Keep off the Borderlands: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to Keep off the Borderlands. An RPG podcast documenting my return to table top adventure gaming following a thirty year hiatus.
Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com or find me on Twitter @FreeThrall
This month’s movie was Walter Murch’s Return to Oz from 1985.
This episode features contributions from:
(in order of appearance)
James Knight, Helen the Elf & Tyranna the Dwarf
Joe Richter of Hindsightless (podcast)
Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast & blog)
Goblin’s Henchman (podcast & blog) & the Umber Bulk #
Mirke the Meek (podcast)
Colin Green of Spikepit (podcast & YouTube)
M. W. Lewis of The Worlds of M. W. Lewis (podcast)
Get In the Heart of the Land of the Wizard of Oz here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/379474/in-the-heart-of-oz
Honourable mentions: Frank L. Baum’s Oz books, The Wizard of Oz (1939) dir Victor Fleming, Oz: A Fantasy Role-Playing Setting by Andrew Kolb
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I respond to a message from Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast & blog) regarding books made into movies.
Find Jason’s blog at https://nerdsrpgvarietycast.com
It’s also an opportunity to remind you of the coming Movie Monday episode. This month’s movie is 1985’s Return to Oz directed by Walter Murch. See below for details on contacting the show. The episode airs on September 30th, submissions by the 28th, please.
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Here’s a call-in episode featuring some awesome messages from Evil Jeff of Minions & Musings, Joe Richter of Hindsightless, BJ Boyd of Arcane Alienist, Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, Michael of Mirke the Meek, and M. W. Lewis of The Worlds of MW Lewis.
We cover kid’s TV (Teen Titans Go!, Bluey, Gravity Falls), sword & sorcery movies (Fire and Ice, Spine of Night), and kid's movies (The Secret of NIMH, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish).
Get Peter Eijk’s Pine Shallows here https://jimmyshelter.itch.io/pine-shallows
Please check out contributions from fellow #RPGaDay2024 participants:
Mirke the Meek https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mirke-the-meek
Dekahedron https://www.dekahedron.com/
Arcane Alienist https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arcanealienist
Nerd's RPG Variety Cast https://nerdsrpgvarietycast.com
Phantom Thoughts https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/phantomthoughts
Hindsightless https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joe-richter9
The GMologist presents https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karl-rodriguez
ivanmike1968 https://www.youtube.com/@ivanmike1968
Diegetic Advancement https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/diegeticadvancement
Runslinger/Casting Shadows https://www.youtube.com/@Runeslinger & https://castingshadowsblog.com
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As #RPGaDay2024 comes to a close, I summarise my responses to the month’s prompts.
For show notes and links, please take a look at the daily Substack posts I've been sharing throughout August.
The one exception is Jason Tocci’s innovative minimalist 24XX system which I didn't post about but got a mention in this episode. Check it out here https://jasontocci.itch.io/24xx
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This month Ralph Bakshi’s animated dark fantasy Fire & Ice from 1983. A collaboration with renowned fantasy artist Frank Frazetta.
This episode features contributions from:
(in order of appearance)
Joe Richter of Hindsightless (podcast)
Menion (AKA Rob) of Confessions of a Wee Tim’rous Bushi
Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast & blog)
M. W. Lewis of The Worlds of M. W. Lewis (podcast)
Goblin’s Henchman (podcast & blog) & the Umber Bulk
The Making of Fire & Ice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYCafSa8MKE
Honourable mentions: The Secret of NIMH (1982), Lord of the Rings (1978), Wizards (1977), American Pop (1981), Death Dealer (1973).
The movie for next month is 1985’s Return to Oz directed by Walter Murch. See below for details on contacting the show. The episode airs on September 30th, submissions by the 28th, please.
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Just me catching up on some feedback following my last couple of episodes.
Featuring calls from Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast & blog), B. J. Boyd aka “GameDoc” of Arcane Alienist (podcast), M. W. Lewis of The Worlds of WM Lewis (podcast), and Joe Richter of Hindsightless (podcast).
This month’s movie is Ralph Bakshi's Fire & Ice from 1983. See below for details on contacting the show. The episode airs on the 26th of August, submissions by the 24th, please.
Search for #RPGaDay2024 to discover all the great prompt responses from fellow contributors.
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This month Don Bluth out-disneys Disney with 1982’s atmospheric animated action adventure The Secret of NIMH. Featuring the vocal talents of Elizabeth Hartman, Peter Strauss, Arthur Malet, Dom DeLuise, John Carradine, Derek Jacobi, Hermione Baddeley, Paul Shenar, Shannen Doherty, Wil Wheaton, Ina Fried, and Jodi Hicks
This episode features contributions from:
(in order of appearance)
James Knight (with Tyranna and Ellen)
Joe Richter of Hindsightless (podcast)
Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast & blog)
Goblin’s Henchman (podcast & blog) & the Umber Bulk
Lex Mandrake of Dank Dungeons (YouTube, itch.io, Bandcamp)
M. W. Lewis of The Worlds of M. W. Lewis (podcast)
Honourable mentions: Sleeping Beauty (1959), One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), Robin Hood (1973), The Rescuers (1977), The Fox and the Hound (1981), Dragon’s Lair (1983), Space Age (1984), Dragon’s Lair II: Time Warp (1991), Banjo the Woodpile Cat (1979)
The movie for next month is Ralph Bakshi’s Fire & Ice from 1983. See below for details on contacting the show. The episode airs on August 26th, submissions by the 24th, please.
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Last week was a rough one so I’m just trying to play catch up here. Fortunately, I have some awesome messages to share from Lex Mandrake of Dank Dungeons (YouTube) & Matthew Chiamis of Monomyth Games (itch.io), Murke the Meek (podcast), and Joe Richter of Hindsightless (podcast).
Find Castaway here https://monomythgames.itch.io/castaway and the new solo supplement here https://monomythgames.itch.io/stranded
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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A fun-packed episode right here! First some Fallout feedback from Joe Richter of Hindsightless (podcast), Riley of Diegetic Advancement (podcast), and Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast & blog).
Then we have a special message from Lex Mandrake of Dank Dungeons (YouTube) all about The Jim Henson Hour.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8f6_k6xPkU&list=PL8Q9sP0ERTn6ED3aNVsG86w7nXiMM9JKy
I talk about playing Jim Henson’s Labyrinth The Adventure Game with my 7-year-old daughter. Get the PDF here https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/320014
I also reflect on running Yochai Gal’s Cairn (rules freely available here https://cairnrpg.com) using Yochai’s adventure Rise of the Blood Olms (https://yochaigal.itch.io/rise-of-the-blood-olms) and Chris Bissette’s Feast (https://loottheroom.itch.io/feast)
I round things off by taking a look at the awesome work of David Blandy & Daniel Locke in Eco Mofos!! (https://davidblandy.itch.io/eco-mofos)
Honourable mentions: Fallout, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Mass Effect, Portal, Driver, Batman: Arkham City, Fallout: The Roleplaying Game by Modiphius, Fallout RPG by Arcane Arcade, War For The Wasteland by Bloat Games, War Never Changes by Brandon J. Morgan, Wastoid by Jason Tocci, After the Bomb by Aaron King, Jim Henson’s Storyteller, Into the Odd, Electric Bastionland & Mythic Bastionland by Chris McDowall
This month’s movie is Don Bluth's The Secret of Nimh from 1982. See below for details on contacting the show. The episode airs on July 29th, submissions by the 27th, please.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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In a break from the regular 80s fantasy theme, to honour the work of Roger Corman who sadly passed last month, this month’s movie was 1963’s The Raven.
This episode features contributions from:
(in order of appearance)
Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast & blog)
Joe Richter of Hindsightless (podcast)
James Knight
Lex Mandrake of Dank Dungeons (YouTube)
Goblin’s Henchman (podcast & blog) & the Umber Bulk
The movie for next month is Don Bluth's The Secret of Nimh from 1982. See below for details on contacting the show. The episode airs on July 29th, submissions by the 27th, please.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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I kick things off by responding to some messages regarding my struggles with solo play (see episode 255 “False Starts in Solo”) from Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast & blog), MW Lewis of The Worlds of MW Lewis (podcast), and John Alan Large of The Red Dice Diaries (podcast & YouTube).
As the title suggests, this episode is about the Fallout franchise, an I.P. I’m surprised I’ve never spoken about considering the amount of time I’ve spent immersed in this world.
In order of appearance:
Magical Kitties Save the Day! by Matthew J Hanson
Dungeons & Dragons solo adventure modules by TSR
Fighting Fantasy series by Steve Jackson & Ian Livingston
Fallout (TV series) on Amazon Prime Video
Fallout 3, 4 & 76 from Bethesda
Other TV shows: Taskmaster, Reacher, The Change, Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities, Inside No. 9, Black Mirror, Arcane
Adam Curtis (creator of The Century of the Self & The Power of Nightmares)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ3RzGoQC4s
Mad Max dir. George Miller
A Boy and His Dog by Harlen Ellison
Forbidden Planet dir. Fred M. Wilcox
Flash Gordon by Alex Raymond
Fallout from Interplay
Fallout 2 from Black Isle
Fallout: New Vegas from Obsidian
Sandbox Generator by Atelier Clandestine
Fallout Lorecast “The 300th Episode Celebration w/ Special Guests
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7zN8KOYfq6bilb5ywegrJv?si=mACcClW_Sw--FxmwGbkH0Q
This month’s Movie Monday is Roger Corman's The Raven Sword & The Sorcerer from 1963. See below for details on contacting the show. The episode airs on the 24th, submissions by the 22nd, please.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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Well, what do you know? It’s Movie Monday again and this month’s movie was Albert Pyun's horror-tinged fantasy The Sword & the Sorcerer, a movie I learn I've not seen before.
This episode features contributions from:
(in order of appearance)
Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast & blog)
Joe Richter of Hindsightless (podcast)
MW Lewis of The Worlds of MW Lewis (podcast)
Lex Mandrake of Dank Dungeons (YouTube)
James Knight
Goblin’s Henchman (podcast & blog) & the Umber Bulk
The mentioned Nerd's RPG Variety Cast episodes are…
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376/episodes/455-The-Sword-and-the-Sorcerer-with-Jason-Hobbs-e1t2plk
455 The Sword & the Sorcerer
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376/episodes/565-Alien-From-L-A--1988-e29l0c9
565 Alien from L.A.
Honourable mentions: Jason Hobbs of Random Screed and Hobbs & Friends (podcasts), Nicomeiden's Tower by MW Lewis, Smouldering Dung Games' Flipping & Turning, Daniel Norton of Bandits Keep (podcast & YouTube), The Clash of the Titans dir. Desmond Davis, Conan the Barbarian dir. John Milius, Krull dir. Peter Yates, The Dark Crystal dir. Jim Henson & Frank Oz, Hawk the Slayer dir. Terry Marcel, Excalibur dir. John Borman, Dragonslayer dir. Matthew Robbins, Return of the King dir. Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin Jr, The Lord of the Rings and Wizards dir. Ralph Bakshi, Star Wars dir. George Lucas, Bad Dreams dir. Andrew Fleming, Laserblast dir. Michael Rae
The movie for next month is Roger Corman's The Raven from 1963. See below for details on contacting the show. The episode airs on June 24th, submissions by the 22th, please.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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MW Lewis of The World of MW Lewis finally makes the transition from Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast to join us for movie night, swooping in to defend The Dark Crystal’s honour.
This month’s movie is Albert Pyun's The Sword & The Sorcerer from 1982. See below for details on contacting the show. The episode airs on the 27th, submissions by the 25th, please.
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In this episode, after responding to a couple of great calls from Michael of Mirke the Meek (podcast) and Colin Green of Spikepit (podcast), I explore my struggle with solo roleplaying games, playing other roleplaying games solo and getting my head around gaming in general with a host of awesome RPGs getting mentioned along the way.
In order of appearance:
Phantom Mill’s The Valley of Flowers
Chris McDowall’s Mythic Bastionland and Into the Odd
Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu
Jon Sutherland’s Watchers of Walberswick from White Dwarf issue 50
Amanda P’s Pilgrimages of the Sun Guard
Nerd Siren’s Corny Groń and Beyond Corny Groń
Ockult Örtmästare Games and Stockholm Kartell Mörk Borg and Dark Fort
Yochai Gal’s Cairn 2E and Beyond the Pale
Corkboards & Curiosities – How being a Teacher made me a better Game Master
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVKhKTprEuw
David Blandy’s Lone Eons, Lost Eons, and Eco Mofos
Free League’s Dragonbane
Man Alone – The Best Book for Improving Your Solo Skills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQC3xHdERsk
Cezar Capacle’s Random Realities and Lisergia
Jason Graham & Del Branham’s Dark Age of Man
By Odin’s Beard’s Runecairn Wardensaga Remastered and Runecairn: Into the Nine Realms
Tuesday Knight Games’ Mothership
Honourable mentions: Andy Goodman of Grizzly Peaks Radio
The movie for next month is Albert Pyun's The Sword & The Sorcerer from 1982. See below for details on contacting the show. The episode airs on the 27th, submissions by the 25th, please.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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Here’s another Movie Monday feedback episode. I have a couple of calls to share regarding The Dark Crystal episode then the Southwest Sofa Crew look back to this time last year at the first-ever Movie Monday feature, the Harryhausen classic Clash of the Titans.
This episode features contributions from:
(in order of appearance)
Joe Richter of Hindsightless (podcast)
Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast & blog)
Goblin’s Henchman (podcast & blog) & the Umber Bulk aka The Southwest Sofa Crew
This month’s movie is Albert Pyun's The Sword & The Sorcerer from 1982. See below for details on contacting the show. The episode airs on the 27th, submissions by the 25th, please.
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Here’s an audio unboxing for your listening pleasure. Jedediah Berry & Andrew McAlpine’s The Valley of Flowers is a fantasy campaign setting of mythic adventure in a world gone strange, for use with Old-School Essentials and Cairn which I think would make a great companion for Chris McDowall’s Mythic Bastionland.
Check out this review of The Valley of Flowers on Between Two Cairns
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7sc1zPwSRdYpvVD5yrgpHG?si=YosoqEAkTpmOkF74zUh7vA
Honourable mention: Fallen by Perplexing Ruins
This month’s movie is Albert Pyun's The Sword and the Sorcerer from 1982. Contributions submitted by May 25th, please. See below for details on contacting the show.
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In this episode, I respond to an awesome call from Joe Richter of Hindsightless regarding Mythic Bastionland before getting into some 4D roleplaying feedback from Anthony “Runeslinger” Boyd of Casting Shadows (podcast & YouTube) and Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue (podcast & blog) that leads to me reassessing of some of my assumptions regarding this approach to play.
Get ManaDawn’s Mythic Bastionland character sheet here https://manadawnttg.itch.io/mythic-bastionland-character-sheet
ivanmike1968’s takes a look at 4D Role Play
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHnoZaCQey4
An experiment in horror - Call of Cthulhu actual play
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/001-isla-de-la-muerte-were-all-off-to-sunny-spain/id1530832637?i=1000582666196
Honourable mentions: sameøldji (podcast, YouTube), Safer Fantasy Crafting (podcast), Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast & blog)
The movie for next month is Albert Pyun's The Sword & The Sorcerer from 1982. See below for details on contacting the show. The episode airs on the 27th, submissions by the 25th, please.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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It’s Movie Monday and this month it’s the turn of groundbreaking puppet fantasy The Dark Crystal directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz John from 1982.
