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Drown Your Players in the Fiction

GamemasteryEpisode 2501/14/2026

In this episode of That RPG Podcast, our listener asks: How do you set the table in your RPGs? And how do you keep players from getting distracted, especially when some of them have ADHD?

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Need some sage advice for your table from our Dear GM? Have an adventure hook you’re itching to run? Comment below or submit your prompt at https://thatrpgpodcast.com and we may feature it on the podcast.

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