Adventurers, alight! Veteran gamemaster Brennan Lee Mulligan dives deep into role-playing games, with tips for everyone from first-time players to other pros.
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Adventuring Academy: Office Hours is a short series of livestreamed videos. These episodes are not on Dropout, and can only be found on YouTube.
4 episodes
Brennan is LIVE to tell you all about two exciting new series and answer your questions!
Runtime: 24 minIntroducing ADVENTURING ACADEMY: OFFICE HOURS, a new LIVE show from Brennan Lee Mulligan.
Runtime: 21 minBrennan Lee Mulligan's here to offer advice, answer questions, and tell you everything you need to know about running a tabletop RPG.
Runtime: 30 minIn this episode of Adventuring Academy: Office Hours Brennan talks about building compelling characters, using character motivation as a GM and allowing yourself to become the true author of your campaign world!
Runtime: 33 minNo overview available.
18 episodes
Lou Wilson joins Brennan for Fantasy High secrets, first-time DM fails, and tips for scary villains.
Runtime: 53 minAmy Vorpahl and Brennan talk antisocial orphans, nine-year campaigns, and babies that ruin games.
Runtime: 56 minBrian Murphy and Brennan discuss when to kill off PCs and reveal what's behind their DM screens.
Runtime: 60 minErika Ishii and Brennan chat about honing social skills through DnD and building trust with players.
Runtime: 60 minNoah Diamond and Brennan dig into overpowered magical items and what to do when PCs just wanna loot.
Runtime: 53 minMolly Ostertag and Brennan get into the ethics of fudged dice rolls and why 5e is so queer-friendly.
Runtime: 58 minMatthew Mercer and Brennan get into Harry Potter's rad world building and those tricky NPC accents.
Runtime: 56 minSatine Phoenix and Brennan chat about level splits, bending the rules, and letting your PCs fail.
Runtime: 51 minB. Dave Walters and Brennan talk about making twists more twisty and manifesting character traits.
Runtime: 52 minMarisha Ray and Brennan tackle crying during gameplay and players with different ways of listening.
Runtime: 50 minNick Marini joins Brennan to talk about making characters to fit a world and being a flexible PC.
Runtime: 54 minKrystina Arielle joins Brennan to talk about playing as the nervous newbie and the experienced one.
Runtime: 47 minIfy Nwadiwe, Amy Vorpahl, & Erika Ishii join Brennan to discuss the big moves & ships of the season.
Runtime: 65 minMatthew Mercer, Rekha, & Trapp join Brennan to discuss all the surprises and challenges of the show.
Runtime: 63 minIvan Van Norman joins Brennan to discuss setting horror expectations and how to play traitorous pcs.
Runtime: 51 minSiobhan Thompson joins Brennan to generate random characters and talk about The Unsleeping City.
Runtime: 46 minJack Covell joins Brennan to talk about letting go and running campaigns without intense planning.
Runtime: 62 minPeter Warren joins Brennan to discuss how studying screenwriting made them better DMs, & vice versa.
Runtime: 61 minNo overview available.
20 episodes
Freddie Wong joins Brennan to talk shifting tones, keeping stakes high, and the power of audio.
Runtime: 69 minBrennan and Aabria talk about remote DMing, leaving room for improv, and how to fail.
Runtime: 91 minOmega Jones (aka CriticalBard) joins Brennan to talk merging music with D&D and more.
Runtime: 93 minKelly Lynne and Brennan talk storytelling, representation, and dungeoncrawling inside an octopus.
Runtime: 95 minJennifer and Brennan talk accessibility, communication, and the importance of breaks.
Runtime: 90 minOrion Black joins Brennan to talk actualplay vs. shows and more.
Runtime: 94 minAlicia Marie joins Brennan to talk accessibility in gaming, overcoming social insecurity, and more.
Runtime: 95 minCaldwell Tanner joins Brennan, to discuss being Murph & Emily's friend and DMing.
Runtime: 95 minEmily joins Brennan to talk chaos, DMing, music, and more.
