Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast

I talk about an exciting new podcast and a very neat RPG / strategic card game based on the American Revolution. Analytic Dice Podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/4vPb3dwLPDXahT66YCXCG8?si=JyMjd29GQ5SsrEkgAJf6jA Sons of Liberty https://miriamrobern.itch.io/sol Ways to contact me:  Google Voice Number for US callers: (540) 445-1145 Speakpipe for international callers:  https://www.speakpipe.com/N...

To honor the 50th anniversary of Bruce Lee's death and the premier of Enter the Dragon I am joined by Joe Salvador of Raven God Games and Joe Richter of Hindsightless to discuss the cultural significance and sheer awesomeness of Master Lee and this foundational film. Raven God Games https://ravengodgames.blogspot.com/ Hindsightless https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joe-richter9 Ways to c...

Here are my entries for the first seven days of August. You will also hear entries from Adrian Young (Age of Adventure RPG), Free Thrall (Keep off the Borderland), Darkfluid (Darkfluid on discord), and Joseph Salvador (Raven God Games) Before that I announce the winners of my July #RPGaDAY2023 Contest! Thank you to Free Thrall (Keep off the Borderland) day 1, Adrian Young (Age of Adventure RPG) da...

This month for movie night we watched Rob Reiner's 1987 fantasy adventure comedy film, The Princess Bride. Next month's film will be 1980's Hawk the Slayer. You have until 25 August 2023 to send in your thoughts on Hawk the Slayer.  I will be doing a special on 1983's Revenge of the Ninja in honor of it's 40th anniversary, submissions on it are needed by 1 September 2023. Submi...

Today on System Sunday I talk about TSR's Gamma World! Gamma World on DrivethruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/44/Wizards-of-the-Coast/subcategory/9730_262/Gamma-World Red Dice Diaries now on Substack! https://reddicediaries.substack.com/ Ways to contact me:  Google Voice Number for US callers: (540) 445-1145 Speakpipe for international callers:  https://www.speakpipe.com/NerdsRPG...

Mailbag episode! Calls from Anthony aka Runeslinger (Casting Shadows), Peter (Spezbaby on discord), Michael aka CHGOWIZ (The Dungeonmaster’s Handbook), Joe (Hindsightless), and our closer Karl (The GMologist Presents) https://www.autocratik.com/2023/07/this-august-10th-rpgaday.html Ways to contact me:  Google Voice Number for US callers: (540) 445-1145 Speakpipe for international callers:  https:/...

Joe Salvador of Raven God Games ( https://ravengodgames.blogspot.com/ ) joins me to interview Pat Mooney from Flagbearer Games about a 5E powered historical game focusing on the American Revolutionary War. Where to find Flagbearer Games and Nations & Cannons Revolutionary Choices game:  https://www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org/revolutionary-choices-game/ https://www.nationsandcannons.com/⁠...

In the seventh entry during this Year of Pyun where I celebrate the movies of Albert Pyun I discuss the 1996 movie  Raven Hawk . Spoilers within. Previous shows in the Year of Pyun series The Sword and the Sorcerer  https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376/episodes/455-The-Sword-and-the-Sorcerer-with-Jason-Hobbs-e1t2plk Cyborg  https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376/episodes/467-...

Mailbag episode. Feedback from Agent Pumpkin, Daniel, Karl, Anthony, Joe, KR King, Rich. Autocratik's This August - the 10th RPGaDAY blog entry  https://www.autocratik.com/2023/07/this-august-10th-rpgaday.html The Dekahedron RPG Podcast for their Hard Sci-Fi Novel Contest http://www.dekahedron.com/ The discussion on layers I referenced: Free Thrall's Blog "The Stochasium"  ⁠https...

For System Sunday I discuss the free new RPG based on the new movie Breaking Infinity. Breaking Infinity RPG http://www.baffleboxgames.com/pages/games.html Baffle Box Games http://www.baffleboxgames.com/index.html Breaking Infinity Movie Trailer https://www.breakinginfinityfilm.com/ Betelnut Games https://www.betelnutgames.com/ The Lovecraft Variant  ⁠https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/423957/Th...

I announce the July Contest which is in support of #RPGaDAY 2023. Get your entries by 30 July 2023. Autocratik's This August - the 10th RPGaDAY blog entry https://www.autocratik.com/2023/07/this-august-10th-rpgaday.html Casting Shadows blog entry https://castingshadowsblog.com/2023/07/21/rpgaday2023-10th-anniversary-announcement/ #RPGaDAY2023 Youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjRGb...

Karl from The GMologist Presents podcast joins me to review the entries for my June contest. Entries from Joe, Sam, Daniel (Bandit’s Keep), Eric (The Omega 3D Chicken Coop), David (Betelnut Games/BaffleBox Games), Anthony (Casting Shadows), Peter (Spezbaby on Discord), Joe (Hindsightless), Joe (Dekahedron), and Amy (The GMologist Presents) The GMologist Presents (to hear more Karl and Amy) https:/...

