This time I go totally off the normal beaten track and talk about search engines and social media and that they're pretty much stacked against the little guy or the "outsider". Let's face it. Celebrity and controversy get more traction than content. So to heck with it. Time to do things your way.  Enjoy the doing and let the rest of it rot.    And a special shout out to The Happy Whisk and the usual features.  D&D Boot Camp and I continue reading from Greyhawk. "Take the Lead" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In case you haven't noticed the blog domain is updated!  And yes it's been a busy weekend but I've squeezed in an episode.  This week I talk about Super Hero RPG's and dang it they are tough to run.  I talk about some of the problems and the two best games that fight my tastes depending on what kind of campaign I want to run.   The top contenders are Supers: Revised Edition and Vigilante City.  Plus stayed  to the blog for a review Gangbusters BX Edition. What else?  I offer up a little wisdom to new DM's and rant about the "new" monsters from Supplement 1: Greyhawk.

This week is a little rant about Bodaks and how they changed. Plus in D&D Bootcamp: Wizard Vs Sorcerer Vs Warlock.  And the Cleric spells in Supplement 1 Greyhawk. Plus it's time to start decluttering around the house.  Join in on the fun! And if we get 50 "likes" on Facebook, that means Bonus Episodes for all. Thanks for listening.

An encounter should be more than just a PC's and monsters attacking each other.  Those some interesting terrain or environmental hazards into the mix.   Also, this episode the "new" cleric spells in Greyhawk and a little rant for beginners trying to play a magic-user. "Take the Lead" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Last episode ran really long so this one we're catching up.  We've the Session Summary and I forgot that damage from Clay Golems takes a 17th level Cleric to heal it. I like everybody else mentions Feast of Legends.  Talk about playing a Fighter in D&D Boot Camp.  Read from the original Greyhawk and the insanely powered 9th level Magic-User Spells.  And shout outs about The Egyptian Situation From Outer Time by Old Skull Games and a new Kickstarter by Elf Lair Games: Night Shift: Veterans of the Supernatural Wars.

I got call ins from Gothridge Manor and three podcast unboxings!  DCC Lankhmar.  Tegel Manor, and The Blight.  Give it a listen. All good stuff and so glad that I bought.  And heck I couldn't resist doing an unboxing video too.  You can check that out over at the fledgling Youtube channel.  Please subscribe over there. And if you liked this episode. Then you can subscribe on Anchor.fm or visit the Patreon. Take the Lead" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

In this episode, I go deep into opinionsville.  So why is fantasy the most popular genre for RPG's?  And there's the usual segments, a remarkably calm Labyrinth Lord game,  D&D Boot Camp, and reading from the Little Brown Books. Also, mentioned in this Episode, Bill Webb's Deck of Trick Tricks. Check it out on Indegogo. "Take the Lead" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This episode I channel my inner Glen Halstrom and talk about running mysteries in your game.  It isn't easy.  In D&D Boot Camp, what to do about jerks.  And from the Little Brown Books,  guess what spell you need snow for?  And remember. Not everybody likes the same pizza. Check out the interview with Matt Finch on the upcoming Swords & Wizardry Kickstarter And check out the They Might Be Gazebos Patreon. Thanks for listening. Take the Lead" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

It's all about mixing, matching, and melding the things you like into something grand.  Plus more advice for newbies and experienced players in D&D Boot Camp.   I start going over the 3rd Level Magic-User spells in Greyhawk.  Oh yeah.  And there's probably a Swords & Wizardry Kickstarter in the future. Don't forget you can support us on Anchor.fm or over on Patreon. Intro Music: "Take the Lead" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Erik Tenkar and Gothridge Manor have already talked about this stuff. Since I'm preparing to run The Blight by Frog God Games, I figured it's time I share my initial thoughts. Don't fear the city. Be ready to improvise. And too many details will just bog you down. Plus the usual features. D&D Boot Camp and Reading from the Ancient Tomes.  Roll dice, kill monsters, take their stuff, and have fun. If you like this episode please visit The Patreon.  "Take the Lead" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This episode I continue my rant on Swords & Wizardry making it more palatable to those who are used the current editions of the game.  Plus your usual favorites!  D&D Boot Camp: What Should A New Player Play?; and  Readings from the Ancient Tomes and talking about Supplement 1: Greyhawk and the birth of variable weapon damage and Hit Dice!  Thanks for listening.  Please check out the Patreon if you feel so inclined. "Take the Lead" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This episode I rekindle my love for Swords & Wizardry.  I've talked that much about it recently but then there was an epiphany.  It makes the perfect game as a gateway and bridge between the old-school games and the current editions.  You can check out more about Swords & Wizardry at Frog God Games.  For some fun listening check out the Swords & Misery Podcast for some actual play. And check out Matt Finch's Patreon too. This episode also debuts a new segment, D&D Boot Camp. Advice and wisdom to new players and game masters. And as usual there's the reading from the original old books. And you can support the podcast too. You can subscribe or join the Patreon. Intro Music: "Take the Lead" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The landscape has changed. D&D is mainstream. Social media networks go away (looking at you G+). And some mystic cabal appoints the influencers. What's the common gamer to do?  Play it your way.   I know I have a "plan".  It's time to go Punk. And here's the link to the old blog post mentioned in this episode. Also, it's that time of year that I start setting the goals for next year so I took as a prefect time to put a new coat of paint on the podcast.  We have music and even a few bumpers.  So if you're a new listener start here. We've worked out a lot of kinks  Intro Music: "Take the Lead" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

