Join The Party

Welcome to this sneak peek of PARTY PLANNING, our new VIDEO PODCAST just for Patrons! Once a month (but probably more often because we’re enjoying it so much), DM Eric answers your in-depth questions about playing and running D&D and other TTRPGs. Every episode features Eric and one of the JTP players, or one of our friends, talking about topics like character and item creation, being a better and more fun player & DM, homebrewing and reskinning, navigating interpersonal situations, and more. This is Episode 3: Swordtember! *Green Day Voice* “Wake me up when Swordtember starts.” We make some swords up on the fly and we reveal the story behind the headshot Eric has of himself. Get access to three episodes of Party Planning right now by becoming a patron and patreon.com/jointhepartypod!   Questions Answered in this Episode - Let’s invent some swords! - How do you gift magic items to players in such a way that feel balanced? - Tips for prompting magic item usage for players? - Can I feel salty that the

After the party isn’t the afterparty, but figuring out what the hell just happened. Aggie zips shut. Milo loves Ozark. Val is seeing triple.   Sponsors - PlantHero provides a personalized video call with a plant specialist to help your plants. Go to planthero.app where you can use the code JOINTHEPARTY at checkout for 25% off your first plant or garden checkup - Girlfriend Collective, a sustainable and ethically made activewear company for everyone. Girlfriend Collective is offering $25 off your purchase of $100+ when you go to girlfriend.com/jointheparty. - BetterHelp, a secure online therapy service. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/jointheparty   Find Us Online - website: jointhepartypod.com - patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod - twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod - facebook: facebook.com/jointhepartypod - instagram: instagram.com/jointhepartypod - tumblr: jointhepartypod.tumblr.com - merch & music: jointhepartypod.com/merch   Cast & Crew - Dungeon Master, Co-Producer: Eric Silver

How did the players reckon with the gala? Who were our new favorite NPCs? And why would Eric threaten our sweet rabbit friend?! All that and more on the Afterparty!   Yom Kippur! - Listen to Spirits episodes with Rena Rossner (folk tales, Jewish magic, women being heroes) and Veronica Schanoes (Jewish fairy tales). - Learn more about the High Holidays in this article for beginners and Alma’s Guide to the High Holidays. - Read Eric on antisemitism in D&D. - Buy and play Doikyat: A Jewish TTRPG Anthology.   Sponsors - BetterHelp, a secure online therapy service. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/jointheparty - Inked Gaming, your destination for gaming goods of all kinds. Head over to inkedgaming.com/jointheparty and use code jointheparty at checkout for 10% off your order! - Quip, where you can start getting rewards for brushing your teeth today. Save $10 on a Quip Smart Electric Toothbrush at getquip.com/jointheparty   Find Us Online - website: jointhepartypod.com - patreon: patreon.com/jo

The Gala Against Super Science Trash is in full swing. We’ve met new friends, discovered new mysteries, and eaten all the appetizers. What else could happen? Nothing! Nothing else could happen! Multitool punches up. Kilonova knows your favorite treat. Vulcani takes the elevator down.   Sponsors - Go to Brooklinen.com and use promo code jointheparty to get $20 off with a minimum purchase of $100 - Visit HeroForge.com to start designing your custom miniature today - Go HelloFresh.com/jointheparty14 and use code jointheparty14 for up to 14 free meals plus free shipping   Find Us Online - website: jointhepartypod.com - patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod - twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod - facebook: facebook.com/jointhepartypod - instagram: instagram.com/jointhepartypod - tumblr: jointhepartypod.tumblr.com - merch & music: jointhepartypod.com/merch   Cast & Crew - Dungeon Master, Co-Producer: Eric Silver - Co-Host (Milo Lane), Co-Producer, Editor, Sound Designer, Composer: Brandon Grugle - Co-Host (

Shine your slightly-uncomfortable shoes and steam your nice garments—the gala of the millennium is on. Val picks up the pieces. Milo faints. Aggie hates litter.   JTP Live THIS WEEK - JTP Live 3: LTC Drift is happening on August 26, 2021 at 8 PM ET (or afterward with a VOD)! Buy your ticket today at jointhepartypod.com/live!   A Good D&D Podcast RUDE TALES OF MAGIC IS GOOD. Download it wherever you do that!   Sponsors - BetterHelp, a secure online therapy service. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/jointheparty   Find Us Online - website: jointhepartypod.com - patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod - twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod - facebook: facebook.com/jointhepartypod - instagram: instagram.com/jointhepartypod - tumblr: jointhepartypod.tumblr.com - merch & music: jointhepartypod.com/merch   Cast & Crew - Dungeon Master, Co-Producer: Eric Silver - Co-Host (Milo Lane), Co-Producer, Editor, Sound Designer, Composer: Brandon Grugle - Co-Host (Aggie O’Hare), Co-Producer: Amanda McLou

