Hearty Dice Friends

It's gross, but it happens to everyone at some point in their lives. Best to try and enjoy it. Much love, - Grant and Chris

It is Christmas eve. All through the house Grant & Chris were arguing about a range of Christmas themed topics, including such gems as: Christmas beverages Pigs in blankets and Yorkshire puddings have a fight What is a Christmas elf? The candy cane conspiracy Rudolph Vs. The polar express Yule log replacements Entity chefs. It gets odd, it gets festive, and it gets very hearty after a bucks fizz or two. Mad Christmas love from G & C

Chris is still ill, but we're here, hewing raw podcast from the rock walls of the podcast mines to render down into something listenable. We hope you appreciate the effort we've gone to. In this week's episode: - RPG tattoos - D&D PVP - Fixing magic systems - Collectible Card RPGs? And several more! Much love, - Grant and Chris

Chris is ill. Not the cool kind, the phlegm kind. It's gross. Partly because of this a solid chunk of this episode is comprised some of the stranger things rattling around in Grant & Chris's brain meats, such as: Post-post dragonmeet roundup teensy tiny review section as we bought a bunch of books Inspiring classes Making bad decisions fun Challenge Anneka Overwatch waifus Pokemon waifus We build "Depression: The RPG" Nostalgia An intro for a large ham Dangerously big love from, Grant & Chris

Camel-Man, Camel-Man Does whatever a camel can Does he have an efficient gait? You had better believe it, mate Look out Here comes the Camel-Man - G+C

Bit of a weird one this week. That is to say weirder than usual. Treat yourself to Grant & Chris talking at length about: Super limited body art rules Dead trousers Worldbuilding? The horseman's word The forever system Extended wanking monologue TPKs Arming Nazis (but in a good way) Beating someone to death with a telephone Cow Owls So brace for impact and get some Hearty Dice Friends inside you. - G&C

We've all got one somewhere: maybe it's under the bed, or at the back of your wardrobe, or in your attic. But at some point in everyone's life you make a functional mystical womb, for occult purposes, and there's no shame in doing so. Also in this week's episode: - Dad hobbies - The worst possible rules mechanics - Bee injuries - Innocent Biotech Corporations - Ultra Light Rules - Triple-sized possums And many more. We adore you. Come here, beautiful - let us give you a warm embrace. - G+C

So let's say you need a coven of celebrity witches, quick cinematic fights, or an extended discussion about why Dwarves are awesome. You are lost and alone, stranded in a mental prison. Who will rescue you? Who will save you from this torment? The Hearty Dice Friends of course! For a very reasonable fee they will help you out of almost any non-dangerous predicament!

Back with their classic brand of irreverent humour, tired funnymen Grant & Chris deal with the issues facing the roleplaying community today. Examining such topics as: - Playing games in literal Hell - VR - Reading RPGs for fun - Fear of game mechanics - and so much more! So please join our hosts for more advice, poignant and tender emotional scenes, and the odd nob joke. - Grant & Chris

WoooOOOooooOOO! It's a spooky theme episode! This week: - Fuckable skeletons? - Haunted fridges? - Three intros? - Pinhead Ker-plunk? - Kelpies? And several more. Much spooky love, - G + C

We return with an actual episode! Listen to two tired boys solve each and every Role-Playing Problem facing the community today. Featuring such hot button topics as; - Ghost themed Heroes - How to help first time GMs - Big ol' piles o' gold - Family drinking. - HP Lovecraft was an asshole. So spend some time with us and our dulcet tones. Because we love you, we love you more than Them. - G&C

Just a short one this week, as we're rushed off our feet with the Kickstarter - but we didn't want to leave you without your precious, precious advice. In this week's episode: - Is GMing hard? - What's the best dice mechanic? - Wouldn't life just be easier if we could roll dice for everything? - Printer repair tips And at least one more. We adore you. Sorry about the horse. - G+C

Episode's gonna be late this week. We explain why in this short sound file.

We asked you to ask us who would win in fight. You did that in bundles, so we give you your winners in this special fighty episode of HDF. Magic animals, witchy educators, two almost dead people, and a very one sided fight between a pirate and some crabs. Much love, G&C

What would be a good familiar? Maybe a load of wasps. A big dog. A hat with a fieldmouse in it. A big dog with a load of wasps in it. Anyway. In this episode: - Fixing familiars - Just giving up and leaning into the fantasy trope - Making the best haunted house ever using only your mum and a vampire We love you, - Grant and Chris

"Ah, that's your problem right there - soon as one of these little buggers learns how to swordfight, they're all cutting each other's heads off and quickening and whatnot, and before long you're gonna ruin your whole carpark with lightning. I can take care of it, but I'll need an ancient samurai sword and a fake Spaniard, so it's gonna cost you." Also featuring: - Samurai fights! - Dickbag thieves! - Enid Blyton fanfic - A new means of explaining XP - Hit Points, and why they need to stop And many more. We adore you. Happy birthday. - G+C

Magical toads for Adventurers League, animals doing BAD CRIMES, evil names and I-spy, with probably more besides! Treat yourself to some HDF, you deserve it. - G&C

Look! Here's a clown! And over here, a big man in a leotard, lifting a weight! And up there, a load of acrobats juggling in mid air! Hooray! Anyway, this is a roleplaying game advice podcast, definitely. - G+C

"Do YOU want to have sex in a car in the woods? Do YOU want to espy a contractor's hairy arse hanging out the side of a Vauxhall Astra? Download DOGR today!" Also in this week's episode: - Unlimited budget LARPs - Hard vs Soft game design factors - HDF perfume? - Reskinning monsters? - Travel that doesn't suck? And many more. We love you. - G+C

Do YOU want to know where award-winning games designer Monte Cook lives and how to contact him via phone? We do. We just don't know. We need it for an upcoming game. Please help. Also in this episode: - PvP campaigns, and why they shouldn't - Bad advice from experienced players - What do owlbears eat? - Good guy Necromancers And many more! Much love, - Grant and Chris