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https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/episode-14-part-1-rpg-fanzines-with-ian-marsh-15_07_2017-03-38.m4a Download Episode INTRO Welcome to the world of fanzines. OPEN BOX (with Ian Marsh) The first part of an interview with Ian Marsh, who was the editor of DragonLords fanzine and went on to become the editor of White Dwarf. DAILY DWARF For one episode only @dailydwarf becomes the...

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https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/episode-12-part2-games-workshop-and-citadel-with-tim-olsen-16_05_2017-22-291.m4a Download Episode INTRO – We’re still taken aback at the scale of response to the first part of this episode, but we’re conscious enough to issue a warning about Hob Nob balls . POTTED HISTORY (3.49) – Kindly provided by @hobgoblinorange   who provides an overview...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/episode-12-part-1-games-workshop-and-citadel-with-tim-olsen-31.m4a Download Episode INTRO (15 secs) This is an unusual episode as it is about a place more than a thing. This is about the remembered place that was Games Workshop, when we were kids, and the magical lead figures we found there. POTTED HISTORY (6.32) The story about how school fr...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/episode-11-top-secret-rpg-17_03_2017-23-07.m4a Download Episode For your eyes only. Don’t accept this Podcast if the seal is broken. INTRO: I love the world of espionage and this is the first in our ‘Spy Sequence’ that we’ll be peppering through the next year. We’ve had another iTunes review too – please give us one if you haven’t already. OP...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/episode-10-part-2-more-runequest-rpg-with-rick-meints-14_02_2017-23-59.m4a Download Episode INTRO Blimey Charlie! This is the twentieth podcast! 1:53 GAMESMASTER’S SCREEN  Rick Meints, President of Chaosium, joins us once again. This time we roll on a special ‘plunder’ table to search his fabled collection as he recounts past adventures from...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/episode-10-part-1-more-runequest-rpg-with-rick-meints-17_01_2017-23-41.m4a Download Episode INTRO We’re back for more podcasts in 2017! We’re returning to our origins and looking again at the game that we began with back in 1981. OPEN BOX 4.31 – the only President from the USA who really matters is the President of Chaosium, Rick Meints, who...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/episode-9-part-2-imagine-paul-cockburn-12_12_2016-18-54.m4a Download Episode RSS Feed INTRO Special thanks to Paul Cockburn for his contribution to these podcasts. This podcast is dedicated to Joe Dever, creator of The Lone Wolf adventure books, who sadly passed away in November. GAMESMASTERS’ SCREEN with Paul Cockburn Paul Cockburn is behind...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/episode-9-part-one-imagine-magazine-paul-cockburn-18_11_2016-18-20.m4a Download Episode RSS Feed 0 INTRO We have been hard at work producing the GROGNARD files fanzine for Patreon backers . There are still a few hard copies available for new $3.50 backers. They are limited. Once they’re gone they’re gone. PDFs are available for download for $...

“Don’t mess with me, I’ve been corrupted by Space Monkeys” https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/episode-8-the-traveller-adventure.m4a Download Episode RSS Feed Wednesdays 21:00 – 23:00 Fortnightly, between Sept 15 and July 16 was Traveller Time. During this period we played Traveller online using Roll 20 . INTRO: I put out an advert for players on the site to play the classic 19...

    https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/episode-7-part-2-tunnels-and-trolls-rpg-16_09_2016-02-06.m4a Download Episode RSS Feed We return to ‘blast away the fiends of boredom’ with another T&T episode. This time we are joined by Big Jack Brass, Jon Hancock. 0.15 Introduction. We had feedback from non-other than Ken St Andre himself… 4.05 Open Box. Jon talks about his early l...

