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Make the Effort to Run RPGs β Lazy RPG Talk Show
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D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com
Video Contents
00:00:00 Show Start
00:01:31 Sly Flourish News: Just Use Bears
00:02:00 Sly Flourish News: Two Minute Session Zeros
00:03:42 Patreon Spotlight: Shadowdark Ravenloft Lazy GM Kit
00:05:40 Sly Flourish News: Rise of the Lazy Game Master Editing
00:08:29 D&D & RPG News: LaTia Jaquois Let Go From WOTC
00:10:12 D&D & RPG News: Celeste Conowich Joins WOTC
00:10:47 D&D & RPG News: The Four-Year WOTC Hiring and Firing List
00:12:01 Commentary: Rebuilding Trust in WOTC β Wait a Year
00:15:45 D&D & RPG News: Knock Magazine Bundle of Holding
00:17:33 D&D & RPG News: Atlas VTT for Obsidian
00:21:19 D&D & RPG News: Ten Ways to Be a Better TTRPG Player
00:22:43 D&D & RPG News: EN World 50% PDF Sale
00:24:41 Kickstarter Spotlight: The Red Death Party for Daggerheart
00:25:56 Product Spotlight: Disability Pride Dice
00:30:01 Commentary: Make the Effort
00:41:28 DM Tip: Council of Allies
00:47:11 Patreon Question: Scaling Prep to Lore-Heavy Settings (Jaron M)
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Just Use Bears
https://slyflourish.com/just_use_bears.html
Two Minute Session Zeros for Single Session Adventures
https://slyflourish.com/two_minute_session_zero.html
Running I6 Ravenloft with Shadowdark RPG
https://slyflourish.com/shadowdark_ravenloft.html
LaTia Jaquois let go from WOTC
https://www.enworld.org/threads/latia-jacquise-let-go-from-wizards-of-the-coast.720810/
Celeste Conowich, lead designer of Tales of the Valiant at Kobold Press joins WOTC
https://www.enworld.org/threads/celeste-conowitch-hired-by-wizards-of-the-coast-as-senior-game-developer-for-dungeons-dragons.720834/
Big list of hirings and firings at WOTC
https://www.enworld.org/threads/hirings-and-firings-at-d-d-over-the-last-few-years-a-changing-of-the-guard.720860/
Knock Bundle of Holding
https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Knock2026
Atlas VTT for Obsidian
https://community.obsidian.md/plugins/atlas-vtt
Atlast VTT YouTube Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlbPg4j7BGw
10 Ways To Be A Better TTRPG Player
https://inkwellideas.com/2026/09/10-ways-to-be-a-better-ttrpg-player/
Big EN World Publishing sale β %50 off
https://enpublishingrpg.com/blogs/news/50-sale-on-pdfs
Red Death Party: A Horror One-Shot Adventure For Daggerheart
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/echidnadesign/red-death-party-a-horror-one-shot-adventure-for-daggerheart
Dungeons & Dragons: Disability Pride Dice Set
https://siriusdice.com/products/dnd-disability-pride-dice-set
DDB Article about the Disability Pride Dice
https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/2261-how-the-new-sirius-d-d-disability-pride-dice-make
People getting together less
https://www.derekthompson.org/p/the-death-of-the-american-host
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