With a Masters in Teaching and extensive experience, Dan is a dedicated game masterspecialising in tabletop roleplaying games for neurodiverse teens. They’ve shared their expertise on numerous panels, podcasts, and actual play streams, offering insights into the potential of collaborative storytelling and social skill development
Aussie Role Call
Aussie Role Call is a podcast that focuses on the TTRPG scene in Australia with new and emerging creators and innovators. It is important to have diversity in all aspects of the presentation of each episode, interviews, new games, crowdfunding, and more.
The hosting style will be round-robin with Kate O’Sullivan as the forerunning voice, and with Stevie Schafer and Dan following.
D&D&TV
Ever wonder where your favourite game master gets their ideas from? Or are you starting out and looking for ways to make your game or character memorable to the rest of the table? Inspiration for an RPG story is everywhere if you look, but the best places are the stories you can get every day from television and movies. Here is a podcast that re-watches and analyses favourite TV shows and discusses how to make them into RPG adventures.
Inner-Strength Check Podcast
Congratulations to Dan Machuca for being our very first video/podcast interview guest within the realm of all things tabletop, hobbies, gaming and mental health! Dan and I met through the medium of tabletop roleplaying games, like the big nerds are are, a few years back. From there we’ve been professionally networked as part of the Game Therapy Australia movement, spearheaded by Game Therapist Michael Thorburn (also a fellow nerd – Hi Michael!).
Orden del Icosaedro Fulgurante | The Game Therapy Network
The temple of the Icosahedron has opened once more! This time we welcome Dan Machuca from Australia that comes to share about this project “The Game Therapy Network” with all of us to learn what they do and how. Also sharing some information about a game in development for young learning audiences.
How can tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs) promote social growth in their players?
A panel discussion about the benefits of Tabletop RPGs on building social skills for neurodivergent people. This is a recording of a panel discussion at PAX Aus 2023 that took place on Friday October 6th 2023.
Mistworld – An Actual Play Podcast
Navigating life’s intricate fabric, choices unfold paths to the extraordinary, demanding creativity, curiosity, and courage for a truly fulfilling journey.
One Shot Revolver – The Waking of Wiloughby Hall
A series of multiple one-shot games where Dan plays as both a player and a game master.
Two Rooms and a Boom gameplay
Five or Eight is proud to present a full gameplay episode of the large scale social deduction game ‘Two Rooms and a Boom’.
D&D in the Classroom: A How-To Guide for Educators
Imagine if we could bring all benefits and more to the youngest of adventurers through our classroom teaching?
Dan the Game Master 