The Overprepared DM
Jen (JenIsOnline) and Nick (EmoAasimar) discuss the ins and outs of being a Dungeon Master for Dungeons & Dragons! We are both online friends, streamers, and DMs! We started this podcast to discuss all sorts of things with each other and guests~
Episodes
33 episodes
33 - Triggers & Distractions w/ @HorrorBecomesThem - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline), Nick (@EmoAasimar), and our guest MahoneCapone (@HorrorBecomesThem) talk about horror game settings, inspiration from media, session 0, in game signals for topic changes, yoink and twisting ideas, randomly placing things and...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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54:06
32 - Managing Toxicity & Pay-To-Play w/ Larnce Hicks (LoreDragon) - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline), Nick (@EmoAasimar), and our guest Larnce (@LoreDragonPlays) talk about toxicity at the table, how to be confrontational and protect your players and table, crossing the line, pay to play tables, running games people pay for,...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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1:02:36
31 - Main Character Energy & Terrain w/ @The_Other_Matt_ - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline), Nick (@EmoAasimar), and our guest Matt (@The_Other_Matt_) talk about characters created to be real, collective motivation, singular motives, player backstories, facilitating fun, killing players, terrain building & reusi...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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1:00:27
30 - Table Conflict & Descriptions w/ DeAngelo Murillo - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline), Nick (@EmoAasimar), and our guest DeAngelo (@That_DeAngelo) talk about maps, pacing encounters, managing a table and people at it, table conflict, being the facilitator, and MORE!Catch us every other Sunday (as much ...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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53:14
29 - Chaos & Mapping w/ Patty O Furniture - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline), Nick (@EmoAasimar), and our guest Patty (@PattyOFurniture69) talk about modules, scaling encounters, mapping encounters, reusing maps, silly roleplay, being silly within combat, and MORE! Catch us every other Sunday ...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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47:01
28 - Assumed Competence & Planning Stages w/ Donovan - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline), Nick (@EmoAasimar), and our guest Donovan talk about eating while playing, hosting dinner events in game and at the table, themed areas to promote eating at a table in character, story telling and book reading, cliffhangers,...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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1:01:31
27 - Eating & Story Telling w/ Albyon Absey - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline), Nick (@EmoAasimar), and our guest Albyon (@AlbyonAbsey) talk about eating while playing, hosting dinner events in game and at the table, themed areas to promote eating at a table in character, story telling and book reading,...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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58:37
26 - High Levels & Pets w/ Chirag from @DesisNDragons - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline), Nick (@EmoAasimar), and our guest Chirag (@DesisNDragons) talk about high level characters and narrative control shift from DM to players, power creep and anime, changing the story based on the player's guesses about what is...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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58:00
25 - The Illusion of Choice & Pantheons w/ Logan from TheRedHareInn - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline), Nick (@EmoAasimar), and our guest Logan (@theredhareinn) talk about everything in the view of story telling at this tavern, writing a module for yourself, shifting prepped session in front of players that go the opposite dir...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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1:00:43
24 - Humans & Using real World History w/ MADMANMATTIGAN - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline), Nick (@EmoAasimar), and our guest Matt (@MADMANMATTIGAN) talk about blending in NPCs to your story, reusing the world you built for new stories that effect that main game or other games, lore dumping, humans and other races,...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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47:30
23 - Season 2 Finale LIVE - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline) and Nick (@EmoAasimar) give a recap to the second 10 episodes of The Overprepared DM, recounting great points and memories with all the lovely guests, and answer questions from the chat during our third live recording of an e...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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1:26:52
22 - Living Worlds & Backstories w/ Keith from Fire&Dice - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline), Nick (@EmoAasimar), and our guest Keith (@Fire&Dice) talk about railroading stories, creating NPCs and where to begin, interesting quest givers OTHER than bartenders, PCs forgetting about NPCs, and the DM forgetting an N...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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50:15
