Hook and Chance
Hook & Chance is a Dungeons and Dragons advice and game enrichment podcast for players and Dungeon Masters full of entertaining ideas for incredible games!
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 171
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2023
The Last-Minute Spooky-Time Session
All Hollows Eve is upon us, and like many, we often find ourselves scrambling to create a memorable Halloween gaming experience. Costume panic and game prep panic, it all feels the same. Can we muste…
00:53:03 |
Mon 30 Oct 2023
Let the King Be King ft. Ollo Clark
Ever wished your tabletop RPG sessions felt more like epic 'do-or-die' tales and less like casual dice-rolling? Well, in this episode, our friend Ollo delivers us a golden key to unlock another level…
00:52:40 |
Mon 16 Oct 2023
Simply Prep Flawless Encounters
Great moments are created on the foundation of well-designed encounters. But encounter prep is hard to get right every time. It's easy to forget something or miss the mark. We've done it in nearly ev…
00:57:29 |
Mon 02 Oct 2023
Confidently Plot Your Classic TTRPG Adventure
Homebrew adventures. The unlimited freedom to follow the fun wherever it leads. The ability to create thrilling sessions time after time, following the path that the party feels driven to follow, and…
00:53:44 |
Mon 10 Jul 2023
The Secret to Purpose-Driven Villains
The final showdown. After smashing aside all the diversions, mental games, tricks and traps, the party has caught up to the villain. They've been forced to face their demons along the way, made sacri…
00:50:06 |
Mon 19 Jun 2023
Crafting Homebrew Horrors for Your Heroes
Some of the best moments in a game come from when a brave party of adventurers stares the worst conjurings of your imagination in the eyes and says "Not today, death!" Especially when the monster fee…
00:53:37 |
Mon 05 Jun 2023
Build a Likeable NPC in Stages
NPC's are the tool of a GM. They are how you draw the players into your world, they're how you communicate with them, they're expressions of all your plots and schemes and worldbuilding. They're ente…
00:41:58 |
Mon 22 May 2023
Creating Conflicting Cultures
Want to work up a corner of your world that feels rich with history, friendships, rivalries, and details that all kinda make sense? Something that makes the party curious, and allows you the space to…
00:51:25 |
Mon 08 May 2023
Four Corners of Corrupted Foes
Want a faster route to planning out the major players in an adventure? Something that focuses you efforts like a laser, and results in a living, breathing world? In this episode we use the four-corne…
00:43:29 |
Mon 24 Apr 2023
Session Zero to Story-Driven Dungeon Crawl
Want to ensure your TTRPG campaign is a success? Start with successful session zero. In the first episode of our first official season, we provide a complete guide that will help you give your player…
00:48:01 |
Mon 10 Apr 2023
Beware the Basilisk
The Basilisk. A violent, monstrous lizard that can turn you to stone with a glare. While fun at first glance, this monster betrayed us. The first time using it turned into a panic, when we realized h…
00:48:44 |
Mon 27 Feb 2023
Running a Monumental Monster
Ever throw down a giant nasty monster only to have the most memorable moment be when you couldn’t figure out the hp math for a minute? Without the party even realizing this was supposed to be the fig…
00:55:53 |
Mon 06 Feb 2023
Planning a World-Ending Monster
We all desperately crave the boss monster moment. When we pull out the miniature bigger than our heads and slam it down on the table. The players go wild. One of them is screaming while ripping out c…
00:54:57 |
Mon 30 Jan 2023
Tame Your Game with Ticking Clocks
Incredible concepts for games can be ruined without a few key details. Open-world "sandbox" games can leave players feeling lost and unmotivated, meandering through locations. Epic storylines can be …
00:45:23 |
Mon 09 Jan 2023
The Great Homage Heist ft. The GM Tim
You consume a story. Maybe a movie, or book. You love it. It speaks to you. It moves you. You want to jam it into your games, but how do you jam in the things that captured you? The things that matte…
00:55:32 |
Wed 28 Dec 2022
Alter Preceptions of Alter Self
There are some odd addendums in the spell description of Alter Self. The challenge of using this spell for both GMs and players is that the rules as written confines us from the places where our imag…
00:39:04 |
Mon 12 Dec 2022
How to Defend Your Lair ft. Keith Ammann
Returning with another literal book full of wisdom is Keith Ammann. He's bringing the same strategic brilliance that he's brought to monster and player offense to base defense. It creates games that …
00:56:09 |
Mon 28 Nov 2022
Secrets of the Firbolg
The Firbolg represents an archetype that's been around a long time, and is a blast to play—the gentle, nature-loving giant. Like most player options, however, there's a few traps to fall in if we do…
00:46:52 |
Mon 14 Nov 2022
Using Tropes with Intent ft. Paige Ford
The group of adventurers pledging themselves to a dangerous mission...The guttural clicking of a monster stalking the party...A passing shadow that clues the party to look up, its source an enormous …
00:47:54 |
Mon 31 Oct 2022
The Revenant Revival
Revenants capture a particular genre of monster, and we love it. They have been represented in the great slashers in the form of characters like Jason and Michael Meyers. No matter how many times yo…
00:43:36 |
Mon 17 Oct 2022
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