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Rocky and Jords see how deep the rabbit hole goes as they figure out how to plan a session that feels like you're in the Matrix. But then, out of the Matrix. And then, back in the Matrix again. Show notes and transcript at playtonics.net/the-matrix If you have ideas for topics you'd like to hear us cover, hit us up at hello@playtonics.net, or slide into our DMs on Instagram, Bluesky and Mastodon.

Rocky and Jords dive into the world of queen bees and wannabes as they turn Mean Girls into a game. Show notes and transcript at playtonics.net/mean-girls If you have ideas for topics you'd like to hear us cover, hit us up at hello@playtonics.net, or slide into our DMs on Instagram, Bluesky and Mastodon.

Rocky and Jords are back to discuss how to run a great game about being a terrible archaeologist. Show notes and transcript at playtonics.net/raiders If you have ideas for topics you'd like to hear us cover, hit us up at hello@playtonics.net, or slide into our DMs on Instagram, Bluesky and Mastodon.

In a fast-and-loose end of year review, Rocky and Jords talk about some of the ideas that kept showing up in Season 1. Show notes and transcript at playtonics.net/2024-recap. If you have ideas for what you'd like to hear in 2025, hit us up at hello@playtonics.net, or slide into our DMs on Instagram, Bluesky and Mastodon.

After a year of podcasting, Rocky and Jords finally ask the big question: how do you run a great game of D&D that actually feels like D&D? Show notes and transcript at playtonics.net/dandd

It's killing all the way up as Rocky and Jords tackle John Wick, the ultimate movie for hyperviolent dog people. Shownotes and transcript at playtonics.net/john-wick

Rocky and Jords dive into Stranger Things, ET and Super-8, to figure out how to nail that nostalgia-fuelled Kids On Bikes Solving Mysteries vibe. Show notes and transcript at playtonics.net

Rocky and Jords figure out how to capture the fake gods and real adventures of classic early 2000s TV show, Stargate: SG-1. (Thanks for waiting the extra month for this one! Our editor, Rocky, was in the jungles of Uganda chasing gorillas, but we should be back to our regular monthly schedule from here.) Show notes and transcript at playtonics.net/stargate

Rocky and Jords take you out to the black, to figure out how to deliver on the Space-Western-Heist vibes of Firefly. Show notes and transcript at playtonics.net/firefly

Arthur C. Clarke one said that "...any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." It's a cool idea for a book - but can it work in an RPG? Rocky and Jords are on a quest to find out. Transcript and shownotes at playtonics.net/elder-race