Discern Realities

Jason Cordova & David Lafreniere

A podcast about the roleplaying game Dungeon World, inspired by hobby magazines like Dragon and Gygax. Each episode contains play tips, reviews, original material for your game, and our 'comic strip' AP.

  • 48 minutes 19 seconds
    Hearts of Wulin Special

    Jason is joined by Agatha Cheng and Lowell Francis to discuss Hearts of Wulin, coming to Kickstarter May 14th! 

    Time Codes 10:33 - Talking Mechanics 14:27 - Combat 22:04 - Elements and Playbook roles 40:49 - Kickstarter Details

    Links

    Hearts of Wulin https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gauntlet/227140374?ref=817189&token=9812b9e7

    10 May 2019, 2:27 pm
  • 53 minutes 16 seconds
    Episode 60

    What happened here recently? 00:00:24 - Stonetop at Gauntlet Con 2018

    What should I be on the lookout for? 00:09:42 - Ancient Worlds: Atisi

    What here is not what it appears to be? 00:16:10 - Sticking the landing

    What here is useful or valuable to me? 00:37:30 - Simple magic items from the early days of the Dungeon World Tavern.

    What is about to happen? 00:44:40 - The ongoing story of St. Evelyn the White 00:46:08 - Draw forth

    Link Stonetop https://spoutinglore.blogspot.com/2018/07/stonetop.html

    Ancient Worlds: Atisi https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/262268/Ancient-Worlds-Atisi

    Ancient Worlds: Atisi (Dyslexic-friendly) https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/262267/Ancient-Worlds-Atisi-Dyslexicfriendly-edition

    Stars & Wishes blog post https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/blog/stars-and-wishes

    Promo music Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License.Happy Ukulele by Scott Holmes is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial License. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Holmes/Happy_Music/Happy_Ukulele_1026

    3 February 2019, 2:06 pm
  • 37 minutes 43 seconds
    Dungeon World Basics 08 - Fronts

    Fronts 00:00:22 - What are Fronts? 00:07:44 - Dangers 00:13:03 - Grim Portents, Impending Doom, and Stakes Questions 00:23:46 - When do we write fronts?

    Actual Play 00:31:38 - The ongoing story of Lucero Castafiel 00:32:38 (Defy Danger CON; Defy Danger STR

    Links Our website

    www.gauntlet-rpg.com

     

    Our Patreon

    patreon.com/gauntlet

     

    Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

    24 November 2018, 4:44 pm
  • 48 minutes 10 seconds
    Dungeon World Basics 07 - "GM Moves"

    GM Moves

    00:00:46 - Overview

    00:06:42 - Soft Moves vs hard moves

    00:11:30 - When does the GM make moves?

    00:20:45 - Notes on each move

    00:39:50 - Closing thoughts

     

    Actual Play

    00:42:31 - The ongoing story of Lucero Castafiel

    00:43:32 - Rescue

    (Discern Realities; Defy Danger DEX)

     

    Links

    Our website

    www.gauntlet-rpg.com

     

    Our Patreon

    patreon.com/gauntlet

     

    Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

    9 November 2018, 8:54 pm
  • 46 minutes 32 seconds
    Episode 59

    What happened here recently? 00:00:22 - The Cold Ruins of Lastlife

    What should I be on the lookout for? 00:09:17 - Blog post: Making Combat Interesting

    What here is not what it appears to be? 00:13:05 - “Scary” monsters

    What here is useful or valuable to me? 00:25:13 - Codex Volume 1 Kickstarter

    What is about to happen? 00:34:05 - The ongoing story of St. Evelyn the White 00:35:24 - A nimbus of divinity 00:39:44 - Preach

    Links Codex Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gauntlet/codex-rpg-zine-volume-1-hardcover

    Skyler’s blog post http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/blog/making-combat-interesting

    25 October 2018, 3:34 am
  • 35 minutes 27 seconds
    Codex Volume 1 Kickstarter Special

    The Gauntlet Gaming Community, which produces this podcast, is launching its very first Kickstarter on October 2nd! We’re raising money to create a beautiful hardcover book collecting the first 13 issues of our zine, Codex. This special podcast episode features Lowell Francis and Jason Cordova discussing the history and development of the zine, the Kickstarter campaign, and the future of The Gauntlet community. It’s a fantastic conversation. Enjoy!

