Biggus Geekus

Episode 107 Streamed Live Tuesday September 27 ,2022 Programming Note: Joe was solo for half of the show. He was joined by Bruce Lombardo of Dix Division: https://www.youtube.com/c/brucelombardo75 Main Topic: Retro-Review: White Plume Mountain Summary of the 1e module Was a TSR module. Good DM advice. Made in the Old School ‘DIY’ way. Light on story, big on expandability. Big Geek Updates BG Empor...

Episode 106 Streamed Live Tuesday September 20, 2022 Main Topic: D&D - Pushing Boundaries: TSR/WoTC often pushed boundaries Does D&D just have to be high fantasy?  The Various Editions and the Boundaries they pushed: Old DnD (Oe) First of its name, Gygax and Arneson create a masterpiece of a game: no winners and never-ending story, delve into dungeons to get loot and gain power  ...

Episode 105 Streamed Live, Tuesday September 13 ,2022 Geekosphere Ø Call-In (no emails) Taylor of Clerics Wear Ringmail Ø Played last Thursday- OSE/B/X-flaws in the system: death and dying, hiring retainers, the Barbarian in OSE may suck, not a fan of the five saving throws, and other? Ø Big Geek Emporium: POD ready! Ø Big Con update Ø Big Geek Adventures: art, map making Main Topic: The Great D&a...

Episode 104 Steamed Live Tuesday September 6, 2022 Main Topic: D&D and RPG Sundry We take a night off from fully planned and amazingly detailed gaming discussion for a more off the cuff discussion with our homies on the stream and elsewhere. A. Played 5e dnd 1-shot this past Saturday- game is without doubt very soft B.  The Hadozee Controversy: https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/statement-h...

Episode 103 Streamed Live Tuesday August 30, 2022 Main Topic: ARTIFACTS, Simply The Coolest! 1.) History of Artifacts in DnD: OD &D and BECMI 2.) AD & D Era: 1e and 2e- The Best? And why we loved it 3.) 3e – 5e ‘s Take on Artifacts 4.) Links: https://dungeonsdragons.fandom.com/wiki/Artifact and https://annex.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_major_artifacts_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons 5.) Our favorites...

Monster Mash #4: Golems & Constructs Episode 102 Streamed Live Tuesday August 23, 2022   Geekosphere ONE D&D coming 2024, but sign up now for playtest document: https://youtu.be/OpI7J9vtbnw     Main Topic: Monster Mash #4 - Golems & Constructs   1) Their first appearance in DnD: Golems and other constructs had their start all the way back in the Greyhawk Supple...

Episode 101 of our SHOW and the date is Tuesday 16,2022. (R) Big Geek Emporium! The Alt-Drive is Live!!! Main Topic: Starting a New Campaign Choose setting and rules set Old tried and true stuff Brand new setting Brand new system Starting characters-restrictions Choosing the Players & Setting the IRL parameters Online vs F2F Previous players vs new players Same old group vs mix-it-up Time/days...

Episode #100 Streamed Live Tuesday August 9, 2022 Gencon 2022 Report from Patrick Demo of Point Hat Games Main Topic: We finally made it, or did we? I. Our own personal history with D&D and RPGs II. Biggus Geekus – A retrospective III. Biggus Geekus- the future IV. Thanks to: Wherein we give thanks to those who helped. Geekosphere 1. Call-ins/emails – let’s do it!! 2. Episode #100- Milestone C...

The Penultimate Potpourri Episode Episode 99 Streamed Live Tuesday August 2, 2022 With Patrick Demo of Pointy Hat Games http://www.pointyhat.games Main Topic: Safety Tools Re-Dux 1. Brought up again by twitter? 2. What are they? https://www.loremaster.io/safety-tools-in-ttrpg/ a.) Session Zero b.) C.A.T.S. c.) X-card d.) Lines & Veils e.) More: https://thegiftofdice.itch.io/safety-tools-and-we...

Monster Mash: The Tarrasque Episode 98 Streamed Live Thursday July 28, 2022 Shout outs: Honey Badger Radio: https://youtu.be/5lFI8YRz2eM The Basic Expert: https://youtu.be/DH51HdIvE2k  at the 20:22 mark Legion of Myth clip coming soon: https://www.youtube.com/c/LegionofMyth Future Appearances Red Room: 7/29 at 11am T-Shirted Historian: 7/30 time TBD Main Topic: Monster Mash - The Tarrasque To...

Episode 97 Streamed Live Tuesday July 19, 2022 Main Topic: Alignment in D&D Alignment is defined as a categorization of the ethical and moral perspective of player characters, non-player characters, and creatures. Yes, we have covered this before going to try to go in more depth. When did it originate? It seems pretty clear alignment began in Chainmail as a way to have the “good guys” and the...

Episode 96 Streamed Live Tuesday July 12, 2022 Main Topic: OSR, Old School and the DnD divide with The Legacy GM https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4OoPEzT5nq0c7ToEpWSe3A We discuss many aspects of “Old School” or OSR gaming. Legacy GM (LGM) discusses his favorite games and gaming style. We go over some potential differences between OSR games and Old School feel. LGM talks about getting younger fol...

Episode 95 Streamed Live Tuesday July 5, 2022 Main Topic: 5 Other Non-D&D RPGs to play These are not D&D, play experience is different Links to games mentioned savage worlds: https://peginc.com/savage-settings/savage-worlds/ mage the ascension: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/199/Mage-The-Ascension-Revised?term=mage+the dungeon crawl classics: https://goodman-games.com/dungeon-crawl-c...

