Dollars & Dragons

A newsletter and podcast focused on Friday Strout's fiction and tabletop roleplaying games. Featuring top industry contributors from both the professional Game Master scene, game designers, writers, artists, and more!

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  • Interview With Contributors of How To GM Romance Here is your smoochin’ preview, y’all! We are wrapping up production on How To GM Romance and it is my pleasure to highlight the work of some of our creators for the book. I’m so immensely proud of the writing, design, and art that has come in…

  • Pretty please? I made a Twitter post about this, but is anybody really on Twitter anymore? My team is competing with some real heavyweights. I feel like the new kid on the block and there’s such a small chance that we win. Still – why not ask? I appreciate everyone’s love and support over the…

  • Let me sell you on How To GM Romance (campaign live now!) Click here to get your copy! I’ve been a professional GM for 2.5 years. When I was new to the scene, often the more experienced professionals in the StartPlaying Games Discord would talk down to me or about my advice. They stopped doing…

  • Check out this month’s sponsor! Our sponsor this month is Tabletop Mirror! Check them out in the video below or read the transcript. Sponsors help keep this newsletter and my podcast free! Please follow them on Backer Kit if it’s a service you’re interested in. I love improvising in my games and adjusting everything to…

  • Dollars & Dragons Podcast This time we have the co-founder of Start Playing Games Devon Chulick. We talk about Total Party Chill, the SPG origin story, and what’s new with SPG. This was recorded earlier in the year, so some of the features may already be launched on SPG! Pro GMs… NO SERIOUSLY, TAKE THE…

  • Not the email I thought I’d be sending Hey y’all! I just wanted to pop in to let y’all know that we’ve been nominated for the 2024 ENNIES! If you’re interested in checking out the adventure itself, it’s on sale right now for $0.99 on Drive Thru RPG. Voting opens up next week with the…

  • Both a how-to and the upcoming guidebook! GMing romance plots is dangerous. Just look at reddit or watch any YT videos about awkward D&D table issues. There’s so much that can go WRONG – yet it’s so EASY to get right. I run romance interests and plots for my players each week. Here’s how… Session…

  • Dollars & Dragons Podcast I had the wonderful Donathin Frye (he/him) on for a very nerdy chat! We talk our roots in tabletop (which surprisingly was MUDs), tabletop design and getting started, some of Don’s work like the Fallout series, etc. Check out his work in the links below. https://donathinfrye.com/ https://twitter.com/DonathinFrye

  • How do you convince players to play more? So you’ve got yourself a crew that you want to play with more. You’ve been playing with them a while and the energy is fantastic. They’re enjoying the game, too. At the end of the session they are breathing heavy, exclaiming, sharing their favorite moments, complimenting one…

  • Dollars & Dragons Podcast This time on Dollars & Dragons we invited over our favorite rascals to talk about their new journalism website: https://rascal.news/ – make sure to support them by subscribing as they are 100% independent! We chat about TTRPG news, the culture of journalism, queer culture, white people, Twitter, diversity in projects, abusers…