Jason Cordova

Fear of a Black Dragon

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This is a podcast about tabletop roleplaying game modules and setting books.

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Jason Cordova

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Games

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Latest episode

Mar 13, 2026

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Episodes

The Sea Queen Escapes! 30.09.2021

The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:02:35 - How have we used this in our games? 00:02:57 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:15:52 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:18:41 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:21:14 - Coastal Places Companion Adventures 00:39:28 - RPGs 00:44:13 - Film and TV 00:46:39 - Books 00:47:11 - Dance (puxada de rede) A link to the dance Tom mentioned...

Empire in Flames (Part 1) 14.09.2021

The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:03:56 - How have we used this in our games? 00:04:32 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:22:52 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:33:03 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:34:26 - War and Politics Companion Adventures 00:48:54 - RPGs 00:50:54 - Film and TV

Halls of the Blood King 24.08.2021

The Basic Crawl 00:00:22 - Overview 00:03:30 - How have we used this in our games? 00:04:18 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:19:12 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:22:04 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:23:49 - Vampires! Companion Adventures 00:44:50 - Games 00:48:25 - Films 00:51:57 - TV

Castle Amber 20.07.2021

​ The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:04:53 - How have we used this in our games? 00:05:21 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:25:21 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:31:52 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:34:28 - Haunted House dungeons Companion Adventures 00:52:10 - Literature 00:53:35 - Films 00:54:47 - Podcast 00:55:31 - Dark Ride YouTubers

Hard Light 15.06.2021

The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:03:00 - How have we used this in our games? 00:03:21 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:14:00 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:17:11 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:19:35 - Sci-fi dungeons Companion Adventures 00:38:00 - Films 00:39:56 - Video Game 00:40:52 - Music

Leviathan 20.05.2021

The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:04:33 - How have we used this in our games? 00:04:59 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:19:37 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:21:23 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:24:20 - A world without dungeons, or how I learned to stop worrying and love the random tables.  Companion Adventures 00:44:12 - Film and TV 00:45:24 - Short Story 00:...

An Unchained Melody (Orbital Blues) 26.04.2021

The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:03:29 - How have we used this in our games? 00:04:11 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:13:46 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:18:08 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:19:37 - How to GM like Elmore Leonard Companion Adventures 00:36:03 - Books 00:36:51 - Films 00:38:57 - Music Link to the Kickstarter

The Maze of Nuromen 16.04.2021

The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:02:43 - How have we used this in our games? 00:03:46 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:15:26 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:18:35 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:20:34 - How to make bog standard D&D monsters more interesting. Companion Adventures 00:35:01 -  Check out Jason's YouTube run of this module! 00:35:55 -  RPGs 00:36:5...

Prison of the Hated Pretender 31.03.2021

​ The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:02:49 - How have we used this in our games? 00:03:08 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:19:29  - Questions we had about this adventure 00:24:14- Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:25:41 - Daylight Dungeoneering! Companion Adventures 00:42:28 - Film 00:47:15 - Games 00:48:23 - Mythology

Revolution Comes to the Kingdom 22.03.2021

Jason interviews Tom 00:00:21 - Overview 00:02:38 - Tom, where's the nerd stuff? 00:05:31 - Some quotes from the game and notes on tone 00:07:05 - Mechanics talk 00:13:41 - Squads 00:16:26 - Setting Imagery and Inspirations 00:18:39 - Why did Tom make this game? 00:20:32 - The Supernatural Side of RCTK 00:23:55 - What are the Eight Evil Thoughts? 00:26:24 - A run-through of one of the Fastnesses 0...

The Death Ziggurat 22.02.2021

The Basic Crawl 00:00:25 - Overview 00:02:16 - How have we used this in our games? 00:02:39 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:14:07  - Questions we had about this adventure 00:18:13- Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:19:54 - Running a frozen-wastes based adventure 00:25:15 - Performance Tips 00:29:19 - Mechanics Ideas 00:34:37 - Thematic Techniques Companion Adventures 00:41:45 - F...

Dream Factory 15.02.2021

The Basic Crawl 00:00:20 - Overview 00:02:45 - How have we used this in our games? 00:03:04 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:22:03  - Questions we had about this adventure 00:25:21 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:27:52 - Designing or Modifying Scenarios for Emergent Horror Companion Adventures 00:45:35 - Film 00:49:25 - Music 00:49:48 - Games Mother, directed by Vsevolod Pudov...

The Bruja, The Beast and The Barrow 29.01.2021

​​ The Basic Crawl 00:00:20 - Overview 00:01:44 - How have we used this in our games? 00:02:05 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:11:52  - Questions we had about this adventure 00:19:47 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:21:04 - How can you build on a small dungeon? Companion Adventures 00:39:50 - Film 00:40:38 - Interactive website 00:41:11 - RPG 00:42:22 - YouTube playthrough The...

