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Step through the portal into the artificer’s lab where roleplaying games are being infused with technology. Inside The Artificer's Portal, you'll meet the people that are slowly turning this beloved 50-year-old hobby into a sensation for a new generation. Pat and Andrew, two product managers from D&D Beyond, will be your guides. Listen as they interview interesting and influential technologists from all over the industry who are making digital tools for roleplaying games.
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Join Pat and Andrew as they talk to Andrew Zhu, creator of Avrae, a discord bot designed to help you and your friends play D&D online. Zhu is an expert in language-based AI and has found a way to use ttrpgs as a testing ground for AI performance. In this episode, you can hear him answer the many questions brought up by Pat and Andrew regarding the …
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Join Pat and Andrew as they talk to Anne the Gnome, an all out DM and D&D enthusiast who uses AI art to help tell the stories and design the characters used in her games. Anne is known by her audience on TikTok for using prompts she either makes up for herself or gets from her community and imputing them into the Discord AI art software called MidJ…
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Join Pat and Andrew as they talk to Gunnar Holmsteinn from Quest Portal, and get his “hot take” on the importance of actually seeing your character as you play TTRPGs. Gunnar and his team at Quest Portal, have found a way to help players organize their games and characters and help them generate custom portraits of their characters that they can us…
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Join Pat and Andrew in part 2 of their conversation with Chris Eddie from AlchemyRPG. In this episode, you can listen to them talk about methods of measuring Immersion and debate as to whether or not "ease of use" and fun are the same thing. Towards the end they also discuss the impact that different tools like audio chat, video calling, and digita…
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Join Pat and Andrew as they talk with Chris Eddie from AlchemyRPG. Listen as they chat about immersion and how digital tools can help improve immersion in your games. Or do they? Immersion and fun are illusive and nebulas topics. They discuss times where digital tools might get in the way and harm your immersion and fun. They also touch on how some…
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If you're new to the Artificer's Portal, this is a great place to jump into the conversation! Join Pat and Andrew as they talk discuss the last 9 episodes and how the conversation has evolved. They review each guest and sum up the important points. Discussion Topics: The Player's Experience in TTRPGs, the importance of roleplaying games, the future…
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Join Pat and Andrew as they talk with Teagan Morrison from HeroForge. Listen as they chat about how a simple task of imagining your character in a 3D space turns into inspiring players in new ways. They discuss the validity of using 3D technology to recreate your imagination, what might be too much in terms of 3D tools, why we all don't just LARP, …
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Join Pat and Andrew as they talk with Grant Anderson from Mirrorscape and ARcana. Listen as they chat about the future of VTTs as AR and VR technology becomes more prevalent. They discuss the definition what AR and VR, the difference between them, playing an RPG with AR glasses, and remembering where you put your glasses. Guest: Grant Anderson from…
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Join Pat and Andrew as they talk with Nicola Thouliss and Mitch McCaffrey about the VTT they built called Owlbear Rodeo. Come through the portal as they start to explore the wild and crazy world of Virtual Tabletops (VTT). They discuss the definition of VTT, what makes a VTT easy to use, the pros and cons of easy-to-use VTTs, what an immersive VTT …
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Join Pat and Andrew as they Talk with Mike Shea (Sly Flourish) about his views on a simple future for DM prep, how technology could help make it more simple, and how technology can really get in the way. We also touch on how a player might be able to prep for a game session, simple to use VTTs, where you can take notes, and what ZERO DM prep might …
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Join Pat and Andrew as they Talk with Braden Herndon, the creator of LegendKeeper, about digital content tools for TTRPGs, how game masters use world building tools to prep for a game, tracking consistency during or after a game, and how world building can be collaborative during the game. Guest: Braden Herndon from LegendKeeper; @adventurebeard on…
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Join Pat and Andrew as they continue a discussion they had about the future of Book Publishing in the TTRPG space with the legendary book publisher Wolfgang Baur, CEO of Kobold Press. In part two of the discussion, our hosts go toe-to-toe with Wolfgang to discuss the merits and pitfalls of books in the digital age for TTRPGs. Decide for yourself wh…
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Join Pat and Andrew as they discuss the future of Book Publishing in the TTRPG space with the legendary book publisher Wolfgang Baur, CEO of Kobold Press. In this two part discussion, our hosts go toe-to-toe with Wolfgang to discuss the merits and pitfalls of books in the digital age for TTRPGs. Guest: Wolfgang Baur from Kobold Press; @Monkeyking o…
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Join Pat and Andrew as they discuss their lack of creativity and their growing dependence on tools that can help inspire both a player and GM during a game to better describe their actions, environments, character looks, and many other things. With the help of their guest, David Shulman, they tackle the topic of how digital tools that make it easy …
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Join Pat and Andrew as they discuss the benefits and drawbacks of DMs for hire with Devon Chulick from startplaying.games. They touch on the value of looking for group and scheduling tools while making sure to cover how technology is changing tabletop role-playing games. Guest: Devon Chulick from Startplaying.games and Total Party Chill @devonchuli…
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Before you subscribe, get a quick intro to Pat and Andrew as they talk through the inspiration and genesis of The Artificer's Portal. Every two weeks, Pat and Andrew interview an interesting and influential artificer that is building digital tools for role-playing games, asking questions that dig into their tool's effect on roleplaying games and ho…
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