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Pain in the Dice

Pain in the Dice

By Terry Robinson

A podcast exploring RPGs including the industry, table experience, and development process from the team behind Systematic Understanding of Everything, Mage the Podcast, and The Story Told.
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Pain in the Dice Plays Scion, Part 3

Pain in the DiceSep 15, 2022

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RPG Academics and Defining a Game with Plot Points' Dr. Scott Bruner
Dec 17, 202301:19:57
So Whatcha Playin' - Hunter 5th and Gencon Recap
Sep 06, 202351:60
RPGnomics - Port Saga and License Holders with Rachel J Wilkinson
Aug 18, 202358:50
Storyteller Vault Lessons with Radio Free Arcadia
Jun 28, 202344:24
Book Talk - Adversaries of the Righteous for Exalted 3e

Book Talk - Adversaries of the Righteous for Exalted 3e

Exalt characters need Exalt-level foes and Adversaries of the Righteous provides them in spades. Chazz and Terry talk sneak peaks at Exalt types, earth elemental apocalypse cults, and so so so many charms.

Adversaries of the Righteous - This book on DTRPG

Hundred Devils Night Parade - Another book of things

Jun 16, 202301:15:05
Book Talk - Scion 2e Book Three: Demigod
Oct 24, 202201:19:45
AI Art and the RPG Industry with Jason Pitre

AI Art and the RPG Industry with Jason Pitre

Midjourney, Dall-E, and Stable Diffusion are poised to disrupt the market for commissioned art. How do these technologies work and how might they effect RPG publishing? Jason Pitre of Genesis of Legend Publishing joins to discuss.

Midjourney Bot home -Web interface for the Midjourney model

Stable Diffusion - Local or cloud image generation

Artbreeder - Image modification tool

Monkey Selfie Copyright case - The macaque who didn't own a copyright

Jason on Mage the Podcast - In which we talk about belief mechanics

Noir World - Noir Powered by the Apocalypse

Sig: City of Blades - Totally not Sigil

Carry - A game about the Vietnam war

Poser - a 3D Rendering program

Todd Lockwood - Artist

Egon Schiele - Artist

Peter Mohrbacher - Artist

Sep 24, 202201:08:06
Pain in the Dice Plays Scion, Part 3

Pain in the Dice Plays Scion, Part 3

Pain in the Dice Plays Scion: Hero Second Edition! The third of three episodes in which we discover that sometimes swimming is an interesting action and that Enhancement is a lovely way to accrue successes.

Sep 15, 202201:03:56
Pain in the Dice Plays Scion, Part 2

Pain in the Dice Plays Scion, Part 2

Pain in the Dice Plays Scion: Hero Second Edition! In which what is obviously a villain is revealed and we discuss Josh's truck.

Sep 15, 202255:52
Pain in the Dice Plays Scion, Part 1

Pain in the Dice Plays Scion, Part 1

Pain in the Dice Plays Scion: Hero Second Edition! This is the first of three parts in which Chazz storyguides for various people and a train is involved.

Sep 15, 202257:24
So Whatcha Playin' - Mage LARPing and Fall of Magic
Aug 26, 202254:55
RPGnomics - The Fall of TSR with Slaying the Dragon Author Ben Riggs
Jul 14, 202245:32
RPGNomics - Economics of Actual Plays with Patrick McNamara
May 21, 202201:08:53
Book Talk - Hundred Devils Night Parade for Exalted 3e
Feb 03, 202201:18:13
Our (Late) 2021 Look Back and 2022 Resolutions with Monica Speca

Our (Late) 2021 Look Back and 2022 Resolutions with Monica Speca

Time is meaningless and is both passing rapidly and also at a crawl. So let's talk about what we did in 2021! Chazz and Terry are joined by SUoE cohost Monica Speca to talk what we did and what we hope to do.

Jan 26, 202238:08
RPGnomics - Michael Parker on What RPG Distributors Do

RPGnomics - Michael Parker on What RPG Distributors Do

Guest Michael Parker walks us through what an RPG distributor does, their role in the market, and how they've adapted to the rise of Amazon, digital distribution, Kickstarter and the changing nature of local game stores.

Dec 21, 202101:08:38
Book Talk - Heirs of the Shogunate for Exalted 3e

Book Talk - Heirs of the Shogunate for Exalted 3e

Heirs to the Shogunate outlines cadet houses, forest witches, outcastes, notable Dragon-Blooded, new charms, a civil war, and more. Chazz and Terry walk through what the book offers and how they think it fits into the evolving 3rd Edition.

Dec 14, 202101:02:13
RPGnomics - Kickstarter Shipping and V5 Community Content Rollout
Nov 29, 202135:23
Book Talk - Titanomachy for Scion 2e
Nov 16, 202101:07:53
RPGnomics - Drivethrurpg Reprints on Ebay

RPGnomics - Drivethrurpg Reprints on Ebay

Terry had a bunch of old DTRPG reprints that he'd replaced with originals so he went to Ebay to sell. He shares his experience while Josh considers Ebay ethics and the glories of offset print runs.

Oct 26, 202143:46
Learning From Not Our Favorite Games

Learning From Not Our Favorite Games

Chazz and Terry talk what they've learned from recent games that maybe weren't their favorites and what makes for a game they're glad to play vs a game they're glad to have played.

Oct 26, 202135:38
Introducing Pain in the Dice

Introducing Pain in the Dice

Welcome to Pain in the Dice! A project by Chazz and Terry of Pain in the Dice games. We'll be launching a few projects in the coming weeks so I figure I should introduce them. 

So Lets Try which documents one shots by first timers who have a fair amount of experience with other games as well as our experiences learning the system.

RPGnomics which explores topics in the RPG business

How We Game where we discuss topics pertaining to the table experience and conversations with our friends and contacts who've thought about games.

Our goal is to release something roughly twice a month but we'll see how it actually works out.

In the mean time, if you have any questions, shoot us a message at questions@paininthedice.com, I'm @terryrobinson on twitter and Chazz is @storytoldchazz

Oct 26, 202101:14