I’ve launched a Patreon page to help support the Setting the Stage podcast. The funds will help pay for equipment and software used for the show. If there’s enough supporters, then I can start adding additional content.

There’s currently four tiers for supporting the show plus a free tier that’s basically a different way to get announcements compared to following the website here or joining the Discord.

Big Fan for $3/month – Get a Discord role and submit questions for a quarterly AMA from Isaac.

Super Fan for $6/month – Get a fancy Discord role. You can listen to some episodes live on the Discord Interview channel. You get one week early access to ad-free uploads of Setting the Stage episodes. You can submit questions for the quarterly AMA. And your name will be mentioned in the episode credits.

Super Duper Fan for $10/month – Receive a quarterly Setting the Stage merch drop! Buttons, stickers, and maybe a cool t-shirt. Or digital tokens and maps for your next session. Or a fancy miniature!
This tier comes with all the perks of the lower tier as well.

Biggest Fan for $150/month – Get the fanciest Discord role and I will GM one session a month of a campaign in the system of your choice for you.
Also includes all the perks of lower tiers.

The Patreon has been live for about a month and has one supporter at the Super Duper level. Of that $10, I’m getting about $8 after Patreon gets their cut and after taxes. That’s not enough to be profit positive yet, but cool to have something!

If you’d like to sign up, check out the Setting the Stage Patreon!

https://www.patreon.com/SettingtheStage

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I’m Isaac

Welcome to the GoCorral website! I’m Isaac Shaker and this is a place for me to write about D&D and occasionally other topics. I host a podcast called Setting the Stage that interviews different DMs about their campaigns. I’m currently focused on completing the Cimmeria campaign setting and turning it into a book.

Setting the Stage Podcast

84 – Horseback Riding D&D Camp (Michael and SaddleSnaps) Setting the Stage, Campaigns for D&D and Other RPGs

Michael tells us about a D&D horseback riding experience at SaddleSnaps! The Chicago-based stable hosted a weekend camping, horseback riding, and D&D event. About 50 players came from across the country for this new experience. During the event, the players were split up into three groups. Each of the groups engaged in the "Exploration" and "Social Interaction" pillars of RPGs as a LARP. They used horses to go out on rides around the area to find clues to a developing mystery. After returning to their base camp they'd set up around tables for the D&D "Combat" pillar. Michael was the main DM of the adventure along with lots of support DMs and NPC actors helping him out.SaddleSnaps is planning to do more rides like this in the future, both single day rides as well as full weekend campouts like this first one. There are evening rides every Thursday for the rest of July 2026 with more to come in future months. You can check out everything about SaddleSnaps on their website.Michael has his own website for his RPG resources called Paragon Provisions that you can check out as well.Michael also runs his own Discord server that you connect with him on if you'd like to keep up with all the cool D&D stuff he's doing.Check out the Setting the Stage website!Want to be on the show? Fill out this survey.Join our Discord!Support Setting the Stage on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
  1. 84 – Horseback Riding D&D Camp (Michael and SaddleSnaps)
  2. 83 – Call of Cthulhu's Garden (Hem and The Sprouting)
  3. 82 – Tarot Ghosts (George and Fears & Fortunes)
  4. 81 – Biopunk 2287 RPG (Seiya and Synesthesia Synthetica)
  5. 80 – Dynamic RPG Countries (Travis and Tetara)