Keep off the Borderlands
By Free Thrall
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Keep off the BorderlandsAug 15, 2019
Bunkers & Billionaires (Mail Order Apocalypse, Eco Mofos!!, Horizon Zero Dawn) (E219)
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
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
Find out more about Horizon Zero Dawn (here be spoilers!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZreAuJwMZ8&t=1293s
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
"Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere
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Computer Says Yes, And... (ChatGPT, Into the Odd, Isle of Ixx) (E218)
Thanks to Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Dark Fluid for your feedback.
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
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
"Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere
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Feedback Loop 2: The Answering (We Deal in Lead, D&D Honor Among Thieves, DDC Dying Earth) (E217)
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
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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Feedback Loop (The Spine of Night, Eco Mofos!!, Knave Second Edition) (E216)
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/
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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Learning to Crawl (Apocalypse World, TURN & Mail Order Apocalypse) (E215)
Thanks to Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Colin Green of Spikepit for your calls
Apocalypse World by D. Vincent & Meguey Baker http://www.apocalypse-world.com
The Good Friends of Jackson Elias https://blasphemoustomes.com/2023/04/25/son-of-listener-suggestions/
Mike Shae aka Sly Flourish aka The Lazy DM https://slyflourish.com
Chris McDowall’s Bastionland blog https://www.bastionland.com/2023/04/getting-rules-wrong.html & https://www.bastionland.com/2023/04/taking-action.html
Marcia B’s Traverse Fantasy blog https://traversefantasy.blogspot.com & Itch page https://traversefantasy.itch.io
Christian Buggedei’s Mail Order Apocalypse https://moa.orkpiraten.de
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
"Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere
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How to Proceed? (Into The Odd, Electric & Mythic Bastionland) (E214)
Featuring...
Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast
Excerpts from 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 and Mythic Bastionland https://drive.google.com/file/d/18qOLDK6GifFGljetTI0NLho8RIFmVtnl/view
Special thanks to...
Menion AKA Rob of Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi, Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep, Max Moon of Max Moon Games, Geek Gamers, Solo Tabletop Blog, Perplexing Ruins, Scott Dorward of The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, Andy Goodman of Grizzly Peaks Radio, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus and End of Plays, Nicky Haller, Jen Fridy, T.J. Dennon, Safer Fantasy Crafting and Blogs on Tape.
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Further Ado (Indie Roundup and The Honest & Plain Village of Scio) (E213)
Yes, it's been a minute, as they say across the pond. I'm having a bit of a 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-space free 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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Overdue Overview (Noctis Labyrinth, Vault of the Blood Mage, The Calling, Action 12 Cinema) (E212)
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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Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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Ostensibly Suppositious Romanticism (Reflecting on OSR October) (E211)
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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OSR or OSRn't - SchrOSRdinger's Unboxing (Adventure Perilous, Tomb Robbers of the Crystal Frontier, ANNA-X66) - OctOSR OSRtober (E210)
Celebrating OSR October
Featuring...
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
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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OSR A Jason't (How OSR is Bastionland?, The Dungeon Dozen) - OctOSR OSRtober (episode 209)
Celebrating OSR October
Featuring...
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
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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New Spells From Old Magic - OSR October OctOSR OSRtober (episode 208)
Celebrating OSR October
Featuring...
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
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
"Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere
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Please Do Not Bend (Cthulhu Dark, Orc Borg, Feast) (episode 207)
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/
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
"Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere
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#RPGaDay2022 Roundup 11 to 31 - The RPGaDay After Tomorrow (episode 206)
Finally, it's here, the rest of #RPGaDay2022.
Featuring...
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
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
"Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere
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#RPGaDay2022 Round-up 5 to 10 (episode 205)
#RPGaDay2022 & Scaling Mail Mountain (Face Folio, Vaesen, GOZR, Dark Nation) (episode 204)
Resistance is Feudal (I Have The High Ground, Primeval Bastionland) (episode 203)
Featuring...
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
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
"Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere
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Bonus Burblings for Tom Barbalet (episode 202)
Featuring...
