Keep off the Borderlands ("It's about RPGs and stuff" ~ Free Thrall)

I kick things off with some calls from John Alan Large of Red Dice Diaries RPG and Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast before running through a few things I've ticked off the bucket list.

Honourable mentions: Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Hankerin Ferinale, Index Card RPG, Arlen Walker of Live from Pellam's Wasteland, Sword and Scoundrel, Electric Bastionland, Colin Green of Spikepit, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Vantage RPG, Griff Mon Morgan iii, Dungeons & Dragons, Dave Arneson, Dave Aldridge of dPercentile, Old-School Essentials, Blackmoor, Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks, Call of Cthulhu, Scott Dorwood of The Good Friends of Jackson Elias.

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#RPGaDAY2019 - Call-ins from Lieren and Che of Roleplay Rescue. A little ramble about rule books and who to follow. 

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This episode features two very special (to me at least) guest appearances, an unboxing of David F. Chapman's Tarot driven WILD RPG from Stoo Goff https://www.wildrpg.com/ and a recap of a recent Troika! session run by Timothy J. Drennon. I played with Jason Connerley who also covered the session in episode 223 of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast https://anchor.fm/jason376/episodes/223-Troika-e1493ni.

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I respond to a couple of call-ins from Dave Alridge of dPercentile and Cody M of No Save For You and The Tentacled Tumble Weeds before talking about a few early thoughts on the setting of Chris McDowall's Into The Odd and Electric Bastionland.
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#RPGaDAY2019 - A call-in from ShandyAndy of Unguarded Treasure (B52). A bit about the wonders of the modern age and the similarity of some early RPG mechanics.
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I've got a new microphone. I talk about podcasting and sound quality, almost forgetting I have a couple of call-ins from Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep and Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast.

Honourable mentions: Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Colin Green of Spikepit, Ray Otus of Plundergrounds, Tim Shorts of Gothridge Manor, Jason Hobbs of Random Screed, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere and Jeff Collier of Tome of All Dooms.

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#RPGaDAY2019 - A call-in from Joe of Hindsightless.  A  reading and a brief guest appearance. 

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#RPGaDAY2020 I chat about Troika! and Jean Giraud AKA Moebius.
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#RPGaDAY2020 I begin talking about downtime in the Black Hack before moving on to, you guessed it, Electric Bastionland.
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Some more about playing Barbarians of Lemuria. Call-ins from Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Ivy The Happy Whisk, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere and The Mysterious Brother Tyler M of A 20sided Life.
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#RPGaDAY2020 Pancakes?
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#RPGaDAY2020 I read through a blog post by Chris McDowall on 2 player co-op Electric Bastionland https://www.bastionland.com/2020/04/collaborative-bastionland.html
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I kick off responding to a call from Colin "Spikepit" Green regarding the d20 before getting onto the main topic of solo play. Inspired by last episode's call from John Large of The Red Dice Diaries, essentially, me speaking about Kenny Norris of  SoloRoleplayer.com and using Chris McDowall's Into the Odd with Tiny Solitary Soldiers Solo Engine from http://tinysolitarysoldiers.blogspot.com

Honourable mentions: Jeremy "Frothsof" Smith of Thought Eater, Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue. Youtube Channels Ivanmike68, Gamer Geeks, Solo RPG Guy and Questing Beast.

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I dive straight into responding to messages from Joe Richter of Hindsightless, Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents, talking about The Dee Sanction, All Rolled Up, Mõrk Borg and how I'm not very metal. I then chat about how much I've been enjoying the Netflix series Arcane: League of Legends before treating you to yet another unboxing. This time it's the Haunted Almanac, a fabulous compilation of the work of microgame maestro Nate Treme.

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Nate's Highland Paranormal Society blog https://natetreme.com/ 

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#RPGaDAY2020 Humour - A bit about how I like to amuse myself, the fate of Paranoia, how humour isn't always welcome and a cheeky message from Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast.
Honourable mentions: Colin "Spikepit" Green, Electric Bastionland, Bastion Jam on Itch.io, Barbarians of the Ruined Earth from DIY RPG Productions and Sword & Scoundrel from Grand Heresy Press.
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Celebrating OSR October

Featuring...

Calls from Joe Richter from Hindsightless who opens the show with some wonderful birthday wishes (Get well soon, Joe), John Alan Large of The Red Dice Diaries RPG Podcast and Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents...