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  https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/episode-6-part-4-add-rpg-unearthed-arcana-15_07_2016-14-43.m4a   Download Episode   RSS Feed This episode includes odds n’ sods, Old Scroates and Points of View about AD&D. Introduction 00.15  Dirk muses over the ridiculous, complicated numbering strategy adopted by the podcast and introduces Ric and Tim, the stars of this part of the e...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/episode-6-part-3-add-rpg-monster-manual-19_06_2016-00-18.m4a Download Episode RSS Feed The saga continues … Intro: 0:18 There’s been another review on iTunes. Dirk reveals his love of monsters. Open Box: 4:37 Dirk and Blythy get all nostalgic about 5e that they started playing 3 months ago. White Dwarf: 24:42 @dailydwarf has scrutinised every...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/episode-6-part-2-add-rpg-players-handbook-17_05_2016-09-47.m4a Download Episode RSS Feed So, after we’ve covered the Dungeon Masters Guide  it’s time for us to get to the nitty-gritty of the core rules. INTRODUCTION 0:19 The story so far and a review from iTunes. Please review us too, if you haven’t already. WHITE DWARF SCENARIOS (Part 1) 4:5...

  https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/episode-6-part-1-add-rpg-dungeon-masters-guide-18_04_2016-19-01.m4a Download Episode RSS Feed Roll up! Roll up! Finally, the GROGNARD files turns it’s attention to the grand daddy of them all. Make some space in your pod box for a 2 hour spectacular. Introduction. Dirk shows off his new turn table and invites you to add songs to his RPG pla...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/stormbringer-part-2-16_03_2016-23-37.m4a Download Episode RSS Feed INTRODUCTION  This is the supplement to the first part … a companion which is all about STORMBRINGER supplements. We have had some encouraging iTunes reviews … if you haven’t done one, then please do because it will tax all those Apple algorithms. GAME-MASTERS SCREEN (4:46) Bl...

  The cover on the copy we read in the library “I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I’d rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas.”  – Michael  Moorcock   https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/episode-5-stormbringer-21_02_2016-09-55.m4a Download Episode RSS Feed   The subject of this episode is STORMBRINGER – Fantasy Role Playing in the world of Elric. We...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/dragonmeet-grog-pod-15_01_2016-00-32.m4a Download Episode RSS Feed   In a break with the usual format, The Armchair Adventurers are at risk of disappearing up their own fundament. It’s too short to break in two, too long to listen in one go, so disappointing either way. Take your time, pause a little, as you listen to the blow by blow account...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/traveller-micro-grog-pod-18_12_2015-18-57.m4a Download Episode RSS Feed In this episode, we return to Traveller, and look at some of the supplements for the game. When it comes to politics, we are as woolly as John Stewart Mill riding a sheep and wearing cardigans, so we examine our attitudes towards the politics of the Imperium. Games master...

  https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/traveller-episode-3-19_11_2015-00-39.m4a   Download Episode RSS Feed Introduction – The origin of the game Section One – Open Box – reliving the memories of playing the game for the first time with Blythy, who was our referee back in the day. We introduce ‘the prime directive’ and Blythy has a black mark on his wall. Section Two – White Dwa...

This is a supplement to the Second Episode of The GROGNARD RPG Files – Call of Cthulhu. https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/coc-micro-master-23_10_2015-03-01.m4a Download Episode RSS Feed GAMESMASTER’S SCREEN Behind the screen I have a table of Call of Cthulhu supplements. I’m joined by Judge Blythy who rolls the 1D100 to select 5 for detailed discussion. ED’S BARGAIN SHED Ed,...

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This is a supplement to the First Episode of The GRODNARD Files – Runequest. I give a potted history of the game, from it’s origins to the present day. There’s also a selection from the post-bag, featuring the responses from the listeners of the first episode – and their opinion about ducks. https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/potted-history-of-runequest-08_09_2015-00-53.m4a Do...

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/the-grognard-podcast-ep-1-runequest.m4a Download Episode 1 Download Episode 1 RSS Feed   It’s been a steep learning curve , but the period of waiting is over, the first ever GROGNARD podcast is ready for your consideration. In this first episode, I open up the Runequest Grognard file, as it’s the game that we first played all those years ago....