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Finding Atoria

Malcolm O"Stephan, Tori Selznick, Arcadia Deschane

Three friends, each with 30+ years playing and running TTRPGs sit down weekly to tell stories about the games, community and topics surrounding the Table Top Role Playing world.

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44:53

Just Not Chaotic Stupid

Finding Atoria ·

2025/08/24

Send us a text Malcolm moderates this episode as the crew discusses alignment. This may or may not be a thing at your table. This used to be a highly rigid concept in some of the older editions of D&D. Alignment used to be automatically assigned to some races/species in the older editions as well. The whole of gaming seems to be moving away from hard and fast alignments. We as whole at FA are down for changing alignments as your character grows. Alignments are highly subjective for interp...

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68:31

Gen Con 2025: The Final, Complete, and Last Wrap Up...

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2025/08/14

Send us a text 27. Gen Con 2025: The Final, Complete, and Last Wrap Up (Definitive Edition) Welcome back to the table! We have a skeleton crew in the studio for our last words on Gen Con 2025 and a mass of shout outs! Arcadia and Malcolm hold down the board for this week’s discussion where we focus in on some of the names and businesses we interacted with in the Exhibit Hall and shed light on community members whose work and personalities stuck out to us. We take a few minutes to ...

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57:28

Controlled Bonk As a Feat: GenCon Part Deux

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2025/08/07

Send us a text Welcome back to the table! Jess is back at the mic this episode and so is Tori. We get a GenCon wrap up from Malcolm and Arcadia who repped us at the con. From new games, to new friends, this year was a bit different for us. Jess gives a lesson on orderly queuing and how that is not necessarily a skill for us in the States. Going to Gencon last year was amazing but dang, the 50th anniversary for D&D was stacking them to the rafters(see last episode’s title). All of us get t...

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45:04

Butts to Nuts: A Gen Con Discussion?

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2025/07/31

Send us a text Welcome back to the table! Finding Atoria records outside the studio this week and missed our Tori, who is off on amazing adventures! Jess joins Arcadia and Malcolm at the table for a discussion leading up to Gen Con 2025! We hop back in the time machine for a revisit to our Con experiences in 2024 and shed light on the beauty of Trade Day. All 3 of us agree that Gen Con is a ‘well attended’ event and pay homage to friend's mothers and their good old sayings. ...

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46:19

Daggerheart, Malcolm’s First Time, and Ninja Frogs

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2025/07/24

Send us a text Welcome back to the table! Malcolm, Tori & Arcadia finally play-tested Daggerheart and share impressions and takeaways. Some serious GMing skills were used at the table, Arcadia got pulled in to roleplaying, and Tori showed us all to be a little bit afraid of frogs. While they all had fun playing a new game at the table, there is recognition that while it’s a great game and tons of players will love playing it at their table, it might not be the game for everybody. https:...

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39:49

Talking 'Bout the Big Boys

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2025/07/17

Send us a text Welcome back to the table! We get to talk about two big names in the ttrpg circles. Jeremy Crawford and Chris Perkins are two of the biggest names in D&D. These two gents have huge backstories in all things D&D. We have the forever DM and the rules guy. With the amount of time these gents spent gaming, they could call their shots. Both gents spent at least 18 years at WotC, very successfully. These guys are amazing and should at least be looked at by all of the D&D ...

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48:49

Funky Fresh

Finding Atoria ·

2025/07/10

Send us a text Welcome back to the table! Back to Daggerheart, Tori went into a deep dive for the rules/mechanics. Daggerheart is it’s own system and it’s mechanics reflect that. It is NOT a D&D clone. This system takes a lot from other games and takes them and twist into it’s own. Malcom brings in the fact that the resources has some similarities with VTM and Shadowrun. The duality dice brings a new resource into the game with hope and fear. Combat gets into unknown territory with the dr...

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47:50

A New Game? Again?

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2025/07/03

Send us a text Arcadia and Malcom have lost their Byrd for the week but she was actually supposed to be playing on recording day. They discuss Daggerheart and the splash it is making in the ttrpg world. Daggerheart is the new ttrpg brought to by Darrington Press (Critical Role) and many people have some very strong opinions on them. This was a marked step away from D&D but they are wildly successful in their own right, they are not beholden to WotC. They have been in position to launch th...

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36:14

Beauty is in the Eyes of the Beholder

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2025/06/26

Send us a text Pick an Edition, any edition, we got you covered. Welcome to our first monster comparison! Tori starts us off with her favorite monster, the Beholder! Don't worry, there will be other monster comparisons to com! https://licensebuttons.net/l/by-nc/4.0/88x31.png Rise (Epic, Inspirational, Cinematic) by Artur Aravidi is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. Support the show Contact Us on Our Socials: Facebook I...

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63:02

THAC0 Says What?

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2025/06/19

Send us a text There are receipts and Arcadia gets to GM. Malcolm leads off with the future of ttrpgs and how folks want to customize games even further. Solo gaming has gained traction and folks are moving away from the mechanics. While this may be the future of some gamers, most of us agree that this is not the same thing as gaming at a table with folks. This seems more like a Choose Your Own Adventure or a rpg video game to most of us. This is a way of the story telling aspect of ttrpgs. V...

