Episode 484 - non-sequiturs

* (0:28) Fear the Con and its Con Planner site. The mixer is on June 21st, with the con itself on June 22nd and 23rd. * (1:12) Chad is running a D&D 5th Edition game. The shorthand version of spell components. * (6:46) Introducing a new player to RPGs. * (13:39) The group template (and its longer form) versus the pregame questionnaire. The Sword of Damocles. * (25:04) An Epoch of Rysos game that had a similarly diverse—yet equally cohesive—group. * (32:21) Short chapters, told out of sequence. * (42:43) Dissecting why the non-sequiturs work. Rory's Story Cubes. Hosts: Chad, Dan, Eric