◇ Eric from New Jersey asks how to explain TTRPGs to family, Mike from New York State shares about GM strengths, From the archive 2022: Weaselcreature talks note taking | Hosts: Pooja, Adam, & Artem ◇

00:33◇ Welcome & Episode Summary

02:01◇ Announcements – 1) Our next Game Daze will be in March! 2) OrcCon 2026 is coming up Feb 13-16th at the LAX Hilton. We will be doing our live show at 8pm on Saturday night!

05:08◇ Indie Designer of the Month: Tristan Zimmerman (he/him) of Molten Sulfur Press https://moltensulfur.com/

10:23◇ Mailbag 1 – Eric from New Jersey asks how to explain TTRPGs to family

31:30◇ Mailbag 2 – Mike from New York State shares about GM strengths

52:38◇ Mailbag 3 – From the archive 2022: Weaselcreature talks note taking

78:53◇ Episode Closing

86:42◇ Music

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◇ Gurg Murg asks about making game maps, M replies about their gaming group plans, From the archive 2022: Steve from So Cal asks what to expect from convention games | Hosts: Kimi, Clara, Pooja, ,& Vixie ◇

00:33◇ Welcome & Episode Summary

01:09◇ Announcements – 1) Our next Game Daze will be in March! 2) OrcCon 2026 is coming up Feb 13-16th at the LAX Hilton. We will be doing our live show at 8pm on Saturday night!

03:31◇ Indie Designer of the Month: Carrie Linden (she/they) http://www.snowbrightstudio.com/shop

07:43◇ Mailbag 1 – Gurg Murg asks about making game maps

26:14◇ Mailbag 2 – M replies about their gaming group plans

57:08◇ Mailbag 3 – From the archive 2022: Steve from So Cal asks what to expect from convention games

83:03◇ Episode Closing

109:24◇ Music

◇ Email happyjacksrpg@gmail.com or post in our Discord server to send in your own topic or question for the show!

◇ Find us on Youtube ◇Twitch ◇Bluesky ◇Instagram ◇Facebook ◇Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co

◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time.

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◇ Eric from New Jersey wants to talk about creating villains, Wes from Indianapolis takes player contracts literally, From the archive 2024: Darkknight asks about players voiding other PC’s abilities | Hosts: Kimi, Clara, Pooja, ,& Vixie ◇

00:33◇ Welcome & Episode Summary

02:09◇ Announcements

04:49◇ Indie Designer of the Month: Carrie Linden (she/they) http://www.snowbrightstudio.com/shop

09:34◇ Mailbag 1 – Eric from New Jersey wants to talk about creating villains

44:55◇ Mailbag 2 – Wes from Indianapolis takes player contracts literally

74:22◇ Mailbag 3 – From the archive 2024: Darkknight asks about players voiding other PC’s abilities

103:14◇ Episode Closing

109:24◇ Music

◇ Email happyjacksrpg@gmail.com or post in our Discord server to send in your own topic or question for the show!

◇ Find us on Youtube ◇Twitch ◇Bluesky ◇Instagram ◇Facebook ◇Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co

◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time.

◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintaining and improving the quality of our shows. patreon.com/happyjacksrpg

Ⓒ2026 Happy Jacks RPG Network www.happyjacks.org