The Weekly Scroll Tabletop Podcast

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan read and review Trophy , both Dark and Gold , from Jesse Ross . Trophy is a tabletop roleplaying game of dark forests, doomed treasure-hunters, and a world woven on a loom of rumor, history, and myth, published by The Gauntlet and Hedgemaze Press .

On this episode, Ryan and special guest Jon Davis of Sivad's Sanctum read and review Hyperborea from North Wind Adventures , the AD&D neo-clone ttrpg of swords, sorcery, and weird science-fantasy inspired by the fantastic literature of Robert E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, and Clark Ashton Smith.

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan start by showing off some crowdfunding rewards from Max Moon , Astrolich , Stout Stoat , OSE , and SoulMuppet . Then we read and reviewed HIERONYMUS from Laurie O'Connel , an apocalyptic horror RPG inspired by the works of the medieval artist Hieronymus Bosch where you play as a group of refugees fleeing an astral terror known only as the Follower.

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan sat down for a chat with NeonRot , the world-maker, decay-lover, and creator of actively rotting ttrpgs. Then we read and reviewed Below Dwelling Sewer Mutants , the sludge-punk tabletop rpg about mutants living and hunting in the expansive sewer system locally called the Undermuck. We also tried out our new 3 category scoring system for zines, and have plans to go...

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan read and review Soul Burner , a game of adventuring ashen corpses wandering a volcanic ghost land in service of the gods of fate, from one of our absolute favorite creators Adam Vass of World Champ Game Co . "Soul Burner is a stand-alone tabletop roleplaying game for 2-6 players combining the death-metal dark-fantasy flavor and mechanics of MÖRK BORG with the...

On this episode, Ryan and guest host Kirby of Disaster Tourism Games read and review Dead Halt by Zonware , a roleplaying game about a megalithic Hotel, clunky computer consoles, modded humans going haywire, and wonderful adventures. Equip your new Maintenence crew at the random Item dispenser Gashapon in the basement, Grab a job from the Bartender, and take the elevator up to endless wonky floors...

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan read and review Himbos of Myth & Mettle , a high fantasy, high camp role playing game of epic proportions from Max Lander . "You are big. Big arms, big tits, big thighs, big brai- you're big where it matters. In addition to a heaving, throbbing body, glistening lightly with a thin sheen of pleasantly fragrant perspirant, you have one singular unifying...

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan got the chance to sit down with the incredibly multi-talented Max Lander of Huge Boar Games to talk Himbos, Augmented Reality, and Reading the Fucking Manual .

On this episode, Ryan and guest host Kirby of Disaster Tourism Games read and review Slipgate Chokepoint from Andrew Walter and Paul Cronin, a supplement for the Stay Frosty RPG from Casey Garske . Prior to that we spotlight some great projects currently funding on Kickstarter— Wyrd Dungeon , You're In Space and Everything's Fucked , and Hellpiercers .  Slipgate Chokepoint allows you to emula...

On our seventh Creator Cut we got the chance to play You're In Space and Everything's Fucked , a terrifying tribute to sci-fi horror in the form of a visceral no-prep TTRPG, from Nevyn Holmes of Dinoberry Press .  "You're In Space And Everything's Fucked emulates the trappings of isolation space horror video games through the lens of a tabletop role-playing game and is inspire...

On this week's episode, Hunter and Ryan sit down with Nevyn Holmes of Dinoberry Press to discuss their past and future games, including the upcoming Kickstarter for their gruesome sci-fi horror rpg, You're In Space and Everything's F***** . 

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan sit down with Astrolich and Tyler Lindsey of Rivethead Games to talk their new project, Farwell to Arms REDUX - A World War MÖRK BORG Hack.  "Farewell to Arms REDUX: a shell-shocked, blackened war-punk RPG where trench-raiding and poison-gas are the norm. Take the war to the skies, or on sea - pilot metallic crawlers while dodging landmines and artillery fire....

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan sit down with Jon Davis and Matt Morris to discuss their new project, The Bastardized Classics . Using the Bastards. system from Micah Anderson , Jon and Matt are seeking to recreate the classic modules S1 through S4 with modern sensibilities in a compact format with a rules-lite design ethos. The project also has Micah editing, as well as fantastic art from Hodag...

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan read and review The Electrum Archive #1 from Emiel Boven , the first issue of the tabletop RPG zine series exploring the science-fantasy setting of Orn, a world where adventurers delve into ancient alien shipwrecks in search of magical ink which is used as both currency and spellcasting fuel.

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan sit down with Emiel Boven , the creator of DURF and The Electrum Archive . 

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan sit down with GameHERS Designer of the Year, Cassi Mothwin , to talk the stress of placing stickers, Cassi's new dark academia ttrpg Tangled Blessings, and of course the Groat Man! Afterwards we read through Cassi's game Clean Spirit, the token based, rules lite ttrpg designed to inspire an emotionally meaningful cleaning session with your new or old charac...

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan go through some of their favorite projects crowdfunding during the month of February for Zimo/Zine Quest. Every one of these are great and we suggest you go back each one!

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan sit down with Sophia Tinney, the creator of one of our absolute favorite games, Kingdoms . We deep dive into some of the design choices made for Kingdoms and then talk all about Sophia's new project Fever Dream Nexus , a psychedelic samurai roleplaying game in a kaleidoscopic world of surreal dreams and esoteric cultures. Fever Dream Nexus is funding right now on K...

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan sit down with Goblin Archives and Josh Domanski to talk about how Liminal Horror came to be, how Goblin Archives and Josh became writing partners, and what the future holds starting with their next project The Bloom. Then we read through Liminal Horror , the classless, rules-lite, fail forward system for battling horrors that lurk in the dark. The Bloom is itchfund...

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan sit down with Aaron King to talk bad branding, Powered by the Apocalypse, cease and desists, and their new project Low-Res Futures with Max Lander . Then we read through Patchwork World 6E , their weird fantasy PbtA with no playbooks & no stats. Low-Res Futures is funding right now on Kickstarter! CLICK HERE   (Interview goes to 1:10:52, then read through...

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan sat down with W.F. Smith of Prismatic Wasteland to talk blogs, the post-OSR, and of course his system-neutral pubcrawl pointcrawl adventure Barkeep on the Borderlands. Afterwards we do a few spotlights, unseal a few bundles from The Lost Bay, and preview what's coming up on The Weekly Scroll. Barkeep on the Borderlands is open for preorders right now! CLICK HERE

On our fifth Creator Cut, and first episode of 2023, we got to sit down and chat with the wonderful Watt about their new project Cloud Empress . Then we got to play a more horror themed Cloud Empress adventure in the Land of Ten Thousand Cicadas.

This week we had our Year End Review of 2022. We went through the top 5 games in each of the 5 categories that we rate, as well as our overall Top 5 Rated Games and both Hunter and Ryan's Top 5 games of the year. We also talked about some end of the year Itch bundles and resources for Dungeon23.  This will be our final episode of 2022. We'll be back in early January, so thank you all so much...

On our fourth Creator Cut we got to play GUILD: Sword & Magick for Hire w/ Kirby of Disaster Tourism RPG . Kirby ran The Tomb of Mother Vix, a stretch goal adventure written by Christian Sorrell of MeatCastle GameWare . 

Micah Anderson makes their return to Creator Cuts to run their game Bastards using their fetid hexcrawl adventure The Batrachian Swamps , co-written with Nate Treme .  "Twisting channels of murky water. Soggy fractals of rotten plant matter and black soil. The whine of mosquitos and swoops of bats. A heavy grey sky, like a humid woolen blanket. And over it all, the dumb, accusing stare of amp...