Checklist For A TTRPG Podcast

  • Inappropriately loud and intense metal theme song
  • Talk about anything but the subject of the episode for the first 25 minutes
  • Worst quality mic you can find
  • At least one host is sick or has articulated being unprepared for the episode
  • Weird loud laugh 

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