Between Two Cairns

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review Ex Inferis by Tyler Welch and BoRyan Crum , and answer a rulings-related question. How do you adjudicate Charm Person? A history of Charm Person . 7:52 Mailbag  16:51 Main Review  49:49 Deep Dive Season 3, Episode 38: Ex Inferis For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam are joined by Joel Hines to review Doom of the Savage King by Harley Stroh , and answer a rulings-related question. Question: How do you deal with drunk PCs? Season 3, Episode 37: Doom of the Savage Kings For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for ways to support the show and hear bonus e...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review Year of the Rat by Owen O'Donnell , and answer a mailbag question. - Mootsack: Creating a module to last a specific amount of time. 8:29 Mootsack 20:25 Main Review     Season 3, Episode 36: Year of the Rat For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for ways to suppo...

Yochai & Brad review Down Bad  by Christian Eichorn , and answer a mootsack question. How do YOU write a dungeon? 9:12 Mootsack 23:16 Main Review 42:19 Deep Dive Season 3, Episode 35: Down Bad For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for ways to support the show and hear bonus episodes! Thanks to Bobby...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review The Beloved Underbelly  by Philippe Ricard  and answer a question from the mailbag. What do you do when players that don't take notes? 10:36 Mootsack 27:03 Main Review 51:42 Deep Dive Season 3, Episode 34: The Beloved Underbelly For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for...

Yochai, Brad, Sam (and Kari) are joined by Joseph R. Lewis  to review The Village of Hommlet  by Gary Gygax. Recorded in-person from Gary Con 2025! 29:35 Main Review 01:12:00 Deep Dive Season 3, Episode 33: The Village of Hommlet For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for ways to support the show and...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review five pamphlets for Eco Mofos , and answer a mailbag question. Mootsack: "Did you choose the type of finish for your product based on what's common or what was cheapest?" Season 3, Episode 32: Eco Mofos Pamphlets For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for ways to support the show an...

Yochai and Brad review The Curious Creeps in Crimson Creek  by Daniel H. Carlsen , and answer a mailbag question. 03:21 Mootsack: How much content is enough for a module? 11:58 Main Review 32:47 Deep Dive Season 3, Episode 31: The Curious Creeps in Crimson Creek For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for...

Yochai & Brad are joined by Kelsey Dionne  to review Jerimond's Orb  by Ree Soesbee . Check out Kelsey's upcoming Kickstarter the Western Reaches ! 15:56: So Hot, So Not 22:56 Main Review 49:04 Deep Dive Season 3, Episode 30: Jerimond's Orb For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for ways to suppo...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review In the Court of the Crypto King  by Jonathan Quiet , and answer a mailbag question. Advice on running modules with very terse text? 6:18 Mootsack 20:14 Main Review 28:08 Adventure Review 43:44 Deep Dive Season 3, Episode 29: In the Court of the Crypto King For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our P...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review The Evils of Illmire by Spellsword Studios , and answer a mailbag question. Question: What is color? 9:40 Mootsack 30:19 Main Review 35:14 Art Talk 40:21 Adventure Review 1:00:15 Deep Dive Season 3, Episode 28: The Evils of Illmire For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for ways to...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam discuss L3: Deep Dwarven Delve by Len Lakofka, and adjudicate a rulings-related question. How do you handle the Wish spell? 08:40 Let's Make a Ruling  25:20 Main Review 49:08 Deep Dive Season 3, episode 27: Deep Dwarven Delve For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for ways to support...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review The Smoking Pillar of Lan Yu by Kevin Crawford , and answer a mailbag question. Question: “How do you approach running mystery adventures?” 08:00 Mailbag 30:36 Main Review 1:06:05 Deep Dive Season 3, episode 26: The Smoking Pillar of Lan Yu For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Thank you for supporting us on Patre...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam review Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign  by Chris Gonnerman , and answer a mailbag question. 05:24 Mailbag 15:10 Main Review 23:44 Art 33:24 Reviews 1:01:44 Deep Dive Season 3, episode 25: Morgansfort: The Western Lands Campaign For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Thank you for supporting us on Patreon ! Th...

