The official podcast for SHIVER RPG, your one stop shop for one shots, spooky stories, exclusive content and news.
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Titterpigs is a podcast dedicated to the discussion of tabletop roleplaying games. Ironically, it's also the acronym for the commonly used #ttrpgs hashtag. Hosts Scott and Keith will dig their way into your eardrums and infect your brainpan. They're out to prove they have no idea what we are doing, but that won't stop them! With nearly 70 years of gaming experience between them, they have a few opinions. More importantly, they seek to be positive goodwill ambassadors for the hobby. Support t ...
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Ep. 41 - After Gen Con Talk, WoTC Press Release Recap, & General Q&A (Audio From Live Stream)
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We touch upon on more Gen Con highlights, go into detail about the WOTC Press Conference, and general ramble on about other bits & bobs. We apologize for the occasional echo but it was something with the live stream and couldn't fix it in post. You can support Titterpigs for as little as 99 cents a month. Click the Support button on our homepage: …
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EP. 40 - 2024 Ennies Awards Predictions
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The Titterpigs are back sooner than expected but that's because it's awards season at GenCon with the Ennies. Have a listen as we rant and rave our way through most of the categories and cast shade on a particular credit stealing mecha nominee. Can you guess who that may be? :-D Enjoy.You can support Titterpigs for as little as 99 cents a month. Cl…
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EP. 39 - They Who Reviews The Reviewers That Review
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The Titterpigs are back from the studio with another episode of divisiveness, talking about the ongoing discourse on TTRPG reviews and the validity of played vs unplayed critiques. Maybe we should make this a trilogy of discords? ;-) Before that that though, we touch on what's new in the TTRPG world and close with some chat about our coming trip to…
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Ep. 38 - Save The TTRPG Drama For Your Mama
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Here it is! Episode 38 and it's a cornucopia of topics. We touch upon Alex Guillotte's Los Hobos and the Wolves of Carcosa, lament the passing of Scott's FLGS, go into an old man rant about drama in the TTRPG space, and begin the first part of our Troubleshooters deep dive. You can support Titterpigs for as little as 99 cents a month. Click the Sup…
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It's time for another episode of Titterpigs and today we bring you a plethora (What is a plethora Jefe?) of banter with what's new with us, a play report segment of games we've been involved with, and our main topic, Solo TTRPGS with our returning guest, Ros. Ros is a a gm-less gaming aficionado and she enlightens us on the different ways and means…
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Happy 2024! The Titterpigs ease into the new year with a light topic conversation about the various technology that you can use at the table to enhance your gaming experience and also touch on some of the headaches that come with them. We also bring back an old segment, Mailbag, and brag about some of the goodies that we recently received. Thank yo…
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A very Happy New Year to one and all. We take a look back at our podcasting highlights, memories, and also this crazy year in our hobby. Thank you all for listening and we look forward to providing you more joyful and fun episodes in 2024. Cheers, Keith and Scott Enjoy, and as always we welcome any and all feedback. You can support Titterpigs for a…
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Ep. 34 - Doing The Safety Dance With Safety Tools
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It's just the Titterpigs on their own, having a watercooler discussion about a harmonious and unifying topic that we are sure will not garner any negative feedback or criticisms on either side of the table...and if you believe that, we are also going to buy the Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum for the asking price of 5 million bucks. :-D Enjoy, and as alw…
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Ep. 33 - Digging on Grindhouse with Alex Guillotte & James Droucker
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We are back with another interview after another hiatus (Totally Keith's fault...just kidding ;-P) as we have a great chat with our friends Alex and James about their new Call of Cthulhu scenarios in Grindhouse Vol. 4 and dive into the esthetic of Grindhouse in both general media and in games. We hope you enjoy this episode. (Note: James' sound qua…
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Ep. 32 - Charlie Menzies Returns To Talk About Don't Play This Game
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It's been a long hiatus and we apologize for that but the Titterpigs are back with a returning guest, Charlie Menzies from Parable Games, to give us the low down on their up and coming new solo horror game, Don't Play This Game. It's a grand take on the current popularity of the solo games emerging in our hobby, in which their game utilizes all var…
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Ep. 31 - A Chat With Robert J. Schwalb
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The Titterpigs are back, well sort of, as due to Keith's absence this episode, we have on a special co-host to man the mike. Bud from BudsRPGReviews and Bud & Griff's Gaming Creepshow. Scott and Bud carry on in Episode 31 as they interview the Demon Lord himself, Robert J. Schwalb, as he talks about his early beginnings in game design, the onus for…
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Ep. 30 - A Chat With Ian Stuart Sharpe of When the Wolf Comes
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Have listen as The Titterpigs grouse on a bit about the Ennie Awards and then grab a horn of mead and join us around the long house fire as Ian Stuart Sharpe regales us with the creation and history of his Viking Verse novels and comics and how it came to become the TTRPG, When the Wolf Comes. You can preorder a physical copy of When the Wolf Comes…
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Bonus Episode: Six Seasons in Sartar Campaign Recap and Commentary SPOILERS!
