Spellburn

In just a week we will all get a chance to travel back to the Purple Planet! The DCC Sword and Planet setting of Harley Stroh and Doug Kovacs waxes into our collective consciousness once again. The weirdling sun beats down upon us. What dusty din approaches from the broken wastes? A gaggle of 3rd party publishers! Hark! It’s the Purple Planet Horde! WE STILL DESPERATELY NEED YOUR LOVE AND EMAILS A...

  Hail acolytes of the Dark Master! It’s the last Spellburn of the season and we are invoking a patron! Life’s blood has been spilled; we risk the very fabric of the universe by opening a portal to the author of the Orbital Intelligences, sire of the stratosfiends, circuit councilor supreme Sean Richer of Orbital Intelligence LLC! Strap into your best dungeon kart and get ready for the Drop!...

  Happy late Turkey Day!  There’s no Goodman Games holiday adventure this year but there are many holiday adventures of the past  to choose from!  We review and discuss prior holiday romps with none other than Marzio “the Man” Muscedere and Marc “the Efficacious Indoctrinator in Worlds of Imminent – I mean, the Don of the Dying Earth of course!” – Bruner!  All this and more and wrapping up U-...

It’s Halloween and we have a great crew of horror-ble fanatics to torment and terrorize your eyes (on Twitch) and your ears (on podcast).  Welcome Judge Stephen, Judge — BRINKMAN… Judge Wolf-man and Thorin Thompson…. there’s not much more to stay but TRICK OR TREAT and let’s get rolling with this month’s Spellburn!   GoFundMe for Reid San Filippo! GoFundMe for Jess Mcdeavitt! GoFundMe for Jen...

If you’ve listened to Spellburn for a while, you know I love Third Party material– it’s what DCC is all about, the ferment, the foment, the vomit, the violence, all of it!  I love to see all the new stuff that people are cooking up all the time!  So that’s what we’re doing this month, with our pal Judge James Pozenel, Judge Stephen Surratt and Judge Phil Padovani!  All this and more on this month’...

We’ve covered lots of DCC and related third party zines, games and adventures on Spellburn before, but Judge Jen and I are finally sitting down with … maybe the guy who started all the third party madness?  Of course it’s Reverend Dak Ultimak, creator of the DCC ur-zine Crawl as well editor par excellence. And we’ll talk with Dak about ye olden days, plans for Crawl, GENCON, visit the email crypts...

X-Crawl Classics is official!  The Kickstarter’s live, it’s rolling and X-Crawl Mania’s running wild!  We will hang out with DJ Laboss, AKA Judge Brendan, and we’ll go deep into X-Crawl classics, the kickstarter, and the latest on stretch goals, X-Crawl Insider, 3rd party X-crawling and more! All this and a reunion with Judge Jarrett and third party crawler Stella Condrey on this month’s Spe...

  DCC’s been a gold standard of oldschool gaming for 10 years! There’s a ton of great content out there, from Goodman Games, from 3 rd party publishers, free internet resources like Purple Sorcerer, and even (GUGHGHGBLLEAH) social media.  But what about people who make it happen behind the scenes?  Every adventure is full of good writing and art, but needs an editor and (really, really) needs...

DCC Dying Earth: it’s every bit as beautiful and faithful to the source material as we’d hoped, but…is it as daunting as the core book? Since DCC fans have come to Spellburn for the low-down on rules for the past decade, we’ll discuss some of the chewier Dying Earth rules with Judge Will Keller, one of the Demo Night judges who cut his teeth on them. We’ll also talk about some of the more entertai...

There have been a lot of new people showing up in the DCC community and that means someone’s got to judge some DCC adventures!  These games aren’t going to run themselves!  We heard you, frantic ones!  Want some tips on running DCC, provided by old hands and one-time newbies alike?  We have got you covered with an all-star cast of judges to share their DCC hacks, pro tips and general judgesplainin...

So we were on hiatus for about a year… or a little more and a lot has happened between our last non-Twitch episode and our triumphant return in the holiday special!  One thing I was most excited about was to talk about third party DCC & MCC stuff with some of the greatest creators in the field.  So tonight I’m trying to make up for lost time with longtime MCC/DCC guys + podcast alums Forrest A...

Joey Royale’s Get Haunted Onine Shop! Sanctum Secorum New MCC Core book! Cats of Rahtlu James P’s Patreon Levi Combs kickstarter!

Oh no! It’s Judge Jeff’s last episode of Spellburn! We’re gonna chat about the good old days, what things are like now, and what we see in the future for ourselves and DCC. Stuff referenced in this episode! Xanadu – coming soon for DCC! 2020 DCC Adventure Pack (including the Heist by Harley!) Hive of the Overmind (MCC) Judge Jim’s Scientific Barbarian Castles & Crusades Judge Julian’s fanboy D...

