1d4cast Podcast - Gaming Topic Discussions, Actual Play One Shots for Review, and System Reviews

Welcome to our fifth (and Final) Postmortem Review episode! Continuing with the new format, we wanted to offer an episode that is more like our original content. Now that weContinue readingPostmortem Review 05 – Mistborn Adventures

Welcome to our fifth AP Review game. We hosted a poll on our website that decided that our next game would be Mistborn Adventure Game by Crafty Games. … Continue readingAP Review 05 – Mistborn Adventure Game – Session 2

Welcome to our fifth AP Review game. We hosted a poll on our website that decided that our next game would be Mistborn Adventure Game by Crafty Games. … Continue readingAP Review 05 – Mistborn Adventure Game – Session 1

Welcome to our fifth AP Review game. We hosted a poll on our website that decided that our next game would be Mistborn Adventure Game by Crafty Games. … Continue readingAP Review 05 – Mistborn Adventure Game – Session 0, Part 2

Welcome to our fifth AP Review game. We hosted a poll on our website that decided that our next game would be Mistborn Adventure Game by Crafty Games. … Continue readingAP Review 05 – Mistborn Adventure Game – Session 0, Part 1

Welcome to our fourth Postmortem Review episode! With the new format, we wanted to offer an episode that is more like our original content. … Continue readingPostmortem Review 04 – Scion 2nd Edition

Welcome to the third session of our fourth AP Review game, Scion 2nd Edition by Onyx Path Productions. … Continue readingAP Review 04 – Scion 2nd Edition – Session 03

Welcome to the second session of our fourth AP Review game, Scion 2nd Edition by Onyx Path Productions. … Continue readingAP Review 04 – Scion 2nd Edition – Session 02

Welcome to our fourth AP Review game. Our Facebook followers decided that our next game (via Poll) would be Scion 2nd Edition by Onyx Path Productions. … Continue readingAP Review 04a – Scion 2nd Edition – Session 01

Welcome to our third Postmortem Review episode! Continuing with the new format, we wanted to offer an episode that is more like our original content. Now that we have finishedContinue readingPostmortem Review 03 – Don’t Rest Your Head

Welcome to the last episode of our third AP Review game, Don't Rest Your Head by Evil Hat Productions. … Continue readingAP Review 03c – Don’t Rest Your Head – Session 02

Welcome to the next episode of our third AP Review game, Don't Rest Your Head by Evil Hat Productions. … Continue readingAP Review 03b – Don’t Rest Your Head – Session 01

Welcome to our third AP Review game. Our Patreon backers decided that our next game would be Don't Rest Your Head by Evil Hat Productions. … Continue readingAP Review 03a – Don’t Rest Your Head – Character Creation + Prelude

Welcome to our first Postmortem Review episode! With the new format, we wanted to offer an episode that is more like our previous content. Now that we have finished ourContinue readingPostmortem Review 02 – MASKS

Welcome back to the third round of our new AP Review series. This our second and final Game Play session of MASKS: A New Generation by Magpie Games. I endedContinue readingAP Review 02c – MASKS RPG – Session 02

Welcome back to our second round of our new AP Review series. This our first Game Play session of MASKS: A New Generation by Magpie Games. … Continue readingAP Review 02b – MASKS RPG – Session 01

Welcome to our second round of our new AP Review series. This time we had our Patreon Backers decide our next game and they chose MASKS: A New Generation by Magpie Games. … Continue readingAP Review 02a – MASKS RPG – Character Creation

Welcome to our first Postmortem Review episode! With the new format, we wanted to offer an episode that is more like our previous content. Now that we have finished ourContinue readingPostmortem Review 01 – Fiasco – Dragon Slayers

Here is the third (and final) part of our first Actual Play Review for Fiasco by Bully Pulpit Games. … Continue readingAP Review 01c – Fiasco – Dragon Slayers – Act 2 & Aftermath

Here is the second part of our first Actual Play Review for Fiasco by Bully Pulpit Games. Below is our whiteboard after we finished the session. Use this to followContinue readingAP Review 01b – Fiasco – Dragon Slayers – Act 1 & Tilt

Welcome to our first Actual Play Review! We have decided to go back to focusing on Reviews, with the twist of making Actual Plays of the reviewed systems. … Continue readingAP Review 01a – Fiasco – Dragon Slayers – Setup

In this episode, we talk about our convention experience with 1d4Con 2019, Queen City Con, and Origins. We also explain the changes that coming to the podcast. We have beenContinue readingEpisode 55 – Time to Change It Up!

