Between Two Cairns

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review The Rook & the Crook by Taron Pounds, and answer a few mailbag questions. What techniques do you use when a session/campaign has to end early? How do you keep track of non-mechanical stuff in a game? 10:48 Mootsack 1 14:53 Mootsack 2 27:10 Main Review 01:06:03 Deep Dive Season 5, Bonus Episode 18: The Rook & the Crook For listener questions, email betweentwocai...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review Troubled Troll Grotto by Dougal Cochrane , and answer a mootsack question. Do you portray NPCs in the first person, or the third person? 10:16 Mailbag 26:49 Main Review 52:44 Deep Dive Season 5, Bonus Episode 17: Troubled Troll Grotto For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for more...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam are joined by Ryan Lynch to review Red Gwen's Bandit Hideout by stonedrunkwizard . We also answer a mailbag question and make a ruling. Perils & Princesses 15:52 Mootsack 31:20 Make a Ruling 48:57 Main Review Season 5, Bonus Episode 16: Red Gwen's Bandit Hideout For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Pat...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review The Tragic Curse of Grimhill Fort by Reverse Ettin Games , and discuss what they've been playing. The Great Morel Mushrooms in China Death Howl ARC Raiders Isley Brothers Gorillaz video 20:43 What Are You Playing? 35:24 Main Review 53:28 Deep Dive Season 5, Episode 15: The Tragic Curse of Grimhill Fort For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or a...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review Tower of the Mad Mage Mazdor by William Toporek , and answer a mailbag question. How do you handle PCs going rogue with a Faction? 15:46 Mailbag 24:08 Main Review 42:33 Deep Dive Season 5, Episode 14: Tower of the Mad Mage Mazdor For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for more ways...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review D3: Vault of the Drow by Gary Gygax in another Gamer Blast from the Past! Recorded live at Gary Con XVIII! Where do you want to see adventure design going ten years from now? Do you follow any particular writing process? What was the adventure that swerved you head-on into the OSR? 3:53 Mootsack 28:46 Main Review 1:02:48 Deep Dive Season 5, Episode 13: Live at Gary Con...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam are joined by WatcherDM to review The Belle of the Bog by Tom Lagier . 24:09 Main Review 54:32 Deep Dive Season 5, Episode 12: The Belle of the Bog For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for more ways to support the show ! Thanks to Bobby McElver  for the show's music and bumpers. Ho...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review Leviathan by Christian Eichhorn , and answer a Mootsack question. How important is Number Appearing? 06:30 Mootsack 21:37 Main Review 51:29 Deep Dive  Season 5, Episode 11: Leviathan For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for more ways to support the show ! Thanks to Bobby McE...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review What Lies Within the Pools Which Lie Upon the Shoreline? by Matthew Morris, and answer a question from the mootsack. Mootsack: How do modern OSR games handle a vacuum after PC death? 19:00 Mootsack 36:00 Main Review Season 5, Episode 10: What Lies Within the Pools Which Lie Upon the Shoreline? For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review DA2: Temple of the Frog by Dave Arneson and David J. Ritchie, and answer a mootsack question (and then some!). How do you telegraph traps to monsters? What are examples of adventures that inspired your work? 13:23 Mootsack 22:55 Mailbag 31:07 Main Review 1:11:36 Deep Dive Season 5, Episode 9: DA2: Temple of the Frog For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail....

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review On The Hill by M. Allen Hall , and answer a mootsack question. Mootsack: When do you stop adding or changing stuff in a system? 13:14 Mootsack 29:15 Main Review 54:54 Deep Dive Season 5, Episode 8: On The Hill For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for more ways to support the show...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review Ooze Nun by Joey Royale and Tiger Wizard , and answer a question from the mootsack. Mootsack: How do you balance searching for or telegraphing traps? 10:11 Mootsack 27:47 Main Review 56:38 Deep Dive Season 5, Episode 7: Ooze Nun For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for more ways...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam are joined by Directsun to review Dinoplex: Cataclysm by Ian Yusem and CRYO-SIQ by WACO . We also answer a mootsack question... but the call was coming from inside the house ! Mootsack: How do you handle the existential dread of changing careers? 13:32 Mootsack 30:18 Main Review Season 5, Episode 6: Dinoplex: Cataclysm & CRYO-SIQ For listener questions, email betweentwoca...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review Tiny Fables by Josiah Moore , and answer a mootsack question. Mootsack: How do you know what levels to design for? Weird stranger things ephemera 19:58 Mootsack 35:25 Main Review 1:07:26 Deep Dive Season 5, Episode 5: Tiny Fables For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for more ways...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam are joined by Liam Pádraig Ó Cuilleanáin to review Pollute the Elfen Memory Water by Michael Raston, and to answer a mailbag question. How do you do notes for prep and during play? 23:18 Mootsack 39:52 Main Review 1:13:24 Deep Dive Season 5, Episode 4: Pollute the Elfen Memory Water For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server ....

