The Whispering GMFeb 12, 2022
Ghouls: Not as Scary As you Think
-- Description --
Ghouls - the iconic paralyzers and low-level party enders: capable of wrecking shop even on a mid level party! Or... are they? I revisit the rules as worded and cross reference them to concepts in Chainmail, revealing that in 0e, at least - Ghouls might not have been as powerful as they would, in later editions, become.
Then, some call-ins regarding adversarial play (among which is a great example of adversarial play from Daniel over at Bandit's Keep) and a concept (new, to me) of treating traps like monsters - at least where THAC0 is concerned.
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-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Ghouls: Not as Scary as you Think
00:18 - Theme
00:39 - Ghouls in the Little Brown Books
02:09 - "Normal" Figures
03:46 - Wights in Chainmail
06:18 - An Introduction to Moldvayan Revisionism
07:51 - Save vs Paralysis in the Text
09:13 - What About Withstand Adversity?
14:22 - Call In: Nerd's Variety Jason - Reliability
17:28 - Call In: Nerd's Variety Jason - Traps as Monsters
19:19 - Traps as Monsters of HD Equal to Dungeon Level
21:08 - Call In: DA Riley - Episodes, Life, and Listening
23:34 - Call In: Bandit's Keep Daniel - A Tale of Adversarial Play
30:23 - Call In: Bob - Enjoying the Surprise of a Plotting Player
33:08 - Outro
-- Links --
The Basic Expert: https://www.youtube.com/@TheBasicExpert
Nerd's Variety Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376
Nerd's Variety Blog: https://nerdsrpgvarietycast.com/
Diegetic Advancement: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/diegeticadvancement/
Bandit's Keep:
- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-norton
- https://www.youtube.com/@BanditsKeep
- https://www.youtube.com/@BanditsKeepActualPlay
Bos' Bear Blog: https://borderbaronies.bearblog.dev/
Adversarial Play and Adversarial Prep, Revisited
-- Description --
Call in show - listeners debate the fine points of adversarial play, as well as toss in some tokens for how prep influences their games - or vice versa: how their games have influenced their prep. Then - at the end - a quick promised health and sanity update from me for folks who were listening and concerned as of last time around.
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-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Theme
00:21 - Jason: Feedback on Classic Adventure Gaming
04:38 - Jason: On Adversarial Gaming
11:32 - Riley: Conspiratorial Players
18:14 - Mirke the Meek: Adversarial Play and Representing the Table
24:22 - Karl: Evolution of Your Campaign
28:22 - Riley: Regarding Prep and Story Games
31:36 - Mirke: Experiences with Prep
36:46 - Personal and Health Update
48:56 - Outro
-- Links --
Nerd's Variety Jason - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376
Evil Jeff - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eviljeff
Jason Hobbs - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason-hobbs
Riley - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/diegeticadvancement
Mirke - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mirke-the-meek
Karl - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karl-rodriguez
Confessions of a High Prep GM
-- Description --
Talking about prepping for your game. How much is too much? How much is too little? And how much can you learn from the mistakes of someone who has gone entirely off the deep end before?
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-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Prepper's Anonymous
00:09 - Theme
00:39 - On Campaign Prep
02:51 - Advocating for Zero Prep
05:15 - Why Then do I Prep?
12:18 - The Dangers of Too Much Prep
16:40 - Prep According to your Play
17:35 - Side Note on the Joy of Prep
21:58 - At the End of the Day...
22:24 - Outro & Theme
-- Links --
Just Three Hexes: https://chgowiz-games.blogspot.com/2017/11/just-three-hexes-campaign-starters.html
Adversarial Players
-- Description --
Having spent some time figuring out adversarial referees - what would then make a player an adversarial player? Exploring some experiences, ideas, and behaviors that may - or may not - make a player into an enemy instead of an ally.
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-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Adversarial... Play
00:43 - Theme
01:13 - Player vs. Referee
01:40 - Rules Lawyering?
04:25 - Munchkining (Rules Abuse)?
08:08 - Derailing?
14:53 - Player vs Other Players
15:05 - PvP?
20:30 - Filibuster your Friends?
26:36 - In Conclusion
29:12 - For Next Time
30:16 - Outro & Theme
-- Links --
* Kalmata: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCJihWQoKqzZdxeL1LHkr-YJ_hewIFOyx
* Karl of the GMologist Presents: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karl-rodriguez
* Secrets of Brovenloft: https://youtu.be/A5QdvJDLUvM?si=b45eAgZ-hPZ_zm-o
Did You Really?
-- Description --
"I've been playing for 45 years and we never played that way back in the day!"
A common refrain for long-timers trying to discourage playstyles differing from their own, I explore the possibility that the arguer might be remembering yesterday just as much as 1975.
Then, following up, a note on my personal health, how it's been holding me back a bit from participating in the hobby like I want to, and what I'm doing about it to fix that problem.
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-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Dedication
00:12 - Theme
00:42 - Did you really?
01:51 - Playing with Chainmail
04:47 - First Edition for the First Time
06:21 - Playing Multiple Games
08:08 - Learning and Growing
10:31 - Call In: Nerd's Variety Jason!
10:54 - Health Update
20:55 - Outro
-- Links --
Obituary: Aaron M. Koelman
https://www.gearty-delmore.com/obituary/Aaron-Koelman
Solo Dungeon Crawler: OD&D Combat with Chainmail
https://youtu.be/5vLp5gtfDTw?si=D5I5X8c88TXpltLU
Nerd's Variety Cast
Where Are You, Whispers?
-- Description --
Happy Thanksgiving! Catch up and call in episode: talking about mercenaries, advancement, but mostly - maps, tokens, and VTTs.
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-- Show Notes --
00:00 - I'm Still Alive!
00:52 - ANNOUNCEMENT: Adventure Site Contest
02:37 - Theme
03:07 - Nerd's Variety Jason: Renown System
06:02 - Bandit's Keep Daniel: Mercenary Players?
14:47 - ...: On XP in OD&D
21:45 - Gamerhood Jason: The Map is Reality
25:27 - Nerd's Variety Jason: VTTs are the Devil! (On Token Control)
29:51 - Bandit's Keep Daniel: On Battle-Maps and Tokens
33:35 - ...: Map... as a Character!
