Between Two Cairns

Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli (aka Skullboy) to review the classic adventure White Plume Mountain by Lawrence Schick .  Question: What small RPGs or adventures would you give out? Send us your comments or questions! Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also st...

Yochai & Brad are joined by guest Leo Hunt (of Vaults of Vaarn fame) to review two pamphlet adventures: Extraction From Demon-F***ked Cleveland 1996 by Logan Dean & The Chair by Zach Hazard Vaupen . Parental advisory: this episode contains foul language. Send us your comments or questions! Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweent...

Yochai & Brad review Fronds of Benevolence by Andrew Walter , and answer some mailbag questions. Question 1: Advice on running an open table? Question 2: How do you narrate combat? Tire Guys Send us your comments or questions! Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also...

Yochai & Brad review The Spire of Iron and Crystal by Matt Finch , and answer some mailbag questions. Mailbag 1: What do we think about crowdfunding and ttrpgs? Mailbag 2: What modules have good endings? 00:09:01 Mailbag: What do you think about crowdfunding and RPGs? 00:16:36 Mailbag: What modules have good endings? 00:26:05 Main Review 00:44:47 Deep Dive Send us your comments or questions! T...

Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli aka Skullboy for our inaugural Gamer Blasts From The Past , where we review the "1981" module Palace of the Silver Princess by Jean Wells.  Question: What settings do you wish were more popular? Skullboy's Your Princess Is In Another Castle Send us your comments or questions! Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! Fo...

Yochai & Brad review Cold Wind Whispering by Markus Linderum , and answer a three-part question from Gus L. Questions: When you use someone else's adventure at your table - what do you look for? Best adventure about pyramids? What would it take to write a good adventure about Orcs in a hole? Send us your comments or questions! Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!...

Yochai & Brad review Sepulchre of Dusk by Cutter Mountain Simulations. Question 1: What are your writing habits? Question 2: What do you think of the ORC license? Question 3: Do rules define what an RPG is about? Question 4: Will we see a return to "physicality" in game design? Send us your comments or questions! Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For list...

Yochai & Brad review Shadow of the Beakmen by Harley Stroh , and answer a question from the mailbag. Mailbag: How do you choose a module to review/run? Hereticwerks Collections on Itch 00:00:50 Mailbag: How do you choose a module? 00:14:00 Mailbag: How do you organize your PDFs? 00:20:53 Main Review (Deep Dive only!)   Send us your comments or questions! Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show&ap...

Yochai & Brad review Monkey Murder Manor by Ripley Caldwell , and answer some questions from the mailbag. Question 1: How do you make puzzles "good"? Question 2:  Do you get tired of running modules more than once? Soviet Ants Send us your comments or questions! Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Ch...

Yochai & Brad review Dogtooth Valley by Nate Treme (aka Highland Paranormal Society) and answer THREE questions from the mailbag.  Question 1:  How involved do you like to get when making characters, or when others make characters in games you GM? Question 2:  When you run a campaign, how do YOU end it? And what (if any)  kind of procedures or guidance do you wish game texts would offer to hel...

Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli (aka skullboy ) to review The Isle of the Plangent Mage by Donn Stroud . Send us your comments or questions! Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Between Two Cairns here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pr...

Yochai & Brad review Magical Murder Mansion by Skerples , and answer a question from the mailbag. Mailbag: What makes a good RPG gift? 00:38 Mailbag 15:15 Main Review 41:29 Deep Dive   Send us your comments or questions! Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also sticke...

Yochai & Brad review The Frost Spire by Jacob Hurst , and answer a question from the mailbag. Mailbag: Do you take notes about what voices or mannerisms an NPC has? 0:27 Mailbag  12:02 Main Review 19:47 Deep Dive Note: Apparently one of the guys from Blackalicious died, We didn't know that. RIP. Send us your comments or questions! Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bump...

Yochai & Brad do another Show & Tell! Mailbag: How important are starter adventures? Brad: Old School & Cool Vol 3 Yochai: Do Not Let Us Die in the Dark Night of this Cold Winter Yochai: Dialect 0:41 Mailbag 10:07 Show & Tell 11:24 Old School & Cool Vol 3 27:05 Do Not Let Us Die in the Dark Night of this Cold Winter 33:13 Dialect Send us your comments or questions! Thanks to Bo...

Yochai & Brad review The House Always Wins by Tim Obermueller , and answer a mailbag question. Mailbag question: How do you handle languages? Generating Languages with Mewo2 Send us your comments or questions! Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find mo...

On today's After Show Show, Yochai & Brad talk about their respective RPG backstories: their entry into the hobby and how it led them to where they are today. Send us your comments or questions! Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Between...

Yochai & Brad review Ominous Crypts of the Blood Moss by Ominous Crypt of the Blood Moss,  and answer a listener question. Mailbag Question:   Do you prefer system neutral, system-specific, or somewhere in between? Send us your comments or questions! Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to...

Yochai & Brad answer two mailbag questions, and review two Mothership pamphlet adventures: Hideo's World & The Haunting of Ypsilon 14 .  01:20 Mailbag 1 17:30 Google+ was cool, actually 22:30 Mailbag 2 29:30 Main Review:Hideo's World 38:15 Main Review: The Haunting of Ypsilon 14 Fun links: A guide to playing by post The Haunting of Ypsilon 14 Computer Console Send us your comment...

Yochai & Brad and special guest Zedeck Siew review Vampire Cruise by Amanda Lee Franck . 01:08 Welcome Zedeck 37:44 Main Review + Deep Dive Send us your comments or questions! Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Between Two Cairns here . Hoste...

Yochai & Brad review Falkrest Abbey by Axian Spice , and answer a mailbag question from NonDairyGiant . 1:15 Mailbag 13:02 Main Review 24:44 Deep Dive Send us your comments or questions! Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Between Two Cairns h...

Yochai & Brad review Operation Unfathomable by Hydra Cooperative, and answer a question from the mailbag. Send us your comments or questions! Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Between Two Cairns here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

Yochai & Brad review Brewkessel by Kettlesberg Games, and answer a few questions from the audience. 0:37 Mailbag 18:20 Main Review 43:42 Deep Dive Send us your comments or questions! Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Between Two Cairns here...

Yochai & Brad talk about their favorite RPG products from 2022, and what they're excited about in 2023. Downtime in Zyan Gig Economy Beasts of the Outer Swells The Book of Gaub The Toxic Wood Merry Mushmen (Knock/The Folklore Bestiary) Games Omnivorous (Haunted Almanac/Vaults of Vaarn/Hex & Screen/Mausritter Box Set) The Night Land: A Story Retold The Ramanan Sivaranjan Awards for Exc...

Yochai & Brad review The Gnomes of Levnec by Zzarchov Kowolski and answer a whole bunch of mailbag questions. Send us your comments or questions! Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Between Two Cairns here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priv...

Yochai, Brad & special guest Sam Mameli (aka skullboy) review The Black Wyrm of Brandonsford by Chance Dudinack. 01:00 Smashing Pumpkins 03:03 Sam went to art school 07:15 Moebius had a daughter 10:10 Advice for young Sam 13:15 Twitter is not an interesting or cool place 19:25 How do you find artists? 22:47 Patreon stickers 26:50 Main Review (also Deep Dive) Send us your comments or questions!...