Dungeons, Dragons, & Psychology Podcast
The Dungeons, Dragons, & Psychology Podcast is a TTRPG podcast that helps collaborative storytellers build great campaigns using psychology. Each episode dives into different aspects of tabletop roleplaying games, and offers listeners (psyclithids) tricks of the trade for how to improve their own games. Your host, Robert Walker, is a longtime DM and holds a MS in I/O Psychology. He is also the author of "Session Zero: The DMG to Writing Great Campaigns in any System."
Dungeons, Dragons, & Psychology Podcast
Meta-Gaming: Friend or Foe?
Do you ever feel the urge to use your player knowledge to give your character an unfair advantage? Is meta-gaming the arch-nemesis of immersive storytelling, or can it be wielded for good?
This episode dives deep into the psychology behind meta-gaming, exploring the situations where it breaks the spell and the moments where it can actually benefit your campaign. We'll also equip you with "Tricks of the Trade," offering tips for DMs and players to navigate this sometimes tricky terrain.
Learn how to:
- Use meta-gaming to enhance collaborative problem-solving and world-building.
- Manage information flow to keep the focus on in-character decisions.
- Embrace the unknown and create a truly immersive D&D experience.
Amazon Link to Session Zero https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BL52LB1X
Keywords: dnd, D&D, dnd podcast, dungeons and dragons, podcast, ttrpg, rpg, roleplaying, roleplaying game, DM, dungeon master, game master, dnd ideas,
Podcast Art by Kyle Baerlocher
Intro music by 33nano from GabrielDouglas from Pixabay
