The Bearded Nerd Podcast

How to Encourage Your Players to Roleplay

In this episode, I provide tips and tricks to encourage your players to roleplay in your game. These tips are taken from real-life experience that I've had with many shy and new players who had no experience with roleplay games. Big thank you and shout out to Jeddun over on Patreon for the episode suggestion. Our Patreon community has been focused on building one another up and learning how to become Gamemasters. If you're interested, click this link to join the community. Keep Gaming!--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeardednerd/support

Creating and Catering Combat Encounters for All Types of Players

How many times have you prepped a combat scenario and at least one player at the table is just stacking dice? Or how often have you run combat and one side is having a blast while the other side is bored? If you've answered 'yes' to any of these, this episode is for you!This episode focusing on how to create a combat encounter and cater to the 3 different types of players: 1) the roleplayer, 2) the war-gamer, and 3) the hybrid. You'll gain some insightful and practical tips on how to incorporate everyone at the table so that everyone has a good time.If you'd like to show your support for this podcast, consider subscribing to the podcast. If you'd like to participate in exclusive content, go follow me here on Patreon.Hope you enjoy and be sure to recommend more; I'd love to tackle any topic. Keep Gaming!--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thebeardednerd/support

Terrain Crafting 101 with Jay’s Tabletop Terrain

In today's episode, we sat down with Jay of "Jay's Tabletop Terrain". Jay shared his journey into the Tabletop Terrain Crafting space, his Instagram show "Table Side Chats", and he gave us great advice for those who are just starting out in the hobby. Catch his show on Tuesday nights at 8:30 pm CST on Instagram. If you would like to know more about the show after the episode, check out his link here.
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Action Economy: What is It and How to Beef it Up

This episode is all about improving the action economy in your game. We talk about what it is and we give 5 easy ways to beef up the action economy so that it create a balanced and fun combat encounter. If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to subscribe to the podcast, leave us a 5-star review, and check out our social media links here. Keep Gaming!
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An Evening with Dicecream Sandwich

In this episode, I had the pleasure of sitting down with D&D TikTok, Instagram, and Streamer: Dicecream Sandwich. We spoke at-length about Dungeons & Dragons and how we both started playing. We also learned about his path as a content creator in the TikTok, Instagram, and streaming space. Lastly, we had a great time discussing some of the challenges that we as Dungeon Masters face and how we can mitigate them in the future. 
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How to Avoid, Manage, and Overcome DM Burnout

In this episode, I tackle the problem of DM Burnout and share with folks some simple and effective ways on how to avoid, manage, and overcome DM Burnout within the TTRPG hobby. Disclaimer: these are tips that I've learned over the years. If you are feeling any of these symptoms and feel need to seek professional help, I urge you to do so!
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World-building, Streaming, and More with Dollar Store DM

I had the pleasure of having Aislinn of Dollar Store DM on the show today. We spoke about our approaches to world-building and what inspires us to build our worlds. We also dived into terrain crafting, music producing, and streaming within the TTRPG/D&D space and how to manage multiple hats. I personally learned a lot from Aislinn and can't wait to have her back on the show.
Make sure to follow Dollar Store DM here for more D&D Content (Check out the Stream especially)!
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How to Be a Better Player, DM, and Podcaster with It’s a Mimic Podcast

I had the immense pleasure of sitting down with 2 of the hosts from It's a Mimic Podcast: the round-table D&D podcast, where you never know what you’re going to get! This being one of our longest episodes, we spoke at-length about various topics including their entrance into TTRPGs, Podcasting, and their challenges as DMs. We also hit on some of the current controversies within the D&D and TTRPG community and how to navigate through it.
If you enjoyed their dialogue, please consider supporting them here. Their schedules for episodes are typically on Tuesdays, but they are known for dropping more content throughout the week. Highly recommend giving them a follow!
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An Evening with Deep Dungeon Games

We had an amazing time with Deep Dungeon Games where we sat down and talked about D&D World-building and how they started, what inspired them, and what brought them into the wonderful hobby of Dungeons & Dragons. Deep Dungeon Games is your one-stop-shop for all things Dungeons & Dragons. I personally love the books that he's written and his approach to world-building; it's unique and methodical to say the least. If you enjoyed the episode, please check out Deep Dungeon Games here.
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An Evening with Tome of Summoning

Today I'm joined by the Founders and Operators of Tome of Summoning. We spoke about D&D, their career transitions into D&D, and how they are currently involved in the D&D community. They are also great humans and were great to have on as guests and cannot wait to have them back on. Be sure to check out their Kickstarter as it has been FULLY backed!
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*Apologies if the audio is rough, we had some technical issues.
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