I Cast Guidance - A Dungeons and Dragons and TTRPG Podcast

The Monk in D&D - Changes in the 2024 Player's Handbook

Once a month, we look at a class in D&D and how to play it. We also explore some of the history of that class and strategies for digging into your character a little deeper. This episode, we are looking at some of the huge differences in the Monk and how things are much much better. 

Dealing with Character Backstory

Making a backstory for your character can be something that gets over worked or completely ignored. We talk about some approaches to creating backstory that could help you if you are a player or a DM. 

 

A.I. in Your Game - Yes or No?

In this episode, Todd and Rich are discussing the implications of Artificial Intelligence as a whole as well as how it impacts the community of table top role playing games. 

Where do you stand on this issue? In what ways are you for or against AI's relatively new appearance in our world? 

We Review Ten Candles After a Great Play Session

With Halloween right around the corner, we had a Ten Candles session that was really intense. We had great narrative flow, a compelling story and we learned a lot about the game. 

Ten Candles is a tragic horror table top role playing game that streamlines a minimal rule set in order to focus on the narrative. Head over to our YouTube channel at Wither and Bloom Studios to check out our game play and a new how to video we should be dropping very soon. 

How does lore function in world building?

How does lore work in your game?
In this episode, we talk about the differences between lore and story and how lore impacts the game, the various ways we deploy lore in our storytelling, and the ways in which players like to receive that lore. 

We also have a special guest on this episode, Jay Balsamello, a Dungeon Master and World Builder with some great insight on this topic. 

Make Better Puzzles in Your TTRPG

In this episode we talk about the ups and downs of puzzles in table top role playing games. We talk a little about the history, the pros and cons and how to potentially make them better. 

If you have struggled with this, then give this episode a listen. Hope you like it. 

Let's make the game scary

We thought with Halloween looming we would talk about making the game more scary. What tactics or mechanics from other games can you employ to make things a little more tense? Let's talk about it. 

Imagined Spaces - Do Minis and VTT Distract?

In this episode, we look at how Theater of the mind is broken by different physical things like miniatures, maps, VTT spaces and more. Can we get back to a more pure game with pencil, paper and dice?

Todd Lambrix, Garret Brennan and Rich Frohman talk about the ways in which the 3 main columns of imagination in TTRPGs conflict with each other. In Theater of the mind, do physical components like maps and minis pull us out of the imagination? How does VTT fit into all of this?

I Cast Guidance is a weekly podcast that focuses on table top role playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons, Daggerheart and more. We look at elements of these games and the culture around them and look at ways to improve the experience overall.

Who is on the cast:

Todd Lambrix:
Father, Artist, Professor and lifelong gamer, his interests and creative practice look at storytelling and lore and the characters and artifacts that populate those spaces.
https://www.toddlambrix.net/

Garret Brennan:
Father, Craftsman, Rules Lawyer and game enthusiast. Garret will drop just about anything he is doing to play a game and his dedication to learning more and understanding this world more deeply is ongoing.

Rich Frohman:
Actor, Teacher, Gamer. Rich brings his passion for acting and his love of the game to the table and our show regularly. He loves to research new games and delves into the politics and mechanisms of the gaming industry. Master of the hot take and the quick roast.
https://www.instagram.com/rich_frohmaniv/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13484507/