Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks

Let's talk about sex. Romance in RPG's and rumpy pumpy

What can you say about trees

Paying tribute to better people than us

I'm beginning to see the light

The ties that bind

Change is a coming

Always the best place to start

A deep cut on Mike's work on 7th edition Call of Cthulhu. We talk Chases, Combat, Masks of Nyarlathotep and Insanity.

In the fourth part of an ongoing series the investigators are in a fight to death with a monstrous creature at the Church of St Barnabé. If they survive will they get any closer to finding out the terrifying secret behind the play that haunts their dreams. Join me and Nicky, Kenneth and Archie as we explore the Arkham Horror card game inspired campaign The King in Yellow Music and Editing by...

Fun can be a serious business. But fun is such a throwaway and insipid word that it hardly seems adequate to describe what happens to us at the table. I for one, though, can't help using it because after everything else is gone what keeps me coming back is the pure joy of the experience of running and playing Role Playing Games. Call ins from Che Webster, Jason Connerly, Lieren, Spencer, TJ and Co...

In Call of Cthulhu there are worse things than death. Last night we found out what one of those things was.

I forgot for a while how welcoming and warm the Anchor podcast community was. Here are some of the call ins I received upon my return from exile. Thanks to Joe, Che, Barney, Colin, Jason and Spencer. You are all lovely lovely people and I'm glad I have got to know you.

This one will probably raise a few hackles in the community. In this episode I outline why acting out your character, first person, with accents and all leads to a better game experience for everyone at the table. Right I'm going to hide in my basement.

An interview with the Jim Wampler owner of Mudpuppy Games, writer of Mutant Crawl Classics, creator of Marvin the Mage, and in the midst of a super successful Kickstarter for his deluxe fanzine Scientific Barbarian https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/checkthisartifact/scientific-barbarian-1 http://mudpuppycomics.com/games/

Last week I had the huge privilege of spending some time with Scott Dorward, who as a writer and editor for Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu has helped breathe new life into one of the best loved games of all time. In this deep dive into Scott's work we range across his gaming history, his podcast The Good Friends of Jackson Elias, and amazing update he did for Masks of Nyarlathotep, still tagged "The G...

How to meet gamers and influence people. A look at the unique friendships that can be made through gaming and why they are so fragile.

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A somewhat scattershot trawl through some past episodes courtesy of a panoply of call in from the singular Roy Lourenco of Chaoses Limb podcast. Music as always by TJ.

About 3 months ago I did this Interview with Judd Karlman one of the creators of Sons of Kryos. Along with Jeff Lower and Storn Cook they put out one of the very first gaming podcasts ever made and one that was hugely influential I believe to many podcasters who came after. I'm a huge fan of those early days of RPG podcasting, when things were more innocent and iPhone's and D&D 4th edition did...

I am a chastised and humbled GM. I was wrong on all counts about chases and specifically chases in Call of Cthulhu 7th edition. They are great. Thanks to the Lonely Adventurer, Colin 'Spikepit' Green and Joe from Hindsightless for making me a better person.

I finally get round to addressing some call ins I got after my interview with Joe Richter where I happened to mention that I fudge dice. There's also a deep dive into my game of Scott Dorward's amazing(ly disgusting) Blackwater Creek scenario for Call of Cthulhu

A winding trail leads us to the conclusion that I don't know how to write mysteries. Also I pick up a bunch of new players on the way so it isn't a complete wash out. Also the Fantasy vs Modern cauldron is bubbling away with call-ins from Joe Richter of Hindsightless

Wherein I discuss and review the 4 starter boxes that Wizards of the Coast created for D&D 5e. 

Setting matters, perhaps more than system. That's one man's one opinion. In this episode I explore the benefits of setting your game in the modern world and how clichés become powerful when translated from other mediums. There's also a ton of spoilers for our 'Ladybug, Ladybug, Fly Away Home' actual play.

During Lockdown I've found a game that seems to push all the right buttons for me and my long time D&D group. Tales from the Loop is a game of kids on bikes in the 80's that never was. The system is elegant and simple, the setting is soaked in nostalgia, and the stories are fantastic. In this episode I go into some detail on how the game system is designed to pull out the best roleplaying from...