The Red Dice Diaries

Have you been hit by the Monday blues, well don't worry we're here to cheer you up by talking about the  Forged in the Dark game  Scum & Villainy . In this episode Hannah and myself are joined by  Johannes Paavola who's been running a Scum & Villainy game for us. Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) You can leave us a voicemail message using Speakpipe...

In this episode I talk about the future of my podcasting endeavours and my decision to relaunch the podcast on Buzzsprout. Please note: I have no intention to delete the old episodes from Anchor, but future episodes will be on Buzzsprout. The link to the new podcast is: https://rddrpgpodcast.buzzsprout.com/ The RSS feed for the new podcast is: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/977239.rss You can get in...

In this first episode of our re-imagined podcast Hannah grabs the mic to ask me some questions about using the Fate System in her Star Trek game. 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: https://feeds....

In this episode I attempt to put a different spin on the "What is OSR?" and other standard RPG conversations by comparing the glorious roleplaying game to something equally as divine, the BLT. Have an opinion or thoughts on this topic? Leave us a voicemail at: https://anchor.fm/the-red-dice-diaries/message Theme tune is  Exotica by Juanitos , used under Public Domain licence. --- Send in a voice m...

In this episode I respond to a nunber of voicemails received about one-shots and other subjects, rounding off with a heart-warming message from Joe of the Hindsightless podcast. Have an opinion or thoughts on this topic? Leave us a voicemail at: https://anchor.fm/the-red-dice-diaries/message Theme tune is  Exotica by Juanitos , used under Public Domain licence. --- Send in a voice message: https:/...

In this episode of the Red Dice Diaries podcast I give a report on the recent one-day Con where I ran some 5E starter rules using Greg Gillespie's Barrowmaze setting, I'm joined by some special guests including anchorites and online players from my previous games. Have an opinion or thoughts on this topic? Leave us a voicemail at: https://anchor.fm/the-red-dice-diaries/message Theme tune is  Exoti...

In this episode I respond to a nunber of voicemails received recently. Have an opinion or thoughts on this topic? Leave us a voicemail at: https://anchor.fm/the-red-dice-diaries/message Theme tune is  Exotica by Juanitos , used under Public Domain licence. --- 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 t...

In this episode I talk a little bit about why I've started moving away from one shots and back towards campaigns. Have an opinion or thoughts on this topic? Leave us a voicemail at: https://anchor.fm/the-red-dice-diaries/message Theme tune is  Exotica by Juanitos , used under Public Domain licence. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-red-dice-diaries/message Th...

In this episode I'm joined by Johannes Paavola, and we discuss why we think there is such a profusion of mushrooms and herbs in many OSR games and supplements. The supplements/books I discussed in this episode were: The Midderlands, OSR Bestiary and Setting by Monkeyblood Design Behind the Walls , an adventure for the Midderlands published by Monkeyblood Design Fungi of the Far Realms by Melsonian...

In this episode I'm happy to be joined by my fellow Purple Worm co-host Pete Jones of the excellent Dragons are Real podcast, the first part of this review is available here and part 2 is available on Dragons are Real. Link to Part 2 on Dragons are Real: https://anchor.fm/dragonsarereal/episodes/045-Reviewing-The-Islands-of-Purple-Haunted-Putresence-Part-2-ea7psm You can purchase the Islands of Pu...

In this bonus voicemail episode I answer some call-ins concerning the definition of the OSR, labels and our prehistoric ancestors. Have an opinion or thoughts on this topic? Leave us a voicemail at: https://anchor.fm/the-red-dice-diaries/message Theme tune is  Exotica by Juanitos , used under Public Domain licence. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-red-dice-d...

There has been a discussion on the Audio Dungeon Discord Server recently about what the OSR means to people? So I thought that I'd record an episode about what it means to me. If you want to get involved with the Audio Dungeon Discord you can find it here: https://discord.gg/D5Gpe3s Have an opinion or thoughts on this topic? Leave us a voicemail at: https://anchor.fm/the-red-dice-diaries/message T...

In this bonus voicemail episode I answer some call-ins concerning the topic of primitive humans, evolution and how civilised folk in an RPG setting might respond to the close proximity of a primitive offshoot. Call-ins were by: Joe Richter of the Hingsightless podcast. Jason Connerley of the Nerd's RPG Variety Cast . Have an opinion or thoughts on this topic? Leave us a voicemail at: https://ancho...