References to My Rules Better bonus episodes released between June 12th and July 1st https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-rules-are-better/id1447857948
The Retired Adventurer's Six Cultures of Play https://retiredadventurer.blogspot.com/2021/04/six-cultures-of-play.html
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
"Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere
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Time of the Season (Kriegsmesser, Dungenerator, Cairn Bestiary) (episode 201)
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
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
"Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere
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Content! (Solo GM Guide, Ascoleth, Kriegsmesser & Into The Odd) (episode 200)
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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One Sought Adventure feat. Solo Game Master's Guide & Into The Odd (episode 199)
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
Episode 16 of Keep Off The Borderlands "I Think We're Alone Now" feat. part one of my Into The Odd solo session https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i-think-were-alone-now-episode-16/id1466517108?i=1000445773974
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
Keep Off The Borderlands episodes concerning magic in Alluvial Plains https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/alluvial-plains-could-it-be-magic-episode-154/id1466517108?i=1000497393840 https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-magical-mystery-of-alluvial-plains-vol-1/id1466517108?i=1000497962744 https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-magical-mystery-of-alluvial-plains-vol-2/id1466517108?i=1000498087074 https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-magical-mystery-of-alluvial-plains-vol-3/id1466517108?i=1000498311572
Everything Everywhere All At Once dir. Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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Playtests, Pilgrims & Pamphlets (episode 198)
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/
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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Orbital Blues & Other Maladies (episode 197)
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/
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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Covid, Call-ins & Lone Eons (episode 196)
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
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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Mostly Harmless Meetings & Other Encounters (episode 195)
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
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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More TV & My Top 3 (episode 194)
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
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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Slackman Returns, Dungeon Plumbers & Lost Eons (episode 193)
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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A Cup of Joe & Jason on Wry with Karly Fries (episode 192)
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.
Check out the All Rolled Up store https://www.allrolledup.co.uk/
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Nate's Highland Paranormal Society blog https://natetreme.com/
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Unbox-athon Part 3 - Keeping up with the Richters (episode 191)
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
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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Unbox-athon Part 2 - This Time it's Boxes (episode 190)
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/352086/Chromatic-Dungeons-RPG?term=Chromatic+dungeons
https://www.allrolledup.co.uk/?s=dee+sanction&post_type=product
https://www.storymasterstales.com/
https://monkeyblooddesign.co.uk/
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
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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Unbox-athon Part 1 - Hallow-Zine Special (episode 189)
Featuring messages from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Taylor of Clerics Wear Ringmail.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/373291/Mouth-Brood
https://planetary-games-ttrpg.itch.io/amnesiac-space-whales
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
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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Darkness Moves and Revenge of the Nerd's RPG Variety Cast (episode 188)
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.
Get Darkness Moves here https://perplexingruins.itch.io/darkness-moves
Watch The Dungeon Inn - Philosophy in D&D here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pbKbWSIRKo&list=PLAJ7iwVMRv6P2gq_fDM3AQuNS4dBlIFi3
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Get There and Back Again here https://rayotus.itch.io/
Find The Retired Adventurer's Six Cultures of Play post here https://retiredadventurer.blogspot.com/2021/04/six-cultures-of-play.html
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More Green Knight with Safer and Spoilers (187)
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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The Green Knight or How to Get Ahead in Chivalry (Spoiler Warning) (episode 186)
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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Fun With Categories and a Little Congestion (episode 185)
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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RPG Podcast Episode a Month Day (episode 184)
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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Something Wild and Troika! Time (episode 183)
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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What's in the Box? (episode 182)
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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Lands of Legends Review (episode 181)
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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Casting the Pod (episode 180)
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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An Alluvial Plains Pledge & Scratching That Itch (episode 179)
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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A Groats-Worth of Grotesques (episode 178)
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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Dice Roles, Logic Holes & Tipsy Trolls (episode 177)
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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The Ones You're Rolling With (episode 176)
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.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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The Quest for Inclusivity (episode 175)
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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Story Stuff: The Tale of Brap Crudman (episode 174)
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.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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Shirker's Playtime (episode 173)
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.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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Mia Culpa (episode 172)
Just a quick message addressing an erroneous remark I made regarding The Dice Are Screaming, episode 201: The Gamer Side Hustle.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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Your OSR May Vary (with apology, Lavender Hack) (episode 171)
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.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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Otherwise Engaged (episode 170)
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.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
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