Whether you're brand new to DnD or a veteran player stuck in the same campaign for years, learn how to expand your social network beyond that small party🗺️
🎧 Ready to roll for initiative on your social life? Press Start now and start building your IRL party! 🗡️
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🎲 Want to find love but hate loud bars and clubs? Tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons (DnD) could be your perfect social quest! 🧙♂️
🎮 In this episode, Sean, a DM and content creator, breaks down exactly where to find TTRPG groups and how to use them to unlock your social tree.
George is a Marvel and Star Wars fan who attends events regularly, has female friends, and can dance without drinking. So why hasn't he found his Player 2? 🤔
🎧 Press Start to find out so you can unlock 2-player mode! 🎮 🎮
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🎯 Going to meetups every week, showing up to events over and over again, hitting nerd conventions annually, and still single? You're not alone.
🎧 Listen now and start leveling up your social skills online! 🦾
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🖥️ You can use online social spaces to try new social skills that you're too afraid to test in the real world. By giving your avatar the behaviours you'd like to have yourself, you can safely test what it would feel like to be the person you want to become🫅
🫣 Meeting new people can be scary. That's why online gaming communities are a great way to start if you have Level 1 Social Skills and want to grind some XP! 👾 In this episode, Kaylee Lopez shares why communities are important and how you can use them to level up your social skills IRL 💬
🎧 Press Play and learn how nerd couples can form at conventions! 🦸♂️
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💕 If you've ever had a convention crush, worried about misreading signals, or wondered if you can be friends without getting friend-zoned, this episode is for you! Because sometimes a crush at a convention stays as a fun memory. Other times, it can turn into something more 💘
🧛♂️ How can you find a partner at a convention? Conventions are a great place to meet nerds, and relationships can come out of those connections. Bimini and Riv's story proves that a convention crush can turn into something real 🤝
🎧 Press Start to learn how to approach your gym crush without being creepy! 🧟
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👨🏻💻 In this episode, Jordan Yaklin, an online health and lifestyle coach who helps gamers level up their fitness and reclaim their health, breaks down why the gym is a completely different dungeon than bars, dating apps, or cold approaching strangers 👀
🏋️♀️ Afraid to approach your gym crush? People go there to exercise and decompress, not to be hit on by random NPCs. So how do you bridge that gap?
🎧 Press Start and learn how to set your single-player hobbies to multi-player mode!
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🥘 If you're feeling "cooked" because college social life seems like a distant memory, this episode breaks down exactly how to transform solo activities into friend-making (and potentially date-finding) opportunities 💘
🏫 How do you find dates after you're done with college? 🕰️ For many people, high school and uni gave us the perfect place to meet people. But once that's over, what do you do? How can you meet someone to date if you're not meeting... well, basically anyone? 🤷
🎧 Press Start and play the games you want without worrying about others!
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In this episode, Elyse @princessbilbo.bsky.social shares her experience as an asexual woman 🙅♀️ From her early teens pretending to have crushes, to struggling to explain to people who couldn't understand or accept her as she is 🤨
≠ Many of us are different in one way or another, so we try to fit into the social mold. Many of us have experienced social pressures trying to force us into other people's molds. But that doesn't mean that we have to disrespect our boundaries just to accommodate 🚧
🎧 Press Start to discover why leveling up your game may not be worth the grind! 💪
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👨💻 In this episode, a 40-year-old programmer shares his journey from socially isolated nerd to pickup artist practitioner to married father, and the unexpected ways those dating experiences still affect his relationships today 👺
💊 What happens when red pill advice "works"? John thought he'd found the cheat code to dating, but after years of grinding bars and clubs, he discovered the hidden costs of building relationships on a foundation of masks 🎭
🎧 Are you ready to become a social nerd? Press Start!
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In this episode, Pete @be1mont.bsky.social shared how he went from being a shy, quiet, serious kid to being comfortable talking to everyone. Just like Attachment Theory teaches, it often involves the support of other people. In his case, with the help of other nerds who invited him to hang out 🧙♂️
😤 Meeting your Player 2 organically can be a challenging quest. It involves balancing making friends while keeping an eye out for potential connections 🤔
In this episode, Kirk shared his challenges to date as a single nerd 😰 He was told that "if you focus on yourself and sort out your life, someone will come." Although that was not the case, he did manage to get a first date! 🙌
🎧 Are you ready? PRESS START! 👾
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💔 How can you find someone to date when dating apps aren't working, and all you do is work, stay at home, and meet with the same D&D group or play Warhammer 1-on-1? 🧌
It's much easier to "just be yourself" when you're surrounded by people who make you feel comfortable.
That's only one of many reasons why making friends can help you find a Player 2!
🎧 If you want to meet someone to give The One Ring to, listen to this episode! 💍
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🧙♂️ In this episode, Jose and I discuss what it was like to date within the Argentine Tolkien Association. Just like a Skill Tree, each friend you make can introduce you to others who are similar... until you unlock your Player 2 🕹️