Adventure Perilous by Dirk Stanley https://dirkstanley.itch.io

Tome Robbers of the Crystal Frontier by Gus L https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/357799/Tomb-Robbers-of-the-Crystal-Frontier

ANNA-X66 by Slade Stolar https://scablandspress.itch.io/anna-x66-redux

Honourable mentions: Chris McDowall's Into The Odd and Electric Bastionland 

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Yes, it's been a minute, as they say across the pond. I'm having a bit of a Spring clean in an attempt to get the podcast back on track.

Kicking things off with a few calls from Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue and Jason Connerley of Nerds' RPG Variety Cast.

A couple of other places you may have heard me...

Cerebrevore on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDpDqfU6pUPs2bdW8t23YVA or on your favourite podcatcher

Tom Barbalet’s My Rules Are Better http://www.myrulesarebetter.com

Then I finally get to those indie creators who've reached out to me in recent months via the Stout Stoat review database 
https://www.stoutstoat.co.uk/blogs/digital-accessibility/reviewers-database

Wolves at the Lake by Quinn Blackwell is now an Electrum Best Seller https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/404703/Wolves-at-the-Lake--Core-Book

The Last Hand by Eric Faber https://airborneham.itch.io/the-last-hand

Armor Classy CDungeon by Epic Level https://epiclevelsrapgods.com/

Contact by J. Strautman https://strautmaskreplica.itch.io/contact

Fear Bundle from The Lost Bay Studio https://www.thelostbaystudio.com/products/fear-bundle

Liminal Horror by Goblin Archives’ https://goblinarchives.itch.io/liminal-horror

Subversion from Fragging Unicorns Games https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fraggingunicorns/subversion?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=subversion

Hellpiercers by Nem of Sandy Pug Games https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sandypuggames/hellpiercers-tactical-harrowing-action?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=hellpiercers

The Bloom by Josh Domanski & Goblin Archives’ https://goblinarchives.itch.io/the-bloom

Splat 4 – Frights from Summoning Circle Press available soon https://summoning.itch.io

Horse Girl by Samuel Mui community copies available https://babblegumsam.itch.io/horse-girl

Mythic Space by Peter LaCara https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/776217730/mythic-space
free playtest here https://lacara-games.itch.io/mythic-space

The Geographical Almanac Kickstarter to be announced https://www.albyonabsey.com

Haunting from Arcane Atlantic Games https://atlasarcane.itch.io/haunting

Hedgemaze Mail by Ema Acosta https://www.patreon.com/spookymeal

Rounding things off with a reading from The Honest and Plain Village of Scio

George Edward Patterson III’s A Groats-Worth of Grotesques and The Honest and Plain Village of Scio are both available from The Skull as a Complete Gentleman Co. on DriverThruRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/18534/The-Skull-as-a-Complete-Gentleman-Co

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Briefly joined by a guest co-host before I dive into a bunch of call-ins from Ivy Shorts of The Happy Whisk, Joe Richter of Hindsightless, Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep, Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Arlen Walker of Live from Pellum's Wasteland and Che Webster of Roleplay Rescues. A more on immersion, a bit of accessibility, (re)defining storytelling games, dice pools, and a little patience. Thank you for all your calls.

Honourable mentions: Jeremy "Frothsof" Smith of Thought Eater, Pete Jones of Dragons are Real, Forbidden Lands from Fria Ligan, League of Eternal Guardians by Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks and Grizzly Peaks Radio, Dex by Darren Green, Pip System from Third Eye Games, Goblin's Henchman, Vaesen from Fria Ligan, Shadow of the Demon Lord by Rob Schwalb, Hypertelurians by Frank "Mottokrosh" Reding, Brian of Have to Look That Up, BJ of The Arcane Alienist, Biggus Geekus.

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Kicking off in the traditional manner with a message from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, followed by responses from Joe Ritcher of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, and wise elders of old-school D&D, Rob C of Down in a Heap and, the man himself, Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep.

I recommend listening to Darrold "creator of the thief class" Wagner on episode 160 of The Save or Die Podcast! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/adventure-160-start-thief/id385668065?i=1000504027427

Also please check out Daniel Norton's YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV3GrWa8Jjw&t=609s

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Kicking off with call-ins from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, new caller Karl Rodriguez and Evil Jeff of Minions & Musings. This is followed by a bunch of ramblings about the rules of games I'm playing in.
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Featuring...

Colin Green of Spikepit

Kes (1969) dir. Ken Loach

Codi M of No Save For You

Orbital Blues by SoulMuppet Publishing

Cowboy Bebop by Hajime Yatate

Mostly Harmless Meetings by Dan Sumption https://peakrill.itch.io/mostly-harmless-meetings

Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents...

