Pete Jones

Dragons Are Real

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A podcast about tabletop role playing games. Email: dragonsarerealpodcast@pm.meRSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/8c05ff0/podcast/rss

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Pete Jones

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Leisure

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petejones.neocities.org

Latest episode

Oct 24, 2023

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Episodes

Hack 100 - Simple d100 RPG 24.10.2023

Hack100 is a tabletop role-playing game system in which characters can be created in minutes and the vast majority of in-game actions are covered by around a dozen, rather than dozens of, skills. It is also very flexible, eschewing standard lists of professions, skills, powers and monsters in favour of a freeform, collaborative approach. It is a generic system that is suitable for most genres of r...

FIST (Freelance Infantry Strike Team) 20.09.2023

FIST: Ultra Edition is a tabletop roleplaying game about paranormal mercenaries doing the tough jobs no one else can. In the game, you belong to a legendary rogue mercenary unit called FIST. You are a soldier of fortune who doesn’t fit into modern society. You are a disposable gun for hire, caught up in the death and destruction of pointless proxy wars and oppressive establishments. You may also b...

Havoc Brigade / Eat the Reich 12.09.2023

A one-shot tabletop RPG for up to six players (and one GM); where you play orcs trying to infiltrate a human infested city and abduct Prince Theodore Holstein. The rules are written with an eye to make them easy to pick up and learn, and encourage stupid plans and wild distractions, so it's a great game for cons - or just to keep on your shelf if your regular game is called off on short notice...

The Monster Overhaul 20.07.2023

The Monster Overhaul is a massive Role Playing Game bestiary designed for at-table utility. Monsters are presented alongside useful tools, ready for immediate use in any scenario. This 336 page book contains: 200+ Monsters, 160+ Pieces of original art. 20+ Maps, Random encounter tables, indexes, and a host of other useful tools. Drivethru: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/421868/The-Monster-Ov...

5B: The 5th Edition B/X Hybrid 26.06.2023

The 5th Edition - B/X hybrid, 5B applies OSR principles of play to a ruleset compatible with 5e D&D material. Including: Four Classes (Fighter, Thief, Cleric, Magic-User) XP for Gold Safety Tools Creature Reactions/Morale Theatre of the Mind Measurements On-the-Fly Roll-to-Cast Spells Slimmed Down 3-Volume Format Lots of examples https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product_info.php?products_id=437330...

Shadowdark RPG 13.06.2023

Shadowdark RPG is what old-school fantasy gaming would look like after being redesigned with 50 years of innovation. The game is fast, familiar, intuitive, and deadly. It’s built for sword-and-sorcery adventures where fell monsters slither in darkness and frosty gems glint upon forgotten thrones, waiting to be discovered. https://www.thearcanelibrary.com/pages/shadowdark * * * Website: https://dra...

Space Aces 11.05.2023

Space Aces is an homage to an undying love of happy, hopeful, & campy Sci Fi. A modular, lightweight, optimistic sci-fi tabletop adventure game toolbox for GM-led groups, co-op & solo play. Packed with over 75 tables, oracles & procedural generators for creating near-endless light-hearted rollicking romps through space a la Star Trek meets Futurama meets Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy...

Through The Void 17.04.2023

Through The Void is a minimalist OSR (Old School Renaissance) inspired RPG for 1-7 players by Tony Vasinda and the Plus One Team. The core rules of the game fit on 1 sheet of paper. Explore abandoned asteroid mines, hulking relics of the solar wars, and lunar labs. Through The Void provides the characters sheets, rules, and procedures you need to build thrilling space adventures and all you need a...

119: 13th Age 15.03.2023

A review of 13th Age. In the 13th Age of the world, adventurers seek their fortunes in the Dragon Empire while powerful individuals known as Icons pursue goals that may preserve the empire from chaos, or send it over the edge. It  combines the best parts of traditional d20-rolling fantasy gaming with new story-focused rules. Pelgrane Press: https://pelgranepress.com/13th-age/ * * * Website: h...

118: Victory Basic 19.01.2023

VICTORY BASIC is a classic dungeon delving game inspired by original and basic edition fantasy wargames rules. The system is based in part on the Dungeon World roleplaying game published by Sage Kobold Productions. Rules : https://sersavictory.itch.io/victory-basic Cyclic Dungeon Generation : https://sersavictory.itch.io/cyclic-dungeon-generation * * * Website: https://dragonsarereal.bearblog.dev/...

117: Lord of the Rings Roleplaying 5e 26.10.2022

Return to Middle-earth with The Lord of the Rings™ Roleplaying, a brand new adaptation of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien using the rules for 5E. Based on the second edition of The One Ring. Pre-order: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/store/?product_id=7820499124482 * * * Website: https://dragonsarereal.bearblog.dev/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbgypAEDiIAVeWdj_qZombQ Itch: https://dr...

116: Slayers 13.09.2022

Slayers is a tabletop RPG of mercenaries and monster hunters for hire. Known by locals as Slayers, players wander a haunted city, cursed long ago to expand towards the horizon forever. Slayers help clean out the monsters that infest the alleyways and shadows, and those that the city seems to be manifesting on its own Digital version of Slayers: https://gilarpgs.itch.io/slayers Physical Version: ht...