35:36 - Where Are You Whispers? Update on Life & Empire
38:17 - Outro
-- Links --
Cold Light Press: https://coldlightrpgpress.weebly.com/home/spread-the-wordadventure-site-contest
Classic Adventure Gaming Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/tcagp
Nerd's Variety Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376
Bandit's Keep: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-norton
https://www.youtube.com/@BanditsKeep
Hobbs, Friends, & Gamerhood: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason-hobbs
https://www.twitch.tv/hobbs665
Maps & Minis
-- Description --
User feedback focused on the use of maps - in the campaign, in the dungeon, in real life, and in virtual - as well as the implications of maps and all of the above on hirelings and henchmen. Bit of a variety show - very relevant to the OSR player experience.
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-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Cockatrice Nuggets and the NPC Player
00:39 - Intro
01:09 - Why Play? (On NPC Players)
01:46 - Roles & Henchmen with Hobbs
05:57 - Role vs Role (vs Role) with Daniel
09:51 - Using Henchmen (and Miniatures For Them!) with DarkFluid
16:27 - Nerd's Variety Jason: Maps, at least, are RAW
19:16 - Bandit Maps! Making, Ciphering, and Using Maps with Daniel
25:47 - Maps & Ciphers with the Pink Phantom
29:34 - Pink Scroll Cases? (Guarding them, at Least)
31:34 - Hobbs Asks: Who Controls your VTT Map Tokens?
35:37 - Outro
-- Links --
Cockatrice Nuggets: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rich-fraser
Jason Prime:
Hobbs & Friends: https://hobbsnfriends.com/
Random Screed: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason-hobbs
Bandit's Keep Daniel: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-norton
The Pacific Crest Trail: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Crest_Trail
Audio Dungeon Discord: https://discord.gg/FBP7CjA6G (Valid through Rosh Hashanah)
Nerd's Variety Jason: https://anchor.fm/jason376
Phantom Thoughts (Pink Phantom): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-pink-phantom
Beyond Advancement
-- Description --
Listener feedback exploring character advancement - first, talking a bit about gold for XP, classic D&D, and how procedural generation facilitates OSR dungeon design and frees your mind to make more interesting experiences; and then, moving into alternative advancement: not alternative mechanisms, necessarily, but new ways to interpret and play out character advancement in your old school campaign.
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-- Show Notes --
00:00 - D14s
01:14 - Intro
01:44 - Nerd's Variety Jason: Golden Railroads
06:19 - Jason Prime: On Gold and Experience
09:00 - ...Layers of Play: Character Layer vs Design Layer
10:20 - Bandit's Keep Daniel: Procedural Generation and Scroll Cases
11:46 - Red Dice John: General Feedback and the Benefits of Procedural Generators
15:16 - Call In! Nick from DSTP - Substitutionary Treasure
20:33 - Hindsightless Joe: Isn't it All Milestones?
24:05 - Chicago Wiz Michael: Beyond Advancement
33:13 - Outro
-- Links --
Nerd's Variety Jason: https://anchor.fm/jason376
Hobbs & Friends Hobbs:
Hobbs & Friends: https://hobbsnfriends.com/
Random Screed: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason-hobbs
Bandit's Keep: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-norton
The Red Dice Diaries: https://reddicediaries.substack.com/
Don't Split the Party:
Blog: http://harbingergames.blogspot.com/
Discord: https://discord.gg/vgDF6QZ
Hindsightless: https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9/
Chicago Wiz: https://chgowiz.substack.com/
Maps Aren't Real!
-- Description --
Vanishing Tower Jay is back to defend his honor! Spar once more with the metaphorical mapper: where he makes his case once more for maps as communication tools - not as physical artifacts!
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-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Murphy Strikes Back!
00:31 - Theme
01:01 - Real Life Maps Don't Translate
01:40 - Purchasing Maps?
02:49 - Maps and Inaccuracy
04:04 - Alternative: Hiring Guides
05:03 - Treasure Maps
06:45 - On Getting Lost
08:27 - To Conclude on Maps as Physical Artifacts
08:48 - Call In! Bandit's Keep Daniel: Mapping from Beads
13:47 - Call In! Pink Phantom: Lost Maps and Player Notes
16:28 - Call In! Bandit's Keep Daniel: Con Games
21:29 - Quick Apology and Quicker Thank You
22:52 - Outro
-- Links --
Jay, Vanishing Tower Press: https://vanishingtower.blogspot.com/
Or on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@vanishingtowerpress2786
Daniel Norton, Song of The Mapper: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSmx06Tb47U&list=PLLWlyyPUNLSxVSJUJ5hxyqKMDZnE5LQ9M
Rick Stump Episode: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-whispering-gm/episodes/Regarding-Player-Skill-e1mse9p
A Real Treasure Map - Olivier Levasseur: https://explorersweb.com/exploration-mysteries-treasure-olivier-levasseur/
Daniel, Bandit's Keep: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-norton
Phantom Thoughts, the Pink Phantom: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-pink-phantom
The Role Divide
-- Description --
There has always been a divide between Role Players and Roll Players - but what about Role Players and Players of a Role? This episode delves in to what "role playing" meant - or would have meant - to the original crew on the original game... and how it differs from what we think of when we say "role playing" today.
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-- Show Notes --
00:00 - The Role Divide
01:16 - Theme
01:46 - The Role You Serve
03:56 - The Role of the Fighter
06:03 - The Role of the Cleric
08:29 - The Role of the Magic User
10:50 - Bob the FIGHTER, not BOB the Fighter
12:18 - The Proof is in the Training
15:17 - Should You Speak in Funny Voices?
16:26 - Call In: The Trapper of Scroll Cases Speaks!
17:00 - ...Emergent World-Building through Procedural Generation
20:15 - Call In: Bos Bossman - Crunch & Flow
20:46 - ...Character Customization & Archetypal Dynamic
24:04 - ...The Benefit of Predictability in Maintaining Flow
25:45 - The Calls of M. W. Lewis!
26:01 - ...for Love of Henchmen
30:08 - ...on The Rogue's Gallery
32:08 - Outro
-- Links --
Don't Split The Party, Roles: http://harbingergames.blogspot.com/search/label/monks
Mr Hobbs: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason-hobbs
Splitting the Party with Procedures: https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/2021/08/do-split-party.html
The Worlds of M. W. Lewis: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mwlewis/
The Rogue's Gallery: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=tsr+the+rogues+gallery
Creative Railroading?
-- Description --
A call from the Pink Phantom posits a true conundrum. Does gold for XP create a creative railroad for player interaction? Listen on to hear my defense of Gold for XP as the ultimate de-railer.
Then, some call ins on recent episodes in the podcast-verse!
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-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Pink Phantom: Stylistic Railroading
01:00 - Theme
01:30 - Gold is the Anti-Railroad
02:40 - Collaborative Failed Novelist Syndrome
04:00 - A Case for Gold
04:40 - Archetypes and Inspirations of Appendix N
05:53 - Stylistic Paradigms: why NOT Gold?
