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I am joined by a group of British horror enthusiasts to discuss horror movies from their perspective to include the video nasties phenomenon, folk horror and of course tabletop role playing games.  Panel Members James (@james_knight on discord) Jason (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast) https://nerdsrpgvarietycast.carrd.co John and Hannah (The Red Dice Diaries) https://reddicediaries.bearblog.dev Spence...

Arlen, BJ, and Karl discuss mythology, superheroes and even touch on superhero TTRPGs. Panel Members Arlen (Live from Pellam's Wasteland) https://anchor.fm/pellamswasteland  BJ (The Arcane Alienist) https://anchor.fm/arcanealienist Karl (The GMologist Presents) https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez Recorded in October of 2022 Cover art by Ray Otus (Plundergrounds) https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds...

On this episode we discuss how to run a horror table top role playing game with a serious atmosphere and tone. Panelists include the hosts of Runeslinger/Casting Shadows and the Ultimate Effort Show!  Blog article: Discomfort, Fear, Terror, and Vast Cosmic Horror, on a Dime a Day https://castingshadowsblog.com/2010/06/13/evoking-atmosphere-in-horror-games/ Review of Never Sleep Again https://...

The panel discusses designing dungeons and megadungeons. This is a dual effort with Hexed Press, see the follow on YouTube video where we use the tools discussed to create a dungeon here:  https://youtu.be/a3sWUWzEdfE Spoilers for B4 The Lost City Alexandrian articles on Jaquaying the Dungeon https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/13085/roleplaying-games/jaquaying-the-dungeon Panel Members: Dan...

Now that the OSR renaissance or revival is done we discuss how to better label these games. Stay after the closing song for some Star Wars & Star Trek talk. Panel Members: Arlen from Live From Pellam's Wasteland https://www.youtube.com/c/LivefromPellamsWasteland & https://anchor.fm/pellamswasteland BJ from The Arcane Alienist https://anchor.fm/arcanealienist Jason from The Nerd's RPG Varie...

In this bonus episode we discuss DM Scotty's Luck Dice, handling communal property (ships, bases of operations) in D&D, getting player buy in to the DM's game world, D20 systems versus D100 systems, plus we play and respond to a call from MW Lewis. Plus stay after the closing song for some thoughts on Palladium Fantasy and Rifts. Luck Dice https://www.questgivers.com/product.php?p=20 EZD6...

In this episode Daniel of Bandit's Keep and Taylor of Clerics Wear Ringmail come on to talk about their experiences using Chainmail as the combat system for the original 1974 edition of Dungeons and Dragons. Things mentioned in this episode:  Grey-Elf Games (Jason Vey) resource page https://www.grey-elf.com/ Jason Vey current projects https://www.elflair.com/   AFG: Adventure Fantasy Gam...

The panel touches on the “is Conan a hero” controversy then move on to answering calls from The Pink Phantom on adjusting monster stats on the fly, rolling morale and reactions checks for the player characters, and alignment language.  Featured this episode are calls from The Pink Phantom (Phantom Thoughts) https://anchor.fm/the-pink-phantom   Also mentioned is the video on alignment lan...

An all star panel assembles to discuss time travel in table top role playing games. Panel Members Anthony aka Runeslinger Blog https://castingshadowsblog.com YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/Runeslinger Podcast https://anchor.fm/runeslinger Barney @Loco_Ludus Podcast https://anchor.fm/loco-ludus Kofi (support his Neo-Triassic Shoreline Regression Syndrome game) https://ko-fi.com/locoludus Jaso...

Bonus episode, today we present the third of a four part series on time travel. The first three parts were previously aired on Safer's wonderful podcast, Safer Fantasy Crafting https://anchor.fm/sfc-saferfantasycrafting , and the fourth and final part will be a panel discussion on time travel in role playing games. This episode originally appeared on his show as Time Travel Methods in RPG's on 17...

Bonus episode, today we present the second of a four part series on time travel. The first three parts were previously aired on Safer's wonderful podcast, Safer Fantasy Crafting https://anchor.fm/sfc-saferfantasycrafting , and the fourth and final part will be a panel discussion on time travel in role playing games. This episode originally appeared on his show as Concepts of Time 2: Multiverse and...

Bonus episode, today we present the first of a four part series on time travel. The first three parts were previously aired on Safer's wonderful podcast, Safer Fantasy Crafting https://anchor.fm/sfc-saferfantasycrafting , and the fourth and final part will be a panel discussion on time travel in role playing games.  This episode originally appeared as Concepts of Time Part 1 - The fixed time...

This week the panel talks about alignment in tabletop roleplaying games.  Calls from The Pink Phantom check out his podcast https://anchor.fm/the-pink-phantom   Also mentioned is the episode on alignment language by Bandit's Keep https://youtu.be/iPX0Ce6f6Qk Panel Members BJ (The Arcane Alienist) https://anchor.fm/arcanealienist Jason (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast) https://anchor.fm/jason376...

