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Send us Fan Mail Welcome to You heard it hear last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. https://www.enworld.org/threads/dice-pioneer-louis-zocchi-passes-away.718828/ Lou ZahKey, the father of dice passed away at 91 recently. If you’ve ever played a table top roleplaying game then odds are you’ve rolled some of Lou’s dice. He and his company Gamescience were the first in the United State...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode Rob from Sidequests and Malcolm from Finding Atoria join us to create some villains on the fly. the process is fascinating. 

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to you heard it here last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard.  https://www.enworld.org/threads/neopets-terminates-geekifys-license-ttrpg-in-jeopardy.718325/ Let’s start with some interesting and maybe concerning news that can Kickstart a deeper discussion. You’ll get that pun in a minute. Neopets, the free virtual-pet website launched in 1999 where users can ad...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we interview Ben Alexander. Ben is the artist for Parable Games and his new game Ion Heart Multiplayer has just launched on Backerkit.  https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/parable-games/ion-heart-multiplayer-a-lo-fi-mech-ttrpg You can contact Ben at Parable Games. https://www.parablegames.co.uk/?srsltid=AfmBOorW--NCFUPwIO6kfv6eQ9v2p9oam3Yi1bPb3pKfs97UfZYvXK4V

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to you heard it here last, where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/parable-games/ion-heart-multiplayer-a-lo-fi-mech-ttrpg/launch_party The fantastic Ion Heart a solo roleplaying game from Parable Games where you take on the role of a mech and it’s pilot is making the leap to multiplayer. Christina and I reviewed the Ion Heart So...

Send us Fan Mail J.R.R Tolkien famously argued in his landmark essay “The Monsters and the Critics” that the monsters in a story aren't just obstacles; they are the externalization of the impossible odds that make a hero’s victory meaningful. Christopher Vogler in his book The Writer’s Journey said, "Every villain is the hero of his own story." And George R. R. Martin has said many...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to you heard it hear last, where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. Well, I guess it was only a matter of time. Deadline announced that Balder’s Gate 3 is coming to TV. https://www.enworld.org/threads/there%E2%80%99s-a-baldur%E2%80%99s-gate-tv-show-coming.717787/ Deadline Hollywood, the entertainment news site has reported that Balder’s Gate 3 is coming to HBO and i...

Send us Fan Mail “So, what did you guys think” If I’ve asked that question once at the end of a game session, I’ve asked it a hundred times. Feedback, it’s all about feedback. As a game master I want to know what worked, what didn’t work, and did I get my ideas across to the players. Where they surprised by anything, did the rules make sense, what do they want to see more of and most importantly,...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to You Heard it Here Last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. I evidently missed this announcement in November of 2025, so when I got the email from Backerkit about an upcoming launch I might be interested in, I was surprised. Traveller 5e from Mongoose Publishing was coming to Backerkit in March of 2026.  https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/4bb4fe4f-753f-...

Send us Fan Mail “As the four of you move into the open cavern you see a large Goblin on the far side. He turns and raises a club banging his crusty and broken shield. Three more goblins step from the shadows, their bows raised.” Bob who was playing a first level fighter smiled. “This is perfect. Four Goblins against our Four 1st level characters. Let’s Do This! I charge forward with a war cry.” 2...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to you heard it here last, where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. First up we are looking at EN Worlds results from their fan vote Most Anticipated Games of 2026. Malcolm and I talked about our favorites a few weeks ago, but now we have the official results from EN World. https://www.enworld.org/threads/here-are-2026s-most-anticipated-ttrpgs-as-voted-by-you.717141...

Send us Fan Mail I homebrew all my games. Well, not all of them. Over the years I have tried my hand at running modules to mixed results. As I have talked about before on this podcast, I like the freedom of homebrew, the ability to change things up at a moments notice and the freedom to let the players take me on a ride. As a matter of fact, I am putting together a Twilight 2000 game and while I a...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to You Heard it Here Last, where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. We start this week off with an article from EN World about Daggerheart and Darrington Press. https://www.enworld.org/threads/daggerheart-sold-out-in-two-weeks-has-three-year-plan-in-place.716975/ The article reports that the first printing of Daggerheart was planned to last a year. Instead, it sold...

