Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi

S4E14: I give a quick review of Warlock! (Traitor’s Edition), Blacksword Hack, and The Lost Dungeon’s of Tonisborg. Then I surprise myself by unboxing a lucky old-school RuneQuest campaign pack! Please check out #OSRoctober on Twitter as well as podcasts/YouTube media by Bandit’s Keep, The Redcap’s Podcast, Down in a Heap, Clerics Wear Ringmail, and all good guerrilla podcasters! You can contact m...

S4E13: Discussion of RuneQuest, RoleMaster, pulp fantasy fiction, system exploration, the condensed potential of old-school D&D adventures, GM anxiety, and teamplay enjoyment. Magnificent call in from: Anthony/Runeslinger (Casting Shadows podcast), Jason (Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast podcast), Che (Roleplay Rescue podcast), and MW Lewis (World of MW Lewis podcast). You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@ya...

S4E12: In this episode Jonstown Compendium ambassador Nick Brooke joins me to discuss RuneQuest, roleplaying in Glorantha and the Jonstown Compendium. For more information on the JC and a link Drivethru RPG please go to: https://www.chaosium.com/runequest-community-content/ You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the mu...

S4E11: This episode overflows with wonderful call-ins and rambling replies about CRPGs, the pulps, RuneQuest and GM anxiety. Thanks to fellow podcasters Joe of Hindsightless, Che of Roleplay Rescue, Colin of Spikepit, Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (Jason’s episode about Grogcon can be found at https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/nerds-rpg-variety-cast/id1494636468?l=en&i=1000569947552). You c...

S4E10: (Warning: Contains some objectionable language/“profanity”, and alcohol consumption). No call-ins or self-indulgent monologues today - instead I talk with Andy of Breakfast in the Ruins podcast about Moorcock, the pulps, work and hobbies, as well as podcasting and why we do it. Thanks, Andy! Breakfast in the Ruins can be found at on the Website https://breakfastintheruins.com and on Apple P...

S4E9: A call-in inspired episode about RuneQuest with a brief recap of session 2 of my current RQ campaign. Call-ins from Karl of the GMologist Presents podcast, Daniel of Bandits Keep podcast and YouTube channel calls, Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, Che of Roleplay Rescue, and Joe of Hindsightless. Thanks, people! You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter),...

S4E8: In this episode I talk with James about the 1988 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons RPG computer game “Pool of Radiance” and its impact on the gaming scene of the time. Grogtalk airs live at 8am EST on YouTube every other Saturday, and the back catalogue is available from Apple Podcasts at https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/grogtalk-podcast/id1450092161. If you’re interested in the old-school Fl...

Series 4, episode 7: In this episode I talk with Fabio about the early RPG and wargaming scene in 1970s/80s London, his continuing interests in RPGs today, and his involvement in Morgue Miniatures. Although ended, you can see Morgue Miniatures’ fabulous Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/morgueminiatures/battlefield-bones. Please also check out their shop here: https://www.etsy...

Series 4, episode 6: Join me for a walk through Kyoto while I provide a breakdown of my inaugural RuneQuest Glorantha campaign and detail how I’ve gotten started. Also, I have some great call-ins once more from Karl of the GMologist Presents podcast and Daniel of Bandits Keep podcast and YouTube channel calls. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here...

Series 4, episode 5: I walk and talk, giving a fuller recap of my AD&D and Old-School Essentials, and discuss remote attendance at the table, noise, and filling in the narrative gaps with players. Call-ins from Karl of the GMologist Presents podcast and Daniel of Bandits Keep podcast and YouTube channel calls. What was in those sandwiches? Gherkins, marge… You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo....

Series 4, episode 4: I discuss the games I’m running and playing in while making my packed lunch, and Daniel of Bandits Keep podcast and YouTube channel calls in to discuss magic and tournament adventures in D&D. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock...

Series 4, episode 3: I take some call ins from mid-April on my guidelines for XP in old-school D&D and other topics from Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast and Daniel of Bandits Keep podcast and YouTube. After that I discuss the latest developments in my AD&D Greyhawk campaign. Details of my XP guidelines can be found on my blog at https://timrousbushi.blogspot.com/2022/04/xp-guidelines-for-old-scho...

