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DMs After Dark

We‘re 6 DMs with hundreds of tabletop RPGs in our collection that deserve some more attention and playtime. Join us as we play short series of various games, break down approaches in RPG design, and discuss the hobby in general.

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All Episodes

50:04

Modified Rolls - Resolution Mechanics

DMs After Dark ·

2022/07/15

Roll dice. Flip cards. Spend tokens. Pull the wooden block. This episode of Modified Rolls breaks down the different types of resolution mechanics in roleplaying games and why they're important for providing a certain kind of experience. From the mathematics of probability underlying the success/failure ratio of games to the tactile aspect of cards (just ask Amber & Christian how they feel about cards), different mechanics just feel different and might be more or less appropriate for the game

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02:37:51

Short Order Apocalypse Advanced One-Shot

DMs After Dark ·

2022/07/08

Welcome to Hjem, we've got all things to make your house a Hjem... *sigh*... In this one-shot between our Invisible Sun and upcoming Honor + Intrigue series, Sara runs us through Short Order Apocalypse Advanced by SaintBaileys on itch.io The game itself is available as Pay What You Want on Itch (https://saintbaileys.itch.io/), and is also featured in the Tiny Tome collection of short rules-light RPGs. Christian, Jess, and Rene play as employees of a certain northern European based furniture

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40:23

Modified Rolls - Mining Media for Your RPGs

DMs After Dark ·

2022/07/01

I don't know about all of you out there in RPG podcast-land, but I'm a pretty typical millennial, binging TV series on streaming platforms and dealing with piles of books to-be-read that somehow just keep growing despite my best efforts. Well, what if I told you literally everything you ingest makes great building blocks for your RPGs?! Your in luck, because all you gotta do is a little bit of work and all your favorite things you wanna talk to your friends about but they haven't seen or read is

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22:12

[Bonus] Invisible Sun Review

DMs After Dark ·

2022/06/27

Greetings one more (but maybe not the last) time from the Actuality. Christian sits down with Rene and Sara to talk a little bit about his process prepping for and running Invisible Sun. We talk about the game from a design perspective, Christian's thought process for the concept of the Hollow Men and Elpada, and rates the game. We hope to do more of these in the future following our series of games, and are working on a rating system to let you know our thoughts on the games we pick and play

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03:21:52

Invisible Sun Finale - The Citadel of the Bornless One

DMs After Dark ·

2022/06/24

It started with dreams. Dreams of Shadow. Dreams of each of our characters' goals and desires. It, too, ends in dreams. The Deeps of Sleep hold the headquarters of the Hollow Men and the Bornless One plots to erase the very concept the young girl Elpada represents. Bridget shows her true self. Darcian has a theory. Henri guides the crew through strange new planes. Istanbull guards his friends. Frey has a score to settle. If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness,

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48:06

Modified Rolls - Playing Evil Characters

DMs After Dark ·

2022/06/17

So you wanna be the bad guy, huh? Well, not THE bad guy, but A bad guy. Maybe THE bad guy, I mean, who are we to tell you how your story's going to go? Before you do that, though, champ, let's discuss a few things about playing evil PCs in a tabletop game. In this episode, the DMs discuss how to get the most out of playing evil characters in games that are traditionally team-based and heroic. There are plenty of great ways to play an evil character in an otherwise ensemble cast of good guys,

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03:18:53

Invisible Sun | Episode 3 - Fallen Angels & Fading...

DMs After Dark ·

2022/06/10

Even upon waking from the Shadow and returning to the Actuality, there are dreams and there are nightmares... The crew have strange dreams. Fray brings the group to a dangerous location. Henri almost makes a deal. Bridget tests the limits of her circles. Istanbull sees through and makes a wall. Darcian shows they can hold their own. If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and subscribe

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23:27

1d6 | 1d4 - But What If We Ran Longer Games...

DMs After Dark ·

2022/06/03

Hello and welcome to the 2nd episode of 1d6 | 1d4, Sara's "chaos baby" of a podcast where 1d6 of the DMs sit down and talk about a topic for 1d4 minutes at a time. This week, Sara is joined by Christian and Rene to ask the question: "What if we ran games longer than 3-4 sessions?" Find out what games we want to run long-term and let us know if you think we should explore that in the future! If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a rating on

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03:22:56

Invisible Sun | Episode 2 - The Girl in the Box

DMs After Dark ·

2022/05/27

Welcome back to the Actuality, our fellow vislae. So... that lecture didn't go as planned with the whole exploding snakes and dissolving vislae thing, but our PCs did manage to rescue the strange golden-eyed child Elpada from the strange terrorists. Where will they go and what will they learn? Bridget & Darcian summon for help. Henri bonds with Elpada. Istanbull observes more than he lets on. Fray sees old friends in the shadows. If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general

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52:04

Modified Rolls - Villains

DMs After Dark ·

2022/05/20

Muahahaha! You've come this far only to fall into our evil villain monologue! Now you must listen to us as we explain all of the things that weren't communicated throughout the campaign so you understand what it is you're actually defeating! ... Or... maybe your DM gave this episode a listen and realized that they need to sprinkle in details throughout that make the PCs feel like they actually understand the villain, their motive, their means, their goals, flaws, and fears. Maybe this villain is,

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02:49:01

Invisible Sun | Episode 1 - Lectures in Legacy

DMs After Dark ·

2022/05/13

Greetings from the Actuality... Our story begins around the city of Satyrine, where our PCs are all pulled like matter into a black hole to the Vance campus for a lecture from an eccentric researcher. For a variety of reasons (including the promise of good food, which, unfortunately, appears to have been a lie), the characters find themselves at the center of a mysterious attempted kidnapping. Will they help? Can they help? And what will they learn? The answer to all of these is "barely

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50:24

Modified Rolls - How to Write, Prep, and Run Homebrew...

