Til Dice Do Us Part
A tabletop RPG podcast hosted by a nerdy couple from Glasgow, Scotland. They introduce listeners to new games, both mainstream and indie, and support storytellers with their Ask A GM feature. The show also includes quizzes and Python-esque silliness.
Episodes
Episode 36: Prideful Play & Lesbian Liabilities
“Back once again with the renegade (games-)master", it's a new episode of Til Dice Do Us Part for the first time in quite a while! Our Pride Month special starts with a section on Queer Themes In Roleplaying Games. We discuss how LGBTQIA+ history intersects with roleplaying games - setting the scene for how world history developed alongside gaming - and then explore how players and GMs
Episode 35: Price Postulations & Taste Testing
We couldn't let 2023 end without giving you another episode - even if George has been haunted by some ill tidings of late - and so here we are with a rather chaotic episode we hope you'll still enjoy. First up is a Quiz, where George once again asks Ailsa to guess the prices of the random nerdy tat he has purchased. (With a slight twist, this time - only 6 items are actually purchased
Episode 34: Family Gaming & Faux Fairy Tales
Our usual podcasting pair becomes a talking troika in this episode, as we are joined by education writer and RPG creator DC Bradshaw. With his help we aim to answer an Ask A GM in which the listener enquires about introducing roleplaying games to an audience of children and how you can tailor your rules and setting towards them. Since DC Bradshaw has written his very own D&D-for-kids version
Episode 33: Caledonian Campaigns & Edinburgh Escapades
“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft agley", as Robert Burns once said, but we've just about managed to get an episode published for January. Join the gang at Til Dice Towers as we talk roleplaying games but also Scotland in this latest Ask A GM - with Graeme from Vancouver asking us what is the most Scottish roleplaying game. That's a surprisingly complex question. Wh
Episode 32: Vehicle Viewpoints & Theme-Park Trauma
After slaving away at a hot laptop, George and Ailsa bring you a bumper episode out of Til Dice Towers just in time for Christmas. Why not download this while you are travelling home to see family or friends and hear us talking about... well, travelling, as we discuss World Building and how the differing methods of getting around your campaign world can have a whole lot of knock-on effects on the
Minisode 31.9 - Grand Returns & Giveaways
What's this? A Til Dice episode appearing in your feed? Yes, that's right, we're here to let you know that we're getting ready to make a triumphant return - and even have a competition to announce to celebrate our second birthday. Tasty treatos all round!The Ramshackle Games website is https://ramshacklegames.co.uk/. You can find many miniatures for sale there, but in parti
Minisode 31.5 - Spoon Shortage & Schedule Slippage
A little PSA follows to let you know our schedule is going to be a bit more relaxed for the next wee while. We're still going to be putting out content, but not as regularly as before.Thanks for your patience and your continued support - it means a lot to us.Contact us by email on tildicepodcast@gmail.comWe can be found on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram under @tildicepodcastOur theme music
Episode 31: City Musings & Capital Wanderings
OK, this trip to London didn't go quite as planned... this episode has been edited in London City Airport while the Til Dice gang awaits the release of the Mailer Daemon from a crime he absolutely definitely did commit. Still, we recorded some stuff beforehand that we can share with you, including this World Building discussion on the topic of cities. They are an integral part of our real l
Episode 30: Excellent Princesses & Entangled Plans
Covid has come and gone from Til Dice Towers, which means we can finally get back to the studio and record you an episode again! We are opening with an Elevator Pitch for The Excellents, an RPG of being an Awesome Princess produced by the wonderful people at 9th Level Games. A game themed around media like She-Ra or Sailor Moon, we talk about the pros and cons of this little game and what happen
Episode 29: Miniature Madness & Mysterious Mashups
We may be a little late (and a little tired) but we got there in the end! It's Episode 29 of Til Dice Do Us Part and it starts with a return to the Ask A GM mailbag. The Mailer Daemon might be behaving a bit weird but he still brings us a letter from a player who is finding their GM's constant use of miniatures in every combat irritating. In our answer we'll talk about the histor
Episode 28: Guessing Licenses & Generating Knights
This episode it's sequel central at Til Dice Towers - both our sections are flashbacks of sorts to topics we have addressed before. First off it's a Quiz about licensed role-playing games: ten true-or-false suggestions, just like Episode 4. This time it's a whole new mix of properties for Ailsa to guess if they really got a tabletop RPG release or if it's absolute nonsense.
