No Plot, Only Lore
Two old men talking about the art and craft of collaborative storytelling games.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 64
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Villains | No Plot Only Lore Episode 22
Star Wars has some pretty good villains sometimes. Your roleplaying games can have some pretty good villains in them too!
No Plot Only Lore 22: Theme, Tone, Context
Kristoffer's failings as a parent are a jumping-off point for a discussion of themes, tone, and context in storytelling and role-playing games.
No Plot Only Lore 21: Adaptation II
In this episode of No Plot, Only Lore, we dive deep into the rich and varied world of media homages to Dungeons & Dragons. Join us as we explore the fascinating intersections between D&D and popular …
No Plot Only Lore 20: Always Adapting
We discuss adaptations of role-playing games.
No Plot Only Lore 19: Talk to Me
Social and non-combat encounters are great, but can be super awkward and weird to run.
No Plot Only Lore 18: The Histories
Bringing historical elements into your games is sometimes fraught with peril, but the past contains all the the things that have ever happened, so it's a decent resource.
No Plot Only Lore 17: It's Me, Hi, I'm the Problem, It's Me
Josh and Kristoffer discuss 'problem players' and how to deal with them.
No Plot Only Lore 16: Secret's in the Source
We talk about sourcebooks a lot!
No Plot Only Lore 15: Characters as Cool as You
We talk about what makes a cool character with basically no notes.
No Plot Only Lore 15: My House, My Rules
Wherein we discuss the role of house rules at our tables and the difference between a house rule that enhances things and a house rule that sucks.
No Plot Only Lore 14: One-Shot
We talk about how to run a single-session game!
No Plot Only Lore 13: Tell Me About Warhammer 40k
We let Josh go off about Warhammer 40k. Lore is had. Mistakes were made.
No Plot Only Lore 12: The Magic of Items
Kris and Josh discuss all of the various ways to make your character's gear more memorable and interesting!
No Plot Only Lore 11: You Were the Werewolf the Whole Time
A chat about open, honest communication at the table, session zero, and techniques for handling difficult topics.
No Plot Only Lore 10: Let's Talk About Settings, Baby
Going through a few of our favorite (and not-so-favorite) published D&D settings and the sorts of games we like to play in them.
No Plot Only Lore 09: RPG Elements in Board Games
Josh gets to go off on one of his favorite topics as a fair trade for listening to Kris talk about theory for an hour.
No Plot Only Lore 08: What the Fuck is Kris Always Talking About?
Sometimes Kris comes across as a pretentious dickbag. That's because he's a pretentious dickbag. But he's also pretty well versed in rpg theory and critique, so let's talk about that.
No Plot Only Lore 07: How the Hell do You Prepare for a D&D Session?
Josh and Kris break down planning for a D&D session into small, manageable steps.
No Plot Only Lore 06: Your Combat Doesn't Have to be Boring
Is your role-playing game combat boring? Let us help!
No Plot Only Lore 05: Tech Tools and the Rise of AI
Wherein we discuss the technological tools we use when playing role-playing games.