HJRP S35E18 | Why Play TTRPGS?, How to Pace Games, & Unanticipated PVP

Happy Jacks RPG Podcast: GM & Player Tabletop RPG Advice

◇ Ed from FL asks what is the point of playing ttrpgs?, Robin (from the UK) asks about pacing games, From the Archive 2021: Shawn from just outside Washington, DC asks about unanticipated PVP in their game | Hosts: Kimi & Riley ◇

• 00:33 – Welcome & Episode Summary |
• 01:55 – Announcements: Game Daze went great! Keep an eye out for info on JACKERCON, our weekend-long online gaming event this summer! | Patreon is changing the way their RSS feed works, so I’ll be going through and updating the access to the backlog in about two weeks (when school is out)
• 02:36 – Indie Designer of the Month: JMatthew Orr, Creative Director at Wet Ink Games. You can find his work on wetinkgames.com or DriveThruRPG |
• 04:05 – Ed from FL asks what is the point of playing ttrpgs? |
• 23:41 – Robin (from the UK) asks about pacing games |
• 47:15 – From the Archive 2021: Shawn from just outside Washington, DC asks about unanticipated PVP in their game |
• 01:10:27 – Episode Closing |
• 01:13:56 – Music |

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