09:23 - Liberation of Advancement
09:54 - Pink Phantom: There is no Winning or Losing at RPGs
11:07 - You Can Win at the Clerics Wear Ringmail table!
12:02 - Nerd's Variety Jason: On Milestones
15:28 - GMologist Karl: Handfuls of Dice
17:45 - ...on Lookups and Running DCC
21:50 - Bandit's Keep Daniel: The Identify Spell!
34:24 - ...on Gary and Sages
26:32 - ...on Scroll Cases: Trap 'Em or Lock 'Em?
31:32 - Outro
-- Links --
Phantom Thoughts, Pink Phantom: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-pink-phantom
How to Win at D&D: https://pilumpress.com/products/how-to-win-at-d-d
Nerd's Variety Podcast, Jason: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376
The GMologist Presents, Karl: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karl-rodriguez
Bandit's Keep, Daniel: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-norton
Gary's House Rules, Blogosphere: http://cyclopeatron.blogspot.com/2010/03/gary-gygaxs-whitebox-od-house-rules.html
Gary's House Rules, OD&D '74: https://odd74.proboards.com/thread/3906/gygax-house-rules-2005
Gary's House Rules, Dragonsfoot: https://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=43849
Car Alarm: https://improbable.com/2023/01/18/a-look-back-at-the-prize-winning-anti-hijacking-flamethrower/
The Importance of Gold for Experience
-- Description --
Exposition on the importance of gold for experience, and a quick glance into the method behind the madness. Simply put:
Gold for XP
is the Best Way to Be.
Then some miscellaneous user calls - pacing, mapping, and adversarial preparation!
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-- Show Notes --
00:00 - GP for XP?
01:25 - Theme
01:55 - The Weight of Milestones
03:07 - Experience as a Motivator
04:18 - How you "Win" at D&D
05:17 - The Essential Importance of GP for XP
08:13 - Call in! GMologist Karl on Adversarial Prep
13:39 - Call in! Nerd's Variety Jason regarding Pacing in the Dungeon
15:35 - Call in! CapnCarberry from Discord!
15:47 - ...Deceive the Enemy
16:26 - ...Mapping by Pace and Ranger Beads
17:26 - ...Knowing what to Bring and How to Use It
18:30 - Outro
-- Links --
The GMologist Presents (Karl): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karl-rodriguez
Nerd's Variety Podcast (Jason): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376
Crunchy Feedback
-- Description --
Further discussion as requested and as recieved in prior episodes: what's more important - crunch or flow? Some insights and experiences from listeners. Part two of call-in/response.
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-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Theme
00:30 - Jason's Experiene with Crunch & Flow
06:16 - Bandit's Keep Daniel on the Rebrand
07:05 - ...and Speaks to Flow and New Players
10:35 - ...and Defends Page Flipping?
13:54 - Free Thrall: To OSR or Not to OSR
19:08 - Daniel on Appropriate Traps and Curses
22:09 - Outro
-- Links --
Nerd's Varity Podcast (Jason): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376
Bandit's Keep (Daniel): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-norton/
Monsters & Treasure: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/monsters-and-treasure
Keep Off the Borderlands (Spencer): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-thrall
Listeners Talk Mapping!
-- Description --
Stirred up some interest with the mapping episode! Y'all called in, so the conversation continues!
Part one of three podcast episodes: so if you hear someone sounding like it's not their first call; it's probably because it's not! But I tried to group the calls by theme to keep the conversation cohesive.
Listen on - and don't forget the map along the way!
Passionate, as well, and want to get in on the conversation, yourself? New! Send in a voicemail on SpeakPipe:
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Like what you're hearing? Visit the blog:
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...or come hang out with all of us on Discord:
-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Nerd's Variety Traffic
00:27 - Theme
00:57 - Cohost Variety Jason
01:37 - Free Thrall's In-World Map
04:30 - Hobbs Talks Min-Maxing, Optimization, and Mapping?
06:50 - GMologist Karl: Mapping In Real Life
14:08 - Daniel the Bandit: Would your Map Survive a Fireball?
17:59 - The Pink Phantom - Rebrand and Identify?
24:26 - Outro
-- Links --
Nerd's Varity Podcast (Jason): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376
Keep Off the Borderlands (Spencer): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/free-thrall
Mr. Hobbs' Gamerhood (Jason Prime): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason-hobbs
The GMologist Presents (Karl): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karl-rodriguez
The Mystery of the Bent Tree: https://www.mountainmirror.com/happenings/straighten-out-the-mystery-of-bent-trees
Bandit's Keep (Daniel): https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-norton/
Monsters & Treasure: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/monsters-and-treasure
Crunch... or Flow?
-- Description --
New topic, new name, same spirit! Talking gaming, there is a perpetual debate between how many rules you need or how much crunch you prefer - but are we asking the wrong question? Do we actually care about the mechanics of the game, or do we care about the way it handles at the table?
Then - some voicemail conversation: folks are interested in maps, drawing maps, and whether or not they should be taken away!
Passionate, as well, and want to get in on the conversation, yourself? New! Send in a voicemail on SpeakPipe:
https://www.speakpipe.com/WhisperingGMPodcast
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Like what you're hearing? Visit the blog:
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...or come hang out with all of us on Discord:
Delve on!
-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Intro & State of the Podcast
05:38 - Theme
06:08 - Crunch... or Flow?
12:31 - Flow in ACKS
17:06 - Flow in DCC
23:33 - What do y'all think?
24:24 - Call In! Ricardo the OSR Lurker on Min-Maxing
28:51 - Call In! Nerds Variety Jason will Take Your Maps
36:07 - ...but will he trap your scroll cases?
38:54 - ...an epiphany about scroll case traps
40:01 - Call In! First Time David: Maps as a Player Tool
46:29 - Call In! Bandit's Keep Daniel
49:56 - Outro
-- Links --
Monsters & Treasure: How Simple is Too Simple?
ACKS - https://www3.autarch.co/?page_id=128
DCC - https://goodman-games.com/dungeon-crawl-classics-rpg/
Hobbs' Gamerhood:
- https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason-hobbs
- https://www.youtube.com/@JasonHobbs
- https://www.twitch.tv/hobbs665
Nerd's Variety Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376
Bandit's Keep:
- Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-norton/
- Solo OD&D: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLWlyyPUNLSxVSJUJ5hxyqKMDZnE5LQ9M
Answers & Questions
-- Description --
Finishing up the feedback from the call backlog - the last of the OctOSR and some new calls between then and now. Generating more questions than we answer, but that'll keep the conversation going!
