The GMologist presents...

I talk about recent games both played and run. Also calls from Jason Connerrly (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast; https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376). Games Mentioned: Day after Ragnarok - https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/62543/the-day-after-ragnarok Blessed & the Blasphemous - https://sonsofthesingularity.com/the-blessed-and-the-blasphemous/ Call of Cthulhu, 7th Edition -...

Amy and I review an discuss Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) directed by George Roy Hill and written by William Goldman starring Robert Redford, Paul Newman & Katherine Ross. Call in from Joe Richter (Hindsightless; https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joe-richter9). Intro & Outro Music by TJ Drennon. Cover clip art by Amy Lee Rodriguez. You can send me a message via the Anchor website...

This is mainly a call in show. However, at the end, I talk with Amy about a new game I want to run (sigh...not that I need anymore, but we are both excited about this one!) Calls from Joe Richter (Hindsightless; https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joe-richter9), Jason Connerrly (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast; https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376) Riley (Diegetic Advancement; https://podc...

I talk about why my long-term campaigns have been going on for so...long. Upwards of 1 years, some approaching 3 years. Also, feedback on Boxed/Starter Sets from GM Shadow (A Song of Dice & Shadows; http://shows.acast.com/dice-shadows) and I talk about feed back from the Discords, a rebuttal or two and a dissection of the Pendragon Starter Set for 6th edition (https://www.chaosium.com/pendragon-st...

Amy and I discuss Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), directed by Sergio Leone and starring Claudia Cardinale, Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda, and Jason Robards. Call ins from Evil Jeff (Minions & Musings; https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eviljeff), and MW Lewis (Worlds of MW Lewis; https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mwlewis). Also mentioned are a number of movie reviews from Jason Conn...

I examine three starter sets and open the package for a product I've been putting of getting the POD from Drive-thru. Starter Sets: Legend of the Five Rings Beginner Game: https://store.asmodee.com/products/legend-of-the-five-rings-beginner-game Force & Destiny Beginner Game: https://store.asmodee.com/products/star-wars-force-and-destiny-beginner-game Wrath & Glory Starter Set: https://cubicle7gam...

Feedback from GMShadow (A Song of Dice & Shadows; https://shows.acast.com/dice-shadows), B.J. Boyd.(Arcane Alienist; https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arcanealienist) , and Jason Connerrly (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast;https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376) on the last few podcasts.

Today I discuss my experience at the online convention, A Weekend with Good Friends run by the Good Friends of Jackson Alias Podcast & Blasphemous Tome fanzine. (https://blasphemoustomes.com/) Call of Cthulhu - https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg/ Trail of Cthulhu - https://pelgranepress.com/trail-of-cthulhu/ Today's cover art -- from the cover of the CoC 7th edition rulebook by Sam Lamon...

Amy joins me again to review the classic Western, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) starring Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, and Lee van Cleef, directed by Sergio Leone. Also some music excerpts by the incomparable Benio Morricone. Intro & Outro Music by TJ Drennon. Cover clip art by Amy Lee Rodriguez. You can send me a message via the Anchor website, through DM on Discord, as an attachment to my...

The value of having a back up game. I talk about the one's I have ready and the ones we've played recently. Call ins from Jason Connerrly (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast;https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376). The back up games -- OSE Basic *B4: The Lost City*, (https://necroticgnome.com/products/old-school-essentials-basic-rules) and *Cy_Borg* (https://freeleaguepublishing.com/shop/cy_borg/co...

Today I speak with Kevin Madison of the Dungeon Musings YouTube and Podcast (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMteaIjHEkd2Hz0JhOlblmw). We discuss how to run a good murder mystery in your RPG. Also, I have call ins from several people about the last podcast. These folks are Jason Connerrly (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast; https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376), B.J. Boyd (Arcane Alienist; http...

Amy and I are back! Today we review part 2 of the (in)famous Dollars Trilogy, For a Few Dollars More (Per qualche dollaro in più) (1965), directed by Sergio Leone starring Lee Van Cleef, Clint Eastwood, and Gian Maria Volonte. Thank you Evil Jeff (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/eviljeff) for some call ins which we discuss. For a Few Dollars More (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059578/) can...

I field calls from Jason Connerrly (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast; https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376) and Joe Salvador (https://ravengodgames.blogspot.com/). I unbox a product I'd like to get to the table, talk about games I've run & ask... Do we need combat to make for an exciting game session? Dr. Grordbort's Scientific Adventure Violence -- https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/dr-gr...

