The Diceology Podcast
Welcome to Diceology — a podcast network for people who take their games seriously and their tables even more seriously.
I'm Mad Jay, GM-at-Large, and this feed used to be one show. Now it's four:
- Muses of Play — Sarah Doom and I muse about creativity and designers
- Dice Unknown — actual-play and behind-the-table stories pulled straight from the games I'm running.
- The Vault — All the episodes that have come before!
Think StoryCorps for gamers, spread across three shows instead of one feed doing everything badly. We talk about where games fit into people's lives, what early gaming was like, what life looks like after the dice are put away — and I still bring my own GM-at-Large adventures into it. What I'm playing, running, or prepping, at the table or online.
Whether you're chasing the latest TTRPG trends or just want the rest of the gamer's story, you're in the right feed.
Let's run those dice. 🎲 🎲 🎲
Episodes
91 episodes
All Day Replay with Andy Kitkowski, pt 1.
Andy and I talk for two hours and thirty minutes. After editing, I have two hours and fifteen minutes of conversation! This, part one, is our first hour and while we cover a lot of topics, there's a central point that plays out, again, an...
Hard Talk with Paul Beakley
Paul and I talk about capitalism, evil races, inclusion vs representation, safety tools, abortion...then we get into our Ars Magica game. Lots of triggery content. Be warned. We recorded this some months back, but I held it because the s...
September! With Jason Cordova
Somewhere along the line, I dropped a couple of podcasts... it's Catch-up weekend! Jason Cordova and I have a solid conversation on the origins of the Gauntlet, our shared challenges of race and what's giving him life!
The Idols of Ahrepo
Priest returns from the crypts victorious and we discuss the *real* trials of Priest and his new quest! We are playing B/X D&D using the Old School Essentials from Necrotic Gnome &nbs...
In the deep end with Whitney Delaglio - Diceology 28
Whitney Delaglio, game designer but wanted to be a Lawful Evil Dolphin. We chat about Play by post games, Aquatic paladins, and the making of her indie game Prism. It turns out we both enjoyed the Netflix series Marco Polo and Scott Bakula. If ...
Big Damn Hero #03: That Damn Cat!
In Champions Now Edwards talks about the Now, the stuff that's already in action at the start of a session. We are '...
Happy Anniversary!!
I catch up with Maxwell before rambling on about the stuff you talk about when you're celebrating your one year anniversary.Lumpley Games Lucia...
with Rich Rogers
Rich Rogers joins me today and we run the bases!!We start with his current play of Minimum Rage RPG, a spin-off of the Mutant Year Zero Engine then we get into his various s...
Big Damn Hero #2: Solids
Detective Armstead brings Kurt on a witness relocation job, only someone has plans to move that witness to the grave. Join Charles Picard and I as we continue our Champions Now series. We talk about presence attacks, hazards, and Armstead, Kurt...
Big Damn Hero #1: Idaho
The Witness Protection Services in Spokane, WA. gets a brand new client. Kurt Renfro. He's a mid-level super-villain F.K.A Bone from the east. He's settling into his new life in the WitSec program.Welcome to our run of
The Young Mandalorian Actual Play - Two Clients, One Bounty.
In Episode Two, the Young Mandalorian returns to the Steel having taken on a new bounty...from two different clients!We're playing Fantasy Flight Game...
Stepping into the ring with Nathan D. Paoletta
On today’s show, we chat up Nathan D. Paoletta about the 2nd edition of World Wide Wrestling RPG which is running on
Changing the Script with Beau Sheldon
Today we welcome game designer, Beau Sheldon, to the show to talk about his life in gaming. Beau is the creator of Script Change and the author behind Thoughty! He has created several games, the most recent and dear of these being Turn. Beau ex...
The Young Mandalorian Actual Play
We begin our Young Mandalorian series on the Steel, a floating shadow port tracking down an AWOL stormtrooper. We're playing Fantasy Flight Games: Edge of the Empire. One Player. One GM. One Hour. To Eleven.
The Incredible Misha B
Joining us is game designer and extraordinary player, Misha B of Black Girl Gameworks and More Seats at the Table! Show notes
James Mendez-Hodes pilots the Funkadelic Mothership
From the starships, Jersey City and Manhattan to the OG rapping Greeks and the Wu-Tang Larp, James and I go long and wide in this episode most funkadelic. Think NPR Story Corps for gamers. We talk to the folks that play, facilitate and create g...
Happy New year with Rich Rogers
I catch up with Rich after the holidays and talk about what's ahead for 2020. Think NPR Story Corps for gamers. We talk to the folks that play, facilitate and create games.
2Eleven: BX D&D with Maxwell E03
Max and I continue playing D&D using the Old school Ess...
2Eleven: BX D&D with Maxwell E02
We continue our 'Trials of Priest' D&D B/X game using the Old school Essentials from Necrotic Gnome Old dogs and new faces come for those idols that Priest has.
Free League's Mattias Haake on Symbaroum RPG
We cover a lot of Symbaroum ground and the origins of Fria Ligan! We get into the new Alien RPG and Mattias talks about what he likes best about making games. Think NPR Story Corps for gamers. We talk to the folks that play, facilitate and crea...
2Eleven: BX D&D with Maxwell E01
In this VERY short actual play, Priest returns to Westhold with a strange raven idol.
2Eleven: Hit the Streets: Defend the Block 05
Rich Rogers resumes GM duties for his superhero game Hit the Streets: Defend the Block. I play the 'grinking' hero Traceur. Tonight it's Traceur Vs. BetaMax! The extended version of this episode where we discuss our Kickstarter experienc...
Free Spacer with Christoph Sapinsky
Christoph Sapinsky and I talk about sci-fi sandboxes and Free Spacer, then we squeeze in some Dungeon World! Think NPR Story Corps for gamers. We talk to the folks that play, facilitate and create games.
My Life in a 1970s girl gang and the mutant problem.
Sarah Doombringer runs Velvet Glove and I get shanked in the school bathroom! Listen to me nerd out about Hickman's X-Men and what it means to me. Think NPR Story Corps for gamers. We talk to the folks that play, facilitate and create games.
