This Ol’ Dungeon Podcast

In this episode we discuss Gamma World's first adventure, GW1: Legion of Gold with Matt Gullett of Long Con and No Class RPG Podcast fame.  We talk a little Hobbit and some RPG art and YES, Bill even gets to report on some actual gaming he's done!  Here's the link to the Long Con, to the No Class Podcast (soon to be on Twitch) and you'll have to keep your eyes peeled for for Matt's Kickstarter, "C...

This is a great one, folks!  We had a blast with the very talented Brian Shutter-a name to watch as he will definitely be making his mark in the industry!  He tells about his epic quest to bring the "cassette-apocalypse" mystique to life in his hot new game, "Neon Lords of the Toxic Wasteland" (available at Exulted Funeral https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/search?q=neon+lords and DriveThru https://ww...

This is actually a stand-in for the TRUE Episode 16, which was a massively good recording with Richard LeBlanc of http://savevsdragon.blogspot.com/   and New Big Dragon Games talking all about random generators for games and including his awesome D30 line available on DriveThru that didn't (explicative) record!  We will cast Charm Person on his merciful heart and get another recording of that epis...

On this episode we're joined by Eddie Bartlett of the LongCon and the No Class RPG Podcast AND writer of "Carnage in the Casino" to talk gaming and take on a classic adventure, 'The Temple of Elemental Evil."  You'll get some inside information about starting a con, some ideas about which dungeon elements are most important, and listen to us take turns berating this classic megadungeon...  Ok, cal...

In this episode, we have a lot of fun meandering our way through a myriad of topics with our special guest, Ryan Howard of "Rollin' Bones!"  Some highlights include an interview with Ryan, discussion of city campaigns, archetypes for characters, safety tools for RPGs, espionage RPGs, random dungeons, and, OF COURSE, the 1991 original Dark Sun setting and why it fits perfectly with the Dungeon Craw...

St. Nick brings us a surprise, as we are visited by RPG writer/artist Jon Hook just in time to talk about holiday gaming.  We get a chance to interview him about his writing for the Call of Cthulhu RPG, Goodman Games, as well as his work for Frog God Games-including the infamous, "Orcus on 34th Level."  In the This Ol' Dungeon Segment we transform a D6 Star Wars adventure into a palatable version...

So, we had to class up the joint on this one; Mr. Bill "Named that Funky Star Wars Alien" Slavicsek stops by to hang and talk about his very early work, "Scared Stiffs" for the Ghostbusters RPG from West End Games. This was too much fun!  Edwin Nagy of Frog God Games and Bill Barsh of Pacesetter Games were good enough to rejoin the cast and hold my had so I didn't turn too "fanboy" on Mr. Slavicse...

We take a quick departure this episode as Luau Lou sits down with his old friend and artist buddy, Christopher Tupa, to talk just a little about gaming but a WHOLE LOT about Halloween!  We'll be back at the end of the month with a regular episode featuring "Scared Stiffs" from the WEG Classic Ghostbuster's RPG line!

Despite a few bits of audio static here and there, you get to sit in with Levi Combs and hear about some of Planet X's products new and old, some straight-shootin' advice on small publishing, and for our "This Ol' Dungeon" piece we talk about a true foundational piece of fantasy role playing, The Arduin Grimoires by David Hargrave.  I had a blast getting to hang with Levi for a night -I hope you e...

This time Luau Lou is joined once again by Edwin Nagy of Frog God Games and extra special guest, Bill Barsh of Pacesetter Games and Simulations.  We talk about a lot of things including game publishing, retro clones, precieved Game Master failures, and of course the central piece a look into the original Pacesetter Games's CHILL RPG -oh and Bill gives us the goods on his company's Gamma X project...

In this episode Luau Lou is joined by Edwin Naggy, Doctor Duck Butter, and The Frugal GM who kindly throw in their talents to help the podcast carry on while Thomas and Briggy deal with some of life's curve balls.  We discuss the Call of Cthulhu starting adventure "The Haunting" (also titled "The Haunted House").  And answer letters from the homeowners association.  If you have questions, comments...

This is more proof to our listeners that we are still alive than our typical episodes...  Hopefully we'll get back on track soon...

In this 2nd part of Episode 8, we cover 2 quick pieces of listener mail and finally get into the famed "Q1: Queen of the Demon Web Pits."  There are a few great "renovations" that shake out as we discuss how to make it a little more "playable," and we do a Geek Credit segment where the Wedded-Duo take on Luau Lou's random spider-related questions...

Despite preparing for a grand discussion on "Q1: Queen of the Demon Web Pits," our long hiatus has weighed us down with lots of listener mail -full of great questions about RPG styles, terms, and a personal favorite: monster encounters!  So, we cut this recording as part 1 and will return soon with our This Ol' Dungeon treatment of Q1...  In the mean time send us more mail!!!!  Write to "thisoldun...

Thanks to Lawrence Schick, Allen Hammock, and Mike Monaco we have more to say about this interesting work by Tom Moldvay!

We have the delight of co-hosting with Ben Burns of New Comet Games.  We talk about his journey into game design and publishing as well as taking a loo at an old favorite of his, "Lords of Creation" from Avalon Hill circa 1984...

In this episode we take on the old WEG Star Wars RPG adventure anthology, “Instant Adventures.”

Thomas and Briggy are back!  We have a lengthy discussion about this old D&D Expert module -including asking the question, 'How do you get rid of the 900 pound racist gorilla in the room?"  when it comes to this module's representation of Pygmy-style peoples.  -But don't worry, we keep it mostly lighthearted.

Well, we're still a bit on hiatus from our regular shows.  Luau Lou is on this one talking it up about this year's Virtual Gamehole Con.  We hope to get back to our review and dissertation on modules and rule sets soon...

In this recording, Luau Lou talks with artist and old friend, Christopher Tupa (of http://ctupa.com/Art_by_Ctupa/Home.html ) about his life and art.  Christopher has done lots of work within the comic and illustration world as well as many of his own projects and few of Luau Lous! (Century's Edge Role Playing Game and the up-coming Dare-Luck Club Role Playing Game).  Visit his sites -you won't be...

This was our first episode -a test of our equipment an explanation to you our faithful listener of what we've come to do...

Fiasco  to say the least...  Bad audio quality, depressed hosts, and a miscommunication that has us trying to do Against the Slave Lords (Scourge of the Slave Lords) and Against the Giants AT THE SAME TIME!!!  -So... Instead we talk about tournament gaming...  Bear with us!

We break from format here to give you our top 5 adventures written for any system, any edition, and across all time...  -Yes, there were some tough choices to be made!  We discuss our experience being "molested" by different GMs and go into other gaming rants as well -enjoy!

In this episode we discuss how none of us know anything 'bout Gang Busters, We talk about Dungeon's Top 30 modules, and give WEG's Star Wars anthology "Instant Adventures" the "This Ol Dungeon" once-over...

Lengthy episode (sorry, folks...).  In this episode we don't pull any punches on what we feel needed fixed in the classic AD&D adventure, "Beyond the Crystal Cave."  We'll try to keep the shows more concise in the future.  In the meantime SEND US SOME MAIL!  thisoldungeon@gmail.com