Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #288 - 3/8/2026
Historic RPG designer Ken St. Andre (Tunnels & Trolls, Starfaring, Monsters! Monsters!, Stormbringer, more) joins for this episode. ...
100+ responses on a post asking just this question cover a wide range of advice, with several recurring themes emerging.
One of the clearest themes: it's much more dangerous!
Also, is the DM obligated to balance encounters, gold pieces as XP, hirelings, THAC0, skip the backstory until 3rd level, squad tactics and party ...
Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #284 - 7/28/2025
TSR and Wizards of the Coast veteran Steve Winter (Steve achieved one of the longest tenures across both ...
Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #283 - 5/15/2025
A RAD-SATURATED BONUS EPISODE! The Cold War gone hot! “Bam” Shane joins “Doc” Benny and “Boom” Mike on ...
Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #282 - 4/26/2025
Shane waxes eloquent (ok, he might rant mildly) on several aspects of the mainstream comic book industry ...
Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #279 - 9/27/2024
RPG and tabletop gaming historian Jon Peterson returns for a fantastic conversation on D&D and RPG history, and his related current books and projects. A new ...
Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #278 - 8/22/2024
Merle M. Rasmussen, the man in the tux himself, joins to talk about the Top Secret RPG and his game design career. What was his first (mistaken) ...
Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #275 - 3/29/2024
Wide-ranging geekout with David Finn of Signal of Doom!! Lots of comic book and MCU chat (like, a lot). Pi Day. Doctor Who, ...
Shane Plays Geek Talk Episode #274 - 2/29/2024
Despite what you might think from its famous box art, Greyhawk (the first D&D setting published by TSR) isn’t just knights and chivalry… so what is it ...
Dig into the world of the D&D Greyhawk setting online and sooner or later you'll run across mentions of an essay from 1996 called "Putting the Grey in the Hawk" by Nitescreed.
However, the essay no ...