Like what you're hearing? Visit the blog:
https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/
Listen on and join the conversation!
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/clerics-wear-ringmail/message
...or come hang out with the gang on Discord:
-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Theme
00:30 - Nerd's Variety Jason: Campaign Fortitude
06:42 - Hobbs Himself! Adversarial Play?
08:54 - Nerd's Variety Jason: Play vs Prep
13:41 - Vanishing Tower Jay: Player Maps
18:08 - Nerd's Variety Jason: Campaigns vs One Shots
21:23 - ... and: Mapping Tips
24:29 - Karl the GMOlogist: Adversarial PvP
30:21 - Nerd's Variety Jason: Expectations
32:11 - Thank you, listeners
33:49 - Theme
-- Links --
Nerd's Variety Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376
Hobbs & Friends: https://hobbsnfriends.com/
Random Screed: https://anchor.fm/jason-hobbs
Vanishing Tower: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/vanishingtower
The GMologist Presents: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karl-rodriguez
PVP Follow Up Episode!: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karl-rodriguez/episodes/PvP-in-RPG-Feedback-e20iep8
Player Skill Episode:
Rick Stump Episode: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/clerics-wear-ringmail/episodes/Regarding-Player-Skill-e1mse9p
Rick Stump: http://harbingergames.blogspot.com/
Bandit's Keep: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-norton/
Player Expectations, GM Metagaming, and Specializing your Character
-- Description --
What is the difference between building a character and building a character? What do your players expect out of you - out of your game - and how does it impact how you run? Several callers with several more calls - including a new one; recorded this year and everything! - regarding these questions and more.
Listen on and join the conversation!
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/clerics-wear-ringmail/message
Like what you're hearing? Visit the blog:
https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/
...or come hang out with the gang on Discord:
And whatever you do, delve on!
-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Theme
00:30 - The GMologist Presents: World Balance and Overcoming the World
03:50 - Balancing Expectations
06:01 - Redcaps Kevin - Abstract Combat-Fu and Fair Adjudication
08:10 - Metagaming Referee... or Smart Monsters?
10:57 - Metagaming Referee... to benefit the players?
13:24 - Nerd's Variety Jason - the Moose Head!
16:28 - GraveSlugg's Multiple Characters in the Ash Coast
18:59 - Nerd's Variety Jason - Finding a Group
23:10 - J. E. Shields: Min-Maxing, or Specialization?
27:01 - TSR Role Play vs Modern Role Play
28:22 - Min-Maxing: The Quest for Power
32:10 - Outro
-- Links --
The GMologist Presents (Karl) - https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez
The RedCaps (Kevin) - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theredcaps/
Nerd's Variety Podcast (Jason) - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376
J. E. Sheilds -
A Grazing Mace: https://anchor.fm/agrazingmace
JEShields.com: https://jeshields.com/
Mazes in the Mountains:
https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/2022/12/mazes-in-mountains-hex-exploration-as.html
Adversarial Play
-- Description --
In a back and forth, conversational style exchange with author and artist Jeshields, we tackle adversarial play - ranging from DM to Player interacts to, more importantly, Player to Player and Human to Human.
Also spicing things up with some Plot & Story in the middle with Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep.
Like what you're hearing? Visit the blog:
https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/
Want to get in on the conversation? Hit me up on Anchor:
https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail/message
...or come hang out with the gang on Discord:
And whatever you do, delve on!
-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Theme
00:30 - J.E. Sheilds - Traps and Trap Finding
06:49 - Passive Perception
13:13 - Disrespecting Players: Adversarial Play
22:50 - Bandit's Keep Daniel - Plots and Story!
26:34 - Jeshields again - On Taking Offense
29:40 - Identity
30:30 - Outro
-- Links --
J.E. Shields:
A Grazing Mace: https://anchor.fm/agrazingmace
JEShields.com: https://jeshields.com/
Karl Rodriguez, The GMologist Presents - https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez
Bandit's Keep (Daniel): https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton/
Tips to the Mapping Referee and Other Calls
-- Description --
Mapping! An essential part of the OSR experience - by request, how do I - as a referee or game master - how do I describe rooms and hallways in an in-person or Theater of the Mind game so as to empower the mapper? Starting off with a handful of call ins - starting with crispy burned goblins and working our way through to tactics and reading the rules: listen on for my answer - how this referee handles corridor and room descriptions.
Like what you're hearing? Visit the blog:
https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/
Want to get in on the conversation? Hit me up on Anchor:
https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail/message
...or come hang out with the gang on Discord:
And whatever you do, delve on!
-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Alchemist's Fired Goblins
00:20 - Theme
00:50 - Confirmation that at Least One Story is True
01:13 - Nerd's Variety Jason: Party v Monster Tactics
05:05 - Evil Jeff: Reading (and Re-Reading) Rules
11:12 - Nerd's Variety Jason: Edition Muddle
14:27 - Jeshields: Table Manners
17:43 - Jeshields: Multiple Games or Ongoing Campaign?
22:15 - Main Topic: Mapping from the Other Side of the Screen
30:41 - Outro
-- Links --
Nerd's Variety Podcast (Jason): https://anchor.fm/jason376
Minions & Musings (Evil/Old Jeff): https://anchor.fm/eviljeff
J.E. Shields:
A Grazing Mace: https://anchor.fm/agrazingmace
JEShields.com: https://jeshields.com/
Henchmen, Combats, Battles, and Balance
-- Description --
Henchmen, Combats, Battles, and Balance! OSR and OSR-Adjacent commenters build on the OctOSR conversations surrounding several key topics which don't frequently function in the modern experience as they are written in the original books.
Like what you're hearing? Visit the blog:
https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/
Want to get in on the conversation? Hit me up on Anchor:
https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail/message
...or come hang out with the gang on Discord:
And whatever you do, delve on!
-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Theme
00:30 - Red Dice Diaries John: Henchmen, Loyalty, and Battlefields
04:31 - The Pink Phantom: Seeking Mass Combats?
10:41 - Nerd's Variety Jason: Controlling Hirelings
15:45 - Bandit's Keep Daniel: Investing in Henchmen
18:16 - Red Dice Diaries John: Wilderness Is as Wilderness Does
20:15 - Nerd's Variety Jason: Smart Enough to Run Away
25:32 - Game Balance and OSR
29:42 - Outro
-- Links --
Red Dice Diaries: https://reddicediaries.bearblog.dev/
Phantom Thoughts with the Pink Phantom: https://anchor.fm/the-pink-phantom/
Nerd's Variety Podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason376
Bandit's Keep: https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton/
OctOSR Response Conversations - Part 2
-- Description --
Further responding to calls and conversations between October of 2022 and today. Couple recurring heroes mixed in with a new voice!
