Keep off the Borderlands

Welcome to my bicentential bonanza! Featuring... Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents Anthony Boyd (Runeslinger) of Casting Shadows Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue Solo Game Master's Guide by Geek Gamers in print https://www.modiphius.net/products/solo-game-masters-guide?_pos=1&_sid=171be2b62&_ss=r and PDF https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/3...

Featuring... Joe Richter of Hindsightless The Prisoner (1967) created by Patrick McGoohan Be Seeing You by Tanya Floaker https://timeoftribes.itch.io/be-seeing-you Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast The Monster Club (1981) dir. Roy Ward Barker Lost Eons by David Blandy https://davidblandy.itch.io/lost-eons 2400 by Jason Tocci https://jasontocci.itch.io/2400 Jason Tocci's blog https://prete...

Featuring... Colin Green of Spikepit Pearl & Dean theme "Asteroid" by Pete Moore Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast The Monster Club (1981) dir. Roy Ward Barker Communion (1989) dir. Philippe Mora Orbital Blues by SoulMuppet Publishing A Dirty World by Greg Stoltze The Prisoner (1967) created by Patrick McGoohan Be Seeing You by Tanya Floaker Spikepit Osseous improve https://podcasts.a...

Featuring... Pearl & Dean theme "Asteroid" by Pete Moore Safer of Safer Fantasy Crafting Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast The Black Hack by David Black https://www.squarehex.co.uk/products/the-black-hack-2nd-rule-book The Village (2004) dir. M. Night Shyamalan Goblin's Henchman Moana (2016) dir. John Musker and Ron Clements Colin Green of Spikepit The Street (2019) dir. Zed Nelson Co...

Featuring... Colin Green of Spikepit Kes (1969) dir. Ken Loach Codi M of No Save For You Orbital Blues by SoulMuppet Publishing Cowboy Bebop by Hajime Yatate Mostly Harmless Meetings by Dan Sumption https://peakrill.itch.io/mostly-harmless-meetings Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents... Anthony "Runeslinger" Boyd of Casting Shadows Those Dark Places by Johnathan Hicks https://ospreypublishing...

Featuring... Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast Joe Richter of Hindsightless The Legend of Vox Machina Lone Eons https://davidblandy.itch.io/lone-eons The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin Those Dark Places by Johnathan Hicks https://ospreypublishing.com/those-dark-places Folk Horror Revival & Wyrd Harvest Press https://folkhorrorrevival.com/ Call of Cthulhu Andy Goodman https...

Featuring... Lone Eons https://davidblandy.itch.io/lone-eons Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents... The Legend of Vox Machina Arcane: League of Legends Into the Odd Electric Bastionland The Black Hack Barney Dicker's League of Eternal Guardians CounterpointD6 https://loco-ludus.itch.io/counterpointd6 Trickster's Net https://tricksters-net.itch.io/tri...

So, I finally put together an episode. This is essentially a bunch of recordings made at various points over the last two months. I respond to calls from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Joe Richter of Hindsightless, Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents and Colin "Spikepit" Green. I briefly talk about the games I've played before going through Wayne Robert's Dungeon Plumbers and unb...

I dive straight into responding to messages from Joe Richter of Hindsightless, Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents, talking about The Dee Sanction, All Rolled Up, Mõrk Borg and how I'm not very metal. I then chat about how much I've been enjoying the Netflix series Arcane: League of Legends before treating you to yet another unboxing. This time i...

I've gone all Peter Jackson on your ass and turned my two-parter into a three-parter. I respond to calls from Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and B. J. of The Arcane Alienist before opening a few more boxes. Solitary Defilement by 1d10+5 https://1d105.itch.io/solitary-defilement The Dee Sanction: Adventures by Paul Baldowski & Richard August https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/allrolledup/th...

Featuring messages from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Karl Rodriguez. A little more Arthurian chat before we talk about getting serious with Mörk Borg and Call of Cthulhu. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/352086/Chromatic-Dungeons-RPG?term=Chromatic+dungeons https://www.allrolledup.co.uk/?s=dee+sanction&post_type=product https://www.storymasterstales.com/ https://monkeyblo...

Featuring messages from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Taylor of Clerics Wear Ringmail. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/373291/Mouth-Brood https://planetary-games-ttrpg.itch.io/amnesiac-space-whales https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/328612/MORK-BORG-CULT-FERETORY?term=feretory https://ozbrowning.itch.io/ozr Honourable mentions: Cairn and One-Shot World by Yochai Gal, Alluvial Plains by B...

