Improvised Radio Theatre - With Dice

Improvised Radio Theatre - With Dice! is a podcast by Roger Bell_West and Michael Cule, in which we pontificate on role-playing games.

Try the RSS feed!

You can also listen on iTunes.

Please email us your comments and suggestions, to "podcast" at the domain "tekeli.li", or comment on individual episodes. Most discussion is now happening on the forum.


Plus One Per Adjective 01 December 2017 - 12 comments

Download

This month, for our sixtieth episode, Roger and Mike are inspired by music, get decadent, and consider their equipment lists. The inspirational tracks for the first segment are Rocketman by the Red Elvises, and Lucifer by The Alan Parsons Project.

[more]
Unity of Purpose, Comrade 01 November 2017 - 7 comments

Download

This month, Mike and Roger wonder how you know when you're a good GM, consider their exploits as players, and consider the ideal composition of a player group.

[more]
I Blamed It On a Dragon Of Their Acquaintance 01 October 2017 - 26 comments

Download

This month, Roger and Mike lack enthusiasm, contemplate great big detailed settings, and wonder how you lot got involved in role-playing games.

[more]
Chunky Policeman Kibble 01 September 2017 - 9 comments

Download

This month, Mike and Roger contemplate types of government, and look at #RPGADay for 2017.

[more]
It All Comes Down to Fire In the End 01 August 2017 - 6 comments

Download

This month, Roger and Mike give advice to the GM of a new time travel game, and consider the thousands of worlds of a Traveller-style setting: what makes them interesting? How can this work?

[more]
Much More Likely To Survive the First Civil War 01 July 2017 - 5 comments

Download

This month, Mike and Roger contemplate long-term campaigns with gaps, travel in gaming time, and consider tech levels: threat or menace?

[more]
Winning Fights, Possibly With Inanimate Objects 01 June 2017 - 11 comments

Download

This month, Roger and Mike talk about the new edition of Unknown Armies, and ask why mid-century hard SF has been relatively unrepresented in games.

[more]
You Can't Adjust For Player Competence 01 May 2017 - 13 comments

Download

This month, Mike and Roger criticise themselves regarding Pendragon, consider intuition, revisit game recordings, and plan for disaster.

[more]
Let's Not Become Blasphemous This Early 01 April 2017 - 13 comments

Download

This month, Roger and Mike talk about the core concepts of magic, and distinguishing personality from backstory in character generation.

With spoilers for Dennis Wheatley's The Ka of Gifford Hillary and Larry Niven's The Magic Goes Away.

[more]
A Complete Pain, Because They Have Principles 01 March 2017 - 6 comments

Download

This month, Mike and Roger talk about adding new players to a long-running group, spy stories (including a game Roger didn't know he wanted to play), and the golden age(s) of gaming.

[more]
Watching Robert Go Geeble 01 February 2017 - 5 comments

Download

This month, Roger and Mike consider the games we always run, the laws of magic, and gaming within a chain of command.

[more]
The Wish-Fulfilment Oyster 01 January 2017 - 16 comments

Download

This month, Mike and Roger talk about why superheroes are terrible, killing Hitler, utopias, and appropriate rewards and treasures.

[more]
Archive
Tags 7th sea a taste for murder aces and eights achtung cthulhu agon alchemical baroque amazing engine amber apocalypse world arkham horror ars magica artesia ashen stars banestorm battlelords of the 23rd century battlelords of the twenty-third century battletech behind enemy lines blades in the dark blue planet blue rose bluebeard's bride brp buffy the vampire slayer cabal call of cthulhu castle falkenstein chill conan continuum cyberpunk dark conspiracy diaspora different worlds discworld doctor who dracula dossier dragon age dragonmeet dramasystem dread dreamhounds of paris dune dungeon world dungeons durance dying earth eclipse phase empire of the petal throne everway exalted fading suns fallen london fantasy fate fear itself fellowship feng shui fiasco fief for players forgotten futures forsooth! freemarket fringeworthy fudge gamma world gangbusters gear krieg genesys godlike good society grey ranks greyhawk gumshoe gurps gurps time travel harn harnmaster harp hero system heroquest hillfolk horror houses of the blooded in a wicked age in nomine in spaaace infinite worlds jags wonderland lace & steel lace and steel lady blackbird larps laundry files legend of the five rings lords of creation luftwaffe 1946 madness dossier mage the ascension masks masterbook merp microscope millennium's end mindjammer modern age modern day monster hunters monster of the week montsegur 1244 necessary evil nexus nexus the infinite city night's black agents nobilis nova praxis numenera ogre over the edge paranoia pendragon pre-written adventures primetime adventures reign reign of steel rifts ringworld rocket age rolemaster runequest savage worlds science fiction shadowrun sorcerer space 1889 space master space opera story games sufficiently advanced superhero 2044 tales from the floating vagabond tales of the floating vagabond talislanta technomancer termination shock the arduin grimoire the cthulhu hack the esoterrorists the great dalmuti the laundry files the mountain witch the price of freedom the quiet year time travel timelords timemaster timeship timewatch torg trail of cthulhu transhuman space transhumanism traveller traveller 2300 troika twilight 2000 universe unknown armies vampire vampire the masquerade victoriana viewscream warhammer frp warp weird war ii werewolf the apocalypse whfrp world war ii wraith the oblivion yellow king rpg
Produced by aikakirja v0.1