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Snowy, cold & something wicked this way comes! How often do your games get left on a cliffhanger? What is coming down the valley?!! Check out our new Rolemaster Actual Play: (E170) Twilight of the Old Order "Just Chillin with my Friends" https://youtu.be/ZZdLhiDBjAk May the dice roll in...

Evil backdrop items! What is a situation in your TTRPG when you have faced an item or object that is not obvious that has a sinister purpose? Check out our episode; Rolemaster Actual Play: (E146) Ain't no place for a Hero "Stoner's Delight" in which the party have issues with a flagstone...

The elements in TTRPGs! How much do extremes in climate effect your TTRPGs? Has the climate/weather often influenced a key fight or moment in your games? How or why? Check out the weather in our new Rolemaster Actual Play: (E169) Twilight of the Old Order "Next Stop: The End of the World"...

One shot critter slayer in TTRPGs! How often do characters manage to fell the big nasty critter with just one blow in your games? It just happened in our last Rolemaster session!! Check out the episode; Rolemaster Actual Play: (E145) Ain’t no place for a Hero "Great Balls of Fire” May...

Unknown creatures in TTRPGs! How often do characters/players find themselves facing a creature they have no idea how to defeat? Enjoy our new episode Rolemaster Actual Play: (E168) Twilight of the Old Order "Bravely Running Away" May the dice roll in your favor! #rolemaster...

How do characters in your RPGs know when to attack or wait & see? Sometimes creatures encountered aren't all what they seem. Enjoy our new episode Rolemaster Actual Play: (E143) Ain’t no place for a Hero "Little & Large” May the dice roll in your favor! #rolemaster...

Do your players prefer published or home brew adventures in your TTRPGs? And if you use published adventures do you customize the material much or just play it straight? Enjoy our new episode Rolemaster Actual Play: (E142) Ain’t no place for a Hero "Ash, Ruin & Horror” May the dice roll...

What is the strangest/creepiest roadside location you have encountered in a TTRPG? Check out our new Rolemaster Actual Play episode: (E133) Ain’t no place for a Hero “Children of the Moss" to see some creepy roadside sites & general nastiness! May the dice roll in your favor! #rolemaster...

What are the creepiest critters in TTRPGs? Has anyone come across the "Children of the Moss" before? Check out our new Rolemaster Actual Play episode: (E132) Ain’t no place for a Hero “Islands in the Steam: Crossing the Sea of Fire" to meet these horrid wee nasties … Yuck! May the dice...

Nasty traps! Do super lethal traps often pop up in your TTRPGs? Please check out our new episode Rolemaster Actual Play: (E154) Twilight of the Old Order "This Girl is on Fire!” in which our heroes have some close shaves with both a "Leap of Faith Trap" & illusions on a Wall of Flame! May...

Are omens & divine portents regular features in your TTRPGs? How have you/your GM used them with good effect in your games? Check out our new Rolemaster Actual Play episode: (E131) Ain’t no place for a Hero “Discord & Disillusion: A Tale of Two Towers" May the dice roll in your favor...

Fumble & Failures! Do fumbles, failures or simple terrain challenges often foil your PCs plans? Please check out our new episode Rolemaster Actual Play: (E153) Twilight of the Old Order "Rubble Trouble” in which our heroes take self-inflicted damage from … a pile of rubble!! May the dice...

Why do you play TTRPGs? Everyone will have their own reasons but a key one for me is enjoying lots of laughter at stupid in-jokes with people I like - at 02:55:00 is a great example of roleplaying done right! Check out us giggling our backsides off in our Rolemaster Actual Play episode: (E130)...

One door at a time! Does opening a door in a dungeon by your (potentially twitchy?) players often take a while? Does paranoia reign? Please check out our new episode Rolemaster Actual Play: (E152) Twilight of the Old Order "Arcanarama” for some very twitchy gameplay in a dungeon deep...

Friendly NPC Deaths! Do NPC deaths often hit the party in the feels in your TTRPGs? We played in person recently! Check out our new episode & everyones faces for a change - Rolemaster Actual Play: (E129) Ain’t no place for a Hero “Dead & alive: Schrödinger’s Validation” May the dice roll...

So have you heard of the Rolemaster Criticals? Basically roll to hit & it you hit well enough you do some of this nastiness to your enemies (see attached)? Ouch! For more crits & shenanigans see our new episode Rolemaster Actual Play: (E151) Twilight of the Old Order "Thought you were safe...

Okay … so didn't expect that!!! See 2:37:09 for an unexpected turn in a fight with a 14' Construct in our Rolemaster Actual Play episode: (E150) Twilight of the Old Order “A weight off our Mind” May the dice roll in your favor! #rolemaster #twilightoftheoldorder #rolemasteractualplay

Yikes! Nasty fight coming up … Check out a major "Uh-Oh" moment in our game last night at 2:55.51 in our Rolemaster Actual Play episode: (E149) Twilight of the Old Order “Perhaps we should have been Quieter?” May the dice roll in your favor! #rolemaster #twilightoftheoldorder...

"Head strike. Foe's brain falls victim to massive shock and Surface burns. Foe drops into unconsciousness, and dies in 6 rounds. +20 hits." … and this is the NICEST result of a roll of a 100 for an Electricity Critical in Rolemaster! Eeeek! This result was rolled in our Rolemaster Actual Play...

Rolemaster is deadly! Roll to hit, then roll damage & criticals often kill, like the image attached which took down a character last night. Yikes! Want to learn more about the system? Check out our new Rolemaster Actual Play episode: (E126) Ain’t no place for a Hero “The Dead of Night", to see...