ThisAmericanDice

Nov 19

Nov 19 Inspectres Ep 2

Austin Smith

Comedy, Inspectres, Role-Playing Game, RPG

Can our team of fantom finders fix this grocer’s grizzly goings on?

Will Tithonus couple with enough men to break his curse?

Will the Shapes Gym keep Sean on the payroll?

Find out on the 2nd episode of Inspectres!

Nov 18

Nov 18 This American Monster: Mystery 1 Ep 5

Austin Smith

Comedy, Horror, Monster of the Week, Role-Playing Game, RPG, This American Monster, This American Dice

Last time we learned that we had a suspect, but does that suspect bear the power to eviscerate not only cattle but the very proof that it preyed on the domestic creatures…and people…of Palmetto City

Nov 12

Nov 12 Inspectres Ep 1

Austin Smith

Comedy, Inspectres, RPG, Role-Playing Game

A paranormal investigation and elimination service dedicated to safeguarding the human race from extra-dimensional hazards and supernatural manifestations.

Join a super buff IT guy that is totally not upset with his height, a stand-up comedian who is obsessed with death, and an ancient monk who has to bang his way through battalions of men to undo a curse.

Nov 11

Nov 11 This American Monster Mystery 1 Ep 4

Austin Smith

Monster of the Week, RPG, Role-Playing Game, This American Dice, This American Monster

The team attempts to set a trap for the werecreature they have been hunting.

Nov 4

Nov 4 This American Monster: Mystery 1 Ep 3

Austin Smith

Comedy, Monster of the Week, Role-Playing Game, RPG, This American Dice, This American Monster

The team discovered that this is indeed some kind of were-creature that is activated three times a month. It’s been striking at animals in the nearby State Forest, and not merely animals…but a young couple was only narrowly saved from death….for now.

Oct 28

Oct 28 This American Monster: Mystery 1 Ep 2

Austin Smith

Comedy, Monster of the Week, RPG, Role-Playing Game, This American Dice, This American Monster

The team learned that they’re searching for a creature that at least three times a month consumes the flesh and the hearts of victims. They will have to search in the Swamps Head Forest, but they’ve learned that their quarry also comes into the city…far too often.

Oct 22

Oct 22 Trophy Dark: Gift of the Sea Ep 3

Austin Smith

Horror, Indie RPG, One-shot, Role-Playing Game, RPG, the Gauntlet

Strange as the customs of an isolated village may be, it has not escaped the notice of keen treasure hunters such as yourselves that centuries of offerings and shipwrecks have left a great hoard of untouched riches beneath the waves.

You have heard rumors of a cove there, just visible at low tide. Superstitious villagers avoid it, but
you know better than to believe their tales.

Oct 21

Oct 21 This American Monster: Mystery 1 Ep 1

Austin Smith

This American Monster, This American Dice, RPG, Role-Playing Game, Monster of the Week, comedy

One of the world’s largest corporations has taken a mysterious interest in a west-coast Florida town on the grow; not labor, or even natural resources, but the supernatural.
A team of investigators are sent to “acquire” whatever strange and unexplainable phenomena they can find.

Oct 14

Oct 14 This American Monster: Hits on the Record - Sundry Charms

Austin Smith

This American Dice, This American Monster, Role-Playing Game, RPG, Monster of the Week

Welcome back to Hits on the Record, tonight our topic is the meteoric success of country singer-songwriter Sundry Charms, and his platinum hit New Town Lane.

How did this relatively unknown skyrocket to the top of not just the country scene, but to the top of the charts of the wider music world, all without connection to, or even long experience in, any of the traditional country, or pop, studios or producers?

Oct 7

Oct 7 This American Monster: Trailer

Austin Smith

RPG, Role-Playing Game, This American Monster, This American Dice, Monster of the Week

One of the world’s largest corporations has taken a mysterious interest in a west-coast Florida town on the grow; not labor, or even natural resources, but the supernatural.
A team of investigators are sent to “acquire” whatever strange and unexplainable phenomena they can find.

This American Monster is a podcast from This American Dice.

Our first full episode will be released October 21st.

Oct 1

Oct 1 Mimura Translation Ep 3 NPCs

Austin Smith

GM Advice, L5R, Role-Playing Game, RPG, Western

Who?

Legend of the Five Rings produced the amazing sandbox setting Mimura: Village of Promises back in 2001.
Well, we’ve done L5R already, but what if we translated this fantasy feudal Japanese setting to a Wild West setting?

Essentially, what if we Magnificent Sevened this thing?

David and Austin sit down to discuss the NPCs that should inhabit this world.

Sep 24

Sep 24 Mimura Translation Ep 2 when and where

Austin Smith

GM Advice, L5R, Role-Playing Game, RPG, Western

When and where?

Legend of the Five Rings produced the amazing sandbox setting Mimura: Village of Promises back in 2001.
Well, we’ve done L5R already, but what if we translated this fantasy feudal Japanese setting to a Wild West setting?

Essentially, what if we Magnificent Sevened this thing?

David and Austin sit down to discuss when and where this should take place

Sep 17

Sep 17 Mimura Translation Ep 1

Austin Smith

L5R, Role-Playing Game, RPG, Western

Legend of the Five Rings produced the amazing sandbox setting Mimura: Village of Promises back in 2001.
Well, we’ve done L5R already, but what if we translated this fantasy feudal Japanese setting to a Wild West setting?

Essentially, what if we Magnificent Sevened this thing?

David and Austin sit down to discuss the premise and discuss what a western is.

Sep 10

Sep 10 GM Advice: Types of Characters-Do's and Don'ts

Austin Smith

GM Advice, RPG, Role-Playing Game

The lone wolf, the apathetic, the high concept, the political message.

Which character types function best in an RPG and which tend to muck things up?

Austin and David shed some light on character type do’s and don’ts in Role-Playing Games.

Sep 3

Sep 3 GM Advice: Truth in Gaming

Austin Smith

GM Advice, RPG, Role-Playing Game

I did not have sexual relations with that dragon.
How truthful do characters need to be when moves compel them to tell the truth?

Can they give weasel oil executive type answers? Or do they need to be an open book?

Austin and David sit down to share their wisdom on this topic and provide GMs and players some advice regarding how to handle the truth in RPGs

Aug 27

Aug 27 Lasers and Feelings: The Raptor vs The Brain Worms Finale

Austin Smith

Comedy, Lasers and Feelings, Role-Playing Game, RPG

They’ve pumped the ship computer for info, they’ve spoken with the shaken crew, and now they must act to make sure the Star Dreadnought doesn’t fall into the hands of Consortium officers bonded to Brain Worms!
But who can they trust?

Find out on the exciting Finale of Lasers and Feelings: The Raptor vs The Brain Worms!

Aug 13

Aug 13 Lasers & Feelings: The Raptor vs The Brain Worms Ep 1

Austin Smith

Comedy, Role-Playing Game, RPG, Lasers and Feelings

The crew of the interstellar scout ship Raptor sets out on another exciting mission. But can they defend the galaxy and their own precious brains from wiggling wicked worms?

And if a war hero is stuck in the bathroom but no one hears him, does he make a sound?

Find out on our first episode of Lasers and Feelings: The Raptor vs The Brain Worms!

Aug 6

Aug 6 GM Advice: Making Bad Guys Scary

Austin Smith

GM Advice, Role-Playing Game, RPG, Star Wars

How can you make sure that the wizard in the tower, the dragon in its lair, the alien empress in the galactic war sphere, terrifying, impressive villains?

Join Austin and David as they discuss ways to make bad guys scary in RPGs.

Also, way more Star Wars than even you nerds would expect.