Summer is here and it is harder for the panel to assemble so today I am republishing a wonderful episode from one of the panel members, Karl Rodriguez of the GMologist Presents podcast ( https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez ) on why you should consider playing Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay. I have slightly truncated Karl's episode and added an intro, if you want to hear the original, uncut version that a...

In this bonus episode we create characters for ICRPG Vigilante City. Be warned this is just a raw, unedited recording of three guys sitting around making characters.  Panel Members  Eric (The Omega 3D Chicken Coop) https://anchor.fm/eric-salzwedel Jason (Nerds RPG Variety Cast) https://anchor.fm/jason376 Joe (Hindsightless) https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9 Recorded August 2022 Cover art by...

Jason and Joe answer listener calls and discuss why fantasy is the predominant genre for table top role playing games and whether character creation should be done alone or as a group. Feedback from The Pink Phantom, Free Thrall of Keep of the Borderlands podcast https://anchor.fm/free-thrall and Joe from Raven God Games https://ravengodgames.blogspot.com   Interview with James of GrogTalk ht...

Our panel discusses rulebook layout, what works and what doesn't. Purple Sorcerer's Dungeon Crawl Classics Crawler App https://purplesorcerer.com/crawler.php Panel members: BJ (The Arcane Alienist) https://anchor.fm/arcanealienist Jason (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast) https://anchor.fm/jason376 Joe (Hindsightless) https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9 Karl (The GMologist Presents...) https://anchor.fm/karl-rod...

This bonus episode has an impromptu panel who discuss some feedback from our listeners and continue the discussion about movies that have influenced their gaming.   Panel members:  BJ (The Arcane Alienist) https://anchor.fm/arcanealienist Karl (The GMologist Presents...) https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez   Recorded in June of 2022   Cover art by Ray Otus (Plundergrounds) https:/...

Our panel discusses common player tropes in D&D. Panel members: Arlen (Live from Pellam's Wasteland) https://anchor.fm/pellamswasteland BJ (The Arcane Alienist) https://anchor.fm/arcanealienist Jason (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast) https://anchor.fm/jason376 Karl (The GMologist Presents...) https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez Recorded in July of 2022 Cover art by Ray Otus (Plundergrounds) https://ancho...

This bonus episode has an impromptu panel where we discuss some movies that have influenced our gaming. Panel members: Arlen (Live from Pellam's Wasteland) https://anchor.fm/pellamswasteland Jason (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast) https://anchor.fm/jason376 Karl (The GMologist Presents...) https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez Recorded in June of 2022 Cover art by Ray Otus (Plundergrounds) https://anchor.fm/pl...

Our panel discusses gunpowder in your fantasy roleplaying games. The stinger after the end theme song contains spoilers for The Watchmen graphic novel and movie. Panel members: Arlen (Live from Pellam's Wasteland) https://anchor.fm/pellamswasteland BJ (The Arcane Alienist) https://anchor.fm/arcanealienist Jason (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast) https://anchor.fm/jason376 Joe (Hindsightless) https://anchor...

This bonus episode has an impromptu panel of old fogies that discuss organized D&D play.  Jason of the Nerd's RPG Variety Cast also answers calls from Brian of the Have to Look That Up podcast.  Caller: Brian (Have to Look That Up) https://anchor.fm/havetolookthatup      Panel members: B.J. (The Arcane Alienist) https://anchor.fm/arcanealienist Karl (The GMologist...

Daniel Norton of the Bandit's Keep media empire joins us to discuss the merits of buying published modules vs writing your own.   Panel members: B.J. (The Arcane Alienist) https://anchor.fm/arcanealienist Daniel (Bandit's Keep) https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton Jason (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast) https://anchor.fm/jason376  Karl (The GMologist Presents...) https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez Recorded in Ma...

We blather about various topics including movies, D&D, and other role playing games. Minor spoilers for Obi Wan episodes 1&2, the three Star Wars trilogies, and all seasons of Stranger Things. Bandit's Keep episode discussing usage dice for hit points https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton/episodes/Combat-results-and-calls-e1j610n/a-a81nagk Panel members: B.J. (The Arcane Alienist) https://anchor...

Four busy gamers tackle the question, "How can we stay positively engaged with the hobby when we've little time or energy to do so?" Things mentioned this episode:  DrivethruRPG May D&D Sale ends sometime on 30 May 2022 https://www.drivethrurpg.com/sale.php?filters=0_0_0_0_0_45711 Che Webster Roleplay Rescue https://roleplayrescue.com/ Andy Goodman Grizzly Peaks Radio https://anchor.fm/an...