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47:59

Inspiration for All

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2025/06/12

Send us a text Malcom is the GM this episode, and Jess is in the studio with us. Tori wins the initiative roll and brings up what everyone’s characters are based on. Movies, books, and TV shows capture people's imagination and bring ideas to the forefront. Lord of the Rings, Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, and He-Man come up in the conversation. Don’t forget The Hobbit as well. Inspiration is found everywhere, and we wanna hear yours too. Arcadia comes back from the break with our favorite fan...

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42:20

Back to the Future (Kind of) With Our Two Favorite...

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2025/06/05

Send us a text Arcadia gets to be our GM this round while Tori is still remote because she likes podcasting in her pajamas. Shadowrun is the name of the game in this episode as Malcolm and Tori cover two classes from Shadowrun's Fifth Edition. Tori wins initiative but defers, so Malcolm gets to talk about his favorite class, the Face. This class is the talker of the bunch. They are the ones who get you the jobs, who know a guy who knows a guy, the ones with the contacts and who can make thing...

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48:21

Big News at the Table: Finding Atoria Around the World

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2025/05/29

Send us a text Malcolm leads us out in our sweet 16 episode. We're down for laughs, sharing news, and celebrating the TTRPG community joining us at the table around the world. We want to know where you're finding Atoria, and would love to talk with you on our socials. Tori brings us big announcements for our Patreon community, Arcadia tries her hand at pronouncing your hometowns, and Malcolm is ready to ship you your FA merch! Go support our friend Adam ---> www.questsforall.co.uk Visit ou...

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55:14

Vampire: The Masquerade Clans: Banu Hakim vs. Clan...

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2025/05/22

Send us a text Malcolm is the GM today while Tori calls in and is on the air remotely! The ladies cover a couple of clans in VTM for this episode. Arcadia leads off by talking about the Banu Hakim. This clan isn’t one of the most well-known clans in VTM because it's one of the most isolated and isn't part of the Camarilla. The Banu Hakim clan has its own history, caste system, and organization. The Masquerade isn't as necessary for them as it is for other clans, and they've stepped away from ...

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46:15

New Toys From the Bros: The Power of the OGL and...

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2025/05/15

Send us a text Tori brings the latest and greatest news for Dungeons & Dragons content creators to share with Malcolm and Arcadia. Is this news for the community? What does it mean? Is anything new at the table for lovers of the world's largest TTRPG? Join Tori, Malcolm & Arcadia at the table as they discuss what the update to D&D's System Resource Document means for Third Party D&D content creators. Wizards of the Coast Updates the SRD With 2024 5e Rules: A New Chapter ...

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59:44

Don't Be an Arseling: Best Practices for TTRPG...

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2025/05/08

Send us a text Arcadia is our GM this episode, and Jess is back! Tori leads off after losing initiative with the topic of good and bad player characteristics. The number one great player characteristic is being engaged in the game. Remember, you’re working with the DM, not against them, which rings true for most tables. Both DMs and players can work together to make this happen. Sharing the spotlight and letting folks make mistakes are also good PC traits. Telling people they are doing a good...

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55:46

School TTRPG Clubs and Finding Your Table

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2025/05/01

Send us a text We get to try out new podcasting tech as we have a special guest today calling in remotely. Coel Scheel joins us to talk about his experience with gaming clubs in school. For him, it was a good opportunity to meet more of his fellow gamers and bond over some of the geekier parts of life. He talks about how these high school clubs give kids the opportunity to be a part of the gaming community and access to D&D Beyond, including all of the sourcebooks, minis, character sheets...

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53:25

Homebrewing for the Classroom and the Importance of Lore

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2025/04/24

Send us a text Malcolm GMs this one and Arcadia has the winning initiative role. Cady talks about how teachers can use TTRPGs for learning and how homebrewing can create the correct platform for teaching specific skills and knowledge. Hack and slash campaigns don't always cut it to teach economics or other subjects. Worldbuilding can be challenging to begin with and takes more consideration than most of us have time for; teachers are amazing and deserve better, period. Tori returns from break...

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41:50

Furry Vengeance and Game-Based Learning

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2025/04/17

Send us a text Malcolm is our ref for this episode, in which Tori rolled highest on initiative and comes back to the topic of the "Satanic Panic” and how we're now facing its modern re-occurrence in the form of the FURRIES Act, introduced by a legislator in Texas. Due to the vague language of this bill, it can block TTRPG clubs in schools due to “nonhuman behavior.” Cady comes back from break with game-based learning and its role in the classroom. This style of learning involves adapting TTRP...

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43:13

Character Flaws and You Don't Have To Be An Actor

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2025/04/10

Send us a text Tori gets to ref this episode and we have a guest! Jess is with us in the studio. Malcolm covers the topic of character flaws. This doesn’t mean nerfing your character, but it does prevent players from munchkining their characters. Flaws also give a character more depth than just being stereotyped heroes. Some examples of flaws include Shadowrun's elf poser and VTM's known corpse, compromised haven, and prey exclusion. Many players include flaws without thinking but for DMs, th...

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