About this episode

Mike Shea discusses D&D and RPG news, offers commentary, and shares tips for lazy gamemasters.

D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com Contents 00:00:00 Show Start 00:00:58 Sly Flourish News: Rise Kickstarter, Single Target Number, Make Monsters Unique, Blood of the Primordials 00:06:56 Sly Flourish News: Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster Sample Walkthrough 00:17:29 Commentary: Nimble RPG First Thoughts 00:36:29 DM Tip: What Is a Lazy Gamemaster? 00:48:03 Patreon Question: Handling Persuasion Checks 00:53:53 Patreon Question: Light-weight OSR versus Crunchier new RPGs for Campaigns 00:59:29 Patreon Question: Running City of Arches After Heroes of the Borderlands Links Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster! Visit Sly Flourish Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books: Subscribe to the Sly Flourish RSS Feed Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Podcast (Ad Free!) A Single Target Number Make Monsters Unique Nimblenomicon

People in this episode

Host: Mike Shea

Topics covered

• D&D news
• RPG commentary
• Lazy Gamemaster tips
• Persuasion checks
• OSR vs Crunchy RPGs
• Nimble RPG thoughts

Keywords

• D&D
• RPG
• Lazy Gamemaster
• Nimble RPG
• Persuasion Checks
• OSR
• Kickstarter

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sly Flourish

Products: Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster, Nimblenomicon, Blood of the Primordials, Single Target Number

Books & works: City of Arches, Heroes of the Borderlands

More episodes of The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish

• Adventure Types — Lazy RPG Talk Show · July 20, 2026 · 1h 3m
• Hunting Lashmaraq – Dragon Empire Prep Session 72 · July 17, 2026 · 45 min
• Prep and Run Lazy Campaigns — Lazy RPG Talk Show · July 13, 2026 · 1h 3m
• Jabir al Seki – Dragon Empire Prep Session 71 · July 10, 2026 · 36 min
• Expanding Each of the Eight Steps — Lazy RPG Talk Show · July 6, 2026 · 1h 2m
• Jabir al Seki – Dragon Empire Prep Session 70 · July 3, 2026 · 47 min

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish podcast page.