Episode 27: Primetime Television & Prominent Gamers
Get yourself some popcorn, sit yourself down on your couch, and turn on the television - it's time for an Elevator Pitch that introduces Primetime Adventures. This is a game we've mentioned a few times before in the podcast but not gone into any detail about until now. We'll explain how the system works, how the unusual series planning operates, and hopefully not get lost backstag
Episode 26: Evil Bloodsuckers & Edition Wars
The new year is well and truly underway now, so it's time for Til Dice Do Us Part to resume new episodes. First up it's an Elevator Pitch in which we discuss one of the most gothic of games: Vampire the Requiem, the 21st century reboot by White Wolf of their Vampire RPG. We hope to help you decide whether this is for you by discussing our experiences reading and playing this game, and
Episode 25: Festive Fun & Christmas Critters
It's Christmas time! Join the Til Dice Do Us Part team for a party.... er, I mean avery sensible team meeting in this special podcast episode! First up, we've got some inspiration as George & Ailsa share their experiences at advent-themed adentures when they talk about Christmas In Gaming. They'll tell you about some Christmas-y themed adventures they have played in a few diff
Episode 24: Conjuring Contemplations & Class Quizzes
There has now been a whole year of the Til Dice Do Us Part podcast. Truly, that's a magical milestone.... and we've got a magical World Building discussion to start things off. Join us as we discuss things to consider with your game world involving magic-users, psychics, super-powered individuals and the like. How common are they? How are they trained? How are they legally controlle
Episode 23: Challenge Ratings & Cliffhangers
Honestly - we were only away for a week and it's absolute chaos here at Til Dice Do Us Part studios! We can still knock together an episode however, and in amongst the pandemonium we've got another Quiz for you. This time it's Play Your Monsters Right: a format inspired by the old British quiz show Play Your Cards Right (or Card Sharks if you want to get North American about thi
Episode 22: Partnership Presents & Camp Carnage
The secret is out - Ailsa and George got a Civil Partnership! This special episode of Til Dice Do Us Part takes you right into the thick of the geek social event of the decade, where the great and the good are all in attendance. We're going to take you to our hotel room right after the ceremony for a little Quiz where we'll be guessing the prices of some high quality, much desired item
Episode 21: Nostalgic Ghosts & Nasty Videos
We're back! We've rested our bodies and minds and healed any alligator inflicted injuries, so it's time for Til Dice Do Us Part to resume! Our first episode back is also our Halloween special, and we start proceedings with a bloodcurdlingly brilliant Elevator Pitch. The game we are talking about this time is Spooktacular by Yaruki Zero Games, a retro-clone that recreates the lon
Episode 20: Choose-Your-Own-Adventure & Carbon-Copy Characters
George might be a little.... blood-lossy, but he's still going to try and run Ailsa through a Quiz segment. We are talking about the choose-your-own-adventure style adventure gamebooks that so many of us grew up with - whether it was Fighting Fantasy books or more Famous Five. It seems everything had game books made of it in the 80s and 90s... or did it? With our true or false quiz we&apos
Episode 19: Gaming Inspiration & Gig Economies
Sometimes this podcast brings you carefully planned items with meticulously honed scripts.... and sometimes we just wing it, as we do in this episode's X Meets Y segment. Once again George and Ailsa have a list of 20 books, films, TV shows and games and they're going to try and randomly combine some pairs together to come up with some gaming inspiration. Hear us combine Netflix shows w
Episode 18: Responsible Consent & Ribald Darkness
Content Warning: This episode contains brief references to sexual assault, violence, racism, torture, starvation, child death, mental health, panic attacks and drug use. There is no detail to these mentions and no explicit language is used. Get your children out of the room, switch off Granny's hearing aid, and make sure that your boss can't hear what's on your headphones as we hav
Episode 17: Appetising Adventures & Chipper Chums
Summer is here, and maybe you're out and about enjoying some barbeque foodstuffs or picnics, so we've got a food themed episode to get your geek taste buds going. First up is a World Building segment in which we discuss how to incorporate food into your settings when you are designing cities, countries, cultures and planets. What sort of food are your players likely to find in a local
Episode 16: Differing Investment & Dear Editor
Another fortnight has passed and once again the Til Dice Do Us Part gang are here! Let's open up proceedings with an Ask A GM and get the mailbag open - if Ailsa can arrive on time - and find out how to deal with a group where not everyone has the same level of investment in your setting. What do you do when one person knows everything about Marvel superheroes and another person can't
Episode 15: Bestiaries Quintupled & Bait and Switch Games
Maybe your brain is struggling in the summer heat, but we hope you can still give our latest Quiz a go. This time round, George has prepared a list of monsters where some but not all first originated in Monster Manual V - yes, third edition got up as far as a fifth Monster Manual! Ailsa is going to have to rack her brains to deduce which of these bizarre creatures are just bizarre enough to have
Episode 14: Animated Amalgams & Golem Gaming
It's been a while since we did one of our X Meets Y Mashups so lets get our D20 table of random TV shows, books, films and other media to see what we can do! George and Ailsa will try, with no preparation, to combine two franchises together for inspiration in creating RPG characters, adventures and campaigns. This time round we've got two Anime staples, a French comic book classic, and
Episode 13: Wacky Fiascos & Wish.Com Guessing
Some of you may have superstitions about the number 13, but we hope this vaguely luck themed episode isn't an ill omen for you! It commences with a little intro to the show for anyone who is new before we leap into another Elevator Pitch. This time we're discussing the game Fiasco - the game of crazy schemes, plots gone wrong and screwball comedy in the vein of a Coen Brothers movie.
