Maitreyi Plays Games - Podcast & Audio format
Maitreyi is an Indian woman in Canada learning to be a better TTRPG GM, a better player and a better person. This is the audio format of videos posted on Youtube and written content on the website. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZLqQY4lxDmZhKHYhKGdHWg Website:https://www.maitreyiplaysgames.com/
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Episodes
Sunday Jun 01, 2025
Wednesday May 28, 2025
Wednesday May 28, 2025
Player Tips: How to Roleplay Stealth (Rogues, thieves, whatever - Be sneaky, not silent)
Sunday May 25, 2025
Sunday May 25, 2025
Let's reflect on what it means to be an adversarial GM in the modern ttrpg landscape
Wednesday May 21, 2025
Wednesday May 21, 2025
Today I wanna share some of the house rules I use for my D&D 5e home game, and I’ll share why I do it too. I want to preface this by saying I don’t have any game design chops so I’m sure I’m screwing with the balance or intended experience or whatever but doing this stuff lets me run the kind of game I want to run.
Sunday May 18, 2025
Sunday May 18, 2025
Whether you’re a forever GM or just looking to sharpen your skills, playing in other people’s games gives you the firsthand insight you can’t get from just GMing. We'll also talk about how to find games beyond your friend group if you need to!
Wednesday May 14, 2025
Wednesday May 14, 2025
Social strategies should have just as much intention as combat! Let's talk about some stuff you can do.
–Linktree: https://linktr.ee/maitreyiplaysgamesTranscripts or writeups associated with most videos, and other things (including a list of systems I've tried if you're curious), can be found at my blog: https://www.maitreyiplaysgames.com/Email: maitreyi.plays.games (at) gmail.com
Sunday May 11, 2025
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Tuesday Dec 05, 2023
Today we’re going to talk about player behaviour that makes your GM clench their asses in anxiety and frustration. It's important to remember that every GM is different, and what might frustrate one may not bother another. But in my experience, these things I’m going to talk about are fairly universal and could potentially annoy any GM.
Wait.. you DON'T want to piss them off? Wait you probably shouldn't do this stuff then.
Maitreyi Plays Games
Maitreyi is an Indian woman in Canada, learning to be a better TTRPG GM, a better player, and a better person!
Hello there! I started getting into tabletops in 2019 and have been doing some kind of content creation as a creative outlet for a little while. My blogging days started with a Xanga.. before LiveJournal…
I love writing but I never know what to write about. Enter tabletops. There is so much to learn and so much to engage with! It’s social, but there is a big element of individual engagement if you want! It’s the perfect hobby for me!
The learning-based format of my content was inspired by my desire to ask a billion questions to anyone and everyone who was willing to answer them, and knowing that I am far, far from an expert. I am very intentionally putting myself in positions of learning and am getting a LOT out of it! I find this approach also lets me feel like I’m pulling a bit of life into rules on a page and dice rolls - and what is this glorious pasttime if not driven by life!
An I’m-still-learning-format is fairly unusual for the tabletop content creation space, but I hope it makes the whole thing feel more approachable and accessible.