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Welcome to Setting the Stage, a podcast where I, Isaac Shaker, will talk about different campaign settings for roleplaying games.
I'll talk about established settings, either those made for D&D, like Faerun and Greyahwk, or those that are adapted for it, like Middle-Earth, and Westeros. I'll also interview members of the D&D community who have created their own campaign worlds. This is a chance for the guest to show off what they’ve made, explain challenges they’ve overcome, and discuss paths that didn’t work for them when creating their campaign setting. Our homebrew worlds often get no attention outside of our own play groups, so this is a way to present a DM’s hard work to a wider audience.
This wouldn't be possible without the amazing D&D community and I'm looking forward to interviewing you!
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Recent Episodes
77 - KPop DnD Hunters (Dan and Idols of the Neon Dark)
Dan talked with me about his Kickstarter campaign, Idols of the Neon Dark. It's a D&D 5e supplement that tries to bring the fun and atmosphere of K-pop to Dungeons and Dragons. The media frenzy…
76 - Flying Island Worlds (Alan and Fractus)
Alan tells us about his Daggerheart campaign setting, Fractus, that is launching on Kickstarter soon. Fractus was a normal planet until it exploded and stopped halfway through. Now bunches of…
75 - Masks, Capitalism, and Coming of Age (Joel and Critical Bits)
Joel tells us about his actual play podcast, Critical Bits! The campaign was a teen super hero story using the Powered by the Apocalypse system Masks. The Masks system is great for teen drama and…
74 - Kylie and Fallout: Garden of Atom
The Fallout TV show has ended, but you can still get more Fallout in your life with TTRPGs!Kylie talked with me about her actual play campaign, Fallout: The Garden of Atom. The show follows Pete and…
73 - Duncan and Extraordinary Locations
Duncan Rhodes comes on the show to talk about his new book, The Creative Game Master's Guide to Extraordinary Locations: & How to Design Them or just Extraordinary Locations. The book is filled…
72.5 - Calico and Psychomortis (Part 2)
This is the second of a two part interview with Calico. If you haven't listened to the first episode with him, you should go do that before listening to this one. The first episode was #72 and this…
72 - Calico and Psychomortis (Part 1)
CalicoVisions tells us about his game system and setting Psychomortis. The game is constructed to challenge players and characters to look inside themselves to find what's really important to them.…
71 - Aaron Ryan and Dissonance/The End
I talked with Aaron Ryan about two of his book series, Dissonance and The End.Dissonance is a near future world where aliens have attacked, killing most humans and animals on Earth and driving humans…
70 - Sensei Suplex and Project Aurora
Sensei Suplex joins us to talk about his campaign, Project Aurora. Suplex started Project Aurora in college with some friends. They agreed to have a few different campaigns done by different DMs to…
69 - Siix and Godstorm
There were some audio issues in this episode that we did our best to correct. Hopefully you can understand everything or close to everything! If you can't, you can always drop into the Discord to ask…
68 - John and Tahlvaen
John tells us about his campaign setting, Tahlvaen. The world was something he dreamt up in childhood that he's now turning into a campaign setting for D&D. Tahlvaen is threatened by eldritch…
67 - John and Blittle League Blaseball
John tells us about his actual play show, Blittle League Blaseball! The show is based on the now passed internet phenomenon, Blaseball. In Blaseball, baseball teams play against each other while…
66 - KC and Liara
KC Broadhead is a certified life coach who uses D&D and other TTRPGs as a motivational force for his clients, mostly young men and boys. He meets with each person weekly to check on their goals…
65 - Al and The Backrooms
Al from the Point of Insanity Game Studio and Podcast is here to talk about a couple of different things! We started off by discussing the Dark Sun campaign setting, which was a post-apocalyptic…
64 - Kevin and Orbis
Kevin tells us about his setting and TTRPG, Orbis. It's a crunchy mech combat game!Central to Orbis is the Ion Tempest storm. It started long ago and afflicts the world with electrical storms, cold…
63 - John and Dalteria
John tells us about his setting and TTRPG system he's developing, Dalteria.Dalteria the world was originally lifeless. Long ago on Earth, magic existed. When God flooded Earth, the wizards took all…
62 - Deor and Black Noon
Deor tells us about his game system and setting, Black Noon. Interesting fact about Deor is that he has never GMed a game of his own. Black Noon should end up very player-facing in how its written…
61 - Helix and RPG Major
Today's guest is Helix, the GM of the actual play podcast, RPG Major. RPG Major is a detective show in a fantasy version of modern Seattle. The show is half RPG/half musical improv, setting it apart…
60 - Todd and Skjaald Sagas
Todd tells us about his world, Skjaald, and his fantasy TTRPG system he's designing for it called Skjaald Sagas. The main continent for Skjaald is Driktsuung, a place with varied biomes similar to…
59 - Ryan and Ethereal
Ryan is designing a TTRPG system and setting called Ethereal. In the setting all cryptids like Sasquatch, the Loch Ness Monster, and Mothman are real. An international government organization known…
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