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16: Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game
Join our medium Sam with two ghosts (again?!) Walid and Misha to discuss Avatar Legends: The Roleplaying Game by Magpie Games. Dig into the spirit's love of Avatar, what to expect from a licensed…
15: The Expressionist Games Manifesto
Today on the #1 money management podcast Dead Letters, finance bros Walid, Sam, and Misha take a step back from their stock portfolios to discuss Jay Dragon's Expressionist Games Manifesto. Join the…
14: Wolves Upon the Coast
Dead Letters has returned! On this episode, time traveling RPG enthusiasts Walid and Misha argue with Sam about the beloved, massive, hexcrawl adventure Wolves Upon the Coast by Luke Gearing. Tune in…
13: Goblin Laws of Gaming (GLOG)
Sam holds a seance with two spirits, Walid and Misha, to discuss the beloved combination of blogs, pdfs, excel documents, and communities that make up the GLOG: a ruleset by by Arnold Kemp. Join the…
12: The Shrike
Walid and Misha, two sentient insects controlling human bodies, bring on entomologist Sam to discuss the Ennie Award winning adventure by Leo Hunt: The Shrike. Join the bugs as they converse over…
11: Blades in the Dark
Sam brings on two of his favorite cyborg robots, Misha and Walid, to discuss an influential book to them and much of the TTRPG scene: John Harper's Blades in the Dark. Listen to the guys break down…
10: Against Procedurality
Dead Letters is back with a special episode! Sam and two famed astronauts Walid and Sam return from their mission on flat Mars to discuss Miguel Sicarts famous article Against Procedurality. Listen…
9: Holy Mountain Shaker
We at Dead Letters are proud to present two Mega Billion lottery award winners Misha and Walid along with their poor "friend" Sam to discuss Luka Rejec's Holy Mountain Shaker, a caving adventure.…
8: Gradient Descent
Sam invites Fields medal winning mathematicians Walid And Misha as they ponder the various machine mysteries in Gradient Descent, a Mothership adventure by Luke Gearing. Listen to the guys argue…
7: Null
Local magicians Misha and Walid bring Sam along a magical journey of discovery, as they review Thriftomancer's funky metasystem: Null. Discover the implications of system when it is removed from…
6: Apocalypse World
Today is a special day at Dead Letters as the guys return from the moon to analyze and review the iconic: Apocalpyse World. They'll discuss the makings of a great system, the power of modularity, and…
5: The Ennies
Sam brings in his two uncles, Misha and Walid, to discuss the ENNIE Awards: the premier TTRPG award show. The guys do this through the lens of Clayton Notestine's series of blogposts discussing his…
4: A Perfect Wife
Today on Dead Letters, Sam and two dangerous musicians, Misha and Walid unravel the mystery in Zedeck Siew's "A Perfect Wife". Join the guys as they talk about the best parts of world building,…
3: Triangle Agency
Today on Dead Letters, Misha, Sam and Walid talk about RPG rules as railroading through the lens of multiple award wining TTRPG book Triangle Agency. Discover what frame theory is, the problems with…
2: Settlers of a Dead God
What is a setting guide? What should a GM, or player, expect after buying one? Tune in as the guys discuss whether Eduardo Carabaño's Settlers of a Dead God meets their totally reasonable…
1: His Majesty the Worm
When is it time for your homebrew, epic, high fantasy, mega campaign to be published? Sam, Misha, and Walid - three tabletop roleplaying game designers and academics give their take on the question…
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Dead Letters has published 16 episodes since February 2026, covering topics in Arts, Books.
Dead Letters is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 1h 16m.
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