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I’m new here. What’s Dice Exploder?

Hello and welcome! Each week on the Dice Exploder podcast, we break down a tabletop RPG mechanic as deep as we possibly can.

Also sometimes we write blogposts.

Who are we?

Dice Exploder was created by Sam Dunnewold. He doesn’t host the show very often anymore, but he still blogs sometimes.

Dice Exploder is currently hosted by Seraphina Garcia Ramirez. She also blogs sometimes.

Dice Exploder is currently edited by em acosta. They blog over here.

Oh sweet. Where should I start?

Get your podcast app out and sub there. That’s where the action is.

Just diving into the world of RPG design? Try this romp of an episode Sam did with Mikey Hamm (Slugblaster) about our namesake mechanic: Exploding Dice.

Can you list a dozen PBTA and FITD games from memory? Here’s a great one with Aaron King (RTFM podcast) about custom moves in Apocalypse World, and specifically Love Letters.

Want to see just how deep an episode of this show can go? Come with Sam and Alex Roberts (For the Queen, Starcrossed) as we ask “what even is love?” while going deep on Kagematsu’s Pity Points.

Unable to resist the siren call of the dragon game? Sam got his dad to come on the show and tell him all about how he used to run D&D for Sam and his friends back in the third grade while he did his best to avoid discussing his least favorite mechanic, THAC0.

Like solo games or just want to listen to one of Sam’s all around favorites? Here’s Jeeyon Shim (Field Guide to Memory) about Two Hand Path’s Coloring Book Character Sheet.

Looking for something to read? Here’s a post breaking down how one of Sam’s regular groups dove into playing without any rules established and how it went.

Contact

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Sam on bluesky

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