Meaningful Choices

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I'm Dr Robert Groves, and this is Meaningful Choices: a podcast about gaming, music, language, literature, and other things I like.

Dr Robert Groves


    • Jan 6, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 42m AVG DURATION
    • 41 EPISODES


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    The new OGL: What to do if it gets revoked

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2023 36:30


    In this episode I give my uninformed, non-lawyer opinion on the latest developments in the Open Game Licence and run my mouth on what I think you should do about it.

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    D&D Examples of Play: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 1st Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2022 71:05


    In this episode we read the 1E AD&D example of play from the Dungeon Master's Guide and discover how it takes teaching the game to a whole new level. Also: a PC dies!

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    D&D Examples of Play: Holmes Basic

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 40:32


    In this episode, we read the example of play from the famous "blue box": the boxed set of Basic Dungeons & Dragons edited by J Eric Holmes and published in 1978.

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    DnD Examples of Play: ODnD

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2022 30:07


    In this episode, we read through the example of play in the original edition of Dungeons and Dragons (1974) and see what we can learn about how the game was played.

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    Year in review

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2018 48:55


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    Woodfall

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2018 49:33


    Check out Woodfall by Lazy Litch (Shane Walshe)

    Call ins

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2018 35:45


    Latest episode of DM Dad

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    DMG WTF

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2018 45:54


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    Don't dumb it down

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2018 36:10


    Latest episode of DM Dad

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    Knowledge checks and Metagaming

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2018 47:54


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    The Unplayable Dungeon

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2018 42:01


    Latest episode of DM Dad

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    Player Skill(s)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2018 39:06


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    Kids and Darkvision

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2018 16:13


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    Dark Places and Demogorgons 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2018 36:39


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    DnDecember

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2018 19:51


    Black Hack 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2018 63:35


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    Interview with the Young Gamer

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2018 61:51


    Latest episode of DM Dad

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    The Haunting of Equestria

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2018 32:26


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    Mediocre rambling

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2018 58:03


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    The time I made an 8yo do an ODnD dungeon crawl

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2018 49:51


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    5e v 0e: Heavy lifting

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2018 58:58


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    Chainmail: the lost tome of weapon class

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2018 39:37


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    Playing Melee with my kids

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2018 58:20


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    I run ODnD in Edinburgh

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2018 41:15


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    Super Long Phone-in Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2018 78:05


    Latest episode of DM Dad

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    Playtesting Tower of Skulls

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2018 58:55


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    Birthday episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2018 57:02


    Adventures in Middle-earth

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2018 52:33


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    Race as class: love it or hate it

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2018 25:46


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    My Appendix N

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2018 44:18


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    A warm welcome. And dice!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2018 33:17


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    Call ins and rambling

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2018 36:52


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    DnD with kids: player expectations

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2018 21:12


    Kids use gold pieces different than adults, because they know how the game economy works, and they don't know how the real economy does

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    Failing is fun

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2018 15:07


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    Dark Places and Demogorgons

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2018 88:50


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    Back from holidays

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2018 43:02


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    Kids on Bikes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2018 48:20


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    Episode 3: kid gloves

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2018 24:01


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    Episode 2.5

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2018 14:15


    Darkvision and Marketing Genie

    Friendship is Magic

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2018 38:30


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    Episode 1: the phantom podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2018 13:01


    in which I introduce myself and my history playing RPGs with my kids

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