No Plot, Only Lore
Fiction

No Plot, Only Lore

by Josh Varty and Kristoffer Hansen

Two old men talking about the art and craft of collaborative storytelling games.

88 episodes
EN language
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1
Tabletop Adaptations - What works and what doesn't when adapting an IP to the game table?
42:11 Mar 27, 2026
2
Seasons of Dungeons & Dragons - Examining the Change to the Publication Format
33:57 Mar 20, 2026
3
Why We Like Nazis
50:20 Mar 6, 2026
4
Too Much Lore: Sumo 2, Fatter and Sassier
40:35 Feb 28, 2026
5
Too Much Lore: Sumo Part 1
51:07 Feb 20, 2026
6
AI Re-revisited: Gray Ooze and the Enshittification of the Tabletop
36:45 Feb 13, 2026
7
AI Revisited: The Turd in the Digital Pool
43:55 Feb 6, 2026
8
Darkest Dungeon Board Game Disaster: Why Kickstarter is Killing Tabletop Companies
46:58 Jan 30, 2026
9
Kickstart Your Life - The Impact of Kickstarter on the Tabletop Gaming Space
37:15 Jan 23, 2026
10
The Walled Garden - The Open Gaming License, History and Future
48:19 Jan 16, 2026
11
December Sads
29:52 Dec 12, 2025
12
Winter Celebrations (That Aren't Christmas!) in Tabletop Role-playing Games
38:20 Dec 5, 2025
13
Best TTRPG Holiday Gift Guide 2023 | Lancer, Daggerheart & Dice!
52:32 Nov 28, 2025
14
Attention Economy and TTRPGs: Are We Krill in the Critical Role Pond?
35:01 Nov 21, 2025
15
The Ecology of Goblins: Deconstructing 'Goblin Mode' & Millennial Burnout
31:12 Nov 14, 2025
16
The Problem With Progress: OPR's Sentient Bugs and Fan Backlash
31:07 Nov 7, 2025
17
Anime Powers for TTRPGs: Can Groundhog Day Death & Turbo Granny Work in D&D?
38:49 Oct 31, 2025
18
Cringe: Why Sincerity Still Matters at the TTRPG Gaming Table
37:03 Oct 24, 2025
19
Archeogaming: How Archeology and Tabletop Games Intersect
19:27 Oct 17, 2025
20
Bring out the Clowns: Humor and Jokes at the TTRPG Table
41:21 Oct 10, 2025
21
Ludonarrative Dissonance: When TTRPG Game Mechanics Don't Match the Story
40:49 Oct 3, 2025
22
Campaign Aftercare: What do You do When a Long TTRGP Campaign is Over?
37:37 Sep 26, 2025
23
Playing With Yourself: Solo Board Games that Don't Need Other Players
32:46 Sep 19, 2025
24
Dungeon Parenting: Worldbuilding Challenges of Raising Kids in Your D&D Campaign
37:41 Sep 12, 2025
25
Essential Board Game Expansions: Add-ons That Actually Improve the Core Game
39:24 Sep 5, 2025
26
Lost Civilizations & Ruins: How to Use Fallen Empires for TTRPG Worldbuilding
37:13 Aug 15, 2025
27
Slipperiest Game 2: The Failure of Narrative Design in Squid Game's Later Seasons
30:14 Aug 8, 2025
28
The Slipperiest Game, Pt 1: The Narrative Design Masterpiece That Didn't Need a Sequel
35:21 Aug 1, 2025
29
The Crossover: Dora the Explorer in Mortal Kombat, FNAF Lore, and the Star Wars Ewok Debate
37:01 Jul 11, 2025
30
The Gritty Reboot pt 2: Pokémon, The Boys, & James Bond, Too Real for TV?
42:04 Jul 4, 2025
31
The Gritty Reboot pt 1: Gritty Reboots for Zorro, Inspector Gadget & Narnia
34:54 Jun 20, 2025
32
The Chosen One: Buffy, Star Wars, Wheel of Time & The Problem with Fate in TTRPGs
40:53 Jun 13, 2025
33
Folklore with X Dialed Up to 11: Gross Selkies, Melancholic Santa, Queer Baba Yaga & Domestic Anansi
32:28 Jun 6, 2025
34
The End? The Apocalypse, Star Wars, and Why D&D Campaigns Never Finish
30:52 May 30, 2025
35
Your Premise Doesn't Matter: Anime, Star Wars, Airbud, and D&D
32:40 May 23, 2025
36
100 Men vs. 1 Gorilla: Setting the Fight's Absurd, NSFW Rules
28:54 May 16, 2025
37
Rule of Cool: Is It a DM Crutch or a Creative Tool?
33:14 May 9, 2025
38
Loot Fatigue
36:29 May 2, 2025
39
Long or Short Fork When Dining on Elf
37:31 Apr 25, 2025
40
Table Apocalypses and Chaos Goblins
34:54 Apr 11, 2025
41
Mouthful of Blood: Hooks and Player Buy-In
29:20 Apr 4, 2025
42
Too Much Lore: Star Wars Worldbuilding
32:19 Mar 28, 2025
43
Too Much Lore: Dads, Robots and the Keywork Trap - Coheed and Cambria
31:00 Mar 21, 2025
44
Dragon Claus 4: Last Minute Christmas Shopping
1:47:16 Dec 13, 2024
45
Dragon Claus 3 - The Christmas Dungeon
1:11:35 Dec 6, 2024
46
Dragon Claus 2: Christmas Characters
59:13 Nov 29, 2024
47
Dragon Claus 1: Christmas Campaign Hooks
56:14 Nov 22, 2024
48
NOPELOL is for the Children
59:58 Nov 15, 2024
49
The Fiddly Bits Part 2
1:03:22 Nov 8, 2024
50
The Fiddly Bits Part 1
58:13 Nov 1, 2024
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