Cerebrevore has moved! New episodes are being posted to this feed: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cerebrevorelives and here on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4hx0dfMGliNFyJYSSxfn7g Older episodes will remain on this feed.
Arlen (Live From Pellam's Wasteland), BJ (The Arcane Alienist), Mirke (Mirke the Meek), and Karl (The GMologist Presents) talk about different magic systems in tabletop role playing games. You can leave a message on our Speakpipe https://www.speakpipe.com/Cerebrevore You can send an email, you can even attach an audio file to it, to cerebrevore@gmail.com YouTube version here https://www.youtube.com/@cerebrevorepodcast/featured Recorded in August of 2024 Show Mascot art by Ray Otus (P...
Arlen (Live From Pellam's Wasteland), BJ (The Arcane Alienist), and Karl (The GMologist Presents) discuss the media that influence their gaming. Mirke the Meek episode referenced https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mirke-the-meek/episodes/Call-Ins-Catchup-Gaming-RewardsMotivations-e2im27e/a-abdmfb5 You can leave a message on the Spotify for Podcasters website for the podcast https://anchor.fm/cerebrevore You can leave a message on our Speakpipe https://www.speakpipe.com/Cerebrevore Y...
We got the band back together! Arlen (Live from Pellam's Wasteland), BJ (The Arcane Alienist), Jason (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast), Karl (The GMologist Presents), and Mirke (Mirke the Meek) discuss the idea of rewarding players in game rewards like Inspiration or XP for out of game actions. You can leave a message on the Spotify for Podcasters website for the podcast https://anchor.fm/cerebrevore You can leave a message on our Speakpipe https://www.speakpipe.com/Cerebrevore You can send an email...
In this rebroadcast of a 2021 episode of the Down in a Heap podcast Rob joins Jason for more classic monster movie talk. This time, it’s The Bride of Frankenstein from 1935. Enjoy! Spoiler alert for the film. Down in a Heap https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rob-c Nerd's RPG Variety Cast https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376 You can leave a message on the Anchor website for the podcast https://anchor.fm/cerebrevore You can leave a message on our Speakpipe https://www.speakpipe.co...
In this rebroadcast of a 2021 episode of the Down in a Heap podcast Rob joins Jason to talk about 1931's Frankenstein! Spoiler alert for the film. Down in a Heap https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rob-c Nerd's RPG Variety Cast https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376 You can leave a message on the Anchor website for the podcast https://anchor.fm/cerebrevore You can leave a message on our Speakpipe https://www.speakpipe.com/Cerebrevore You can send an email, you can even attach an au...
Time to buy Modiphius’ 2D20 Conan is running out! This is part six of our interactive game book series using James M. Ward's Endless Quest Book #19, Conan the Undaunted, from 1984. We read the story to you, the listeners, up to each decision point. Between episodes listeners will vote on what course Conan should take and we pick back up two weeks later with whatever course of action is most popular. Votes this episode were from Daniel at Bandit's Keep https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dani...
This is part five of our interactive game book series using James M. Ward's Endless Quest Book #19, Conan the Undaunted, from 1984. We read the story to you, the listeners, up to each decision point. Between episodes listeners will vote on what course Conan should take and we pick back up two weeks later with whatever course of action is most popular. Voting for this episode ends on 14 June 2023. Votes this episode were from Daniel at Bandit's Keep https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daniel-...
After fielding some listener feedback we continue with Conan's adventures. Feedback from Daniel of Bandit's Keep and Colin of Spikepit. Votes from Daniel and Joe. This is part four of our interactive game book series using James M. Ward's Endless Quest Book #19, Conan the Undaunted, from 1984. We read the story to you, the listeners, up to each decision point. Between episodes listeners will vote on what course Conan should take and we pick back up two weeks later with whatever course of action ...
In this rebroadcast of a 2021 episode of the Down in a Heap podcast Rob joins Jason to talk about 1931's Dracula! We also discuss the "Spanish Dracula", a Spanish language version that was filmed on the same sets at night during the production. Spoiler alert for both films. Down in a Heap https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rob-c Nerd's RPG Variety Cast https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376 You can leave a message on the Anchor website for the podcast https://anchor.fm/cerebrevore...
Part three of our interactive game book series using James M. Ward's Endless Quest Book #19, Conan the Undaunted, from 1984. We read the story to you, the listeners, up to each decision point. Between episodes listeners will vote on what course Conan should take and we pick back up two weeks later with whatever course of action is most popular. Voting for this episode ends on 17 May 2023. Thank you to Joe R, Joe S, Barry, Daniel, Safer for voting this episode! Thank you to Colin for the voicemai...