Like what you're hearing? Visit the blog:
https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/
Want to get in on the conversation? Hit me up on Anchor:
https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail/message
...or come hang out with the gang on Discord:
And whatever you do, delve on!
-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Theme
00:30 - Bandit's Keep Daniel on Heroes
06:46 - Hindsightless Joe: No Chop Busting? Talking super-heroics!
09:04 - Claw Claw Rend: Healing and Healing Magic
14:02 - J. E. Shields: Beginning of a Good Thing
16:11 - Clear-ics?
17:27 - Serving a Greater Good
25:23 - Not a Genie God
31:48 - Outro
-- Links --
Claw Claw Rend - I can't find you on Anchor or Google Podcasts? Anyone?
Daniel (Bandit's Keep) - https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton/
Jeshields (James Shields) -
A Grazing Mace: https://anchor.fm/agrazingmace
JEShields.com: https://jeshields.com/
Joe (Hindsightless) - https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9/
OctOSR Response Conversations - Part 1
-- Description --
Finally an episode!
Kicking off season three with responses to the massively successful OctOSR podcast and media drive from October of last year. Wide range of topics - some of which you may not even need to re-listen to the OctOSR episodes to contextualize!
Like what you're hearing? Visit the blog:
https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/
Want to get in on the conversation? Hit me up on Anchor:
https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail/message
...or come hang out with the gang on Discord:
And whatever you do, delve on!
-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Theme
00:30 - Nerd's Variety Jason Rambles about Gaming; I ramble about Life
08:10 - Redcaps Kevin & Rules Lite Games
12:13 - Hindsightless Joe: Chop-Busting Part 1
13:56 - James Shields & The Impact of Player Mapping
23:59 - Nerd's Variety Jason: Rulings, House Rules, & Complexity
28:13 - Nerd's Variety Jason: Outside the Character Sheet
32:24 - Outro
-- Links --
Jason, Nerd's Variety Podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason376
Chainmail with Cerebrevore, Part 1: https://anchor.fm/cerebrevore/episodes/S1E12-Using-Chainmail-with-ODD-e1ngvtg
Chainmail with Cerebrevore, Part 2: https://anchor.fm/cerebrevore/episodes/S1E22-Chainmail-Part-Deux-e1s51d2
Kevin, The Redcaps Podcast: https://www.theredcaps.net/
Joe, Hindsightless: https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9/
Jeshields (James Shields):
A Grazing Mace: https://anchor.fm/agrazingmace
JEShields.com: https://jeshields.com/
GFC's DnD, Mapping Conventions: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prijsOI3xWs
Plots, Narratives, & the Living World
-- Description --
Responding to a thought by Daniel at Bandit's Keep regarding plot. Then, answering a couple call ins - old and new - by James of MindWeave and Jason of Nerd's Variety Cast.
-- Show Notes --
00:00 - Intro
00:49 - Theme
01:19 - What is Plot?
04:25 - What is Narrative?
08:00 - What is the Living World?
14:41 - The Role of the Plot in the Campaign Game
16:26 - Call Ins: MindWeave James!
22:21 - Call Ins: Whole 'lotta Jason!
33:13 - Outro
33:52 - Theme & Legal
-- Links --
Daniel's Plot Episodes:
1. https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton/episodes/Why-is-Plot-a-Dirty-Word-in-the-OSR-e1rq24v
2. https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton/episodes/More-on-Plot-and-The-OSR-e1s0vjr
Mindweave James:
https://mindweaverpg.wordpress.com/
Nerd's Variety Jason:
https://anchor.fm/jason376
https://anchor.fm/cerebrevore/
Why Guilds will Ruin your Game
- - Description - -
Answering a prompt from a friend of the show about guilds: why you should hate them too.
Disagree? Drop me a voicemail! https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail/message
Theme music by Michael Ramir C, courtesy of Mixkit.co (https://mixkit.co/).
- - Show Notes - -
00:00 - Intro
00:53 - Theme
01:23 - Expanding the (OSR) Anchorverse
04:01 - Community and Civility
06:52 - Main Topic: GUILDS and Why they will Ruin your Game
08:00 - Why do refs use guilds?
10:47 - How to guilds benefit players and player characters?
11:30 - Why these "benefits" are lies in disguise
11:41 - Players that Don't Want to Play
13:35 - Gold Sinks: Are they Really Needed?
14:29 - Time Taxes: the Boring Way... or the Awesome Way?
15:59 - Player Benefits or Incentive Doffers?
17:24 - No Free Lunch
20:39 - Rugged Individualism
21:52 - Call in: James Eck - DM Metagaming
27:30 - Further, Player Metagaming in a Troupe Game
29:55 - Outro
30:38 - Theme & Legal
- - Links - -
The "Prior" Episode, Call Ins on Player Skill: https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail/episodes/Call-Ins-Players--Player-Interactions--and-Player-Skill-e1nahlf
Don't Be Nice: https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail/episodes/Dont-Be-Nice-e161q2a
Strict Time Records: https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail/episodes/Strict-Time-Records-e1da6ti
The RedCaps Podcast: https://anchor.fm/theredcaps/
Mindweave RPG: https://mindweaverpg.wordpress.com/
OctOSR - Day Fifteen: Pick your Players
OctOSR - Day Fifteen: Pick your Players
OctOSR - Day Fourteen: Suit Your Table
OctOSR - Day Fourteen: Suit Your Table
OctOSR - Day Thirteen: Getting Into a Game
OctOSR - Day Thirteen: Getting Into a Game
OctOSR - Day Twelve: Prep vs Play
OctOSR - Day Twelve: Prep vs Play
OctOSR - Day Eleven: Read the Rules with a Clean Slate
OctOSR - Day Eleven: Read the Rules with a Clean Slate
OctOSR - Day Ten: The Donner Party!
OctOSR - Day Ten: The Donner Party!
OctOSR - Day Nine: On Abstract Combat-Fu!
OctOSR - Day Nine: On Abstract Combat-Fu!
OctOSR - Day Eight: Regarding the Moose Head
OctOSR - Day Eight: Regarding the Moose Head
OctOSR - Day Seven: Regarding the Ming Vase
OctOSR - Day Seven: Regarding the Ming Vase
OctOSR - Day Six: Cannon Fodder Henchmen?
