Dungeons, Dragons, & Psychology Podcast
The Dungeons, Dragons, & Psychology Podcast is a TTRPG podcast that helps collaborative storytellers build great campaigns using psychology. Each episode dives into different aspects of tabletop roleplaying games, and offers listeners (psyclithids) tricks of the trade for how to improve their own games. Your host, Robert Walker, is a longtime DM and holds a MS in I/O Psychology. He is also the author of "Session Zero: The DMG to Writing Great Campaigns in any System."
Podcasting since 2022 • 110 episodes
Dungeons, Dragons, & Psychology Podcast
Latest Episodes
Emotional Regulation with Session Zero
Session Zero isn’t just about rolling stats and swapping backstories—it’s the primary emotional regulation tool for your group. In this episode of The Dungeons, Dragons, and Psychology Podcast, we dive into why Session Zero ma...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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12:49
Defense Mechanisms for RPGs: Realism at the Table
What happens to an adventurer after the dragon burns their village, or when they fail to save an innocent life? In this episode, we dive deep into the psychology of defense mechanisms—the unconscious strategies people use to protect them...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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18:04
The Impostor Syndrome of the DM (a.k.a. The Matt Mercer Effect)
Do you ever feel like you’re “not good enough” to be a Dungeon Master? That pressure to run the perfect game… That voice in your head saying, “I’m a fraud”?This week on The Dungeons, Dragons, and Psychology Podc...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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18:05
The Psychology of the Bard's Influence
Is the bard’s silver tongue just a fun game mechanic, or does it reflect real-world psychology? In this episode of The Dungeons, Dragons, and Psychology Podcast, we explore the fascinating connection between the bard’s abilities and th...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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13:42
Cognitive Dissonance in Immersive TTRPGs
Have you ever made a choice for your D&D character that felt like a betrayal? You know, when your Lawful Good Paladin lies, or your nature-loving Ranger fells a sacred tree? That feeling of internal conflict is a real-world psychological ph...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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15:08
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Psychlithid #0042 reporting in. Great job with the podcast, I am enjoying listening to it during my work commute. I'm on Season 2 EP 17. The interviews are some.of my favorites. Thank you for doing what you do.
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