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We’re Brenton & Courtney. We love tabletop roleplay games so much, we started a whole business around them and started writing about our experiences. Here on our TTRPG blog, you’ll find tips, tricks, and free encounters for Dungeon Masters, Artists, and Players. Enjoy!
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018 – Creating a Sound Effects App for Tabletop Gaming with Christian of My Sound Delve
We’re continuing our sound series today with an interview with Christian Borchert, the founder of My Sound Delve, which is an app of compiled
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How to use tools in D&D crafting recipes
I tend to forget about tools and tool proficiencies whenever I play D&D, both as a player and as a DM. Rarely does a
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017 – Composing TTRPG Music with Sean of McRoMusic
We’re going to be starting a bit of a sound series for our next few guests, which is a sub-genre we haven’t really explored on
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Add some horror to your D&D session with these three free Gothic Lineage NPCs
As a DM, I often spend time writing up NPC “catalogues” that I can insert into just about any situation. Need a spoiled aristocrat?
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016 – Producing an All-Trans, Non-colonial Livestream Game with Connie of Transplanar RPG
Our next guest is Connie Chang, the Game Master and Executive Producer of Transplanar RPG. If you aren’t familiar with Transplanar RPG, it is
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Survive a haunted windmill in our free Spooky D&D one-shot: The Riven Windmill
I’ve been in a bit of a spooky mood recently, thanks to Resident Evil 8 and Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft coming out, not to
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015 – Developing a Campaign Management & Worldbuilding tool with Kathleen of Worlds Unending
In this episode, I chat with Kathleen of Worlds Unending, an upcoming app for campaign management and worldbuilding. We connected with Worlds Unending a
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014 – Bringing Sign Language to Tabletop Gaming with Rich of Hatchlings Games
Today’s guest is the creator behind the game of Inspirisles and Hatchings Games, Rich Oxenham. He is creating games to promote deaf awareness and help
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Candlekeep Mysteries Map Pack Breakdown
The most recent D&D adventure book Candlekeep Mysteries released on March 16th, 2021. Much like the previous Rime of the Frostmaiden book, I knew I
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Enter an interdimensional D&D magic shop with this week’s Side Quest: The Sanctum Emporium
How many times has locating a store become an encounter of its own? In this week’s free D&D Magic shop Side Quest, adventurers can stumble
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013 – Managing the Wanderhome Kickstarter & Figuring out LLCs with Jay & Ruby of Possum Creek Games
I have been looking forward to today’s interview for SO long. Last fall, we funded a Kickstarter that was WILDLY successful for a little
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Three free D&D NPCs: Dragonborn
Of all the races in the Player’s Handbook, I think I was most dissatisfied with the Dragonborn. While playing as humanoid dragons is pretty
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012 Droppin’ Best Sellers on DM’s Guild with JB aka DropTheDie
Welcome to Episode 12 of Roll Play Grow, the podcast for tabletop entrepreneurs, creators, and fans. I am Courtney Stover of Lightheart Adventures, and
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011 – Tabletop Photography with Charles of NPC Creations
Welcome to Episode 11 of Roll Play Grow, the podcast for tabletop entrepreneurs, creators, and fans. I am Courtney Stover of Lightheart Adventures, and
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010 – Sewing Dice Bags with Dani of Hoop and Loom
We’ve got a giveaway on Twitter to celebrate ten episodes! Keep reading for more details. Hello! It’s episode TEN of Roll Play Grow, the
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Scroll-io Review: A new homebrew resource for Dungeon Masters
Full disclosure: I was paid to write a Scroll-io review for both the website and Kickstarter. All views and opinions are my own. It’s
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009 – Starting a Screen Printing Shop & Fighting for your Passions with Ressie of Inkling
Welcome to Episode 9 of Roll Play Grow, the podcast for tabletop entrepreneurs, creators, and fans. CW: Suicidal Ideation at 20:50 Our ninth guest is
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Explore collapsed tunnels with this week’s free dungeon encounter: Buried Archives
I want to try something a little different with today’s free dungeon encounter. Normally, I write up a little narrative to explain the “why’s” and
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Explore the Darkness with Wyrd’s From Nightmares: A first look at the newest Through the Breach Expansion
It’s a big day for fans of Malifaux: Through the Breach, as the newest expansion book From Nightmares released on Feb 26th! This book expands
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008 – Publishing Novels & Writing Unique Campaigns with Beth of D&D Duet
Okay, I have a fun story about how I discovered today’s guest. Back before we set up a Patreon for Lightheart Adventures, I was
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Free Zweihander One Shot: What Growls Beneath
One of my goals when starting Lightheart Adventures was to diversify my TTRPG knowledge by experimenting with other systems. My familiarity lay mostly with D&D