A podcast about face to face games! We cover board games, roleplaying games, cards games, really any tabletop game at all!
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/PUBG_in_RPGs.mp3 Download “PUBG in RPGs” Chris and Del talk about the battle royale video game that is sweeping the nation, and about applying some of what makes it great to your RPG sessions! (55min) Some things you might be interested in: Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds Who Goes There NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Running_RPGs_for_Kids.mp3 Download “Playing RPGs wth Kids” Chris and Stephanie share some tips about running and playing games with kids/children/young persons! (67min) Some things you might be interested in: Dungeons & Dragons No Thank You, Evil Project Ninja Panda Taco Hero Kids Adventure Maximus Little Wizards F…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Conventions_Part_2.mp3 Download “Tabletop Gaming Conventions Pt. 2” Chris and Stephanie chat about 3 more of their favorite Tabletop Gaming Conventions! (64min) BGG Con PAX West OrcaCon NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.Door NPC Cast
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Tabletop_Gaming_Conventions_Pt_1.mp3 Download “Tabletop Gaming Conventions Pt. 1” Chris and Stephanie chat about 3 of their favorite Tabletop Gaming Conventions! (84min) Origins Game Fair Geekway to the West Gencon The Component Collector NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Puzzles_with_NPC_Aaron.mp3 Download “Puzzles in Games with NPC Aaron” NPC Aaron is back! He and Chris chat about Puzzle Board Games, and Puzzles in RPGs! (50min) TIME STORIES EXIT Unlock! NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.Door NPC Cast
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Fave_Games_with_Stephanie_Straw.mp3 Download “Fave Games with Stephanie Straw” Chris chats with honorary NPC Stephanie Straw about favorites, community, and charity gaming! (70min) Stephanie on Twitter Wurfel Bohnanza Mastermind Honshu NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Black_Hearted_Mom_-_Interview_with_Brittanie_Boe.mp3 Download “Interview with Brittanie Boe” Chris chats with Brittanie Boe, Social Media Marketing Manager for GTS Distribution! (61min) Brittanie on Twitter GameWire YouTube Channel Rising Sun Honshu The Gauntlet Board Game Tournament NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE T…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/So_excited.mp3 Download “So Excited” Chris talks about a bunch of things that he is excited about! (40min) Acadecon Legends of the Five Rings Great Western Trail Pauper Cube Origins Game Fair NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.Door NPC Cast
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/NPC_Cast_is_Changing.mp3 Download “NPC Cast is Changing” Chris talks about some upcoming changes to NPC Cast! (26min) NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.Door NPC Cast
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Board_Games_with_RPG_Elements.mp3 Download “Board Games with RPG Elements” The guys chat about the challenges of infusing board games with elements of RPGs! (60min) Things you may be interested in: Gloomhaven Zipp (Malifaux) Star Trek Ascendancy Avenue NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Board_Game_Design_Time.mp3 Download “Board Game Design Time” Chris and Del talk about running and playing in Noir RPG games! (50min) Things you may be interested in: Board Game Design Time The Genius Game NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.Door NPC Cast
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Noir_in_RPGs.mp3 Download “Noir in RPGs” Chris and Del talk about running and playing in Noir RPG games! (50min) Things you may be interested in: The Last Garden Noirlandia Gumshoe Call of Cthulu Necromancer in D3 Noir World NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Retro_Videogames.mp3 Download “Retro Videogames” Chris is out of town, and so this is a throwback episode from the NPC Cast Vaults! (43min) Things you may be interested in: The Last Garden Nyctophobia NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.Door NPC Cast
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Improvised_Surprises_in_RPGs.mp3 Download “Improvised Surprises in RPGs” Chris and Del answer some questions about improvising storylinesand when it’s alright to lie to your players! (48min) Things you may be interested in: The Last Garden Rising Sun on Kickstarter Legendary Encounters Alien Expansion NPC CAST: YOU…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/RPG_Settings_for_New_Players.mp3 Download “RPG Settings for New Players” Chris and Del answer some questions from the NPC Cast universe, including whether or not Fantasy is the best setting to get started in Role-Playing Games with! (35min) Things you may be interested in: The Last Garden Gloomhaven Daedalus Comple…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/The_Last_Garden.mp3 Download “The Last Garden” Del hosts as Chris and Matt talk about their game The Last Garden, which is live on Kickstarter right now! (40min) Things you may be interested in: The Last Garden NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.Door NPC Cast
