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.

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A Mad Career Towards Some Dreadful Ending 01 December 2023

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This month, Roger and Mike consider railroading, its inevitability, and how to build characters who are a good fit for the campaign.

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Quite Gnostic In Places 01 November 2023

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This month, Mike and Roger dissect Mongoose Traveller and a couple of campaigns Mike has run with it.

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Character Description Language 01 October 2023

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This month, Roger and Mike consider class-and-level and other ways of building and improving characters.

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The Friends You Leave In Shallow Graves 01 June 2023

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This month, Roger and Mike consider making travel interesting, and ask whether RPGs need escapism.

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A Strong Antinomian Tendency 01 May 2023 - 2 comments

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This month, Mike and Roger do an end-of-the-season review of one of Roger’s masterpieces and let their inner Grumpy Old Men out to have a rant or two.

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Determinedly Cheerful Or Just Obtuse 01 March 2023

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This month, Mike and Roger ask what makes a hero, and look into the benefits and drawbacks of doing character generation as a group.

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You Could See Coronation Street From There 01 December 2022

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It's our tenth anniversary! So as a special exception to our usual format we talk to each other.

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I'm A Perfectionist and I Don't Have the Rent to Pay 01 February 2022 - 2 comments

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This month, Roger and Mike review Mongoose's Traveller. (We had a lot of lag, which I've tried to fix.)

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Fundamental GURPSiness 01 May 2021

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This month, Mike and Roger have played James Bond 007 (thanks to friend of the show Brett Evill) and consider how to de-crunch a crunchy game.

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Unchained Unicorn 01 May 2020

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This month, Mike and Roger rebuild the world, and chat with friend of the show Dr Bob about Astronautilus Productions.

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Merely an Engsvanyáli Garderobe 01 January 2019 - 4 comments

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This month, Mike and Roger search for secret doors, are intimidated by some but not all "large" campaign settings, and consider how to do cultural appropriation with respect.

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I'm Not Quite Sure How You Pervert the Halflings 01 October 2018

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This month, Roger and Mike run through the GURPS Spaceships series, and consider how and when to construct your own setting.

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It Still Feels Like Dying While You're Doing It 01 January 2018

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This month, Mike and Roger look at what it takes to do Star Trek "right", and explore the language of role-playing and its native narrative forms; and Mike perpetrates a carefully-organised surprise.

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

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

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Chunky Policeman Kibble 01 September 2017 - 9 comments

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

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

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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?

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

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

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The Rough Wheels of their Intellects 01 November 2015 - 7 comments

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This month, Mike and Roger talk about how to get started in Tékumel, the negotiations at the start of a campaign, an anniversary adventure, and the shaving of yaks.

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Corrupt and Decadent Astrophysicists 01 March 2015 - 1 comment

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This month, Mike and Roger consider doom and gloom: backwards character progression, campaigns after the big hero or villain is gone, and game worlds in which things are slowly getting worse.

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Everybody Ignores Radiation Shielding 01 December 2013

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This month, Mike and Roger bring 2300AD out of the cupboard, take another look at Torg, and consider death and other things players don't like.

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In Space 01 April 2013

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This month, Roger and Mike look at Space Opera, and interstellar science fiction gaming in general.

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