About this episode

The hosts discuss collaboration in RPGs and managing board game collections.

Welcome to “But, Why Vikings?”. Each episode your hosts Tim Clare, Ava Foxfort, and Iain McAllister will answer a variety of tabletop related questions sent in to them by listeners. From tabletop etiquette to historical mysteries there is no question too esoteric for this group of gaming agony aunts. In this episode Ava and Tim answer a question about how to be a more collaborative player in an RPG and how to go about culling your boardgame collection. Our show notes links to games and sources we mention in running order. Games will have their BGG entry linked to, though we recognise that is not the only source of information on games. Games mentioned Dungeons & Dragons Pathfinder Apocalypse World Twilight Imperium Blood On the Clocktower El Grande Other things mentioned Comedian dies in the middle of a joke ⁠ Music by Fae Spencer on Pixabay ⁠ Our Socials Tim Clare Bluesky Website Ava Foxfort Bluesky Website Iain McAllister Bluesky Website

People in this episode

Hosts: Tim Clare, Ava Foxfort, Iain McAllister

Topics covered

• tabletop gaming
• RPG collaboration
• board game collection
• gaming etiquette
• listener questions

Keywords

• tabletop games
• RPG
• collaborative play
• board game culling
• gaming advice

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Apocalypse World, Twilight Imperium, Blood On the Clocktower, El Grande

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