The GROGNARD Files

Download Episode This is a GROGPOD extra, made possible thanks to the generosity of the GROGSQUAD patreons . This is a Newstalgia podcast talking about the things we are playing now. It is focused on the preparations for the RPGs played at UK Games Expo: Savage Worlds, PSI World and Lyonesse. Here are some links mentioned in the pod: Role-Play Rescue : Che Webster’s GM Journal inspired the approac...

More Tunnels & Trolls (with Ken St Andre) Download Episode INTRO: A new review of The GROGNARD files INTERVIEW: A list of interesting things referred to by Ken: His mini , Trollhala Press , Fours , and Big Jack Brass ACTUAL PLAY: Hook up with The Smart Party to hear more FIRST, LAST, EVERYTHING: This time : Steve Ray GROGGLEBOX: At The Earth’s Core Outro: Thanks for supporting

Monsters! Monsters! RPG with Ken St Andre Download Episode INTRO: 00:00:16 – This is the first part of a two part episode looking at the games and worlds created by Ken St Andre. He’s one of the founders of the hobby and tremendously influential on the development of RPGS. OPEN BOX: 00:04:40 – Live from his Troll Cave in Arizona, The Trollgodfather tells the story of his origins and influences. Fi...

Stormbringer Actual Play Download Episode I was kindly invited to Games Master a game of Stormbringer by the wonderfully macabre actual play podcast Red Moon Roleplaying. These is a teaser for an upcoming special guest, listen to the show to find out more … Adventure: The Fang and the Fountain from Perils of the Young Kingdoms Music by:  Ager Sonus ,  Cryo Chamber

Download Episode We’re continuing our Robin of Sherwood theme. We discuss Fate and use it to provide a sample play in Sherwood Forest created by the TV series. We hope that it will inspire you to invest in some FUDGE dice and have a go at creating your own worlds.

The auditorium was massive! Call of Cthulhu Actual Play (with How We Roll and Scott Dorwood) Download Episode I attended the first ever PodUk Convention in Birmingham and appeared in a live show. How We Roll podcast hosted a live, actual play, with Scott Dorwood (from The Good Friends of Jackson Ellias ) as the keeper. Hope that you enjoy listening to The Necropolis.