In a world where many still crave escape but cannot attend local or out-of-town conventions, it’s important to remember that there are many worlds yet to be discovered — thanks to the DCC 3PP community! Tonight we’ll be Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG has a vibrant community supporting the game through innumerable 3rd party products, including adventures, settings, and many, many zines.   Where do all...

In a world where many still crave escape but cannot attend local or out-of-town conventions, it’s important to remember that there are many worlds yet to be discovered — thanks to the DCC 3PP community! Tonight we’ll be talking with Ed Stanek, one of the powers behind Raorgen Games, about 3 such 3PP settings. Stuff referenced in this episode! Albacon 2021 Aeon: Ancient Greece for DCC (future kicks...

Hey mailbag. It’s been a long time since, well you know, since we’ve spent a whole episode reaching into you to see what we can find. Well don’t worry baby, we’re back. And today, it’s all about you! Stuff referenced in this episode! A Discordance with Dzyvatz (from Scott Swift & Purple Pirate) DCC Dying Earth (Kickstarter) Trespassers of the Full Moon Tower X-Crawl Classics! Blades Against Ba...

Tonight we continue our review of seminal DCC adventures from the days of yore… another funnel and instant classic, Hole in the Sky!  We’re going to talk to Judge Brendan about Hole in the Sky, Sabbath vs. Dio, read a few emails and do the usual Spellburn stuff.  Plus a new Dungeon Denizen!  All this on tonight’s Spellburn! Stuff referenced in this episode! Hole in the Sky X-Crawl Classics! Blades...

“From parts unknown… Secret knowledge, sacred rituals, and exotic practices. Marvel at the beauty of unbridled humankind! We have scoured the highest mountains, the driest deserts, the hottest jungles to add some spice to your life!” On this episode of Spellburn, we bring you one of the most welcoming, imaginative, and brutal DCC judges, fresh from getting his tattoos shaved… that’s right, Strongm...

Hello and welcome to the exciting 110th episode of Spellburn! You’ve tuned in for a doozy of an episode! Today we are honored to be able to make an incredible announcement. You’ve asked for it. You’ve begged for it. You wouldn’t stop talking about it. When we’d ask you to stop talking about it you just kept going on and on about it anyways. Then when we finally told you to forget about it because...

We hope you were there with us at Spawn of Cyclops Con last weekend and you had a great time!  If not, you’re in luck because you’re going to hear a lot about it, but that’s not all… you’re also going to hang out with Judge Daniel Joseph Bishop and we’re going to go deep into two of his greatest adventures, talk about new projects, make fun of Canada and more!  All this on tonight’s episode of Spe...

Happy ZineQuest season! If you’re anything like us, before long, you’ll be shuffling things around on the shelves, trying to find room for the next batch of arrivals…and you’ll find some treasures from the last two years! We’ve summoned a third-party zine author & illustrator for this episode, and we’re betting you’ll want to revisit some of his well before those new ones roll in. Welcome Josh...

And today we have a special guest here to help us answer YOUR emails! You may know her from Blades Against Bandwidth, DCC College, or that time she killed all four of your level 0 characters at Gen Con… Judge Haley Skach! Stuff referenced in this episode! Tabletop RPG Pickup Con Shudder Mountains (for DCC RPG!) Yoon Suin by Noisms Games The Emerald Enchanter 2017 Free RPG Day For DCC featuring Gno...

If you are scared to get your sci-fi chocolate in my fantasy peanut butter, turn back now!  Tonight we look at the forthcoming Empire of the East product for DCC RPG.  Our special guest is none other than RPG writer and designer Jason Vey! Stuff referenced in this episode! Jerry Stefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure 2020! Empire of the East by Goodman Games Empire of the East series by Fred Saberhage...

We have a very special – and overdue – guest for this show! To some, he may be just a mysterious name on the credits page of your DCC RPG core book, or even a guitar-wielding pirate. But we know him as the original embodiment of Hugh Heftblade and the author of the fantastic funnel, “Not in Kansas Anymore.” That’s right — the elusive Dieter Zimmerman has been summoned! We’ll talk about Dragonmech,...

Ever wonder what it’s like to play a 10th level DCC RPG adventure? Well we did too! So Judge Brendan is here to run us through his unpublished 10th level adventure, Full Dark No Stars! Stuff referenced in this episode! Gongfarmer’s Almanac 2015 Vol 6 – Paul Wolfe’s Virtual Funnel