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review Downward Spiral of the Lost by Pablo Dapena , and answer a mootsack question. How do you handle large amounts of gold in a dungeon? 12:34 Mootsack 29:02 Main Review 59:40 Deep Dive Season 5, Episode 3: Downward Spiral of the Lost For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for more ways...

JOIN US AT BETWEEN TWO CONS!  Yochai, Brad, and Sam review B8: Journey to the Rock by Michael Malone in another Gamer Blast from the Past! Also, we answer a mailbag question. Should I bend the story to serve the narrative? 10:37 Mootsack 25:53 Main Review Deep Dive 51:19 Season 5, Episode 2: B8: Journey to the Rock For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our d...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review A Haunting in Glass by Jesse Winter , and answer a rulings-related question. How do you handle hidden information (like a character that will die after X days)? 8:14 Make a Ruling 33:48 Main Review Season 5, Episode 1: A Haunting in Glass For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for...

It's that time of year again! Brad, Sam, and Yochai count down their five favorite modules they reviewed this year. There is also a mootsack question in there somewhere. 7:45 Mootsack 23:22 The Cairnies Spoilers Below! Yochai 5 Ex Inferis 4 Frozen Ascent 3 Grotto of the Golden Gargoyle 2 Horrendous Hounds of Hendenburgh 1 The Smoking Pillar of Lan Yu Brad 5 Buried in the Bahamas 4 Kidnap the Archp...

Yochai, Sam, and Brad review Seven Sealed Spirits by WatcherDM , and answer a question from the mailbag. Do you adjust your game to fit whom you're playing with? 16:30 Mootsack 24:25 Main Review 49:53 Deep Dive Season 4, Episode 16: Seven Sealed Spirits For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for more ways to s...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review Into the Wilds by Harley Stroh , and answer a mootsack question. Mootsack: Are there artistic style "studies" of RPG modules? Support Sam's art! Back Corporate Breakfast on Kickstarter now! 6:56 Mootsack 15:40 Main Review 59:38 Deep Dive Season 4, Episode 15: Into the Wilds For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Ch...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review Fragments of the Floating City by Will Jarvis , and answer a Mootsack question. Mootsack: How do you introduce a new player in a single session? Support Sam's art! Back Corporate Breakfast on Kickstarter now! 8:24 Mootsack 15:52 Main Review 41:03 Deep Dive Season 4, Episode 14: Fragments of the Floating City For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com &nbs...

We review Mana Meltdown by Lazy Litch , and answer a mootsack question. Mootsack: How do you convey a sense of place, or awe in an adventure? 5:46 Mootsack 14:24 Main Review 50:43 Deep Dive Season 4, Episode 13: Mana Meltdown For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for more ways to support the show ! Thanks to...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam (aka Skullboy, aka Better Legends) review Beneath the Muckfort by Bo Ryan Crumb , and answer a question from the Mootsack. Mootsack: Tips for introverts when dealing with challenging issues? 13:20 Mailbag 30:45 Main Review 58:41 Deep Dive Season 4, Episode 12: Beneath the Muckfort For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Ch...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review BSOLO Ghost of Lion Castle , and answer a mailbag question. Mailbag: Should I run older editions of D&D? 9:44 Mootsack 27:00 Main Review Season 4, Episode 11: BSOLO Ghost of Lion Castle For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for more ways to support the show ! Thanks to Bobby M...