Win With Dice Podcast

This week, we have special guest Joel Happyhil on to talk about the DAWN RPG. We chat about this battle manga inspired, tactical TTRPG and the basics of character creation.

0:00 Intro

1:21 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week

3:22 Guest Introduction: Joel Happyhil

5:35 DAWN RPG

13:37 Anime Inspiration

19:13 Outlooks

26:38 Techniques

32:15 Art

36:35 Outro

DAWN RPG: https://joel-happyhil.itch.io/dawn

Joel's Games Discord: https://discord.gg/...

This week, we continue the discussion about the card based mech TTRPG, Mechanized Body. We chat about the setting of the game and how narrative play works for player characters.

0:00 Intro

1:35 First Impressions

3:47 Narrative and Player Characters

12:35 Setting

27:40 Digital vs In-Person Play

29:20 TTRPGs

35:49 Outro

Mechanized Body: https://nhp-shaka.itch.io/mechanized-body

Game Sheets: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

This week, we have a new mech TTRPG to talk about! Trey and Ramon have been hard at work on a new card based TTRPG called Mechanized Body. In this episode we talk about the setting, the mechs and how cards change playstyles.

0:00 Intro

1:40 Weekly GM Tip Of The Week

4:54 Mechanized Body

11:06 Mechanics

19:15 Mechs

28:55 Running The Game

37:00 Collaboration

40:54 Playing and Probability

43:23 Boss NPCs

46:47 Cards And Complexity

52:47 Skill...

This week, we chat about the new Pathfinder 2e book, NPC Core. We get into the characters introduced in the book and the tools that come with each type of NPC. Everything from themed spells and Laws Of The Sea to dwarven exclamations and legal exemptions for adventurers.

0:00 Intro

1:01 Weekly GM Tip Of The Week

3:37 NPC Core

5:41 NPC Categories

7:56 Troops

17:09 Ancestries

18:34 Companions

19:04 Spell Lists

19:54 Connections

21:16 NPC...

This week, we have a special guest Eld on to talk about Shirtless on A Rooftop, a Yakuza inspired TTRPG. In part two of this interview we cover more game mechanics and chat about lethality and consequences in TTRPGs.

0:00 Intro

1:08 Balance

3:57 Armour

5:52 Quirks

11:01 Playbooks

17:08 Lethality and Consequences

27:46 Items

32:27 Running The Game and Being The City

37:09 CAIN: Operation Weeping Mountain

39:31 Recommendations

41:56 Outro

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This week, we have a special guest Eld on to talk about Shirtless on A Rooftop, a Yakuza inspired TTRPG. SOAR features tactical Brawl mechanics with a focus on position and throwing enemies, as well as the SLASH of Life to track relationships and characters' values. In this episode we talk about game design and also designing layouts.

0:00 Intro

1:21 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week

3:52 Shirtless On A Rooftop TTRPG

6:56...

This week, we get back into Pathfinder 2e Recaps with a party that has to scope out a lavish manor before a heist. However, there's plenty of eyes on their target and an unexpected twist.

0:00 Intro

1:19 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week

5:43 Campaign Intro

8:24 Rule Of Coin Pathfinder 2e Recap

39:29 outro

Homebase Handbook: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/465252/home-base-handbook-pf2-a-guide-to-custom-player-b...

This week, we build a Lancer campaign using ideas from a random generator. We create a story inspired by CAIN where reality is altered around the players and they have to track down the source in a strange setting.

0:00 Intro

0:55 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week

3:32 Prepping a Lancer campaign

4:50 Theme, Goal, Hook

17:53 Plot, Climax

20:43 Master Villain

26:31 Setting

29:54 Minor Villains

32:44 NPCs

33:49 Encounters

41:05 Other D...

This week, we take a look at the Mythic creatures of Pathfinder 2e War Of Immortals. We look at the potential stories of the Immortal Trickster and build our own Mythic enemy out of a very creepy hag.

0:00 Intro

1:29 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week

5:04 Mythic Creatures

6:06 The Immortal Trickster

27:20 Creating a Mythic Creature

42:24 Outro

Project Versus Playtest: https://winwithdice.ca/2025/01/project-versus-ttrpg-playt...

This week, we follow up with some updates to a homebrewed TTRPG inspired by fighting games. We get into some changes and the addition of narrative mechanics.