This episode features contributions from:
(in order of appearance)
Colin Green of Spikepit (podcast)
Evil Jeff of Minions & Musings (podcast)
Joe Richter of Hindsightless (podcast)
Michael of Mirke the Meek and Euphonious in Dungeon (podcasts)
Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast & blog)
Goblin’s Henchman (podcast & blog) & the Umber Bulk
Find The Dark Crystal Adventure Game here https://www.riverhorsegames.com/products/the-dark-crystal-adventure-game
The movie for next month is Albert Pyun's The Sword & The Sorcerer from 1982. See below for details on contacting the show. The episode airs on the 27th, submissions by the 25th, please.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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To celebrate my 250th episode, I'm joined by the wonderful Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus for the long-awaited third installment of The Bastion Social where we take a look at the pre-print PDF of Chris McDowall's forthcoming Mythic Bastionland.
Honourable mention: Pilgrimage of the Sun Guard, a solo adventure game by Amanda P. Featured in episode 198
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Y9E2dcEXKnHnn4NecVsu4?si=qDz0F055S6ifj4dErAWv6A
Grab a copy here: https://weirdwonder.itch.io/sunguard
Eco Mofos, a weirdhope crawl by David Blandy (art by Daniel Locke & Aaron Cattoir) can be found here: https://davidblandy.itch.io/eco-mofos
This month’s movie is Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal from 1982. Contributions submitted by the end of April 26th, please. See below for details on contacting the show.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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In this episode I that a look into 4D roleplaying as discussed by Sameøldji on episode 14 of their podcast The Four Dimensional Model of Roleplaying.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/035cpq8HK6aK3ekVSI3ln9?si=UYL2wQVhTLqnoL-UWXIfyA
I also came across a couple of YouTube videos that relate to the topic.
Firstly, Quintin “Quinns” Smith takes a trip to Singapore to investigate the phenomenon of Jubensha for People Make Games.
https://youtu.be/6_dlxbGUNNQ?si=cs6FXHpb-XHv2frV
Also check out Quinns of the latest Bastionland Podcast episode.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4zGimNQaFxAa5lXwpq5GaQ?si=IFjiAbXgQN6yNxwBv8DbVA
Here's Ben “Questing Beast” Milton getting to experience Dave Wesely's Braunstein.
https://youtu.be/P-zzrWAQcWQ?si=5PyTo4FLqXxNbiJJ
Honour mentions: Anthony “Runeslinger” Boyd of Casting Shadows, Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue and Daniel Jones’ of Primæval Fantasy.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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Just sharing a surprise unboxing and a call from Colin Green of Spikepit (podcast).
This month’s movie is Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal from 1982. Contributions submitted by the end of April 26th, please. See below for details on contacting the show.
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Just a little Movie Monday feedback concerning Dragonslayer and Excalibur.
This episode features contributions from:
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Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast & blog)
Joe Richter of Hindsightless (podcast)
Karl Rodriguez of the GMologist Presents… (podcast & YouTube)
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It’s Movie Monday again and the movie for March was John Boorman’s Arthurian epic Excalibur from 1981.
Liam Neeson meets Helen Mirren anecdote
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoY0J5jSbTM
This episode features contributions from:
(in order of appearance)
Safer of Safer Fantasy Crafting (podcast)
Karl Rodriguez of the GMologist Presents… (podcast & YouTube)
Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast & blog)
Lex Mandrake of Dank Dungeons (YouTube)
Joe Richter of Hindsightless (podcast)
Goblin’s Henchman (podcast & blog) & the Umber Bulk
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Well, March flew by all too quickly. This is me playing catchup before Movie Monday comes around again.
This month’s movie is John Boorman’s Excalibur from 1981. Contributions are required for March 22nd. See details for contacting the show below.
This episode features contributions from:
(in order of appearance)
Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast & blog)
Menion (AKA Rob) of Confessions of a Wee Tim’rous Bushi (podcast & blog)
Karl Rodriguez of the GMologist Presents… (podcast & YouTube)
Anthony “Runeslinger” Boyd of Casting Shadows (podcast & blog)
Joe Richter of Hindsightless (podcast)
Julz Burgisser of Jewels From NZ (podcast & Twitch)
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Well, it’s Movie Monday again and this month’s movie was Matthew Robbins’ dark medieval fantasy Dragonslayer, a movie I’d not previously seen.
This episode features contributions from:
(in order of appearance)
Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast & blog)
Michael of Mirke the Meek (podcast)
Joe Richter of Hindsightless (podcast)
Menion (AKA Rob) of Confessions of a Wee Tim’rous Bushi (podcast & blog)
Goblin’s Henchman (& co.) (podcast & blog)
Lex Mandrake of Dank Dungeons (YouTube)
Karl Rodriguez of the GMologist Presents… (podcast & YouTube)
The movie for next month is John Boorman’s Excalibur from 1981. See details for contacting the show below.
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Goblin’s Henchman kindly sent me a review of the former Movie Monday feature Dungeonmaster. I decided to give the movie a watch before listening to that review, having missed the movie the first time around.
In this episode, I share my thoughts along with those of the Goblin’s Henchman-fronted Southwest Sofa Crew.
The movie for next month is Matthew Robbins’ Dragonslayer from 1981. Submissions required by February 23rd. See details for contacting the show below.
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Featuring awesome messages from Ivan Podgwaite of IvanMike1968 (YouTube), Julz Burgisser of Jewels From NZ (podcast, Twitch), Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast, blog), Michael of Mirke The Meek (podcast), and Menion aka Rob of Confessions of a Wee Tim’rous Bushi (podcast).
Media mentioned:
Anthony and Ivan play Ubiquity
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXW8hhw_7xc&list=PLZfuKgeD5fl5IEr68OYG7pnTANwtxiaYA
Ivan runs Dark Age of Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb3HS2sUM9M&t=373s
Dark Age of Man creators watch Ivan’s actual play
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dyaVvy2Rg4&t=8500s
Julz Burgisser’s Jewels from NZ 52 Keep Your Games Tight
https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/52-keep-your-games-tight/id1479052382?i=1000645015342
Safer Fantasy Crafting - RPG’a are Frankenstein’s monsters
https://podcasts.apple..com/gb/podcast/rpgs-are-frankensteins-monsters-a-revelation/id1517897309?i=1000486328483
Cockatrice Nuggets 231 - Favorite Style of Game
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cn231-favorite-style-of-games/id1385900680?i=1000639621727
Between Two Cairns - Hidden Hand of the Horla (Yochai & Brad discuss the term “OSR”)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hidden-hand-of-the-horla/id1645352624?i=1000642094497
Mastering Dungeons 171 - 2023 Review and 2024 RPG Outlook (hosts discuss acronyms)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/2023-review-and-2024-rpg-outlook-md-171/id1073532756?i=1000639814035
Phantom Thoughts - 083 Call-palooza (I call Pink Phantom)
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/083-call-palooza/id1634924392?i=1000644167857
RuneHammer RPG Mainframe - What Was Your Creative Origins?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUWS8ehIaXM&t=229s
Hieronymus J. Doom’s Fantastic Fights
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/fantastic-fights/id1507186071
Patrick Dowling’s The Adventure Game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOuAzHjsiOg&t=2s
Sameøldji #10: Cultures of play and Layers feat. Runeslinger
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Sz62wszKA2s4gNUajHnfn
Douglas Rushkoff’s Team Human 281 - Brendon Lemon
https://shows.acast.com/58ad887a1608b1752663b04a/65c2e22773ba2f0016f7d92a
https://www.teamhuman.fm/episodes/281-brendon-lemon
Systems mentioned: Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition by Wizards of the Coast, Hollow Earth Expedition by Exile Game Studio, Dark Age of Man by Jason Graham & Del Branham, Index Card RPG/Crown and Skull by RuneHammer Games, White Box Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game by Charlie Mason, OSRIC by Stuart Marshall & Matt Finch, Chrono Trigger by SquareSoft, Fighting Fantasy by Steve Jackson & Ian Livingstone, Ant Attack by Quicksilva, Zaxxon by Sega/Gremlin, Q*bert by Gottlieb, Minecraft by Mojang Studios, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim/Fallout by Bethesda Softworks, Forbidden Psalm by Will Rahman, Mork Borg by Pelle Nilsson, Cthulhu Dark/Cosmic Dark by Graham Walmsley
Honourable mentions: Douglas Adams, Daniel Norton of Bandits Keep (podcast, YouTube), Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus (podcast)
Movie Monday reminder for Matthew Robbins’ Dragonslayer from 1981. Submissions required by February 23rd. See details for contacting the show below.
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Here’s more Time banter, featuring a message from Anthony “Runeslinger” Boyd of Casting Shadows (podcast & blog) concerning the Voyagers TV show, and mor feedback from Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast & blog), Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist presents… (podcast & YouTube), and Safer of Safer Fantasy Crafting (podcast).
Honourable Mention: Daniel Norton of Bandit’s Keep (podcast & YouTube), Menion (AKA Rob) of Confessions of a Wee Tim’rous Bushi (podcast & blog)
The movie for next month is Matthew Robbins’ Dragonslayer from 1981. Submissions required by February 23rd. See details for contacting the show below.
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Here’s a little follow-up to Time Bandits Movie Monday, featuring a missed contribution from Mirke the Meek (podcast) and feedback from Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast & blog), Joe Richter of Hindsightless (podcast), Daniel Norton of Bandit’s Keep (podcast & YouTube)
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Here it is! My first bash at Movie Monday, a feature previously hosted by Jason Connerley over on Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast. Jason kindly asked if I could take over hosting the feature, which I was more than happy to do, as he has some other things he would like to devote time to.
One such project is his new solo play RPG blog that you can check out here https://nerdsrpgvarietycast.com
As you’ve probably guessed, this month’s movie is Terry Gilliam’s classic kids adventure Time Bandits from 1981. A personal favourite.
This episode features contributions from:
(in order of appearance)
Lex Mandrake of Dank Dungeons (on YouTube)
Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast & blog)
Joe Richter of Hindsightless (podcast)
Karl Rodriguez of the GMologist Presents… (podcast)
Daniel Norton of Bandit’s Keep (podcast & YouTube)
Anthony “Runeslinger” Boyd of Casting Shadows (podcast, YouTube & blog)
Goblin’s Henchman (& co.) (podcast & blog)
Menion (AKA Rob) of Confessions of a Wee Tim’rous Bushi (podcast & blog) Also, be sure to check out Menion’s own Time Bandit episode here https://open.spotify.com/episode/5rpdVXWMLED0zvgYIrk7lC?si=r_wB0l2gRM25gGaI4KnUzw
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Beginning with another reminder for your Movie Monday entries. This month’s movie is Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits (1981). Please see the various methods of contacting the show below.
I respond to a couple of messages kindly sent in by Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast before comparing chances of success in various RPGs I’ve played.
Systems mentioned: Chris McDowall’s Into the Odd, David Black’s Black Hack, Gary Gygax & Dave Arneson’s original Dungeons & Dragons, Advanced, Basic and Fifth Edition D&D, Brandish “Runehammer” Gilhelm’s Index Card RPG, Pelle Nilsson’s Mörk Borg, Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu, Free League’s Vaesen, Pith by Free Thrall Games, Graham Walmsley’s Cthulhu Dark.
Podcasts & YouTube Videos: Rich Fraser’s Cockatrice Nuggets,
Yochai Gal & Brad Kerr’s Between Two Cairns,
Anthony “Runeslinger” Boyd’s Casting Shadows,
Colin Green’s Spikepit,
Riley’s Diegetic Advancement,
ivanmike1968.
Coming soon: Andy Goodman’s Grizzly Peaks Radio - Plague of Fools
Honourable mention: Scott Dorward of The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
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I begin with a reminder for your Movie Monday entries. This month’s movie is Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits (1981). Please see the various methods of contacting the show below.
I respond to a message from Michael of Mirke the Meek before contemplating the purpose of player dice rolls.
Honourable mentions: Tim Gray’s Jaws of the Six Serpents, Daniel Norton & K.R. King of Monsters & Treasure - episode 56 “DM Controlled Fun”, Mastering Dungeons episode 171 “2023 Review and 2024 RPG Outlook”, Matt Colville’s MCDM.
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This is not a regular episode. This is Between the Borderlands.
This is a follow-up episode regarding Substack’s decision to remove Nazi content.
Special thanks to Joe Richter of Hindsightless.
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This is not a regular episode. This is Between the Borderlands.
I just wanted to share my thoughts regarding the Substack approach to content moderation.
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This episode is primarily a bit of housekeeping, a bunch of stuff that should have been mentioned in the last episode, some end-of-year gaming and the announcement that I will be taking over the hosting of Movie Monday, a feature previously hosted by Jason Connerley over on Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast.
Movie Monday is a feature in which we choose a movie for listeners to watch each month and send in their thoughts. Those messages are then compiled and shared in an episode that goes out on the last Monday of each month.
This month’s movie is Terry Gilliam’s Time Bandits (1981). Please see the various methods of contacting the show below.
I respond to a message from Michael of Mirke the Meek before looking at another bunch of RPG books I picked up this year including Leo Hunt’s Vaults of Vaarn Deluxe Edition, Kobayashi’s Black Sword Hack - Ultimate Chaos Edition, Laurie O’Connel’s Hieronymus: Garden of Earthly Delights Edition, and Brian Yaksha’s Throne of Avarice for Best Left Buried.
I round things off by talking about a couple of sessions of Castaway by Monolith Games and Stockholm Kartell’s Mörk Borg.
Honourable mentions: Goblin’s Henchman, Cairn 2E by Yochai Gal, Between Two Cairns, Rich Fraser of Cockatrice Nuggets, The Weekly Scroll, A Boy and His Dog Dir. L.Q. Jones, David Black’s The Black Hack, Free League’s Dragonbane, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, and Scott Dorward.
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In this episode, I answer messages from Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, Michael of Mirke the Meek, and Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents…
I take a very brief look at a bunch of RPG books I picked up this year including Modiphius’s The Troubleshooters RPG, Zedeck Siew and Munkao’s Reach of the Roach God, Luka Rejec’s UltraViolet Grasslands 2E, Ben Milton’s Knave Second Edition, Chris McDowall’s Mythic Bastionland, Limitron’s Pirate Borg, Jason Sholtis’ Dungeon Dozen Vol. 2, Monty Cook’s The Weird, and Skerples’ Monster Overhaul.
Honourable mentions: Free League’s Vaesen and Dragonbane, Johan Egerkrans, Peter Mullen, and Yochai Gal’s Cairn 2E.
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This episode kicks off with a wonderful message Mirke the Meek, whose podcast has had me contemplating the format of my show.
We then have a potted history of Traveller courtesy of Micheal “Chigowiz” Shorten of The Dungeon Master’s Handbook and a first-time call for Lex Mandrake of Dank Dungeons (creator of AZAG and 5B).
Lex’s creations are available on both DriveThruRPG https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/24684/dank-dungeons?keyword=dank%20dungeons and itch https://dank-dungeons.itch.io
I then take a look at some more recent Gus L. goodness in the shape of The Curse of the Ganshogrr https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/455858/the-curse-of-the-ganshoggr
Honourable mentions: Karl Rodriguez of the GMologist presents…, Marc Miller’s Traveller Facsimile Edition and 5th Edition, Mongoose Traveller, GURPs Traveller, Samardan Press’s Cepheus, Kevin Crawford’s Stars Without Number, Battlestar Galactica, TSR Dungeons & Dragons, WotC, Kelsey Dionne’s ShadowDark, Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu, Shadows of Yog-Sothoth, Mike Mason’s Pulp Cthulhu, Questingbeast’s Glatisant newsletter, Kill Jester’s Errant.
