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Rolling crits, so you don't have to. We take on ways to improve your tabletop rpg experience.

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    • Apr 2, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 16 EPISODES


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    Critical Hints : Before The Zero Hour

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2022


    In this episode we discuss our upcoming game, and reminisce about some characters from the past. Download mp3  Podcast music provided by Antitypical

    Critical Hints : Begin Again Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2022


    In this episode we discuss a new direction for the show and an idea for an upcoming game Download mp3  Podcast music provided by Antitypical

    Critical Hints : One Shot, Total Party Kill

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2022


    In this episode we welcome Curtis’ DM Neil in to discuss their current game and different strategies for running one shot games. Download mp3  Podcast music provided by Antitypical

    Critical Hints : Unshattered

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2022


    In this episode we discussed Elder God patrons, Onyx Path’s 10 year Anniversary sale, and Jon’s proposal for reworking Clan Malkavian. Download mp3  Podcast music provided by Antitypical

    Critical Hints : By Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2022


    In this episode we discussed the history and development of Vampire: The Masquerade including missteps and ways to work around them. Also, a touch of Moon Knight and a viewer comment. Download mp3  Podcast music provided by Antitypical

    Critical Hints : Reboot

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2022


    And we’re back. In this episode we discussed our comeback, D&D 5E, Critical Role, Dungeons & Daddies, building 3D maps, gatekeeping, Wheel of Time, Game of Thrones, THAC0, using cliffhangers, and what we’re discussing next week. Download mp3  Podcast music provided by Antitypical

    Shovelhead Chronicles Session 4: The Wild Night is Calling

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2017


    In this episode of Critical Hints Plays we continued The Shovelhead Chronicles with our Sabbat Pack trapped in an umbral room behind the nightclub. This game is run using Onyx Path’s Vampire: The Masquerade Rulebook. Character types and Systems are their intellectual property. Download https://ia601509.us.archive.org/15/items/Shovelhead4/Shovelhead%204.mp3  

    Shovelhead Chronicles Session 3: Dealing With Your Own Kind

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2017


    In this episode of Critical Hints Plays we continued The Shovelhead Chronicles with our Sabbat Pack answering to the Archbishop of Phoenix. This game is run using Onyx Path’s Vampire: The Masquerade Rulebook. Character types and Systems are their intellectual property. Download https://ia801504.us.archive.org/19/items/Session3_201709/Session%203.mp3

    Shovelhead Chronicles Session 2 : According to the Prophecy

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2017


    In this episode of Critical Hints Plays we continued The Shovelhead Chronicles with our Sabbat Pack encountering some of the denizens of the underground network below the streets of Phoenix. This game is run using Onyx Path’s Vampire: The Masquerade Rulebook. Character types and Systems are their intellectual property. Download https://ia601508.us.archive.org/0/items/Session2AccordingToTheProphecy/Session%202-%20According%20to%20the%20Prophecy.mp3

    Shovelhead Chronicles Session 1: Phoenix Aftermath

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2017


    In this episode of Critical Hints Plays we kicked off The Shovelhead Chronicles with our Sabbat Pack arriving in Phoenix by freight rail. This game is run using Onyx Path’s Vampire: The Masquerade Rulebook. Character types and Systems are their intellectual property. Download https://ia801509.us.archive.org/25/items/Shovelhead1/Shovelhead1.mp3

    Shovelhead Chronicles Episode 0: Creation

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2017


    In this episode of Critical Hints Plays we did a Fate Core inspired game and character creation session, setting up the basic framework for the game we will begin next month. This game is run using Onyx Path’s Vampire: The Masquerade Rulebook. Character types and Systems are their intellectual property. Download https://archive.org/download/Shovelhead0_201706/Shovelhead0.mp3

    Plays Dreamer Things Finale

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2017


    In this episode of Critical Hints Plays we wrap up Dreamer Things, our Changeling game. This game is run using White Wolf’s Changeling: The Dreaming Rulebook. Character types and Systems are their intellectual property. https://archive.org/download/SchismsAndShatterings/Schisms%20and%20Shatterings.mp3

    Plays Dreamer Things 3: Neo-Tokyo Drift

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2017


    In this episode of Critical Hints Plays we dive further into Dreamer Things, our Changeling game, as the group makes their way down the Red Path towards Neo-Tokyo. This game is run using White Wolf’s Changeling: The Dreaming Rulebook. Character types and Systems are their intellectual property. https://ia801502.us.archive.org/11/items/jon_Cdt3/cdt3.mp3

    Plays Dreamer Things 2: Suck It, Potter

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2017


    In this episode of Critical Hints Plays we dive further into Dreamer Things, our Changeling game, as the group searches for the red path in a Pottery world. This game is run using White Wolf’s Changeling: The Dreaming Rulebook. Character types and Systems are their intellectual property. https://ia801502.us.archive.org/11/items/jon_Cdt2/cdt2.mp3

    2-2: Getting Going

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2017


    In this episode Curtis and I discuss the first Session of Dreamer Things and many of the games that we are looking forward to in the coming year. To submit your thoughts for next time, or if you have a question you want answered, just talk to us either on our Facebook page or @Weudel…Read more 2-2: Getting Going

    Plays CDT 1: An Unearthly Child

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2017


    ​ In this episode of Critical Hints Plays we jump into Dreamer Things, our Changeling game. This game is run using White Wolf’s Changeling: The Dreaming Rulebook. Character types and Systems are their intellectual property. https://ia801502.us.archive.org/11/items/jon_Cdt1/cdt1.mp3

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