    1 October 2018, 1:39 am
  • 35 minutes 47 seconds
    Dungeon World Basics 06 - "GM Agenda & Principles"

    Timecodes 00:00:55 - How to GM Dungeon World 00:06:12 - GM Agenda 00:11:47 - GM Principles

    Actual Play 00:28:43 - The ongoing story of Lucero Castafiel 00:30:02 - Rescue

    Links +1 Forward (Feed includes episodes about Principles & Genre, MC Moves, Player Principles & Agendas, and more!) http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/1-forward

    Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com 
 Our Patreon patreon.com/gauntlet 
 Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

    26 July 2018, 1:47 pm
  • 25 minutes 55 seconds
    Dungeon World Basics 05 - "Anatomy of a Playbook"

    Anatomy of a Playbook 00:00:22 - Overview 00:01:35 - Front Page 00:07:30 - Back Page

    Actual Play 00:10:13 - Our ongoing comic strip actual play featuring Lucero Castafiel 00:13:24 - The Starlight Serpent 00:20:23 - The Voice

    Links Playbook PDFs http://dungeon-world.com/downloads/Dungeon\_World\_Play\_Sheets.pdf

     

    Our website

    www.gauntlet-rpg.com

     

    Our Patreon

    patreon.com/gauntlet

     

    Follow us on Twitter @GauntletRPG

    1 July 2018, 12:59 am
  • 40 minutes 44 seconds
    Dungeon World Basics 04 - "Special Moves"

    Dungeon World Basics 04

    The Special Moves 00:00:27 - Overview 00:02:30 - Last Breath 00:08:04 - Encumbrance 00:09:55 - Make Camp 00:11:19 - Take Watch 00:12:17 - Undertake a Perilous Journey 00:17:29 - End of Session 00:18:22 - Level Up 00:18:39 - Carouse 00:19:46 - Supply 00:21:10 - Recover 00:21:38 - Recruit 00:24:07 - Outstanding Warrants 00:26:45 - Bolster

    Actual Play 00:29:40 - Our comic strip AP featuring the story of Lucero Castafiel

    00:31:38 - Voices in the heavens (Discern Realities)

    00:35:31 - The shaft

    Links The Perilous Wilds http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/156979/The-Perilous-Wilds?term=perilous+wilds&test\_epoch=0

    Discern Realities Annual http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/237708/Codex--The-Discern-Realities-Annual?term=discern+realities+annual&test\_epoch=0

    14 June 2018, 5:43 am
  • 43 minutes
    Dungeon World Basics 03 - "Non-Combat Basic Moves"

    Non-Combat Basic Moves 00:01:26 - Defy Danger 00:09:27 - Spout Lore 00:15:00 - Discern Realities 00:21:19 - Parley 00:25:22 - Aid/Interfere

    Actual Play 00:34:17 - The passageway (Discern Realities)

    00:37:18 - Cavern (Discern Realities; Spout Lore)

    Links DR episode about Player v. Player conflict http://discernrealities.libsyn.com/episode-4

    Our website www.gauntlet-rpg.com

    14 May 2018, 1:51 pm
  • 54 minutes 47 seconds
    Episode 58

    What happened here recently? 00:00:22 - Legerdemain

    What should I be on the lookout for? 00:11:47 - Heart Points Podcast and ChimaeraCast

    What here is not what it appears to be 00:17:48 - Riding the line between power gaming and playing to lose

    What here is useful or valuable to me? 00:30:06 - Keepers of the Gauntlet contest results

    What is about to happen? 00:46:48 - The ongoing story of St. Evelyn the White 00:47:54 - Bubbling flesh 00:52:30 - A drastic measure

    Links Heart Points Podcast

    https://heartpoints.wordpress.com

    ChimaeraCast

    https://www.thechimaera.com/chimaeracast/

    26 April 2018, 1:10 pm
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