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Episode 76: Capes & Crooks: A 5E Superhero RPG from Crit Academy

Posted on July 27, 2021 by Tim Ludy

Greetings Entreprenerds!

This week I talk with Justin Handlin from Crit Academy about Capes & Crooks: A 5E Superhero RPG live now on Kickstarter! Justin and Crit Academy have published dozens of DMsGuild products and successfully launched Memorable Monsters on Kickstarter last year. Capes & Crooks is a brand new 5e superhero RPG. Customize your own unique characters with powers, roles, origins & alter-egos. Check out the Kickstarter.

Listen on iTunes or Stitcher.

Capes & Crooks is live now on Kickstarter until July 29th. Check out the campaign now!

For more about Crit Academy, check out my interview with Justin, Ian and Brandon where we talk all about their podcast and Patreon: Episode 43: Crit Academy

Be sure to follow Crit Academy on Facebook and Twitter.

I’d really appreciate any feedback either on Twitter @UndertheCapes, in the blog comments or through a rating on iTunes or Stitcher. Thanks and see you soon!

Episode 75: The Marketing Campaign for Anyone Can Wear the Mask byJeff Stormer

Posted on December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 by Tim Ludy

Greetings Entreprenerds!

My guest this week is podcaster and game designer, Jeff Stormer. Jeff hosts the Party of One Podcast, an actual play podcast focused on two-player RPG experiences. He is also the designer of over a dozen RPGs such as Mission Accomplished! and Big Fight Feel.

In this episode, we talk about the marketing campaign for his new game, Anyone Can Wear the Mask, a tabletop RPG about a superhero, a supervillain, and the city they share.

Listen on iTunes or Stitcher.

1:00 My Dad’s Monster Manual by James Introcaso on DMsGuild
4:00 How Jeff got started playing TTRPGs
7:30 What Jeff learned from launching past indie RPGs
11:30 Lessons from Kickstarter that can be applied to any marketing launch
14:00 Finding and marketing to your target audience
22:00 Anyone Can Wear the Mask TTRPG
24:00 Outreach to comic book influencers
29:00 Pre-launch marketing plan
38:00 Social media and podcast promotion plan
47:00 Being genuine and honest in your expectations

Check out Anyone Can Wear the Mask at jeffstormer.itch.io/mask and follow Jeff at jeffstormer.com and @PartyofOnePod on Twitter.

I’d really appreciate any feedback either on Twitter @UndertheCapes, in the blog comments or through a rating on iTunes or Stitcher. Thanks and see you soon!

Episode 52: Revamping Your Podcast with D&D Character Lab

Posted on March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 by Tim Ludy

Greeting Entreprenerds!

My guest this week is Garin from D&D Character Lab. Each week, Garin and Dan create Dungeons and Dragons characters and debate their validity on their podcast. The podcast features character classes available in various Wizards of the Coast and third-party published supplements and discusses them in a really entertaining format. The show is now over 2 years old and is a great resource for players and Dungeon Masters of D&D Fifth Edition.

I first learned about D&D Character Lab when I interviewed Crit Academy in Episode 43.

Listen on iTunes or Stitcher.

In this episode we discuss:

4:00 How D&D Character Lab got started
6:00 Their v2.0 2019 revamp
9:00 Keeping your podcast fresh and fun for you
10:30 Assessing your podcast’s strengths and weaknesses
14:30 Engaging with the D&D community and being guests on other podcasts
21:00 Launching Patreon and learning as they went
25:00 Future plans for D&D Character Lab
28:00 Importance of doing what you love and being genuine

Some of the other great shows and people in the Dungeons and Dragons community we talked about:

Be sure to follow D&D Character Lab on Twitter and Facebook and support them on Patreon for even more access.

If you’re at PAX East this weekend I’ll be there all four days as a dungeon master with The Role Initiative! TRI will be running a number of D&D Adventurers League games from 11am-midnight every day. Here is my schedule for the week:

Thurs 10PM CCC-TRI-30 Remnant of a Dream
Fri 3PM CCC-TRI-32 Casks and Caskets
Fri 6PM CCC-TRI-33 Matters of Life and Death
Sat 1PM CCC-TRI-30 Remnant of a Dream
Sat 6PM CCC-TRI-30 Remnant of a Dream
Sun 11AM CCC-TRI-32 Casks and Caskets

I’d really appreciate any feedback either on Twitter @UndertheCapes, in the blog comments or through a rating on iTunes or Stitcher. Thanks and see you soon!