksGaming registration

We talk about our gaming life, Talk about Justin’s game “Knight of Injustice” selling out quickly at TactiCon, give a review of Conclave of Gamers, Initial thoughts about the Dungeons and Dragons starter set, We then talk about imagery in a game, Justin tells a story about making someone feel some real emotions in his Dungeon Crawl Classics game, we answer a listener’s question about her character.

We start off musing if Summer is the real campaign killer time for adults, Justin will be running games at Conclave of Gamers on July 26th and the whole crew will be at TactiCon on Labor Day weekend, We then delve into our thoughts on the Basic Ruleset for Dungeons and Dragons that was released as a free PDF.

Ed, Derek, and Chris (from Smiling Jack’s Bar and Grill) give you their review and thoughts of Engine Publishings newest book Unframed: The Art of Improvisation for Game Masters.

Today we talk about the highs and lows of player character death. We then talk news about the Microsoft Deadlands TV Show, Engine Publishing’s release: Unframed: The Art of Improvisation for Game Masters! If you want to know where the cast of RPDNA will be: Free Comic Book Day, Spring Giving, Denver Comic Con, and Gator Con. 

We talk about Ed getting kicked out of his regular gaming group, how to write an effective blurb for your game, we spend some time crafting a blurb for Justin’s upcoming game, how do you know when a game concept is too weird to work, and in the news we discuss D&D Next.

We welcome ThanksGaming auction winner Jake to the show and talk about his gaming background and art, What do you do with the player who wants to change his character out every session, How real is too real in a game, the Dark Dungeons movie is being made.   Spring Giving registration Jake’s FB Page

In today’s episode we remove Derek’s probationary title and make him a full fledge RPDNAer, we talk about our experience at GenghisCon 2014, Justin discusses a difficult player, and we talk about the different ways you can create a character for a campaign or series of games. Derek’s new podcast, Tales Around the Campfire

In this episode of RPDNA U we got a chance to interview Bill “Teh Ebil Bunneh” Keyes from Blackwyrm Publishing and Eloy Lasanta from Third Eye Games. Eloy talks about his Amp Year One Kickstarter and his other projects. Bill tells us about his current projects. We then discuss how to promote a game at a convention and other game creation topics.

Phil Vecchione returns with friend and writing partner Chris Sniezak to talk about collaborative storytelling games. This is the first part of a series of RPDNA U episodes regarding this topic. One correction. I said Phil was a guest on RPDNA U before, and actually he was a guest on Episode 23 Odyssey: The Complete Game Master’s Guide to Campaign Management Never Unprepared: The Complete Game Master’s Guide to Session Prep Encoded Designs Misdirected Mark Podcast Gnome Stew Fate Core Cosmic Patrol Fiasco Kingdom of Nothing The Peaches and Hot Sauce Podcast Network Fear the Boot

In this episode we talk about the Star Wars Edge of the Empire beginner’s box set, just a reminder that we will be at Genghis Con 2013, then we discuss ways to create better or more interesting game introductions.

How do you handle settings that are licensed or heavily developed in your gaming life? The crew–sans Justin (feel better, man!)–discusses just that. Also, you should heed our call for backup writers on Facebook!

Episode 0 of RoleplayDNA. Ron, Vern, Ed, Lee, and Justin introduce themselves and talk about who they are and what RoleplayDNA is.