Robin of Sherwood (with Graham Staplehurst) Download Episode INTRO: In this episode we are continuing our exploration of the context of gaming in the eighties, by looking at one of the TV series that influenced how we played. POTTED HISTORY: This is a quick summary of how the programme came to be made and a bit of background about Richard Carpenter. If you’d like to know more, I recommend the wond...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Episode-26-HeroQuest-RPG-with-Ian-Cooper-21_01_2019-10.46.m4a Download Episode   INTRO: This is an unusual GROGPOD as it was recorded live at GROGMEET 18. Ian Cooper talks about HeroQuest and there’s a chance for you to win a copy of the game thanks to our friends at bonhomiegames.uk Show us your favourite handout, character sheet, floor plan...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Episode-25-Review-of-2018-featuring-WFRP-actual-play-20_12_2018-08.20.m4a Download Episode In this episode we review our year in gaming and dish out our GROGGIE awards. It also features WFRP actual play, hosted by The Smart Party . Subscribe to their feed to catch the rest of it, when it is released. Podcast recommendations: How we Roll , The...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Episode-24-Part-2-WARHAMMER-Fantasy-Role-Play-with-Graeme-Davies-25_11_2018-15.25.m4a Download Episode INTRO: We’ve had another iTunes review (we’d love to get more!) GAMESMASTER’S SCREEN: Graeme Davis takes us on a whistle stop tour around his career so far: check out this book-listing   at Graeme’s site for all the references mentioned. WHI...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Episode-23-Part-1-WARHAMMER-Fantasy-Role-Play-with-Graeme-Davis-21_10_2018-11.08.m4a Download Episode INTRO: The GROGNARD files is dedicated to Greg Stafford (1948-2018) OPEN BOX: Graeme Davis talks to us about the genesis of the 1st edition of WARHAMMER and some of the plans for the new edition . You find out more about his long and distingu...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Episode-23-Dungeons-and-Dragons-Storm-Kings-Thunder.m4a Download Episode Intro:  It has been a summer of love for the library – there’s too much on there! Open Box:  We’re in Port Street in Manchester reflecting on the campaign The White Dwarf:  Daily Dwarf goes Against the Giants. Games Master’s Screen:  What’s our favourite class? Ed’s Shed...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Episode-22-Part-2-RuneQuest-Role-Playing-in-Glorantha-with-Michael-OBrien-aka-MOB-06_08_2018-23.47.m4a Download Episode INTRO: I’ve got one of those blowers with a feather on the end to celebrate our anniversary and the release of RuneQuest RolePlaying in Glorantha. MOB RETURNS: MOB talks about all the different ways that you can play in Glor...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Episode-22-Part-1-RuneQuest-Renaissance-with-Michael-OBrien-aka-MOB-16_07_2018-09.59.m4a Download Episode INTRO: Three years of GROGPODing and Forty Years of RuneQuest seems like a great point in time to revisit the game that we played the most back in the day. RQ3 contributed to us stopping playing, so this is a chance to revisit the game an...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/episode-21-nights-black-agents-rpg-with-gareth-ryder-hanrahan-20_06_2018-07-54.m4a Download Episode INTRO (00:00) The GROGNARD files finally sells out to one of those new fangled games. There’s a new iTunes review too, that compares us to Ridley Scott’s Hovis advert.  OPEN BOX (with Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan) (0:07) We are joined by Gar who tells...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/episode-20-part-2-golden-heroes-rpg-with-simon-burley-17_05_2018-19-36.m4a Download Episode   INTRO We’ve had a great, positive response to the first part of the episode, and a new iTunes review from Steve Race, host of Squadron Chatter , the Unofficial Podcast for Squadron UK RPG . GM SCREEN (with Simon Burley) Simon Burley returns, to talk...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/episode-20-part-one-golden-heroes-rpg-with-simon-burley-18_04_2018-00-18.m4a Download Episode INTRO : This is a game that embodies the spirit of the podcast. It belongs to a period when the players were informing the gaming industry. Games Workshop decided to do a big budget version of the game. You can see the short film I made here (it’s le...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/episode-19-paranoia-rpg-with-paul-baldowski-21_03_2018-09-53.m4a Download Episode INTRO: Thanks to a Poll of Patreons, we are examining a game that we never played back in the day … PARANOIA. OPEN BOX: (with Paul Baldowski): Paul Baldowski was a writer for the Mongoose edition. He’s also runs Just Crunch which publishes The Cthulhu Hack . Als...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/episode-18-part-2-judge-dredd-rpg-with-marc-gascoigne-16_02_2018-02-22.m4a Download Episode INTRO A new review on iTunes WHITE DWARF @dailydwarf “2000ad and Me” a personal reflection on the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic GAMES MASTER’s SCREEN Marc Gascoigne returns to talk about Fighting Fantasy, EarthDawn (!), The Black Library and Angry Robot. Als...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/episode-18-part-1-judge-dredd-rpg-with-marc-gascoigne-16_01_2018-23-20.m4a Download Episode INTRO: Warning, there’s an unnecessary David Bowie impression in this bit, as the Judge Dredd Board Game appeared in Labyrinth . POTTED HISTORY: (00:05:00) A brief publication history of Judge in RPGs and news of the forthcoming game from EN Publishing...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/episode-17-review-of-2017-16_12_2017-21-501.m4a Download Episode Intro: For this GROGPOD, we take a break from the usual format, instead of concentrating on a single subject, we are looking back at some of the experiences that we have had over the year. Thanks to Phil the Dice Mechanic for his review Groggies Pt 1: Our annual awards are deter...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/episode-16-part-2-more-call-of-cthulhu-with-mike-mason-22_11_2017-18-22.m4a Download Episode INTRO: A dedication to Carl T. Ford, the publisher/ editor of Dagon Fanzine. GAMESMASTER’S SCREEN 00:02:20 (With Mike Mason) Mike faces the Keeper’s Screen to talk about Traveller, D&D and the all new Masks of Nyarlathotep (coming soon). DAILY DWA...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/episode-16-more-call-of-cthulhu-with-mike-mason-20_10_2017-23-251.m4a Download Episode INTRO 00.00.16 We are returning to one of our favourite games, Call of Cthulhu, to consider what has changed for the game over the past 2 years, since the last episode. OPEN BOX (with Mike Mason) 06.00 At the time of recording, Mike had just returned from h...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/episode-15-james-bond-007-rpg-19_09_2017-20-10.m4a Download Episode INTRO This time we are looking at James Bond 007, a game we didn’t play back in the day, but the GROGSQUAD suggested that we should give it the once over. We had a great review from Mike Hobbs from Meeples and Miniatures POTTED HISTORY 03:43  This is the story of Chris Klug r...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/episode-14-part-2-rpg-fanzines-with-ian-marsh-19_08_2017-08-22.m4a Download Episode INTRO: News about a new PBM ‘zine that we’ve inspired – Bones of the Lost God  – if you like Phil’s monsters, he’s put some of his art on Red Bubble . GAMESMASTER’S SCREEN (with Ian Marsh): Ian Marsh returns to talk about his editorial-ship at White Dwarf and...