OctOSR - Day Six: Cannon Fodder Henchmen?
OctOSR - Day Five: On Player Mapping
OctOSR - Day Five: On Player Mapping
OctOSR - Day Four: Forget Game Balance
OctOSR - Day Four: Forget Game Balance
OctOSR - Day Three: Heroic, not Super Heroic
OctOSR - Day Three: Heroic, not Super Heroic
OctOSR - Day Two: Player Skill not Character Skill
OctOSR - Day Two: Player Skill not Character Skill
OctOSR - Day One: Rulings over Rules
OctOSR - Day One: Rulings over Rules
Experiencing Chainmail (and an #OctOSR Announcement)
- - Description - -
Experiencing Chainmail! I respond to some questions from a listener and community member after talking a little about #OctOSR, what I'm doing with #OctOSR, and an invitation to you, the listener, to participate.
Want to get in on the action? Drop me a voicemail: https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail/message
Theme music by Michael Ramir C, courtesy of Mixkit.co (https://mixkit.co/).
- - Show Notes - -
00:00 - Boa Constrictors with Kevin of the Redcaps Podcast!
00:13 - Theme
00:43 - What's Up with #OctOSR at Clerics Wear Ringmail?!?
08:43 - Bos on Chainmail and the Ash Coast
09:59 - Chainmail: First Strike vs Ash Coast Initiative
14:40 - How This has Impacted Play
15:50 - Ash Coast Example: Spoilers for Escape from the Brass Ziggurat
17:14 - More from the Ash Coast: Charting the Sunken Temple of the Gilled Horror
19:03 - The Rolls Create the Scenario
19:50 - Weapon Length vs Side Initiative
20:36 - Lot of Nuance
23:07 - Making the Fighting Man a Thinker's Class
24:18 - Delve on, Bos!
24:54 - Theme & Legal
- - Links - -
The Redcaps Podcast: https://anchor.fm/theredcaps/
Redcaps OSR October Charity Event: https://www.extra-life.org/participant/494108
Ash Coast AP: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwLV78FITa3q4NxH9bSYy7GNIHRembjxj
CWR Discord: https://discord.gg/kQnrK4YCCn
Call Ins: Players, Player Interactions, and Player Skill
- - Description - -
Holy Call-Ins, Batman!
Calls this week for feedback on the last couple episodes, primarily focusing on player skill, the application of player skill, player engagement, and metagaming - with a little bit of thinking outside the box fit in there too.
Want to get in on the action? Drop me a message!
https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail/message
Theme music by Michael Ramir C, courtesy of Mixkit.co (https://mixkit.co/).
- - Show Notes - -
00:00 - Progenitor Joe of Hindsightless Responds!
00:41 - Theme
01:11 - Intro and Direction
03:39 - Nerd's Variety Jason's Good-Natured Pedantry
11:54 - A Pit of Many Spikes, regarding Player Engagement
14:16 - Jason: Catching Up - Player Engagement, Broken Sword, and Back Pain
15:53 - Ray Responds! Sea Creatures, Sliders, and Enjoying the Experience
21:45 - Jason: Grog Con! (Also, Rumors and Lecture Halls)
25:04 - John Lenin: Proper Role Play and Being the Hero
34:17 - Perspective from Randy at Biggus Geekus
38:49 - Jason Finishes the Podcast
43:24 - GraveSlugg: Player Skill and Player Age
54:26 - Evil Jeff Responds! (People, Places, and Playing)
56:22 - Theme & Legal
- - Links - -
Joe, Hindsightless: https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9/
Jason, Nerds' Variety RPG Podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason376
Colin, Spikepit: https://anchor.fm/spikepit
Ray, Plundergrounds: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds
Randy, Biggus Geekus: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus
Jeff, Minions & Musings: https://anchor.fm/eviljeff
The Ash Coast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwLV78FITa3q4NxH9bSYy7GNIHRembjxj
CWR Discord: https://discord.gg/kQnrK4YCCn
Regarding Player Skill
- - Description - -
Joe Richter of the Hindsightless Podcast drops a formitable challenge: define the difference between Player Skill and Metagaming - so I sit down with a formitable Dungeon Master, Rick Stump of Harbinger Games and the Don't Split the Party blog, to take a shot at answering.
Do you have thoughts on the subject? Drop me a voicemail!
https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail/message
Theme music by Michael Ramir C, courtesy of Mixkit.co (https://mixkit.co/).
- - Show Notes - -
00:00 - Joe Richter: What is the Difference?
00:58 - Theme
01:28 - Welcoming Rick Stump!
03:37 - Player Skill in Seaward
07:46 - Thwarting the Metagamer In Game
11:08 - The Line Between Metagame Information and In-Setting Common Knowledge
13:03 - Truth, Rumors, and the Halfways Between
21:59 - Psychotronic Theory: Verisimilitude and Misdirection
25:52 - Learning from your Players
29:23 - The Impact of Random Encounters and Rules as Written on Metagame Strategy
31:57 - Flashlights Scare Ghosts Away
34:05 - Make Original Content!
35:32 - Players Don't Want to Metagame
38:00 - The Meta-Game in Roleplay-Adjacent Games
42:32 - Is "The Build Game" Metagaming?
45:31 - The Difference Between Knowing the System and Gaming the System
47:13 - The Original Impetus Behind the Discussion!
49:35 - Outro (Thank you, Rick!)
50:18 - Theme & Legal
- - Links - -
Hindsqwightless: https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9/
Weal or Woe: https://www.wealorwoe.com/
Dont Split the Party: http://harbingergames.blogspot.com/
Lore with Rick Podcast: https://anchor.fm/rick-stump
Rick's Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/RickStump
Lew Pulsipher in Seaward: http://harbingergames.blogspot.com/2013/05/jazz-band-adventuring.html
Pulsipher Games: https://pulsiphergames.com/
The Broken Sword and Aquatic Adventures
- - Description - -
Naval battles! How cool are naval battles and how much cooler would it be to incorporate them into your game?
In response to a prompt from Rufus the Rust Monster - I talk a little about The Broken Sword and how it can inspire some maritime adventure and mass combat - then I take some call ins backing up over the last few episodes before giving an update about where I've been.
Want to get in on the action? Drop me a voicemail: https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail/message
Theme music by Michael Ramir C, courtesy of Mixkit.co (https://mixkit.co/).
- - Show Notes - -
00:00 - Prompt: What is Your Favorite Fantasy Fight?
00:42 - Theme
01:12 - The Broken Sword: Elves vs Trolls on the Open Sea
03:38 - Why Maritime Adventures in Your Campaign?
