WADY 11: One Shots Part 1: What Is A TTRPG One Shot?

Mar 28

Welcome to Episode 11 of We Aren’t Dead Yet, a podcast throwing magic missiles into the ttrpg, gamer and speculative fiction sphere and seeing whether we come out alive at the end.

Every Thursday will be WADY Day, a celebration of something gamer, literature or culture shocking with three friends who found each other online via World Anvil and went “Hey! Let’s talk”. We found out we all have a lot to say and different approaches to the same questions.

We have a veteran Dungeon Master, an award winning World Builder & Media Producer, and a bestselling cyberpunk + mythpunk author, here to snark, speak and speculate on fiction, creative professions and games.

Today’s episode… One Shots Part 1: What Is A TTRPG One Shot?!

What is a TTRPG one shot? We kick things off in this episode by defining (and later try to redefine) exactly that and the numerous benefits of running one with your group. We're talking about low commitment for those who can't do an entire campaign and an easy entry point for newcomers to get their feet wet. Plus, one-shots let you live out those whacky character concepts you'd never want to be stuck with long-term! Stick around until the end as we dish on our own experiences writing our very first one-shot adventures.

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We’ll see you next week for the second episode of our One Shot series!