21 - Relying on Maps & Twitch w/ Josh from NPCVoices - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline), Nick (@EmoAasimar), and our guest Josh (@NPCVoices) talk about bringing back in person rituals with playing D&D, Streaming D&D, finding your voice, taking an acting class, immersion on twitch, minis and terrain and r...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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53:49
20 - Milestone Vs. Experience & Adding New Players w/ Gup from TheGoldenMug - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline), Nick (@EmoAasimar), and our guest Gup (@TheGoldenMug) talk about reading the entirety of modules, knowing your player's playstyles, foreshadowing, having multiple arcs versus one overarching story, having a table of players ...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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58:01
19 - Seeking Feedback & Playtesting Homebrew w/ René from DragonRocRPG - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline), Nick (@EmoAasimar), and our guest René (@DragonRocRPG) talk about homebrew, creations, and how to take feedback. Why it's important to constantly seek feedback, and all the various projects that Rene works on! Catch ...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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55:52
18 - The 5 Senses & Hyperfixation w/ BreannaFlaim - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline), Nick (@EmoAasimar), and our guest Bre (@BreannaFlaim) talk about hyperfocusing on what players MIGHT do, existential anxiety about the players seeing through your preparation - so you prepare MORE, top to bottom and bottom t...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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47:55
17 - Misinformation & Rolls w/ PondPlays - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline), Nick (@EmoAasimar), and our guest Pond (@PondPlays) talk about reusing notes and names, diversifying cities, political structures, Themed Games, other games with dice and cards, using modules, and pranking players!Ca...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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1:02:13
16 - 1000 Listens LIVE Celebration - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline) and Nick (@EmoAasimar) answer questions from the chat during our second live recording of an episode on twitch.tv/JenIsOnline !THANK YOU FOR 1000 LISTENS OF OUR PODCAST! THAT'S HONESTLY SO COOL. YOU GUYS ROCK!...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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1:33:25
15 - Politics & Board games w/ April Hill - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline), Nick (@EmoAasimar), and our guest April (@Stiletto_Assassin) talk about reusing notes and names, diversifying cities, political structures, Themed Games, other games with dice and cards, using modules, and pranking players! ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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49:13
14 - Immersion & Dark Themes w/ NearlySquid - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline), Nick (@EmoAasimar), and our guest Austin (@NearlySquid) talk about power gaming and how to work with player's preferences, multiclassing, immersing players in online games (in 10 minutes! ~), and one shot preparations, also ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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1:00:18
13 - Winging It w/ Tim from BlackwaterDND - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline), Nick (@EmoAasimar), and our guest Tim (@BlackwaterDND) talk about rolling dice more often than not, DM roulettes, side quests without overpreparing, improvising, motivations, WINGING IT, getting the party interested in side ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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53:10
12 - Wish & Cliffhangers w/ The_Nart - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline), Nick (@EmoAasimar), and our guest Dylan (@The_Nart) talk about mixing and matching editions, rules, travel time, talking your way out of situations, tables, cliffhangers, and the wish spell along with the deck of many things...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:03:11
11 - Season 1 Finale LIVE - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline) and Nick (@EmoAasimar) give a recap to the first 10 episodes of The Overprepared DM, recounting great points and memories with all the lovely guests, and answer questions from the chat during our first live recording of an ep...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:22:05
10 - Consequences & Boundaries w/ ArcanePriest - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline), Nick (@EmoAasimar), and our guest Moony (@ArcanePriest) talk about players running games, saying no, telling people to look at the situation they are trying to pull off from an outside perspective, changing campaigns based o...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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53:00
9 - horror stories & inspiration w/ BrightDystopia - The Overprepared DM
Jen (@JenIsOnline), Nick (@EmoAasimar), and our guest Bright (@BrightDystopia) talk about "yes, but" versus "yes, and", large party horror stories, player engagement, not rolling dice during roleplay, roleplay heavy games, death saves, and taki...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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58:22