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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...

I unbox and discuss Swords & Chaos, a Castles & Crusades supplement by Jeremy D. Farkas published by Blackspire Fantasy LLC. https://www.blackspirefantasy.com/ Also call ins from Jason Connerrly (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast; https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376), Collin Green (Spikepit; https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spikepit/), and Mirke from the Mirke the Meek podcas...

I review Elfland: Beyond The Fields We Know and other tales for DCC by Stefan Surrat. Also Call-ins from Jason Connerrly (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast; https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376) referencing Episode S3 E23. Also a call in from one of my players, Joe Jungers as his T2K PC in reference to Episode 221 and Jason Connerrly's comments in a subsequent episode (222). DCC RPG- htt...

My Day 1 RPGaDay Entry. #rpgaday2023 https://www.autocratik.com/2023/07/this-august-10th-rpgaday.html 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 email (gmologist@gmail.com) or to my speakpipe account: https://www.speakpipe.com/TheGmologistPresents.

I had a game Monday (Reaver), Wednesday (Pathfinder 2: Abomination Vaults), Thursday (Walking Dead), Friday (Traveller), Saturday (D&D 5e), Sunday (Traveller Again!), and Tuesday (Twilight:2000) from 27 November to 5 December. Do I game too much? Also call ins from Amy Lee Rodriguez (@crushfoundation) and Spencer "Free Thrall" (Keep off the Borderlands; https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/keep-o...

B.J. Boyd and I are re-joined by Dr. Sarah Rhoades-Kerswill to discuss the Coyote & Crow RPG. B.J. Boyd hosts the Arcane Alienist Podcast (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-arcane-alienist/id1552084924). Coytoe & Crow RPG can be found here: https://coyoteandcrow.net/ The YouTube of this recording can be found here: https://youtu.be/34FQe7QetQI?si=9Wnf6LgLuhrG3z29 Listen or watch pa...

We lost our buddy Aaron Koelman this weekend. Cancer Sux. And seemingly trivial in comparison, I talk about some games that I played this past weekend. Jason Connerly (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast;https://open.spotify.com/show/4oPnUnwitpUqn9saEkFaNf?si=NQvRRUfoT3Wj0_Rz5yhtPg) improves the quality of the podcast with a call in. You can view the the Dungeon Musings YouTube Channel at http://www.youtu...

Happy Thanksgiving to all those in the U.S.! Today we talk some Traveller & Eberron. Also calls from Connerrly (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast; https://open.spotify.com/show/4oPnUnwitpUqn9saEkFaNf?si=SaC8A6C4RF-6QM7zMOxC0A) and Joe Richter (Hindsightless; https://open.spotify.com/show/3LMcaHlfCDZrjUGEYEZbYx?si=cOzN2w9oTaS82Bm1-Umo6Q). Also a special unboxing with Amy (@CrushFoundation) and I talk about p...

Jason Connerrly's (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast; https://open.spotify.com/show/4oPnUnwitpUqn9saEkFaNf?si=ztvfmbuzTmiyEXPoZRCBbQ) call prompts me to revisit an old concept, the Multi-rule Multigame. I got a few ideas. The Marvel Game, The D&D game, the Duck game. [Shhh...an unboxing]. Walking Dead RPG (https://www.thewalkingdead-rpg.com/). Marvel Games: Marvel Multiverse Roleplaying Game - h...

Recaps of this weeks games (11/6 to 11/9/2023). These include our Traveller: Behind the Claw, The Order of the March campaign;Twilight 2000, 4th Edition, Tales of the Free Krakow Coalition, Pathfinder 2 Kingmaker campaign, and Star Wars Age of Rebellion, Operation: Shadowpoint (Skullcrackers, Season 1) campaign. Also call ins from Jason Connerrly (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast; https://podcasters.spotif...

Calls by Joe Richter (Hindsightless; https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hindsightless/id1481600628), and Jason Connerrly (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast; https://open.spotify.com/show/4oPnUnwitpUqn9saEkFaNf?si=3WcYVQWBT--PXZmzgs0wkQ). Recaps of Traveller, Reaver, and Warhammer Fantasy games. A brief history of the Defenders BY BJ Boyd of the Arcane Alienist (https://open.spotify.com/show/5vaztEEwKq1Np...

I talk about the two games that I ran for Halloween week...Savage Supers Horror with the Monster Squad and Marvel Multiverse Roleplaying: Vampires vs some Defenders. Also, call in from Jason Connerrly (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast; https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376). YouTube actual play of Marvel Game: https://youtu.be/KtoFMFKHwt8 Savage Worlds, Supers Companion, Horror Companion: ht...