Characters Without Stories

Characters Without Stories is a tabletop role playing game podcast about the roads not yet traveled.

Every episode I bring in a friend to tell me about their unplayed character and their approach to creating characters. I cover all kinds of RPGs - from indies to D&D.

I've had some fascinating conversations about how our characters intersect with and reveal our identities and how play is a gateway to understanding ourselves. I hope you'll give it a listen.

Thank you and may all your characters find their stories.

Podcasting since 2022 • 55 episodes

Characters Without Stories

Latest Episodes

Mogmoden, Sheltered Academic - Being Curious with Rene Legault (Fabula Ultima)

Rene Legault brings Mogmoden to the table. Mog is a teenage academic in the pursuit of practical knowledge and answers to intellectual mysteries in his first time venturing out into the world.Rene and I discuss creating characters who ar...

March 01, 2025 • Season 4 • Episode 4 • 52:00

Petty Dreadful, a Survivor - Breaking the Game with Rowan Zeoli (Deathmatch Island)

Rowan Zeoli brings Petty Dreadful to the table. Petty is a rage-fueled, attention-seeking drag queen Playing to Win.Rowan and I discuss gender performance, radical imagination, and the parallels between reality television and actual play...

February 15, 2025 • Season 4 • Episode 3 • 1:02:28

Sarge, Norma, and Harmony - Troupe Style Play with Andrew Beauman (Out of Orbit)

Andrew Beauman brings Sarge and Norma to the table, and we create Harmony together. Sarge, Norma, and Harmony are survivors of a spaceship crash hoping to make it back out of orbit.Andrew and I discuss troupe-style mechanics and playing ...

February 01, 2025 • Season 4 • Episode 2 • 1:18:27

Aria Godey, Pirate Captain - Embodying Your Character with SpunkyTaylor (Thirsty Sword Lesbians)

Taylor brings Captain Aria Godey to the table. Captain Aria is a pirate who touched a gold piece that is slowly consuming her and turning her into gold.Taylor and I discuss belonging as a Black creator in the TTRPG space, learning to acc...

January 18, 2025 • Season 4 • Episode 1 • 59:09

Chase Cameron, aka Showtime - Alternate Futures with Will Malkus (Masks: a New Generation)

WIll Malkus brings Chase Cameron, aka Showtime, to the table. Chase is a teenager who recently became a superhero when he found a watch that can stop time.Will and I nerd out on comics, deconstruct the women in refrigerators trope, and d...

October 13, 2024 • Season 3 • Episode 18 • 1:04:14

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