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Is D&D Hurting the Hobby?

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A frequent rant of Sara’s has been about the damage that D&D has done to the gaming community. This week, she officially drags out the soap box and takes a good long deep dive into the full negative impact that D&D5e’s popularity has done to the TTRPG community as a whole.

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Agency Within Hierarchies / Organizations

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Militias, police, mega corps, and even school teams have at least one thing in common – structure. There is a pecking order, command, or policy that has to be followed to keep order and flow practice. But how do you bring something this rigid into a story, with imaginative players, without taking away from their agency? This week Sara & Rob stand tall, salute, and fill out the request form necessary to discuss the fine art of storytelling in a defined organization.

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OneD&D and the OGL

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It’s time to address the elephant in the room – Discussion of the new Open Gaming License (OGL) along with OneD&D has set the internet ablaze! What is WotC trying to do? This week, Sara & Rob discuss what this means for the gaming industry and what D&D fans can do about it.

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Year End Review 2022

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Let’s sit back, relax, and recap the year. Join us live @ 7pm Eastern on MixLR.com/storyteller-conclave for our Year-End Review! The Discord Live Chat will be open to all, so please come hang out with us! Ask questions, review the year, and talk about what is to come in 2023!

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Setting up your Storyteller for Success

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Storytellers, relax and put your feet up because this one’s for the players. We all want a good game and a great story, but what can the players do to make that happen? This week, Sara and Rob are reaching out to the players to help them set up their storyteller for success!

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D&D as a Lifestyle Brand

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Apple. Addis. Landrover. All of these have made a brand, an image, a vision of what people see and feel when they hear their names. Dungeons and Dragons has become a household name in much the same regard. This week Sara and Rob explore the idea that D&D might be a lifestyle brand… and is that so bad?

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Stereotypes in Gaming

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TTRPGs have always relied upon certain stereotypes: Orcs are evil, elves are haughty, etc. Recently, there has been much talk of these perpetuating harmful racial biases that mirror real prejudice. This week, Sara & Rob discuss the place of fantasy stereotypes in the TTRPG hobby.

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Storyteller Red Flags

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Online TTRPG discussions are filled with “RPG Horror Stories” and “Is my DM wrong?” discussions. Red flags that your Storyteller is bad can be elusive, so Sara & Rob are here to help you spot them, or see if you’re guilty of them yourself!

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The Players’ Burden

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As a storyteller, it is hard to get the setting, story, players and each game session going. But when players come to the table unprepared, ill equipped, or don’t know the system it can be a nightmare. Tonight Sara and Rob will be speaking to the players of games directly on being prepared for a session.

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