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No Plot, Only Lore

Josh Varty and Kristoffer Hansen

Two old men talking about the art and craft of collaborative storytelling games.

leisure games

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54:31

No Plot Only Lore 18: The Histories

No Plot, Only Lore ·

2024/06/14

Bringing historical elements into your games is sometimes fraught with peril, but the past contains all the the things that have ever happened, so it's a decent resource.

01:20:41

No Plot Only Lore 17: It's Me, Hi, I'm the Problem,...

No Plot, Only Lore ·

2024/06/07

Josh and Kristoffer discuss 'problem players' and how to deal with them.

53:32

No Plot Only Lore 16: Secret's in the Source

No Plot, Only Lore ·

2024/05/31

We talk about sourcebooks a lot!

01:05:16

No Plot Only Lore 15: Characters as Cool as You

No Plot, Only Lore ·

2024/05/24

We talk about what makes a cool character with basically no notes.

54:49

No Plot Only Lore 15: My House, My Rules

No Plot, Only Lore ·

2024/05/17

Wherein we discuss the role of house rules at our tables and the difference between a house rule that enhances things and a house rule that sucks.

01:06:14

No Plot Only Lore 14: One-Shot

No Plot, Only Lore ·

2024/05/10

We talk about how to run a single-session game!

01:23:23

No Plot Only Lore 13: Tell Me About Warhammer 40k

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2024/05/03

We let Josh go off about Warhammer 40k. Lore is had. Mistakes were made.

01:06:00

No Plot Only Lore 12: The Magic of Items

No Plot, Only Lore ·

2024/04/26

Kris and Josh discuss all of the various ways to make your character's gear more memorable and interesting!

01:07:50

No Plot Only Lore 11: You Were the Werewolf the Whole...

No Plot, Only Lore ·

2024/04/19

A chat about open, honest communication at the table, session zero, and techniques for handling difficult topics.

01:18:08

No Plot Only Lore 10: Let's Talk About Settings, Baby

No Plot, Only Lore ·

2024/04/12

Going through a few of our favorite (and not-so-favorite) published D&D settings and the sorts of games we like to play in them.

01:08:59

No Plot Only Lore 09: RPG Elements in Board Games

No Plot, Only Lore ·

2024/04/05

Josh gets to go off on one of his favorite topics as a fair trade for listening to Kris talk about theory for an hour.

52:24

No Plot Only Lore 08: What the Fuck is Kris Always...

No Plot, Only Lore ·

2024/03/29

Sometimes Kris comes across as a pretentious dickbag. That's because he's a pretentious dickbag. But he's also pretty well versed in rpg theory and critique, so let's talk about that.

57:09

No Plot Only Lore 07: How the Hell do You Prepare for...

No Plot, Only Lore ·

2024/03/22

Josh and Kris break down planning for a D&D session into small, manageable steps.

01:05:24

No Plot Only Lore 06: Your Combat Doesn't Have to be...

No Plot, Only Lore ·

2024/03/15

Is your role-playing game combat boring? Let us help!

01:16:45

No Plot Only Lore 05: Tech Tools and the Rise of AI

No Plot, Only Lore ·

2024/03/08

Wherein we discuss the technological tools we use when playing role-playing games.

01:02:52

No Plot Only Lore 04: This Isn't D&D Anymore

No Plot, Only Lore ·

2024/03/01

Kristoffer mostly tries to have a calm discussion about the evolution of role-playing games and art while Josh goes off on a guy for being wrong on the internet!

59:38

No Plot Only Lore 02: Choo Choo Railroading

No Plot, Only Lore ·

2024/02/23

Where Kristoffer and Josh talk about ONLY the subject they're supposed to discuss and don't go on any tangents or side-quests at all!**Spoiler Warning** We discuss Neal Stephenson's Seveneves in its entirety about halfway through this podcast. There's a spoiler warning there too. You probably don't want this book spoiled. Go buy it and read it and then come back and listen to us talk about games!

01:10:41

No Plot Only Lore 03: Running Games Past Josh

No Plot, Only Lore ·

2024/02/23

Josh plays a lot of D&D. He doesn't play a lot of other games. This is Kristoffer going through a list of weird games off the top of his head and seeing what Josh thinks of them.

01:37:36

No Plot Only Lore 01: Big Fat Failure

No Plot, Only Lore ·

2023/11/21

Failure is a natural part of life and gaming. Sometimes failures are catastrophic in nature! A couple of experienced DMs talk shop about failure, critical failure, consequences of poor decision making, and how system (including house rules and off-the-cuff table rulings) can impact how failure manifests in tabletop role-playing games.

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