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Welcome to a special collaborative episode of Titterpigs where we team with Scott on his YouTube channel, Orcusdorkus's RPG Shenanigans, along with our friends, to bring you a play report and commentary of the excellent Runequest campaign, Six Seasons in Sartar. You can find Six Seasons in Sartar at the Jonstown Compendium on DriveThru: https://www…
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Ep. 29 - 2023 Ennie Picks with Lloyd Gyan & James Droucker
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We are back, sliding in our Ennie predictions and picks right before the 11th hour, with our good friends Lloyd and James. There was some decent discourse going on here, with just the right amount of contention you would expect for this kind of episode. ;-P We hope you enjoy this episode and feel free to let us know how our picks are 100% incorrect…
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Ep. 28 - A.I. In TTRPGS Roundtable Discussion
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We are back with a doozy of an episode! Episode 28 is here with a round table discussion about possibly one of the most divisive topics currently within our hobby, Artificial Intelligence. Sit back and enjoy as we discuss and debate the pros and cons with two friends of the show who have extensive experience with A.I., Shane and Griff. We are absol…
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Ep. 27 - A Chat with Pat Mooney from Nations & Cannons
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The Titterpigs are back with another creator interview, chatting with Pat Mooney about his Revolutionary War setting for 5e called Nations & Cannons. It was very interesting conversation as Pat went through the details as to why he chose this era, his reason for utilizing the 5e rule set, and the paths he chose to provide a historical setting that …
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Ep. 26 - Burn 2D6 Actual Play with Kevin Borrup
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The Titterpigs are back after a bit of a hiatus with another AP. After taking a moment to catch up with the lads, join us and friend of the show Ros, as we venture forth into Kevin Borrup's fantastic game, Burn 2D6. Be sure and follow Kevin to see when his game will drop to the general public near the end of June, so you can pick up your own copy. …
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Ep. 25 - Thoughts on Virtual Tabletops
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The Titterpigs are back to answer a listener email asking us about our opinions on VTTs (Virtual Tabletops). We discuss the pros and cons about those that we are familiar with and also highlight some others that might be worth checking out. Also, hold tight until the end where we introduce our new Patreon and how you can help our podcast grow and p…
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Ep. 24 - Discussions within Dark Castles: A Chat With The Creators of Mörk Borg, Pelle Nilsson & Johan Nohr
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The Titterpigs dredge through the mud and bleak despair of a dying world to have a fantastic chat with the creators of MÖRK BORG, Pelle Nilsson and Johan Nohr. We inquire about their early beginnings within the hobby, the inspirations that lead to MÖRK BORG, the highs and the lows of the surging exposure of one of the gaming worlds most well receiv…
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Ep. 23 - A Savage Chat with Scott A. Woodard, author of Pinebox Middle School, The Sixth Gun, & Flash Gordon
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The Titterpigs had an absolutely fascinating and likewise raucous chat with Scott A. Woodard, author of such Savage Worlds titles as The Sixth Gun, Flash Gordon, and the up and coming Pinebox Middle School, but you will find Scott is a man of many more talents. Novelist, playwright, FX engineer, and down right hilarious dude. Give a listen. We hope…
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EP. 22 - Pendragon 6E Actual Play with David Larkins and Guests Ros and Pookie
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David Larkins, Head Line Editor for Pendragon 6th Edition, graciously runs The Adventure of the Sword Tournament for the Titterpigs and friends. Ros and Pookie join us as we take our young knights to Londinium, to seek honor and glory at the famed tournament, and bare witness to the beginning moments of a glorious new age for the Britons. You can o…
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EP. 21 - Fanzine Roundtable with Andy Markham, James Holloway, and Pookie
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The Titterpigs gather together some knowledgeable minds of the history of our hobby to have a round table discussion about the early days of RPG fanzines. We discuss some early examples, how they impacted hobby, and touch upon the evolution into what zines mean to us in the modern day. This was both extremely entertaining and enlightening and we ho…
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EP. 20 - 2022 Recap On The Podcast and Favorite RPG Of The Year/Most Anticipated RPG for 2023 with Debbie & Pookie
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First Segment: The Titterpigs reflect on the transition and growth of the podcast throughout 2022, highlighting many key and hilarious events, and also look forward to the future and what it may hold in 2023 for the podcast. Second Segment: We highlight our favorite game of 2022 with friends of the podcast, Debbie and Pookie, and then reveal what o…