115: Oz by Andrew Kolb 14.08.2022

Oz by author Andrew Kolb is a detailed setting, compatible with 5th Edition. Like Andrew's previous book Neverland a great deal of effort has been put into this book for players and GM's alike. Episode 104 Neverland: https://dragonsarereal.bearblog.dev/104-neverland/ * * * Website : https://dragonsarereal.bearblog.dev/ Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbgypAEDiIAVeWdj_qZombQ Itch : https...

114: EZD6 18.07.2022

A rules-light D6 RPG system that puts creativity over complexity, but delivers a suprising amount of variation and mechanical wiggle. A D6 dice pooling with a few key innovations like boons and banes, strikes instead of hit points and variable damage, and a micro-resource called karma. EZD6: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/397599/EZD6-Core-Rulebook * * * Website : https://petejones.neocities....

113 Blood & Gold 10.07.2022

Blood and Gold is a rules-lite tabletop roleplaying game with old school sensibilities combined with modern fluid mechanics.   It is Fast to Learn, Fast to the Table, and compatible with content from the 70s through today! Mork Borg: https://jnohr.itch.io/mrk-borg-free Blood & Gold: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/398574/Blood-and-Gold * * * Website: https://petejones.neocities....

112: 2400 Lo-Fi Sci-Fi RPG 26.06.2022

2400 is a plug-and-play toolkit. It’s not just one RPG, but a series of self-contained modules, easy to slot in or ignore entirely. Each one is 3 pages plus a cover, fitting on two sides of a letter-sized sheet of paper. 2400: https://jasontocci.itch.io/2400 24xx SRD: https://jasontocci.itch.io/24xx Breathless Jam: https://itch.io/jam/breathless-jam/entries Cargo: https://dragonsarereal.itch.io/ca...

111 Breathless 16.05.2022

Breathless is a survival horror role-playing game featuring dreading mechanics. Every skill check brings you one step closer to more dangerous situations. Characters are talented and proactive, but the path that lies in front of them is perilous. They will face difficult tasks, try to catch their breath, scavenge what they can find, and try to get through in one piece. Breathless SRD: https://fari...

110 3,2,1...Action! Rule Book 05.04.2022

Starting off from a Kickstarter in 2021 as Rocket to Russia, the 3,2,1...Action Rule Book is the core rules from that KS, These core rules can be used  as the basis for a game with any style you'd like.  3,2,1...Action! Rule Book: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/330233/321Action-Rules--Point-Nemo--How-To-Play-BETA Rocket to Russia: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/367404/Rocket-...

109 5th Edition Funnels 21.03.2022

How to run a Funnel adventure in 5th Edition. 5th Edition Funnel: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/186076/Fifth-Edition-Funnel The OSR Guide to Playing 5e: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/390592/The-OSR-Guide-to-Playing-5e--Module-Included-Playtest * * * Website: https://petejones.neocities.org/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbgypAEDiIAVeWdj_qZombQ Itch: https://dragonsarereal...

108 A5E Trials and Treasures 15.02.2022

The final book in the Level Up: Advanced 5e line: Trials and Treasures. Website: https://www.levelup5e.com/ Everyday Heroes blogpost: https://dragonsarereal.substack.com/p/everyday-heroes --- Website: https://petejones.neocities.org/   Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbgypAEDiIAVeWdj_qZombQ Itch: https://dragonsarereal.itch.io/ Blog: https://dragonsareral.substack.com/ Email: dragon...

107 Awfully Cheerful Engine 25.01.2022

A look at the new core Awfully Cheerful Engine inspired by the Ghostbusters RPG. DriveThu RPG : https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/87/EN-Publishing/subcategory/266_38831/Awfully-Cheerful-Engine Kickstarter : https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/the-awfully-cheerful-engine-an-rpg-of-action-comedy --- Website: https://petejones.neocities.org/   Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/chan...

106 A5E Monstrous Menagerie 28.12.2021

Level Up: Advanced 5e Monsterous Menagerie is the "Monster Manual" for A5E Website: https://www.levelup5e.com/ --- Website: https://petejones.neocities.org/   Itch: https://dragonsarereal.itch.io/ Blog: https://dragonsareral.substack.com/ Email: dragonsarerealpodcast@pm.me OSR Anchorites on Audio Dungeon Discord Server: https://discord.gg/VpRjr3A Music :   Townsong by Alexander Nakarada...

105 A5E Adventurers Guide 15.11.2021

Level Up: Advanced 5e is a standalone 5e tabletop RPG by EnWorld Publishing. Fully compatible with core 5e but adding more depth and variety on the core SRD.  Website: https://www.levelup5e.com/ --- Website: https://petejones.neocities.org/ Itch: https://dragonsarereal.itch.io/ Blog: https://dragonsareral.substack.com/ Email: dragonsarerealpodcast@pm.me OSR Anchorites on Audio Dungeon Discord...

104: Neverland RPG 03.11.2021

Many have heard of the island of Neverland. Stories of pirates, mermaids and Peter Pan are told by parents around the world to send their children off to a happy, dreaming sleep. But, it’s been a long time since the Darlings first flew to Neverland and a new story is about to be told. Your own. Take a journey into the world of Peter Pan and its mysterious inhabitants in Neverland: A Fantasy RPG Se...

103 Dark Streets and Darker Secrets 21.10.2021

Dark Streets & Darker Secrets is a Street & Sorcery Rules Light Role-Playing Game with an Old School spirit. It’s a game about modern adventures in the world we live today, only with a layer of supernatural weirdness and horro DriveThru: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/266741/Dark-Streets--Darker-Secrets Level Up: 5e Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/level-up-ad...

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