09:45 - Thank You, Ray
10:41 - Jason Picks my Nits
11:39 - VTTs and Math
15:26 - Getting Quiet Players to Talk
22:29 - Immersion with Biggus Geekus
27:32 - Karl Reacts to the Underground Architect's Dungeon Ecology
30:50 - Expert-Tier Anchor Contest Feedback from Jason
34:20 - Taylor Whines About his Vacation
43:13 - Theme & Legal
- - Links - -
CWR Discord! - https://discord.gg/kQnrK4YCCn
Ray Otus: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds
Nerds Variety Jason: https://anchor.fm/jason376
Hobbs' Legendary Kalmata: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCJihWQoKqzZdxeL1LHkr-YJ_hewIFOyx
...or on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/hobbs665
Joe of Biggus Geekus: http://biggusgeekuspodcast.com/
Karl of The GMologist Presents: https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez
Contest!
- - Description - -
The long-awaited (or, at least two week late) award show episode! Where we go through the callers and entrants to the Clerics Wear Ringmail Spring-Summer Transitional Convert-A-Monster Contest!
Want to get in on the action? Drop me a voicemail: https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail
Theme music by Michael Ramir C, courtesy of Mixkit.co (https://mixkit.co/).
- - Show Notes - -
00:00 - Intro
00:52 - Theme
01:22 - James Eck: Purple Dragon from Mind Weave RPG to Advanced Dungeons & Dragons
03:57 - Ozarker: As Bear!
07:59 - Kobolds with Karl!
12:19 - Bos' Horrible Mistake
18:57 - Direct Sun sends a Carrier Knave
21:07 - 404: Entry Not Found :-(
22:38 - Jason Prime: The Amphisbaena
24:42 - And the winner is...
26:21 - Outro
26:56 - Theme & Legal
- - Links - -
CWR Discord! - https://discord.gg/kQnrK4YCCn
Mind Weave RPG blog: https://mindweaverpg.wordpress.com/
Contest Specific Post!: https://mindweaverpg.wordpress.com/2022/05/17/biweekly-monster-purple-dragon-add/
DriveThru: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/11341/Mind-Weave-RPG
Karl Rodriguez, The GMologist Presents: https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez
Bos' Necron Conversion: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FEcugtbgFxlR6e26xF1YmqXcIDlKXy9l/view
Jason Prime, Lost Lake Campaign: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCJihWQoKqzZCK6h6LbGkaoGSdpj8Zype
...and at Random Screed on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/jason-hobbs
- - Charities - -
Children's Homes, Inc - https://www.childrenshomes.org/
The National Alliance on Mental Illness - https://nami.org/Home
Support Aaron Koelman
- - Description - -
Support Aaron Koelman and family.
- - Show Notes - -
00:00 - The Whole Show
- - Link - -
Event Announcement: https://goodman-games.com/blog/2022/06/26/support-aaron-koelman-charity-auction-on-july-8/
PayPal direct donation:
Send To: tacojohndm@yahoo.com
Memo: "Aaron Koelman Charity Auction"
Unboxing The Underground Architect's Dungeon Ecology
- - Description - -
In the wake of some recent collaboration with World of Weirth, I was privileged to get my hands on a copy of The Underground Architect's Dungeon Ecology - a primer for making more naturalistic ecologies in the dungeon environment - available via World of Weirth on Itch.io!
Then, some announcements - Campaign Carnival, y'all! And a new CWR Official Discord! Check out that sweet logo.
Finally, to wrap up, taking a few calls. Have a call yourself? Leave me a message on Anchor!
https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail
Theme music by Michael Ramir C, courtesy of Mixkit.co (https://mixkit.co/).
- - Show Notes - -
00:00 - Intro
00:31 - Theme
01:01 - What Is The Underground Architect's Dungeon Ecology?
03:05 - Talking about the Art
06:30 - Connecting the Dungeon and the Wilderness
08:22 - Sustenance!
09:53 - Dungeon Livestock
10:30 - Wandering Monsters
11:56 - Intelligent Life in the Dungeon
13:43 - Encounter Tables
15:46 - Conclusions about The Underground Architect's Dungeon Ecology
16:22 - See Also: Campaign Carnival!
16:50 - See Also: Join My Discord!
17:29 - Call In: Directsun, re: Monster Conversions and Being System Agnostic
21:27 - Call In: Nerd's Variety Jason disagrees about Immersion
28:35 - Call In: Hobbs talkin' Vices & Virtues!
32:18 - Outro
34:52 - Theme & Legal
- - Links - -
World of Weirth: http://journal.stephenpsmith.com/world-of-weirth/
...or on Itch: https://world-of-weirth.itch.io/
...or on Substack: https://stephensmith.substack.com/
Alex Damaceno on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gnarledmonster/
Prismatic Wasteland: https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/blog/universal-system-neutral-stats
Jason's Nerd's Variety RPG Cast: https://anchor.fm/jason376
Cerebrevore, Season 1, Episode B6: https://anchor.fm/cerebrevore/episodes/S1B6-Bonus-Episode-DD-Organized-Play-e1k2u1d
Hobbs' Hobbs & Friends: https://hobbsnfriends.com/
... and Random Screed: https://anchor.fm/jason-hobbs
New Clerics Wear Ringmail Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kQnrK4YCCn
Immersion
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I go on a bit of a rant about immersion. Although something had gotten my goat a couple weeks ago - I made a point to let it simmer so as to present a rant that was cohesive, at least.
Plus - call ins from a handful of awesome callers and some more excitement around the Clerics Wear Ringmail Convert-a-Monster spring/summer contest.
Submit on Anchor! Or call in about whatever: https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail
Theme music by Michael Ramir C, courtesy of Mixkit.co (https://mixkit.co/).
- - Show Notes - -
00:00 - Intro
00:53 - Theme
01:23 - To Define Immersion
02:30 - What Immersion is Not
05:57 - Regarding Virtual Tabletops
10:04 - Regarding Dice and Minis
13:49 - Call in: Spike Pit Colin and Citrus Fruits!
17:21 - Call in: Jason of Nerd's Variety RPG Podcast: Sword & Sorcery
19:27 - ... House Rule Memories
22:00 - ... Collaborative House Rules
22:48 - Call in: Randy of Biggus Geekus - Clarifying the Spring/Summer Contest
25:28 - Call in: GMologist Karl on Foundry
32:22 - Call in: What Is a Retroclone with the Pink Phantom
34:41 - Call in: Karl Again! Talking World of Weirth
37:12 - Outro
37:49 - Theme and Legal
- - Links - -
Spikepit: https://anchor.fm/spikepit
Nerds Variety RPG Podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason376
Biggus Geekus: https://www.youtube.com/c/BiggusGeekus
The GMOlogist Presents: https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez
Differences between 1e and 2e: https://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/...