Amy and I talk about her favorite movie, Casablanca (1942) with Bogart & Bergman, directed by Michael Curtiz. A list of suggested RPGs in which to run a Casablanca-like tale: Acthung! Cthulhu - https://www.modiphius.net/pages/achtung-cthulhu-2d20 Delta Green -https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/521/Arc-Dream-Publishing/category/8165/Delta-Green Call of Cthulhu 7th/6th Edition - https://w...

In preparation for March OSR or M-OSR (tm), B.J. Boyd of the Arcane Alienist (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arcanealienist) & I talk about Old School Games we've played or run. What works & what hasn't and what we're currently playing or have percolating. Intro & Outro Music by TJ Drennon. Cover clip art by Amy Lee Rodriguez. OSR logo Stuart Robertson with patches made by Thaddeus "Patch...

Amy & I are back to talk about the next Movie in our Series of the Top 10 westerns according to IMBD ratings. This one is The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) directed by John Ford from a screenplay by  James Warner Bellah and Willis Goldbeck  and adapted from a 1953 short story of the same name written by Dorothy M. Johnson. Also on YouTube: https://youtu.be/CGOFU6Yu9sw?si=aTX_t4JYwWqpoAee Int...

Joe Salvador (ravengodgames.blogspot.com) and I chat about Reaver, the playtest, Plata o Plomo, and the Sword & Sorcery Genre in RPGs. Also Call from Joe Richter (Hindsightless; https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hindsightless/id1481600628). Blood Lords https://paizo.com/store/pathfinder/adventures/adventurePath/bloodLords Reaver (https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/419427/Reaver-Sword-...

Calls from Jason Connerrly (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast; https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376) and Darkfluid (https://darkfluid.substack.com/). Intro & unboxing of the World of Kensei by Riot Minds (https://m.facebook.com/profile.php/?id=100063498793299) makers of Truvdang Chronicles, Lex Occultum and now World of Kensei. Recap of BSERCON3 - Played- The Neon Showdown by Eric of Omega 3D Ch...

Amy & I are back to talk about the next Movie in our Series of the Top 10 westerns according to IMBD ratings. This one is High Noon (1952) directed by Fred Zimmerman from a screenplay by Carl Foreman and based on the short story "The Tin Star" by John. W. Cunningham (1947). Currently streaming on Paramount+ . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Noon Also we have call ins from Joe Dekahedron of the...

I discuss the process of how I develop my adventures for the upcoming BSERCON 3. Except for character descriptions and adventure set up, it is Spoiler-free! Special thanks to Jason Connerrly (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast; https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376) & Joe Salvador (ravengodgames.blogspot.com) for Brainstorming for Plata o Plomo, and Amy Lee Rodriguez (@crushfoundation) for T2K ins...

I talk mainly about the latest T2K session wherein the FKC executed a bold assault I call Operation: Hind's Craddle and won! Also call ins from Amy (@crushfoundation) and Jason Connerrly (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast; https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376) . Also two unboxings! Twilight: 2000 4th - https://freeleaguepublishing.com/shop/twilight-2000/ History of T2K video - https://youtu.be/A...

Amy (@crushfoundation) and I review the classic "Western", Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Library of Congress Link: https://archive.org/details/the-treasure-of-the-sierra-madre-1948-1080p GMolgist Presents YouTube: https://youtube.com/@thegmologist9270?si=vOwT1tOD8tT6Ka4X Intro & Outro Music by TJ Drennon. Cover clip art by Amy Lee Rodriguez. Today's Art is one of the many TotSM movie posters avail...

I am joined by B.J. Boyd of the Arcane Alienist podcast (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arcanealienist) to talk about an ongoing topic in the ADD-verse. We discuss wealth, power, story, camaraderie as motivation for players, Domain play, gold as standard, and give anecdotes. We thank Jason Connerrly (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376), The Worlds of MW Lewis (https://podcas...

A year in retrospect - ongoing games, finishing milestones, new games, new formats. Call in from B.J. Boyd of the Arcane Alienist check (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/arcanealienist) Check out my YouTube Actual Play: https://youtube.com/@thegmologist9270?si=LVgNBXkB9lPN1-_3 Intro & Outro Music by TJ Drennon. Cover clip art by Amy Lee Rodriguez. You can send me a message via the Anchor we...

I got some games in, but then I went out of town. So games and Beer Journey? Pathfinder (KM), Achthung! Cthulhu, no Reaver, Jackals, Hyperborea, WHFRP, Traveller (two times!) out of town Beer journey - Windmills, Rollertown, Armor Brewing, Waco Ale Company, Nolan Creek Brewing, Phantom Fighter Brewing, Bear King Brewing Company). I unbox my latest Kickstarter arrival from Troll Lord Games - The Un...