Digressions and Dragons
Brian Casey and Scott Rehm • Society & Culture, Leisure, Games, Personal Journals
Brian Casey and Scott Rehm • Society & Culture, Leisure, Games, Personal Journals
Digressions and Dragons
Brian Casey and Scott Rehm • Society & Culture, Leisure, Games, Personal Journals
Brian Casey and Scott Rehm • Society & Culture, Leisure, Games, Personal Journals

About

Brian and Scott, two long-time Game Masters for Dungeons and Dragons and other Role Playing Games, don't hand out advice about your game. Instead, they take a wide ranging view of the RPG hobby as a whole, discuss current trends and developments, and visit a variety of other subjects in what can only be described as living up to the name of the show. More at DigressionsAndDragons.com

Episodes

  • Episode 68 — “Di and Bye”
    We're all done here.… Continue reading →
  • Episode 67 — “Make Sure That Doesn’t Get In The Show”
    Scott rethinks 13th Age. Brian has actual Transit news. We both go VERY Old School. And WotC made some announcements.… Continue reading →
  • Episode 66 — “You Wouldn’t Enjoy Not Breathing”
    Creation motivation. Twitter departures. Brian’s favorite comic character. Scott’s current favorite game. Recommendations and reviews. This must be Digressions and Dragons.… Continue reading →
  • Episode 65 — “Wolf Pelt Armor”
    Scott returns from black out with ideas about crafting. Brian attempts to explain how to map while not mapping. We both noticed things on the internet we want you to know about.… Continue reading →
  • Episode 64 — “Left-Handed Kermit”
    Brian wonders if Scott is a 10,000-hour GM. Scott finishes Breath of the Wild and then goes dark. And, among the several problems with online game groups, they both try to solve any one of them.… Continue reading →
  • Episode 63 — “Shotgun Fuel”
    Curses, toys, gaming, and new careers feature heavily in this week’s episode. Scott has a happy memory and Brian has a sad one. It’s all here inside this very show. … Continue reading →
  • Episode 62 — “Witness Me!”
    With no plan in hand, it’s a no holds barred discussion of gaming culture and man’s inhumanity to man, the terribleness of exposure, breaking cycles, and how to apply lessons from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild to your table top RPG.… Continue reading →
  • Episode 61 — “Bad Advice From Bad People”
    Scott and Brian wrestle with prioritizing. Scott plays cool games for the holidays but gets a terrible gift from his nephew. Brian doesn’t.… Continue reading →
  • Episode 60 — About A Book: “Hogfather”
    Leslie and Brian go all in on the final reading club book, Hogfather by Terry Pratchett. Also, summary of the years reading and a discussion of future plans as things come to an end.… Continue reading →
  • Episode 59 — “A Grim Satisfaction In Their Despair”
    Happy Holidays, folks.… Continue reading →
  • Episode 58 — “Give Up Kitten”
    We don’t give life advice. No, seriously. We don’t. So, this episode is clearly not about giving life advice. Therefore, it must be about Video Games, Tabletop Games, and assorted other things that IN NO WAY relate to practical life advice.… Continue reading →
  • Episode 57 — About a Book “The Fifth Season”
    PLEASE NOTE: We refer to the first person perspective quite a lot in this discussion. This is, of course, patently absurd as we clearly mean the second person perspective. Please adjust accordingly. How will The Fifth Season fare when compared to our last book? Has Brian found another winner, or is it just typical genre writing with nothing interesting to offer? And has Leslie been put off reading forever? … Continue reading →
  • Episode 56 — “The Full Meal Deal”
    The designers of D&D 4e were upfront about saying the edition was inspired by World of Warcraft. Problem is, they were wrong. Brian explains the whys and wherefores to Scott. With mixed success. Plus, there’s Harry Potter talk, postcard talk, video games of other sorts, and more to get you through the long Thanksgiving afternoon.… Continue reading →
  • Episode 55 — “Just Say He’s On Fire!”
    Brian has questions. Very important question. Scott went to Gamehole Con and can’t wait to tell you all about it. Plus, video games, Pathfinder 2 Playtests, and a very dangerous line of thought regarding Dungeons and Dragons.… Continue reading →
  • Episode 54 — “Subtle Corruption”
    Scott talks books. Brian talks SHUX. The gaming community discussion continues. Your questions, answered. That’s what we do around here.… Continue reading →
  • Episode 53 — About A Book: Mistborn
    Well, that was certainly a book which we all read. No doubt about it. Touted as one of the finest fantasy novels/series of the last 20 years, one can only wonder what we thought of it after having read the whole thing.… Continue reading →
  • Episode 52 — “Chuckles And The Rock Monster”
    What can we say? It was early in the morning when we recorded. At least we got to talk about the most horrific show Scott has ever seen, Brian’s PS4 problems, and a bit about designing for popularity. Brian: https://twitter.com/Fiddleback Scott: https://twitter.com/TheAngryGM Website: http://www.DigressionsAndDragons.com Email: DigressionsandDragons@gmail.com Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Google Play Are you… Continue reading →
  • Episode 51 — “Back To Pretending To Care”
    Scott goes overboard in space, Brian can’t find his destiny, listeners have difficult to answer questions, and we’d really like to know what we owe the community. If there even is one. … Continue reading →
  • Episode 50 — “About A Book: Doctor Who – The Pirate Planet”
    Leslie and Brian sit down and recap / review Doctor Who: The Pirate Planet by James Goss.… Continue reading →
  • Episode 49 — “One Continuous Song of Jazz”
    Who monitors the monitors? Is Scott too elite, or just too dangerous? A couple of listener questions and a couple of questions for listeners round things out. And some watery cracks.… Continue reading →