Campaigns & Coffee

Our cozy Saturday morning podcast about role-playing games, fueled by our morning cup of joe.

Build Better Cities – Campaigns and Coffee

Building immersive cities for RPGs takes center stage on this episode, with inspiration from real-world examples like San Antonio’s Alamo and Chicago’s reversed river. We dive into tools and techniques for making cities that evolve, feel lived in, and resonate as characters within campaigns. From quirky city rivalries to handling disasters, this episode offers creative […]

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Ignite Your Next D&D Campaign – Campaigns & Coffee

In this episode, we brainstorm ways to launch your campaign without resorting to “they meet in a bar”. Providing fodder and inspiration is Greyhawk ’76, Ken’s upcoming D&D 2024 test drive campaign, and David’s just launched open table ShadowDark campaign. We talk about how to engage players through immediate conflict, emphasizing choice, and balancing proactive

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Steal These D&D Campaign Ideas! – Campaigns & Coffee

Own more Dungeons & Dragons campaign books than you’ll ever run? On this episode, we talk about stealing ideas from those books for use in your own D&D adventures. Source books we look at include: Chapter List 0:00 Intro1:00 Why Mine D&D Sourcebooks?3:00 The Blackrazor Guild’s Obsidian Maze6:45 Jungle Adventures and Tomb of Annihilation9:30 Storm

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Campaign Prep Tips – Campaigns & Coffee

Campaign prep is something every dungeon master a needs to do … even if “prep” is something you throw together five minutes for the session starts. On this episode, we talk about our individual game prep strategies, from structured approaches like Chris’s multi-phase plan to Ken’s adrenaline-fueled last-minute inspiration. Josh and Erin share insights into

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Restarting an RPG Campaign – Campaigns & Coffee

So your Dungeons & Dragons campaign went on hiatus … how do you restart it? In this episode of Campaigns & Coffee, Ken, Chris, and Josh talk about how to re-engage with a not-quite-dead-yet role-playing game campaign. They dive into how a game can lose momentum, with real-life interruptions causing campaigns to stall or be

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