Born To Lose - Torchbearer RPG Podcast

Let's Play Torchbearer showcasing specific segments and concepts in the game using hot mic audio from Ross' home campaign of Isle of Dread. Born To Lose is a community-based podcast for the Torchbearer tabletop roleplaying game. Torchbearer: https://www.torchbearerrpg.com/ Contact: borntoloseTBpodcast@gmail.com Patreon: https://patreon.com/BornToLose_Torchbearerpodcast Website: https://borntolose....

Thor Olavsrud talks about using Twists and Conflict Compromises to direct the game narrative and gives us a little glimpse as to what he's planning for the new, massive update to the Middarmark 2nd Edition printing. Thor's Links Mouseguard Comic - https://www.mouseguard.net/ Burning Empires - https://www.burningwheel.com/burning-empires-pdf/ Mark Smylie - https://swordandbarrow.com/wp/ Kurt Komoda...

Quincy talks about being a discord mod, Burning Empires, and West Marches. Quincy's Links Keith Senkowski Yggdrasil - https://keithsenkowski.com/yggdrasil-mgz/ Burning Wheel Discord - https://discord.gg/v4Wr2mF2 Torchbearer Discord - https://discord.gg/2gaUNvrn Burning Empires - https://www.burningwheel.com/burning-empires-pdf/ West Marches - https://forums.burningwheel.com/t/west-marches-question...

Shane King talks about the crossover between Torchbearer, sci-fi, board games, and Dwarves! Laborer helps laborer. Shane's Links Shane's Substack - substack.com/@meanwhileshane Shane's Itch.io - shanekinglives.itch.io Dungeon! - https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2147666141/Dungeon-1st-Edition-1st-Printing-White-Version Clank - https://www.nobleknight.com/P/2147643945/Clank Michael Prescott One-Page Du...

Josh McCrowell talks about his dungeon crawling RPG His Majesty The Worm, how it relates to Torchbearer, and his upcoming dungeon preorder The Castle Automatic. Josh's Links The Castle Automatic - https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/pages/the-castle-automatic-preorder His Majesty The Worm - https://www.hismajestytheworm.games/ Vintage RPG Podcast - https://www.vintagerpg.com/category/podcast/ Knock Mag...

Price Rowland talks about coming into the hobby as Gen Z and his work on the Dark Sun setting conversion for Torchbearer. The Initiative Order: https://www.youtube.com/theinitiativeorder Dark Sun Torchbearer: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IF47PkUlYUZZ9T4I07XUEcBj6TAeGpwv7vNvg7sa_n8/edit?usp=sharing Price's Fitness Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@pricerowland Born To Lose is a community-bas...

Jared A. Sorensen talks about Halflings, Gnomes, 1st Edition D&D, Scavenger's Reign, and the very earliest iterations of a game which would eventually become Torchbearer. Jared's Links: https://memento-mori.com/ Born To Lose is a community-based podcast for the Torchbearer tabletop roleplaying game. Contact: borntoloseTBpodcast@gmail.com Website: https://borntolose.podbean.com/ Music: https://...

Chloe talks about the Torchbearer two-team, competitive, Head-to-Head delve ran at BurningCon2025 using the adventure The Secret Vault of the Queen of Thieves. Chloe's Links: crowsworthy.itch.io Strata Zines crowsworthy@gmail.com crowsworthy.com Secret Vault of the Queen of Thieves: https://www.burningwheel.com/torchbearer-2e-cartographers-compendium/ Born To Lose is a community-based podcast for...

Part 2 of 2 of the actual play recordings form one session of Ross' Red Hand of Doom Torchbearer campaign, recorded in 2021. Born To Lose is a community-based podcast for the Torchbearer tabletop roleplaying game. Contact: borntoloseTBpodcast@gmail.com Website: https://borntolose.podbean.com/ Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2KYhSNyhDoxAQfOVmB8wq5 Logo: Instagram @kcassady87 Bluesky: @bornto...

Part 1 of 2 of the actual play recordings form one session of Ross' Red Hand of Doom Torchbearer campaign, recorded in 2021. Born To Lose is a community-based podcast for the Torchbearer tabletop roleplaying game. Contact: borntoloseTBpodcast@gmail.com Website: https://borntolose.podbean.com/ Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2KYhSNyhDoxAQfOVmB8wq5 Logo: Instagram @kcassady87 Bluesky: @bornto...

Steven and Deuce talk about their experiences in Ross' online Torchbearer campaign, which used the 3rd edition D&D module Red Hand of Doom as a backdrop. NOTE: This was recorded in 2021. Born To Lose is a community-based podcast for the Torchbearer tabletop roleplaying game. Contact: borntoloseTBpodcast@gmail.com Website: https://borntolose.podbean.com/ Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2...

Ross talks with Tony about the tradition of 16th century Spanish picaresque literature and how it intersects with the themes of Torchbearer. NOTE: This is an archive episode from several years ago recorded before the current vision of the podcast was established. Born To Lose is a community-based podcast for the Torchbearer tabletop roleplaying game. Contact: borntoloseTBpodcast@gmail.com Website:...

Interview with Ross discussing his hopes and dreams on starting up this podcast. Born To Lose is a community-based podcast for the Torchbearer tabletop roleplaying game. Ross' Links: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/8402/dde-adventures https://www.youtube.com/@defydanger8537/playlists Contact: borntoloseTBpodcast@gmail.com Website: https://borntolose.podbean.com/ Music: https://open.spoti...