This Ol’ Dungeon Podcast

In this episode we have Erik Tenkar and Bad Mike Badolato -the dynamic duo themselves- straight from the " Talking Crit " livestream among their other OSR contributions such as the Tavern blog, The North Texas RPG Con, RPG auctions, Swords and Wizardry Light, and many others. We get to talk with them all about these endeavors as well as the classic B1: In Search of the Unknown, which is getting a...

Jeff Jones of the RPG Ramblings podcast stops by for a discussion about game design, what it means to create something within the space of of the 1st Edition DMG, and whatever else floats across my mind while were talking. We also get a chance to discuss his Gary's Appendix series - with Issue 3 Kickstarting RIGHT NOW! Give it a listen and go check out the project, its a great one! https://www.kic...

In this episode Bill, Edwin, and Lou discuss the classic Top Secret module, TS003: "Lady in Distress."  This GenCon XIV tournament module features a cruise ship taken over by terrorists who are after a secret bio weapon smuggled on board by a rogue Spanish scientist.  BUT FIRST: Mike Carr - TSR legend and co-writer of this adventure - spends some of his afternoon with us answering a few questions...

Edwin, Bill and Lou are back from the North Texas RPG Convention!  We answer questions about whether we would want to be full-time game developers and what our favorite dungeons and traps are.  Then, we get into the feature segment talking about "Day of the Destroyer" - a Champions superhero adventure.  Stay tune after the closing to hear an interview with Stefan Surrat about his latest Kickstarte...

In this episode Luau Lou gets a chance to sit down with friend of the show, Skeeter Green who's about to launch his new Kickstarter project, "Underland" - an amazing adventure/system that builds a "connective" tissue between all your game worlds while introducing some great concepts and rules of underground exploration -this ain't just your daddy's dungeon, folks!  There's also a decent amount of...

Now presenting Episode 31: an interview with EXTREME Dungeon Master, Paladin Reizo, who’s about to attempt another world-record of gaming by running through the megadungeon Rappan Athuk for 30 days straight!  You can sign up to help play or GM below, the event starts in June and is going to be continuously streamed for posterity’s sake. We also handle some listener mail, discuss this epic dungeon...

First off, I have to apologize – there is an echo in my mic on this recording.  I think I chased down the culprit for future recordings, but alas editing only made this recording marginally better.   That being said YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS ONE!  We have John “Hambone” McGuire from the Vintage RPG Podcast and designer/co-writer of the “3, 2, 1...ACTION!” RPG on to talk about what it is like des...

We got a chance to do a “One-Shot” episode where we (yes, Edwin and even Bill eventually makes it in!) sat down with artist and content creator, James Shields to talk about his offerings to the RPG publishing world AND his new monster book project: M.A.C.E. Kickstarting NOW!  What makes a good monster? How do you plan a bestiary to keep monsters new, interesting, and challenging without just addin...

We got the band back together finally, folks! And what a great little module for us to finally sync up for! In this episode we delve into the original DCC#1: Idylls of the Rat King. We go through this early 2003 Goodman product and take care of some long-overdue listener mail.  It’s good to be back, baby!

Luau Lou here.  I have been waiting to do this episode for over a year.  As many of you know, I publishing a rule set called “The Dare-Luck Club,” themed around misfit adolescents out on adventures.  About a year into its run, I saw a product called “Don’t Tell Mom & Dad” on Kickstarter that just looked fantastic and was right in that same game-space.  Since then, I’ve been trying to track down th...

Author, Publisher, Booksmith, and all around great guy, Trevor Stamper, sits down one-on-one with Luau Lou to talk about publishing Tales from the Smoking Wyrm, and the freedom of having your own means of book production/finishing.  Come with us and get an inside look at how Trevor and Blind Visionary Publications are working to evolve the publication of game materials into formats that are conduc...

On this episode we talk with RPG creator Stefan Surrat about his MANY past endeavors as well as his upcoming Kickstarter, "Elfland: Beyond the Fields We Know."  You can learn more about it here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brimstonecradle/the-brimstone-cradle-and-the-hills-that-hunger/posts/3689811 OR just go help fund the thing (starting Jan 17th 2023) here: https://www.kickstarter.com/p...

Levi Combs Sits down with Luau Lou (known for his belief in the bizarre and gnostic) and discuss events that happened around the Howling Crater UFO crash site.  You can learn more about this event in the newest edition of Levi's book "An Occurrence at Howling Crater" live on Kickstarter right now (December 2022)  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/planetxgames/an-occurrence-at-howling-crater-com...

