The Red Dice Diaries

The weather has turned worse as our party try and make their way from the forbidding Grey Peaks to return to their home village and make plans for their future. --- 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.subs...

This episode was spurred on by a comment from Ty Prunty on my Facebook account, asking why I don't talk about Fate so much anymore? - 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 Yo...

In this episode, myself and Hannah are looking at the Troll variants found in the 1st Edition AD&D Fiend Folio. - 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 also find us us...

In this voicemail episode Hannah and myself take calls about wishes in games, get some great advice on publishing and answer questions about recent episodes. 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 podscast: ht...

In this episode, I'm getting a few things off my chest as myself and Hannah muse about problems in games and ways that they can be avoided or dealt with. - 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: RDDR...

In this episode we're taking a look at the avarous and isolationist Deep Gnomes, and how they've change through the editions of D&D. - 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@gm...

In this episode we're delving into the idea of sentient swords and other items as featured in Old-school Essentials. - Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) https://freepd.com/electronic.php Many thanks to Kevin of the Redcaps Podcast whose voicemail lead to this episode, check out his podcast: https://anchor.fm/theredcaps Want to get involved in the conversation? - You...

The heroes continue their exploration in the catacombs below the ancient Solar Order abbey, searching for a weapon that--the modern remnants of the Order say--will allow them to lay the unquiet dead of Witch Isle to rest. -- 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....

Wriggling out of their graves eager to spread death and despair the Sons of Kyuss are a particularly unpleasant, infectious type of undead. - 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...

In this episode we discuss another monster from the classic Fiend Folio , this time it's the turn of the relentlessly obsessive Skeleton Warrior. - 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: RDDRPGpodcas...

In this voicemail episode Hannah and myself take calls about using sentient swords in games, get a great story about how a wish ran in a game and answer some other queries about recent episodes. 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 RedDiceDiar...

Licking their wounds and mourning their losses from their first abortive foray into the beetle infested abbey, their recent acquaintance Simon Graydon catches up with them, bringing news of a fresh translation of the stone tablet that Leopold gave him, it may allow them to progress further into the abbey. The young knight has bought the stone with him, but they also hear disquieting news that thei...

In this episode we offer some tips on using that mostly powerful of all magics, Wishes, in 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 - Or you can email us at: RDDRPGpodcast@gmail.com You can also find us using t...

In this episode we're delving into the Needleman from the 1E AD&D Fiend Folio, looking at how it's changed over the years and discussing some ways 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.com/RDDRPGPodca...

I had the good fortune to play in a session of Eldritch Tales (a White Box game of Lovecraftian Horror) run by the author Joe Salvador, organised by Colin Green of the Spikepit podcast and featuring a number of OSR Anchorite luminaries; whilst playing it I was reminded how much I enjoyed the feat system in the game and started to think that it could very easily be imported into other old-school D&...

In this Friend or Foe Friday episode we're continuing our exploration of monsters originating in the 1E AD&D Fiend Folio, comparing and contrasting Mephits from various editions and talking about potential ways you could use them in your games. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) You can leave us a voicemail message using Speakpipe.com Or you can email us at RDDRP...

Our heroes meet two warriors of a religious order that seems to share an origin with the undead of Witch Isle, this begins a quest to an ancient abbey infested with strange insects. --- 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, visi...

I backed the Old School Essentials Advanced Fantasy Kickstarter by Necrotic Gnome and Exalted Funeral, Gavin Norman the author was kind enough to send pre-release PDFs to the people who back the Kickstarter. In this episode I'm looking through the second of the two compiled rules tomes available on the Kickstarter. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) You can leave us...

In this  Friend or Foe Friday  episode we're trawling through the Fiend Folio in search of the deadly Lizard King. 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 podcast: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/977239.rss H...

I backed the  Old School Essentials Advanced Fantasy  Kickstarter by Necrotic Gnome and Exalted Funeral, Gavin Norman the author was kind enough to send pre-release PDFs to the people who back the Kickstarter. In this episode I'm looking through the first of the two compiled rules tomes available on the Kickstarter. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) You can leave us...

In this bonus episode, I have a bit of a rant about someone being an a-hole on Reddit. 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 podcast: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/977239.rss This is a public episode. If you w...

In this  Friend or Foe Friday  episode--as per the result of this week's Twitter poll--we're cracking open the mighty Fiend Folio once again in an attempt to peel back the festering robes of the haunting Heucuva. 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 ou...

It's 2020 and we can't go out for a pub crawl, unless you're talking about a fantasy RPG pub crawl that is! Hannah talks us through a simple pub-crawl game she made based on Goblin Henchman's hexflower engine, we test it out and I muse on how it could be used in RPGs. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) You can leave us a voicemail message using Speakpi...

Reese from the Necrotic Gnome Discord ( https://discord.gg/s7Bg29K ) asked if it would be possible for me to put some of my actual plays up in audio only format, since I want to keep it seperate from our main podcast ( https://rddrpgpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ ) I've decided to cast a resurrection spell on my old Anchor account and put them here. All Smoke & Snow episodes will be designated Season...

Reese from the Necrotic Gnome Discord ( https://discord.gg/s7Bg29K ) asked if it would be possible for me to put some of my actual plays up in audio only format, since I want to keep it seperate from our main podcast ( https://rddrpgpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ ) I've decided to cast a resurrection spell on my old Anchor account and put them here. All Smoke & Snow episodes will be designated Season...