DMs After Dark ·

2022/05/06

What a wonderful [insert the name of your made up fantasy word weekday analogue for Friday]! In this episode of Modified Rolls, the DMs talk about their experiences, advice, and ideas on all things homebrew campaigns. Whether it's an original story in an established universe (have you listened to our Modified Rolls about running games with Canon?) or an entirely original world of your (and hopefully your players') imagination, there are some things that will help homebrew games run

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54:00

(Bonus!) Meet the DMs - Troy

DMs After Dark ·

2022/05/02

In our penultimate Meet the DMs, we meet the 2nd half of the Bot, the 2nd half of the gingers within DMs After Dark, and everyone's favorite corn-shuckin Iowan Troy! Troy regales us with his history of roleplaying which goes back to him in 2nd grade making up stories with a D&D 3.5e PHB! He talks about the power of RPGs, his love and involvement with Studio Agate's Shadows of Esteren, which was the first game we ever played on stream, and how it's shaped his life. We also promise, he's a great dad

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02:37:48

Invisible Sun | Session 0 & Character Creation

DMs After Dark ·

2022/04/29

Welcome back from the Shadow, our fellow Vislae, take a stroll and reacquaint yourself with ... the Actuality. In this session zero for Monte Cook's Invisible Sun, Christian does his best to herd the cats that are the other DMs as we navigate the complex terminology and incredibly surreal world of Invisible Sun. The DMs sit at computers in the Shadow (our Earth world simulation) to create a crew of vislae (beings of magic) back in the Actuality (the waking real world everyone we know is totally

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46:23

(Bonus!) Meet the DMs - Amber

DMs After Dark ·

2022/04/25

In this installment of our interview series, Meet the DMs, we learn all about one half of our librarians and one half of what we affectionately call the Bot (along with her brother Troy), Amber. Rene interviews her about her history with RPGs, how she's turned her love of the hobby into part of her career, and all of the amazing things she believes games can do. She's by far the most professional of the DMs After Dark, and we really owe the entire endeavor to her efforts at our local library,

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56:29

Modified Rolls - How to Prep & Run Published...

DMs After Dark ·

2022/04/22

We're back with another episode of Modified Rolls, continuing our little run of "How to Prep & Run [Blank]." Last episode talked about the wonderful world of one-shots, the stress-free experimentation station of RPGs. This time, we're going bigger - the published stuff. That's right, you bought a big written adventure and you're going to run your friends through an epic tale and all the good stuff is right there in that book, right? ... Hopefully! But we're here to help make sure you'll take

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56:55

(Bonus!) Meet the DMs - Sara

DMs After Dark ·

2022/04/18

Good morning, afternoon, and/or evening, and welcome back to another deep dive into the DMs as we continue our Meet the DMs series with an interview of Sara by Christian. Sara regales her journey in RPGs starting from the amazing 1st Edition D&D game with her grandfather and family, her long and storied history with Pathfinder's Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path, one-shots and her work with the library, and how she fell into and found her GM style through the years. If you want to see Sara's

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03:08:28

Good Society Episode 3 (Finale) - Letters, Ledgers,...

DMs After Dark ·

2022/04/15

Thank you for joining us for the final installment of Good Society, the Jane Austen RPG from Storybrewers Roleplaying. In this dramatic finale, horses will race, hearts will break, and fortunes will be on the line. If you enjoy our streams, podcasts, or just our general nerdiness, please consider giving us a rating on your podcast app of choice! Like, follow, and subscribe to our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram so you can comment & chat with us about all things RPGs. And, as always, come hang

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52:14

(Bonus!) Meet the DMs - Christian

DMs After Dark ·

2022/04/11

Welcome back to Meet the DMs, our interview style series where we sit down with one another and ask the hard-hitting questions, get real deep and introspective and... or just talk about what we love about RPGs and what led us to this wild endeavor we call DMs After Dark! In this episode, Jess interviews Christian, the elder among the DMs, and he regales us with tales from the beforetimes of RPGs. Joking aside, he shares his humble origins (RIP the 1e Thief), love of comics (leading to Mutants &

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23:34

State of the DMs 2022

DMs After Dark ·

2022/04/08

Hello all you listeners of what we've been referring to as the After Dark Army (let us know if you like the term or not), join us for a little look behind the screen of our first 9 months of streaming and podcasting. Christian, Jess, and Rene briefly discuss what we've learned so far, how we're doing our best to improve quality of our episodes both from a roleplaying game experience for you to watch and listen, but also all the technical stuff that goes into livestreaming, audio and video editing,

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