Hello and welcome to Setting the Stage, a new podcast where I will talk about different campaign settings for roleplaying games.
If you’re interested in being a guest on the show fill out the Google survey at this link: https://forms.gle/R9y6Y26Fr1DMSheH7
I’ll get back to you on the next round of interviews I set up.
I am your host, Isaac Shaker, and Iāll be speaking with a different person each week about a different campaign setting for D&D.
The podcast will have two types of episodes.
In one type I will be talking with one of my friends about an established campaign setting for D&D. This could be an official setting like Faerun or Greyhawk, or a popular fantasy world like Tolkienās Middle-Earth or Martinās Westeros. These episodes will focus on how to use the world as a campaign setting for RPGs and which RPG rule system would work best for running a campaign in that world.
The second type of episode will be where I interview different members of the D&D community and discuss their campaign world. This is a chance for the guest to show off what theyāve made, explain challenges theyāve overcome, and discuss paths that didnāt work for them when creating their campaign setting. Our homebrew worlds often get no attention outside of our own play groups, so this is a way to present a DMās hard work to a wider audience.
With guests coming on the show, itās only fair that they know a bit more about me before agreeing to an interview, so Iām also going to give a short introduction about myself.
Iām Isaac Shaker. Iām a biology scientist for my day job. Iām married and have a young daughter and son. I started playing D&D in 2000 when I was nine years old with my friendās dad as our DM. Iāve been DMing since I was 12. My main campaign world is called Cimmeria and is based off of Classic Greek Myths. Iāve designed a few other campaign worlds and have played in a few other groups, but Iāve been lucky to keep the same play group from the beginning. We play using Roll20 twice a week.
If youād like to be a guest on the podcast, fill out this form. If youād like to be more connected to the Setting the Stage podcast community, you can join our Discord.
If you’d like to learn more about how I made the podcast I have a few posts on that here:
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