Why is Anubis our god of death? What infernal god did Brandon pray to for those Nat 20s? And does climate change still exist in the world of LTC? All that and more on the Afterparty!   Housekeeping!- The annual Multitude summer survey is ON! Tell us what you think at multitude.productions/survey - JTP Live 3: LTC Drift is happening on August 26, 2021 at 8 PM ET (or afterward with a VOD)! Buy your ticket today at jointhepartypod.com/live   Sponsor - BetterHelp, a secure online therapy service. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/jointheparty   Find Us Online - website: jointhepartypod.com - patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod - twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod - facebook: facebook.com/jointhepartypod - instagram: instagram.com/jointhepartypod - tumblr: jointhepartypod.tumblr.com - merch & music: jointhepartypod.com/merch   Cast & Crew - Dungeon Master, Co-Producer: Eric Silver - Co-Host (Milo Lane), Co-Producer, Editor, Sound Designer, Composer: Brandon Grugle - Co-Host (Aggie O’Hare)

Finally, an actual party on Join the Party! Though I guess it’s a gala, and we have to plan it first. Aggie and Amanda are the same. Milo watches the ducks. Val considers the trolley problem.   JTP Live at the end of August!- JTP Live 3: LTC Drift is happening on August 26, 2021 at 8 PM ET (or afterward with a VOD)! Buy your ticket today at jointhepartypod.com/live! Sponsors - HelloFresh. Go to HelloFresh.com/jointheparty14 and use code jointheparty14 for up to 14 free meals plus free shipping! - BetterHelp, a secure online therapy service. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/jointheparty   Find Us Online - website: jointhepartypod.com - patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod - twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod - facebook: facebook.com/jointhepartypod - instagram: instagram.com/jointhepartypod - tumblr: jointhepartypod.tumblr.com - merch & music: jointhepartypod.com/merch   Cast & Crew - Dungeon Master, Co-Producer: Eric Silver - Co-Host (Milo Lane), Co-Producer, Editor, Sound Designer, Co

It is summertime in LTC, and it is a hot one. As we break out our short-sleeve button-downs and turn on the AC, remember that a superhero's life is never, ever normal. But we can try. Aggie starts fundraising, Val steams. Milo remakes a classic movie.   This episode contains discussions of death and dying. Please be advised.   JTP News! - JTP Live 3: LTC Drift is happening on August 26, 2021 at 8 PM ET (or afterward with a VOD)! Buy your ticket today at jointhepartypod.com/live! - Learn about the Actuary and more characters & LTC neighborhoods in Hello, Lake Town City!   Sponsors - Storybrewers, the creators of the TTRPG Good Society. You can pre-order the second printing from their website. - Elixir, a Prohibition-inspired fantasy podcast from Realm. Learn more at realm.fm or subscribe to Elixir in your podcast app! - BetterHelp, a secure online therapy service. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/jointheparty   Find Us Online - website: jointhepartypod.com - patreon: patreon.com/jointheparty

Where did Join the Paper come from? How do we balance homebrew mechanics on the show? And what were our wildest work experiences? All that and more on the Afterparty!   Sponsors - Inked Gaming, your destination for gaming goods of all kinds. Head over to inkedgaming.com/jointheparty and use code jointheparty at checkout for 10% off your order! - BetterHelp, a secure online therapy service. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/jointheparty   Find Us Online - website: jointhepartypod.com - patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod - twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod - facebook: facebook.com/jointhepartypod - instagram: instagram.com/jointhepartypod - tumblr: jointhepartypod.tumblr.com - merch & music: jointhepartypod.com/merch   Cast & Crew - Dungeon Master, Co-Producer: Eric Silver - Co-Host (Milo Lane), Co-Producer, Editor, Sound Designer, Composer: Brandon Grugle - Co-Host (Aggie O’Hare), Co-Producer: Amanda McLoughlin - Co-Host (Val Vesuvio), Co-Producer, Editor: Julia Schifini - Multitude:

The offices of AverageBear are on the 14th floor of a nondescript skyscraper in New York City’s Midtown, right around the corner from the high-speed rail. Not much changes on the 14th floor. Even when a piece of the company is bought by a mysterious VC company, you still gotta go create content like any other day. June forgot something back at the office. Rose did or did not date Tegan before. Todd is integrating across platforms.   Sponsors - BetterHelp, a secure online counseling service. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/jointheparty - Memory Lane, a new fiction podcast from Realm, available wherever you get your podcasts. - HelloFresh, where you can get up to 14 free meals including free shipping at hellofresh.com/jointheparty14 using code jointheparty14.   Find Us Online - website: jointhepartypod.com - patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod - twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod - facebook: facebook.com/jointhepartypod - instagram: instagram.com/jointhepartypod - tumblr: jointhepartypod.tumbl