Anthony "Runeslinger" Boyd of Casting Shadows

Those Dark Places by Johnathan Hicks https://ospreypublishing.com/those-dark-places

Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast

Wolfen (1981) dir. William Wadleigh

John Alan Large of Red Dice Diaries RPG Podcast

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021) dir. Kier-La Janisse

Rob C of Down in a Heap

Jim Moon of Hypnogoria

The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971) dir. Piers Haggard

The Ritual (2017) dir. David Bruckner

Black Sabbath (1963) dir. Mario Bava

A Dark Song (2016) dir. Liam Gavin

The Borderlands (2013) dir. Elliot Goldner

Robin Redbreast (1970) dir. James MacTaggart

Pontypool (2008) dir. Bruce McDonald

Lone Eons https://davidblandy.itch.io/lone-eons

Ray Otus of Plundergrounds

Hieronymous J Doom of Fantastic Fights

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#RPGaDAY2020 Ride - I make myself a coffee and flip through Iron Crown Enterprises' Riders of Rohan module for Middle-Earth Role Playing.
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#RPGaDAY2020 An apology, a little history, some esoterica and a bit of nostalgia.
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I answer a few call-ins from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere and Colin "Spikepit" Green before sharing my feelings on what I consider to be my first truly OSR encounter.
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Another Jason response episode. Call-ins from Jason (obviously) of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Ivy the Happy Whisk and Joe Richter of Hindsiteless and Weal or Woe.
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I have few call-ins about the last couple of episodes from Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Karl Rodriguez. I then share my initial impressions of a session zero with Arlen Walker with Jackson Malloy's Sword & Scoundrel.

Catch the Daniel Jones interview on Roleplay Rescue episode 611 https://anchor.fm/rpgrescue/episodes/611-Otherworld-Immersion-with-Daniel-Jones-efjiec

Hear Arlen Walker's Sword & Scoundrel debriefing on Live From Pellum's Wasteland season 2 episode 20 https://anchor.fm/pellamswasteland/episodes/2-20-Debrief-on-Sword--Scoundrel-and-an-Unboxing-eg0sgo/a-a2iqgd0

Sword & Scoundrel: Open Beta rules are PWYW on DriveThruRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/259404/Sword--Scoundrel-Open-Beta-Document?term=sword+%26+scoundrel

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Wherein I review George Patterson's rather unique "OSRish" baroque bestiary A Groats-Worth of Grotesques. Grab a copy here https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/18534/The-Skull-as-a-Complete-Gentleman-Co

Including some great calls from Julz Burgisser of Julz from NZ, Safer of Safer Fantasy Crafting, Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep and Safinho of Alone in the Labyrinth.

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#RPGaDAY2019 - A call-in from Colin "Spikepit" Green. Special thanks to Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Lieren of Updated From the Middle of Nowhere.

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After addressing the mystery of the missing link from last episode, I respond to calls from Jason Connerely of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Menion aka Rob of Confessions of a Wee Tim'Rous Bushi and Darren "RFED" Green. I talk a bit more about Darren's Dex system playtest before Goblin's Henchman helps me get my head around the probability of success in Year Zero.

Honourable mentions: Casting the Runes rpg, Runehammer, Old-School Essentials, Dave "dPercentile" Aldridge and Nathan H. Juran's Jack the Giant Killer from 1962.

The Runehammer video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li0ypsbLhVM

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A couple of call-ins from Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Colin "Spikepit" Green then I catch up with the remaining thoughts from Jason concerning my back catalogue. 
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This one is all over the place. It all goes a bit gonzo. There's a bit of history, a bit of Paranoia, some Into the Odd and plenty of wheezing. Call-ins from RFED and Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast.  Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts   Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com

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#RPGaDAY2020 Strange - I talk about my love for strange settings and the absence of strangeness from my appearance on Colin Green's Spikepit followed by a really nice call-in from Menion (AKA Rob) of Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi.
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In this episode, I respond to a lovely message from Safer Fantasy Crafting concerning a theory he has about Sir Gawaine and The Green Knight. Essentially, it's another opportunity for me to witter on about David Lowery's amazing movie.

Honourable Mentions: Alluvial Plains, League of Eternal Guardians by Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Everyone Games https://everyone-games.com/, Darkness Moves by Perplexing Ruins https://perplexingruins.itch.io/, Andy Goodman of Grizzly Peaks Radio.

