Tome Advice

In this episode of The Tome Show, Jeff Greiner sits down to talk with Jeremiah McCoy and Eric Paquette about RPGs other than D&D. How can reading and playing other games, exploring other rule-sets, and thinking about new settings enhance your D&D game? What other popular games should you look at? Listen to find out!  Links: Jeremiah McCoy on the Web Jeremiah McCoy on Twitter Eric on Twitter Jeff on Twitter Thetomeshow.com Patreon.com/thetomeshow   [...]

In this episode of The Tome Show, Tracy Hurley sits down with Michael Mallen, Megan Connell, Elizabeth Kilmer, and Jared Kilmer, to talk about playing RPGs with players who have a trauma history, respecting player agency, checking in for appropriate topics, triggering factors in the game, and consent at the gaming table. Links: The Id DM on Dragon Talk Game to Grow with Adam and Adam Megan Connell on the Web Michael Mallen on Twitter Megan Connell on Twitter

In this episode Jeff sits down with Rabbit Stoddard, Sam Dillon, Neal Powell, and Dan Dillon to discuss MEGADUNGEONS! What are they? How do you run them? Are they fun? Can you run them using D&D 5e? All of this and more! What’s your favorite megadungeon? Thanks to our sponsor NOBLE KNIGHT GAMES! Bumper Music by Amy Vorpahl Links: Rabbit Stoddard on Twitter Rabbit Stoddard on the Web Sam Dillon on Twitter Sam Dil [...]

In this episode Jeff sits down with Ishmael Alvarez, Jeremiah McCoy, and Brandes Stoddard to discuss multiclassing in 5th edition D&D.  Bumper Music by Amy Vorpahl Links:   Jeremiah McCoy on the Web Jeremiah McCoy on Twitter Ishmael Alvarez on Facebook Ishmael Alvarez on Twitter Brandes Stoddard on Twitter Brandes Stoddard on the Web

In this episode Jeff and Tracy sit down with Ishmael Alvarez, Eric Paquette, and Brandes Stoddard to discuss the wizard class in 5th edition D&D.  Bumper Music by Amy Vorpahl Links: Tracy on Twitter   Tracy on the Web Eric on Twitter  Ishmael Alvarez on Facebook Ishmael Alvarez on Twitter [...]

In this episode Jeff and Tracy sit down with Ishmael Alvarez and Eric Paquette to discuss the wizard class in 5th edition D&D.  Bumper Music by Amy Vorpahl Links: Tracy on Twitter   Tracy on the Web Eric on Twitter  Ishmael Alvarez on Facebook Ishmael Alvarez on Twitter Jeff on Twitter < [...]

In this episode Jeff sits down with Brandes Stoddard, Ishmael Alvarez, and Jon Green to discuss the monk class in 5th edition D&D.  Thank you to our sponsers, Noble Knight Games and Dice Envy  Bumper Music by Amy Vorpahl Links: Brandes Stoddard on Twitter Brandes Stoddard on the Web Brandes Stoddard at Tribality Jon Green on Twitter

In this episode Jeff and Tracy sit down with Brandes Stoddard and Jon Green to discuss the barbarian class in 5th edition D&D.  Thank you to our sponsers, Noble Knight Games and Dice Envy  Bumper Music by Amy Vorpahl Links: Brandes Stoddard on Twitter Brandes Stoddard on the Web Brandes Stoddard at Tribality Jon Green on Twitter Tracy on Twitter Tracy on the Web [...]

In this episode Jeff and Tracy sit down with Ginny Loveday, Shawn Merwin, and Ishmael Alvarez to discuss the rogue class in 5th edition D&D.  Thank you to our sponser, Easy Roller Dice  Bumper Music by Amy Vorpahl Links: Ginny Loveday on Twitter Shawn Merwin on Twitter Down with DnD Podcast Ishmael Alvarez on Facebook Ishmael Alvarez on Twitter Tracy on Twitter

In this episode Jeff and Tracy sit down with Brandes Stoddard, Ishmael Alvarez, and Louis Brenton to discuss the druid class in 5th edition D&D.  Thank you to our sponser, Noble Knight Games!  Bumper Music by Amy Vorpahl Links: Brandes Stoddard on Twitter Brandes Stoddard on the Web Brandes Stoddard at Tribality Ishmael Alvarez on Facebook Ishmael Alvarez on Twitter Louis Brenton on Twitter [...]

