John and Jack Skoda present: Set The Table, an original Podcast where we talk about how to run great Tabletop Role-Playing Games (TTRPGs). Every day there are questions asked online about how to get started being the Dungeon Master, or Game Master for TTRPGs that someone wants to start playing, and…
This time John and Jack take a deep dive into Monarchies of Mau, a d20 system that strongly resembles 5e … More
This week we talk about Feedback: receiving and processing as a DM, providing thoughtful feedback for players, and what to … More
John & Jack discuss changing? swapping? substituting? characters and players at your table. How do you handle it when a … More
Welcome to the first episode of Set The Table for 2021! This week John and Jack talk all about Narrating … More
John and Jack reflect on our first year of Set The Table. Many of our topics are worth mentioning in … More
This week John and Jack talk about getting the Gods involved. What can be a session zero topic doesn’t always … More
This time we talk about evil characters; why and how to build them as player, and how to deal with … More
John and Jack invite one of John’s oldest friends and player of Connie the Bard, James Kiernan onto the show … More
John and Jack have our second casual conversation episode and talk about a fun variety of things: Fafhrd and the … More
John and Jack elaborate on a notable reference we’ve talked about before called Appendix N, a page at the end … More
John and Jack are back and talking about one of Jack’s favorite things! (not…) The “5-Minute Workday”. It’s the idea … More
This week John and Jack talk about BBEG’s, or Big Bad Evil Guys, those end-bosses, mini-bosses, and other ultimate and … More
In this episode John and Jack change up the format of the show and instead of having a distinct topic, … More
In this episode, John and Jack finally talk about NPCs. What you need as a baseline, how to create them, … More
This time John and Jack talk about 7th Sea (mostly 2nd edition), what it is, why we like it and … More
This time John and Jack talk about improv skills! What improv means to us, how to get started, how to … More
This week on Set The Table we talk about party composition, from the game classic standard trio of Warrior, Wizard, … More
Jack answers a listener question directed at him, and we get some awesome insight about building player characters! It takes … More
On this episode of Set The Table Jack and I talk about fudging rolls. What it means, who should do … More
In this, our tenth episode, we’re excited to present our first Guest Episode, with John’s childhood friend Thornton! Thornton has … More
John and Jack Skoda present: Set The Table, an original Tabletop Role-Playing Game Show where we talk about how to … More
John and Jack Skoda present: Set The Table, an original Tabletop Role-Playing Game Show where we talk about how to … More
John and Jack Skoda present: Set The Table, an original Tabletop Role-Playing Game Show where we talk about how to … More
John and Jack Skoda present: Set The Table, an original Tabletop Role-Playing Game Show where we talk about how to … More
John and Jack Skoda present: Set The Table, an original Tabletop Role-Playing Game Show where we talk about how to … More
John and Jack Skoda present: Set The Table, an original Tabletop Role-Playing Game Show where we talk about how to … More
John and Jack Skoda present: Set The Table, a new and original Tabletop Role-Playing Game Show where we talk about … More
John and Jack Skoda present: Set The Table, a new and original Tabletop Role-Playing Game Show where we talk about … More
John and Jack Skoda present: Set The Table, a new and original Tabletop Role-Playing Game Show where we talk about … More