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Colin Green of Spikepit

Pearl & Dean theme "Asteroid" by Pete Moore

Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast

The Monster Club (1981) dir. Roy Ward Barker

Communion (1989) dir. Philippe Mora

Orbital Blues by SoulMuppet Publishing

A Dirty World by Greg Stoltze

The Prisoner (1967) created by Patrick McGoohan

Be Seeing You by Tanya Floaker

Spikepit Osseous improve https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/452-osseous-rpg/id1411465419?i=1000488990786

Roleplay Rescue Playing Alone https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/playing-alone/id1614045511?i=1000557756046

Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus

League of Eternal Guardians by Barney Dicker

Those Dark Places by Johnathan Hicks

Survival of the Able by Jacob Wood https://www.accessiblegames.biz/our-games/survival/

Neo-Triassic Shoreline Regression Syndrome by Barney Dickler https://ko-fi.com/locoludus

The Drowned World by J.G. Ballard

Pilgrimage of the Sun Guard by Amanda P. https://hopefulweirdwonder.itch.io/sunguard

Barney interviews Amanda https://podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/pilgrimage-of-the-sun-guard-interview-with-amanda-p/id1488770987?i=1000556515176

2400 by Jason Tocci https://jasontocci.itch.io/2400

Jason Tocci's blog https://pretendo.games/

Music by Timothy J. Drennon

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References to My Rules Better bonus episodes released between June 12th and July 1st https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-rules-are-better/id1447857948

The Retired Adventurer's Six Cultures of Play https://retiredadventurer.blogspot.com/2021/04/six-cultures-of-play.html

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#RPGaDAY2019 - Call-ins from Jason, Joe Richter of Hindsightless, Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, ShandyAndy of Unguarded Treasure (B52) and Colin "Spikepit" Green. Thanks to Matt "Random" Jackson and Norbert Matausch, I actually have something to say this time.  Special thanks to Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere.   Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com

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Just responding to messages I received following my last few episodes concerning alignment and theory. Calls from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Colin "Spikepit" Green, Dave Aldridge of dPercentile and Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus.

Honourable mentions: Arlen Walker's Live from Pellum's Wasteland

Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts

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In this episode, I attempt to teach Google's ChatGPT how to host and play a roleplaying game.

Into the Odd SRD Mark of the Odd by Chris McDowall https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AxH25aVWJETisfWNrxCOAHyKE7OCVgS1

Isle of Ixx by Skullfungus https://gamesomnivorous.com/products/isle-of-ixx?variant=44184939167977

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A call from Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue followed by some thoughts on alignment.

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Inspired by Lieren's Mental Health Thursday episode 44 of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere, I made some brief notes. To spare her a bunch of messages from me and risk turning her podcast into The Spencer Show, I thought I'd put them here.

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#RPGaDAY2020 Push - Inspired by a call from Joe Richter of  Hindsight and Weal or Woe
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Another one that's all over the place. Just trying to play catch up. Call-ins from Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Colin  "Spikepit" Green, John Alan Large of The Red Dice Diaries and Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks. Some clarification, a bit about the OSR, an epic unboxing and some thoughts on fear.
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In this episode, I finally get around to promoting the good works of creators who've reached out to me in recent months.

Featuring...

Noctis Labyrinth by Duamn Figueroa https://mrdrhobo.itch.io/noctis-labyrinth

Vault of the Blood Mage by Robert Waluchow https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/399852/Vault-of-the-Blood-Mage

Loaded for Bear by Robyn Green https://postrobynist.itch.io/loaded-for-bear

The Calling by Ohad Reiter https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/405239/The-Calling

Hit the Road, Jack by Kyle Tam [functional in February] https://urania-games.itch.io/hit-the-road-jack

Kyle Tam’s itch page https://urania-games.itch.io

Action 12 Cinema by Michael K. Ross of The RPG Academy podcast https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/therpgacademy/action-12-cinema

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#RPGaDAY2019 - A call-in from Lieren and I talk cliffhangers.
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Pearl & Dean theme "Asteroid" by Pete Moore

Safer of Safer Fantasy Crafting

Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast

The Black Hack by David Black https://www.squarehex.co.uk/products/the-black-hack-2nd-rule-book

