app03 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 23:13:02 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Sidekicks & Sidequests - Episodes Tagged with “Game Design” https://www.sidekicksandsidequests.com/tags/game%20design Wed, 22 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0600 The unofficial Dungeons &amp; Dragons podcast that helps to put humans back into humanity and breathe life into your campaign NPC's with backstory and bravado. Sidekicks &amp; Sidequests is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC. en-us serial Building a world, one character at a time. Kurt Crenwelge The unofficial Dungeons &amp; Dragons podcast that helps to put humans back into humanity and breathe life into your campaign NPC's with backstory and bravado. Sidekicks &amp; Sidequests is unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC. no Dungeons, Dragons, NPC, bard, sidekicks, sidequests, resource, TTRPG Kurt Crenwelge sidekicksandsidequests@gmail.com Parleys at the Platter #3: Game Design, Play, and D&D https://www.sidekicksandsidequests.com/143 2ebcb2ff-9d94-4123-ae9d-e06ea1a32be3 Wed, 22 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0600 Kurt Crenwelge 143 Parleys at the Platter #3: Game Design, Play, and D&D bonus 5 Kurt Crenwelge Happy New Year! My apologies for the delay on this episode. For our third Parleys at the Platter special, I invited Dr. Paul Gestwicki, Alyssa Visscher, Benjamin Huffman, and Mark Thompson back onto the podcast to discuss something in the zeitgeist with the new 2024 Rules being published: the nature of game design, the idea of play, and how it all relates to D&D. So join this globe-spanning panel (USA, Canada, and the UK) as we discuss everything from the 3rd party developers and homebrew content, to OSR & 4th Edition, and our (at the time) speculations and hopes for the 2024 rules. 1:43:13 no <p><em>Happy New Year! My apologies for the delay on this episode. For our third Parleys at the Platter special, I invited Dr. Paul Gestwicki, Alyssa Visscher, Benjamin Huffman, and Mark Thompson back onto the podcast to discuss something in the zeitgeist with the new 2024 Rules being published: the nature of game design, the idea of play, and how it all relates to D&amp;D. So join this globe-spanning panel (USA, Canada, and the UK) as we discuss everything from the 3rd party developers and homebrew content, to OSR &amp; 4th Edition, and our (at the time) speculations and hopes for the 2024 rules.</em></p> <p>Visit our website at <a href="https://sidekicksandsidequests.com" rel="nofollow noopener">https://sidekicksandsidequests.com</a> <br> <a href="https://twitter.com/SideKQPodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">Twitter Page</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SideKQPodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">Facebook Page</a><br> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SideKQPodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">Subreddit Page</a><br> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sidekqpodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">Instagram Page</a><br> <a href="https://discord.gg/yraJJ6JHEd" rel="nofollow noopener">Discord Server</a></p> <p>Support the podcast AND use Zencastr at the same time by going to <a href="https://zencastr.com/?via=sidekqpodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">my referral link</a></p> <p>Music Used:<br> "Minstrel Guild" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)<br> "Folk Round" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)<br> "Thatched Villagers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)<br> "Fiddles McGinty" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)<br> "Elf Meditation" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)<br> "Village Consort" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)<br> Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License<br> <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" rel="nofollow noopener">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</a> Special Guests: Alyssa Visscher, Benjamin Huffman, Dr. Paul Gestwicki, and Mark Thompson .</p> Dungeons, Dragons, NPCs, sidequests Happy New Year! My apologies for the delay on this episode. For our third Parleys at the Platter special, I invited Dr. Paul Gestwicki, Alyssa Visscher, Benjamin Huffman, and Mark Thompson back onto the podcast to discuss something in the zeitgeist with the new 2024 Rules being published: the nature of game design, the idea of play, and how it all relates to D&D. So join this globe-spanning panel (USA, Canada, and the UK) as we discuss everything from the 3rd party developers and homebrew content, to OSR & 4th Edition, and our (at the time) speculations and hopes for the 2024 rules.

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Music Used:
"Minstrel Guild" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Folk Round" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Thatched Villagers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Fiddles McGinty" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Elf Meditation" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Village Consort" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Special Guests: Alyssa Visscher, Benjamin Huffman, Dr. Paul Gestwicki, and Mark Thompson .

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]]> Happy New Year! My apologies for the delay on this episode. For our third Parleys at the Platter special, I invited Dr. Paul Gestwicki, Alyssa Visscher, Benjamin Huffman, and Mark Thompson back onto the podcast to discuss something in the zeitgeist with the new 2024 Rules being published: the nature of game design, the idea of play, and how it all relates to D&D. So join this globe-spanning panel (USA, Canada, and the UK) as we discuss everything from the 3rd party developers and homebrew content, to OSR & 4th Edition, and our (at the time) speculations and hopes for the 2024 rules.

Visit our website at https://sidekicksandsidequests.com
Twitter Page
Facebook Page
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Discord Server

Support the podcast AND use Zencastr at the same time by going to my referral link

Music Used:
"Minstrel Guild" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Folk Round" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Thatched Villagers" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Fiddles McGinty" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Elf Meditation" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
"Village Consort" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Special Guests: Alyssa Visscher, Benjamin Huffman, Dr. Paul Gestwicki, and Mark Thompson .

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]]> Del Ramman & Katniss the Hexblood Stonecasters https://www.sidekicksandsidequests.com/96 d32babdd-2803-4767-9691-ab564094ec8a Wed, 22 Feb 2023 08:00:00 -0600 Kurt Crenwelge 96 Del Ramman & Katniss the Hexblood Stonecasters full 4 Kurt Crenwelge We join the table of Dane Fox-McGraw & Benjamin Huffman to roll the dice to create a pair of hexblood siblings! Perhaps the MOST META episode of the entire podcast. These two endeavor to create "stonecasts" as they create new fantasy games. If only someone would journey to the Elemental Plane of Earth for a producer credit... 1:07:33 no <p><em>We join the table of Dane Fox-McGraw &amp; Benjamin Huffman to roll the dice to create a pair of hexblood siblings! Perhaps the MOST META episode of the entire podcast. These two endeavor to create "stonecasts" as they create new fantasy games. If only someone would journey to the Elemental Plane of Earth for a producer credit...</em></p> <p>Podcast art by <a href="https://www.behance.net/graphicsbychauncy" rel="nofollow noopener">Chauncy Riley</a>, Graphics by Chauncy.</p> <p>Visit our website at <a href="https://sidekicksandsidequests.com" rel="nofollow noopener">https://sidekicksandsidequests.com</a> <br> <a href="https://twitter.com/SideKQPodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">Twitter Page</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SideKQPodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">Facebook Page</a><br> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/SideKQPodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">Subreddit Page</a><br> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sidekqpodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">Instagram Page</a><br> <a href="https://discord.gg/yraJJ6JHEd" rel="nofollow noopener">Discord Server</a></p> <p>Support the podcast AND use Zencastr at the same time by going to <a href="https://zencastr.com/?via=sidekqpodcast" rel="nofollow noopener">my referral link</a> Special Guests: Benjamin Huffman and Dane Fox-McGraw.</p> Dungeons, Dragons, NPCs, sidequests We join the table of Dane Fox-McGraw & Benjamin Huffman to roll the dice to create a pair of hexblood siblings! Perhaps the MOST META episode of the entire podcast. These two endeavor to create "stonecasts" as they create new fantasy games. If only someone would journey to the Elemental Plane of Earth for a producer credit...

Podcast art by Chauncy Riley, Graphics by Chauncy.

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Podcast art by Chauncy Riley, Graphics by Chauncy.

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Special Guests: Benjamin Huffman and Dane Fox-McGraw.

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