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S6E3 Bags of Holding
-- Description --The Bag of Holding: a classic staple of D&D, a common article sought after by parties on far-afield parties, and a short circuit around one of the core elements of the game:…
S6E2 OSR Tourists
-- Description --Tourists in the OSR ecosystem: who are they, why are they here, and is it really appropriate to use the term "Tourist" as an insult?Like what you're hearing? Visit the…
S6E1 Moldvayan Revisionism
-- Description --Moldvayan Revisionism: one of the most damaging poxes and plagues of the modern OSR!But not really. ;-)In this episode, I speak to the propensity of B/X to fungate outwards into…
S5E3 Lessons on God in Gaming
-- Description --DragonRaid was an attempt to connect with RPG enthusiasts and to use that connection to educate and increase their faith. What did it do right? What did it do wrong? What can we do -…
S5E2 Salted Gaming - Flipping and Turning, No. 5
-- Description --Product Review: Flipping & Turning Magazine, No 5: Nautical gaming for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 1st Edition, or other OSR-compatible system, in the age of (or spirit of…
S5E1 Calls from the Bronze Age
-- Description --Continuing discussions of the Bronze Age from a gaming perspective. What some of its strengths are and how it fits into an OSR experience.Like what you're hearing? Visit the…
S4E9 Bronze Age Adventure
-- Description -- Bronze Age Adventure! Literature, history, and other reasons why antiquity is a good time to set your campaign - followed by some call ins! Like what you're hearing? Visit the…
S4E8 Make Bikinis Armor Again!
-- Description -- Does your campaign look like a Frazetta painting? Why not?! Make bikinis armor again: an exposé on the cultural reasoning behind playing a character who doesn't wear armor, but…
S4E7 In Defense of the Screen
-- Description -- The Dungeon Master Screen: do you use one? I do - but some other folks don't: why would they eschew this time-tested tool and why I think DM screens are great. Like what you're…
S4E6 Talking Time
-- Description -- Listeners call in to talk about time - some podcast friends call in and talk about timekeeping in their games as well as timekeeping in their lives: figuring out when to fit in the…
S4E5 Ghouls Just Want To Have Fun
-- Description -- Follow up episode - additional insights and answers, as pertaining to Ghouls and Ghoul Paralysis: less dangerous (or more?) than you think. Like what you're hearing? Visit the…
S4E4 Lunch with Lungfungus
-- Description -- I had the distinct privilege over Father's Day weekend to meet up with Lungfungus - author of Actual Dungeon Mastering and the Melancholies & Mirth blog - to have a beer and…
S4E3 1:1 Turn Tracking
-- Description -- Do you time your players' actions in combat? You should! And here are three reasons why - from my table to yours, direct through the earbuds. Like what you're hearing? Visit the…
S4E2 Ghouls: Not as Scary As you Think
-- Description -- Ghouls - the iconic paralyzers and low-level party enders: capable of wrecking shop even on a mid level party! Or... are they? I revisit the rules as worded and cross reference them…
S4E1 Adversarial Play and Adversarial Prep, Revisited
-- Description -- Call in show - listeners debate the fine points of adversarial play, as well as toss in some tokens for how prep influences their games - or vice versa: how their games have…
S3E20 Confessions of a High Prep GM
-- Description -- Talking about prepping for your game. How much is too much? How much is too little? And how much can you learn from the mistakes of someone who has gone entirely off the deep end…
S3E19 Adversarial Players
-- Description -- Having spent some time figuring out adversarial referees - what would then make a player an adversarial player? Exploring some experiences, ideas, and behaviors that may - or may…
S3E18 Did You Really?
-- Description -- "I've been playing for 45 years and we never played that way back in the day!" A common refrain for long-timers trying to discourage playstyles differing from their own, I explore…
S3E17 Where Are You, Whispers?
-- Description -- Happy Thanksgiving! Catch up and call in episode: talking about mercenaries, advancement, but mostly - maps, tokens, and VTTs. Like what you're hearing? Visit the…
S3E16 Maps & Minis
-- Description -- User feedback focused on the use of maps - in the campaign, in the dungeon, in real life, and in virtual - as well as the implications of maps and all of the above on hirelings and…
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