0:00 Intro

1:04 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week

5:43 Project Versus Updates

31:27 Narrative Mechanics

45:56 Last Thoughts

51:49 Outro

Project Versus Playtest: https://winwithdice.ca/2025/01/project-versus-ttrpg-playtest/

Distraction Makers: https://www.y...

This week, we hop back into the Avatar Legends game with our guest Mitchell, and create two new characters, the premise of their story and the challenges they will face.

0:00 Intro

1:28 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week

8:18 Avatar Legends Character Creation

9:39 Era

14:10 Playbooks

15:25 The Bold

27:53 The Hammer

39:44 Connections

43:00 Techniques

1:01:11 Names

1:07:15 Wrap Up

1:09:49 Outro

Avatar Legends: https://magpiega...

This week, we look into the Panic At The Dojo TTRPG. We talk about building characters and playing in this awesome action TTRPG where conflict is solved with martial arts combat!

0:00 Intro

1:02 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week

4:27 Panic At The Dojo

8:59 Stances and Rolling

13:27 Archetype

17:08 Creating Stances

25:13 NPCs

27:23 Builds

29:34 Skills

33:00 Playing The Game

42:04 Conclusion

46:37 Outro

Panic At The Dojo: h...

This week, we take a look at the Avatar Legends TTRPG, based on the Powered By The Apocalypse system. We chat about moves, conditions and keeping your characters balance.

0:00 Intro

1:11 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week

5:59 Powered By The Apocalypse

9:57 Avatar Legends

11:14 Stats

13:08 Moves

29:50 Balance

42:57 Conditions

49:28 Eras

56:13 Techniques

59:15 Wrap Up

1:01:32 Outro

Avatar Legends: https://magpiegames.com/coll...

This week, we talk about a recent playtest for a homebrew TTRPG inspired by fighting games. We chat gameplay, characters and translating fighting game mechanics into a TTRPG format.

0:00 Intro

0:56 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week

6:36 Project VS RPG

10:25 Attacks and Defense

20:19 Damage

28:26 Resources

31:43 Rounds

33:50 Conditions

41:56 Playtest and Characters

49:52 Conclusion

53:03 Outro

Project Versus Playtest: https:...

This week, we start 2025 off with our yearly tradition of looking back at what we accomplished...and also what we missed in the last year.

0:00 Intro

1:54 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week

5:27 2024 Analytics

12:43 What we did in 2024

22:29 Favourite channel thing in 2024

27:41 Things we learned in 2024

31:42 Did we meet our 2024 goals??

42:16 Our goals for 2025

53:19 Looking forward to 2025!

57:18 Outro

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This week, for our 200th episode, the Q&A returns! We respond and chat (and ramble) about our favourite RPG moments, our first characters and when will we finally have a musical episode?

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Links To Our Stuff

Calvin: https://twitter.com/LicenceToCalvin

Ramon: https://twitter.com/Ramonbee2

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This week, we have an unexpected Impossible Playtest to cover. We take an early look at the Necromancer, who raises undead to confound their enemies and the Runesmith who etches arcane symbols of power!

0:00 Intro

1:44 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week

5:35 Pathfinder 2e Impossible Playtest

8:20 Necromancer

22:41 Runesmith

41:49 Conclusion

46:24 Outro

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This week, we take a look at hte Mythic Rules for Pathfinder 2e! We start looking in the mechanics and how to create high fantasy characters with epic destinies!

0:00 Intro

1:05 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week

6:10 Pathfinder 2e Mythic

8:32 Mythic Campaigns

10:59 Mythic Game Mechanics

13:44 Mythic Player Character

14:55 Mythic Calling

23:08 Mythic Destiny

30:42 Mythic Feats

40:06 Mythic Monsters

43:45 Mythic Conclusion

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This week, we get into a Pathfinder game recap. With our guest Mitchell, we talk through a campaign using the Iron Gods adventure path!

0:00 Intro

1:28 Win With Dice Weekly GM Tip Of The Week

13:44 Guest Introduction

14:36 Pathfinder Iron Gods

1:29:32 Outro

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Links To Our Stuff

Calvin: https://twitter.com/LicenceToCalvin

Ramon: https://twitter.com/Ramonbee2

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