Why We Roll

About Why We Roll

Why We Roll is a streaming show and podcast about designing tabletop roleplaying games, hosted by Chris Pickett (Danse Macabre) and Wythe Marschall (Stillfleet). Chris and Wythe host in-depth conversations with professional game designers with a focus on contemporary indie TTRPGs. They also occasionally run actual-play sessions and offer behind-the-scenes looks at the games they’re developing. Topics covered to date include game-design inspirations and best practices, the politics of games, illustrating game concepts, cards as mechanics, character backstories, party formation, eco-catastrophes, epic powers and “boss fights,” espionage in games, faction rules, genres, “medieval” settings, hit points versus wounds, “madness” rules, safety at the table, solo RPGs, the OSR or even the NSR, what makes a game a game, what makes a system a system, product development, the business of indie RPGs, and so much more! Why We Roll is recorded in Brooklyn and Queens, NYC.

Publisher

The Stillfleet Studio

Category

arts · leisure

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Sept 2023

Latest episode

29 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

112 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Oct 2026

   WWR 103 ☉ Duck and Crow Press w. Dale Houston

   Wythe Marschall (Stillfleet, PICARO!) and Dale Houston (Duck and Crow Press) talk about adventure design, solo games, printing pamphlets and zines, amazing game conventions, the OSR, cavepersons, probably cats, and no doubt much more! Hear Dale expound upon how to write adventures and short game modules in general. We talk about Dale's latest solo game—The Last Shoppe—as well as the infamous Bloodbath Dungeons. ☉ Check out Duck and Crow: https://www.duckandcrow.com/ ☉ Follow The Last Shoppe: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/... ☉ Head to ArcaneCon: https://tabletop.events/conventions/a... ☉ Give to charity and buy Dick Wizards! https://www.duckandcrow.com/shop/dick... ☉ Shameless plug—follow ULTRADELVE: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/... ☉ Join the conversation: https://discord.stillfleet.com ☉ Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/stillfleet/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2. 

   22 Oct 2026

   WWR 102 ☉ NETCRAWL w. James Pozenel

   Join Wythe Marschall (Stillfleet, PICARO!) for a chat with James A. Pozenel Jr. of Horse Shark Games about the amazing new cyberpunk TTRPG, Netcrawl! We chat about Dungeon Crawl Classics (DCC), high-lethality games, luck mechanics, and genres of literature in RPGs before digging into the creation and future of Netcrawl. ☉ Check out James's games: https://horsesharkgames.com ☉ Get Netcrawl: https://horsesharkgames.com/netcrawl-... ☉ Support Netcrawl's development: / lectrotext ☉ Follow James on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lectrotext.b... ☉ Join the conversation: https://discord.stillfleet.com ☉ Support the show on Patreon: / stillfleet Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

3. 

   15 Oct 2026

   WWR 101 ☉ Atrapos w. Zach 'Jelly' Cox

   Wythe Marschall (Stillfleet, PICARO!) and Christopher Pickett (Danse Macabre: Medieval Horror Roleplaying) chat with Zachary Cox AKA the JellyMuppet of SoulMuppet Publishing about Atrapos: A Roleplaying Game of Odyssey: a doomed mythic fantasy roleplaying game of defying fate in an epic world of Gods and heroes. Get your swords and sandals, folks—we're going going, back back to the Bronze Age Mediterranean. ☉ GO BACK IT: Atrapos https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/... ☉ The sister game is cowboys × Arthuriana: Inevitable https://usa.soulmuppet-store.co.uk/pr... ☉ All of SoulMuppet's games are great https://usa.soulmuppet-store.co.uk/ ☉ Also, we talked about this guy: Jackson Crawford AKA Professor Cowboy Viking / @jacksoncrawford ☉ Hometown plug—follow ULTRADELVE: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who has been a guest on Why We Roll

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Raffi Marhaba
• Rowan McStay
• Casey Papas
• Claire Carré
• Daniel Kwan

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

5,222

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

7 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 64 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

68

Social presence

0

YouTube

74

Engagement

77

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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