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Here’s another brief episode as I attempt to get back in the saddle.
Big thanks to Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents… for the birthday wishes. I also have a call from new podcaster on the block Mirke the Meek. Be sure to check his show out here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mirke-the-meek/id1717660767
Find Gus L.’s blog All Dead Generations free stuff here https://alldeadgenerations.blogspot.com/p/pdf-adventure-archives.html
Listen to Jason Connerley talk to Ray Otus on Nerd’s Variety Cast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/569-ray-otus-osr-world-tour/id1494636468?i=1000632901606
and Krull on Movie Monday here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/580-krull-on-movie-monday/id1494636468?i=1000636606568
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Some brief notes for a brief episode.
Big thanks for calls from Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, Menion aka Rob of Confessions of a Wee Tim’rous Bushi, and Barry Dewey-Robertson aka GM Shadow of Shadow of the GM.
Be sure to check out Gus L.’s blog All Dead Generations. Find the free stuff here https://alldeadgenerations.blogspot.com/p/pdf-adventure-archives.html
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I begin by addressing OSR October and why I’ve been in two minds about involving myself in it before deciding it will be a good opportunity to take a look at some interesting products. I share some great calls from Joe Richter of Hindsightless, Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast and Michael “Chigowiz” Shorten of The Dungeon Masters Handbook.
There’s a little more about the awesomeness of CLAYMORE’s FISThttps://claymorerpgs.itch.io/fist
Colin “Spikepit” Green’s link to Alan Moore on the How To Academy Podcast
I take a look free zine The Bizarre Brochure from Joel Hines https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/446330/the-bizarre-brochure
Rounding off with a quick horror movie review for Talk To Me (2022) dir. Danny & Michael Philippou
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Kicking things off in the traditional manner by responding to calls from Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, Anthony “Runeslinger” Boyd of Casting Shadows, and Nate Gillbreath of I’m Right, Your Welcome.
I then take a look at CLAYMORE’s FISTParanormal Mercenary RPG Box Set Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/frogappreciator/fist-paranormal-mercenary-rpg-box-set?ref=discovery&term=fist
I read the “Playing Fair” chapter from FIST’s referee section before taking to PLANET FIST, Jess Levine’s FIST hack itchfunder https://jessfromonline.itch.io/planetfist
Honourable mentions: Roleplay Cafe +, The Pink Phantom of Phantom Thoughts
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In this overdue episode, I respond to calls from John Alan Large of The Red Dice Diaries, Colin Green of Spikepit and Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast followed by the remaining prompts 21 to 31 of #RPGaDAY2023.
Find all the prompts here https://www.autocratik.com/2023/07/this-august-10th-rpgaday.html?m=1
Find out more from David F. Chapman and Anthony ‘Runeslinger’ Boyd here
Featuring…
Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere
Grizzly Peaks Radio actual plays:
Alien and Blade Runner from Free League
Jim Henson’s Labyrinth The Adventure Game and The Dark Crystal Adventure Game from River Horse
Call of Cthulhu from Chaosium
Casting the Runes by Paul StJohn Mackintosh
Neverland and Oz by Andrew Kolb
Middle-Earth Role Playing by Iron Crown Enterprises (I.C.E.)
Titan: The Fighting Fantasy World by Marc Gascoigne
Dungeoneer by Marc Gascoigne & Pete Tamlyn
UltraViolet Grasslands and the Black City 2E by Luka Rejec
Minimalist Gaming Doesn’t Exist by Pits Perilous https://pitsperilous.blogspot.com/2016/04/minimalist-gaming-doesnt-exist.html
Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set and Expert Set by Tom Molday & Dave Cook with Steve Marsh
Index Card RPG by Hankerin Ferinale
Hypertellurians by Frank “Mottokrosh” Reding
Best Left Buried from Soul Muppet
Mörk Borg from Free League
Mothership by Sean McCoy
Knave 2nd Editon by Ben Milton
Cairn by Yochai Gal
Andy Goodman of Grizzly Peaks Radio
Into the Odd, Mark of the Odd SRD, Electric Bastionland and Mythic Bastionland by Chris McDowall
Mythic Bastionland Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bastionland/mythic-bastionland-rpg-before-into-the-odd?ref=discovery
Azathoth Answers by Tobias Deißler
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In this episode, I respond to a couple of calls from Dr Samuel Johnson and Safer Fantasy Craft and John Alan Large of The Red Dice Diaries before addressing prompts 15 to 20 of #RPGaDAY2023.
Find all the prompts here https://www.autocratik.com/2023/07/this-august-10th-rpgaday.html?m=1
Find out more from David F. Chapman and Anthony ‘Runeslinger’ Boyd here
Featuring…
Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere
Barrow of the Elf King by Nate Treme
Pirate Borg by Limithron
Spire: The City Must Fall and Heart: The City Beneath from Rowan, Rook & Decard
Dragonbane from Free League Publishing
The Troubleshooters by Kister Sundelin
Ubiquity from Exile Game Studio
Call of Cthulhu, Pulp Cthulhu, Stormbringer, Elric! and Basic Role-Playing from Chaosium
Ghostbusters by West End Games
Andy Goodman of Grizzly Peaks Radio
Into the Odd, Mark of the Odd SRD, Electric Bastionland and Mythic Bastionland by Chris McDowall
Death is the New Pink by Mike Evans
Mausritter by Issac Williams
Cairn by Yochai Gal
Runecairn and We Deal in Lead by Colin Le Sueur
ANNA-X66 by Slade Stolar
Agents of the O.D.D. by Jason Tocci
Liminal Horror by Goblin Archives
Mail Order Apocalypse by Christian Buggedei
Eco Mofos!! by David Blandy
Isle of Ixx by Karl ‘SkullFungus’ Stjerberg
Between Two Cairns podcast
Wyvern Song by Brad Kerr
Tomb Robbers of the Crystal Frontier by Gus L
Old-School Essentials and Dolmenwood by Gavin Norman
Dolmenwood on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/exaltedfuneral/dolmenwood-tabletop-rpg?ref=discovery_category
Haunted Almanac by Nate Treme
Games Omnivorous
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In this episode, I respond to a couple of calls from John Alan Large of The Red Dice Diaries, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Michael ‘Chicagowiz’ Shorten of The Dungeon Master’s Handbook before addressing prompts 7 to 14 of #RPGaDAY2023.
Find all the prompts here https://www.autocratik.com/2023/07/this-august-10th-rpgaday.html?m=1
Find out more from David F. Chapman and Anthony ‘Runeslinger’ Boyd here
Featuring…
Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons by Gary Gygax
Traveller by Marc Miller
Osseous by Free Thrall (me)
Cthulhu Dark by Graham Walmsley
Scott Dorward of The Good Friends of Jackson Elias
The Black Hack by David Black
Dave Aldridge of Dpercentile
Middle-Earth Role Playing by Iron Crown Enterprises
Menion aka Rob of Confessions of a Wee Tim’rous Bushi
Troika! by Daniel Sell
The Dying Earth by Jack Vance
Pulp Cthulhu and Shadows of Yog-Sothoth from Chaosium
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I begin this episode by re-answering the first RPGaDAY prompt then I respond to a couple of calls from Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast and John Alan Large of The Red Dice Diaries before addressing prompts 2 to 6 of #RPGaDAY2023.
Find all the prompts here https://www.autocratik.com/2023/07/this-august-10th-rpgaday.html?m=1
Find out more from David F. Chapman and Anthony ‘Runeslinger’ Boyd here
Get Yochai Gal’s Cairn 2E playtest here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Km4LQliCbn-sAH2nzT6WhLTnGKZyijLx/view
Featuring…
Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere
League of Eternal Guardians by Barney Dicker of Loco Ludos
Pulp Cthulhu and Shadows of Yog-Sothoth from Chaosium
Andy Goodman of Grizzly Peaks Radio
Into the Odd by Chris McDowall
Barrow of the Elf King by Nate Treme
Colin Green of Spikepit
Osseous by Free Thrall (me)
Middle-Earth Role Playing by Iron Crown Enterprises
Carl Knight
Isle of Ixx by Skullfungus
The Dark Crystal Adventure Game and Jim Henson’s Labyrinth The Adventure Game from River Horse
Ultraviolet Grasslands and the Black City by Luka Rejec
Troika! by Daniel Sell
Carapace by Goblin’s Henchmen
Electric Bastionland by Chris McDowall
Vaesen – Nordic Horror Roleplaying by Nils Hintze
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In this episode, I respond to a couple of calls from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and John Alan Large of The Red Dice Diaries before launching into day one of #RPGaDAY2023.
Today’s #RPGaDAY Prompt is ‘FIRST RPG played (this year)’
Find all the prompts here https://www.autocratik.com/2023/07/this-august-10th-rpgaday.html?m=1
Find out more from David F. Chapman and Anthony ‘Runeslinger’ Boyd here
Get Yochai Gal’s Cairn 2E playtest here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Km4LQliCbn-sAH2nzT6WhLTnGKZyijLx/view
Honourable mentions: Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Existence by David Brin, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, The Midderlands by Glynn Seal of MonkeyBlood Design, Dolmenwood by Gavin Norman of Necrotic Gnome, The League of Guardians and CounterpointD6 by Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Risus by S. John Ross, Into the Odd by Chris McDowall.
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In this episode, I respond to a bunch of amazing calls from Joe Richter of Hindsightless, Michael ‘ChicagoWiz’ Shorten of The Dungeon Master’s Handbook, Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, and Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents…
I get to talk about some of my favourite games including…
Chris McDowall's Into The Odd https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/into-the-odd/, Electric Bastionland https://www.modiphius.net/en-us/products/electric-bastionland, Mythic Bastionland playtest https://drive.google.com/file/d/18qOLDK6GifFGljetTI0NLho8RIFmVtnl/view and Mark of the Odd (Into the Odd SRD) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AxH25aVWJETisfWNrxCOAHyKE7OCVgS1
Yochai Gal’s excellent Cairn 2E playtest https://newschoolrevolution.com/2023/07/10/cairn-2e-playtest. You can find more information here https://cairnrpg.com/wip/2e/
You only have a few more days to back Eco Mofos!! on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/daniellocke/eco-mofos?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=eco%20mofos!!%23
Honourable Mentions: Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Nate Treme’s Barrow of the Elf King https://natetreme.itch.io/botek, Christian Buggedei’s Mail Order Apocalypse https://moa.orkpiraten.de, Safer of Safer Fantasy Crafting, By Odin’s Beard’s We Deal in Lead https://byodinsbeardrpg.com/books/we_deal_in_lead/, Ben Milton’s Maze Rats https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/197158/Maze-Rats?term=maze+rats, Knave https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/250888/Knave, Knave 2E Preview https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/435009/Knave-2e-Kickstarter-Preview and Marc Miller’s Classic Traveller https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/355200/Classic-Traveller-Facsimile-Edition?cPath=4767
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Kicking off with a great bunch of calls from Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents…, Anthony ‘Runeslinger’ Boyd of Casting Shadows, Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Joe Richter of Hindsightless, and Michael ‘ChicagoWiz’ Shorten of The Dungeon Master’s Handbook.
This August marks the beginning of the 10th RPGaDAY month. Find the prompts here.
https://www.autocratik.com/2023/07/this-august-10th-rpgaday.html
Watch the trailer for Phil Tippet’s 2021 film Mad God here.
Find Nate Treme’s excellent Barrow of the Elf King along with a whole bunch of other awesome stuff from Highland Paranormal Society here.
https://natetreme.itch.io
Special thanks to Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus for providing the little nudge I needed.
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Thanks to some amazing feedback I received in response to my ChatGPT experiment in episode 218, I found it very easy to put this episode together.
Featuring calls from Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Joe Richter of Hindsightless, Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, Menion aka Rob of Confessions of a Wee Tim’rous Bushi and a very special contribution from Safer Fantasy Crafting.
Back the Eco Mofos!! Kickstarter here https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/daniellocke/eco-mofos?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=eco%20mofos!!%23
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I kick things off with a couple of great messages from Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue and Michael "ChicagoWiz" Shorten of The Dungeon Master's Handbook.
I sing the praises of Substack and share my first real post from The Stochasium "Bunkers & Billionaires: The Future of Dungeon Delving".
Christian Buggedei’s Mail Order Apocalypse https://moa.orkpiraten.de is a great read.
Here’s both Lost Eons and Eco Mofos!! by David Blandy https://davidblandy.itch.io, the Eco Mofos!! jam https://itch.io/jam/eco-mofos-jam and upcoming Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/daniellocke/eco-mofos?result=project
Special thanks to Julia Burgisser of Jewels From NZ and Safer of Safer Fantasy Crafting for their Comments.
You can learn more about Horizon Zero Dawn’s history in the video below (here be spoilers!).
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In this episode, I attempt to teach Google's ChatGPT how to host and play a roleplaying game.
Into the Odd SRD Mark of the Odd by Chris McDowall https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AxH25aVWJETisfWNrxCOAHyKE7OCVgS1
Isle of Ixx by Skullfungus https://gamesomnivorous.com/products/isle-of-ixx?variant=44184939167977
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Thanks to Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast for your awesome calls.
We Deal In Lead By Odin's Beard https://byodinsbeardrpg.com/books/we_deal_in_lead/
Mail Order Apocalypse by Christian Buggedei https://moa.orkpiraten.de
Frontier Scum by Karl Druid https://frontierscum.com
Inevitable by Soulmuppet Publishing https://soulmuppet-store.co.uk/products/inevitable-quickstart
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023) Dir. Jonathan Goldstein & John Francis Daley
My Letterboxd page https://letterboxd.com/the39thman/
Dying Earth for Dungeon Crawl Classic from Goodman Games https://goodman-games.com/store/product-category/dcc-setting-dying-earth/
The Dying Earth by Jack Vance
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Thanks to Joe Richter of Hindsightless, Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Colin Green of Spikepit for your calls.
Apocalypse World by D. Vincent & Meguey Baker http://www.apocalypse-world.com
Index Card RPG (ICRPG) by Runehammer https://www.modiphius.net/pages/runehammer
Medieval Fantasy Campaign & TURN by Marcia B https://traversefantasy.itch.io
Errant by Kill Jester https://www.killjester.com/errant
Lost Eons and Eco Mofos!! by David Blandy https://davidblandy.itch.io and the Eco Mofos!! jam https://itch.io/jam/eco-mofos-jam
Mail Order Apocalypse by Christian Buggedei https://moa.orkpiraten.de
The Spine of Night (2021) Dir. Philip Gelatt & Morgan Galen King
Knave Second Edition by Ben Milton https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/questingbeast/knave-rpg-second-edition
Dying Earth for Dungeon Crawl Classic from Goodman Games https://goodman-games.com/store/product-category/dcc-setting-dying-earth/
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Yes, it's been a minute, as they say across the pond. I'm having a bit of an early Spring clean in an attempt to get the podcast back on track.
Kicking things off with a few calls from Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue and Jason Connerley of Nerds' RPG Variety Cast.
A couple of other places you may have heard me...