I travel back in time and talk about world building again.  This time it's all about the player characters.  Go ahead and mess around with Races & Classes and all that player facing stuff.  And we've got a call-in from The Yawning Owlbear himself. Thanks, Mark.

In this episode, I rant about being yourself and and finding your own voice whether it be in blogging, gaming, or podcasting.   Plus updates and what's been going on, mysterious hints about what's on the way, and more readings from the Little Brown Books of D&D. This week it's the example of play.

This week is a little rant on players doing prep.  It's not just the DM folks.  You should do some prep too.  Some fun from last week's session of Labyrinth Lord. If you find a Ring of Wishes. Just walk away.  And an intro for Volume 3 of the Little Brown Books.  And a follow up on last week's quest for some actual play podcasts.  Check out Not Another D&D Podcast and Swords & Misery

I've got shout to Happy Whisk and emails from the Yawning Owlbear.  And I go off on  a little rant on actual play podcasts and streams.  And I finish up on Volume 2: Monsters & Treasures of the Little Brown Books.

More rants about gaming.  Previously, I talked about how adventures are guidelines. Guess what?  They are setting too.  And all the usual features.  What been happening around my game table and more readings from the Little Brown Books.

Mark Wallring of The Yawning Owlbear Anchorcast sent in an email on lethality in 5E so I rant more on that.  It's about system mastery.  I got lots of goodies this weekend.  Kickstarters are starting to come in and I got some cool stuff. And as usual even more readings from the Little Brown Books. Yep, still on Monsters & Treasure.

This week we're back to normal with a brief summary of the Labyrinth Lord game where in I ran a nice little adventure by Tim Shorts (The Demon Baboon of Porters Crown). Also, I go into a little rant on Thieves' Skills on old school games. And we've finally made it to the treasure part of Monters & Treasure in the Little Brown Books.

I go in a lot of different directions in this episode.  A little rant about communities (again).  The main rant which is all about adventures are guidelines too.  So change that stuff game masters.  Make it your own.  Sadly, there was no gaming this week due to puppy illness. (She's better now.)  And of course another reading from the Little Brown Books. This week I finish up the monster section in Volume 2: Monsters and Treasure. And a call in from Tim "Gothridge Manor" Shorts. Support his Patreon. He's a cool dude.

You don't eat pizza everyday so why play the same game all the time.  Not only that changes are coming to this Podcast and the good old blog.  Thanks for listen and stay tuned!

This time I rant about lethality in 5E and some humorous stories of TPK's.  Some introspection on when to podcast, when to blog and when to publish and continued readings from the 0E D&D Little Brown Books.

Don't cross the streams.  Yes, cross the streams and by streams I mean genres. Hack away to heart's content.  Random settings. Random rants. And more reading from the Little Brown Books.

Congratulations to Gavin Norman on a successful Kickstarter of Old School Essentials.  Also throwing out hopes for great kickstarters for Faraway Land Old School Version and The Crypt in Cadaver Canyon.  Plus I do a little review of Crypt of the Science Wizard by Skeeter Green Productions.  And do a total mind raving rant on choosing the next game and Dragons from the little brown books.

It's a short episode this week. A little bit of self critique here. I've been lazy in DMing of late.  Simple monsters without flair.  But also being reactive to those crazy things that the players do or the dice cause.  

May is going to be a busy month.  Teasers about what's going to happen.  Plus a little rant about the retroclone de jour and how we may change rules but still play the same game.  And VAMPIRES!  

I talk about running a campaign based in one city.  Remember the Dungeon Crawl Classics  Lankhmar  is coming soon.  And I find out that Gnolls are actually a cross between Gnomes and Trolls.

