Kristin has conversations with our community's wonderful DM's about how they got started, tips and tricks, and much more. This week the wonderful Tom joins us and shares his knowledge about Table Top Roll Play Games beyond just D&D, and to clarify that it is Player Characters within TTRPGs that he enjoys mercilessly killing. ::WCK:: https://wickedcoolkids.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/wicked.cool.kids/ https://www.patreon.com/WickedCoolKids/ https://www.youtube.com/@WickedCoolKids/ https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wckpod/ RSS Feed - https://anchor.fm/s/eab97cfc/podcast/rss ::Merch:: https://www.redbubble.com/people/WickCoolKids/ ::2BlindCats:: https://2blindcats.co.uk/ ::JB-Media:: https://www.instagram.com/jbmedia.dnd/ https://www.patreon.com/jasonburkemedia/ ::Chapters:: (00:13) Opening (01:03) How long have you been playing? (06:00) Did DND influence your career choice? (08:37) Has DND influenced your desire to go from director to actor? (10:45) Finding TTRPG at University (11:55) When did you first find Call of Cthulhu? (17:39) BladeRunner... film review? (19:05) There's more than just DND?! (23:11) The benefits of playing multiple TTRPG (28:54) Preperation for different TTRPG (32:07) Killing is wrong Tom! (37:21) Protecting the players (48:52) Closing and thanks

WCK OneShot: Tree of Memories Happy New Year!! This episode we have something special for you. Instead of our usual conversations, Jason runs the Tree of Memories OneShot that he created for this event as we put into practice some of the insights and ideas from the last few episodes. Enjoy! ::WCK:: https://wickedcoolkids.co.uk/ https://www.instagram.com/wicked.cool.kids/ https://www.patreon.com/WickedCoolKids/ https://www.youtube.com/@WickedCoolKids/ https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wckpod/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wicked-cool-kids/id1720823034 RSS Feed - https://anchor.fm/s/eab97cfc/podcast/rss ::Merch:: https://www.redbubble.com/people/WickCoolKids/ ::2BlindCats:: https://2blindcats.co.uk/ ::JB-Media:: https://www.instagram.com/jbmedia.dnd/ https://www.patreon.com/jasonburkemedia/ ::Chapters:: (00:00:05) Opening (00:01:47) The Adventure Begins (00:04:06) Meet Veda (00:05:51) To the dining hall (00:07:33) Meet Maurice (00:09:53) To the meeting room (00:10:19) Meet Venlee (00:26:04) FIRE! Something is wrong! (00:27:30) Alister's trap (00:40:18) Shoo! (banishment) (00:42:12) To the platforms (01:52:33) Master of Cruelties gets bricked (01:56:58) To the Memory Tree (02:14:41) Alister get assimilated (02:16:20) Communing with the tree

Merry Christmas, happy holidays, and if you don't celebrate at all, good Sunday, and welcome to a very special episode! Usually Kristin has conversations with our community's wonderful DM's about how they got started, tips and tricks, and much more. However this week the script is flipped as Kristin is put in the hot seat as Jason hosts so you can enjoy a fun and feel-good conversation. ::WCK:: ⁠⁠⁠https://wickedcoolkids.co.uk/⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/wicked.cool.kids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/WickedCoolKids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@WickedCoolKids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wckpod/ ⁠⁠RSS Feed - ⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/s/eab97cfc/podcast/rss⁠⁠ ::Merch:: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/WickCoolKids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠::2BlindCats:: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://2blindcats.co.uk/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠::JB-Media:: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/jbmedia.dnd/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/jasonburkemedia/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ ::Chapters:: (00:13) Opening (00:37) How long have you been playing D&D? (03:37) Going from player to DM (06:07) Preparation for games (11:53) Kristin's first session as DM (14:09) Favourite session to run? (17:32) Favourite part of being a DM? (20:54) Any desire to run a campaign? (23:31) Advice for new DMs (27:58) Closing and thanks