Cerebrevore on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDpDqfU6pUPs2bdW8t23YVA or on your favourite podcatcher
Tom Barbalet’s My Rules Are Better http://www.myrulesarebetter.com
Then I finally get to those indie creators who've reached out to me in recent months via the Stout Stoat review database https://www.stoutstoat.co.uk/blogs/digital-accessibility/reviewers-database
Wolves at the Lake by Quinn Blackwell is now an Electrum Best Seller https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/404703/Wolves-at-the-Lake--Core-Book
The Last Hand by Eric Faber https://airborneham.itch.io/the-last-hand
Armor Classy CDungeon by Epic Level https://epiclevelsrapgods.com/
Contact by J. Strautman https://strautmaskreplica.itch.io/contact
Fear Bundle from The Lost Bay Studio https://www.thelostbaystudio.com/products/fear-bundle
Liminal Horror by Goblin Archives’ https://goblinarchives.itch.io/liminal-horror
Subversion from Fragging Unicorns Games https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fraggingunicorns/subversion?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=subversion
Hellpiercers by Nem of Sandy Pug Games https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sandypuggames/hellpiercers-tactical-harrowing-action?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=hellpiercers
The Bloom by Josh Domanski & Goblin Archives’ https://goblinarchives.itch.io/the-bloom
Splat 4 – Frights from Summoning Circle Press available soon https://summoning.itch.io
Horse Girl by Samuel Mui community copies available https://babblegumsam.itch.io/horse-girl
Mythic Space by Peter LaCara https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/776217730/mythic-spacefree playtest here https://lacara-games.itch.io/mythic-space
The Geographical Almanac Kickstarter to be announced https://www.albyonabsey.com
Haunting from Arcane Atlantic Games https://atlasarcane.itch.io/haunting
Hedgemaze Mail by Ema Acosta https://www.patreon.com/spookymeal
Rounding things off with a reading from The Honest and Plain Village of Scio
George Edward Patterson III’s A Groats-Worth of Grotesques and The Honest and Plain Village of Scio are both available from The Skull as a Complete Gentleman Co. on DriverThruRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/18534/The-Skull-as-a-Complete-Gentleman-Co
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In this episode, I finally get around to promoting the good works of creators who've reached out to me in recent months.
Featuring...
Noctis Labyrinth by Duamn Figueroa https://mrdrhobo.itch.io/noctis-labyrinth
Vault of the Blood Mage by Robert Waluchow https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/399852/Vault-of-the-Blood-Mage
Loaded for Bear by Robyn Green https://postrobynist.itch.io/loaded-for-bear
The Calling by Ohad Reiter https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/405239/The-Calling
Hit the Road, Jack by Kyle Tam [functional in February] https://urania-games.itch.io/hit-the-road-jack
Kyle Tam’s itch page https://urania-games.itch.io
Action 12 Cinema by Michael K. Ross of The RPG Academy podcast https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/therpgacademy/action-12-cinema
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Featuring...
Calls from Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents... and Safinho of ALONE IN THE LABYRINTH
Check out Cerebrevore on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDpDqfU6pUPs2bdW8t23YVA or on your favourite podcatcher
Possum (2018) dir. Matthew Holness
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (2004) dir. Richard Ayoade
The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water (Public information film 1973) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNPMYRlvySY
My list of British and Irish horror movies https://letterboxd.com/the39thman/list/british-and-irish-horror/
Goblin's Henchman defines OSR https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/135-do-you-even-osr/id1492513079?i=1000583229392
Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep defines OSR https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/31-days-of-osr-the-age-of-conan-osr-october/id1532907284?i=1000584543183
Horrified by Ravensburger
The Good Friends of Jackson Elias discuss video nasties https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/is-horror-dangerous/id664563082?i=1000585412757
Honourable Mentions: Hanna & John Alan Large of Red Dice Diaries RPG Podcast, James Knight, Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Safer Fantasy Crafting, Menion a.k.a Rob of Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus and special thanks to Rob C. of Down in a Heap
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Celebrating OSR October
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Calls from Joe Richter from Hindsightless who opens the show with some wonderful birthday wishes (Get well soon, Joe), John Alan Large of The Red Dice Diaries RPG Podcast and Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents...
Adventure Perilous by Dirk Stanley https://dirkstanley.itch.io
Tome Robbers of the Crystal Frontier by Gus L https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/357799/Tomb-Robbers-of-the-Crystal-Frontier
ANNA-X66 by Slade Stolar https://scablandspress.itch.io/anna-x66-redux
Honourable mentions: Chris McDowall's Into The Odd and Electric Bastionland
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Celebrating OSR October
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Calls from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast
Jason Sholtis' The Dungeon Dozen can be found here http://roll1d12.blogspot.com
Chris McDowall's Bastionland blog https://www.bastionland.com/2020/07/how-osr-is-bastionland.html
Goblin's Henchman talks OSR https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/135-do-you-even-osr/id1492513079?i=1000583229392
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Celebrating OSR October
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Calls from Joe Richter from Hindsightless and Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast
Jeremy "Frothsof" Smith's Thought Eater podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thought-eater/id1448611668
Ben Milton's The Glatisant: A Questing Beast Newsletter. Subscribe here https://questingbeast.substack.com
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Featuring...
Calls from Joe Richter from Hindsightless and Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast
Time travel chat on Cerebrevore https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qz5AgdLQT8w&t=102s
& Safer Fantasy Crafting https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/safer-fantasy-crafting/id1517897309
Barney Dicker's Neo-Triassic Shoreline Regression Syndrome https://ko-fi.com/locoludus & Biosphere Guardians https://loco-ludus.itch.io/biosphere-guardians-2050
Old Farts fun from Loco Ludus https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/beige-of-glory-part-1-league-of-eternal/id1488770987?i=1000574520495
Andy Goodman's Grizzly Peaks Radio https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grizzly-peaks-radio/id1530832637
OSR October #Octosr #Osrtober
Everyone Games https://everyone-games.com/2022-schedule/
Total Party Thrill https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tpt-326-gaming-with-a-chronic-illness/id1032007896?i=1000580450026
Graham Walmsley's Cthulhu Dark PDF https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/341997
Cthulhu Dark discussion with Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep on Nerd's RPG Variety Cast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/406-cthulhu-dark-on-system-sunday/id1494636468?i=1000581272025
Martin R Shaw's Unexplained Scotland https://eryk-sawicki.itch.io/unexplained-scotland
Grant Howitt's Orc Borg https://rowanrookanddecard.com/orc-borg-coming-soon/ and other stuff https://gshowitt.itch.io/
Chris Bissett's Feast https://loottheroom.uk/product/feast-print-pdf and other stuff https://loottheroom.itch.io/
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Finally, it's here, the rest of #RPGaDay2022.
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Calls from B.J. (aka "GameDoc") from Arcane Alienist, Menion (AKA Rob) from Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi, Joe Richter from Hindsightless and Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast.
Barney Dicker's Neo-Triassic Shoreline Regression Syndrome https://ko-fi.com/locoludus
Jason Tocci's 2400 https://jasontocci.itch.io/2400
Chris McDowall's Into the Odd https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/games/into-the-odd/ and Electric Bastionland https://www.modiphius.net/en-us/products/electric-bastionland
Cover art mentions
Paranoia/Vapors Don't Shoot Back by Larry Catalano https://www.tsrarchive.com/pr/pr-adv-vapor.jpg
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dungeoneer's Survival Guide by Jeff Easley https://image.isu.pub/151223135242-0f374f0db7d07457e15c0f7c785d0e8b/jpg/page_1.jpg
Vaesen Nordic Horror Roleplaying https://www.southernhobby.com/images/products/large/FLF-VAS01.jpg?1421
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Thanks to a power surge, my laptop has ceased to be. Normal programming will resume as soon as possible.
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RPGaDay2022 days 5 to 10
Calls from Colin Green of Spikepit and Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast
Trickster's Net https://tricksters-net.itch.io/tricksters-net
One Night Games by Brian Hazzard https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brianhazzard/one-night-worlds-zero-prep-gm-less-one-page-ttrpgs?ref=4zr8f4&token=ee76f5e7
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Featuring...
Calls from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast
Call of Cthulhu Starter Set by Mike Mason
Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set by Frank Mentzer
Warlock of Firetop Mountain by Steven Jackson & Ian Livingstone
Middle-Earth Role Playing (MERP) from Iron Crown Enterprises (I.C.E.)
Face Folio by M Blake
Vaesen Mythic Britain & Ireland by Graeme Davis
GOZR by James V. West
Dark Nation by Martain Lloyd
Serpent's Teeth from Silver Branch Games
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Errant by Kill Jester https://errantrpg.carrd.co/
Fléaux! by Kobayashi https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alexandrekobayashi/fleaux
TTRPG Social Media/Reviewers Database https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7B2jmhtN-ABotVvsNH26OrmaGCu3W5igks1XM86ne75-b2g/viewform
I Have The High Ground by Jess Levine https://jessfromonline.itch.io/ihthg
Primeval Bastionland by Chris McDowall https://drive.google.com/file/d/18qOLDK6GifFGljetTI0NLho8RIFmVtnl/view
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The Retired Adventurer's Six Cultures of Play https://retiredadventurer.blogspot.com/2021/04/six-cultures-of-play.html
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Welcome to season 5!
Featuring...
Joe Richter of Hindsightless
Colin Green of Spikepit
Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents...
Ascoleth by Monkeyblood Design https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?keywords=ascoleth&x=0&y=0&author=&artist=&pfrom=&pto=
Into the Odd Remastered by Chris McDowall https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bastionland/into-the-odd-remastered
Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play https://cubicle7games.com/our-games/warhammer-fantasy-roleplay/
Kriegsmesser by Gregor Vuga https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/357104/Kriegsmesser
Solo Game Master's Guide by Geek Gamers in print https://www.modiphius.net/products/solo-game-masters-guide?_pos=1&_sid=171be2b62&_ss=r and PDF https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/399150/Solo-Game-Masters-Guide-PDF?term=solo+game+masters
Dieku Podcast Geek Gamers interview https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-solo-game-masters-guide-from-geek-gamers/id1500809088?i=1000565513734
You can follow End of Plays on Twitter https://twitter.com/EndofPlays?s=20&t=Ar7SGyLkNA19r8N_kwPuKA
The Dungenerator by Rollin Kunz https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rollinkunz/the-dungenerator
Cairn Bestiary compiled by Yochai Gal https://www.lulu.com/shop/yochai-gal-and-flacoalto-/cairn-bestiary/paperback/product-gmgjkz.html?page=1&pageSize=4
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Welcome to my bicentential bonanza!
Featuring...
Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast
Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents
Anthony Boyd (Runeslinger) of Casting Shadows
Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue
Solo Game Master's Guide by Geek Gamers in print https://www.modiphius.net/products/solo-game-masters-guide?_pos=1&_sid=171be2b62&_ss=r and PDF https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/399150/Solo-Game-Masters-Guide-PDF?term=solo+game+masters
Geek Gamers on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/GeekGamers01
Ascoleth by Monkeyblood Design https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?keywords=ascoleth&x=0&y=0&author=&artist=&pfrom=&pto=
Kriegsmesser by Gregor Vuga https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/357104/Kriegsmesser
Brazil (1985) dir. Terry Gilliam
Delicatessen (1991) and The City of Lost Children (1995) dir. Jean-Pierre Jeunet & Marc Caro
Dark City (1998) dir. Alex Proyas
Bone Machine (1992) by Tom Waits
Black Death (2010) dir. Christopher Smith
The Mandalorian "Chapter 6: The Prisoner" dir. Rick Famuyiwa
Oxygen (2021) dir. Alexandre Aja
Into the Odd Remastered by Chris McDowall https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bastionland/into-the-odd-remastered
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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Featuring...
Joe Richter of Hindsightless
The Prisoner (1967) created by Patrick McGoohan
Be Seeing You by Tanya Floaker https://timeoftribes.itch.io/be-seeing-you
Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast
The Monster Club (1981) dir. Roy Ward Barker
Lost Eons by David Blandy https://davidblandy.itch.io/lost-eons
2400 by Jason Tocci https://jasontocci.itch.io/2400
Jason Tocci's blog https://pretendo.games/
James A. Sral of Sub-Class Act
James' Itch page https://jamessral.itch.io/
Solo Game Master's Guide by Geek Gamers https://www.modiphius.net/products/solo-game-masters-guide?_pos=1&_sid=171be2b62&_ss=r
Geek Gamers on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/GeekGamers01
Into The Odd by Chris McDowall https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bastionland/into-the-odd-remastered
Electric Bastionland by Chris McDowall https://chrismcdee.itch.io/electric-bastionland
Into The Wyrd & Wild by Wet Ink Games https://feral-indie-studios.itch.io/into-the-wyrd-and-wild
The Northman dir. Robert Eggers
Everything Everywhere All At Once dir. Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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Featuring...
Colin Green of Spikepit
Pearl & Dean theme "Asteroid" by Pete Moore
Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast
The Monster Club (1981) dir. Roy Ward Barker
Communion (1989) dir. Philippe Mora
Orbital Blues by SoulMuppet Publishing
A Dirty World by Greg Stoltze
The Prisoner (1967) created by Patrick McGoohan
Be Seeing You by Tanya Floaker
Spikepit Osseous improve https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/452-osseous-rpg/id1411465419?i=1000488990786
Roleplay Rescue Playing Alone https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/playing-alone/id1614045511?i=1000557756046
Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus
League of Eternal Guardians by Barney Dicker
Those Dark Places by Johnathan Hicks
Survival of the Able by Jacob Wood https://www.accessiblegames.biz/our-games/survival/
Neo-Triassic Shoreline Regression Syndrome by Barney Dickler https://ko-fi.com/locoludus
The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard
Pilgrimage of the Sun Guard by Amanda P. https://hopefulweirdwonder.itch.io/sunguard
Barney interviews Amanda https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/pilgrimage-of-the-sun-guard-interview-with-amanda-p/id1488770987?i=1000556515176
2400 by Jason Tocci https://jasontocci.itch.io/2400
Jason Tocci's blog https://pretendo.games/
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Featuring...
Pearl & Dean theme "Asteroid" by Pete Moore
Safer of Safer Fantasy Crafting
Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast
The Black Hack by David Black https://www.squarehex.co.uk/products/the-black-hack-2nd-rule-book
The Village (2004) dir. M. Night Shyamalan
Goblin's Henchman
Moana (2016) dir. John Musker and Ron Clements
Colin Green of Spikepit
The Street (2019) dir. Zed Nelson
Codi M of No Save For You
John Alan Large of Red Dice Diaries RPG Podcast
Pontypool (2008) dir. Bruce McDonald
Jaws (1975) dir. Steven Spielberg
Alien (1979) dir. Ridley Scott
American Werewolf in London (1981) dir. John Landis
Be Seeing You by Tanya Floaker https://timeoftribes.itch.io/be-seeing-you
The Prisoner (1967) created by Patrick McGoohan
Wolfen (1981) dir. William Wadleigh
Predator (1987) dir. Tim McTiernan
Call of Cthulhu
Andy Goodman of Grizzly Peaks Radio
Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus
Scott Dorward of The Good Friends of Jackson Ellias
T.J. Drennon
Nicky of Infiltrating the BrOSR
Andy Goodman https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/grizzly-peaks-radio/id1530832637
Orbital Blues by SoulMuppet Publishing https://soulmuppet-store.co.uk/collections/orbital-blues
Cowboy BeBop created by Sunrise
Firefly dir. Joss Whedon
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) dir. James Gunn
Badlands (1973) dir. Terrence Malick
Best Left Buried by SoulMuppet Publishing https://soulmuppet-store.co.uk/
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Featuring...