This episode I rant about Dark Streets & Darker Secrets,  the newest game from Old Skull Publishing, a rules light RPG of Street & Sorcery.  If you want to do horror, or monster hunters or even urban fantasy.  You could do it with this RPG.  So give the rant a listen and check the link where you cn get the game. Roll dice, have fun, kill monsters, and take their stuff.

Make your own monsters or make your flavor of existing monsters.  As a DM you don't always have to follow exactly what the book says.  Remember rules are just guidelines and so are monster books.  Plus some interesting bits on Orcs from the original Little Brown Books. Roll Dice. Kill Monsters. Take Their Stuff. And Have Fun!

Catching up since we missed last week.  The episode is a rant converting adventures. Ignore the math.  Convert the meaning.  And keep it simple.  Plus a little catch up.  Thanks for listening and follow the blog at theymightbgazebos.blog or find us on Facebook at They Might Be Gazebos

I ramble about the best campaign ever. For me, that's the next one.  It's a time to get the creative juices flowing and play around with new ideas.  I talk about some of the possibles in the future and rant about Dark Streets & Darker Secrets a bit and it's Kickstarter. And this week we start reading from Volume 2: Monsters & Treasure of the Little Brown Books.

In this episode, I have a long rant about Labyrinth Lord and BX Essentials all thanks to a very good question from Joe the Lawyer. I have a sad moment about annoying and bad people at the table. And in the episode I finish up Volume 1 Men & Magic from the Little Brown Books. And stop by the blog at https://theymightbgazebos.blog/

More on Zweihander,  The Make Your Own Damned Retroclone Challenge and even more rants.  

I ramble on about grim dark and start thinking of running Zweihander, or Warhammer Fantasy or maybe something else in the future.  Plus a little update on the Labyrinth Lord game.   And we begin covering Cleric spells from the Little Brown Books.  

This week's episode is a bit short and a day behind.  Sorry about that.  In this episode, meet the characters from my Labyrinth Lord game. and their initial trials. Plus I rant a little bit about 6th level magic user spells from the Little Brown Books.

A quick and rambling episode. I talk a little about the new game from Old Skull Publishing, Solar Blades & Cosmic Spells. Complain about OBS's server migration. Read from the Little Brown Books and jump thru hoops to get ready for my next campaign.

A bit of ramble this week.  I talk a little about Thieves Guilds, Ethiopian Food, and we get a Call In!  Bonus still reading from the Little Brown Book. 

Mise En Place is cooking term. Basically, doing all your preparation beforehand. And that's what I rant about this episode.  Getting ready to run Advanced Labyrinth Lord and all the things I'm trying to get ready.

We've got your usual rants plus I talk about hazards in dungeons besides traps and monsters.  And the regular feature of a spontaneous reading from the Little Brown Books. This episode Level 2 Magic-User spells. 

I rant about my "system neutral" DM Notebook and how it's important and it's important to clean the thing out every once in a while. Also, continue with the reading from the Little Brown Books. This time up: 1st Level Magic-User spells.

New year, new beginnings.  Let us make 2019 the year of sharing the fun. Be excellent out there.  

Best wishes to all the listeners out there. Thanks and let's have a great 2019.

This episode I talk a bit about the passed year plus plans for next year. I know it's a bit early for this but with all the holidays coming up things are going to get busy. May you get some new dice for Christmas and roll a crit in the New Year.

Yes, there's lots of call ins plus I do a really quick ramble about the new card from Wizards of the Coast, Dungeon Mayhem. And I ask that enteral question, what's your favorite retroclone?

I go off my normal track and talk a little bit about some inexpensive Wild West RPG's. Plus some call ins!

We're back after a little break. This week more on skills and dice. When to roll and when not to. Plus a few other side rants and reading from the 0e Little Brown Books.

A rambling journey of what's up this week. Far Away Land for Swords and Wizardry, Grimtooth's Trapsylvania (Enter if you dare), and the exciting wrap up of the Sharp Swords and Sinister Spells game.

This episode we've got call ins on BX Essentials. I ramble about Cosmic Blades & Solar Spells. And I get even crazier and more mediocre as I read from the Little Brown Books. Yes I include the Supplements in that statement. Plus we have live dogs and cooking interuptions.

Lots of rambling. Check out https://lowfantasygaming.com/ and oh yeah, tell me about BX Essentials.

Some random thoughts on the newest iteration of Runequest and your usual treats of call-ins and a reading from the Little Brown Books.

This is a full episode here. Fixed some tech glitches. Added a couple of new regular segments and still do the usual OSR rants. This time up Skills. And the first segment of reading from the original rules.

Why be limited by just one set of rules? Take the stuff you like and mix it all together and do you own Frankengame!

