The Solo RolePlayers Podcast

[TOPIC] - Playing Published Dungeons with Old School Essentials

The Solo RolePlayers Podcast

Show Notes

Hello and Welcome Back to The Solo RolePlayers Podcast. Today on the show I am quietly curious to bring you a little bit of an unusual episode. This was going to be an episode about Old School Essentials...but wasn't. Join me as I therapize myself and begin to understand my own processes by talking you through how I have started playing Published Dungeons with OSE. Enjoy. -PJ

You can get in touch with me on: [email protected], PJSack on Reddit/Bluesky or better yet join the SoloRolePlayers Patreon where a free membership will get you access to the community chat and my public newsletters

At the SoloRolePlayers Tier you get at least 1 (usually its 2) bonus episodes a month where I continue playing through the games introduced on the show, a regular bookclub/gameclub meet-up, access to the discord, and connect with celebrity guests.

You can leave me a voice mail with questions, ideas, experiences or just to say g’day at https://www.speakpipe.com/SoloRolePlayers

Links & Recs If you like this show you might like to check out the podcast that started it all, my Fallout Narrative Solo-RPG Audio Drama A Wasteland Story

Creators that helped me discover this weird and wonderful hobby: Man Alone Boardgames with Thomas - Fallout Series Geek Gamers The Dungeon Dive Lords of the Dungeon (The Secret Cabal) Girls Who Don’t DnD Me Myself & Die

Reading Materials that helped me figure out what the hell I am doing: Mythic GM Emulator 2E Solo Game Masters Guide - geekgamer

Music and Sound Effects in this series are credited to: Epidemic Sound

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