The Village (2004) dir. M. Night Shyamalan

Goblin's Henchman

Moana (2016) dir. John Musker and Ron Clements

Colin Green of Spikepit

The Street (2019) dir. Zed Nelson

Codi M of No Save For You

John Alan Large of Red Dice Diaries RPG Podcast

Pontypool (2008) dir. Bruce McDonald

Jaws (1975) dir. Steven Spielberg

Alien (1979) dir. Ridley Scott

American Werewolf in London (1981) dir. John Landis

Be Seeing You by Tanya Floaker https://timeoftribes.itch.io/be-seeing-you

The Prisoner (1967) created by Patrick McGoohan

Wolfen (1981) dir. William Wadleigh

Predator (1987) dir. Tim McTiernan

Call of Cthulhu

Andy Goodman of Grizzly Peaks Radio

Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus

Scott Dorward of The Good Friends of Jackson Ellias

T.J. Drennon

Nicky of Infiltrating the BrOSR

Andy Goodman https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/grizzly-peaks-radio/id1530832637

Orbital Blues by SoulMuppet Publishing https://soulmuppet-store.co.uk/collections/orbital-blues

Cowboy BeBop created by Sunrise

Firefly dir. Joss Whedon

Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) dir. James Gunn

Badlands (1973) dir. Terrence Malick

Best Left Buried by SoulMuppet Publishing https://soulmuppet-store.co.uk/

Music by Timothy J. Drennon

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#RPGaDAY2019 - Call-ins from Evil Jeff of Minions & Musings, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Lieren.
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Just a quick message addressing an erroneous remark I made regarding The Dice Are Screaming, episode 201: The Gamer Side Hustle.

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#RPGaDAY2020 Experience - My God! It's full of stars! Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks, Karl Rodriguez, Dave Aldridge of dPercentile, Safer Fantasy Crafting, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, Menion (AKA Rob) of Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi and Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast.

Honourable mentions: Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus and Dave Surman.

Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts Special thanks to Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere. Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com

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So, this is where all the content's been hiding. Just look at these show notes!

Featuring messages from Frank Turfler of Frank T's Liner Notes, Ivy the Happy Whisk, Colin Green of Spikepit, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Evil Jeff, Frothsof the Thought Eater and Tim Shorts of Gothridge Manor. 

I mention Ray Otus' PlunderGrounds episode 69 Prototyping and 41 Roadside Picnic and Into the Odd, the Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer, Annihilation dir. Alex Garland, Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Stalker dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, Stalker RPG by Ville Vuorela, Colour out of Space by H. P. Lovecraft, The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, Che Webster's Roleplay Rescue GM's Journal #18, Paranoia 1st edition, The Thing dir. John Carpenter, Invasion of the Body Snatchers dir. Don Siegel, The Hanging Man by Philip K. Dick, In the Light of a Ghost Star by Nate Treme and Knave by Ben Milton... Phew!

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It's  Anchorites Appreciate Arneson month. A call-in from Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and his recommendation of listening to the S. John Ross interview from the What am I Rolling? podcast https://www.wairpodcast.com/episodes/tag/S.+John+Ross inspired this episode. I talk about Risus, RoleGate and some stuff about the usefulness of labels in the unawaited return of Controversy Corner  Get Osseous at  https://drive.google.com/open?id=12s9lW_GtzldsuoJHtaj1rgsjdzebVJ_K   Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find him at https://www.pateon.com/TJD/posts   Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com

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Yay! It's KOTB's first birthday today but it's business as usual. Some great call-ins from Lonely Adventurer of Camping With Owlbears, Josh Beckelhiemer of JB Publishing, Darren "RFED" Green and Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe.
I chat about playing Numenera for the first time and a few thoughts on the genres of sci-fi and fantasy.
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Call-ins  from Dr. Ludus and Barney of Loco Ludus, Goblin's Henchman, Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Evil Jeff of Minions and Musings. Plus a pithy film review.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts
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#RPGaDAY2019 - Call-ins from Jason, TJ of Melodorous Miasma, ShandyAndy of Unguarded Treasure (B52) and Colin "Spikepit" Green.

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#RPGaDAY2020 A message from Joe Richter of Hindsightless allows me to revisit Stack and a message from Colin "Spikepit" Green regarding Nate Treme prompts me to talk about clear and concise communication.
Honourable mentions: Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks, Pete Jones of Dragons Are Real/Purple Worm and Into the Odd/Electric Bastionland and it's creator Chris McDowall.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts
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#RPGaDAY2019 - Call-ins from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Colin "Spikepit" Green. I talk about my lack of focus. 
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Another call-in show regarding the last couple of episodes. Featuring Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Menion (AKA Rob) of Confessions of a Tim'rous Bushi and Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue. We talk about Mork Borg, Best Left Buried, The Shadow of Yesterday, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplaying and inevitably Electric Bastionland.
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Responding to call-ins from Evil Jeff of Minions and Musings, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, John Alan Large of The Red Dice Diaries and Pete Jones of Dragons are Real.
Mostly talking about my recent Black Hack session... mostly.
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#RPGaDAY2019 - On the origin of s̶p̶e̶c̶i̶e̶s̶ RPGs.

