HJRP S36E24 | End Season 36 | Encourage Exploring, System Strengths, & Success Story

HJRP S36E24 | End Season 36 | Encourage Exploring, System Strengths, & Success Story

Author: Happy Jacks RPG Network March 7, 2026 Duration: 55:33
◇ A Guy in Austin asks how to get players to explore, Aggie wants to know what our favorite systems do best, From the archive 2022: Weaselcreature shares a success story | Hosts: Kimi, Riley, Teri & Rob ◇ 00:33◇ Welcome & Episode Summary 01:43◇ Announcements - Our next Game Daze will be in March 21st! It’s safe, fun, and free. All games are required to use safety tools. You can join in the fun on the Happy Jacks discord server. happyjacks.org/discord 03:18◇ Indie Designer of the Month: Tristan Zimmerman (he/him) of Molten Sulfur Press https://moltensulfur.com/ 06:04◇ Mailbag 1 - A Guy in Austin asks how to get players to explore 47:07◇ Mailbag 2 - Aggie wants to know what our favorite systems do best 76:22◇ Mailbag 3 - From the archive 2022: Weaselcreature shares a success story 89:34◇ Episode Closing 92:22◇ Music ◇ Email happyjacksrpg@gmail.com or post in our Discord server to send in your own topic or question for the show! ◇ Find us on Youtube ◇Twitch ◇Bluesky ◇Instagram ◇Facebook ◇Discord or find all our podcast feeds on your favorite Podcast platform! happyjacksrpg.carrd.co ◇ Subscribe to our Actual Play Feed! We have a backlog of campaigns in over 20 RPG systems and new games running all the time. ◇ Become a Patreon! All the money goes into maintaining and improving the quality of our shows. patreon.com/happyjacksrpg Ⓒ2026 Happy Jacks RPG Network www.happyjacks.org

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Podcast Episodes
HJRP S36E22 | Live from OrcCon 2026! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:12:32
◇ Live from OrcCon 2026 at the Hilton LAX in Los Angeles! A great panel show with members of our audience and stories from lots of different con games. Since it is a live event, the audio quality is not the same as our n…
HJRP S36E21 | Explaining TTRPGs, GM Strengths, & Note Taking [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:29:53
◇ Eric from New Jersey asks how to explain TTRPGs to family, Mike from New York State shares about GM strengths, From the archive 2022: Weaselcreature talks note taking | Hosts: Pooja, Adam, & Artem ◇ 00:33◇ Welcome & Ep…
HJRP S36E17 | Character Sheets, NPC Control Reply, Forcing Game Prep [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:29:29
◇ Charger347 asks about character sheet improvements, Steffi from Scotland replies to our discussion on NPC crowd control, From the archive 2022: The_Gekko_State in Canada wants to know how to get excited about game prep…