Colin Green of Spikepit
Kes (1969) dir. Ken Loach
Codi M of No Save For You
Orbital Blues by SoulMuppet Publishing
Cowboy Bebop by Hajime Yatate
Mostly Harmless Meetings by Dan Sumption https://peakrill.itch.io/mostly-harmless-meetings
Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents...
Anthony "Runeslinger" Boyd of Casting Shadows
Those Dark Places by Johnathan Hicks https://ospreypublishing.com/those-dark-places
Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast
Wolfen (1981) dir. William Wadleigh
John Alan Large of Red Dice Diaries RPG Podcast
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021) dir. Kier-La Janisse
Rob C of Down in a Heap
Jim Moon of Hypnogoria
The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)dir. Piers Haggard
The Ritual (2017) dir. David Bruckner
Black Sabbath (1963) dir. Mario Bava
A Dark Song (2016) dir. Liam Gavin
The Borderlands (2013) dir. Elliot Goldner
Robin Redbreast (1970) dir. James MacTaggart
Pontypool (2008) dir. Bruce McDonald
Lone Eons https://davidblandy.itch.io/lone-eons
Ray Otus of Plundergrounds
Hieronymous J Doom of Fantastic Fights
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Featuring...
Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast
Joe Richter of Hindsightless
The Legend of Vox Machina
Lone Eons https://davidblandy.itch.io/lone-eons
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Those Dark Places by Johnathan Hicks https://ospreypublishing.com/those-dark-places
Folk Horror Revival & Wyrd Harvest Press https://folkhorrorrevival.com/
Call of Cthulhu
Andy Goodman https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/grizzly-peaks-radio/id1530832637
Andy's Patreon https://www.patreon.com/grizzlypeaks
Mostly Harmless Meetings by Dan Sumption https://peakrill.itch.io/mostly-harmless-meetings
A Night in Veiglewood https://free-thrall.itch.io/a-night-in-veiglewood
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Featuring...
Lone Eons https://davidblandy.itch.io/lone-eons
Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast
Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents...
The Legend of Vox Machina
Arcane: League of Legends
Into the Odd
Electric Bastionland
The Black Hack
Barney Dicker's League of Eternal Guardians
CounterpointD6 https://loco-ludus.itch.io/counterpointd6
Trickster's Net https://tricksters-net.itch.io/tricksters-net
Neo-Triassic Shoreline Regression Syndrome https://ko-fi.com/locoludus
Call of Cthulhu
Andy Goodman https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/grizzly-peaks-radio/id1530832637
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So, I finally put together an episode. This is essentially a bunch of recordings made at various points over the last two months. I respond to calls from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Joe Richter of Hindsightless, Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents and Colin "Spikepit" Green. I briefly talk about the games I've played before going through Wayne Robert's Dungeon Plumbers and unboxing David Blandy's Lost Eons box set.
Honourable mentions: Atmosphere video board game, Netflix's Arcane: League of Legends, Into the Odd and Electric Bastionland, BBC's The Adventure Game, Andy Goodman's Grizzly Peaks Radio, Call of Cthulhu, White Dwarf, Scott Dorward and The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Nicky of Infiltrating the BrOSR, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Trickster's Net, The League of Eternal Guardians, CounterpointD6, Goblin's Henchman's Carapace, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1E and OSRIC.
Grizzly Peaks Radio https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/grizzly-peaks-radio/id1530832637
The Good Friends of Jackson Elias https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-good-friends-of-jackson-elias/id664563082
Infiltrating the BrOSR https://anchor.fm/brosr
Trickster's Net https://tricksters-net.itch.io/tricksters-net
CounterpointD6 https://loco-ludus.itch.io/
The genius of Goblin's Henchman https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/9524/Goblin039s-Henchman
Dungeon Plumbers! https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/380933/Dungeon-Plumbers
David Blandy's Lost Eons itch fund https://davidblandy.itch.io/lost-eons
David Blandy on Loco Ludus https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lost-eons-sustainable-gaming-forum-david-blandy/id1488770987?i=1000545369932
More at Rook's Press https://www.rookspress.com/
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I dive straight into responding to messages from Joe Richter of Hindsightless, Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents, talking about The Dee Sanction, All Rolled Up, Mõrk Borg and how I'm not very metal. I then chat about how much I've been enjoying the Netflix series Arcane: League of Legends before treating you to yet another unboxing. This time it's the Haunted Almanac, a fabulous compilation of the work of microgame maestro Nate Treme.
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Nate's Highland Paranormal Society blog https://natetreme.com/
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I've gone all Peter Jackson on your ass and turned my two-parter into a three-parter. I respond to calls from Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and B. J. of The Arcane Alienist before opening a few more boxes.
Solitary Defilement by 1d10+5 https://1d105.itch.io/solitary-defilement
The Dee Sanction: Adventures by Paul Baldowski & Richard August https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/allrolledup/the-dee-sanction-adventures
Apparitions of East Anglia by Chris Spalton https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1008789726/apparitions-of-east-anglia
Index Card RPG Master Edition by Hankerin Ferinale https://www.modiphius.net/products/index-card-rpg-master-edition
Honourable Mentions: Cthulhu Hack 2E by Paul Baldowski, Chromatic Dungeons by Roderick Waibel, Mörk Borg by Pelle Nilsson
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Featuring messages from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Karl Rodriguez. A little more Arthurian chat before we talk about getting serious with Mörk Borg and Call of Cthulhu. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/352086/Chromatic-Dungeons-RPG?term=Chromatic+dungeons
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Honourable mentions: Safer Fantasy Crafting podcast, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus and League of Eternal Guardians, B.J Taylor of Arcane Alienist, Alluvial Plains by Barney Dicker, David Surman & Tom Barbalet, Andy Goodman of Grizzly Peaks Radio and Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks, Solitary Defilement from 1D10+5 and Mörk Borg Cult: Feretory
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Featuring messages from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Taylor of Clerics Wear Ringmail.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/373291/Mouth-Brood
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https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/328612/MORK-BORG-CULT-FERETORY?term=feretory
https://ozbrowning.itch.io/ozr
Honourable mentions: Cairn and One-Shot World by Yochai Gal, Alluvial Plains by Barney Dicker, David Surman & Tom Barbalet, Chris Black's Black Hack 2E, Solitary Defilement from 1D10+5, Roadside Picnic by Arkady & Boris Sturgatsky and Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer
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I kick things off by taking a look at Perplexing Ruin's evocative Cairn supplement Darkness Moves before responding to calls from Joe Richter of Hindsightless, B. J. Boydd the Arcane Alienist and Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast. A little more Green Knight goodness, alignment and morality, some Best Left Buried and playing in Middle-Earth.
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In this episode, I respond to a lovely message from Safer Fantasy Crafting concerning a theory he has about Sir Gawaine and The Green Knight. Essentially, it's another opportunity for me to witter on about David Lowery's amazing movie.
Honourable Mentions: Alluvial Plains, League of Eternal Guardians by Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Everyone Games https://everyone-games.com/, Darkness Moves by Perplexing Ruins https://perplexingruins.itch.io/, Andy Goodman of Grizzly Peaks Radio.
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I indulge in a little bit of unboxing including Best Left Buried: Deeper by Soulmuppet Publishing, The Hex Hack by John R Davis, Cairn by Yochai Gal and Side Quest: Fortress of Bones by Estragon Helmer. I respond to calls from Jason Connerley of Nerds RPG Variety Cast and Joe Richter of Hindsightless. I try to get to grips with the difference between Classic and Trad play before sharing a little spoiler-free review of David Lowery's The Green Knight.
Honourable mentions: Middle-earth Role Playing (MERP) by Iron Crown Enterprises, Logar the Barbarian of Wobblies & Wizards, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Everyone-Games, Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich.
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I finally get around to replacing my copy of Titan: The Fighting Fantasy World. I answer calls from Safer Fantasy Crafting, B.J. of The Arcane Alienist, Joe Richter of Hindsightless, Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents..., Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus and Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast. Following the praise of my talented co-host from the last couple of episodes, I contemplate GMing, share my interest in Into The Odd Remastered Kickstarter and Trickster's Net, consider the categorisation of players and gaming styles, and talk about a few other podcasts I've been listening to.
Honourable mentions: Old-School Essentials, Andy Goodman of Grizzly Peaks Radio, PlayFrame, Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Blogs On Tape, Dungeon Designer's Guild, The Lost Bay Podcast, TableTop Talk, Spire and Heart RPGs by Rowan, Rook and Deckard.
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Following an unscheduled month off, I'm back with a bumper episode.
A long-awaited unboxing.
Some equally long-awaited call responses for Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep, Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Andy Goodman of Expedition from the Grizzly Peaks and Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus.
Thanks to James Sral of Sub-Class Act, I discovered Parts Per Million solo aids and consider returning to an Into the Odd solo session from way back in episode 16 https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e4psvi
Inspired by Roleplay Rescue episode 904, I read from Robin's Laws of Good Game Mastering and contemplate my play style.
Following Barney's praise of last episode's co-host, I play a little more of what was recorded in the garden that day.
Honourable mentions: #RPGaDay2021, Julz Burgisser of Jewels from NZ, Colin "Spikepit" Green, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents..., BJ Boyd of Arcane Alienist, Anthony "Runeslinger" Boyd of Casting Shadows, Arlen Walker of Live from Pellam's Wasteland, Kevin of The Redcaps Podcast, David Chapman's WILD, Gavin Norman's Old-School Essentials Advanced Fantasy, Mike Mason's Call of Cthulhu Starter Set, Peter Rudin-Burgess' Parts Per Million Limited, Jeremy "frothsof" Smith's 12v12 https://thoughteater.itch.io/12v12
Special thanks to my wonderful co-host.
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This episode features two very special (to me at least) guest appearances, an unboxing of David F. Chapman's Tarot driven WILD RPG from Stoo Goff https://www.wildrpg.com/ and a recap of a recent Troika! session run by Timothy J. Drennon. I played with Jason Connerley who also covered the session in episode 223 of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast https://anchor.fm/jason376/episodes/223-Troika-e1493ni.
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After responding to a call from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, I open a box and talk about the contents. Featuring Tortilla Flats by John Steinbeck, the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set and Swords & Wizardry Complete.
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Back from a brief hiatus, I share some calls from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Evil Jeff of Minions & Musings and BJ of The Arcane Alienist regarding my improved audio. There's an unboxing/unopening of Bordercholly's Knights of the Road (a Kickstarter I backed for ZineQuest 3) https://bordercholly.itch.io/the-knights-of-the-road, followed by a review of OSR toolkit Lands of Legends from Axion Spice https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/18110/Axian-Spice/subcategory/39231/Lands-of-Legends-
Honourable mentions: Bo Burnham: Inside and The Amusement Park dir. George A Romero
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I've got a new microphone. I talk about podcasting and sound quality, almost forgetting I have a couple of call-ins from Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep and Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast.
Honourable mentions: Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Colin Green of Spikepit, Ray Otus of Plundergrounds, Tim Shorts of Gothridge Manor, Jason Hobbs of Random Screed, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere and Jeff Collier of Tome of All Dooms.
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I begin with a few calls from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, and Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus. I then reflect a little on my part in creating the Alluvial Plains setting for Barney's Vantage system before talking a little about the content of my Itch page https://free-thrall.itch.io/ Osseous, Pura, A Night in Veiglewood.
Honourable mentions: Tom Barbalet of My Rules Are Better, David Surman, Dave Arneson, Free Kriegspiel, darkwormcolt.wordpress.com, The Landshut Rules, Diceless Dungeons, Hypertellurians and Electric Bastionland.
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Wherein I review George Patterson's rather unique "OSRish" baroque bestiary A Groats-Worth of Grotesques. Grab a copy here https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/18534/The-Skull-as-a-Complete-Gentleman-Co
Including some great calls from Julz Burgisser of Julz from NZ, Safer of Safer Fantasy Crafting, Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep and Safinho of Alone in the Labyrinth.
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I touch on a variety of topics thanks to some great call-ins from Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, John Alan Large of Red Dice Diaries RPG Podcast, Joe Hardin of Biggus Geekus, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus and Goblin's Henchman.
Honourable mentions: Safinho of Alone in the Labyrinth, PBTA games, Jackson Malloy's Sword & Scoundrel, Barney Dicker's League of Eternal Guardians.
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A bunch of great call-ins from Colin "Spikepit" Green, Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks, Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, Sanfinho of Alone in the Labyrinth and John Alan Large of Red Dice Diaries. Covering a range of topic from Alexei Sayle to the zygomorphic nature of gaming community rivalry.
Honourable mentions: The Dice are Screaming, The Alexei Sayle Podcast, Monty Python's Holy Grail, John Ruskin, William Morris, Jackson Malloy's Sword & Scoundrel, Chris Black's Black Hack and Rowan, Rook and Decard's Spire and Heart RPGs.
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A relatively short episode addressing some concerns Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere had about episode 173 "Shirker's Playtime". I also recommend checking out Brian's Have to Look That Up podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/have-to-look-that-up/id1557503258
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Following a call from Jason Connerley of Nerds RPG Variety Cast, I attempt to break down what I'm talking about when I refer to storygame elements using my experience of playing Jackson Malloy's Sword & Scoundrel and Chris Black's the Black Hack.
Honourable mentions: Arlen Walker of Live from Pellam's Wasteland, Rollin' Bones with Ryan Howard, Dave Aldridge of dPercentile, and Alexei Sayle.
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A star-studded lineup of calls from Safer Fantasy Crafting, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Daniel Norton of Bandits Keep, Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks and Grizzly Peaks Radio, Jason Connerely of Nerds RPG Variety Cast, John Alan Large of Red Dice Diaries and Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere.
I discuss how I construct episodes, session length of online play, Call of Cthulhu handouts, design notes, the possibility of keeping personal politics out of gaming, fast and slow combat rounds of Shadow of the Demon Lord, the value of labels and my plans for the weekend.
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Just a quick message addressing an erroneous remark I made regarding The Dice Are Screaming, episode 201: The Gamer Side Hustle.
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First, I respond to a bunch of messages from Jason Connerely of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Joe Hardin of Biggus Geekus and Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus.
This is followed by an ill-advised leap to the defence of the OSR. I talk about the liberal approach to roleplaying back in the day and the moving away from splatbook bloat.
I then talk about the Lavender Hack by Phillip Lewis, B/X compatible rules that incorporates material from a wide variety of gaming sources.
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Briefly joined by a guest co-host before I dive into a bunch of call-ins from Ivy Shorts of The Happy Whisk, Joe Richter of Hindsightless, Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep, Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Arlen Walker of Live from Pellum's Wasteland and Che Webster of Roleplay Rescues. A more on immersion, a bit of accessibility, (re)defining storytelling games, dice pools, and a little patience. Thank you for all your calls.
Honourable mentions: Jeremy "Frothsof" Smith of Thought Eater, Pete Jones of Dragons are Real, Forbidden Lands from Fria Ligan, League of Eternal Guardians by Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks and Grizzly Peaks Radio, Dex by Darren Green, Pip System from Third Eye Games, Goblin's Henchman, Vaesen from Fria Ligan, Shadow of the Demon Lord by Rob Schwalb, Hypertelurians by Frank "Mottokrosh" Reding, Brian of Have to Look That Up, BJ of The Arcane Alienist, Biggus Geekus.