In this episode, we tackle another round our favorite supplements, ranging from additive to transformative to toolkits; only this time with Katie. Again, each host picked two of their favoriteContinue readingEpisode 54 – Our Favorite RPG Supplements (Round 2)

In this episode, we talk about our favorite supplements, ranging from additive to transformative to toolkits. Each host picked two of their favorite supplements (from all sorts of game worldsContinue readingEpisode 53 – Our Favorite RPG Supplements (Round 1)

In this episode, we revisit the Headline topic from August 2018’s episode. With a bunch of headlines submitted by David H. and some others that we researched, we attempt toContinue readingEpisode 52 – Gaming the Headlines, Part 2

CONTEST ~GIVEAWAY~ Congratulations to Zac C.! Not only did he send in the only entry, he gave us much more than we were asking for. For those reasons, he was sent all threeContinue readingEpisode 51 – Reviewing Godbound

This episode, Henry takes the reigns and leads the discussion on using tables (from Sine Nomine's Stars Without Number) to generate planets or utilize as a useful setting building tool. … Continue readingEpisode 50 – Randomly Generating Planets Where No GM Has Generated Before

CONTEST ~GIVEAWAY~ We are giving away ONE softcover copy of THE SPRAWL to a lucky winner. For 2 runner-ups (2nd and 3rd place), we will have a hardcover of theContinue readingEpisode 49 – Unlikely Adventures

September has come and gone, so here is a podcast episode that we managed to record even though my work schedule has been nuts. CONTEST ~GIVEAWAY~ We are giving awayContinue readingEpisode 48 – Lets Get Into Character

Happy 8 years everyone! Holy cow, how did we ever make it this far? Will we be around for the 9th? We know it’s not consistent. We don’t post anContinue readingEpisode 47 – Gaming the Headlines

AND WE ARE BACK ON A MONTHLY ROTATION… at least we have a strong start. Our main topic for this short episode is about “Avoiding the Murderhobo Trope” in tabletopContinue readingEpisode 46 – Combating Murderhobo Syndrome

After an almost 5 month hiatus, we at 1d4Cast come back strong with all of the crew on this episode. We start with some light talk about 1d4Con 2018 (heldContinue readingEpisode 45 – Taking This to the Next Level

1d4Con 2018 is less than two months away! It all happens on April 13-15 at the Holiday Inn of Martinsburg, WV. We have a ton of games posted, whether youContinue reading1d4Con is Coming!

This is the first episode of 2018! In this first month of 2018’s episode, we talk about all manner of ways that one can play Tabletop RPGs on the internet.Continue readingEpisode 44 – Online Play

This is December 2017’s Episode. In this final month of 2017, we talk about handling and working with power scale in various RPGs and formats. Many of the discussion questionsContinue readingEpisode 43 – Now You’re Playing With Power!

This is November 2017’s Episode. This month we talk about our favorite Character Building subsystems within various RPGs. We ask ourselves (and each other) the tough questions and take aContinue readingEpisode 42 – Building Character

This was supposed to be August 2017’s episode, however between personal things and crazy work hours for James, it wasn’t recorded until September. Also due to crazy work issues, JamesContinue reading7th Year Anniversary & Halloween Special AP – Shadow of the Demon Lord

This is June 2017’s Episode. This month we talk about our favorite Combat and other Conflict Resolution subsystems within various RPGs. If you have any comments, feedback, system you wantContinue readingEpisode 41 – It’s Clobbering Time

This month we talk about our favorite Skills subsystems within various RPGs. We also discuss our time at and running 1d4Con 2017 as well. Thank you to Zac C. forContinue readingEpisode 40 – A Particular Set of Skills

This month we talk about our favorite Magic subsystems within various RPGs. We discuss and play a promotional plug for 1d4Con 2017. We also play a promotional plug for TsunamiConContinue readingEpisode 39 – Favorite RPG Subsystems: Magic!

This month the gang gets together (sans Katie) to talk abouth One Roll Engine games. We get dwon into the gritty details of how to create your dicepool and interpretContinue readingEpisode 38 – It Only Takes One Roll

We had planned to talk about One Roll Engine games. However, with Henry sick and Paul unable to attend the recording, we decided to talk about board games. Some ofContinue readingEpisode 37 – Board Games and Card Games are AWESOME!

This episode is a little bit of a tangent. With only Steve, Paul, and James recording this month, we focus on games that have been made into movies. While weContinue readingBonus Ep 08 – Games Turned To Film

This episode is a little bit of a tribute to the late Steven Russell of Rite Publishing, who tragically died in a car accident a few months ago. We areContinue readingEpisode 36 – Diceless Gaming

This episode marks our 6th year as a podcast! Happy Anniversary to us! Despite the several months of off again and on again hiatus, we have done our best toContinue readingInterview with Neall and Monica about Scion 2nd Edition

In this episode, we perform a system analysis on Savage Worlds. We go throught the general rules as laid out in the Savage Worlds Deluxe 2nd Edition (we specifically referenceContinue readingEpisode 35 – You are all Savages!

“Back once again for the renegade master, d4 damager, power to the people!” – Wildchild – Renegade Master (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJR_dX8i0ww) In this episode, we are missing John (Yet again, maybe forever?),Continue readingEpisode 34 – All of the Conventions

We are officially back in action after a 7 month hiatus! In this episode, we are missing John again and Andy was unable to be a guest, but we haveContinue readingEpisode 33 – Game Complexity

In this episode, we are missing John, and broadcasting LIVE with Google Hangouts “On Air”. We ran into a few glitches here and there, so the sound quality does sufferContinue readingEpisode 32 – Powered by the Apocalypse (LIVE)

HAPPY 5 YEARS TO US!!!!! In this episode, we are missing Katie, but we carry on regardless and talk a little bit about games we have run or played inContinue readingEpisode 31 – Campaign Design Part 2: Tools We Use

In this episode, we are missing James and John, but we carry on our courageous and noble quest to talk a little bit about games we have run or playedContinue readingEpisode 30 – Philosophy of Campaign Design