Campaign 2 has been all about telling one city-level superhero story, but where do you start when you want to build an entire intersecting universe of superhero stories? We talk to Christopher Badell and Adam Rebottaro, the creators of Sentinels of the Multiverse, a cooperative card game rooted in a comic book tradition of a fictional comic book publisher. You can pre-order Sentinels of the Multiverse: Definitive Edition and grab the Sentinels of the Multiverse RPG book, and follow Chris and Adam on Twitter. The Punchbowl is our interview segment about playing TTRPGs in 2021 and beyond. Catch up on past interviews on our website!   Sponsors - Wildfang, our favorite place for floral button-ups and stylish coveralls. Go to wildfang.com and use code PARTY20 for $20 off orders of $100 or more. - Dakota Irish, your source for handcrafted tabletop gaming accessories. Code JOINTHEPARTY will get you 10% off anything in the store for orders over $60 USD / 50 EUR, through August 3rd, 2021.   Find Us Online - websit

I love it when the day that I expect to happen next actually happens! Don’t you love that? Aggie, Milo, and Val get some juice.   Sponsors - Visit HeroForge.com to start designing your custom miniature today. - Stitch Fix is an online personal styling service that finds and delivers clothes, shoes, and accessories to fit your body, budget, and lifestyle. Get started at stitchfix.com/jointheparty for 25% off when you keep your whole box - BetterHelp, a secure online counseling service. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/jointheparty   Find Us Online - website: jointhepartypod.com - patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod - twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod - facebook: facebook.com/jointhepartypod - instagram: instagram.com/jointhepartypod - tumblr: jointhepartypod.tumblr.com - merch & music: jointhepartypod.com/merch   Cast & Crew - Dungeon Master, Co-Producer: Eric Silver - Co-Host (Milo Lane), Co-Producer, Editor, Sound Designer, Composer: Brandon Grugle - Co-Host (Aggie O’Hare), Co-Produ

Where did Multitool come from? How was playing D&D with Brennan Lee Mulligan? And what would you get good at if you have a time loop? All that and more in the Afterparty!   Sponsors - Inked Gaming, your destination for gaming goods of all kinds. Head over to inkedgaming.com/jointheparty and use code jointheparty at checkout for 10% off your order! - Ctrl-Alt-Destroy, available wherever you get your podcasts. - BetterHelp, a secure online counseling service. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/jointheparty   Find Us Online - website: jointhepartypod.com - patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod - twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod - facebook: facebook.com/jointhepartypod - instagram: instagram.com/jointhepartypod - tumblr: jointhepartypod.tumblr.com - merch & music: jointhepartypod.com/merch   Cast & Crew - Dungeon Master, Co-Producer: Eric Silver - Co-Host (Milo Lane), Co-Producer, Editor, Sound Designer, Composer: Brandon Grugle - Co-Host (Aggie O’Hare), Co-Producer: Amanda McLoughlin -

On the inevitable whirlpool of time, you better sail straight. Also, hold down the R button while turning to drift. Val is in the belly of the beast. Milo is not the captain now. Aggie is multifaceted.   Housekeeping - Access free consulting and resources from Multitude at multitude.productions - Pick up the new worldbook for the world of Campaign 2 and the restocked Chad dice at jointhepartypod.com/merch!   Sponsors - NordVPN helps you protect and anonymize your data.  Go to nordvpn.com/jointheparty or use a coupon code JOINTHEPARTY at checkout to get a 2-year plan PLUS 1 additional month with a huge discount.  - Dungeoncast is a very good D&D podcast. Just search for The Dungeoncast in your podcast app or on YouTube to check them out! - BetterHelp, a secure online counseling service. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/jointheparty   Find Us Online - website: jointhepartypod.com - patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod - twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod - facebook: facebook.com/jointhepart

Everyone needs a break, so we're taking a vacation. And in Lagoon-Borough-Burg, that means a delightful cabin in the woods where nothing can go wrong. This is SLaM Comics #27: “Get Outta Town. Seriously, Get Out of Town.”   This is a series using subclasses from the NO CAPES superhero guide! Check it out, and get the stats to play these classes and many more at home, at http://jointhepartypod.com/merch   Brennan! - Watch Brennan Lee Mulligan as the DM on Dimension 20’s newest arc, Mice & Murder, at dropout.tv!   Multicrew! - Join the MultiCrew for just $5 a month! It helps fund new work from Multitude and you get access to Head Heart Gut, the friendly debate show featuring all the Multidudes. Check it out at multicrew.club!   Sponsors - Visit HeroForge.com to start designing your custom miniature today.   Find Us Online - website: jointhepartypod.com - patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod - twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod - facebook: facebook.com/jointhepartypod - instagram: instagram.com/jointhepart