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Party_Splitting_and_Rotating_Players.mp3 Download “Party Splitting and Rotating Players” Del and Chris answer a couple of audience questions, including what to do when your players are heading in different directions and the best way to run a game for a ton of players! (54min) Things you may be interested in: Shado…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Dusk_City_Outlaws_with_Rodney_Thompson.mp3 Download “Dusk City Outlaws” Del and Chris chat with Rodney Thompson about his new game Dusk City Outlaws, on Kickstarter now! (68min) Things you may be interested in: Dusk City Outlaws Kickstarter NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/NPC_4_LIFE.mp3 Download “nPc 4 Life” In Aaron’s last show as NPC Cast host, we look back on the things he has been the most proud about! (55min) Things you may be interested in: Overwatch Dusk City Outlaws Harry Potter Minis Game NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/The_New_Hotness_and_New_Players.mp3 Download “The New Hotness & New Players” Del and Chris answer a couple of listener questions, including how to deal with players that want to play the new hotness and how to introduce brand new players to the hobby! (52min) Things you may be interested in: Roll Player Apocrypha T…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Haberdashers.mp3 Download “Haberdashers – Campaign Crucible” Del and Chris combine some ingredients for another Campaign Crucible! (50min) Things you may be interested in: OrcaCon Baseball Prospectus The Last Garden Contest! NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Problem_Players_-_DM_Advice.mp3 Download “Problem Players – DM Advice” Del and Chris answer a listener question about how to deal with problem players in your RPG campaign! (55min) Things you may be interested in: The Other Side Kickstarter The Last Garden Contest! NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Level_Up_Mail_Bag.mp3 Download “Level Up Mail Bag” The NPC Cast enters 2nd Edition, and fields questions from the NPC Universe! We’re also on YouTube now, over at One Thousand XP. Oh, and you can all finally level up! (53min) To get the Star Wars: Edge of the Empire PDFs that Del was referring to, head here: https:…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Preprinted_RPG_Modules.mp3 Download “Preprinted RPG Modules” The NPC Cast fields a request from a Patreon backer, and discusses their ideal Preprinted Modules!! (52min) Things you may be interested in: NPC Cast Episode 163 The Dracula Dossier Ugly Critmas Sweater Monocle Society NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FAC…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Holidays_in_Role-Playing_Games.mp3 Download “Holidays in Role-Playing Games” The NPC Cast discusses holidays in role-playing games, and also talk about what it means for your group IRL! (56min) Things you may be interested in: Gift Trap The Other Side Sofa Justice Warriors: Soldier Champions NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FO…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/RPG_Campaigns_from_Video_Games.mp3 Download “RPG Campaigns From Video Games” The NPC Cast discusses some video games, and what they would do to make them into RPG campaigns! (64min) Things you may be interested in: Overwatch Final Fantasy X-Com 2 Pokemon Lisboa Star Trek: Discovery Westworld NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FO…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/50_RPG_Story_Hooks.mp3 Download “50 RPG Story Hooks” The NPC Cast gets together and does some rapid-fire story hook generation! (61min) Things you may be interested in: Fabled Fruit Final Fantasy XV Uncanny Valley NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.Door NPC Cast
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/NPC_Archive_-_Off_the_Rails.mp3 Download “NPC Archive – Off the Rails” Revisit our very first episode ever, with some bonus commentary from NPC Chris! (53min) NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.Door NPC Cast
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/NPC_at_BGG.mp3 Download “NPC at BGG” In this episode the Chris and Aaron are joined by some friends live on location from BGG Con! (57min) Things you may be interested in: Meeples Included Honshu Fabled Fruit Roll Player Dog and Thimble Strike Barcelona NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Campaign_Crucible_-_Dentium.mp3 Download “Dentium – Campaign Crucible” In this episode the guys have another campaign crucible, and this one features some difficult ingredients! (58min) Things you may be interested in: City of Mist NaNoWriMo Monocle Society NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Role-Playing_Game_Consequences.mp3 Download “Role-Playing Game Consequences” In this episode the guys all discuss consequences in RPGs, and how GMs can calibrate them! (64min) Things you may be interested in: Follow Volo’s Guide to Monsters Terraforming Mars Extra Life! NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Horror_Role_Playing_Games.mp3 Download “Horror Role-Playing Games” In this episode the guys chat about the things that make for good horror RPG sessions! (66min) Things you may be interested in: Dr. Strange Bluebeard’s Bride Extra Life! NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Dice_in_RPGs.mp3 Download “Dice in RPGs” In this episode Del and Chris talk about dice systems in a variety of different RPGs! (59min) Things you may be interested in: Ghost Court Netrunner: Daedalus Complex NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.Door NPC Cast
