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RPG From Scratch

Ever wanted to create your own tabletop RPG? Imagine it: a gleaming, glorious system combining everything you love about gaming and dropping the crap you can’t stand. Embark on a D.I.Y. docu-quest for tabletop roleplaying perfection as we design, test, and rebalance our own RPG From Scratch! We chronicle our tabletop trials and errors, grapple with game design, explore the art of mechanics and storytelling, and adventure through epic playtesting campaigns. New episodes weekly!

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Update frequency
every 8 days
Average duration
59 minutes
Episodes
118
Years Active
2018 - 2024
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Design Episode 39 :: Volcano Girls

Design Episode 39 :: Volcano Girls

Maxx, Liam, and Josh talk about where the Paths are headed now that we're at the halfway point of their development. Should they have followers? New game mechanics? How powerful should you expect to …

00:31:12  |   Mon 06 Jan 2020
Leyliners 5 :: All Riot on the Western Front

Leyliners 5 :: All Riot on the Western Front

Is a riot the perfect opportunity to investigate a murder? What about the disappearance of Gaylene? No time to dwell on it. Paz needs intel, and she needs it before the city tears itself apart. Join …
01:17:57  |   Mon 30 Dec 2019
Design Episode 38 :: Marked for Death

Design Episode 38 :: Marked for Death

Stealth. What is it? Where is it? Oh, you must have succeeded your check. Also, what kind of technology is normal for our world, and what does that mean for our mechanics? We also take a hard look at…

00:41:32  |   Mon 23 Dec 2019
Review :: Strongholds & Followers

Review :: Strongholds & Followers

Liam and Josh review the much-anticipated and hyped D&D 5E supplement "Strongholds & Followers" by Matthew Colville and MCDM Productions.


Show notes: https://nerdyshow.com/2019/12/rpgfs_strongholds_an…

00:22:08  |   Wed 18 Dec 2019
Leyliners 4 :: Molotov Croc-Tail

Leyliners 4 :: Molotov Croc-Tail

The gang bucks expectations and decides to get ahead of the upcoming discord by inciting the riot themselves! They get a full tour of the city with a gang of Skimmer Hooligans while they chase down A…
01:39:57  |   Mon 16 Dec 2019
Design Episode 37 :: The Triple Threat

Design Episode 37 :: The Triple Threat

Liam and Josh dig deep into intimidation, diplomacy and bluff to figure out exactly how all of you are going to swindle NPCs out of everything they own and love. We also throw some real world disease…

00:41:23  |   Mon 09 Dec 2019
Leyliners 3 :: Green and Gold

Leyliners 3 :: Green and Gold

Our world gets a new team sport, and it's all the rage. Preceeding the big game, despite the city's typical brand of danger, it is overcome with love and good cheer for the away team. Excited to get …
01:27:10  |   Mon 02 Dec 2019
Design Episode 36 :: Prying Open My Mind's Eye

Design Episode 36 :: Prying Open My Mind's Eye

In this quick one, Liam and Josh add some exoticism to our world by naming regions and their respective languages. We also talk about the validity of Initiative and Battle Order and how they pertain …

00:43:24  |   Mon 25 Nov 2019
Leyliners 02 :: Shellswine

Leyliners 02 :: Shellswine

In this episode, the gang meets their handler and argues back and forth about which mission makes the most sense for them. Uncertain, they decide to hit the town to celebrate landing a 3-job deal bef…

01:34:50  |   Mon 18 Nov 2019
Design Episode 35 :: Who's the Good Guy?

Design Episode 35 :: Who's the Good Guy?

Our setting lacks obvious protagonists, so we create a few. Are you more at home in a continent-spanning adventurer's guild? How about an ancient order of ascetics that has the trust of the people? N…

00:49:42  |   Mon 11 Nov 2019
Leyliners 1 :: Gettin' Docks'd

Leyliners 1 :: Gettin' Docks'd

The debut episode of our new Actual Play show, where a group of Anthropomorphic Scoundrels adventure and scheme in Earth's far-flung post-post-apocalyptic future. Follow the gang as they adventure an…
01:48:37  |   Mon 04 Nov 2019
Design Episode 34 :: Ol' Stumpy

Design Episode 34 :: Ol' Stumpy

The gang wraps up Step 5 by polishing off Death, Command, Fire, and Champion! We also create a new undersea villain to plague all of your oceanic aspirations!


Show Notes:

https://nerdyshow.com/2019/10/…

00:49:00  |   Mon 28 Oct 2019
Gloomtown 07 :: Battlefield Promotions

Gloomtown 07 :: Battlefield Promotions

The story of Snarfs and Marshals goes out in a blaze of glory. Who brought the ships to the harbor? Where is the Sub-Governor? DOES Whitsnarf have a fire marshal? All is answered in the stunning conc…

01:10:00  |   Mon 21 Oct 2019
Design Episode 33 :: Planting the zealot-tree

Design Episode 33 :: Planting the zealot-tree

Josh and Maxx talk about what can be done to help first-time GMs deal with planning combat encounters, generic enemies, and we round out the edges of Step 5 Zealotry, Ice, and Marksman!


Show Notes:

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00:40:56  |   Mon 14 Oct 2019
Gloomtown 06 :: Four Cutthroats on Heirloom Boats

Gloomtown 06 :: Four Cutthroats on Heirloom Boats

The gang gets right up in the meat of the issue and all is revealed as every possible bit of excrement strikes the turbines. They deal with the supposed mutiny of their own fire Marshall and the very…

01:08:07  |   Mon 07 Oct 2019
Design Ep. 32 :: The 5 Steps of the Magical Method

Design Ep. 32 :: The 5 Steps of the Magical Method

In this episode, we refine what's at the core of Marksmam before diving DEEP into Step 5. We tackle Citdadel, Marksman, and then show our clear favoritism for Radiance and support classes in general.


00:57:46  |   Mon 30 Sep 2019
Gloomtown 05 :: There-House

Gloomtown 05 :: There-House

The gang discovers a major conspiracy and gets frickin' ROWDY in the lakeborne town of Catchsnarf and try not to burn the whole place down in the process, ignorning every temptation.


Show Notes:

https:…

00:31:51  |   Mon 23 Sep 2019
Design Episode 31 :: His Eye is on the Arrow

Design Episode 31 :: His Eye is on the Arrow

Liam and Josh fix Professions in our Artifacts game and completely destroy Marksman, but worry not, adventurers. We can rebuild him. We can make him better. Stronger. Faster.

Hosted on Acast. See aca…

00:38:54  |   Mon 16 Sep 2019
Gloomtown 04 :: Fire Marshal Arts

Gloomtown 04 :: Fire Marshal Arts

Speaking with the Emperor's authority, the gang plows through every level of false bureaucrat determined to impede their progress towards the center of the sickness plaguing the Snarftowns, discoveri…

00:58:06  |   Mon 09 Sep 2019
Design Episode 30 :: Secret Level

Design Episode 30 :: Secret Level

We discuss new ways to level up and introduce a host of new artifacts into the world of our game. Need a really bad flashlight? How about a fanny pack? We've got you covered!


Show notes:

https://nerdys…

00:48:42  |   Mon 02 Sep 2019
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