Episode 5: Characters: Adding flavour In this episode, Joe talks to Lee, Jason and Kristin about how they add flavour to their characters, and just how important flavour and individuality is in characters for enjoying a TTRPG. ::WCK:: ⁠⁠⁠https://wickedcoolkids.co.uk/⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/wicked.cool.kids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/WickedCoolKids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@WickedCoolKids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wckpod/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wicked-cool-kids/id1720823034 ⁠⁠RSS Feed - ⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/s/eab97cfc/podcast/rss⁠⁠ ::Merch:: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/WickCoolKids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠::2BlindCats:: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://2blindcats.co.uk/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠::JB-Media:: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/jbmedia.dnd/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/jasonburkemedia/⁠⁠⁠ ::Chapters:: (00:00:12) Opening (00:01:08) Flavour with accents (00:23:05) Flavour with actions (00:35:04) Flavour with gear, skills, spells and features (00:43:54) Flavour with artwork (00:50:23) What is our primary focus for flavour (00:55:33) Impact of other characters on our own flavour (00:58:19) Is being unique actually important? (01:00:05) Flavouring duplicated characters (01:02:24) Wrap up

Kristin has conversations with our community's wonderful DM's about how they got started, tips and tricks, and much more. This week, Joe joins us telling tales of his perilous journey from complete and blissful ignorance to playing more D&D than he really has time for and running games for both old and young. ::WCK:: ⁠⁠https://wickedcoolkids.co.uk/⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/wicked.cool.kids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/WickedCoolKids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@WickedCoolKids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wckpod/ ⁠RSS Feed - ⁠https://anchor.fm/s/eab97cfc/podcast/rss⁠ ::Merch:: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/WickCoolKids/⁠⁠ ⁠::2BlindCats:: ⁠⁠⁠https://2blindcats.co.uk/⁠⁠ ⁠::JB-Media:: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/jbmedia.dnd/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/jasonburkemedia/⁠⁠ ⁠ ::Chapters:: (00:13) Opening (01:35) Joe's introduction to D&D (06:38) Running games for kids (12:23) Running games IRL (17:27) Kids vs Adults as players (23:59) Homebrew vs Prewritten modules (28:39) Do you enjoy being a DM? (34:09) Things learned to help be a DM (37:47) What makes being a DM enjoyable? (39:57) Moments of pride as a DM (43:35) D&D's impact day-to-day (44:51) Advice to new DMs (46:02) Closing and thanks

Episode 4: Characters: First, Worst and Favourite In this episode, Joe talks to Kristin, Lee, and Jason about characters they've played in D&D - specifically their first, their worst, and their favourite, and the reasons behind how they felt about those characters. ::WCK:: ⁠⁠⁠https://wickedcoolkids.co.uk/⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/wicked.cool.kids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/WickedCoolKids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@WickedCoolKids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wckpod/ ⁠⁠RSS Feed - ⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/s/eab97cfc/podcast/rss⁠⁠ ::Merch:: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/WickCoolKids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠::2BlindCats:: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://2blindcats.co.uk/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠::JB-Media:: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/jbmedia.dnd/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/jasonburkemedia/⁠⁠⁠ ::Chapters:: (00:12) Opening (00:45) First: Jason (03:54) First: Lee (07:56) First: Kristin (11:04) First: Joe (16:07) Worst: Lee (22:55) Worst: Jason (27:45) Worst: Kristin (33:37) Worst: Joe (39:14) Favourite: Kristin (46:04) Favourite: Jason (49:06) Favourite: Lee (52:54) Favourite: Joe (49:50) Wrap up