Today I talk about another game by Herbie Brennan which does interesting things in teaching how to play, making different backgrounds and classes feel different, & in the incorporation of the idea of reincarnation as a major mechanic of the game. PDFs available here https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/32/Precis-Intermedia/subcategory/126_33032/Man-Myth--Magic Ways to contact me: Google Voi...

In this episode I field feedback from you, my listeners. Featuring Daniel (Bandit's Keep), Joe (The Dekahedron RPG Podcast), Eric (The Omega 3D Chicken Coop) and Sam. Baffle Box Games and Breaking Infinity http://www.baffleboxgames.com/ Breaking Infinity trailer https://www.breakinginfinityfilm.com/ The "What is a RPG?" episode of The Dekahedron RPG Podcast https://podcasters.spotify...

Joe from Hindsightless joins me to discuss the best live action G.I. Joe movie of the 80's, American Ninja 2: The Confrontation. Ways to contact me: Google Voice Number for US callers: (540) 445-1145 Speakpipe for international callers:  https://www.speakpipe.com/NerdsRPGVarietyCast  The podcast's email at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com Find me on a variety of dis...

Vic Dorso joins me to talk about DaveCon 2023 and his new kickstarter, the Cutthroats & Thieves card game. Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wizardtowergames/cutthroats-and-thieves-card-game Angry Dwarf Games (Vic's Company) https://angry-dwarf-games.square.site/ The Worlds of MW Lewis https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/pod/show/mwlewis/episodes/Epi-209-Worlds-ASwirl-Around-...

Anthony aka Runeslinger from the Casting Shadows media empire joins me to talk about The Morrow Project. Calls from Anthony (Casting Shadows) and Karl (The GMologist Presents) Casting Shadows https://castingshadowsblog.com/ Dekahedron RPG Podcast (for the hard sci fi book contest) http://www.dekahedron.com/ Ways to contact me: Google Voice Number for US callers: (540) 445-1145 Speakpipe for intern...

Edit 8 Feb 2024 a call from Goblin's Henchmen was added to the end of this episode. This month for movie night we watched Charles Band’s 1984 anthology film, The Dungeonmaster. Next month's film will be 1987's The Princess Bride. You have until 28 July 2023 to send in your thoughts on The Princess Bride. Submissions from Joe (Hindsightless), Daniel (Bandit’s Keep) Amy Lee (The GMologist Presents),...

I talk about one of the earliest time travel role play games on System Sunday. Timeship PDF on DrivethruRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/257406/Timeship-Classic-Reprint Ways to contact me: Google Voice Number for US callers: (540) 445-1145 Speakpipe for international callers:  https://www.speakpipe.com/NerdsRPGVarietyCast  The podcast's email at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail &...

Mailbag episode this week. Calls from Daniel (Bandit's Keep), Joe (Raven God Games), Joe (Hindsightless), email from Sam Brutal Beerworks https://www.brutalbeerworks.com/ The GMologist Presents episode at Brutal Beerworks https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karl-rodriguez/episodes/PvP-Revisited-on-the-Road-e25h1d0/a-aa0fh74 Sho Kosugi Books https://www.amazon.com/Yin-Yang-Code-Tenkai-Bo-Sh...

In the sixth entry during this Year of Pyun where I celebrate the movies of Albert Pyun my friend B.J. from The Arcane Alienist podcast joins me to discuss the 1990 movie  Captian America . Spoilers within. Audio clips from Shout! Factory TV extras and a recorded Q&A. The Arcane Alienist podcast https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arcanealienist Previous shows in the Year of Pyun series Th...

Today is the 75th birthday of the man that was instrumental in starting the ninja phenomenon in America. Many Years! Sho Kosugi's Republic of Ninja https://republicoflucha.com/collections/sho-kosugis-republic-of-ninja Sho Kosugi talk at LMU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlzca3efn6E Sho Kosugi Q&A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6VMVA-dhHc Ninja City RPG  ⁠https://goodman-games.com/store...

Politics in RPGs? Yes please! Calls from from Karl (The GMologist Presents), Jason Hobbs (Random Screed, Hobbs & Friends), Joe (Raven God Games) MUTATION RPG Quickstart https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/372551/MUTATION-RPG-Free-Quick-Start The Dungeonmaster (1984) https://tubitv.com/movies/100001025/the-dungeonmaster DaveCon https://www.davecon.net/ En Garde! http://www.engarde.co.uk/index....

Stefan from Dragon Peak Publishing joins me to talk about his products, an upcoming kickstarter, and Dungeon Crawl Classics. Where you can find Stefan: Kickstarter:  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brimstonecradle/the-technomancer-of-candy-mountain-mcc-rpg?ref=18xdqa DriveThruRPG:  https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/19023/Dragon-Peak-Publishing Itch.io: https://dragonpeakpublishing.itch....

In this episode I wrestle with Spotify’s crappy interface, announce a new contest, remember an infamous date 1230 years ago, and field listener calls. Calls from Daniel (Bandit’s Keep) David ( BetelnutGames.com ) and Karl (The GMologist Presents) Micro Mech Warrior http://oldguyrpg.blogspot.com/2009/10/micromechwarrior.html BaffleBoxGames.com Ways to contact me: Google Voice Number for US callers:...