Send us Fan Mail In February of 2019 Ron Burgandy started his podcast. You know, Ron Burgandy, “Stay Classy San Diego”, the fictional 70s character from the movie Anchorman played by Will Ferrall.  When Will Farrall started the Ron Burgandy Podcast was when the AV Club announced that “Everybody has a podcast.” And that’s not far from the mark. But while the sentiment might feel like it’s a bad thi...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to you heard it here last, where we talk about news you’ve already heard. Don’t worry, there is nothing wrong with your podcast and you don’t have to change the dial. This isn’t Morning Drive on FM 103 The Wave, it’s just Malcolm from the Finding Atoria Podcast stepping in this morning. Say Hello Malcom, [Kick to Malcolm] You know ever since we started chatting, I felt lik...

Send us Fan Mail I’ve got a lot of games on my book shelves. Some are old games that I have played a lot, others are games that looked good in the store and I picked them up, but never got around to playing them. And then there is my Kickstarter addiction. Yea, I’ve got several that I picked up through Kickstarter because they sounded good and then once I got them, I never broke them out and playe...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to you heard it hear last, where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. Well, here we are in 2026 and this is our first episode of Season 4. We are having a great time and I hope you are as well. Speaking of great times our first bit of news is like a blast from the past for me. https://www.rascal.news/steve-jackson-games-announces-toon-second-edition/ Steve Jackson Gam...

Send us Fan Mail If I have read it once in an online forum I have read it a thousand times. “I want to play game X but my players won’t play anything but D&D” I always want to fire back with get new players, but that isn’t necessarily realistic and besides it’s not a good answer. Over the years I’ve played a ton of different games and game systems. I personally have never hard a difficult time...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to You Heard it Here Last, where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. https://www.enworld.org/threads/tolkien%E2%80%99s-writing-desk-on-auction-at-christies.716325/ Christie’s Action House is hosting a live auction in December, 2025 called Groundbreakers: Icons of our Time and in that auction, you will find a simple 19th Century Merton’s College Desk that just happene...

Send us Fan Mail I remember being a young roleplayer diving into my first rpg’s. Character creation was similar in most of the games on the market. Make a very basic character, adventure with them, kill monsters, find treasure, gain experience points, gain levels, get more skills, rinse, repeat. Back in the day we would memorize the XP charts so we would know when our characters would level up. Th...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to You Heard it Here Last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. We have a little D&D announcement coming out of Wizards of the Coast that I’m actually kind of interested in. https://www.enworld.org/threads/wizards-of-the-coast-re-registers-dark-sun-with-uspto.716113/ Wizards of the Coast recently filed an application to register Dark Sun in the US, a sign tha...

Send us Fan Mail In 2023 I was already neck deep into my Kickstarter obsession when I saw an advertisement for a brand new OSR style roleplaying game called Shadowdark. It was the creation of Kelsey Dionne and it looked very cool. The book was large and black with silver script and silver artwork of what I thought was a beholder. I immediately backed it. But to be fair I was immediately backing a...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to You Heard it Here Last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. Let’s start with my favorite Vin Diagram. Roleplayers and Cat Owners. It’s a perfect circle. And to prove it we are going to start with the King of Crits, 2025 Dice Advent Calendar. https://dnddice.com/products/dice-advent-calendar-2025?variant=46949401395426&country=US&currency=USD&utm_s...

Send us Fan Mail The internet is filled with hobby advice. From podcasts, to YouTube channels, you can probably find what you’re are looking for very quickly. Or not. That’s part of the problem. With so much out there it’s hard to figure out what’s good, what’s bad, and what’s really bad. Our friend Jen and Oddfish Games hooked me up with John Glavin. John is the creator of Two-Gun Pixie a Youtube...

Send us Fan Mail Let’s start off with one of my favorite things…D&D Licensing. https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-ds-beer-collaboration-continues-with-special-edition-beer-dice-tower-combo.715575/ We have talked about D&D’s collaboration with Mythical Meats a jerky company, I can remember one of Nabisco’s breakfast cereals having a D&D tie in. And, I think one of my friends had a D&...