In this episode, Jeff is joined by 3 exceptional guests - Paige Leitman (D&D Facebook moderator), David Hartlage (owner of DMDavid Blog), and Ryan Costello (host of Know Direction Podcast) - to discuss accessories at your gaming table. Each guest discusses 2 or 3 great additions to your table that you might want to check out. Thanks to our sponsor, Noble Knight Games! Links:   Paige Leitman on Twitter Paige Leitman on Facebook DMDavid on the Web DMDavid on Facebook DMDavid on Twitter

In this episode Jeff and Sam sit down with Brandes Stoddard and Dan Dillon to discuss the ranger class in 5th edition D&D. What was the basis for the first Ranger? What Ranger archetypes have been developed over the years? What is the best way to use the Ranger’s spells and skills? Does the Beastmaster Ranger really suck? (Spoiler Alert: No, it doesn’t!!) Thank you to our sponser, Noble Knight Games!  Jeff’s NK Pick of the Episode. DriveThruRPG link to By Flame, Storm, and Thorn   Links: Dan Dillon on Twitter D&D 5e Group on Face [...]

In this episode Jeff Greiner sits down with Ginny Loveday and Paige Leitman to discuss sexual harassment and the gaming community. Does it still happen? What can you do if you witness harassment at a gaming event, convention, or home game? What can we do to make sure the people in our lives feel safe while gaming? Learn the answers to these questions and more! Links: Ginny Loveday on Twitter Ginny Loveday on Facebook Paige Leitman on Twitter Paige Leitman on Facebook Jeff on Twitter Thetomeshow.com

In this episode Jeff and Tracy sit down with guests Ishmael Alvarez, Mike Shea, and Sam Dillon to discuss map use in your D&D games. The use of maps and minis necessarily differs from so-called theater of the mind play, and this group discusses the ins and outs of both methods. Lots of great tips and advice come out the discussion no matter which style you prefer. Links: Sly Flourish’s Guide to Narrative Combat in 5e D&D Mike on Twitter SlyFlourish.com Ishmael Alvarez on Facebook Sam on Twitter RPG Musings[...]

In this episode Jeff is joined by two Tome Show newbies - Simon Oberbrinkmann and Jason Shamblin - to talk about rebinding damaged D&D books. The 5e D&D core books are notorious for falling apart due to the glue used in the binding process. What can you do do when this happens? Other than Calling Wizards of the Coast’s customer service line, you can rebind your books yourself, or have a local shop do it. Listen to this episode to hear more! Here are images of the rebound books discussed in the episode: Spiral Bound by local office supply store: Professionally Bound book 1 Professionally Bound book 2

In this episode Jeff and Tracy are joined by an all star cast! Their guests are Dan Dillon, a prolific freelancer who publishes most of his work with Kobold Press, Shawn Merwin, who hosts the Down with D&D Podcast and writes for the Adventurer’s League, and Stephen Radney-MacFarland, a former D&D designer who now designs for Paizo Publishing! This motley group has a lively discussion about alignment in your games - a bit on the history of alignment systems, how they have evolved over the different editions of the game, if you should use them, why you should use them, how you should use them - the good, the bad, and the ugly!  Thank you to our sponsor NOBLE KNIGHT Links: Stephen Radney-MacFarland Delve RPG

In this episode, Mike and Sam from Behind the DM Screen invade the Tome and talk to Jeff about decluttering your gaming shelf.  Thanks to our sponsor: Noble Knight Games - which can help YOU declutter by buying your unwanted gaming books and accessories. Be sure to tell them that the Tome Show sent you. Thanks to Amy Vorpahl for our opening bumper music! Links: Mike on Twitter SlyFlourish.com Sam on Twitter RPG Musings Jeff on Twitter Th [...]

In this episode Jeff is joined by the Tome Show’s social media coordinator, Ishmael Alvarez, and cohost of the Performance Check podcast, Jon Green! They sit down to talk about Paladins! What’s so cool about these holy warriors? How different are Paladins from Fighters and Clerics? Why should you play a Paladin? How do you make a Paladin awesome? They discuss all of this and more on this episode of the Tome. Thank you to our sponsor, Noble Knight Games! Links: Ishmael Alvarez on Facebook Jon Green on Twitter Jeff on Twitter Thetomeshow.com

In this episode Jeff and Tracy are joined by the Tome Show’s senior editor, Sam Dillon, and artist and D&D enthusiast Jason Thompson - you know him, he’s the one that does the cool comic walk throughs of iconic D&D modules! They all sit down to talk about Clerics! What’s so cool about clerics? How does clerical spellcasting work? What domain should you take? What are the best roleplaying opportunities for a cleric? They discuss all of this and more on this episode of the Tome. Thanks to our sponsor for this episode: EasyRollerDice.com Links: Jason Thompson on Twitter Jason Thompson on the Web Jas [...]

In this episode Jeff is joined by the Tome Show’s new social media director, Ishmael Alvarez, and author of the Brimstone Angels series of books, Erin M Evans, to talk about Warlocks! What’s so cool about warlocks? How does warlock spellcasting work? What pact should you take? What are the best roleplaying oppotunities for each pact? They discuss all of this and more on this episode of the Tome. Thanks to our sponsor for this episode: EasyRollerDice.com Links: Ishmael Alvarez on Facebook Fat Goblin Games Erin M Evans on Twitter