Venom in the Veins Deep Dive (Jon Pohl and Will Tramp)

About this episode

Luke explores the snake-temple dungeon crawl 'Venom in the Veins' with experienced GMs Jon Pohl and Will Tramp.

Luke explores our snake-temple dungeon crawl “Venom in the Veins”—one of the three major adventures found in the Pirate Borg expansion book Down Among the Dead. Two of our most experienced GMs, Jon Pohl and Will Tramp, join him, sharing their own experience running this adventure. There’s a room-by-room page turn, a general overview, and extra trips on tying this adventure into a larger campaign.

People in this episode

Host: Luke

Guests: Jon Pohl, Will Tramp

Topics covered

• dungeon crawl
• tabletop games
• Pirate Borg
• game mastering
• adventure design

Keywords

• dungeon crawl
• Pirate Borg
• tabletop RPG
• game master
• adventure

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Venom in the Veins, Down Among the Dead

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