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Ep. 19 - Bones Deep Actual Play Part Two with David Schirduan & Guest Player Debbie aka Dragongirl74
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The Titterpigs, with special guest player Debbie (aka Dragongirl74), enjoy a session of Bones Deep with co-creator David Schirduan at the helm. With the help of David we create some ridiculously fabulous undead skeleton characters and set off on our undersea adventures, looking to find our way under the briny deep, in part one of two actual play se…
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Ep. 18 - Bones Deep Actual Play Part One with David Schirduan & Guest Player Debbie aka Dragongirl74
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The Titterpigs, with special guest player Debbie (aka Dragongirl74), enjoy a session of Bones Deep with co-creator David Schirduan at the helm. With the help of David we create some ridiculously fabulous undead skeleton characters and set off on our undersea adventures, looking to find our way under the briny deep, in part one of two actual play se…
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EP. 17 - Alternate History in Gaming with Ken Hite
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The Titterpigs get a quick education about Alt-History in Gaming with the indisputable, Ken Hite. Author of such fantastic games like The Fall of Delta Green, Trail of Cthulhu, and Night's Black Agents. It was an absolute joy, albeit a tad intimidating, to have such a prolific power house of our hobby on our humble little podcast and we look forwar…
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Show us on the GM screen where the players hurt you! :-P We are back with episode 16 to discuss the opposite side of coin game when it comes to game table civility and decorum, the players. It is something that is not discussed as much as the Game Master's responsibility at the table and it is something that is quite often overlooked or excused whe…
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Ep. 15 - All Things Shiver: Role-Playing Tales in the Strange & Unknown with Charlie Menzies of Parable Games
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We had a delightful conversion with Charlie about his introduction to RPGs, the initial beginnings of what would become Shiver, making games more accessible and easier to read and understand for dyslexic and other process challenged gamers, and the new levels of excitement both he and his brother are taking Shiver to next. All that and many other t…
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Ep. 14 - On Running Convention Games with Josh Burnett of JLHB Polytechnic
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We have Josh Burnett, author of such games as Crepuscular 1 & 2, Them's Monsters!, and Leopard Women of Venus, and also veteran convention GM, to discuss his methods for running convention RPGS, compare experiences, talk about expectations from both the GMs and the players during RPG con games, and learn the tried and true mid-western method for co…
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Ep. 13 - The Potential Critical Hits and Fumbles of OneDnD
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The Titterpigs are back after some downtime and so, what better way to stretch out our dormant podcasting muscles than with speculating and garnering opinions about the WotC's OneDnD announcement. After doing a little catch up, we touch briefly upon the playtest, but focus more so on the potential boons and banes of there direction we think OneDnD …
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EP. 12 - Chatting With David Larkins, Author of Berlin: Wicked City and Chief Line Editor for Pendragon
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Where we have a wonderful chat with David Larkins, author of Chaosium's Berlin: Wicked City and Head Line Editor for Pendragon 6th Edition, as he graciously allows both Keith and Scott to fanboy about his works, while quite possibly getting a word or two in edgewise about his beginnings in gaming with gamebooks, his research with Berlin, and what i…
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Ep. 11 - The Titterpig's Ennie Picks with our GenCon Housemates Debbie, Bud, and Pookie
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Where we laydown a down and dirty shotgun episode, picking our potential Ennie winners with our up and coming housemates staying with us a GencCon. This was a last minute improvisational gathering of the minds, so the sound isn't perfect, but it was fun chat none the less, so sit back and enjoy as we debate our winners, while you try so very hard n…
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Ep. 10 - Fourth of July/Ungrateful Colonials Day Hangout (Livestream Audio)
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Due to an unfortunate rescheduling, The Titterpigs decided to have a social hangout during the Fourth of July holiday and have brew and chat with some friends during a YouTube livestream. Come, have a listen, and enjoy the chaos as just like with Ken and Robin, we talk about...umm, well, stuff. ;-p You can find the video stream on our YouTube Chann…
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Ep. 09 - Catching Up With The Titterpigs and Talkin' Bout GenCon!
