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.

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Susannah tells us about her world, the Dragon Knight Universe! She's written books and published two podcasts set in the universe. It's an alternate history of Earth where magic and monsters are real, but hidden from most people behind a veil of secrecy. To fight the monsters, witches created the Dragon Knights, a group of people with magical powers similar to those of dragons. The Dragon Knights succeeded and the world is mostly safe now, but new threats are always lurking around the edges of reality.The Thornvale and Felhaven podcasts are available on all your favorite podcasts. You can learn more about them on the Thornvale Podcast website.And the book published for the Dragon Knight Universe, Deep Hollow, is available on Amazon.The Actual Playce Discord Server is a great place to discuss actual plays as a fan and as a creator.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.
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