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After addressing the mystery of the missing link from last episode, I respond to calls from Jason Connerely of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Menion aka Rob of Confessions of a Wee Tim'Rous Bushi and Darren "RFED" Green. I talk a bit more about Darren's Dex system playtest before Goblin's Henchman helps me get my head around the probability of success in Year Zero.
Honourable mentions: Casting the Runes rpg, Runehammer, Old-School Essentials, Dave "dPercentile" Aldridge and Nathan H. Juran's Jack the Giant Killer from 1962.
The Runehammer video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li0ypsbLhVM
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This is essentially a collection of musings on the subject of immersion, engagement and online play. Featuring calls from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal Or Woe, Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep and John Alan Large of Red Dice Diaries RPG Podcast.
I "unbox" Casting The Runes, an investigative horror RPG using the Gumshoe system. You can hear a fantastic interview with Paul StJohn Mackintosh, its creator, here on Barney Dicker's Loco Ludus https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/interview-paul-stjohn-mackintosh-about-casting-runes/id1488770987?i=1000507087739
I also talk briefly about participating in a playtest of Darren "RFED" Green's DEX, an RPG he is currently developing. More on that in a future episode.
Honourable mentions: Arlen Walker of Live From Pellam's Wasteland, Dave Aldridge of dPercentile, Menion AKA Rob of Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi and Colin "Spikepit" Green's new YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrBiIGnQtLfBfYm89BLhAFA
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Beginning with a few ZineQuest3 related messages from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Pete Jones of Dragons Are Real and Barry Dewey-Robertson of Shadow of the GM, before I go on a bit of a convoluted ramble in an attempt to explain explaining how I enjoy playing RPGs.
Most of the podcast episodes mentioned:
Loco Ludus https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/league-of-eternal-guardians-zine-quest-kickstarter/id1488770987?i=1000508017096
Dragons Are Real https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/079-zinequest-2021/id1450974415?i=1000507360983
Down in a Heap https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/take-two-a-ridealong-ramble/id1446315881?i=1000508593174
Thought Eater https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/frothcast-179-humpday-rpg-show-2-3-21-special-guest/id1448611668?i=1000507557116
Roleplay Rescue https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/611-otherworld-immersion-with-daniel-jones/id1445080932?i=1000478750991
Safer Fantasy Crafting https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rpgs-are-frankensteins-monsters-a-revelation/id1517897309?i=1000486328483
Purple Worm https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/indy-and-osr-rpgs/id1484282961?i=1000486232632
Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/328-eldritch-organ-pt8-playing-it-safe/id1492640886?i=1000504207429
Grizzley Peaks Radio https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/001-eldritch-organ-league-of-eternal-guardians/id1530832637?i=1000505263961
Thought Eater https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/frothcast-181-humpday-rpg-show-2-10-21-special-guests/id1448611668?i=1000508448536
Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/338-getting-too-real/id1492640886?i=1000508527193
Honourable mentions: Dirk the Dice of The Grognard Files, Scott Dorward of The Good Friends of Jackson Elias and Frank 'Mottokrosh' Reding creator of Hypertellurians.
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I answer some messages from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, and Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus before listing off the ZineQuest3 zines I have backed on Kickstarter.
Zine links:
The Vast in the Dark https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/appalachia-gothic/the-vast-in-the-dark-exploring-ruins-in-an-infinite-world?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=vast%20
The Drain https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yusem/the-drain?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=the%20drain
The Witch, the Wolf & the Wedding https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jmyales/the-witch-the-wolf-and-the-wedding-a-story-telling-rpg?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=the%20wolf
The Many Crypts of Lady Ingrade https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gothridgemanor/the-many-crypts-of-lady-ingrade-zine-quest?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=the%20many%20
The Lair of the Manticore https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/frankt/the-lair-of-the-manticore-zinequest?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=lair%20of%20the%20
The Haunted Hamlet https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lazylitch/the-haunted-hamlet-and-other-hexes?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=haunted%20
The Sonders https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cavernsofheresy/the-sonders?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=the%20sonders
The Knights of the Road https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bordercholly/the-knights-of-the-road?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=knights%20of%20the%20road
Honourable mentions: Barney Dicker's forthcoming League of Eternal Guardians, Pete Jones' Dragons Are Real and Frothsof's Thought Eater podcast and blog https://frothsofdnd.blogspot.com/?m=1
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A call from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast prompts me to revisit my recent Vaesen overview. I also get a call from my old friend Brandon Marlow (a.k.a. Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus).
Honourable mentions: Spirit of 77 by By David Kizzia & Bob Richardson, Monster of the Week by Michael Sands, Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, Dave Peterson's Frankenstein's RPG podcast.
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Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast calls in to school me on %Liar and Dave Hargrave's Arduin followed by a brief overview of Vaesen, a game of Nordic folk horror from Free League (Fria Ligan).
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First, a final word from Joe Richter of Hindsightless on the trouble with thieves, or rogues, or whatever you crazy kids are calling them nowadays, followed by a message from first-time caller Wayne Banacek, creator of the infamous %Liar statistic.
I talk a little about Ben "Questing Beast" Milton's Knave rules system before giving a brief overview of Scott Wegener's Glaive and Caverns of Heresy's Rogueland, two zine RPGs based on the Knave rules.
You can pick up Glaive here https://tesladyne.itch.io/glaive
You can get Rogueland here https://cavernsofheresy.itch.io/rogueland or on Drivethru https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/335988/ROGUELAND?term=rogueland
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Kicking off in the traditional manner with a message from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, followed by responses from Joe Ritcher of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, and wise elders of old-school D&D, Rob C of Down in a Heap and, the man himself, Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep.
I recommend listening to Darrold "creator of the thief class" Wagner on episode 160 of The Save or Die Podcast! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/adventure-160-start-thief/id385668065?i=1000504027427
Also please check out Daniel Norton's YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV3GrWa8Jjw&t=609s
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Kicking off with a lovely message from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, followed by a couple of responses from naysayers Colin "Spikepit" Green and Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue and a nice reading from the original Dungeons & Dragons rules by Jason Connerley.
Also please check out Daniel Norton's YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV3GrWa8Jjw&t=609s and his podcast https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton
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Thanks to a few messages from Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, I was prompted to delve into the origins of the thief as a playable class in Dungeons & Dragons and its subsequent impact on the early game. I take a look at Dave Arneson and Gary Gygax's original rules, Simon Bull's Delving Deeper Reference Rules Compendium, Charlie Mason's White Box: Fantastic Medieval Adventure Game, John Eric Holmes' Basic Set, Gygax's Advanced Dungeons & Dragons and Tom Moldvay's Basic Set.
Also please check out Daniel Norton's YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV3GrWa8Jjw&t=609s and his podcast https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton
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As the title suggests, a whole bunch of feedback following my episodes on magic and shamanism in the Alluvial Plains setting for Barney Dicker's Vantage system followed by a great message from Barney regarding the dearth of difference between early humans and their modern counterparts. Featuring contributions from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Safer of Safer Fantasy Crafting, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Goblin's Henchman, Ray Otus of Plundergrounds, Sofinho of Alone in the Labyrinth and Colin "Spikepit" Green.
Honourabl mentions: Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, Tom Barbalet of My Rules are Better.
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Just me chatting about my experience playing with Dave "dPercentile" Aldridge running Gavin Norman's Old-School Essentials Classic Fantasy, the reorganised version of Tom Moldvey and David Cook's Basic/Expert Dungeons & Dragons rules, in Dave Arneson's Blackmoor.
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In true Peter Jackson style, this last instalment is of epic proportions. We begin with the final part of my chat with Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus where we further explore the potential of shamanic powers in the Alluvial Plains. The is followed by feedback I've already received regarding the previous two episodes. Details to follow.
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Plot twist: It's a trilogy! That's right, I've gone all Peter Jackson on yo' ass! We go straight into the second part of my chat with Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus where, thanks to the help of some great call-ins from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Goblin's Henchman and Colin 'Spikepit' Green, we delve deeper into the magical possibilities of Alluvial Plains.
Honourable mention: David Surman co-creator of Alluvial Plains, Tom Barbalet of My Rules Are Better, Arlen Walker of Live from Pellum's Wasteland and Safer Fantasy Crafting.
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Yes, it's a two-parter. I start by responding to some call-ins I've received. Firstly, belated birthday wishes from Josh Beckelhimer of Forever Prepping DM followed by some calls in response to my previous episode from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal Or Woe, Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue and Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast.
Then I share the first half of a great chat with Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus where we get deeper into what we really want from a magic system of the Alluvial Plains setting for his Vantage system.
Honourable mention: David Surman co-creator of Alluvial Plains, Tom Barbalet of My Rules Are Better, Arlen Walker of Live from Pellum's Wasteland and Safer Fantasy Crafting.
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Thanks to some fantastic messages from Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, I discuss my thoughts and feelings regarding Alluvial Plains; the Mesolithic Doggerland setting for Barney's Vantage RPG system.
Honourable mentions: Dave Surman co-creator of Alluvial Plains, Tom Barbalet of My Rules Are Better, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, Liam Thompson creator of Purple Crayon Games and Sanctions RPG and Fabian Kuchler (the guy I couldn't remember).
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I thought I'd slip out an episode before I officially become an old man. Just me responding to a few call-ins from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Cody Maza of No Save for You, Menion aka Rob of Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi, Loney Adventurer of Camping with Owlbears and Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks.
Mainly wellwishers, a little more alignment talk and pondering the nature of evil.
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I respond to call-ins from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere and Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast. A bit about Chainmail, Supplement VII Forbidden Lore and Ossea Pura followed by some reflecting on a year of on-line gaming.
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Get Jason Vay's Supplement VII Forbidden Lore here http://grey-elf.com/Forbidden_Lore.pdf
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I kick-off season 4 with a heads-up about what's in store on a personal level and a little investigation into the origins of Free Kriegsspiel. I have a host of call-ins from Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere and John Alan Large of Red Dice Diaries RPG Podcast. Some further discussion on the subject of alignment, revisiting my 2d6 system Osseous and the prospect of me actually running games. Honourable Mentions: Nicolas Dessaux's Epées & Sorcellerie, Gary Gygax's Chainmail, Original Dungeons & Dragons, Dave Arneson, David Wesley's Braunstein, James & Robyn Georges' Diceless Dungeons, Norbert Matausch's Landshut Rules and Wizard Lizard's Underground Adventures. Get Ossea Pura here https://free-thrall.itch.io/ossea-pura And here are some of other games I mention. https://www.lulu.com/en/gb/shop/nicolas-dessaux/ep%C3%A9es-sorcelerie-english-translation/ebook/product-14nz275z.html https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/17010/Chainmail-Rules-for-Medieval-Miniatures-0e https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/210174/Diceless-Dungeons https://matausch.itch.io/landshut https://wizard-lizard.itch.io/underground-adventures
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Just responding to messages I received following my last few episodes concerning alignment and theory. Calls from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Colin "Spikepit" Green, Dave Aldridge of dPercentile and Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus.
Honourable mentions: Arlen Walker's Live from Pellum's Wasteland
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I respond to a bunch of messages following episode 147. Call-ins from Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks, Menion aka Rob of Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi, Evil Jeff of Minions & Musings, Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue and Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus.
Honourable Mentions: Dave Aldridge of d'Percentile, Martin Buber's I and Thou, Jonathan D. Fox's The Essential Moreno: Writings on Psychodrama, Group Method, and Spontaneity by J. L. Moreno.
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The inevitable alignment call-in show. An allstar cast featuring Colin "Spikepit" Green, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal Or Woe, Josh Beckelhimer of JB Publishing and Forever Prepping DM, Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Sofinho of Alone In The Labyrinth and Safer Fantasy Crafting.
Check out Pariah here https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/311826/PARIAH-Volume-1?term=paria
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A bunch of calls from Dave Aldridge of dPercentile prompts me to talk about philosopher Martin Buber's I & Thou and how it might relate to the academic study of roleplaying games.
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Reflecting on the Barney's bone brouhaha being discussed over on Andy Goodman's Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks season 3 and Jason Connerly's Nerd's RPG Variety Cast episodes 112 & 113.
Featuring calls from Dave Aldridge of dPercentile, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere.
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A call from Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue followed by some thoughts on alignment.
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I kick things off with some calls from John Alan Large of Red Dice Diaries RPG and Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast before running through a few things I've ticked off the bucket list.
Honourable mentions: Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Hankerin Ferinale, Index Card RPG, Arlen Walker of Live from Pellam's Wasteland, Sword and Scoundrel, Electric Bastionland, Colin Green of Spikepit, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Vantage RPG, Griff Mon Morgan iii, Dungeons & Dragons, Dave Arneson, Dave Aldridge of dPercentile, Old-School Essentials, Blackmoor, Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks, Call of Cthulhu, Scott Dorwood of The Good Friends of Jackson Elias.
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Tying up some loose ends (or creating a few more) regarding immersion and engagement featuring call-ins for Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue and Colin "Spikepit" Green.
Honourable mentions: Safer Fantasy Crafting, Arlen Walker of Live from Pellam's Wasteland and Dave Aldridge of dPercentile.
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Just responding to a bunch of call-ins from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks, Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Sofinho of Alone in the Labyrinth and Karl Rodriguez.
Also featuring a pithy review of I'm Thinking of Ending Things directed by Charlie Kaufman.
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Was it a cat I saw? No, it was a movie!
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RPGaDAY2020 Experience - A shout out to my fellow RPGaDayers, a call-in from Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks.
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RPGaDAY2020 Experience - My God! It's full of stars! Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks, Karl Rodriguez, Dave Aldridge of dPercentile, Safer Fantasy Crafting, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, Menion (AKA Rob) of Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi and Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast.
Honourable mentions: Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus and Dave Surman.
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RPGaDAY2020 Ride - I make myself a coffee and flip through Iron Crown Enterprises' Riders of Rohan module for Middle-Earth Role Playing.
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RPGaDAY2020 Close - This one turns into a love letter to Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks. I also share some calls from Dave Aldridge of dPercentile about Old-School Essentials and Basic/Expert Dungeons & Dragons.
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RPGaDAY2020 Favour - I talk about about a recent shift in my gaming preferences, my first session of Old-School Essentials before sharing some wonderful messages following my turn in the GM seat a recent episode of Spikepit. Featuring call-ins from Colin "Spikepit" Green, Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus. Thanks, guys!
Honourable mentions: Basic/Expert Dungeons & Dragons and Dave Aldridge of dPercentile.
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RPGaDAY2020 Strange - I talk about my love for strange settings and the absence of strangeness from my appearance on Colin Green's Spikepit followed by a really nice call-in from Menion (AKA Rob) of Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi.
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RPGaDAY2020 Lever
Honourable mentions: Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Griff Mon Morgan III. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts Special thanks to Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere. Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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RPGaDAY2020 Humour - A bit about how I like to amuse myself, the fate of Paranoia, how humour isn't always welcome and a cheeky message from Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast.
Honourable mentions: Colin "Spikepit" Green, Electric Bastionland, Bastion Jam on Itch.io, Barbarians of the Ruined Earth from DIY RPG Productions and Sword & Scoundrel from Grand Heresy Press. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts Special thanks to Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere. Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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RPGaDAY2020 Comfort - Some encouraging messages from Joe Richter of Hindsight and Weal or Woe, Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Arlen Walker of Live from Pellam's Wasteland.