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Kicking off season 3 with a whole host of call-ins. Featuring Colin "Spikepit" Green, Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, John Alan Large of RDD RPG, Evil Jeff of Minions & Musings, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Roy of Chaoses Limb and Menion AKA Rob of Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi.
I recommend Sam Mendes' 1917 as inspiration for GMs, talk about evolving as a player and reflect on some recent sessions of The Black Hack, Dave Aldridge's Swords & Wizardry Continual Light hack for Dark Sun and an impromptu session of Electric Bastionland.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts
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#RPGaDAY2020 Comfort - Some encouraging messages from Joe Richter of Hindsight and Weal or Woe, Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Arlen Walker of Live from Pellam's Wasteland.  
Honourable mentions: Colin "Spikepit" Green, Dave Aldridge of dPercentile, Secrets of Blackmoor dir. Griff Mon Morgan III, Sword & Scoundrel from Grand Heresy Press.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon. Find his Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/TJD/posts
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Back from a brief hiatus, I share some calls from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Evil Jeff of Minions & Musings and BJ of The Arcane Alienist regarding my improved audio. There's an unboxing/unopening of Bordercholly's Knights of the Road (a Kickstarter I backed for ZineQuest 3) https://bordercholly.itch.io/the-knights-of-the-road, followed by a review of OSR toolkit Lands of Legends from Axion Spice https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/18110/Axian-Spice/subcategory/39231/Lands-of-Legends-

Honourable mentions: Bo Burnham: Inside and The Amusement Park dir. George A Romero

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Kicking off with a lovely message from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety  Cast, followed by a couple of responses from naysayers Colin "Spikepit"  Green and Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue and a nice reading from the original Dungeons & Dragons rules by Jason Connerley.

Also please check out Daniel Norton's YouTube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV3GrWa8Jjw&t=609s and his podcast https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton

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Featuring...

Calls from Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents... and Safinho of ALONE IN THE LABYRINTH

Check out Cerebrevore on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDpDqfU6pUPs2bdW8t23YVA or on your favourite podcatcher

Possum (2018) dir. Matthew Holness

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (2004) dir. Richard Ayoade

The Spirit of Dark and Lonely Water (Public information film 1973) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNPMYRlvySY

My list of British and Irish horror movies https://letterboxd.com/the39thman/list/british-and-irish-horror/

Goblin's Henchman defines OSR https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/135-do-you-even-osr/id1492513079?i=1000583229392

Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep defines OSR https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/31-days-of-osr-the-age-of-conan-osr-october/id1532907284?i=1000584543183

Horrified by Ravensburger

The  Good Friends of Jackson Elias discuss video nasties https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/is-horror-dangerous/id664563082?i=1000585412757

Honourable Mentions: Hanna & John Alan Large of Red Dice Diaries RPG Podcast, James Knight, Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Safer Fantasy Crafting, Menion a.k.a Rob of Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus and special thanks to Rob C. of Down in a Heap

Music by Timothy J. Drennon

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Basically, me responding to some great call-ins from Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Rob C of Down in a Heap, Colin "Spikepit" Green, Josh Becklehimer of J.B. Publishing, Barney of Loco Ludus, John Alan Large of The Red Dice Diaries and T. J. Drennon of Meloderous Miasma Meltdown. We discuss Knave, Into the ODD, Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition and more.
Shout outs to Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue and ShandyAndy of Unguarded Treasure (B52).
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A couple of call-ins from Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Colin "Spikepit" Green. After listening to Tom Barbalet's My Rules Are Better, I contemplate how the Anchorite community might look to the uninitiated which lead to some thoughts regarding the richness of The Black Hack 2E thanks to some very simple concepts.
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#RPGaDAY2020 I don't have much to say about banners so I share a message from Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere instead.
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#RPGaDAY2020 Frame
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After responding to a call from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, I open a box and talk about the contents. Featuring Tortilla Flats by John Steinbeck, the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set and Swords & Wizardry Complete. 