Note: We recorded this episode before  Brad had signed on to write a module for The Merry Mushmen. He feels weird about it. Whatever. Yochai & Brad review The Horrendous Hounds of Hendenburgh by Liam Pádraig Ó Cuilleanáin , and answer a mailbag question. 4:00 Mailbag 17:00 Main Review 45:00 Deep Dive Season 3, episode 24: The Horrendous Hounds of Hendenburgh For listener questions, email...

Yochai & Brad review The Big Squirm by Luke Gearing , and adjudicate a rulings-related question. How to run a pickpocket in a tavern/in general? 06:56 Let's Make a Ruling 21:20 Main Review 31:40 Art 54:06 Deep Dive Season 3, episode 23: The Big Squirm For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Thank you for supporting us on Patreon ! Than...

Yochai & Brad review Hell Unearthed  by Cameron Maas , and answer a rulings question. How do you handle boundary-pushers? 01:52 Let’s Make A Ruling 25:28 Main Review 38:32 Deep Dive Season 3, episode 22: Hell Unearthed For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on our discord server . Thank you for supporting us on Patreon ! Thanks to Bobby McElver  for the...

Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli to review I1: Dwellers of the Forbidden City by David Cook, and answer a mailbag question. Mailbag: How do you organize your work? 15:04 Mailbag  00:30:40 Main Review 00:38:08 Art Talk 00:49:04 Reviews 1:01:12 Deep Dive Season 3, episode 21: I1: Dwellers of the Forbidden City For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com  or ask on ou...

Yochai, Brad, and Sam celebrate the things they liked in 2024. 04:16 Favorite video games 15:56 Favorite RPG session this year (player or GM) 24:04 Favorite board games 27:48 Most inspiring piece of media from this year 34: 44 Favorite module we didn’t review  47:00 Favorite module we did review  Season 3, episode 20: The Cairnies 2024 For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail...

Yochai & Brad review Sanctimonious Slimes vs Expired Epicures by Nick LS Whelan and answer a mailbag question. Mailbag: How do you deal with prep in a PbP? 3:06 Mootsack 18:00 Other hobbies 26:17 Module Introduction 34:24 Art & Layout 42:23 Review 56:00 Deep Dive Season 3, episode 19: Sanctimonious Slimes vs Expired Epicures For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com or ask o...

Yochai & Brad are joined by Jedediah Berry to review Fate's Fell Hand by Harley Stroh , and answer a mailbag question. Mailbag: How do you find the time? 21:32 Mailbag 36:48 Main Review 1:02:45 Deep Dive Season 3, episode 18: Fate's Fell Hand For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com or ask on our discord server . Thank you for supporting us on Patreon ! Thanks to Bobby McElver...

Yochai & Brad review Night of Blood by Jim Bambra , and answer some mailbag questions. 1:22 Bluesky 7:09 Mootsack #1 How do you handle PCs with differing alignments? 13:4 Mootsack #2 How are quantum trolls different from random tables? 19:11 “The Spectacle of Cinema” 26:15 Amazing Tales 30:31 Main Review 44:41 Deep Dive Season 3, episode 17: Night of Blood For listener questions, email between...

Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli (aka skullboy) to review X3: (The) Curse of Xanathon by Douglas Niles in another Gamer Blast from the Past. Also we answer a mailbag question. What is a “Capital D” Dungeon? 05:52 Mootsack 13:28 Main Review 39:24 Deep Dive Season 3, episode 16: X3: (The) Curse of Xanathon For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com or ask on our discord serve...

Yochai & Brad review six pamphlets from Stockholm Kartell , and answer a question from the mailbag. Mootsack: How do you make games in person happen? 06:18 Mootsack 20:21 Art Talk 24:28 Main Review Season 3, episode 15: Stockholm Kartell Pamphlets For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com or ask on our discord server . Check out our Patreon Tiers  for ways to support the sh...

Yochai & Brad are joined by Reynaldo Madriñian to review Bakto's Terrifying Cuisine by Giuliano Roverato , and answer a mailbag question. Mootsack: How do you handle playing with settings from cultures other than your own? 23:29 Mootsack 30:38 Module Overview 35:14 Art Talk 41:53 Main Review Season 3, episode 14: Bakto's Terrifying Cuisine For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.c...