Runtime: 99 minHoney and Dice joins Brennan to talk self-care, the intimidation of D&D, learning to say no.
Runtime: 101 minRude Tales of Magic's Branson Reese joins Brennan to talk shop.
Runtime: 93 minTanya joins Brennan to discuss Into the Motherlands, TTRPGs, and more.
Runtime: 94 minDeborah joins Brennan to talk choices, rewriting your past, and wise villains.
Runtime: 108 minJasmine Bhullar joins Brennan to talk vile villains, running games on camera, and more.
Runtime: 88 minBecca Scott joins Brennan to talk horror, one-shots, and Um Actually.
Runtime: 93 minBenjamin Scott (aka Puffin Forest) joins Brennan to talk D&D, animation, and more.
Runtime: 84 minGame designer Gabe Hicks joins Brennan to talk about building & tweaking games and more.
Runtime: 90 minGriffin talks with Brennan about getting into 5e and finding what's important in storytelling.
Runtime: 90 minTravis joins Brennan to talk theater of the mind, player choices, and more.
Runtime: 93 minDael Kingsmill joins Brennan to talk homebrew, running games, and more.
Runtime: 93 minNo overview available.
6 episodes
Carlos Luna joins Brennan to talk improv, D&D, and more.
Runtime: 97 minThe Rotating Heroes' Podcast's Zac Oyama stops by to talk DMing, being ready, and more.
Runtime: 92 minDaniel Kwan joins Brennan to talk representation, using TTRPGs to educate, and more
Runtime: 88 minLaTia joins Brennan to talk DMing vs. being a player character, Rivals of Waterdeep, and more.
Runtime: 92 minDiana Gaeta joins Brennan to talk writing, TTRPGs, and more!
Runtime: 84 minJoin the Party's Eric Silver joins Brennan to talk dinner / DMing parallels and more.
Runtime: 94 minNo overview available.
9 episodes
Persephone Valentine joins Brennan to talk DMing origins, discovering yourself, and paladins vs. sorcerers.
Runtime: 84 minRoss Bryant joins Brennan to discuss improv, theater of the mind, and Tide pods filled with chili.
Runtime: 87 minConnie Chang joins Brennan to talk GMing influences, world building, and metal dice.
Runtime: 89 minMatthew Mercer returns to the show to talk logistics, butterfly wing effects, and worldbuilding.
Runtime: 93 minLou Wilson returns to the show to talk GM growth, dice variety, and face masks.
Runtime: 100 minSam de Leve joins Brennan to talk about being a jock-nerd, opera, and chosen one narratives.
Runtime: 76 minAabria Iyengar returns to the show to talk about how she deals with the pressure of running large campaigns, emotional world building, and how to play as unlikable characters.
Runtime: 88 minJohnny Stanton joins Brennan to talk about using D&D as a creative outlet, why he loves DMing for new players, and how much gum should come in a pack.
Runtime: 76 minJasmine Bhullar returns to the show to talk setting expectations, how she creates NPCs, and min-maxing.
Runtime: 92 minNo overview available.
6 episodes
Sam Reich joins Brennan to talk creative north stars and why failure is more interesting than success.
Runtime: 92 minRekha Shankar joins Brennan to discuss how improv is like solving a puzzle and why Frasier is the best tv show.
Runtime: 99 minIfy Nwadiwe returns to the show to talk about his nerdy origins and which D&D class is the horniest.
Runtime: 84 minZac Oyama returns to the show to talk railroading versus sandboxing and why you can't be polite in improv.
Runtime: 98 minAnjali Bhimani joins Brennan to discuss speculative fiction and why actors should play TTRPGs.
Runtime: 101 minBrian David Gilbert joins Brennan to discuss lore and why all sandwiches should be pressed.
Runtime: 80 minThe only show that honors the bravery of snacking and discussing D&D is back!
6 episodes
Izzy Roland joins Brennan to discuss her D&D origins, romance in TTRPG, and The Real Housewives.
Runtime: 101 min