
Finding Atoria
Three friends, each with 30+ years playing and running TTRPGs sit down weekly to tell stories about the games, community and topics surrounding the Table Top Role Playing world.
Episodes
12 episodes
School TTRPG Clubs and Finding Your Table
We get to try out new podcasting tech as we have a special guest today calling in remotely. Coel Scheel joins us to talk about his experience with gaming clubs in school. For him, it was a good opportunity to meet more of his fellow gamers a...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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55:46

Homebrewing for the Classroom and the Importance of Lore
Malcolm GMs this one and Arcadia has the winning initiative role. Cady talks about how teachers can use TTRPGs for learning and how homebrewing can create the correct platform for teaching specific skills and knowledge. Hack and slash campaigns...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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53:25

Furry Vengeance and Game-Based Learning
Malcolm is our ref for this episode, in which Tori rolled highest on initiative and comes back to the topic of the "Satanic Panic” and how we're now facing its modern re-occurrence in the form of the FURRIES Act, introduced by a legislator in T...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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41:50

Character Flaws and You Don't Have To Be an Actor To Roleplay
Tori gets to ref this episode and we have a guest! Jess is with us in the studio. Malcolm covers the topic of character flaws. This doesn’t mean nerfing your character, but it does prevent players from munchkining their characters. Flaws also g...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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43:13

TTRPG Pet Peeves and Character Death
Arcadia gets to ref this episode. Tori leads off with a list of gaming pet peeves from both sides of the table. Most of the items on that list boil down to just being aware that you're playing a collaborative game; be courteous to your fellow p...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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51:18

Min-Maxxing and Don't Forget About Dave
Arcadia leads off with her shot at the moderator spot. Tori brings up the topic of min maxxing in D&D. Tori is an admitted optimizer when it comes to her builds but strives not to be a problem player. Powergamers, munchkins, min-maxxers, an...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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47:25

Satanic Panic and Gotta Make That Castle Payment
Tori is in the moderator seat this episode. Arcadia leads off with the Satanic Panic and how D&D got roped into that mishigas. The Satanic Panic took over the US, and D&D was primed to get brought into it. Due to being started at the be...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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53:25

Debating Level 1 and Spooky Stories
Malcom gets to be the ref this episode. Arcadia comes with the idea that starting at level 1 is the way to go with starting a campaign. This can give players the ability to grow with their characters. This can move the story forward and help th...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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36:28

If You Build It, They Will Play
Arcadia comes to the table as the ref this session. Malcolm starts the conversation by talking about session 0 and its uses at the table. Session 0 can be a useful tool at a gaming table. This can make sure your “social contract” is good for al...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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53:07

It Isn't As Hard As You Think
Arcadia is the moderator for this one. Malcolm leads off with how “easy” it is to be a DM. He has been our forever DM since the ‘90s. Arcadia has swapped out with him as well. There are tons of DM resources and it may not be as scary as you ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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43:13

Inclusion, Friendships, and Therapy?
Tori gets to moderate this episode. Arcadia starts us off with the topic of finding the right table for you. Finding nightmare tables proves the old adage, no D&D is better than bad D&D. Sometimes you gotta kiss a lot of frogs to fin...
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Episode 2
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49:32
