Each week on the Dice Exploder podcast, Sam Dunnewold (that’s me!) and a new cohost break down a tabletop RPG mechanic as deep as we possibly can. Here on the Dice Exploder blog, I post transcripts. Also sometimes I write blogposts.
- 2026
- Transcript: Draw Maps, Leave Blanks (Dungeon World) with Tim Denee
- Transcript: Doskvol’s Lightning Barriers (Blades in the Dark) with Nova
- Transcript: Setting Elements (Dream Askew / Dream Apart) with Kodi Gonzaga
- Transcript: Afterimage #3: The Experimental Role-Playing Laboratory
- 2025
- Transcript: 2025 Year End Bonanza
- Transcript: Inventory Tetris (Mausritter) with Quinns
- Transcript: The Brainer VS The Brain-Picker (Apocalypse World 2e/3e) with the Bakers
- Transcript: Actual Play: Void 1680 AM Community Broadcasts (with Ken Lowery)
- Transcript: Actual Play: 4AM at a Diner (Last Train to Brooklyn) with Linnie Schell
- Transcript: Actual Play: An Uncomfortable Offer (Maia’s Game Room: The Electric State) with Maia Wilson
- Transcript: Actual Play: A Tree Shanty (My First Dungeon: The Wildsea) with Brian Flaherty and Elliot Davis
- Transcript: Actual Play: The First 30 Minutes (My First Dungeon: Orbital Blues) with Rowan Zeoli
- Transcript: You Will Die In This Place with Merrilee Bufkin and Jay Dragon
- Transcript: Love, Sex, and Romance: The War (Will That Be All?) with Kim Lam
- Transcript: Love, Sex, and Romance: Big Chunky Prompts with Tasha Robinson
- Transcript: Love, Sex, and Romance: Physical Touch with Alex & Sharang
- Transcript: Love, Sex, and Romance: the Phallus with Alex & Sharang
- Transcript: Love, Sex, and Romance: Roll to Seduce with Alex & Sharang
- Transcript: Love, Sex, and Romance: Sex Moves (Apocalypse World) with Alex & Sharang
- Transcript: Rolling the Dice... On Camera! (The Die Guys) with Moira Joy Smith
- Transcript: Afterimage #2: City of Winter
- Transcript: Afterimage #1: Yazeba’s Bed and Breakfast & The Kite
- Transcript: Clarity (Changeling: the Lost 1e) with MintRabbit
- Transcript: Question Oracle (Stoneburner) and rolling the dice again with Ray Chou
- Transcript: 10 Candles (10 Candles) with Jay Dragon
- Transcript: Experience Design with Caro Murphy
- Transcript: Safety Tools, and Players Are More Important Than The Game, with Sarah Lynne Bowman
- Transcript: Beats (Heart: the City Beneath) with Aaron Voigt
- Transcript: Zenith Abilities (Heart: the City Beneath) with Aaron Voigt
- Transcript: Elf Motors with Chris Duffy
- Transcript: Fateplay Scenes (House of Craving) with Sharang Biswas
- Transcript: Spotlight Scenes with Moyra Turkington
- Transcript: Shadows with Elin Dalstål
- Transcript: Workshops with Marc Majcher
- Transcript: Dice Exploder is on Patreon, plus Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast
- Transcript: Embodiment with Kate Hill
- Transcript: Just Read the Card (Ghost Court) with Randy Lubin
- Transcript: Mule (Last Train to Bremen) and Pregenerated Characters with Aaron Lim
- Transcript: Coloring Book Character Sheet (Two Hand Path) with Jeeyon Shim
- Transcript: Flauros the Demon (Wreck This Deck) with Audrey Stolze
- A Mirror Dungeon
- 2024
- Some Jokes and Manifestos
- I Made a Book (and So Can You)
- Transcript: 2024 Year End Bonanza
- Transcript: The Challenge Deck (Wickedness) with Audrey Stolze and Seraphina Garcia Ramirez
- Transcript: AMA with Merrilee Bufkin
- Transcript: Deep Cuts with John Harper
- Transcript: Dice Forager: a Dice Exploder zine
- Silly Cairn
- Hospitality, Safety, and Calibration
- Transcript: The Sooth Deck (Invisible Sun) and Custom Oracles with James D’Amato
- Transcript: Keys (Keymaster) with Caro Asercion
- Transcript: Love Letters (Apocalypse World) with Aaron King
- Transcript: Speak Your Truth (Desperation) with Jeff Stormer
- Transcript: THAC0 (AD&D 2e) with My Dad
- Transcript: Rule Zero (D&D) with Ema Acosta
- Transcript: Prestige Classes (D&D 3e/3.5e) with Sam Roberts
- Transcript: The Adventuring Day (D&D) with Tristan Zimmerman
- D&D Miniseries Intro (Homage to the Player’s Handbook)
- Transcript: The Queen Is Under Attack (For The Queen) with Kimi Hughes
- Transcript: Designer Commentary: Northfield (with Jason Morningstar)
- The Space Fam Scenes Menu: Revisited
- Transcript: Designer Commentary: Space Fam
- Transcript: Game Exploder Jam Roundup
- Transcript: Everyone Adds a Detail (Stewpot) with Lee Conrads
- Transcript: Playlists (Ribbon Drive) with Takuma Okada
- World Ending Game (Sam's Version): Designer Commentary
- More on Apocalyptic Principles
- Apocalyptic Principles and Miller's Law
- Transcript: Fan Mail (Primetime Adventures) with Meguey Baker
- Transcript: Playbooks and Communication with Moe Poplar
- Dice Exploder After Show: Rules For Your Cool Sword
- Transcript: Exploding Dice with Mikey Hamm
- Highly Structured Games Are Good
- Transcript: Innovation in Game Design with James Wallis
- The Dice Exploder Podcast Style Guide
- Transcript: Solo Game Prompts with Seb Pines
- The Ink That Bleeds: Review and Response
- Transcript: Character Sheets with Emanoel Melo
- Dice Exploder Aftershow: Character Sheets
- Transcript: Pity Points (Kagematsu) with Alex Roberts
- Play Advice: Get to the Goods
- Transcript: Third Party License (Mork Borg) with Strega Wolf van den Berg
- Transcript: Rumor Tables (Lorn Song of the Bachelor) with Nova
- The Risk Sheet (Psi*Run) with John Harper
- 2023
- Recommendations for New RPG Designers
- Dice Exploder Aftershow: The Boogeyman
- Agon's Secret Sauce: Story Game Modules
- Dukk Borg, Gem Room Games, and Me
- Ranking Stuff, Awards Shows, and My Top 10 RPGs of All Time
- Dungeons & Dragons Is A Comedy Game
- Google Slides: The Easiest Virtual Tabletop Around
- Calvinballing a Whole Campaign
- The Book of Gaub: An Essay from The Awards 2022
- Design Your Character Sheet First
- Is XP a Good Design Carrot in Storygames?
- Dice Exploder Aftershow: Do Games Need Conflict?
- Couriers: Designer Commentary
- The Space Fam Scene Menu
- Apocalypse Keys is a Wonderful, Frustrating Game
- Space Train Space Heist: Design Commentary
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