Metagamers Anonymous

Metagamers Anonymous


Latest Episodes

MetAnon Ep81 - The Devil Is In the Details
December 15, 2014

Note: Due to losing Jonikka's mic about halfway through the show, some post-production magic was required to preserve certain sections of conversation. Please forgive the questionable quality of these segments. In our eighty-first regular episode of Meta

MetAnon Ep80 - Loose Connections
December 08, 2014

In our eightieth regular episode of Metagamers Anonymous, the cast tackles the complex challenge of forming connections with our PCs during the opening sessions of a campaign.  They also read some emails, talk a little bit about sandboxing, and touch o

MetAnon Ep79 - Pros and Cons
November 24, 2014

In our seventy-ninth regular episode of Metagamers Anonymous, the cast discusses the challenge of playing a character with a personality or skill set that is particularly alien to the player.  They also recap some of their TsunamiCon experience, roll th

MetAnon Live! @ TsunamiCon 2014
November 10, 2014

On November 8th, the expanded cast of Metagamers Anonymous appeared on stage to cap of the second night of TsunamiCon 2014. The cast reached out to attendees to discuss the games, events, and programs featured at the con. Metagamers Anonymous is a week

MetAnon Ep78 - I Love It When a Plan Comes Together
November 03, 2014

In our seventy-eighth regular episode of Metagamers Anonymous, the cast tackles the relative value of planning in RPGs and how most groups really suck at it.  They also gear up for TsunamiCon with a discussion of the particulars, knock out a few listen

MetAnon Ep77 - Kobayashi Maru 2: Kobayashi Harder
October 21, 2014

In our seventy-seventh regular episode of Metagamers Anonymous, the cast talks about no-win scenarios and impossible dilemmas and their place in immersive play.  They also discuss some common horror tropes, talk about the new Timewatch game John will be

MetAnon Ep76 - Trombones!
October 13, 2014

In our seventy-sixth regular episode of Metagamers Anonymous, the cast discusses the distinction between high- and low-magic settings in certain game systems and ventures some diverse opinions about their values.  They also talk about their new home camp

MetAnon Ep75 - So It Is Written…
September 29, 2014

In our seventy-fifth regular episode of Metagamers Anonymous, the cast goes to the proverbial mailbag, pulling randomly submitted questions from our social media and getting terribly off-topic as much as they can get away with.  They also talk about upco

MetAnon Ep74 - Insane in the Membrane
September 22, 2014

In our seventy-fourth regular episode of Metagamers Anonymous, our esteemed panel discussed the use of cognitive dissonance as a tool for character development.  They also read some listener mail, talk about some of TsunamiCon for a bit, and try to talk

MetAnon Ep73 - Why, Oh Why, Didn’t I Take the Blue Pill?
September 17, 2014

In our seventy-third regular episode of Metagamers Anonymous, the cast revisits the topic of online play, this time contrasting the phenomenon directly with the table in meatspace.  They also read some listener mail, discuss their newest community-driven