If you’re looking to get out of a time loop, you need to go to a time loop expert. If you can’t find that, look for someone who thinks they’re an expert on everything. Aggie gives up beer money. Milo does or does not talk to ghosts. Val looks in the crisper.   New Merch! Pick up the new worldbook for the world of Campaign 2 and the restocked Chad dice at jointhepartypod.com/merch!   Sponsors - Stitch Fix is an online personal styling service that finds and delivers clothes, shoes, and accessories to fit your body, budget, and lifestyle. Get started at stitchfix.com/jointheparty for 25% off when you keep your whole box! - BetterHelp, a secure online counseling service. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/jointheparty - HelloFresh, where you can get 12 free meals including free shipping at hellofresh.com/jointheparty12 using code jointheparty12.   Find Us Online - website: jointhepartypod.com - patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod - twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod - facebook: facebook.com/jointh

What do you do when the Chad dice is giving the players only crits? What do we want to make canon from the worldbook? And how good does it feel to punch a man-fish face? All that and more in the Afterparty!   New Merch! Pick up the new worldbook for the world of Campaign 2 and the restocked Chad dice at jointhepartypod.com/merch!   Sponsors - Inked Gaming, your destination for gaming goods of all kinds. Head over to inkedgaming.com/jointheparty and use code jointheparty at checkout for 10% off your order! - Orphan Black: The Next Chapter, available wherever you get your podcasts. - BetterHelp, a secure online counseling service. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/jointheparty   Find Us Online - website: jointhepartypod.com - patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod - twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod - facebook: facebook.com/jointhepartypod - instagram: instagram.com/jointhepartypod - tumblr: jointhepartypod.tumblr.com - merch & music: jointhepartypod.com/merch   Cast & Crew - Dungeon Maste

The best laid plans of mice and superheroes often go awry, especially when you’re in a time loop and the guy controlling the time loop is onto you and then sets up a bomb at a bridge. Vulcani heats up. Kilonova resets. Preserver spikes.   New Merch! Pick up the new worldbook for the world of Campaign 2 and the restocked Chad dice at jointhepartypod.com/merch!   Sponsors - WorldAnvil, a worldbuilding platform for gamers of all kinds. Use the code jointheparty for 10% off all 6 and 12 month subscriptions. - BetterHelp, a secure online counseling service. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/jointheparty - HelloFresh, where you can get 12 free meals including free shipping at hellofresh.com/jointheparty12 using code jointheparty12.   Find Us Online - website: jointhepartypod.com - patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod - twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod - facebook: facebook.com/jointhepartypod - instagram: instagram.com/jointhepartypod - tumblr: jointhepartypod.tumblr.com - merch & music: jointhe

Jasper, Unati, and Jeremy are the Three Black Halflings, an incredible D&D combination-actual-play-and-advice-and-interview podcast that burst onto the scene last year. We talk about starting a D&D show in the great quarantine year of 2020, their African mythology-inspired Actual Play setting, and if they can convince me to like bards. The Punchbowl is our interview segment about playing TTRPGs in 2021 and beyond. Catch up on past interviews on our website!   JTP x TBH CROSSOVER - Listen to the superpower one-shot Eric ran for the Three Black Halflings, “MAXIMUM CARNAGE”! And make sure to check out and subscribe to the podcast.   Live Show! - A springtime live show set in LTC! May 13th, 8 PM ET (or afterward with a VOD)! Buy your ticket today at jointhepartypod.com/live!   Sponsors - BetterHelp, a secure online counseling service. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/jointheparty   Find Us Online - website: jointhepartypod.com - patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod - twitter: twitter.com/j

Now THIS is time-looping! The LT3 are putting the clues together and trying to track down the man in the black trench coat before too many time loops get looped. Val gets fired up. Milo cues yakkity sax. Aggie destroys a new friend.   New Streaming Live Show! - A springtime live show set in LTC! May 13th, 8 PM ET (or afterward with a VOD)! Buy your ticket today at jointhepartypod.com/live!   Sponsors - Stitch Fix is an online personal styling service that finds and delivers clothes, shoes, and accessories to fit your body, budget, and lifestyle. Get started at stitchfix.com/jointheparty for 25% off when you keep your whole box! - BetterHelp, a secure online counseling service. Get 10% off your first month at betterhelp.com/jointheparty   Find Us Online - website: jointhepartypod.com - patreon: patreon.com/jointhepartypod - twitter: twitter.com/jointhepartypod - facebook: facebook.com/jointhepartypod - instagram: instagram.com/jointhepartypod - tumblr: jointhepartypod.tumblr.com - merch & music: jointhepar