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Send us Fan Mail Welcome to you heard it here last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. https://www.enworld.org/threads/paizo-laying-off-12-due-to-fallout-from-diamonds-bankruptcy.719446/ No one likes layoffs Piazo, the publisher of Pathfinder among other games has announced it will be laying off 12 employees due to the fallout from Diamond Comics bankruptcy last year. We discussed the...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever had this awkward moment in your roleplaying game? “As you turn the corner you come face to face with an animated walking corpse! Give me a Fright Check” “Uh, this game doesn’t have fright checks.” “What, Seriously…hang on, surely it has a mechanic…crap.” If so, then you are not alone. I pretty much pulled that dialogue word for word out of one of the games I was runn...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to you heard it here last were we talk about news, you’ve already heard. Let’s start todays episode off with…WoW And I mean that in a good sense. https://www.enworld.org/threads/dungeons-dragons-announces-gen-con-plans-including-a-takeover-of-6-story-building.719238/ Wizards of the Coast has released some of it’s plans for GenCon. And it’s pretty cool. The recently announc...

Send us Fan Mail I know this isn’t table top roleplaying, but stay with me for a moment. When I was a senior in high school the guy who ran our gaming and miniatures sessions invited us all to a Murder Mystery Party. We received an elaborate invitation with information about the “character” we were to play for the party. It also had suggestions for what to wear. When we showed up, his place was co...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to you heard it here last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06spb8w Several years ago, I stumbled across one of the greatest podcasts I have ever listened to. It was called the Lovecraft Investigations and it started with the Case of Charles Dexter Ward. I’m a huge fan of Call of Cthulhu and I’ve pretty much read all of Lovec...

Send us Fan Mail It started with a simple text to the Thursday Night Gaming Group. “Hey, Free League’s Twilight 2000 has a life path character creation system. Anybody interested in playing it?” And I have to say, of all the texts and emails I have sent to the group over the years that one got a lot of attention and the answer was an overwhelming yes. I had played the original Twilight 2000 as a t...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to you heard it here last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-beyond-executives-explain-why-subscribers-cant-share-drops-content.719058/ Recently D&D Beyond has started providing Drops for their online subscriber-based system for releasing Dungeons and Dragons Material. The problem is, the new Drops, which include maps, c...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode Mike, Christina and I talk about Romance. What it is, what it means to roleplaying games, and why you should try and incorporate elements of romance into your roleplaying.

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to You Heard it Here Last where we talk about news you’ve already heard. We are starting this episode off with one of Mike’s favorite settings; Fallout. (You thought I was going to say Star Wars) https://ttrpgfans.com/fallout-rpg-new-vegas-setting-guide/ Fallout is getting a new setting guide.  Modiphius is launching the “New Vegas Setting Guide” and is hoping to cash in o...

Send us Fan Mail I thought it was pretty simple. A distracted force with a brutal and possibly insane leader is holding an old mill. They have a machinegun nest and the guards frequently wander around the site. Our players have a wooded and elevated overwatch position only a few hundred yards away. They also clearly have surprise on their side. The Sniper can get into position and wait until sunri...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to You heard it hear last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. https://www.enworld.org/threads/dice-pioneer-louis-zocchi-passes-away.718828/ Lou ZahKey, the father of dice passed away at 91 recently. If you’ve ever played a table top roleplaying game then odds are you’ve rolled some of Lou’s dice. He and his company Gamescience were the first in the United State...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode Rob from Sidequests and Malcolm from Finding Atoria join us to create some villains on the fly. the process is fascinating. 

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to you heard it here last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard.  https://www.enworld.org/threads/neopets-terminates-geekifys-license-ttrpg-in-jeopardy.718325/ Let’s start with some interesting and maybe concerning news that can Kickstart a deeper discussion. You’ll get that pun in a minute. Neopets, the free virtual-pet website launched in 1999 where users can ad...