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Where we prove we are still here, as life as found a way to delay the Titterpigs yet again, but we carry on with a shotgun episode and spend some time gushing on about our coming, and also first visit, to GenCon. Intro by Dr. Mitch. You can follow Dr. Paul Mitchener on Twitter @TheTweedmeister for more ukulele goodness and also to check out his man…
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Ep. 08 - Talking Historical Gaming with Jason Sheets of Sons Of Singularity
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In this episode we have a wonderful and insightful chat with Jason Sheets of Sons of Singularity as we touch on several topics about Historical RPGs and their relevance within the gaming world. From simple things such as what our favorite historical games are, to more socially topical aspects such as white washing history in games and continuing wi…
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Ep. 07 - Hangin' with Levi Combs of Planet X Games
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In this episode we get caught up with what's been going on since the new year, read off some listener mail and play some voice mails for Your Side of the Mic, and have an excellent hang with Levi Combs, the head honcho, creative extraordinaire at Planet X Games, and all around righteous dude, where we discuss what lead to his writing and creating o…
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Ep. 06 - Talkin' Zines with Andy Markham
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In this episode we welcome in the New Year, go over some recent arrivals in Special Delivery, and also have nice long sit down with Andy Markham and talk about one of his favorite topics in the RPGVerse, Zines! (Pronounced Z-EE-N not Z-EYE-N) We cover many aspects, such as a brief history of zines, what our opinions are on them are, what might cons…
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Ep. 05 - Titterpigs Year End Roundup Part Two: Our Most Anticipated Games for 2022 with our very Special Guests Bud (Buds RPG Review) & Pookie (Reviews From R'lyeh)
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In this episode, Scott and Keith continue with Bud and Pookie and as they go over their most anticipated games of 2022 and put a nice neat bow on 2021. Thank you all for following us in our inaugural year of the Titterpigs podcast and we looking forward to providing you with more content during this year. Happy gaming everyone! Games Mentioned: Mot…
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Ep. 04 - Titterpigs Year End Roundup Part One: Our Favorite Games of 2021 with our very Special Guests Bud (Buds RPG Review) & Pookie (Reviews From R'lyeh)
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In this episode, Scott and Keith review their favorite games that dropped in 2021 along with their friends and special guests Bud, from his popular YouTube Channel Buds RPG Review and Zine Review, and Pookie, known for his excellent blog Review's From R'lyeh and his recent venture into YouTube, Unboxing in the Nook. Games Mentioned: Twilight 2000 I…
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Titterpigs Side Episode: CONSUME! Keith's & Scott's Holiday Gift Recommendos
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In this episode, Scott and Keith embrace the real Christmas spirit, consumerism, and get a little cheesy in their presentations of their holiday gift recommendos. Links to the games mentioned below. As a disclosure, None of these are sponsored and are entirely the personal recommendations of Titterpigs. Have a Happy Holiday Everyone! Games Mentione…
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Ep. 03 - Publishing Presuppositions: What To Expect When Expecting a Book
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In this episode, Scott and Keith discuss their thoughts on acceptable and unacceptable qualities of gamebooks - tapping into Keith's experience in the industry. Several listeners' voicemails are presented for your listening pleasure, and they ask listeners a new question. Email us at titterpigspod@gmail with your comments, questions, or soundbites.…
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Titterpigs Interviews...Alex Guillotte & Ian Christiansen from Critical Hit Publishing
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In this episode, we have a casual chat with Alex and Ian about their history, their backgrounds in the RPG world, previous games they have collaborated on, various insights on interests, and also their new Call of Cthulhu scenarios, Carnival of Madness & The Grindhouse Vol 1 and 2, all available now by clicking the links below. Be sure and take adv…
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Ep. 02 - The Horror...The Horror...
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In this episode, we discuss the topic of Character Agency in horror games, exploring if you can retain agency or not and still have a true memorable horror experience, and we also recommend six of our favorite non-mainstream horror games for listeners to check out! Please use the Anchor site or app to leave your thoughts on the episode or email us …
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Ep. 01 - Introducing Titterpigs: The TTRPG Podcast
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In this episode we introduce ourselves and our motivations behind the podcast, cover some basic genre likes and dislikes, and go over some parcels we have recently received that we are excited about. This episode's intro was created by Dr. Paul Mitchener— Follow him on Twitter @TheTweedmeister for more ukulele goodness and also to check out his man…
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All Hallows Eve - A SHIVER One Shot
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It's Halloween night in the sleepy suburban town of Underwood, when two tweens, a haunted house and an alien named Murgle, collide in this bizarre and spooky tale. Follow on Kickstarter here: https://pxlme.me/tEQ-1obh Facebook: www.facebook.com/ShiverRPG You can join our community on Discord here: https://discord.gg/fpVbCdJ If you want a taste of t…
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More coming soon... Follow on Kickstarter here: https://pxlme.me/tEQ-1obh Facebook: www.facebook.com/ShiverRPG You can join our community on Discord here: https://discord.gg/fpVbCdJ If you want a taste of the game you can grab the Quickstart guide for free: https://pxlme.me/dkGIWa-0
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