Honourable mentions: Colin "Spikepit" Green, Dave Aldridge of dPercentile, Secrets of Blackmoor dir. Griff Mon Morgan III, Sword & Scoundrel from Grand Heresy Press. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts Special thanks to Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere. Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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RPGaDAY2020 Push - Inspired by a call from Joe Richter of Hindsight and Weal or Woe
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RPGaDAY2020 Investigation - Shout out to Andy "gametes" Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks.
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RPGaDAY2020 An apology, a little history, some esoterica and a bit of nostalgia.
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RPGaDAY2020 Meet - Giving the tavern a miss.
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RPGaDAY2020 Comfort - A couple of sweet call-ins from Joe Richter of Hindsight and Weal or Woe and I show some love for Scott "Lonely Adventurer" Wegener's Glaive.
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RPGaDAY2020 Dramatic
Honourable mentions: Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Arlen Walker of Live From Pelham's Wasteland, Sword and Scoundrel from Heresy Press. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts Special thanks to Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere. Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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RPGaDAY2020 Frame
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RPGaDAY2020 I don't have much to say about banners so I share a message from Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere instead.
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RPGaDAY2020 I begin talking about downtime in the Black Hack before moving on to, you guessed it, Electric Bastionland.
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RPGaDAY2020 A message from Joe Richter of Hindsightless allows me to revisit Stack and a message from Colin "Spikepit" Green regarding Nate Treme prompts me to talk about clear and concise communication.
Honourable mentions: Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks, Pete Jones of Dragons Are Real/Purple Worm and Into the Odd/Electric Bastionland and it's creator Chris McDowall. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts Special thanks to Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere. Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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RPGaDAY2020 Pancakes?
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RPGaDAY2020 I talk about how much I want to play Old-School Essentials and the imminent launch of the Advanced Rules Tome. Find the Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/exaltedfuneral/old-school-essentials-advanced-fantasy
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RPGaDAY2020 I talk about the delightful work of Nate Treme. Check out his work here https://natetreme.com/
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RPGaDAY2020 Featuring a bit of Dave "dPercentile" Aldridge love and an except from Merrie Melodies classic Robin Hood Daffy directed by Chuck Jones.
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RPGaDAY2020 I read through a blog post by Chris McDowall on 2 player co-op Electric Bastionland https://www.bastionland.com/2020/04/collaborative-bastionland.html
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RPGaDAY2020 Into the trees.
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RPGaDAY2020 Just a big thank you to all the great folks in the RPG community.
Roleplay Rescue links:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/microburst-the-walker-testimony/id1445080932?i=1000487141887
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/503-three-voices-why-do-people-play-games/id1445080932?i=1000456294277
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RPGaDAY2020 I chat about Troika! and Jean Giraud AKA Moebius.
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Featuring messages from Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Safer of Safer Fantasy Crafting. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts Special thanks to Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere. Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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Inspired by recent episodes of Purple Worm, Roleplay Rescue and Safer Fantasy Crafting, I go off on a gaming philosophy ramble. Do I make any sense? I'll let you decide.
Featuring call-ins from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Evil Jeff of Minions & Musings.
Recommended listing:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/indy-and-osr-rpgs/id1484282961?i=1000486232632
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/701-purpose-and-engagement/id1445080932?i=1000485335126
https://anchor.fm/sfc-saferfantasycrafting/episodes/RPGs-are-Frankensteins-monsters---a-revelation-eharhk
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"Welcome to RPG a Day 2020" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere
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No call-ins. It's all me, baby! A little bit about what I've been up to, listening to Safer Fantasy Crafting, other-world immersion, calling-in to other podcasts, chatting with Rob AKA Menion of Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi, Scott "Loney Adventurer" Wegener's Glaive and playtesting Barney "Loco Ludus" Dicker's new RPG rules. Honourable mentions: Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, The Black Hack, Dave Aldridge of dPercentile, The Green Knight from A24, Mike Evans' Barbarians of the Ruined Earth, Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Colin "Spikepit" Green and Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere.
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I respond to a bunch of call-ins from Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Arlen Walker of Live from Pellam's Wasteland, John Alan Large of RDD RPG, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus and Rob AKA Menion of Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi.
Jason interviews Karl Rodriguez https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/81-karl-is-in-the-house-plus-sinister-red/id1494636468?i=1000480866486
Jason and I discuss Sword & Scoundrel with Arlen https://anchor.fm/pellamswasteland/episodes/2-20-Debrief-on-Sword--Scoundrel-and-an-Unboxing-eg0sgo
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I have few call-ins about the last couple of episodes from Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Karl Rodriguez. I then share my initial impressions of a session zero with Arlen Walker with Jackson Malloy's Sword & Scoundrel.
Catch the Daniel Jones interview on Roleplay Rescue episode 611 https://anchor.fm/rpgrescue/episodes/611-Otherworld-Immersion-with-Daniel-Jones-efjiec
Hear Arlen Walker's Sword & Scoundrel debriefing on Live From Pellum's Wasteland season 2 episode 20 https://anchor.fm/pellamswasteland/episodes/2-20-Debrief-on-Sword--Scoundrel-and-an-Unboxing-eg0sgo/a-a2iqgd0
Sword & Scoundrel: Open Beta rules are PWYW on DriveThruRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/259404/Sword--Scoundrel-Open-Beta-Document?term=sword+%26+scoundrel
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With the help of an extended message from Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, we both ponder some of the terms I used in episodes 104. Call-ins from Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and John Alan Large of RDD RPG. The Roadrunner Rules episode of Kevin Madison's Dungeon Musings https://anchor.fm/dungeonmusings/episodes/The-Roadrunner-Rules-e4bfhm/a-ah519e Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere Email me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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Call-ins from Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Colin Green of Spikepit, Dr Ludus AKA Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus and Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe. I create Han Solo for Risus, get schooled by Dr Ludus before I embark on another ill-conceived ramble. Risus rules http://www.risusiverse.com/ The Adventuring Party https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ Roleplay Rescue featuring Daniel Jones https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/611-otherworld-immersion-with-daniel-jones/id1445080932?i=1000478750991 Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere Email me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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Ooo, get me! Proper show notes with references, links and everything! Now all I need is a proper show... Call-ins from Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety cast, Dave Aldridge of dPercentile and Shandy Andy of Unguarded Treasure (B52). I look back at Risus, some Dave Aldridge appreciation, a little more on science in fantasy and something or other about realworld knowledge. Risus rules http://www.risusiverse.com/ S. John Ross interview https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/bonus-q-a-with-s-john-ross-of-cumberland-games-diversions/id1351842802?i=1000433193843 The Adventuring Party discuss rule justification https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wis-june-2020-but-why-is-that-the-rule/id304124403?i=1000478289315 Ray Otus' Plundergrounds episode 101 discussing Dave Arneson https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/101-arneson-instigator-innovator/id1436755110?i=1000452329155 My previous episode discussing Risus https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/risus-rolegate-aaa/id1466517108?i=1000453178146 Osseous rules https://free-thrall.itch.io/osseous Edwin King's Thoughts of a Depressed Dilopmatist blog https://diplomatist2.blogspot.com/ Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere Email me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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Kicking off with call-ins from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, new caller Karl Rodriguez and Evil Jeff of Minions & Musings. This is followed by a bunch of ramblings about the rules of games I'm playing in. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere Email me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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Yay! It's KOTB's first birthday today but it's business as usual. Some great call-ins from Lonely Adventurer of Camping With Owlbears, Josh Beckelhiemer of JB Publishing, Darren "RFED" Green and Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe. I chat about playing Numenera for the first time and a few thoughts on the genres of sci-fi and fantasy. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere Email me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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Kicking off season 3 with a whole host of call-ins. Featuring Colin "Spikepit" Green, Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, John Alan Large of RDD RPG, Evil Jeff of Minions & Musings, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Roy of Chaoses Limb and Menion AKA Rob of Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi. I recommend Sam Mendes' 1917 as inspiration for GMs, talk about evolving as a player and reflect on some recent sessions of The Black Hack, Dave Aldridge's Swords & Wizardry Continual Light hack for Dark Sun and an impromptu session of Electric Bastionland. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere Email me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Osseous is available PWYW on itch.io https://free-thrall.itch.io/osseous
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It's finally here! Episode 100. A host of call-ins for Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Evil Jeff of Minions & Musings, Julz Burgisser of Julz from NZ, Roy of Chaoses Limb, Goblin's Henchman and Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast. A bit of reflecting on my achievements, or lack thereof and what I plan to focus on in the next season. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere Email me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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A few call-ins from Roy of Chaoses Limb, Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks and Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Podcast. I "review" April and the Extraordinary World directed by Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci and talk about Barney Dickery running Andre Novoa's Robot Death Jungle using Electric Bastionland. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere Email me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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An unsurprising unboxing, call-ins from Goblin's Henchman and Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast a bit of rambling about acting vs. roleplaying. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere Email me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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A few more call-ins from Colin "Spikepit" Green, Shandy Andy of Unguarded Treasure and John Alan Large of RDD RPG, followed by an extra helping of murder death kill. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere Email me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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Answering calls from John Alan Large of RDD RPG, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Conrad Kinch of Send Three and Fourpence. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere Email me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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Just responding to call-ins from Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Dave Aldridge of dPercentile and Joe Richter or Hindsightless and Weal or Woe. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere Email me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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A brief episode about a brief encounter with call-ins from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, and Rob AKA Menion of Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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I answer a few call-ins from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere and Colin "Spikepit" Green before sharing my feelings on what I consider to be my first truly OSR encounter. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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Just catching up with some call-ins from Lonely Adventurer of Camping With Owlbears, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Colin "Spikepit" Green, Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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I respond to a couple of call-ins from Dave Alridge of dPercentile and Cody M of No Save For You and The Tentacled Tumble Weeds before talking about a few early thoughts on the setting of Chris McDowall's Into The Odd and Electric Bastionland. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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In a reflective mood, I answer a couple of calls from Joe Richter of Hidesightless and Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, talk about recent Black Hack sessions and take a little bath. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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Just trying to stay sane by answering a few calls from Evil Jeff of Minions & Musings, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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Something a little different. Big thanks to Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus podcast for joining me in creating a couple of characters for Chris McDowell's Electric Bastionland... with extra sausage! Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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Another call-in show regarding the last couple of episodes. Featuring Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Menion (AKA Rob) of Confessions of a Tim'rous Bushi and Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue. We talk about Mork Borg, Best Left Buried, The Shadow of Yesterday, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying and inevitably Electric Bastionland. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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Dave Aldridge of dPercentile becomes something of cohost on this one thanks to a hoard of messages. Also featuring call-ins from Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Menion of Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi and Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast challenges me to describe my ideal game. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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Essentially, I answer a bunch of call-ins from Josh Beckelhimer of JB Publishing, Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast, Colin "Spikepit" Green, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Conrad Kinch of Send Three and Fourpence and Goblin's Henchman. We touch on topics such as levelling, my PDF collection and the possibility of me running a game. I also talk a bit about a local community project I'm involved in and the games I'd like to play. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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A whole heap of call-ins for Josh Beckelhimer of JB Publishing, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, Goblin's Henchman, Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Colin Green of Spikepit RPG Podcast, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Menion (AKA Rob) of Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi, Barry Dewey-Robertson of Shadow of the GM and Nate Gillbreath. Then I spend about 5 minutes questioning the value of progress. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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Here's something a little different. Something of a joint production by myself and T. J. Drennon of Malodorous Miasma Meltdown. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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A whole bunch of call-ins from Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe fame, Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Goblin's Henchman and Julz Burgisser of Jewels From NZ. Special mentions: Jeremy "FrothSof" Smith of Thought Eater Podcast and Dave "dPercentile" Aldridge. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere. Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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Hey there! Kicking things off with some great call-ins from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe fame, Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and ShandyAndy of Unguarded Treasure (B52) before launching into a lengthy overview of Trophy Gold, part of The Gauntlet's Trophy RPG Kickstarter. Special mentions: Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks and Josh Beckelhimer of JB Publishing. Shout-outs to Zine Quest 2 Kickstarters: Sinister Red by Rudy "RPG Retofit" Mangual, Mudharbour by Dave "dPercentile" Aldridge, Hunters in Death by Tim "Gothridge Manor" Shorts and Willow by Shane Walshe. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere. Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Osseous, my simple trifold 2d6 system, is now available here https://free-thrall.itch.io/osseous
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Basically, me responding to some great call-ins from Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Rob C of Down in a Heap, Colin "Spikepit" Green, Josh Becklehimer of J.B. Publishing, Barney of Loco Ludus, John Alan Large of The Red Dice Diaries and T. J. Drennon of Meloderous Miasma Meltdown. We discuss Knave, Into the ODD, Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition and more. Shout outs to Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue and ShandyAndy of Unguarded Treasure (B52). Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere. Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Osseous, my simple trifold 2d6 system, is now available here https://free-thrall.itch.io/osseous
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More call-ins about the OSR from Colin "Spikepit " Green, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, Goblin's Henchman, Chicagowiz of The Dungeon Master's Handbook Podcast and ShandyAndy of Unguarded Treasure (B52). The return of Controversy Corner or more accurately Confessional Corner. Old-School Essentials, Into the Odd, Knave, Troika and Fighting Fantasy all get a mention. Shout outs to Rob C of Down in a Heap, Matt Finch of Frog God Games, Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks and Barney of Loco Ludus who inspired this episode. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere. Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Osseous, my simple trifold 2d6 system, is now available here https://free-thrall.itch.io/osseous
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Lots of great feedback from the likes of Dave Aldridge of dPercentile, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Colin "Spikepit" Green (I think), Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, Josh Brockelhimer of JB Publishing, Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, ShandyAndy of Unguarded Treasure (B52) and Jason Hobbs of Random Screed and Hobbs and Friends fame. A little more waffling about the OSR and the term "old-school". Shout out to Evil Jeff of Minions and Musings, Rob C of Down in a Heap, ChicagoWiz of The Dungeon Master's Handbook and Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks. "Endorsement" by Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere. Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Osseous, my simple trifold 2d6 system, is now available here https://free-thrall.itch.io/osseous
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Illinformed ramblings regarding the nature of the OSR inspired by Pandatheist recent blog post https://boneboxchant.wordpress.com/2019/12/25/20-osr-games/ and a conversation with Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast. Featuring call-ins from Colin "Spikepit" Green and Shandy Andy of Unguarded Treasure (B52) and an endorsement from Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts "Warning" by Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere. Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Osseous, my simple trifold 2d6 system, is now available here https://free-thrall.itch.io/osseous
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Call-ins from Josh Beckelhimer of J.B. Publishing, Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, John Large of The Red Dice Diaries, Evil Jeff of Minions & Musings and Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe. Me feeling sorry for myself plus an unboxing. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Osseous, my simple trifold system, is now available here https://free-thrall.itch.io/osseous
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Call-ins from Michael "Chicagowiz" Shorten of Dungeon Master's Handbook, Josh Beckelhimer of J.B. Publishing, Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue and Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere. I reflect on recent sessions of Dave Aldridge's Black Hack campaign in Melcher's Vale. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Osseous, my simple trifold system, is now available here https://free-thrall.itch.io/osseous
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Call-ins from Dr. Ludus and Barney of Loco Ludus, Goblin's Henchman, Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Evil Jeff of Minions and Musings. Plus a pithy film review. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Osseous, my simple trifold system, is now available here https://free-thrall.itch.io/osseous
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Another one that's all over the place. Just trying to play catch up. Call-ins from Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Colin "Spikepit" Green, John Alan Large of The Red Dice Diaries and Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks. Some clarification, a bit about the OSR, an epic unboxing and some thoughts on fear. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Osseous, my simple trifold system, is now available here https://free-thrall.itch.io/osseous
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A couple of call-ins from Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Colin "Spikepit" Green. After listening to Tom Barbalet's My Rules Are Better, I contemplate how the Anchorite community might look to the uninitiated which lead to some thoughts regarding the richness of The Black Hack 2E thanks to some very simple concepts. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Osseous, my simple trifold system, is now available here https://free-thrall.itch.io/osseous
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A couple of call-ins from Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Colin "Spikepit" Green then I catch up with the remaining thoughts from Jason concerning my back catalogue. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Osseous is now available here https://free-thrall.itch.io/osseous
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Call-ins from Dave Aldridge of dPercentile, Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Colin "Spikepit" Green and John Alan Large of The Red Dice Diaries. There's also an unboxing of my first D&D 5E purchase. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Osseous is now available here https://free-thrall.itch.io/osseous
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Featuring call-ins from Colin "Spikepit" Green and Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Podcast, an overview of The Shivering Circle and thoughts about Hammer Horror gaming. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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Responding to call-ins from Evil Jeff of Minions and Musings, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, John Alan Large of The Red Dice Diaries and Pete Jones of Dragons are Real. Mostly talking about my recent Black Hack session... mostly. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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Call-ins from Jason and Matty of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Pete Jones of Dragons Are Real, Cody M. from No Save For You and Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe fame. I talk about a recent Roll20 session playing ICRPG Xeno Dead Zone. Plus a surprise unboxing. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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A few call-ins from Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere and Barney of Loco Ludus followed by thoughts regarding my recent on-line session of The Black Hack 2E run by Dave "dPercentile" Aldridge. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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Another Jason response episode. Call-ins from Jason (obviously) of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Ivy the Happy Whisk and Joe Richter of Hindsiteless and Weal or Woe. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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This one is all over the place. It all goes a bit gonzo. There's a bit of history, a bit of Paranoia, some Into the Odd and plenty of wheezing. Call-ins from RFED and Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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Just ticking a few of Jason's call-ins off the to-do-list. Featuring Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast. Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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So, this is the last episode of Anchorites Appreciate Arneson month wherein I talk about Patrick Dowling, creator of the BBC show The Adventure Game. There's a mystery unboxing and a few call-ins from Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Listen of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast.
