The Rook & the Crook

About this episode

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review The Rook & the Crook and discuss various gaming techniques.

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review The Rook & the Crook by Taron Pounds, and answer a few mailbag questions. What techniques do you use when a session/campaign has to end early? How do you keep track of non-mechanical stuff in a game? 10:48 Mootsack 1 14:53 Mootsack 2 27:10 Main Review 01:06:03 Deep Dive Season 5, Bonus Episode 18: The Rook & the Crook For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for more ways to support the show ! Thanks to Bobby McElver  for the show's music and bumpers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Yochai Gal, Brad Kerr

Guest: Sam

Topics covered

• game review
• mailbag questions
• session techniques
• campaign management
• non-mechanical tracking

Keywords

• The Rook & the Crook
• Taron Pounds
• game review
• mailbag
• session management
• campaign techniques

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon

Books & works: The Rook & the Crook

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