A Happy New Year to you all, as we kick off 2020 with Season 3 of the Red Dice Diaries Anchorcast we're O verjoyed to S ee R PGs, I'm excited to talk about my plans for creating a Colonial Blackpowder D&D campaign setting in 2020. This idea was inspired by ChicagoWiz's excellent podcast and blog: https://chgowiz-games.blogspot.com/ I also talk about the workbook 30 Days of Worldbuilding writte...

It's the last episode of 2019 , and in this O xidised S chwifty R esonator voicemail episode of the Red Dice Diaries, Barney from Loco Ludus is kind enough to leave me some messages concerning my recent musings on the treatment of prehistoric man in D&D and various retroclones, we have some well-wishes and interesting points of discussion. Have an opinion or thoughts on this topic? Leave us a...

In this O strich S easonal R oustabout bonus episode of Red Dice Diaries I answer some call-ins about weird races, thieves and photogenic dice. Have an opinion or thoughts on this topic? Leave us a voicemail at: https://anchor.fm/the-red-dice-diaries/message Theme tune is  Exotica by Juanitos , used under Public Domain licence. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/t...

In this Obvious Simian Rebellion episode I talk a bit about primitive ancestors and muse on how they would cope side-by-side with their more modern day descendants. Have an opinion or thoughts on this topic? Leave us a voicemail at: https://anchor.fm/the-red-dice-diaries/message Theme tune is  Exotica by Juanitos , used under Public Domain licence. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.s...

In this O range S egment R ebellion bonus episode of Red Dice Diaries I answer some call-ins about thieves, notable first, dice colour themes and some other bits & pieces. Have an opinion or thoughts on this topic? Leave us a voicemail at: https://anchor.fm/the-red-dice-diaries/message Theme tune is  Exotica by Juanitos , used under Public Domain licence. --- Send in a voice message: https://p...

In this O bsfucations S erpentis R evolution RPG Bugbears episode I talk about that player who always wants to play a weird or kooky race. Have an opinion or thoughts on this topic? Leave us a voicemail at: https://anchor.fm/the-red-dice-diaries/message Theme tune is  Exotica by Juanitos , used under Public Domain licence. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-re...

In this O riginal S auce R esurrection episode of Red Dice Diaries I answer some call-ins about thieves, first dice, theme tunes and some other bits and pieces. Have an opinion or thoughts on this topic? Leave us a voicemail at: https://anchor.fm/the-red-dice-diaries/message Theme tune is  Exotica by Juanitos , used under Public Domain licence. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spoti...

In this episode I talk about one of the great firsts in my life and encourage listeners to call-in with their own stories. Have an opinion or thoughts on this topic? Leave us a voicemail at: https://anchor.fm/the-red-dice-diaries/message Theme tune is  Exotica by Juanitos , used under Public Domain licence. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-red-dice-diaries/m...

In this episode I respond to some call-ins received concerning my episode about thieves. Many thanks to my callers: - Jason of the Nerds RPG Varietycast - Darren Green (AKA Rfed) - Dave Aldridge of Dpercentile - Colin Green of the Spikepit podcast Have an opinion or thoughts on this topic? Leave us a voicemail at: https://anchor.fm/the-red-dice-diaries/message Theme tune is  Exotica by Juanitos ,...

In this RPG Bugbears episode I talk about player-character thieves stealing from the rest of the party, and why I'm not a fan, taking a look at some different iterations of D&D to see if I can work out some possible reasons for this phenomenon. Have an opinion or thoughts on this topic? Leave us a voicemail at: https://anchor.fm/the-red-dice-diaries/message Theme tune is  Exotica by Juanitos ,...

In this bonus episode I answer some voicemail messages from Pete Jones and Jason Connerley . Links to Burning Wheel actual plays on my YT channel. Trouble in Hochen Dinner for One - Part I Dinner for One - Part II --- 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 ge...

In this bonus mini-sode I talk a little bit about porting the RPG Bugbears series from my Youtube channel to my podcast. You can watch the original YT series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMlEyLAkrE_9U5-O2SJyslNuBEZb9FVBV Theme tune is  Exotica by Juanitos , used under Public Domain licence. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-red-dice-diaries/me...