The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
What Defines a Successful RPG? – Lazy RPG Talk Show
23 Jun 2025
D&D and RPG news and commentary by Mike Shea of https://slyflourish.com 00:00 Show Start 00:59 Sly Flourish News: New Articles, Scions of Light, 5eADB Updates 09:19 Kickstarter Spotlight: Treasures in the Dark by Jeff Stevens 10:43 D&D & RPG News: Perkins and Crawford Join Darrington Press, Ivan van Norman Leaves DP, Todd Kendrick Laid Off, Jess Lanzillo Leaves WOTC 16:57 Commentary: The RPG Business Punditry Hobby 22:14 Commentary: What Makes an RPG Successful? 37:30 DM Tip: Running 200 Ghouls in One Battle 49:53 Patreon Question: Campaign Plans and Player Agency 55:30 Patreon Question: Best Resources for New GMs 58:43 Patreon Question: Managing Large Groups of Monsters Links Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon Buy Sly Flourish Books How to Get Your Group to Play Other RPGs Organizing Your RPG Prep Notes Avoid Removing Player Agency Treasures in the Dark Kickstarter Chris Perkins and Jeremy Crawford Join Darrington Press Ivan van Norman Leaves Darrington Press Todd Kendrick Laid Off Jess Lanzillo Departs Wizards of the Coast Mastering Dungeons Episode What Makes RPGs Successful Running Hordes
Full Episode
today on the lazy rpg talk show we're going to talk about all the latest sly flourish news and take a quick look at some of the updates the 5e artisanal monster database treasures in the dark is a new kickstarter by jeff stevens of new treasures for your shadow dark game live on kickstarter right now chris perkins and jeremy crawford join derrington press ivan von norman leaves derrington press jess lanzillo the vp for dnd leaves wizards of the coast and todd kendrick are laid off
We're gonna look at what makes a successful RPG, who determines that and what are some of the criteria for determining whether or not an RPG is successful. I'm gonna talk about my experience of running 200 ghouls in one fight and how you too can run hundreds of monsters against your characters and not have it be completely overwhelming.
And we're going to cover more questions from the Patreon Q&A all today on the Lazy RPG Talk Show. I'm Mike Shea, your pal from Sly Flourish, here to talk about all things in tabletop role-playing games. I was out last week. I caught a cold and no one wants to hear somebody with a cold talking on a podcast or on a video. So I just took the day off instead.
I was also not having my RPG game, which meant I just took my day to relax, but I am better now. I feel great. And I'm very eager to be back on the show and love this show. It reminded me how much I love this show and love doing this show. And I'm always excited to talk about it. So I've been waiting all week for this opportunity for us to get together and chat about this wonderful hobby of ours.
So that means there are two articles that I want to talk about that I had published over on Sly Flourish this past week. One of them was how to get your group to play other role-playing games. You can find this over on SlyFlourish.com. You can also find links to this down in the show notes.
And if you want to get articles like this, future articles, one of which we're going to talk about, you can do so by subscribing to the Sly Flourish newsletter.
Best way to get the article sent directly to your inbox, no algorithms, no giant trillion dollar companies between you and me, just you and I having wonderful conversations about this hobby directly through email, the social media platform of the future, email. So how to get your group to play other RPGs was one.
article that i wrote and the other one was organizing your rpg prep notes i got really good feedback from both of these articles for patrons of sly flourish particularly hero tier subscribers of my the sly flourish patreon got access to two episodes of readings and reflections where
I read these articles aloud so you can listen to them in your car or while you're mowing the lawn or whatever you're doing, and then dive into some commentary about the topics. Some how did the topics come up? What kind of feedback have I heard? Some other little thoughts. It's sort of like the director's cut version of the article.
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