Episode 94 Recorded Thursday June 30th 2022 Joe flies solo to talk about how the latest nonsense from DriveThru should have us all looking for or making alternatives to the platform. To support the show please go to: https://www.biggusgeekuspodcast.com/support Please like share and subscribe!   Links to Materia Discussed: Lamentations of The Flame Princess (Raggi) https://youtu.be/PufXMjSA-Kw...

Episode 93 Streamed Live Tuesday June 21, 2022 Geek Culture 1. Satine Phoenix & her husband: https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-celebrity-satine-phoenix-husband-jamison-stone-accused-of-abuse-towards-freelancers.689276/page-3 2. https://twitter.com/dndinacastle/status/1536742772694298625 And Venger’s response https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=847850639508484&set=gm.559008798995734 3. RD...

Episode 92 Streamed Live Tuesday June 14, 2022 Random Geek-itude 1. Eric July got his first shipment … of what? Not sure, but I’m ready for the Rippaverse: https://twitter.com/EricDJuly/status/1534615182705565696 2. https://boundingintocomics.com/2022/06/13/screenrant-star-wars-article-epitomizes-everything-wrong-with-the-lefts-racial-perspectives/ 3. Just for fun: https://www.gamersdecide.com/art...

Our fascination with OSR Episode 91 Streamed Live Tuesday June 7,2022 Random Geek-itude 1. Batman Knights-Batman is possibly Bi-sexual https://youtu.be/zovi-CwUxrk 2. The Stranger Things Final Season Villain? https://www.themarysue.com/what-d-and-d-villain-stranger-things-final-season/ 3. Vecna Statue: https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/51255/wizkids-unveils-dungeons-dragons-vecna-premium-statue...

Episode 90 Streamed Live Tuesday May 31, 2022 Random Geek-itude 1. Call-ins/emails: Taylor from Clerics Wear Ringmail on playing with “Randos” 2. Stranger Things Season 4 Tackles the Satanic Panic: link below Main Topic: Dungeons and Dragons vs. The Satanic Panic and the Woke Mob How are they similar? How are they different? Which was worse? Does it matter now? How did we fight the former and how...

Episode 89 Streamed Live, Thursday May 24, 2022 Random Geek-itude 1. Call-ins/emails: John and Taylor 2. Warner Bros does something right: https://variety.com/2022/film/news/wonder-twins-movie-canceled-hbo-max-1235254892/ 3. DC Fails again: https://screenrant.com/batman-bisexual-bruce-wayne-dc-fans-react/ 4. Demogorgon mini to be released: https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dungeons-dragons-demogor...

Episode 88 Streamed Tuesday May 17, 2022 Call ins & Emails from the Outlands 1. Call-ins/emails none so far 2. We’ve lost two great ones in comics- George Perez: https://www.vulture.com/2022/05/george-perez-death-marvel-dc-comic-book-artist.html and Neal Adams: https://nypost.com/2022/04/30/neal-adams-legendary-comic-book-creator-and-batman-artist-dead-at-80/ 3. Midnight rpg being re-released…...

Episode 87 Tuesday May 10,2022 Call ins & Emails from the Outlands 1. Call-ins/emails 2. Violence in DnD- REEEEEEEE!!!!:  http://www.hopesandfears.com/hopes/culture/video-games/216625-dungeons-dragons-violence-ethics and Aaron the Pedantic Roundtable: https://youtu.be/2Kn0Z6k5Hxk 3. The DnD Movie History: https://www.slashfilm.com/853351/somehow-the-2000-dungeons-dragons-movie-got-two-str...

Episode 86 Streamed Live Tuesday May 3, 2022 Call ins & Emails from the Outlands 1. Call-ins/emails 2. https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/2022/04/sepulchre-of-grave-robber.html 3. We recommend Red Dice Diaries go watch it/listen to it 4. Dungeons and Dragons Rules Cyclopedia a $20 reprint from www.drivethrurpg.com very cheap entry into the hobby 5. Something to laugh at https://www.cbr.c...

Episode 85 Streamed Live on Thursday April 28, 2022 Call ins & Emails from the Outlands Call-ins & emails - John Alan Large Thor: Love & Thunder Trailer- https://youtu.be/tgB1wUcmbbw Total Party Skills: Brand antagonizing their fan base https://youtu.be/2GxDPnNg8qI WoTC screws over Hungarian Game Company: https://youtu.be/4clIK3VmazM Randy’s wife learn hilarious griefing lesson. Writer...

Episode 84 Streamed Live April 19, 2022 Call ins & Emails from the Outlands 1. Call ins and emails - None 2. Interesting ability score generation method for “DnD” https://youtu.be/xpH4bhYYFwI 3. HASBRO  purchases DnD Beyond : https://www.techspot.com/news/94209-wizards-coast-parent-company-hasbro-purchase-dd-beyond.html Main Topic: What’s Stats got to do with it? Discussing Attributes in...

High Level Breakdown: Real or Fiction? Episode 83 streamed live on April 12, 2022 The Outlands Professor DM says dumb stuff https://youtu.be/6aO_sSCOo9w Main Topic: High Level in Dungeons and Dragons (DnD) Why do most games end before the highest levels? https://www.thegamer.com/dungeons-dragons-player-level-campaign-statistics/ https://www.enworld.org/threads/90-of-d-d-games-stop-by-level-10-wiza...