I kick things off by taking a look at Perplexing Ruin's evocative Cairn supplement Darkness Moves before responding to calls from Joe Richter of Hindsightless, B. J. Boydd the Arcane Alienist and Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast. A little more Green Knight goodness, alignment and morality, some Best Left Buried and playing in Middle-Earth. Get Darkness Moves here https://perplexingruins....

In this episode, I respond to a lovely message from Safer Fantasy Crafting concerning a theory he has about Sir Gawaine and The Green Knight. Essentially, it's another opportunity for me to witter on about David Lowery's amazing movie. Honourable Mentions: Alluvial Plains, League of Eternal Guardians by Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Everyone Games https://everyone-games.com/ , Darkness Moves by Per...

I indulge in a little bit of unboxing including Best Left Buried: Deeper by Soulmuppet Publishing, T he Hex Hack by John R Davis, Cairn by Yochai Gal and Side Quest: Fortress of Bones by Estragon Helmer. I respond to calls from Jason Connerley of Nerds RPG Variety Cast and Joe Richter of Hindsightless. I try to get to grips with the difference between Classic and Trad play before sharing a little...

I finally get around to replacing my copy of Titan: The Fighting Fantasy World. I answer calls from Safer Fantasy Crafting, B.J. of The Arcane Alienist, Joe Richter of Hindsightless, Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents..., Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus and Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast. Following the praise of my talented co-host from the last couple of episodes, I contemplate GMin...

Following an unscheduled month off, I'm back with a bumper episode. A long-awaited unboxing. Some equally long-awaited call responses for Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep, Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Andy Goodman of Expedition from the Grizzly Peaks and Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus. Thanks to James Sral of Sub-Class Act, I discovered Parts Per Million solo aids and consider returning to an Into t...

This episode features two very special (to me at least) guest appearances, an unboxing of David F. Chapman's Tarot driven WILD RPG from Stoo Goff https://www.wildrpg.com/ and a recap of a recent Troika! session run by Timothy J. Drennon. I played with Jason Connerley who also covered the session in episode 223 of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast https://anchor.fm/jason376/episodes/223-Troika-e1493ni . "War...

After responding to a call from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, I open a box and talk about the contents. Featuring Tortilla Flats by John Steinbeck, the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set and Swords & Wizardry Complete.  "Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Check out what I'm up to on itch https://free-thrall.itch.io/ ---...

Back from a brief hiatus, I share some calls from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Evil Jeff of Minions & Musings and BJ of The Arcane Alienist regarding my improved audio. There's an unboxing/unopening of Bordercholly's Knights of the Road (a Kickstarter I backed for ZineQuest 3) https://bordercholly.itch.io/the-knights-of-the-road , followed by a review of OSR toolkit Lands of Leg...

I've got a new microphone. I talk about podcasting and sound quality, almost forgetting I have a couple of call-ins from Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep and Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast. Honourable mentions: Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Colin Green of Spikepit, Ray Otus of Plundergrounds, Tim Shorts of Gothridge Manor, Jason Hobbs of Random Screed, Lieren of Updates from the Middle...

I begin with a few calls from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, and Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus. I then reflect a little on my part in creating the Alluvial Plains setting for Barney's Vantage system before talking a little about the content of my Itch page https://free-thrall.itch.io/ Osseous, Pura, A Night in Veiglewood. Honourable mentions...

Wherein I review George Patterson's rather unique "OSRish" baroque bestiary A Groats-Worth of Grotesques. Grab a copy here https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/18534/The-Skull-as-a-Complete-Gentleman-Co Including some great calls from Julz Burgisser of Julz from NZ, Safer of Safer Fantasy Crafting, Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep and Safinho of Alone i...

I touch on a variety of topics thanks to some great call-ins from Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, John Alan Large of Red Dice Diaries RPG Podcast, Joe Hardin of Biggus Geekus, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus and Goblin's Henchman.  Honourable mentions: Safinho of Alone in the Labyrinth, PBTA games, Jackson Malloy's Sword & Scoundrel, Barney Dicker's League of Eternal Guardians.  http...

A bunch of great call-ins from Colin "Spikepit" Green, Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks, Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, Sanfinho of Alone in the Labyrinth and John Alan Large of Red Dice Diaries. Covering a range of topic from Alexei Sayle to the zygomorphic nature of gaming community rivalry. Honourable mentions: The Dice a...