In this episode we tackle one of the great Call of Cthulhu adventures, one bite at a time.  We are looking at Masks of Nyarlathotep-the New York chapter.  We talk about whether this award-winning adventure set is really deserving of all the praise it gets and what we would do to make it...better?  Meanwhile, there's some great letter to the homeowners giving us discussion on treasure and some retu...

In this episode we sit-down with Ian McCarty of Silver Bullette Publishing.  He tells about many of their cool products such as "The Creeping Cold", Fantastic Geographic, and the upcoming MCC adventure, " Fire in the MOHLE! "  We ponder a great listener question about meta plots in RPG worlds and then get into the meat n' potatoes of the show, a talk about "X2: Castle Amber."  -Oh and we put Ian t...

This one is WAY off the beaten path folks! Since the show's inception I have always sat down each Halloween season with my old friend and favorite artist, Christopher Tupa to just wax nostalgic.  This year we decided to talk about "scary toys" from our childhoods (and beyond-we're both big kids at heart).  Be warned, this has almost NO GAMING CONTENT-though some of these old toy lines could sure i...

In this fairly raw/unedited episode the three of us talk about GameHole Con while Edwin and Bill are live on the spot.  In honor of the Con's sponsor who is well known for his great collection of all things D&D, we also give the This Ol' Dungeon treatment to one of the most valuable adventures from the old days of TSR-"The Jade Hare."  This is a quick one (for us) folks!  We'll be back soon with a...

What happens when Levi Combs comes back on This Ol' Dungeon while all 3 hosts are there to jibber-jabber?  Well, not much talking about Planescape -that's for sure!  Still, we got to learn a lot about what's going on at Planet X Games (https://www.facebook.com/planetxgamecompany/) and some great discussion about lots of design-side stuff, AND got through a pretty nice chunk of listener mail INCLUD...

Had a lot of fun on this episode getting educated by James Holloway, the Monster Man, himself!  We talk a lot about the importance of the original Monster Manual in setting the stage for these sorts of books and have an interesting debate on whether The Fiend Folio is or isn’t a big departure from what that book had set us up for back in the 1e days.  You can catch James’s podcast “Monster Man” at...

This is a side quest for our podcast, where Ben Burns was kind enough to come on again and talk about his new Kickstarter, "The Zeta Complex" -a product I've been antsy for him to release since playing an early version at North Texas in 2020.  As a bonus, Bill Barsh talks about gearing up to launch his Kickstarter for "Tome of Quests" a remastered anthology of his company's early hits.  We talk (i...

In this installment we all have a great time talking low fantasy gaming (and "Low Fantasy Gaming"), West Marches, great Kickstarters/Drivethru bundles, end boss battles, and even get around to talking about L1: The Secret of Bone Hill.  If you've never read/played this classic, or if it's been awhile; join us for a discussion of all its gems and all its blemishes-there's a lot to be mined from thi...

This episode we are joined by Chris Holmes: artist, writer, hobby game designer, and all-around renaissance man.  Chris recounts his father's, John Eric Holmes, creation of the original D&D basic boxset as well as telling us about his own "made for the con" game designs-that he does as a way to express his interests and creativity.  He tells about an up-coming re-release of his father's Pellucidar...

In this episode we had some equipment issues/user errors that lead to a first half containing an interview between Luau Lou and Tim Connelly of the Benchleydale Academy and a second half where the usually crew (Bill, Edwin, and Lou) are together discussing what makes the AD&D 1st Ed rule set unique and then sliding into user mail and OUR FIRST EVER Geek Credit wipeout...  You'll have to listen to...

On this episode Skeeter Green of SGP Games joins us as we talk about the classic Tomb of Horrors and the difference between arbitrary mechanics and deadly mechanics.  Bill joins us (here and there) as he hexcrawls the eastern US and we have our first winner for the "at home" version of Geek Credit.  Remember, you too can get enter for being an "at home player" by simply sending us some mail to rea...

On this mega episode we get to talk city campaigns with legendary podcaster Brett Bloczynski from Gaming and BS.  He tells us all about his Avalon campaign, what makes it work, and gives some great advice on how to bring these urban environments to life for your players.  We got a few Letters from the Homeowners Association, and announce a new "play at home" version of Geek Credit where we will se...