Displaying 5 items of Sidekicks & Sidequests with the tag "panel".
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Parleys at the Platter #4: Art, Creativity, and D&D
December 25th, 2025 | Season 6 | 2 hrs 34 mins
art, creativity, dnd, npc, panel, ttrpg
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! For our fourth Parleys at the Platter special, I invited Lauren Walsh, Mandi Quin, Britt Anderson, Katherine, and Hank "DnDoodles" to discuss the fundamental elements that make D&D work: Art & Creativity! From the little brown books to the explosion of digital media, the world of art and creativity surrounding D&D continues to grow and expand over these last 50 years. How are we inspired? How can we continue to explore? And what are the technological challenges and ideological pitfalls must we confront like the Tomb of Horrors?
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LIVE at FateCon 2025: NPCs ft. Mandie Greenie!
October 1st, 2025 | Season 6 | 1 hr 3 mins
dnd, fatecon, inquisitor, live, manticore, npc, panel, ttrpg
This was a panel/live episode I did at the second annual FateCon 2025 on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at the Bob Duncan Center in Arlington, TX! I was joined by Mandie Greenie, and we shared our thoughts, opinions, ideas, and more when it came to NPCs in our games. Then we rolled some dice between us and three audience members to create Zuri a teenage manticore inquisitor to a cult of Tiamat; if you agree to rescue their almiraj, they'll help you take down the cult!
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Parleys at the Platter #3: Game Design, Play, and D&D
January 22nd, 2025 | Season 5 | 1 hr 43 mins
dnd, game design, npc, panel, play, ttrpg
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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Parleys at the Platter #2: Tolkien, Catholicism, and D&D
December 24th, 2023 | Season 4 | 1 hr 14 mins
catholicism, dnd, npc, panel, tolkien, ttrpg
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! For our second Parleys at the Platter special, I invited Dr. Holly Ordway, Alexi Sargeant, and Katherine S. to discuss something that I'm not sure is talked about all that often: the critical role (pun win) that Tolkien and his Catholicism had in helping to shape Dungeons & Dragons, modern fantasy, and nerd culture at large. So join this fellowship of faith, as we discuss how the Catholicity of Middle Earth and the Legendarium helped to shape the history and flavor of "The World's Greatest Roleplaying Game".
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Parleys at the Platter #1: Sports, Athletics, and D&D
August 10th, 2023 | Season 4 | 1 hr 30 mins
athletics, dnd, npc, panel, sports, ttrpg
The first of its kind, Parleys at the Platter is a special program which seeks to bring previous guests together who share a similar field of expertise or passion. For our inaugural episode, I invited Travis Frederick, Johnny Stanton IV, and Joshua Simons together to talk about the intersection between the sports world and the arts world.