Adventuring Academy

Adventurers, alight! Veteran gamemaster Brennan Lee Mulligan dives deep into role-playing games, with tips for everyone from first-time players to other pros.

Type: tv

Season: 1

Episode: 1

Duration: 0h 0m

Release: 2018

Rating: 0.0

Season 1 - Adventuring Academy
2018-12-19
"Lou Wilson joins Brennan for Fantasy High secrets, first-time DM fails, and tips for scary villains."
2019-01-09
"Amy Vorpahl and Brennan talk antisocial orphans, nine-year campaigns, and babies that ruin games."
2019-01-23
"Brian Murphy and Brennan discuss when to kill off PCs and reveal what's behind their DM screens."
2019-02-06
"Erika Ishii and Brennan chat about honing social skills through DnD and building trust with players."
2019-02-20
"Noah Diamond and Brennan dig into overpowered magical items and what to do when PCs just wanna loot."
2019-03-06
"Molly Ostertag and Brennan get into the ethics of fudged dice rolls and why 5e is so queer-friendly."
2019-03-20
"Matthew Mercer and Brennan get into Harry Potter's rad world building and those tricky NPC accents."
2019-04-03
"Satine Phoenix and Brennan chat about level splits, bending the rules, and letting your PCs fail."
2019-04-17
"B. Dave Walters and Brennan talk about making twists more twisty and manifesting character traits."
2019-05-01
"Marisha Ray and Brennan tackle crying during gameplay and players with different ways of listening."
2019-05-15
"Nick Marini joins Brennan to talk about making characters to fit a world and being a flexible PC."
2019-05-29
"Krystina Arielle joins Brennan to talk about playing as the nervous newbie and the experienced one."
2019-06-12
"Ify Nwadiwe, Amy Vorpahl, & Erika Ishii join Brennan to discuss the big moves & ships of the season."
2019-06-26
"Matthew Mercer, Rekha, & Trapp join Brennan to discuss all the surprises and challenges of the show."
2019-07-10
"Ivan Van Norman joins Brennan to discuss setting horror expectations and how to play traitorous pcs."
2019-07-24
"Siobhan Thompson joins Brennan to generate random characters and talk about The Unsleeping City."
2019-08-07
"Jack Covell joins Brennan to talk about letting go and running campaigns without intense planning."
2019-08-21
"Peter Warren joins Brennan to discuss how studying screenwriting made them better DMs, & vice versa."
Season 2 - Adventuring Academy
2020-09-14
"Freddie Wong joins Brennan to talk shifting tones, keeping stakes high, and the power of audio."
2020-09-21
"Brennan and Aabria talk about remote DMing, leaving room for improv, and how to fail."
2020-09-28
"Omega Jones (aka CriticalBard) joins Brennan to talk merging music with D&D and more."
2020-09-28
"Kelly Lynne and Brennan talk storytelling, representation, and dungeoncrawling inside an octopus."
2020-10-05
"Jennifer and Brennan talk accessibility, communication, and the importance of breaks."
2020-10-12
"Orion Black joins Brennan to talk actualplay vs. shows and more."
2020-10-19
"Alicia Marie joins Brennan to talk accessibility in gaming, overcoming social insecurity, and more."
2020-10-26
"Caldwell Tanner joins Brennan, to discuss being Murph & Emily's friend and DMing."
2020-11-02
"Emily joins Brennan to talk chaos, DMing, music, and more."
2020-11-09
"Honey and Dice joins Brennan to talk self-care, the intimidation of D&D, learning to say no."
2020-11-16
"Rude Tales of Magic's Branson Reese joins Brennan to talk shop."
2020-11-23
"Tanya joins Brennan to discuss Into the Motherlands, TTRPGs, and more."
2020-11-30
"Deborah joins Brennan to talk choices, rewriting your past, and wise villains."
2020-12-07
"Jasmine Bhullar joins Brennan to talk vile villains, running games on camera, and more."
2020-12-14
"Becca Scott joins Brennan to talk horror, one-shots, and Um Actually."
2020-12-21
"Benjamin Scott (aka Puffin Forest) joins Brennan to talk D&D, animation, and more."
2020-12-28
"Game designer Gabe Hicks joins Brennan to talk about building & tweaking games and more."
2021-01-04
"Griffin talks with Brennan about getting into 5e and finding what's important in storytelling."
2021-01-11
"Travis joins Brennan to talk theater of the mind, player choices, and more."
2021-01-18
"Dael Kingsmill joins Brennan to talk homebrew, running games, and more."
Season 3 - Adventuring Academy
2021-03-01
"Carlos Luna joins Brennan to talk improv, D&D, and more."
2021-03-08
"The Rotating Heroes' Podcast's Zac Oyama stops by to talk DMing, being ready, and more."
2021-03-22
"Daniel Kwan joins Brennan to talk representation, using TTRPGs to educate, and more"
2021-04-05
"LaTia joins Brennan to talk DMing vs. being a player character, Rivals of Waterdeep, and more."
2021-04-19
"Diana Gaeta joins Brennan to talk writing, TTRPGs, and more!"
2021-05-03
"Join the Party's Eric Silver joins Brennan to talk dinner \/ DMing parallels and more."
Season 4 - Adventuring Academy
2022-10-18
"Persephone Valentine joins Brennan to talk DMing origins, discovering yourself, and paladins vs. sorcerers."
2022-11-01
"Ross Bryant joins Brennan to discuss improv, theater of the mind, and Tide pods filled with chili."
2022-11-15
"Connie Chang joins Brennan to talk GMing influences, world building, and metal dice."
2022-11-29
"Matthew Mercer returns to the show to talk logistics, butterfly wing effects, and worldbuilding."
2022-12-13
"Lou Wilson returns to the show to talk GM growth, dice variety, and face masks."
2023-02-07
"Sam de Leve joins Brennan to talk about being a jock-nerd, opera, and chosen one narratives."
2023-02-21
"Aabria Iyengar returns to the show to talk about how she deals with the pressure of running large campaigns, emotional world building, and how to play as unlikable characters."
2023-03-07
"Johnny Stanton joins Brennan to talk about using D&D as a creative outlet, why he loves DMing for new players, and how much gum should come in a pack."
2023-03-21
"Jasmine Bhullar returns to the show to talk setting expectations, how she creates NPCs, and min-maxing."
Season 5 - Adventuring Academy
2024-07-01
"Sam Reich joins Brennan to talk creative north stars and why failure is more interesting than success."
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2024-08-26
"Ify Nwadiwe returns to the show to talk about his nerdy origins and which D&D class is the horniest."
2024-09-23
"Zac Oyama returns to the show to talk railroading versus sandboxing and why you can't be polite in improv."
2024-10-21
"Anjali Bhimani joins Brennan to discuss speculative fiction and why actors should play TTRPGs."
2024-11-18
"Brian David Gilbert joins Brennan to discuss lore and why all sandwiches should be pressed."