Table talk encouraged
A podcast about games, dice, and everything nice
Welcome game masters! Each week Nick Perron dives deep into the art of running role-playing games with guest experts to get tips for everyone from first-time players to seasoned veterans. Nick is often joined by his friends, Rio, Shade, and Franco because adventuring is better together.
Join them around the table to find out what makes a great story and an even greater campaign!
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Nick Perron
Nick is an actor and creator currently based in Boston. Nick graduated from Dalhousie University’s Fountain School of the Performing Arts in 2015 with a degree in Acting and is proud to have been part of the very first graduating class. As a performer, he has worked in theatre and film internationally and has a deep love of developing new work. When not acting, Nick has made podcasts, produced videos, and is currently writing his first full length play. He also worked for Brown Box Theatre Project as their Social Media Manager, growing the company’s audience through content creation and engagement. In his spare time, Nick loves to play TTRPGs with friends, practice martial arts, and talk endlessly about his current obsessions.
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Rio Foust
Rio is an invasive species to New England, coming up from the low country swamps of Georgia. He was a gifted and eccentric child, finding himself more at peace in realms of fiction and fantasy than in playgrounds and classrooms. Rio grew up to become one of the defeated English Majors of the world, took a job in tourism, and was ultimately displaced by the Pandemic. Now he escapes into worlds of his own creation and shares them on this podcast! The Realms of Korrenor has been a years-long effort of love following him from high school to today. He hopes you enjoy hearing about it!
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Shade
Shade just wants to lend a hand, and though he'll preface that he might be wrong, he still can't seem to help but try to answer any question that comes within five feet of him. It's an anxiety problem he's trying to curtail. In a misguided attempt to do something interesting with his life, Shade spent his first 25 years to trying to become an archaeologist before realizing that academia might not be a great career choice. He then jumped over to working full time with the National Archives for about a decade, before finally opting for a career in sales where he could perhaps prosper from his compulsive impulse to answer questions. When he's not trying to close a deal, he can probably be found daydreaming about magic and adventure while enjoying a burrito.
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Franco Alvarado
Franco is a publishing professional and writer based in Salem, Massachusetts, currently working on his first novel. He was born in Lima, Peru, and was raised in South Florida, and holds a BA in English from the University of Florida, Go Gators, and an MA in Publishing and Writing from Emerson College. Since 2008, Franco has worked in publishing in some form, whether laying out literary magazines, creating ebooks, or developing accessibility standards for digital publications. He co-founded the speculative fiction literary magazine Strangelet, which ran from 2012 through 2016. His extracurriculars include playing guitar, running a D&D campaign set in an Ancient Mediterranean analogue, and talking about how good Peruvian food is.
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