The Red Dice Diaries

In this Friend or Foe Friday episode Hannah and myself are talking about the centaur-like creatures known as the Wemic. 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 voicem...

In this episode Hannah and myself are chatting about how maps can be a great source of inspiration for your RPG campaign world. 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...

Having  saved the Dwarven money Kroznon from the strange elf-like figures and  having recovered goods from a ruined Sena stronghold, our heroes are  heading for home. But the shadow of those who assaulted Kroznon stretches after them. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-red-dice-diaries/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with ot...

It's Friend or Foe Friday and--as per the result of our Twitter poll--we're talking about the Vegepygmy or Mold Man. 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...

In this voicemail episode Hannah and myself are answering calls about our recent Vargouille and Save or Die episodes. The BX character generator I mentioned in the episode can be found here: http://character.totalpartykill.ca/holmes/ Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) You can leave us a voicemail message using Speakpipe.com If you're having problems with Speakpipe yo...

In this episode we're talking about Save or Die mechanics, the positives, the negatives and how we us them (or not) in our games. This episode was inspired by a DBJ live-stream I watched today, check it out at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IH5PqtAm7E Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.php Want to get involved in the conversation? Y...

In this slightly delayed episode we're discussing the flapping fiends of the Outer Planes, Vargouilles. 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...

After  many adventures and the awakening of the Frost Wyrm in the East our  heroes glimpse the promise of Mithril in a cold mountain stream. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-red-dice-diaries/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reddicediaries.substack.com

In this voicemail episode Hannah and myself are answering calls about the Obliviax, chatting some more about rivers and how a monster is represented differently in Pathfinder. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) You can leave us a voicemail message using Speakpipe.com If you're having problems with Speakpipe you can also leave us a voicemail message on: https://anchor...

In this episode we're talking about what I consider to be one of the ultimate encounters you can have in a D&D game. 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...

Our heroes head northwards towards the Grey Heights, risking the dangers  of the oncoming Valkonen winter in pursuit of the precious Mithril  believed to lie in the depths of the mountains.   -- Watch live at   https://www.twitch.tv/reddicediaries --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-red-dice-diaries/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss...

In this episode we're discussing a monster I recently stumbled across whilst flipping through my Old School Essentials Classic Monster book, the Devil Swine. Old-school Essentials can be purchased from DrivethruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/5606/Necrotic-Gnome/subcategory/26251_32434/OldSchool-Essentials You can find Gavin's blog post (referenced in the show) here: http://...

The second part of our conversation with Johannes Paavola about all things gaming prep. You can find actual plays of Johannes' Mummy the Curse game here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMlEyLAkrE_9Ehvj3AeZcc2mwj4EjU067 You can also find my Old-school Essentials actual plays here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMlEyLAkrE_8T045dpowR3tZVH8sGQquu Title Music: Fireworks by Alexand...

The Roper is revealed! Can our heroes defeat this beast or will they meet an ignominious end in the caverns below the Grey Heights? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-red-dice-diaries/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reddicediaries.substack.com

In this episode we're cracking open the AD&D 1E Monster Manual II again and--as per the result of our Twitter poll--we're taking a look at the malign moss known as Obliviax. 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 joined by Johannes Paavola to talk about all things gaming prep. You can find actual plays of Johannes' Mummy the Curse game here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMlEyLAkrE_9Ehvj3AeZcc2mwj4EjU067 You can also find my Old-school Essentials actual plays here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMlEyLAkrE_8T045dpowR3tZVH8sGQquu Title Music: Fireworks by Ale...

In this episode we're discussing the mismatched product of evil magic, the patchwork creatures known as Mongrelmen. 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 voic...

In this voicemail episode Hannah and myself are answering calls about our recent Hanging Tree episode, talking about why we feel fantasy is popular as a genre and generally chatting about other things raised by our great callers. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) You can leave us a voicemail message using Speakpipe.com If you're having problems with Speakpipe you ca...

In this episode Hannah is talking about the potentially lazy stereotype that all women over 40 are evil magic-users. Update 09/03/21: I originally put the title of this as "Harmful Hags" because I like alliteration (give me a Peter Parker or a Bruce Banner any day) and it sounded better than "Why Does John think all Old Women in D&D Games are Hags?" , but a few people--incl...

For this Friend or Foe Friday episode--as chosen by the voters in our Twitter poll--myself and Hannah are talking about the Hangman Tree, a dangerous intelligent plant, and how you could use it in your game. - 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...

In this short Thursday episode myself and Hannah are talking about some of the horror tropes we mentioned in our Gibbering Mouther episode and how they were put to good use in the first episode of the TV series Lovecraft Country . - 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...

In this (slightly delayed) episode myself and Hannah are discussing that demented, dribbly blob known as the Gibbering Mouther. - 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 - Or you can email us at: RDDRPGpodcast@gmail.com You can als...

Spurred on by an idea from Hannah and the discovery of a cache of old Dragon magazines in our garage, this episode we're talking about running games with multiple plotlines. - 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 - Or you c...

Having bartered an alliance with the bandits of the Whalesong Woods, our heroes have learned more about the villainous seneschal of Fort Eastburn and plan to head north into the mountains in search of the source of his fell power. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-red-dice-diaries/message This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other...

In this voicemail episode Hannah and myself are answering calls about our recent Froghemoth episodes and also chatting a bit more about Zinequest 3 on Kickstarter. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) You can leave us a voicemail message using Speakpipe.com Or you can email us at RDDRPGpodcast@gmail.com Check out our other stuff at RedDiceDiaries.com RSS feed for the podsca...