017 Creative Crises

Capsule reviews of classic Melee, Wizard, and Death Test. With dramatic readings. Looks like you'll be able to buy it in a retro edition in April: http://thefantasytrip.game/products/core-games/the-fantasy-trip-melee-wizard-pocket-box/

• Laumer Bolo Stories -v -> Combat Unit http://hell.pl/szymon/Baen/The%20Baltic%20War/Odyssey/0743435273__15.htm -> The Last Command http://hell.pl/szymon/Baen/The%20best%20of%20Jim%20Baens%20Universe/The%20World%20Turned%20Upside%20Down/0743498747__14.htm -> Field Test https://www.baen.com/Chapters/1439133476/1439133476___2.htm

It's an all call-in show with Ivy "The Happy Whisk," Colin "Spikepit," Darren "RFED," and Carl from the Megadungeon podcast. Topics include anxiety at the table, dealing with creative struggles (follow up), a new type of table, "telling it to the page," and much more.

• Steve Jackson's Ogre -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre_(game) • Newer Versions -> http://www.sjgames.com/ogre/ • Winchell's Story ver 1 -> http://www.projectrho.com/ogre.html • Winchell's Story ver 2 -> http://www.sjgames.com/ogre/products/ogrezine/forgingfirstogre.html • Music behind reading is "Boss Battle" (altered) by Mystery Mammal • Intro/Outro Music is "You Can Use" by Captive Portal

• Inspectres -> http://www.memento-mori.com/rpg/inspectres • Hex Power Flower -> https://goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2018/10/25/2d6-hex-power-flower/ • Jim's Poem (Late at Night in Bed by Gregory Djanikian) -> https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/37125/late-at-night-in-bed • Spikepit -> http://anchor.fm/spikepit

• Jim Jones Extra Life -> https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&teamID=39374 • Larry - Follow Me and Die! -> https://anchor.fm/follow-me-and-die • Judd - Daydreaming About Dragons -> https://anchor.fm/daydreaming-about-dragons • Cody M - No Save for You! -> http://anchor.fm/nosaveforyou • Rich - Cockatrice Nuggets -> http://anchor.fm/rich-fraser • Ivy - Happy Whisk -> http://anchor.fm/thehappywhisk • Colin Green - Spikepit -> http://anchor.fm/spikepit

• DM Dad (Dr. Robert Groves) -> https://anchor.fm/dm-dad • Spikepit! -> https://anchor.fm/spikepit

• There and Back Again -> http://jellysawgames.blogspot.com/2018/11/there-and-back-again.html

• Listen to SpikeGrounds (Spikepit #60) first! -> https://anchor.fm/spikepit/episodes/Spike-Grounds-e2j8db

• Ray's Radio Revival: Universe -> https://radiorevival.blogspot.com/2013/12/universe-dimx-xmin.html • Mythras -> http://thedesignmechanism.com/ • Bronze Age Games -> https://jellysawgames.blogspot.com/2018/11/bronze-age-rpgs.html • Sorcerers & Sellswords -> http://jellysawgames.blogspot.com/p/sorcerers-sellswords.html

• Frank T's Liner Notes -> https://anchor.fm/frankt

• Spikepit -> http://anchor.fm/spikepit • Sword Breaker -> http://anchor.fm/dmdad • DM Dad -> https://anchor.fm/dm-dad • Beowulf audiobooks - S. Heany abridged -> https://tinyurl.com/y9yx9qrj - S. Heany read by Guidall -> https://tinyurl.com/y96xl4b8 - B. Flynn read by Logan -> https://tinyurl.com/y7erpuyj - C. W. Kennedy read by Griffin -> https://tinyurl.com/y83x2c9p - Sutcliff prose version -> https://tinyurl.com/ya4ezrhy • Dragonslayer -> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082288/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 • Veins of the Earth -> https://tinyurl.com/yayv7kbb • Tome of Adventure Design -> https://froggodgames.com/frogs/product/tome-of-adventure-design-2/ • Microscope -> http://www.lamemage.com/microscope/ • How to Host a Dungeon -> http://tonydowler.com/projects/how-to-host-a-dungeon/ • Fan play-through -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzhprAUoJXs • Tony Dowler (the creator) playtesting HtHaD v2 -> https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHrCSJpt9Xd56LTh4Ozc5yk9e-aLnXgQK

• Follow Me and Die! -> https://followmeanddie.com/ • Sword Breaker -> https://anchor.fm/sword-breaker • Castle in the Mist -> https://www.rpgnow.com/product/257447/Sword-Breaker-Presents-A-Castle-in-the-Mist • The Earth Moved -> https://tinyurl.com/yayq4t2j • Everything else -> http://www.rayotus.com

• Kirby's Kids -> http://anchor.fm/kirbyskids • Spikepit -> http://anchor.fm/spikepit • JB Publishing -> http://anchor.fm/jbpublishing • War & Craft -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TyRfAes8Fh0Y4LDXiouCuxTVYyOZSQEj/view • Sorcerers & Sellswords -> http://jellysawgames.blogspot.com/p/sorcerers-sellswords.html • Blood & Chrome -> https://nathanknaackdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/blood-chrome2.pdf • Deputies & Desperados -> https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/182507/Deputies--Desperados • One & Thousands -> https://exposit.github.io/katarpgs/superlite/onethousands/ • Pack of Strays -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1LY0MsvGmaCM1BqTXgxV3kxNWs/view • Rockerboys & Vendingmachines -> http://www.encodeddesigns.com/rocker-boys-and-vending-machines/ • Whiskers & Claws -> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-Kkij9dGdBCUmcwUUpLM1NOQUk/view • No Save for You! -> http://anchor.fm/nosaveforyou • Harryhausen Skeleton Fight -> https://mewe.com/group/5bc219c5a5f4e515644fe78f

• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) Trailer -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVHqBr3C0zc • Not the scene I referenced, but still some damn good organ! -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyQFnzcLE5A • Logan Howard's Sword Breaker Podcast -> https://anchor.fm/sword-breaker

• John Harper's Games -> http://www.onesevendesign.com/ • Sorcerers & Sellswords -> http://jellysawgames.blogspot.com/p/sorcerers-sellswords.html

Yes, those are planes in the background. I was recording from a cul-de-sac near a small airport. • Metagaming & Steve Jackson's OGRE -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre_(game) • Laumer's Bolo Fiction -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolo_universe • Larry Hamilton's Follow Me and Die! -> https://followmeanddie.com/ • 3:16 Carnage Amongst the Stars -> https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/56768/Three-Sixteen • Carry by Nathan Paoletta -> https://ndpdesign.com/carry-a-game-about-war/ • Logan's Sword Breaker zine -> https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/11205/Sword-Breaker • Stay Frosty -> https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/206742/Stay-Frosty • Kirbys Kids -> http://www.kirbyskids.com/

• Hammer's Slammers -> https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Hammers-Slammers-Volumes-ebook/dp/B00APA1LSK/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1539152300&sr=1-1&keywords=hammer%27s+slammers • Starship Troopers -> https://www.amazon.com/Starship-Troopers-Robert-Heinlein-ebook/dp/B004EYTK2C/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1539152292&sr=1-1&keywords=starship+troopers • Forever War -> https://www.amazon.com/Forever-War-Book-ebook/dp/B00PI184XG/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1539152274&sr=1-1&keywords=forever+war • Diaspora -> https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/79933/Diaspora • 3:16 -> http://gregorhutton.com/boxninja/threesixteen/ • Stay Frosty -> https://www.rpgnow.com/product/206742/Stay-Frosty • Mothership -> https://www.rpgnow.com/product/245017/Mothership-Players-Survival-Guide • Edge of Space -> https://www.rpgnow.com/product/107741/Edge-of-Space-Science-Fiction-Roleplaying

• Spikepit's anchorcast -> https://anchor.fm/spikepit • Plundergrounds: Kazarak (Establishing Questions) -> http://jellysawgames.blogspot.com/2017/05/plundergrounds-2-kazarak.html • Plundered Pages (Monster Moves that Matter) -> http://jellysawgames.blogspot.com/2018/05/plundergrounds-65-plundered-pages-1-free.html • Rich Rogers' +1 Forward Podcast -> http://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/1-forward

A solo-rant for people new to Dungeon World or veterans who want to understand moves better. I talk about what they are, what the basic pattern is, why the "irritating" advice "Don't say the name of your move" is important, how the levels of success match up to D&D combat rolls, and talk about moves as a social contract.

• It's a Grab Bag! (Random thoughts and call-ins.) • Colin from the Spikepit podcast talks bio-dungeons and Goblintown -> https://anchor.fm/spikepit -> http://jellysawgames.blogspot.com/p/goblintown.html • Urmo the Magnificent • Cody M on unruly reptile familiars • My Kickstarter Attitude Adjustment • Frank Turfler of the Liner Notes podcast talks about bio-dungeons -> https://anchor.fm/frankt • Reading Dragonlance at 50 • Final Thoughts/Responses to Callers

• Jason Hobbs, Podcasting Junky -> http://hobbsnfriends.com/ -> https://hextalk.audiodungeon.com/ -> https://anchor.fm/jason-hobbs • Logan Howard & Jesse Ross, Sword Breaker -> https://www.rpgnow.com/browse/pub/11205/Sword-Breaker • Evyln Moreau, Patreon -> https://www.patreon.com/evlynmoreau • Andrew Walter, Expectorating Encrustor -> http://www.andrewwalter.co.uk/ • Ray Otus -> https://www.patreon.com/rayotus -> http://www.jellysaw.com/

• RIP Meathead • Familiars and Animal Companions • Pack World (Dragonriders of Pern, Elfquest) -> jellysawgames.blogspot.com/2017/08/plundergrounds-45-pack-world-free.html • Tension between the Fantastic and the Real • Setting vs. Player responsibility for "Realism" • Homework! • Mailbag: Colin "Spikepit" • On Fighting Fantasy -> www.gauntlet-rpg.com/fear-of-a-black-dragon/the-warlock-of-firetop-mountain • Troika! and Evolving vs. Set-It-and-Forget-It Initiative -> www.rpgnow.com/product/199603/Troika -> www.rpgnow.com/product/231948/Troika-Initiative-Cards • Other Stuff -> www.patreon.com - subscribe to the Plundergrounds zine -> www.jellysaw.com - free games and articles -> I'm "Ray Otus" on Google+ & Goodreads -> Music is "You Can Use" by Captive Portal

In this pilot episode I talk about • Forest Hymn & Picnic - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cecil-howe/the-forest-hymn-and-picnic?ref=user_menu • Troika! - Free, no art version: https://www.rpgnow.com/product/199604/Troika--Free-Artless-Edition?manufacturers_id=6992 • Astro- - an in-development 2-player game • Books - Dragonlance, Nero Wolfe, Invisible Cities, Sandman, Dr. Strange & Dr. Doom • Jianghu Hustle - https://misdirectedmark.com/category/podcasts/jianghu/