Send us Fan Mail On this episode we interview Ben Alexander. Ben is the artist for Parable Games and his new game Ion Heart Multiplayer has just launched on Backerkit.  https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/parable-games/ion-heart-multiplayer-a-lo-fi-mech-ttrpg You can contact Ben at Parable Games. https://www.parablegames.co.uk/?srsltid=AfmBOorW--NCFUPwIO6kfv6eQ9v2p9oam3Yi1bPb3pKfs97UfZYvXK4V

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to you heard it here last, where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/parable-games/ion-heart-multiplayer-a-lo-fi-mech-ttrpg/launch_party The fantastic Ion Heart a solo roleplaying game from Parable Games where you take on the role of a mech and it’s pilot is making the leap to multiplayer. Christina and I reviewed the Ion Heart So...

Send us Fan Mail J.R.R Tolkien famously argued in his landmark essay “The Monsters and the Critics” that the monsters in a story aren't just obstacles; they are the externalization of the impossible odds that make a hero’s victory meaningful. Christopher Vogler in his book The Writer’s Journey said, "Every villain is the hero of his own story." And George R. R. Martin has said many...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to you heard it hear last, where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. Well, I guess it was only a matter of time. Deadline announced that Balder’s Gate 3 is coming to TV. https://www.enworld.org/threads/there%E2%80%99s-a-baldur%E2%80%99s-gate-tv-show-coming.717787/ Deadline Hollywood, the entertainment news site has reported that Balder’s Gate 3 is coming to HBO and i...

Send us Fan Mail “So, what did you guys think” If I’ve asked that question once at the end of a game session, I’ve asked it a hundred times. Feedback, it’s all about feedback. As a game master I want to know what worked, what didn’t work, and did I get my ideas across to the players. Where they surprised by anything, did the rules make sense, what do they want to see more of and most importantly,...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to You Heard it Here Last where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. I evidently missed this announcement in November of 2025, so when I got the email from Backerkit about an upcoming launch I might be interested in, I was surprised. Traveller 5e from Mongoose Publishing was coming to Backerkit in March of 2026.  https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/4bb4fe4f-753f-...

Send us Fan Mail “As the four of you move into the open cavern you see a large Goblin on the far side. He turns and raises a club banging his crusty and broken shield. Three more goblins step from the shadows, their bows raised.” Bob who was playing a first level fighter smiled. “This is perfect. Four Goblins against our Four 1st level characters. Let’s Do This! I charge forward with a war cry.” 2...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to you heard it here last, where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. First up we are looking at EN Worlds results from their fan vote Most Anticipated Games of 2026. Malcolm and I talked about our favorites a few weeks ago, but now we have the official results from EN World. https://www.enworld.org/threads/here-are-2026s-most-anticipated-ttrpgs-as-voted-by-you.717141...

Send us Fan Mail I homebrew all my games. Well, not all of them. Over the years I have tried my hand at running modules to mixed results. As I have talked about before on this podcast, I like the freedom of homebrew, the ability to change things up at a moments notice and the freedom to let the players take me on a ride. As a matter of fact, I am putting together a Twilight 2000 game and while I a...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to You Heard it Here Last, where we talk about news, you’ve already heard. We start this week off with an article from EN World about Daggerheart and Darrington Press. https://www.enworld.org/threads/daggerheart-sold-out-in-two-weeks-has-three-year-plan-in-place.716975/ The article reports that the first printing of Daggerheart was planned to last a year. Instead, it sold...

Send us Fan Mail In February of 2019 Ron Burgandy started his podcast. You know, Ron Burgandy, “Stay Classy San Diego”, the fictional 70s character from the movie Anchorman played by Will Ferrall.  When Will Farrall started the Ron Burgandy Podcast was when the AV Club announced that “Everybody has a podcast.” And that’s not far from the mark. But while the sentiment might feel like it’s a bad thi...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to you heard it here last, where we talk about news you’ve already heard. Don’t worry, there is nothing wrong with your podcast and you don’t have to change the dial. This isn’t Morning Drive on FM 103 The Wave, it’s just Malcolm from the Finding Atoria Podcast stepping in this morning. Say Hello Malcom, [Kick to Malcolm] You know ever since we started chatting, I felt lik...