The Red Dice Diaries

In this episode we have a few of our listeners calling in about music and our recent usage dice episode. Our callers this episode were: Goblin's Henchman Jason of the Nerds RPG Variety Cast The Pink Phantom Joe Richter of the Hindsightless Podcast Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the conversation? You can...

In today's episode I'm thinking about some of the things that make zombie apocalypses in film and fiction so unnerving for me and am chatting a bit about how that might work in a D&D campaign. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the conversation? You can leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.co...

Love it or hate it, it's clear that the 4th edition of D&D very much polarised the fan-base, however--in this episode--I'm talking about something I very much loved about 4E, the World Axis cosmology. Check out the zine Planar Compass here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/16487/Planar-Compass Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/el...

Inspired by an episode of Biggus Geekus I listened to recently I chat about playing evil PCs. Check out the recent episode of Biggus Geekus that I mentioned: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus/episodes/Episode-80-Evil-Campaigns--PCs-e1g7hi4 Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the conversation? You can leave us a voice...

In this episode I'm dicussing how uising generic tokens like meeples might actually help your RPG game. Check out our previous episode on returning to manual gaming: https://rddrpgpodcast.buzzsprout.com/977239/10194092-could-i-go-back-to-old-school-manual-gaming Link to VTT Owlbear Rodeo: https://www.owlbear.rodeo/ Link to the excellent  Dragons are Real episode on Owlbear Rodeo: https://www....

In this episode I'm dicussing Usage Dice, an alternative method of tracking consumables, a few things I like about this method and some that I don't. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the conversation? You can leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcast If you're having issues wi...

In this episode we being with a rallying cry by Goblin's Henchmen before moving on to talk about skills, classes and mega-dungeons. Our callers this episode were: Goblin's Henchman Jason of the Nerds RPG Variety Cast The Pink Phantom Joe Richter of the Hindsightless Podcast Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involv...

In this episode I'm talking about a recent OSE game where I tried running a dungeon as a point-crawl, what I think went well and what I think I can improve on. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the conversation? You can leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcast If you're having issu...

In this episode I'm discussing a supplement from Appendix-N Entertainment that covers some lost/forgotten classes for OSE: The supplement is available from DrivethruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/297980/Lost-Classes-The-Arnesonian-Classes Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the conversation? You ca...

Following on from our episode about Thieves, in this episode I'm talking about how I feel that White Box: FMAG's handling of thievery could be expanded to add additional depth to characters in D&D. White Box FMAG is available from DrivethruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/190631/White-Box--Fantastic-Medieval-Adventure-Game Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public...

In this episode we're answering listener calls about our recent Battle Cries episode and Jason has called in to wax nostalgic about old books. Our callers this episode were: Jason of the Nerds RPG Variety Cast Ron Frazier Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the conversation? You can leave us a voicemail: http...

Inspired by an episode of Cleric's Wear Ringmail , in this episode I'm talking about my thoughts on health potions. Check out the podcasts that inspired this episode at the links below: https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail/episodes/I-Hate-Health-Potions-e1b5acv https://anchor.fm/radio-grognard Also check out our previous episode on  Snake Oil Salesmen: https://rddrpgpodcast.buzzsprout...

Following on from last Friday's episode about the allure of old books, I'm looking at a secondhand copy of the Chaosium Universal Supplement Cities that I picked up a while back. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the conversation? You can leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcast If...

In this episode we're answering listener calls about our recent Mi-Go and Thief Skills episodes. Our callers this episode were: Jason of the Nerds RPG Variety Cast Taylor from  Clerics Wear Ringmail Randy at  Biggus Geekus Rob C from  Down in a Heap Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the conversation? You ca...

𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟏𝟐𝟗𝟓𝐀𝐄 Having  returned from their adventures in and around Brackenwold our heroes set  off with their patron, the philosopher's stone seeking Fabrio  Tagleroni, we join them as they prepare to board a ferry to the Beast's  Maw. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-red-dice-diaries/message This is a public episode. If you would l...

In this episode I'm talking about some of the reasons that I find old or second-hand books so appealing. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the conversation? You can leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcast If you're having issues with Speakpipe you can also leave a voicemail on our...

In this episode we're answering listener calls about our recent episode on the 5E Poisonous Plants supplement and also the subject of running more than one game in the same campaign setting. Our callers this episode were: Jason of the Nerds RPG Variety Cast Joe from Raven God Games Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get inv...

In this episode we're thinking about how rubbish/detritus is used (or not) in dungeons and how thinking about such things could add an extra dimension to your lairs. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the conversation? You can leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcast If you're havin...

In this bonus episode we're responding to some listener call-ins concerning our recent episodes about the Abominable Snowman and also how to get inspiration when you're drawing a bit of a blank RPG-wise: Our callers this episode were: Glen Hallstrom of the Radio Grognard podcast Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast Joe Richter from the Hindsightless podcast Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander...

In this episode we're talking about why heroic battle-cries and speeches can be useful and offering some tips as to how you can incorporate them into your D&D games. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the conversation? You can leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcast If you're h...

Today I'm musing about why the Thief class in D&D has never really appealed to me. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the conversation? You can leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcast If you're having issues with Speakpipe you can also leave a voicemail on our old anchor accoun...

In this episode I'm talking about one of my favourite creatures from the Mythos, the Mi-Go, devilish fungoid scientists who experiment on themselves as readily as others. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the conversation? You can leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcast If you're...

In this episode we're answering some voicemails from our listeners talking about humanocentric campaigns and returning to a more manual method of running games. Our callers this episode were: Randy Nichols of the Biggus Geekus podcast Cody M of the No Save for You podcast Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast Ray Otus of the Plundergrounds podcast Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Publi...

In this episode myself and Hannah are talking about one of our favourite Cryptids, the Yeti, how it has been represented in D&D and how you might like to use it in your games. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the conversation? You can leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcast If you&apos...

In this episode I'm bemoaning some recent tech-problems we've been having with FoundryVTT in my OSE game and the potential back-ups/alternatives I've been looking at. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php You can check out  Pete Jone's  excellent video on  Owlbear Rodeo at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qYsMU8CVfE Wa...