Christmas Cracker 2020 14.12.2020

TWO Basic Crawls 00:01:22 - Tom reviews  Unholy Land 00:06:28 - Jason reviews DCC module -  The Doom that Came to Christmas Town The Expert Delve 00:14:11 -  Running RPGs for your non-gamer friends (who you might need to hang out with during the holidays) New Year's Gamer Resolutions 00:35:30 - Tom's Resolutions 00:38:45 - Jason's Resolutions 0040:14 - Listener Resolutions Companion Adventures 00:...

Trophy Preorder Special Episode 03.12.2020

Trophy RPG is now available for preorder! Check out the Trophy preorder store here. In this special episode Trophy author Jesse Ross sits down with Trophy publisher Jason Cordova to announce the preorders, give an update on the state of the project, and talk about some of the additions and refinements that are being made to Trophy since it was originally released in Codex.  More links: To keep the...

Something Rotten in Kislev 24.11.2020

The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:06:28 - How have we used this in our games? 00:06:47 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:26:48 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:32:35 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:35:55 -  The Middle Eight, from Tom Companion Adventures 00:45:42 - Games 00:46:32 - Podcast 00:47:59 - TV 00:49:40 - Music

The Chained Coffin 15.10.2020

The Basic Crawl 00:00:21  - Overview 00:04:06 - How have we used this in our games? 00:04:55 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:19:43 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:26:15 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:29:01 -  Tom schools us on intertextuality Companion Adventures 00:45:42 - Books 00:50:04 - Music 00:51:06 - Films 00:52:10 - Podcast 00:53:29 - Game (Southern Holler...

Bandits of Bunglewood 23.09.2020

The Basic Crawl 00:00:21  - Overview 00:03:26 - How have we used this in our games? 00:03:48 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:14:18 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:24:16 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:26:32 - How to adapt older adventures so they appeal to a modern audience Companion Adventures 00:46:36 - Film 00:47:41 - Game 00:48:15 - Book 00:49:00 - Some Kobold...

Wet Grandpa 03.09.2020

The Basic Crawl 00:00:21  - Overview 00:02:44 - How have we used this in our games? 00:03:40 - Things we liked about this book 00:11:42 - Questions we had about this book 00:18:42 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:20:19 -  Portraying elderly characters Companion Adventures 00:31:11 - Games 00:33:20 - Film and TV Obachan Panic by Flyaturle:  https://flyaturtle.itch.io/obachan-panic

The Wolf of Winhall 21.08.2020

The Basic Crawl 00:03:07  - Overview 00:06:40  - How have we used this in our games? 00:07:08 - Things we liked about this book 00:16:20 - Questions we had about this book 00:27:15 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:28:42 -  Using RPG materials in languages that aren't your own Companion Adventures 00:48:18 - Films 00:50:16 - Books 00:50:47 - Music Cultus Ferox - Wolfsballade:  https://ww...

Mortzengersturm 23.07.2020

​ The Basic Crawl 00:00:21  - Overview 00:04:11  - How have we used this in our games? 00:04:34 - Things we liked about this book 00:18:28 - Questions we had about this book 00:23:07 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:25:24 -  The gunfights of John Woo - an approach to information Companion Adventures 00:40:25 - Film 00:44:21 - RPG

A Thousand Thousand Islands 01.07.2020

The Basic Crawl 00:00:23  - Overview 00:03:16  - How have we used this in our games? 00:04:07 - Things we liked about this book 00:15:36 - Spoiler alert for Andjang's "bad guys" 00:16:56 - Questions we had about this book 00:22:06 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:23:54 - Using images and illustrations for our games Companion Adventures 00:37:09 - Film 00:38:18 - Books 00:40:45 - Music 0...

Winter's Daughter 15.06.2020

The Basic Crawl 00:00:18  - Overview 00:03:13  - How have we used this in our games? 00:03:39 - Things we liked about this book 00:19:13   - Questions we had about this book 00:20:54 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:22:23 - Bringing fairytale elements into your game Companion Adventures 00:36:58 - TV 00:38:05 - Film 00:41:37 - Podcasts

Terrors of the Ancient World 14.05.2020

The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:01:40 - How have we used this in our games? 00:01:59 - Things we liked about this book 00:10:10  - Questions we had about this book 00:18:04 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:19:50 - How to introduce third-party or new content into your ongoing campaign Companion Adventures 00:33:40 - Book 00:34:20 - Film 00:35:05 - Video Game 00:35:46 - Tabletop Ga...

Power Behind the Throne (Part 2) 30.04.2020

The Basic Crawl 00:00:20 - Overview 00:02:49 - How have we used this in our games? 00:03:24 - Things we liked about this portion of the book 00:16:29  - Questions we had about this portion of the book 00:23:27 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:25:44 - How to Encourage your Group to Engage with Complex Plots (spoiler alert: have NPCs be nice to them and tell them) Companion Adventures 00:...

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