Kristin has conversations with our community's wonderful DM's about how they got started, tips and tricks, and much more. This week, Lee joins us with his fast paced adventure from shy and self conscious player and DM to amazing, talented, experienced self conscious player and DM. ::WCK:: ⁠https://wickedcoolkids.co.uk/⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/wicked.cool.kids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/WickedCoolKids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@WickedCoolKids/⁠⁠ https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wckpod/ RSS Feed - https://anchor.fm/s/eab97cfc/podcast/rss ::Merch:: ⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/WickCoolKids/⁠⁠ ::2BlindCats:: ⁠⁠https://2blindcats.co.uk/⁠⁠ ::JB-Media:: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/jbmedia.dnd/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/jasonburkemedia/⁠⁠ ::Chapters:: (00:13) Opening (00:55) D&D beginnings (02:50) Biggest hurdle to overcome (03:45) First one-shot and getting through anxiety (07:58) Do you enjoy being a DM? (09:45) Pick and Play adventures (13:30) Session Preparation (18:45) What kind of player makes life easy for you? (22:00) Favorite moments (23:36) Character Death (31:11) Character Relationships (33:53) Proudest DM moment (35:39) Closing advice for getting started

Episode 3: Character Creation Continued In this episode, we pick up where we left off with character creation. Kristin sits down with Jason, Joe, and Lee to dive deeper into character creation; talking about everything from backstories to character art, name generation to stepping into their shoes. Join us as we continue the conversation. Missed the beginning of the convo? Check out Part 1 ::WCK:: ⁠⁠https://wickedcoolkids.co.uk/⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/wicked.cool.kids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/WickedCoolKids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@WickedCoolKids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wckpod/ ⁠RSS Feed - ⁠https://anchor.fm/s/eab97cfc/podcast/rss⁠ ::Merch:: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/WickCoolKids/⁠⁠ ⁠::2BlindCats:: ⁠⁠⁠https://2blindcats.co.uk/⁠⁠ ⁠::JB-Media:: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/jbmedia.dnd/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/jasonburkemedia/⁠⁠ ::Chapters:: (00:00) Opening (00:52) Approaching backstorys (03:18) Establishing relationships (06:19) Backstory first steps (11:34) Starting level (18:13) Character names (24:28) Character art (32:58) Fantasy art and perfection (38:05) Character development (45:52) Roleplay rhythm (49:50) Wrap up

Kristin has conversations with our community's wonderful DM's about how they got started, tips and tricks, and much more. This week, Jason joins us with his wealth of knowledge around world building and agile storytelling. ::WCK:: ⁠⁠https://wickedcoolkids.co.uk/⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/wicked.cool.kids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/WickedCoolKids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@WickedCoolKids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wckpod/ ⁠RSS Feed - ⁠https://anchor.fm/s/eab97cfc/podcast/rss⁠ ::Merch:: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/WickCoolKids/⁠⁠ ⁠::2BlindCats:: ⁠⁠⁠https://2blindcats.co.uk/⁠⁠ ⁠::JB-Media:: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/jbmedia.dnd/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/jasonburkemedia/⁠⁠ ::Chapters:: (00:00) Opening (00:42) Becoming a DM (02:12) First game as DM (04:10) First campaign length (06:46) Time as a DM (09:22) Do you enjoy it? (12:25) How do you prep? (23:27) Ideal players (32:53) Favourite moments and moments of pride (40:11) Killing players (41:28) Scheduling (45:21) Advice for other DMs (50:14) Closing

Episode 2: Character Creation Kristin chats to Lee, Jason, and Joe about how they go about creating characters for D&D sessions, and why Warlock is the best class in the game... ::WCK:: ⁠⁠⁠https://wickedcoolkids.co.uk/⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/wicked.cool.kids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/WickedCoolKids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@WickedCoolKids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wckpod/ ⁠⁠RSS Feed - ⁠⁠https://anchor.fm/s/eab97cfc/podcast/rss⁠⁠ ::Merch:: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.redbubble.com/people/WickCoolKids/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠::2BlindCats:: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://2blindcats.co.uk/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠::JB-Media:: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/jbmedia.dnd/⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/jasonburkemedia/⁠⁠⁠ ::Chapters:: (00:00) Opening (00:35) Character creation? (01:45) First steps (07:23) Inspirations (10:00) Originality (16:00) Optimizing stats (23:38) DM Character creation rules (30:36) Just pick a Warlock (38:59) Wrap up