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The Forever GMs Podcast

The Forever GMs Podcast

Overview

Welcome to The Forever GMs Podcast: an educational roundtable dedicated to exploring the art, craft, and business of tabletop roleplaying games. Hosted by two professional Game Masters, Doc & Liv, alongside guests from across the RPG industry, each episode dives into a wide variety of topics designed to inform, inspire, and help you become a better Game Master. The Forever GM never stops thinking about how to make games better, and neither do we.

Latest episodes

  • 1h 01m

    The Forever GMs Podcast – Improvisation (S1 E9)

    How comfortable are you when your players force you completely off-script? This week, Doc and Liv welcome Karen Twelves, author of Improv for Gamers, to explore how improvisation can strengthen both GMing and playing. Th...

  • 57m

    The Forever GMs Podcast – Mental Health Benefits (S1 E8)

    Tabletop role-playing games can be fun, social, and imaginative - but can they also support mental health? In this episode, Liv and Doc are joined by clinical psychologist Dr. Megan Connell and licensed professional coun...

  • 1h 10m

    The Forever GMs Podcast – Building Encounters (S1 E7)

    In Episode 7 of The Forever GMs Podcast, Doc & Liv tackle building many types of encounters and pivot when things get off the rails. Join as we discuss encounter building, our Game Spotlight, Lancer, and the Alternative...

  • 1h 01m

    The Forever GMs Podcast – Meta-Gaming (S1 E6)

    In Episode 7 of The Forever GMs Podcast, Doc & Liv reconsider what metagaming means at a collaborative table. Join as we discuss metagaming, our Game Spotlight, Paranoia, and the meta dimension in Peer Review.

  • 1h 01m

    The Forever GMs Podcast – Adapting Settings and Systems (S1 E5)

    In this episode, Doc & Liv explore the relationship between a tabletop role-playing game’s setting and its system with Brendan Lasalle and Craig Campbell. There are many compelling worlds out there and many fun systems,....

  • 1h 10m

    The Forever GMs Podcast – Chaos Gremlins (S1 E4)

    In Episode 4 of The Forever GMs, Doc & Liv welcome Katie Lear and Jaclyn Lewis to discuss the joys and sorrows of chaos gremlins. This episode also spotlights CRASH PANDAS and explores how conflict can arise at your tabl...

  • 56m

    The Forever GMs Podcast – Running Long vs Short Games (S1 E3)

    In Episode 3 of The Forever GMs, Doc & Liv welcome Jeff Stormer and Jason Pitre to discuss long and short form TTRPGs and how they impact your planning strategies. This episode also spotlights Dread and explores how our...

  • 1h 03m

    The Forever GMs Podcast – Safety Tools (S1 E2)

    In this episode, join Doc & Liv as they discuss safety tools with Ang Murray and Beau Sheldon – who taught Doc about Safety Tools long ago! For those new to the concept, safety tools...

  • 1h 00m

    The Forever GMs Podcast – Building Tools for Gamers Through Podcasting (S1 E1)

    In the inaugural episode of The Forever GMs, Doc & Liv welcome Phil Vecchione and Senda Linaugh to share practical Game Master advice, from preparing your first session to improving communication and using effective GM t...

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🎲 Do rolls move the story forward or stop it in its tracks? 🎲 A roll should create a new direction or complication, not put the game on pause because someone failed a check. How do you keep the story moving at your table? 🎧 linktr.ee/forevergmspo... #TTRPG #DMAdvice #Po...

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🤖 Trust the Computer. Obey your orders. Betray your friends. Everything will be fine. 🤖 Join Doc for this week’s Game Spotlight is PARANOIA - a TTRPG of bureaucracy, backstabbing, clones, and glorious chaos. 🎧 linktr.ee/forevergmspo... #TTRPG #ParanoiaRPG #RPGPodcast #Fore...

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🧠 You know it. Does your character? 🧠 Meta-gaming can spark some heated table debates, but can it also make your game better? Listen to Episode 6 with Eloy Lasanta of Third Eye Games on how meta-gaming can make your games better! 🎧 linktr.ee/forevergmspo... #TTRPG #DMAdvic...

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🃏 Superpowers. Speakeasies. Playing cards. 🃏 Join Doc as he discusses @nerdburgercraig.bsky.social's CAPERS, a super-powered Roaring Twenties TTRPG where gangsters, high-stakes action, and card-based mechanics collide. 🎧 linktr.ee/forevergmspo... #TTRPG #DMAdvice #Podcast...

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🏆 Fame! Fortune! Mayhem! 🏆 What if dungeon crawling was a spectator sport? Join Doc as he discusses @brendanlasalle.bsky.social's X-Crawl Classics, where adventurers chase glory and fame in over-the-top competitive dungeons. 🎧 linktr.ee/forevergmspo... #TTRPG #DMAdvice #Po...

The Forever GMs Podcast @theforevergms.bsky.social

Did D&D teach you to think like D&D? @brendanlasalle.bsky.social would say so! Every system teaches players what choices to look for and how problems “should” be solved. What D&D habits have followed you into other TTRPGs? 🎧 linktr.ee/forevergmspo... #TTRPG #GMAdvice #RPGPo...

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