In this week's episode, we chat with Wesley about the enforcement of veils and lines, the virtues of stabbing birds, and the use of TTRPGs in therapy. (Wesley's an actual literal therapist!) This ended up being a thoughtful conversation about people's emotional needs when they're playing TTRPGs, even outside the therapy context.

We make a few references to our episode with Kyros way back in Season 1. (Spoilers for Curse of Strahd in both this episode with Wesley and that episode with Kyros, incidentally.) If you want to hear more about paid GMing in non-therapy contexts, go listen to our interviews with RP and Dante.

As promised to Wesley, we're going to plug touching grass and donating to your local LGBT centre. In the PNW, we'd suggest Qmunity in Vancouver or Seattle’s LGBTQ+ Center (formerly Gay City).

Thanks to Briar for providing this week's intro! You can book Briar to GM your game or check out a D&D module they co-wrote.

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In this week's episode, we chat with Max about Seattle-appropriate doula gifts, the TTRPG version of porn brain, and the concept of exploration in TTRPGs. This season, we're experimenting with shorter conversations about how people play games. We first spoke with Max way back in Season 2, and we wanted to keep talking about OSR games, so we convinced Max to come back for another round. This is one of our most game theory-focused interviews, especially when we're talking about incentives and objectives in TTRPGs. If you're interested in why so many older systems treated gold as XP, this episode is for you.

Throughout the conversation, Jake and Max both keep saying "D&D". However, the actual system Max is using is Shadowdark. Jake kind of regrets this inaccuracy, but also it feels like "D&D" becoming a generic term for TTRPGs and losing its trademark protections (like "aspirin" or "thermos" or "escalator") would be a funny outcome of its cultural dominance.

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This week, we're on location at the Furlandia furry convention in Portland! We hear about tricky metallurgy puns, the challenge of playing a character with a limited vocabulary, and the hazard of DMing in Florida. Thanks to Ember, Briar, Sage, Veer, Mud, Celina, Salem, Guy, Scone, King, Kiki, Lavitts, Cotton, Diego, Nathan, Fenric, and Body for taking the time to chat with us!

Lavitts shared some cool character art with us! Head on over to our website to check it out. We also hear about a fun TTRPG system called Pirate Borg in this one.

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This week, we're back on location at the VancouFur furry convention in Vancouver! We hear about a bomb mage, a high-charisma roguelike wizard, and a monk who discovers a new way to defeat Strahd. Reilly's around for this episode, and so order is restored, even as we need to podcast away from a crisis. Thanks again to the organizers for giving us permission to record at the convention!

We're grateful to Syren, Pluto, Sappho, Cherry Blossom, Rudy, and Lexi for taking the time to talk with us! We hear about the Starfinder system in this episode. Back in January, we encountered a Starfinder playtest at OrcaCon.

At VancouFur, we commissioned a quick scrungly portrait of ourselves recording the podcast from Chebits. Head on over to our website to check it out!

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In this week's episode, Greg and Casey of Black Shield Productions share their experience running large-scale games at conventions. We hear about the flow of information between players and tables, deciding whom to leave behind on a doomed planet, and the trope of a preacher with a gun. Thanks to Black Shield Productions for making this interview possible!

We first encountered a Black Shield Praoductions game back at OrcaCon in January. Their games use a modified version of the Fate system. The Black Shield Productions crew has also done some streaming, including the Elder Scrolls RPG and the Adventures in Middle-earth RPG.

Thanks to Theo for providing this week's intro!

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This week, we're on location at the VancouFur furry convention in Vancouver! We hear about capitalist considerations in a fantasy world, a plucky little rat, and the cuthtroat Vancouver real estate industry. Jake exposes an embarrassing ignorance of the order of the Discworld books. Thanks to the organizers for giving us permission to record at the convention!

We're grateful to Jade, Fion, Edge, Herman, Asher, Reno, Musrom, Rainyatsu, and Laurien for taking the time to chat with us! Here's that building in Surrey that Musrom was talking about. It looks like it did sell recently, so maybe it won't be empty for long?

We unfortunately didn't receive any art that we could link to in the show notes. If you're reading this and you have cool art of your character or campaign, get in touch! We'd love to see it, and if you like we'd be happy to share it on social media.

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This week, we're once again on location at the grand opening of Chance Encounter Games! We hear about a sham trial and a public execution at a LARP, very ambitious notetaking, and playing a nonmagical character in a very magical world. (Also, a little bit about Jake's long-running campaign.)

This is the TTRPG store and gaming space that Dante told us about during our interview earlier this season. Thanks again to Dante for letting us record at your grand opening! Also, thanks to Alaria, N, Miller, Aidan, Kathrin, and Mario for taking the time to chat with us. If you haven't already heard it, go listen to the first half of our coverage.

We hear about a very intense storyline at Legacies LARP in this episode. Last season, Andrew talked about the experience of writing storylines for Legacies.

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