Down in a Heap

Calls from Logan of Sword Breaker, Randy of Biggus Geekus, Randy of the Dice are Screaming, my friend Brian and some old favorites: Jason, Joe, Daniel, and B.J. plus...a preview of the next one - a call from Colin of Spikepit that requires me, the old wind bag, a separate episode to reply to.

What is this podcast about and where am I coming from? A peek back into the dusty archives - has anything changed? It’s still rubbish...😉

Listener calls doing their Bela Lugosi impersonation in a contest to win their choice of one of the five great Midderzines by Glynn Seal of Monkeyblood Design. Thanks everyone!

I delve into the nitty gritty to model a hypothetical fight as specified by Joe of the Hindsightless podcast between a 1st level 5e Fighter vs a 1st level B/X Fighter with 3 Men at Arms. Let’s get ready to rumble!

Calls from Jason, Daniel, Taylor, B.J., and Goblin’s Henchman about unarmed combat; multiple PCs and henchmen; the changes in D&D over time; B/X 1st level Fighter + Men-at-arms vs. a lone 5e 1st level Fighter; more input on “the Rant”.

Calls in response to my name names rant from: Jason (Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast), Spencer (Keep Off the Borderlands), Daniel (Bandit’s Keep), B.J. (Arcane Alienist), Evil Jeff (Minions & Musings), Menion (Confessions of a Wee Timrous Bushi).

No sugar coating it: this is rant. I rail against cryptic allusions, hearsay, and innuendo directed at the “Old School community “. I also name loads of cool people doing cool things. You know, what probably should get the attention.

Yes, a contest for a copy of the Midderzine! Bonanza features calls from Jason, Daniel, Joe, Goblin’s Henchman, and Taylor about dragons, spell slots, unarmed combat, multiple PCs, Henchmen, and the bastard, Covid.

I’m joined by Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast as we start our journey taking a long look at the Universal Monster Movies. In part 1, we discuss the original Dracula, the Spanish language release, Dracula’s Daughter, & Son of Dracula. Recorded in November, 2020.

I unbox and give mini reviews of various products from Glynn Seal of Monkeyblood Design: the Midderzines, Chewer if Fingers, and the Bats of Saint Abbans. Cut to the chase - they’re all OUTSTANDING! Highly recommended!

Call-in show about the issues and merits of running multiple PCs in the same game. Contributions from Freethrall, Jason, Daniel, B.J., and Colin. Thanks!

A couple calls from Daniel of Bandit’s Keep prompts a look at unarmed combat in classic versions of D&D (AD&D, B/X, & S&W) plus a tangent on the merits of spontaneous casting vs. Vancian fire and forget magic.

I follow my house rules and go through the process step by step to create a couple unique dragons. Plus calls from Jason, Evil Jeff, and Daniel. Enjoy!

Do you allow, encourage, or discourage players to run multiple PC’s in the same campaign? What I’ve proposed (failing so far) as a “solution “ in my small group. Plus calls from Joe from Hindsightless and Goblin’s Henchmen.

Calls from Chad & Evil Jeff (Minions & Musings podcast); talk about dragons in BECMI, 2e, Holmes Basic, plus Swords & Wizardry and a rough outline of my house rules for dragons in S&W. Enjoy!

Great calls and Anchor conversation with Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, Daniel of Bandit’s Keep, Taylor of Clerics Wear Ringmail, Ray Otus of Plundergrounds, and Menion of Confessions of a Wee Timrous Bushi.

Topics include testing the limits of arcane casting, channeling, Subdual in classic versions of D&D, Dragons, and Greg Gillespie’s new Kickstarter: Dwarrowdeep. Thanks for the calls!

I outline a few more house rules for my Swords & Wizardry game and calls about new school: old school, Divination magic, Kender, and dragons.

On his last episode of OSR Blether, creator Greg Gillespie revealed that this upcoming June 24th will mark the 10th anniversary of the first Barrowmaze game session. Let’s have a Barrowmaze Appreciation Day then to celebrate!

A close look at the treatment of dragons in the 1E AD&D Monster Manual. Plus, how that changed into a sort of version 1.5 in the first Forgotten Realms boxed set by Ed Greenwood and Jeff Grubb.

Per Ray & Jason’s advice, I started drinking and went on a Zine Bender. Don’t you want to be my little problem? I❤️The Mats.

A close look at how dragons are treated in B/X D&D. Plus dragon calls from Taylor of the Clerics Wear Ringmail blog, Daniel of Bandit’s Keep podcast & YouTube channel, Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, and Ray of Plundergrounds.

More conversation on a variety of topics from recent shows: Shields, gate keeping, art, new school:old school, playable species in D&D, cultures in D&D, divination magic, and dragons and why we don’t use them more often.

A big call-in show about dragons in lit & film - focused on the 1981 film, Dragonslayer. Great calls from Colin Green of Spikepit, Joe of Hindsightless, Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, Ray Otus of Plundergrounds, and Daniel from Bandit’s Keep. Thanks!

My first attempt was garbled - here’s an attempt to redo an episode I recorded on my snowy commute to work: sneak look at digital rewards on the new S&W box; the de emphasis of archetypes in D&D; and the folly of “gatekeeping”.