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We are joined by special guest Moss of Brewist Table Top Games to talk about Trashtronautica the TTRPG about urban animals in space salvaging junk. You can follow Brewist Table Top Games on Facebook at facebook.com/BrewistTabletop , and on twitter @mossdaggar

Today we talk a bit about Superhero Films, Comics and get into a few other types of genre fandom outside of RPGs.

Today we look at RPG Blogs a bit. The posts we highlighted are: The Horned Folk OSE B/X monster https://ashzealot.wordpress.com/2021/12/05/the-horned-folk/ So, you didn’t make it out of the dungeon https://blog.d4caltrops.com/2021/12/d100-so-you-didnt-make-it-out-of-dungeon.html Troika! Classes https://worldsawait.com/character-backgrounds-for-troika-1-3/ Peakrill https://peakrill.blogspot.com htt...

Today's special guest is the author of Rackham Vale from Crowbar Creative . A book that takes the artwork of children's fantasy artist Arthur Rackham and creates a unique fairy tale fantasy setting for Old School Essentials (OSE) You can purchase Rackham Vale at their website www.crwbr.com . You can also check out the Rackham Vale soundtrack on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/4B726-dhsvE

For Zine Thursday this week we take a look at The Phylactery by Planet X games and author Levi Combs. You can purchase a copy of Phylactery at Exalted Funeral here: https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/the-phylactery

Today we talk a bit about mass consumption, intellectual property, and how that relates to our Role-Playing games. 

Are there three different OSRs? Well, for today's discussion we at least say there are to look at them through that lens. The Old School Renaissance, The Old School Revival, and the Old School Roleplay. Is there a difference? We give a few observations to argue there are.

FW Ian joins us today to talk about Vigil, an anime-inspired RPG you can support on Patreon at patreon.com/jazzrpg .  

We go a bit across the board with this episode talking about fantasy films & TV to tide us over when game is canceled to talking about books and literature we can use for inspiration in game. Lots of genre fiction talk in this episode

Do you ever find the setting and style of the game gets stale and you need to change it up a bit? Today we talk about changing up the environment in game for something fresh and new.

Today we talk about dice, one of the big things many of us who play Roleplaying Games get into. We talk a bit about a previous article from the blog, Dice for RPGs and Boardgames: Different types, science and collecting .

Today for Zine Thursday we look at the 219 page book that collects ten issues of the Back to BasiX zine. You can find the Back to BasiX zine in PDF or Print on Demand at DriveThruRPG

Today we talk a bit about the style and tone of the gameplay. Do you prefer the grimdark, or the fun and silly? 

Today we talk to special guest panny_lines to talk about a few of the projects they have going on over at Leyline. Press . They have authored a great series of posts taking a deep look at the various D&D editions and retro-clones on their blog at Leyline. Press . And we talk about the upcoming Kickstarter for Salvage Union a Post-Apocalyptic Mech RPG . 

Today we are joined by Warren Beckett from Weird Realms at weirdrealms.com and Exalted Funeral to discuss what else, but games!

Today Leonard Pimentel joins for a discussion about magic in game systems. We cover Dungeon Crawl Classics, Classic D&D, Palladium, and a whole lot more. Why do we like the magic systems we like?

We are joined by special guest NPC from Breakfast Puppies, breakfastpuppies.com , and the Glitterbois podcast breakfastpuppies.com/podcasts/glitterbois . NPC is the author of Motobushido: The Motorcycle-Samurai RPG , and is currently in need of playtesters for Gattaibushido FUSION! a game currently in development. We discuss our love of Palladium Roleplaying games and Rifts today.

We talk about the lost ancient underground city of Derinkuyu in Turkey, which is truly a real-world mega-dungeon. 1963: This Man Knocked Down A Wall Of His Home And Revealed An Ancient Underground City .

Today on Zine Thursday we look at Our Vale of Discontent available as a pdf on DriveThruRPG . The game presents an activism-focused revolutionary game based more on community and the liberation of the oppressed.

Tis the season we figured it would be an appropriate time to talk a little about Colonialism in Roleplaying Games. 

Let's talk a little about the various editions and the current popularity of 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons.

Getting cool stuff is the reason for the season! Oh my! Well if it isn't it sure seems like it sometimes. We talk a bit about what we have on our wishlists as the holidays come closer.

Logar & Jon talk a bit about RPG books and games and go down quite a little rabbit hole of what books to buy and what games they are wanting to get into. 

We talk to Matt Kay this episode of 3 Skulls Publishing . Matt Kay authored the Year Zero Mini system you can pick up on DriveThruRPG , and the Year Zero Nano you can pick up on itch.io. You can see his work at mattkay.carrd.co . Matt also does the Mudd & Blood podcast and the 3 Skulls Tavern on Youtube .

Do you prefer setting information in the core books of an RPG? This episode was brought up from a tweet by Goblin Scribe Gaming on Twitter. You can find them on Twitter @ScribeGoblin