Episode 12: Mental Health & Mischievous Monsters
Content Warning: This episode contains discussion of mental illness, eating disorders, and self-harm. If you are affected by any of the issues discussed and are struggling, please contact The Samaritans, Mind, or Breathing Space for support.We get things going this week - with a brief interruption involving Tuppy name-dropping - with a serious discussions about Mental Health in Role-playing Games
Episode 11: GMing For Beginners & Gothic Gaming
It's time to crack open the mailbag again as the Mailer Daemon brings us another letter for Ask A GM. This one is from Jon from Yorkshire, who is taking their first steps into running games but is having some issues preparing to play and assembling a group. Some of this is general advice and some is more Covid-specific problems - how do you assemble a group in a era when you can't go t
Episode 10: Gallifreyan Gaming & Active Alliteration
There's a heavy concentration of Arton energy, temporal phenomenon and wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey nonsense going on at Til Dice Do Us Part HQ. Hop into George's rather, erm, unique time machine and join us on an Elevator Pitch for Doctor Who by Cubicle 7. Learn how you can battle a Dalek with only six-sided dice, marvel at how useful running away can be as a life skill and discover just
Episode 9: Warrens & Word Use
Things are a bit manic here at Til Dice Do Us Part Headquarters so we don't have time for much prep - we just have to leap straight into our next Elevator Pitch, even if Ailsa's introduction is.... a bit suspect. But don't let that put you off - we've got a lot to say about The Warren, a game which lets you roleplay out the life of rabbits with a heavy dose of Watership Down.
Episode 8: Real Adventures & Rules Lawyers
Once again it's a battle of wills as George runs Ailsa through another Quiz of a tabletop persuasion. This time it's a True or False on a list of ten module titles, some of which are genuine pre-packaged adventures available for sale for a variety of high profile systems and others are terrible puns, rephrased titles and just terrible word vomit from George's imagination. Can Ails
Episode 7: Hockeysticks & Her Majesty's Service
No content warning required for this episode as we go back to basics - or is that back to school? Find out in our Elevator Pitch in which we discuss Hellcats & Hockeysticks, a roleplaying game of anarchic schoolgirls in a decidedly British vein. We discuss our experiences of this game - George in running it, Ailsa in playing it - and why we think you should give it a spinThen we go back to a
Episode 6: Romantic Worldbuilding & Raunchy Quizzing
Content Warning: Sex, Relationships, Sex Work, Pregnancy, Homophobia & Transphobia. No explicit language is used in this episode.Valentine's Day sees us do a slightly more risqué episode of the podcast, such as a section on World Building where we focus on how to be inspired in creating your characters and game worlds by questions of sex, sexuality, relationships and the like. So much o
Episode 5: Core Rules Quiz & Clashing Characters
Another Ask a GM question has come to us - from a different source than usual - and it asks us about playing in a game where one character just doesn't gel with the rest. You know the type: the Paladin in a party full of rogues, the loner superhero in the middle of a focused team or the Inch-High Incel in the cast of a socially liberal podcast. How do you deal with a game group that's
Episode 4: Licensed Lies & Rocking Roleplay
Things might be a bit dark right now but the first show of 2021 opens with a bit of a laugh as we do our first Quiz section. This episode's theme for the quiz is Licensed RPGs - George has got a list that includes some genuine games and some balderdash books, but can Ailsa tell them apart? Feel free to play along, and possibly bemoan the games that shouldn't exist but do and vice vers
Episode 3: Pick 'n' Mix & Player Paranoia
We start the show off with an aid to your imagination via our X Meets Y section, in which we use our TOP SECRET FORMULA to come up with adventure and campaign ideas. Marvel as, armed with a D20 and no script, we come up with some brand spanking new ideas as we record! Be inspired to try the same thing yourself! Doubt that we really did manage to combine medieval literature and 60s sitcoms with
Episode 2: Warriors of Britain & Wheelchair Users
This time round we bring you another Elevator Pitch - if Ailsa can stop making Python references long enough - and introduce you to King Arthur Pendragon, the Arthurian adventure game by the late Greg Stafford. We give you some pointers as to whether or not this game would be your cup of tea, both from Ailsa's perspective playing it and George's recollections of running it.There'
Episode 1: Night Witches & Nervous Players
Our podcast makes its start with the first of many Elevator Pitches to introduce you to games you may not be familiar with. This time it's an introduction to Night Witches, a historical game of female pilots battling Nazis on the Eastern Front of World War II. (Terrible accents optional for you, mandatory for us.)We then move on to our agony aunt section Ask a GM and the topic of how to dea
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