Series 4, episode 2: This time I explain my guidelines for XP in old-school D&D, reminisce about GMing RuneQuest and MERP/RoleMaster as a 13 year old, and reply to some call ins from Joe of Hindsightless, BJ of Arcane Alienist, and Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast. Details of my XP guidelines can be found on my blog at https://timrousbushi.blogspot.com/2022/04/xp-guidelines-for-old-school-d.html....

Series 4, episode 1: Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast kindly opens the show with some kind words, and then we’re off walking and researching about spell memorization in old-school D&D, and proposing some slight alterations to standard method. After flapping my gums about the minutiae of old games, I take you on an audio tour of Bukkoji temple in central Kyoto. Thank you to you the listener for len...

Series 3, episode 27: This is the definitive and actual end of series 3, and consists entirely of calls from RPG community podcasters: Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, Joe of Hindsightless, MW of the Worlds of MW Lewis, Runeslinger of Casting Shadows, and Brian of Have to Look that Up. Topics include Middle-Earth/The Silmarillion, inclusiveness and much more. Thank you to all the callers for maki...

Series 3, episode 26: The podcast to end series 3, kicks off with calls from Che of Roleplay Rescue, and Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast. We talk some Middle-Earth before I end the series with some topic proposals for series 4 (not 4 as mistakenly stated in my ramblings). You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the mus...

Series 3, episode 25: “I am not, and never have been, a member of the far-right” - having been associated in a recent YouTube vid with the RPG Alt-Right, the first 10 minutes is a refutation of that, and a reassertion of what I stand for. Following that, I focus on some call ins from Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, Karl of The GMologist Presents, and Joe of Hindsightless. Mentioned in this show...

Series 3, episode 24: In this episode I take a virtual ramble with Barny of Loco Ludus and learn about game hacking, educational games, and contributing to society through games. It’s quite long, but I offer it up here in full and uncut. Support Loco Ludus’ Neo-Triassic Shoreline Regression Syndrome zine on Ko-fi.com: https://ko-fi.com/post/Neo-Triassic-Shoreline-Regression-Syndrome-Zine-Mo-J3J0AE...

Series 3, episode 23: I present my initial impressions of three new purchases: Mork Borg, The Company of the Dragon (RuneQuest), and The One Ring (2nd edition). Thanks to Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast and Safer of Safer Fantasy Crafting for the kind words on my previous 100th episode. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Det...

Series 3, Episode 22: This seems to be my 100th episode - I didn’t realize until I was about to hit the publish button. Just a short call-in episode to break the silence. Thank you to Karl of The GMologist Presents, Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, and MW of The Worlds of MW Lewis. The link to the interactive Greyhawk map mention by MW is here: http://www.canonfire.com/cf/ghadventures.php  You ca...

Series 3, Episode 21: Recaps of Arduin Grimoire (Village of Hommlet), WFRP (Death on the Reik), AD&D (Secret of the Slavers’ Stockade) and OSE (Incandescent Grottoes) sessions, interspersed with call-ins from Joe of Hindsightless, Karl of The GMologist Presents and Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast.  You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor....

Series 3, Episode 20: A call-in episode featuring calls from Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, Joe of Hindsightless and Brian of Have To Look That Up on RuneQuest and miscellaneous topics.  You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follow...

Series 3, Episode 19: I take a New Years ramble, respond to call-ins from Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, Daniel of Bandits Keep and Joe of Hindsightless (discussing AD&D, Dark Sun, OSE and RuneQuest Glorantha), and talk about RPGs, Japan and communication.  You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this p...

Series 3, Episode 18: I ask Rob Ricchie of Flipping & Turning zine about the very early days of playing D&D, take a call-in from Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, give a recap of my 23rd session of our Old-School Essentials session, and talk about my RPG plans for 2022.  You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music...

Series 3, Episode 17: Christmas call-ins from Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast and Daniel of Bandits Keep on “play-by-post” games, the US D&D phenomenon and “monoculture”. Finally I give a recap of my 22nd session of our Old-School Essentials.  You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, availabl...