Interview in the World of Weirth
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As promised, Stephen Smith of Purple Druid fame cordially joins me to talk shop and to tell us about the World of Weirth - his project based off of the Low Fantasy Gaming engine but adapted with AD&D and OD&D influences - and some of the mechanics and themes (like its changes to the magic system) that set it apart and lend it its intrigue.
Interested in the World of Weirth, in Low Fantasy Gaming, or in AD&D or OD&D as inspiring therein? Or do you have a setting, supplement, or zine that you'd like to tell me about on the air? Tell me on Anchor! https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail
Theme music by Michael Ramir C, courtesy of Mixkit.co (https://mixkit.co/).
- - Show Notes - -
00:00:00 - Theme
00:00:30 - Introduction: World of Weirth!
00:06:20 - AD&D Resurgence?
00:11:37 - On Vancian Magic
00:13:31 - Magic in Weirth
00:15:28 - Post-Post-Apocalypse and the Appendix N of Weirth
00:19:17 - Magical Paucity versus Abundance
00:21:37 - Low Fantasy Gaming - Mostly
00:23:06 - Creating a Magic User in Weirth
00:26:27 - Dark & Deviant Magic
00:34:24 - No Clerics in Weirth (Strict Alignment Records must be kept!)
00:39:04 - Camp Anderson or Camp Moorcock?
00:43:55 - Mechanizing Alignment
00:48:13 - Classes in Weirth
00:53:23 - Itch.io: Current and Future Projects
00:57:06 - The Undereground Architect's Dungeon Ecology
00:59:41 - Recap & Final Words
01:02:44 - Promises for Chainmail!
01:05:22 - Outro
01:05:35 - Theme & Legal
- - Links - -
World of Weirth Twitter: https://twitter.com/WorldofWeirth
World of Weirth Blog: http://journal.stephenpsmith.com/world-of-weirth/
World of Weirth Itch.IO: https://world-of-weirth.itch.io/
Wargame Culture: https://www.youtube.com/user/atStephen
Low Fantasy Gaming: https://lowfantasygaming.com/
Jason Hobbs' The Lost Lake: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCJihWQoKqzZCK6h6LbGkaoGSdpj8Zype
The Free, Brian Ruckley: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23204200-the-free
Moo-Hoo!: https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/2372/62984/
Callers Unite!
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Stirring the pot with house rules - talking about when, how, and where, and the purpose of retroclones and original work in the life of an OSRM - Old School Renaissance Man.
Thoughts? Observations? Contest entries? Give me a call - https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail !
Theme music by Michael Ramir C, courtesy of Mixkit.co (https://mixkit.co/).
- - Show Notes - -
00:00 - All's Good with Jason
00:13 - Theme
00:43 - Intro, Contest Promo, and Disclaimer
05:05 - Randy is Definitely Playing a Wizard in Mud-Sword
10:36 - Randy on Houserules and Perceptions
14:22 - GraveSlugg draws a line over Barbarians of Lemuria!
15:46 - Settings & Supplements
17:52 - On Player Tolerance for Your Magical Realm
20:07 - Offical Houseruled Settings?
21:36 - More Jason: Regarding Retroclones
27:12 - Caller John! (Group-By-Group Houserules)
33:52 - James from Mindweave RPG: Making your Own System
35:40 - Getting what you THINK you want
37:02 - Considering Player Comfort and Proficiency
39:53 - Outro
42:24 - Theme and Legal
- - Links - -
Nerd's Variety RPG Cast: https://anchor.fm/jason376
Biggus Geekus: http://biggusgeekuspodcast.com/
GraveSlugg: https://gravesluggscauldron.blogspot.com/
Mind Weave RPG: https://mindweaverpg.wordpress.com/
John the Terminal Goblin: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVQOEoB42lxPK-GH9ogrRbQ
Forgotten Angels: https://www.forgottenangelsflorida.org/
Compassion International: https://www.compassion.com/
An Interview with Josiah Mork of Hoodwink Games
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Sixty minutes of hot Sumerian action! Join me as I sit down with game designer Josiah Mork of Hoodwink Games and we talk about his current Kickstarter campaign: Early Empires - a modular supplement focused on bringing the Biblical Levant to life at your table. Open for pledges until May 25!
Interested in this content, or content like it? Or feel the need to tell me I suck? Tell me on Anchor! https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail !
Theme music by Michael Ramir C, courtesy of Mixkit.co (https://mixkit.co/).
- - Show Notes - -
00:00:00 - Theme
00:00:30 - Introducing Josiah Mork!
00:01:28 - What is Early Empires?
00:04:24 - The Kickstarter
00:05:20 - Researching the Region: Why Canaan?
00:09:24 - How came you to gaming?
00:12:05 - The ethos of Hoodwink's Basic And Generic RPG System
00:15:32 - Scout's Honor
00:16:25 - Previous Successful Crowdfunding
00:18:58 - Fulfillment Plans
00:20:45 - Illustration, Design, and Artwork
00:22:20 - Stretch Goals: Unlocked and Aspiring
00:26:34 - Gods of the Fertile Crescent
00:30:54 - Burning your Children? (The Tone of a Bronze Age Levant)
00:35:15 - Related BaG Product: Suburbville - Undead City Crawl
00:38:50 - Mass Battles and Conquest in BaG and Early Empires
00:40:42 - BaG: Free Edition vs BaG: Core Rules
00:42:26 - On Usability in Other Game Systems for Early Empires
00:43:44 - (Taylor Hints Which Game He's Using)
00:44:30 - Reward Tiers for BaG: Early Empires
00:45:41 - The Global BaG Community
00:49:53 - Did, or How Did, Faith Influence the Project?
00:54:11 - On Implementing Real Religions in a Game
01:02:00 - Final Notes on Early Empires and Parting Words from Josiah
- - Links - -
Early Empires Kickstarter (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1133637349/bag-rpg-early-empires)
Hoodwink Games (https://www.hoodwinkgaming.com/)
Hoodwink Games Twitter (https://twitter.com/GamesHoodwink)
Christian Nerd's Unite - Interview with author Brian Godawa
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Modern Explorer's Guild (https://www.meguild.com/)
Early Empires Kickstarter Again! (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1133637349/bag-rpg-early-empires)