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...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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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...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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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 ...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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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...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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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...
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Season 3
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Episode 18
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1:04:14
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