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#RPGaDAY2020 Close - This one turns into a love letter to Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks. I also share some calls from Dave Aldridge of dPercentile about Old-School Essentials and Basic/Expert Dungeons & Dragons.
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Just responding to call-ins from Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Dave Aldridge of dPercentile and Joe Richter or Hindsightless and Weal or Woe.
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Episode one. 

Session zero.  

A trailer, a test and a little bit of background.

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The inevitable alignment call-in show. An allstar cast featuring Colin "Spikepit" Green, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal Or Woe, Josh Beckelhimer of JB Publishing and Forever Prepping DM, Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Sofinho of Alone In The Labyrinth and Safer Fantasy Crafting.

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Featuring...
#RPGaDay2022 days 5 to 10
Calls from Colin Green of Spikepit and Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast
Trickster's Net https://tricksters-net.itch.io/tricksters-net
One Night Games by Brian Hazzard https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brianhazzard/one-night-worlds-zero-prep-gm-less-one-page-ttrpgs?ref=4zr8f4&token=ee76f5e7
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A whole heap of call-ins for Josh Beckelhimer of JB Publishing, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, Goblin's Henchman, Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Colin Green of Spikepit RPG Podcast, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Menion (AKA Rob) of Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi, Barry Dewey-Robertson of Shadow of the GM and Nate Gillbreath.
Then I spend about 5 minutes questioning the value of progress.
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#RPGaDAY 2019 - I thought I'd give it a go. A Call-in from Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere. Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com

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Spoilers: It's Dan Sell's insanely delightful Troika! Numinous Edition.

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Just responding to a bunch of call-ins from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks, Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Sofinho of Alone in the Labyrinth and Karl Rodriguez.

Also featuring a pithy review of I'm Thinking of Ending Things directed by Charlie Kaufman.

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Celebrating OSR October

Featuring...

Calls from Joe Richter from Hindsightless and Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast

Jeremy "Frothsof" Smith's Thought Eater podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thought-eater/id1448611668

Ben Milton's The Glatisant: A Questing Beast Newsletter. Subscribe here https://questingbeast.substack.com

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Welcome to season two. Featuring my idea for a setting without humans, my thoughts no The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance and a whole bunch of Colin "Spikepit" Green.

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Yes, it's a two-parter. I start by responding to some call-ins I've received. Firstly, belated birthday wishes from Josh Beckelhimer of Forever Prepping DM followed by some calls in response to my previous episode from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal Or Woe, Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue and Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast.

Then I share the first half of a great chat with Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus where we get deeper into what we really want from a magic system of the Alluvial Plains setting for his Vantage system.

Honourable mention: David Surman co-creator of Alluvial Plains, Tom Barbalet of My Rules Are Better, Arlen Walker of Live from Pellum's Wasteland and Safer Fantasy Crafting.

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Answering calls from John Alan Large of RDD RPG, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Conrad Kinch of Send Three and Fourpence.
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#RPGaDAY2020 I talk about the delightful work of Nate Treme. Check out his work here https://natetreme.com/
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Illinformed ramblings regarding the nature of the OSR inspired by Pandatheist recent blog post https://boneboxchant.wordpress.com/2019/12/25/20-osr-games/ and a conversation with Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast.
Featuring call-ins from Colin "Spikepit" Green and Shandy Andy of Unguarded Treasure (B52) and an endorsement from Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks.
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#RPGaDAY2020 Favour - I talk about about a recent shift in my gaming preferences, my first session of Old-School Essentials before sharing some wonderful messages following my turn in the GM seat a recent episode of Spikepit. Featuring call-ins from Colin "Spikepit" Green, Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast and Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus. Thanks, guys! 

Honourable mentions:  Basic/Expert Dungeons & Dragons and Dave Aldridge of dPercentile. 

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#RPGaDAY2019 - Call-ins from Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue and Lieren. I talk about the TV show Lost and the merits of fan theory. 
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I thought I'd slip out an episode before I officially become an old man. Just me responding to a few call-ins from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Cody Maza of No Save for You, Menion aka Rob of Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi, Loney Adventurer of Camping with Owlbears and Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks.

Mainly wellwishers, a little more alignment talk and pondering the nature of evil.

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A bunch of calls from Dave Aldridge of dPercentile prompts me to talk about philosopher Martin Buber's I & Thou and how it might relate to the academic study of roleplaying games. 

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I answer some messages from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, and Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus before listing off the ZineQuest3 zines I have backed on Kickstarter.