The Adventure Game theme was composed by Ferdinando Carulli, performed by Julian Bream and John Williams.
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Some more about playing Barbarians of Lemuria. Call-ins from Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Ivy The Happy Whisk, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere and The Mysterious Brother Tyler M of A 20sided Life. Get the trifold edition of Osseous at https://drive.google.com/open?id=184r9bvk0KxZ6xkjAAMmKzQXayFSxoB7v Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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My first foray into online play with Barbarians of Lemuria.
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Call-in from Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere and Evil Jeff of Minions and Musings lead to further thoughts regarding the subject of labels.
The Farrier's Bellows https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-farriers-bellows/id1453306672
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It's Anchorites Appreciate Arneson month. A call-in from Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and his recommendation of listening to the S. John Ross interview from the What am I Rolling? podcast https://www.wairpodcast.com/episodes/tag/S.+John+Ross inspired this episode. I talk about Risus, RoleGate and some stuff about the usefulness of labels in the unawaited return of Controversy Corner Get Osseous at https://drive.google.com/open?id=12s9lW_GtzldsuoJHtaj1rgsjdzebVJ_K Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find him at https://www.pateon.com/TJD/posts Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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It's Anchorites Appreciate Arneson month. Call-ins from Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Colin "Spikepit" Green. Colin helps me to see the folly of my ways. Get Osseous at https://drive.google.com/open?id=12s9lW_GtzldsuoJHtaj1rgsjdzebVJ_K Free Thrall Theme and Arneson by Timothy J. Drennon. Find him at https://www.pateon.com/TJD/posts Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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It's Anchorites Appreciate Arneson month. A call-in from Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast then I talk about what I was aiming for with Osseous. Get Osseous at https://drive.google.com/open?id=12s9lW_GtzldsuoJHtaj1rgsjdzebVJ_K Free Thrall Theme and Arneson by Timothy J. Drennon. Find him at https://www.pateon.com/TJD/posts Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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It's Anchorites Appreciate Arneson month. This is basically a call-ins catch up. Some fantastic messages from Joe Richter of Hindsighless and Weal or Woe, Darren "Rfed" Green, James Done of Those Feckin' Books, John Alan Large of The Red Dice Diaries, Jason Hobbs of Random Screed and Hobbs & Friends fame, Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue and Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast. Thank you all. Get Osseous at https://drive.google.com/open?id=12s9lW_GtzldsuoJHtaj1rgsjdzebVJ_K Free Thrall Theme and Arneson by Timothy J. Drennon. Find him at https://www.pateon.com/TJD/posts Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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The first day of Anchorites Appreciate Arneson Month and I've made a thing, a generic 2d6 rules-light system called Osseous (which I think I fail to mention in the actual episode).
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Honourable mentions: Nate Treme of Highland Paranormal Society, Ray Otus of Plundergrounds and Viridian Scroll, Norbert Mataousch, James & Robyn George of Olde House Rules, Matt Jackson of MattRandom podcast, Colin"Spikepit" Green and Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast.
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I started talking and this came out. Largely unedited to give you an idea of how the magic happens, or doesn't happen, as the case may be. A bit about Thundarr the Barbarian, some stuff about Marvel movies, a slight return to controversy corner and shout out for The Psych Files podcast by Michael Britt, Ph.D. Thanks for call-ins from Ivy The Happy Whisk, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, John Alan Large of Red Dice Diaries, ShandyAndy of Unguarded Treasure (B52), Colin "Spikepit" Green and Timothy J. Drennon. Also, big thanks to Joe Richter and Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere for inspiring this episode. Free Thrall Theme by Timothy J. Drennon. Find him on https://www.patreon.com/TJD Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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Wow! So much great feedback. Special guest stars: Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Jeff Collyer from Tome of All Dooms, John Alan Large of The Red Dice Diaries, Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Winston Crutchfield of 5 Minutes of Prayer, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, ShandyAndy (B52), Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe and The Mysterious Brother Tyler of A 20sided Life. Thank you all. Free Thrall Theme by Timothy J Drennon. Find him on www.Patreon.com/TJD Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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An Oliver Postgate special. Thanks to Colin "Spikepit" Green for his suggestion. Free Thrall Theme by Timothy J Drennon. Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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Welcome to season two. Featuring my idea for a setting without humans, my thoughts no The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance and a whole bunch of Colin "Spikepit" Green.
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Apart from the top and tail, this is an episode constructed entirely of hand picked bits and bobbins from season one of Keep Off the Borderlands. This is just a bunch of stuff that I found entertaining, context be damned! You have been warned. Special guest stars: ShandyAndy of Unguarded Treasure (B52), TJ Drennon of Melodorous Miasma Meltdown and Occult Orifice Outrage, Jeremy "frothsof" Smith of Thought Eater, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal of Woe, Colin "Spikepit" Green, Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere, Ivy of The Happy Whisk. Contact me on spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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RPGaDAY2019 - A call-in from Lieren plus many thanks and congratulations to all involved and even my daughter chips in.
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RPGaDAY2019 - A call-in from ShandyAndy of Unguarded Treasure (B52). A bit about the wonders of the modern age and the similarity of some early RPG mechanics.
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RPGaDAY2019 - On the origin of s̶p̶e̶c̶i̶e̶s̶ RPGs.
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RPGaDAY2019 - Call-ins from Jason, TJ of Melodorous Miasma, ShandyAndy of Unguarded Treasure (B52) and Colin "Spikepit" Green.
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RPGaDAY2019 - A call-in from Lieren and I talk cliffhangers.
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RPGaDAY2019 - Call-ins from Jason, Joe Richter of Hindsightless, Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, ShandyAndy of Unguarded Treasure (B52) and Colin "Spikepit" Green. Thanks to Matt "Random" Jackson and Norbert Matausch, I actually have something to say this time. Special thanks to Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere. Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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RPGaDAY2019 - Call-ins from Cody M of No Save for You and Joe Richter of Hindsightless. I can only apologise for today's episode.
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RPGaDAY2019 - Wherein I dispel the myth that I have any kind musical talent.
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RPGaDAY2019 - Zero prep. Talk to find out.
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RPGaDAY2019 - Call-ins from Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue and Lieren. I talk about the TV show Lost and the merits of fan theory.
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RPGaDAY2019 - A call-in from Colin "Spikepit" Green and a wee ramble through a vast topic.
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RPGaDAY2019 - Reading "High Folk" from Unlikely Heroes: A supplement for OSR games by Nordic Weasel Games.
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RPGaDAY2019 - My idea for a fear mechanic.
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RPGaDAY2019 - There's plenty to say about one page dungeons.
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RPGaDAY2019 - Call-ins from Evil Jeff of Minions & Musings, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Lieren.
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RPGaDAY2019 - A call-in from Joe of Hindsightless. A reading and a brief guest appearance.
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RPGaDAY2019 - Call-ins from John Large of The Red Dice Diaries. When is a door not a door?
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RPGaDAY2019 - Call-ins from Lieren and Che of Roleplay Rescue. A little ramble about rule books and who to follow.
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#RPGaDAY2019 - Awesome call-ins from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Colin "Spikepit" Green. Here's a little preview of my setting idea that, thanks to my lack of progress, may never see the light of day.
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RPGaDAY2019 - Call-ins from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Lieren. I talk about the wonderful Anchorite community (eventually).
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RPGaDAY2019 - Call-ins from Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue. I talk about the fun of mystery solving.
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RPGaDAY2019 - Call-ins from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Colin "Spikepit" Green. I talk about my lack of focus.
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RPGaDAY2019 - Call-ins from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Colin "Spikepit" Green. I talk crit tables of Rolemaster and MERP.
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RPGaDAY2019 - A call-in from Evil Jeff of Minions & Musings and a "brief" overview of Obscure Adventures by Richardo Esteves.
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RPGaDAY2019 - Call-ins from Evil Jeff of Minions & Musings, Lieren and the return of Paranoia.
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RPGaDAY2019 - Not feeling it but doing it anyway.
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RPGaDAY2019 - A call-in from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and me banging on about how great Alien is again!
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RPGaDAY2019 - Oversharing, perhaps.
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RPGaDAY2019 - A call-in from Colin "Spikepit" Green. Special thanks to Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Lieren of Updated From the Middle of Nowhere.
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RPGaDAY2019 - Paranoia and a little help from Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere.
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RPGaDAY 2019 - I thought I'd give it a go. A Call-in from Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere. Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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That's right, it's the boring list I warned you about!
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I kick off responding to a call from Colin "Spikepit" Green regarding the d20 before getting onto the main topic of solo play. Inspired by last episode's call from John Large of The Red Dice Diaries, essentially, me speaking about Kenny Norris of SoloRoleplayer.com and using Chris McDowall's Into the Odd with Tiny Solitary Soldiers Solo Engine from http://tinysolitarysoldiers.blogspot.com
Honourable mentions: Jeremy "Frothsof" Smith of Thought Eater, Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue. Youtube Channels Ivanmike68, Gamer Geeks, Solo RPG Guy and Questing Beast.
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A brief history of Basic Dungeons & Dragons.
Featuring call-ins from Joe of Weal or Woe, RFED, Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere, Colin "Spikepit" Green, Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Jeremy "FrothSof" Smith of Thought Eater and John Alan Large of The Red Dice Diaries.
Honorary mention: ShandyAndy of Unguarded Treasure and Pete Jones of Dragons Are Real.
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Just some odds and ends I threw together. Basically, a veiled plea for feedback. A call for recommendations of adventures for solo play, your thoughts on the d20 and what's your favourite version of Basic Dungeons & Dragons (including OD&D)? Call-ins from RFED, John Large of Red Dice Diaries, ShandyAndy and Lieren from Updates From the Middle of Nowhere. Free Thrall Theme by Timothy J Drennon. Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com
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Theme by Melodorous Miasma. Call-ins from The Lone Star GM, Dave Aldridge of dPercentile, John Alan Large from Red Dice Diaries, Joe of Weal or Woe, Colin "Spikepit" Green and Ivy The Happy Whisk. I talk about the recent Guardian article amongst of things. Honourable mentions; Tim Shorts of Gothridge Manor, Mark Wallring of The Yawning Owlbear, Larry Hamilton of Follow Me, And Die!, Arlen Walker Live from Pellam's Wasteland, Norbert Matausch of Darkworm Colt and The GLOG by Arnold Kemp at Goblinpunch. And a little random Instant Game fun to finish.
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Some thoughts on Positive Psychology inspired by Che Webster's Roleplay Rescue Season 3 Episode 12: Being Top of Your Game.
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Featuring call-ins from Frothsof of the Thought Eater podcast, Joe of Weal or Woe, Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Ivy The Happy Whisk and Colin "Spikepit" Green. A bit of a ramble about Terry Gilliam's Time Bandits and Brazil, Chris McDowall's Into the Odd, Dark City dir. by Alex Proyas, Blame! by Tsutomu Nihei, Blame! dir. by Hiroyuki Seshita, Blamecrawl on MeWe, Samwise Seven RPG (Samwise7RPG on YouTube), House of Leaves by Mark Z Danielewski, Arlen Walker of Live from Pellam's Wasteland and TJ of Melodorous Miasma Meltdown.
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Call-ins from Ivy The Happy Whisk, Joe of Weal or Woe, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Ray Otus of Plundergrounds and Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue. Dave Aldridge of dpercentile, Colin "Spikepit" Green and Frothsof the Thought Eater also get a mention. Plus special guest. I also fail to adequately describe what a solo game engine is and embarrass myself by going on about Rupert the Bear again.
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Spoilers: It's Dan Sell's insanely delightful Troika! Numinous Edition.
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So, this is where all the content's been hiding. Just look at these show notes!
Featuring messages from Frank Turfler of Frank T's Liner Notes, Ivy the Happy Whisk, Colin Green of Spikepit, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Evil Jeff, Frothsof the Thought Eater and Tim Shorts of Gothridge Manor.
I mention Ray Otus' PlunderGrounds episode 69 Prototyping and 41 Roadside Picnic and Into the Odd, the Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation dir. Alex Garland, Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Stalker dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, Stalker RPG by Ville Vuorela, Colour out of Space by H. P. Lovecraft, The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, Che Webster's Roleplay Rescue GM's Journal #18, Paranoia 1st edition, The Thing dir. John Carpenter, Invasion of the Body Snatchers dir. Don Siegel, The Hanging Man by Philip K. Dick, In the Light of a Ghost Star by Nate Treme and Knave by Ben Milton... Phew!
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Inspired by Lieren's Mental Health Thursday episode 44 of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere, I made some brief notes. To spare her a bunch of messages from me and risk turning her podcast into The Spencer Show, I thought I'd put them here.
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This is an overview of Third Eye Games' Pip System by Eloy Lasanta.
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Call-ins, callbacks and top 5 movies.
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An audio unboxing of interest to nobody other than myself and I'm not even sure if I'd want to listen to it.
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Yay, a little bit of gaming stuff. A bit about Necrotic Gnome's Old-School Essentials, Free League's Alien RPG and whole bunch of rambling about community.
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There's even some gaming stuff in this one... sort of.
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Episode one.
Session zero.
A trailer, a test and a little bit of background.
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