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Breaking_the_Rules_in_RPGs.mp3 Download “Breaking the Rules in RPGs” In this episode Del and Chris talk about omitting rules from your RPG game, and about GMs and players fudging dice rolls! (61min) Things you may be interested in: PredictIt.Org World Wide Wrestling RPG NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Gms_Checklist.mp3 Download “GM’s Checklist” In this episode Del and Chris offer up a checklist for new and established GMs when preparing for their sessions! (65min) Things you may be interested in: Chessex Pound ‘O Dice CrysKnife007 Soundbeds Scrivener Space Ghost Coast to Coast MTG Kaladesh Podbean code: igp7j86v…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Cardamom.mp3 Download “Cardamom” In this episode Del and Chris hit you with another Campaign Crucible! (63min) Things you may be interested in: Mars 4:45 Star Wars: Destiny NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.Door NPC Cast
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/RPG_Design_-_Joshua_AC_Newman.mp3 Download “RPG Design with Joshua A.C. Newman” In this episode Del and Chris interview Joshua A.C. Newman (Mobile Frame Zero, xenoglyph, Shock:Social Science Fiction) about getting started in RPG design! (46min) Things you may be interested in: Joshua’s Reddit AMA patreon.com/joshua…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Politics_in_RPGs.mp3 Download “Politics in RPGs” In this episode Del and Chris talk about Politics in your campaign world, and how you can use them to add some flavor to your adventures! (55min) Things you may be interested in: Shudder.tv NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Disease_in_RPGs.mp3 Download “Disease in RPGs” In this episode Del and Chris talk about how diseases in RPGs, and how GMs can use them in their campaigns! (64min) Things you may be interested in: Dead of Winter: The Long Night rk post Patreon Page NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Players_That_Know_Too_Much.mp3 Download “Players That Know Too Much” In this episode Del and Chris take a question from a listener about players who know too much! (59min) Things you may be interested in: Duckfeed.tv – The podcast network Gary runs! World Wide Wrestling – International Incident Merchants of Araby N…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Designing_The_Last_Garden.mp3 Download “Designing The Last Garden” In this episode Del chats with Chris and Matt about their game The Last Garden! (54min) Things you may be interested in: MaRo at GDC Junk Art Stranger Things NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Gen_Con_2016.mp3 Download “Gen Con 2016” In this Del-hosted episode, Chris and Stephanie talk about their trip to Gen Con! (63min) Things you may be interested in: Board Game Geek Gen Con GeekBuzz List New Angeles Thornwatch NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/NPCs_in_RPGs.mp3 Download “NPCs in RPGs” In this episode, Chris and Del talk about NPCs in RPGs! It’s a legit NPC CAST! (65min) Things you may be interested in: NPC Cast Episode 5 Near and Far Doom: the Board Game NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.Door NPC Cast
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/How_to_choose_what_game_to_play.mp3 Download “How to Choose What Game to Play” In this episode, Chris and Del are joined by friend-pc Stephanie Straw to talk about how we choose what games we want to play! (55min) Things you may be interested in: Stranger Things Luke Cage Gloomhaven NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Bullet_Points_-_Two_Player_Games.mp3 Download Bullet Points – Two Player Games In this Bullet Points episode, Chris and Del are joined by their friend Pete, from Mind the Gap Studios to create Two-Player games that don’t use cards! (65min) Things you may be interested in: Mind the Gap Studios Seafall Who, What, Why…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Non_Fantasy_RPGs.mp3 Download “Non-Fantasy RPGs” In this episode, Chris and Del talk about transitioning from Fantasy RPGs to different genres! (53min) Things you may be interested in: “I just realized I have no idea how to play games that aren’t medieval fantasy” Night’s Black Agents World Wide Wrestling Deadlands…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Playing_Canon_Games.mp3 Download “Playing Canon Games” In this episode, Chris and Del talk about playing games based on pre-existing canons! (52min) Things you may be interested in: Overwatch Scythe NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.Door NPC Cast
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Superhero_Games.mp3 Download “Superhero Games” We’re moving the podcast release to Mondays! In this bonus episode we talk about Superhero Board & Card Games! (55min) Things you may be interested in: Marvel Legendary DC Deck-building Game Sentinels of the Multiverse Heroclix Marvel Dicemasters Overwatch Knight Model…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Designing_Talisman.mp3 Download “Designing Talisman” We talk to Aaron about the RPG he has started to design, based on our 1st ever Campaign Crucible!! (67min) Things you may be interested in: Campaign Crucible: Shintopunk Tiny Epic Quest DC Rebirth Netrunner: 23 Seconds NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.…
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/npccast/Play_by_Post_RPGs.mp3 Download “Play by Post RPGs” The gang interrogates Aaron all about Play by Post RPGs! (59min) Things you may be interested in: Starfinder Screenplay Massive Darkness NPC CAST: YOUR PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE GAMES.Door NPC Cast
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