A rambling ranty rant about Jordoba and Uncle Matt's RPG Studio. Here's the links to the stuff and see for yourself. Check out the Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwQ6cSVDLklOoQ8VSMsxp5Q/videos And his Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unclematt/ Drive Thru RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/12826/Uncle-Matts-RPG-Studio

Hey, we broke the 1,000 mark. Thank you! Work's been crazy so a I rant about the value of doing nothing.....Trust me next episode will be more RPG-centric.

This time I rant about Race As Class and pretty much stand in the middle. Have a chance to hear me ramble before I've had enough caffeine to start the day. Plus a little more about the upcoming Whitebox game.

Because it's the topic of the day....

A little bit of philosophy on House Rules. They are a good thing. Make the game yours and fun for everybody. Plus Call Ins. Even from Rocks Fall Everybody Dies and Spike Pit!

I said I'd two podcasts this week. Just didn't say what days. So here you go and we have call ins and a request. Yes, I even take requests..

You can check out the accompanying blog post here: https://theymightbgazebos.blog/2018/09/16/swords-wizardry-decks/ Or the go straight for the product here: https://froggodgames.com/frogs/product-category/card-decks-2/

Ah I just go on rambling rant again on Fifth Edition and OSR D&D. Plus some rants on note taking and some shout outs!

Yes, this episode I take a trip down memory lane and talk about the dumbest things players have ever said in my games. And if you've got dumber ones. Share them!

Follow up on the things that I forgot in Episode 23 and call ins!

I jump on the Appendix N rant bandwagon and talk about the funny books that have influenced me. I also start off ranting about GM Tools and then my brain melts down and I start ramble. Some times you just have to know when to end a session. Next Episode Stupid Things Players have said.

Lots of stuff. More tech and personal notes with a side of self promotion. Call In's. We get Call In's. And The Tale of the Goblin War Cow!

Short little rant. Still waiting on Itunes and something that bugged me back in old D&D. Just getting stuff when you leveled.

Bring together the thoughts on world building, ranting on Forums, and the host needs more coffee.

Got some call ins. Thank you one and all and I've got questions for listeners. Tell me what you think.

A virtual "unboxing" of the preliminary pdf to Kickstarter backers. Yeah I rant as a I scan through the PDF. Overall, looks like it going to be fun!

Title says it all. A rambling rant episode. More congrats to the Ennie winners and I need to spend more money. Pathfinder 2.0 WTF? I continue to talk about World Building. And some general rants...

Quick little congrats to all the Ennie Winners. WOTC :( and have a great weekend.

So how do you come up with your ideas? I list upcoming possible characters and have a fond memory of the barbarian who only used one syllable words.

I attempt to define the OSR, rant about 5E Adventurer's League, and make own call on keeping gaming interesting.

The first part of an ongoing rant on building your D&D world or whatever your game of choice happens to be. Make it fun and memorable.

Er what? A few very quick thoughts about the "announcement"

Wrapped up the DCC campaign and the PC's were involved with the creation of a "new" race...

This episode I continue my pondering of Job Vs Class and what to do about. Plus talk a little about Untold Adventures & Unsung Heroes by Barrel Rider Games and Dungeon Crawl Classics Lankhmar.

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I take a trip down memory lane to an old Star Trek RPG session (the FASA version) and talk about licensed RPG's.

Projects, The End of a Campaign, and DCC Lankmar PDF's to backers! Stay frosty!

Short little shout out and rant.

I answer some messages and I rant about Classes. How many do we need? Would a job be better.

This time I rant about Dungeon Crawl Classics and Sharp Swords and Sinister Spells and just a wee bit about my upcoming game.

Because every show needs a Star Wars special. And we still have the cow and a live audience of two dogs.

What's up this weekend

I rant about the Ennies; RPG's, Food & Politics; and the World of Zoong!

This episode I talk more about house rules and some of the one's I use.

Short episode because I'm tired. A little rant about Cantina Scene parties and then a question about house rules.

More on Swords and Wizardry and why I like it. And few other ramblings and plans. Shout outs to MattRandom and Random Screed!

Rant about Katana Guy. You know him.. Plus shout outs and questions from Random Matt and Spike Pit! There's a little bit more about Theater of the Mind, planning, hints of future episodes.

I know it's been done before but hey this let's you creep into my mind a bit find out my basic philosophy on, well, RPG's in general but mostly the OSR.

A little rant about Primeval Thule. What's up in gaming with me. Crossing my fingers on some future projects. Send us your questions because if you don't we'll find some on the Internet.

A quick stream of babble about Theater plus I try recording on Audacity and learn it at the same time. Still have a two dog audience.

Welcome to the podcast. Costarring two napping dogs and a cow.