Join Karl, Daniel and Jason for our impressions and a discussion of James Bond 007: Role-Playing In Her Majesty's Secret Service by Victory Games that was published from 1983 to 1987 and still stands out as a one of the premier espionage games to the present day. Classified RPG PDF & Print on DrivethruRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/128259/Classified Classified RPG Print on Lulu https://www.lulu.com/shop/joseph-browning/classified/paperback/product-1jnjgenw.html?q=&page=1&pa...
Part two of our interactive game book series using James M. Ward's Endless Quest Book #19, Conan the Undaunted, from 1984. We read the story to you, the listeners, up to each decision point. Between episodes listeners will vote on what course Conan should take and we pick back up two weeks later with whatever course of action is most popular. Voting for this episode ends on 3 May 2023. Thank you to Joe R, Daniel, Arlen, Barry, Spencer, Joe S, and The Pink Phantom for voting last episode! Ways to...
Colin Green of the Spikepit podcast joins Jason to discuss how our gaming tastes have changed over the years and how Colin has gone about curating his collection to a manageable size. Find the panel members here: Colin on Spikepit https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/spikepit Jason on Nerd's RPG Variety Cast https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376 Ways to reach the podcast: You can leave a message on the Anchor website for the podcast https://anchor.fm/cerebrevore You can leave a mes...
The start of a new interactive game book series using James M. Ward's Endless Quest Book #19, Conan the Undaunted, from 1984. I will read the story to you, the listeners, up to each decision point. Between episodes listeners will vote on what course Conan should take and I will pick back up in two weeks following whatever course of action as most popular. Voting for this episode ends on 19 April 2023. Ways to vote: You can leave a message on the Anchor website for the podcast https://anchor.fm/c...
We are still here! Feedback from Daniel and the way forward. Daniel (Bandit's Keep) YouTube http://www.youtube.com/banditskeep Twitter https://twitter.com/banditskeep Podcast https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton Bandit's Keep Discord Server https://discord.gg/jvPhY8bRs6 You can leave a message on the Anchor website for the podcast https://anchor.fm/cerebrevore You can leave a message on our Speakpipe https://www.speakpipe.com/Cerebrevore You can send an email, you can even attach an audio file to it,...
The start of our interactive game book series using Swen Harder's rock / comedy gamebook Metal Heroes and The Fate of Rock. I will read the story to you, the listeners, up to each decision point. Between episodes listeners will vote on what course Taylor should take and I will pick back up in two weeks following whatever course of action as most popular. Voting for this episode ends on 8 February 2023. Ways to vote: You can leave a message on the Anchor website for the podcast https://anchor.fm/...
We discuss our favorite roleplaying games and campaigns from 2022 then discuss what we are looking forward to in 2023. Please let us know what your favorites from last year were and what you are excited for this year! Panel Members: Arlen (Live from Pellam's Wasteland) https://www.youtube.com/@LivefromPellamsWasteland/featured B.J. (The Arcane Alienist) https://anchor.fm/arcanealienist Eric (The Omega 3D Chicken Coop) https://anchor.fm/eric-salzwedel Jason (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast) https://nerds...
Join Daniel, Taylor and Jason for another discussion about using Chainmail as the combat system for D&D. Article on skills in OD&D https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/2022/11/proficiency-dice-for-0e.html Panel Members: Jason (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast) https://nerdsrpgvarietycast.carrd.co Daniel (Bandit's Keep) YouTube http://www.youtube.com/banditskeep Twitter https://twitter.com/banditskeep Podcast https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton Bandit's Keep Discord Server https://discord.gg/jvPhY...
Republished with the audio fixed. On this episode Arlen, Che Webster, and Jason discuss how certain settings and intellectual properties are continually recycled in table top roleplaying games. Panel Members: Arlen (Live From Pellam's Wasteland) Podcast https://anchor.fm/pellamswasteland YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHLoibMx57Anui2T4-zVBsQ Che (Roleplay Rescue) https://roleplayrescue.com Jason (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast) https://nerdsrpgvarietycast.carrd.co Recorded in December of 2022...
Join Arlen, B.J. and Jason as they discuss the curious hobby of collecting tabletop roleplaying games. Panel Members: Arlen (Live From Pellam's Wasteland) Podcast https://anchor.fm/pellamswasteland YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHLoibMx57Anui2T4-zVBsQ B.J. (The Arcane Alienist) https://anchor.fm/arcanealienist Jason (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast) https://nerdsrpgvarietycast.carrd.co Recorded in December of 2022 Cover art by Ray Otus (Plundergrounds) https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds Music b...
