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Desks and Dorks is a Board Game Design Podcast bringing you Reviews, Interviews, and much more!

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08/30/2025

Today we are delving into the power of monster hunting and how historical figures found, fought, and destroyed beasts. Tune in to see how you can use that in your own games!

https://youtu.be/e5dDu83Bco8

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08/23/2025

Today we are talking about the historical cost of magic, the heavy weight required of those who would use spells and how to use the heavy cost of magic in our own TTRPGs.

https://youtu.be/IAMnOQYcKNA

08/16/2025

Come check out the weirdest weapons of history and how you can use them for your ttrpgs!

https://youtu.be/a-3kLeMao0o

08/09/2025

We are back at it again! Join us when we talk about the importance of lw fantasy journeys!

https://youtu.be/7WxHYdrDx0w

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08/02/2025

https://youtu.be/IR93u5GhTnQ

Low fantasy is synonymous with the use of history as inspiration but there is so much that folks get wrong about the past. Today we're going to look at some of the things that folks get wrong the most.

07/26/2025

Today we are going to be to looking at how Monsters would change civilizations in a low fantasy world with a little extra focus placed on economics and logistics.

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07/19/2025

Today on Desks and Dorks we tackle the age old question of what would happen if monsters were real, and how to add that to low fantasy games.|

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07/12/2025

Today we did it! We finished an entire video on how wizards would work in a low fantasy world. If you want to know what to do with your wizard on the battlefield check out the linked video!

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07/05/2025

It's time to go to war. Battles, warfare, and large scale conflict occurs all the time in ttrpgs. Today we're going to look at how to make it work for our games and how to draw on how people waged war in the past to do it.

https://youtu.be/OnH4iNPR-qA

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07/02/2025

Today we are going to be looking at the Ranger, the keeper of the wilderness, and the descendant of an intriguing Medieval tradition. Join us as we observe the Ranger and how to make it better.

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06/26/2025

Today we are going to be riffing on one of the oldest concepts in the TTRPG genre. The mimic. Join us as we make some modern mimics, and talk about how to get the most out of these massive goobers.

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06/25/2025

As it stands: the fighter, the warrior, the armored archetype is boring and underutilized by the games that use it. Today, we are going to look at the "fighter" in history and how to make it more interesting.

https://youtu.be/vjwqkNt-K7I

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