Zine links:

The Vast in the Dark https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/appalachia-gothic/the-vast-in-the-dark-exploring-ruins-in-an-infinite-world?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=vast%20

The Drain https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/yusem/the-drain?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=the%20drain

The Witch, the Wolf & the Wedding https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jmyales/the-witch-the-wolf-and-the-wedding-a-story-telling-rpg?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=the%20wolf

The Many Crypts of Lady Ingrade https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gothridgemanor/the-many-crypts-of-lady-ingrade-zine-quest?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=the%20many%20

The Lair of the Manticore https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/frankt/the-lair-of-the-manticore-zinequest?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=lair%20of%20the%20

The Haunted Hamlet https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lazylitch/the-haunted-hamlet-and-other-hexes?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=haunted%20

The Sonders https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cavernsofheresy/the-sonders?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=the%20sonders

The Knights of the Road https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bordercholly/the-knights-of-the-road?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=knights%20of%20the%20road

Honourable mentions: Barney Dicker's forthcoming League of Eternal Guardians, Pete Jones' Dragons Are Real and Frothsof's Thought Eater podcast and blog https://frothsofdnd.blogspot.com/?m=1

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#RPGaDAY2020 Just a big thank you to all the great folks in the RPG community.

Roleplay Rescue links:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/microburst-the-walker-testimony/id1445080932?i=1000487141887

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/503-three-voices-why-do-people-play-games/id1445080932?i=1000456294277

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In a reflective mood, I answer a couple of calls from Joe Richter of Hidesightless and Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, talk about recent Black Hack sessions and take a little bath.
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In true Peter Jackson style, this last instalment is of epic proportions. We begin with the final part of my chat with Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus where we further explore the potential of shamanic powers in the Alluvial Plains. The is followed by feedback I've already received regarding the previous two episodes. Details to follow.

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#RPGaDAY2019 - Call-ins from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Lieren. I talk about the wonderful Anchorite community (eventually).  

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Ooo, get me! Proper show notes with references, links and everything! Now all I need is a proper show...
Call-ins from Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety cast, Dave Aldridge of dPercentile and Shandy Andy of Unguarded Treasure (B52).
I look back at Risus, some Dave Aldridge appreciation, a little more on science in fantasy and something or other about realworld knowledge.
Risus rules http://www.risusiverse.com/
S. John Ross interview https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/bonus-q-a-with-s-john-ross-of-cumberland-games-diversions/id1351842802?i=1000433193843
The Adventuring Party discuss rule justification https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/wis-june-2020-but-why-is-that-the-rule/id304124403?i=1000478289315
Ray Otus' Plundergrounds episode 101 discussing Dave Arneson https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/101-arneson-instigator-innovator/id1436755110?i=1000452329155
My previous episode discussing Risus https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/risus-rolegate-aaa/id1466517108?i=1000453178146
Osseous rules https://free-thrall.itch.io/osseous
Edwin King's Thoughts of a Depressed Dilopmatist blog https://diplomatist2.blogspot.com/
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Call-ins, callbacks and top 5 movies.

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#RPGaDAY2019 - Call-ins from Evil Jeff of Minions & Musings, Lieren and the return of Paranoia. 

Special thanks to Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere. 

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#RPGaDAY2020  Experience - A shout out to my fellow RPGaDayers, a call-in from Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks.
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Some thoughts on Positive Psychology inspired by Che Webster's Roleplay Rescue Season 3 Episode 12: Being Top of Your Game.

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I respond to a bunch of call-ins from Jason Connerly of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Arlen Walker of Live from Pellam's Wasteland, John Alan Large of RDD RPG, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus and Rob AKA Menion of Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi.

Jason interviews Karl Rodriguez https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/81-karl-is-in-the-house-plus-sinister-red/id1494636468?i=1000480866486

Jason and I discuss Sword & Scoundrel with Arlen https://anchor.fm/pellamswasteland/episodes/2-20-Debrief-on-Sword--Scoundrel-and-an-Unboxing-eg0sgo

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Call-ins from Josh Beckelhimer of J.B. Publishing, Jason of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast,  John Large of The Red Dice Diaries, Evil Jeff of Minions & Musings and Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe. Me feeling sorry for myself plus an unboxing. 
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A brief history of Basic Dungeons & Dragons.

Featuring call-ins from Joe of Weal or Woe, RFED, Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere, Colin "Spikepit" Green, Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Jeremy "FrothSof" Smith of Thought Eater and John Alan Large of The Red Dice Diaries.

Honorary mention: ShandyAndy of Unguarded Treasure and Pete Jones of Dragons Are Real.

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