Tycho's Tales
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Tycho's Tales is an informal discussion podcast about tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs) like Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder. Episodes are released every Tuesday at 5 pm GMT (or, for the Kiwis, every Wednesday at 6 am NZST). Find out more about us at https://tychostales.com/about. If you enjoy the pod, please rate or review us on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
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S2E14 Daisy Chainmail
We chat with Tegan about her experience playing D&D, and her character: the showgirl fighter Daisy Chainmail.Tycho's Tales is an informal discussion podcast about tabletop roleplaying games…
S2E13 Pathfinder first impressions
We played our first session of Pathfinder 2e the other day, and we share our thoughts (as 5e players) on the system. In addition to our general impressions, we talk about skills; the three-action…
S2E12 A barrage of bad opinions
Quickfire this-or-that questions: Allomancy vs Feruchemy; Dexterity vs Wisdom saves; elf vs human vs dwarf; dark vs light campaigns; diplomacy vs violence; Wizard vs Bard; Mistborn vs Stormlight…
S2E11 Character backstories
We talk about what makes a good character backstory; whether it's okay for the GM to fill in some details; updating your backstory; plot-advancing characters; and bringing new characters into an…
S2E10 GM support group 5
Guys, it's an average-length episode I swear. We talk about NPCs giving out information, and dice. Wow, that sounds boring.Tycho's Tales is an informal discussion podcast about tabletop roleplaying…
S2E9 Cosmere RPG hype
We talk about Pathfinder, and making character-focused adventures; and also speculate wildly about the Cosmere RPG. This episode contains some spoilers for the second Mistborn trilogy.Tycho's Tales…
S2E8 Intra-party conflict
We talk about some recent instances of intra-party conflict (when some of our player characters had... disagreements with one another), the benefits and potential drawbacks of that sort of roleplay,…
S2E7 Sharize's Charm of Differential Etherealness
We make up a dumb spell-of-the-week: https://tychostales.com/articles/sharizes-charm-differential-etherealness/Tycho's Tales is an informal discussion podcast about tabletop roleplaying games…
S2E6 Fantasy book club: The Wheel of Time
This episode contains a bunch of spoilers for The Wheel of Time. Obviously :)Tycho's Tales is an informal discussion podcast about tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs) like Dungeons & Dragons and…
S2E5 Spiral campaign development
We talk about Michael E. Shea's excellent essay on spiral campaign development, from the Kobold Guide to Worldbuilding Volume 2 (Kobold Press).Michael also goes by Sly Flourish, and you can find a…
S2E4 First impressions of D&D: Part 2
We continue our chat with Matt about his experience playing D&D for the first time; character sheet nostalgia; player preparation etiquette; and, for some reason, again, LARPing.Tycho's Tales is…
S2E3 First impressions of D&D: Part 1
We're joined by special guest Matt to chat about his first time playing D&D. We talk about how difficult it is to get into roleplaying; discovering creativity; bad habits; and the possibly…
S2E2 Serious characters
We talk about the horrific film Mazes and Monsters; one-shots; guest appearances; and roleplaying serious characters.Tycho's Tales is an informal discussion podcast about tabletop roleplaying games…
S2E1 The sinking ship
We're back with new listener mail about The Lord of the Rings; we complain with no self-awareness or irony about negativity and clickbait from TTRPG content creators; and Walt gets some suspicious…
S1E42 Healing in RPGs
We talk about metagaming, different types of encounters, healing in tabletop and video RPGs, and low-stakes combat.Tycho's Tales is an informal discussion podcast about tabletop roleplaying games…
S1E41 New beginnings
We're about to make characters for a new campaign, so we talk about how we think about character motivations, alignment and backstories; how you should use your own personality; the relationship…
S1E40 Magic in real life
We talk about spells we'd like to take in real life, and why The Lord of the Rings is still so damn good.Tycho's Tales is an informal discussion podcast about tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs) like…
S1E39 Modern fantasy
We talk about the relative value of a life; inherent evil in modern fantasy; and RPGs as vehicles for moral questions.Tycho's Tales is an informal discussion podcast about tabletop roleplaying games…
S1E38 Tycho's Tale: Divine Intervention
The story of the first time I used the classic Cleric feature, Divine Intervention. Note that my interpretation of a d100 is inconsistent with rules as written; I've written at length about why I…
S1E37 Granny Gumboot
We make a level two Fighter using the 2024 rules. It's recommended only to listen to this episode if you have a great disdain for your own time.Tycho's Tales is an informal discussion podcast about…
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Tycho's Tales has published 56 episodes since March 2024, covering topics in Games, Hobbies.
Tycho's Tales is currently dormant with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 31m.
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