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Pain in the Dice

A podcast exploring RPGs including the industry, table experience, and development process from the team behind Systematic Understanding of Everything, Mage the Podcast, and The Story Told.

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Ranked #1

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RPGnomics - The Fall of TSR with Slaying the Dragon Author Ben Riggs

RPGnomics - The Fall of TSR with Slaying the Dragon Author Ben Riggs

TSR made the most popular RPG of all time yet was 30m in debt entering 1997. How did it get there? What mis-steps did it... Read more

14 Jul 2022

45mins

Ranked #2

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RPGNomics - Economics of Actual Plays with Patrick McNamara

RPGNomics - Economics of Actual Plays with Patrick McNamara

What goes into a kitting out an actual play? What equipment do you need? How do you balance the books? Patrick McNamara ... Read more

21 May 2022

1hr 8mins

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Book Talk - Hundred Devils Night Parade for Exalted 3e

Book Talk - Hundred Devils Night Parade for Exalted 3e

Do you need stats for a wall of snakes, a candleflame that makes heart's explode, bears wearing armor, a mile tall eleme... Read more

3 Feb 2022

1hr 18mins

Ranked #4

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Our (Late) 2021 Look Back and 2022 Resolutions with Monica Speca

Our (Late) 2021 Look Back and 2022 Resolutions with Monica Speca

Time is meaningless and is both passing rapidly and also at a crawl. So let's talk about what we did in 2021! Chazz and ... Read more

26 Jan 2022

38mins

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Ranked #5

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RPGnomics - Michael Parker on What RPG Distributors Do

RPGnomics - Michael Parker on What RPG Distributors Do

Guest Michael Parker walks us through what an RPG distributor does, their role in the market, and how they've adapted to... Read more

21 Dec 2021

1hr 8mins

Ranked #6

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Book Talk - Heirs of the Shogunate for Exalted 3e

Book Talk - Heirs of the Shogunate for Exalted 3e

Heirs to the Shogunate outlines cadet houses, forest witches, outcastes, notable Dragon-Blooded, new charms, a civil war... Read more

14 Dec 2021

1hr 2mins

Ranked #7

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RPGnomics - Kickstarter Shipping and V5 Community Content Rollout

RPGnomics - Kickstarter Shipping and V5 Community Content Rollout

Josh and Terry discuss the rollout of Vampire the Masquerade 5th Edition on the Storyteller's Vault, their latest kickst... Read more

29 Nov 2021

35mins

Ranked #8

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Book Talk - Titanomachy for Scion 2e

Book Talk - Titanomachy for Scion 2e

Scion is an urban fantasy game set in a richly polytheistic version of our world where the gods, or at least their minio... Read more

16 Nov 2021

1hr 7mins

Ranked #9

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RPGnomics - Drivethrurpg Reprints on Ebay

RPGnomics - Drivethrurpg Reprints on Ebay

Terry had a bunch of old DTRPG reprints that he'd replaced with originals so he went to Ebay to sell. He shares his expe... Read more

26 Oct 2021

43mins

Ranked #10

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Learning From Not Our Favorite Games

Learning From Not Our Favorite Games

Chazz and Terry talk what they've learned from recent games that maybe weren't their favorites and what makes for a game... Read more

26 Oct 2021

35mins

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