We change things up today and bring you a couple one on one interviews. Amy and Joe talk to me about duet (one GM one player) gaming and Joe talks about how sometimes the GM has to make hard decisions before digressing into a ramble of various RPG related subjects. Dicey Tales RPG (link to the Kickstarter at top of their page) https://diceytales.com BSer Con 2 https://tabletop.events/conventions/bs-er-con-2022 Real Play Games Podcast https://www.realplaygamespod.com Tales from my D&D Campaig...
In this bonus episode we talk about campaigns we'd like to run and must see movies for the upcoming Christmas season. We discuss games set in the modern world, running mysteries, survivor horror fantasy apocalypse games, and After the Bomb 2E, Palladium Book's hopeful, anamorphic animal post-apocalyptic game. We also discuss how sustainable a long term Romero style zombie campaign would be. Link to the latest Boot Hill actual play Jason mentioned at time of publication https://youtu.be/oXImYi-dj...
Karl grabs the reins and leads us in a discussion about how to do a sports-centric TTRPG. Panel Members Arlen (Live from Pellam's Wasteland) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHLoibMx57Anui2T4-zVBsQ Jason (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast) https://nerdsrpgvarietycast.carrd.co Karl (The GMologist Presents) https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez Recorded in November of 2022 Cover art by Ray Otus (Plundergrounds) https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds Music by TJ Drennon YouTube version here https://www.youtube.com/chan...
Vic and MW join me to talk about playing AD&D in the 1980's through today the lessons that players today can take from those games. Panel Members Jason (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast) https://nerdsrpgvarietycast.carrd.co MW (The World's of MW Lewis) https://anchor.fm/mwlewis Vic (DaveCon) https://www.davecon.net Link to the DaveCon ticket give-away Vic mentions https://s.surveyplanet.com/mh84y42y GrogCon, the other old school "AD&D centric" convention mentioned https://www.grogcon.com Recorded...
I am joined by a group of British horror enthusiasts to discuss horror movies from their perspective to include the video nasties phenomenon, folk horror and of course tabletop role playing games. Panel Members James (@james_knight on discord) Jason (Nerd's RPG Variety Cast) https://nerdsrpgvarietycast.carrd.co John and Hannah (The Red Dice Diaries) https://reddicediaries.bearblog.dev Spencer aka Free Thrall (Keep off the Borderlands) https://anchor.fm/free-thrall James big list https://docs.goo...
Arlen, BJ, and Karl discuss mythology, superheroes and even touch on superhero TTRPGs. Panel Members Arlen (Live from Pellam's Wasteland) https://anchor.fm/pellamswasteland BJ (The Arcane Alienist) https://anchor.fm/arcanealienist Karl (The GMologist Presents) https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez Recorded in October of 2022 Cover art by Ray Otus (Plundergrounds) https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds Music by TJ Drennon YouTube version here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDpDqfU6pUPs2bdW8t23YVA You can ...
On this episode we discuss how to run a horror table top role playing game with a serious atmosphere and tone. Panelists include the hosts of Runeslinger/Casting Shadows and the Ultimate Effort Show! Blog article: Discomfort, Fear, Terror, and Vast Cosmic Horror, on a Dime a Day https://castingshadowsblog.com/2010/06/13/evoking-atmosphere-in-horror-games/ Review of Never Sleep Again https://anchor.fm/jason376/episodes/404-Never-Sleep-Again-Halloween-module-review-e1o526e Panel Members: Alex from...
The panel discusses designing dungeons and megadungeons. This is a dual effort with Hexed Press, see the follow on YouTube video where we use the tools discussed to create a dungeon here: https://youtu.be/a3sWUWzEdfE Spoilers for B4 The Lost City Alexandrian articles on Jaquaying the Dungeon https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/13085/roleplaying-games/jaquaying-the-dungeon Panel Members: Daniel from The Bandit's Keep YouTube http://www.youtube.com/banditskeep Twitter https://twitter.com/banditsk...
Now that the OSR renaissance or revival is done we discuss how to better label these games. Stay after the closing song for some Star Wars & Star Trek talk. Panel Members: Arlen from Live From Pellam's Wasteland https://www.youtube.com/c/LivefromPellamsWasteland & https://anchor.fm/pellamswasteland BJ from The Arcane Alienist https://anchor.fm/arcanealienist Jason from The Nerd's RPG Variety Cast https://nerdsrpgvarietycast.carrd.co Kevin from The Redcaps Podcast https://www.theredcaps.n...
