S2E7 Gold & Gear
Let's go shopping! The equipment lists and what to do with them.
Mar 29, 2020•4 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Chaoses Limb
I talk about tabletop RPGs and fiction: D&D, OSR, Dungeon World, TTRPG, analog games, story games, minimalist rule sets, Sword & Sorcery, Sword & Planet, Science Fantasy, Fantasy, Myth, REH, HPL, ERB, CAS, alternate history, Bronze Age
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S2E6 Race, Class and Race as Class
Race, Class and Race as Class in Holmes Basic & Chaoses Limb
Mar 28, 2020•8 min•Season 2Ep. 6
S2E5 3d6 down the line
The foundational building blocks of a character: Abilities in Holmes Basic and Chaoses Limb S I W D C Ch
Mar 27, 2020•10 min•Season 2Ep. 5
S2E4 Chaoses Limb Divergence
A brief overview of some things I changed in Chaoses Limb vs the Holmes Basic it was based on
Mar 26, 2020•7 min•Season 2Ep. 4
S2E3 Clone of Holmes
Of all the old school games to clone, why Holmes? And for all things Holmes there's no better source than Zenopus Archives: Blog: http://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/ on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZenopusArchives Google Site: https://sites.google.com/site/zenopusarchives/ Tumblr: https://zenopusarchives.tumblr.com/...
Mar 26, 2020•4 min•Season 2Ep. 3
S2E2 Return of the Retro Clone
The last thing the world needs is another retro-clone. Am I right fellas? here's a good list of them from taxidermic owlbear: http://taxidermicowlbear.weebly.com/dd-retroclones.html
Mar 25, 2020•3 min•Season 2Ep. 2
S2E1: What OSR means to me
As I discuss some of the choices I made in 'designing' my retro clone I want to highlight the parts of the OSR that most appeal to me as a background into what drove some of my design decisions. Many others have described the OSR better than I can. Just do a google search on "What is the OSR" and you'll run into some great discussions.
Mar 24, 2020•10 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Season 2 Intro: Chaoses Limb Designer Notes
I introduce a new season where I'm going to talk about some of the design decisions that went into making my Holmes Basic Retro Clone--Chaoses Limb. PWYW on DriveThru: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/289881/Chaoses-Limb-Players-Guide
Mar 23, 2020•1 min
Episode 19: Rob's Rules of Gaming (Redux)
in Down in the Heap, Rob C presents 12 rules of gaming. I go through them here and add my own viewpoint where I have something to add.
Mar 06, 2020•16 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Episode 18: Frank's RPG History and Gaming with High Schoolers
Frank and I talk about some of our history with our favorite game and Frank tells us how he has brought gaming to his high school as well as some of the challenges and rewards of gaming with high schoolers.
Feb 28, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Episode 17: DunDraCon Part 2: Cthulhu Dark Ages
My impressions of the Call of Cthulhu system in general and my experience with a Cthulhu Dark Ages game that I was lucky enough to be a part of this DunDraCon.
Feb 20, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Episode 16: DDC part 1
Mr Hobbs! and playing Troika at DunDraCon
Feb 19, 2020•9 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Episode 15: Appendix N Survey Idea and MORE Land of the Lost
Great call in from Rob C of Down in a Heap And some curiosity about Land of the Lost...remember, curiosity killed the Sleestak ;-)
Feb 05, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Episode 14: Cryptic message from the Hobbester
An envelope opening (keep your finger on the volume control) Kane - Bloodstone
Feb 04, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Episode 13: Philip Game History
An interview with Philip about his history with role playing games. Also: the experience of in game vs system mastery, delayed gratification with character advancement, and the effect of the internet on play style normalization
Jan 29, 2020•38 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Episode 12: Unbagging Kane
The psychology of unboxings Wagner's Kane
Jan 29, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Episode 11: Land of the Lost part 3
Land of the Lost geography and settings
Jan 15, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Episode 10: Naming and Land of the Lost crystals
A message from Jason Hobbs on Naming and reactions to Safety Tools And Land of the Lost crystal magic Be sure and catch Mr. Hobbs on his podcasts: Hobbs & Friends of the OSR and Random Screed
Jan 15, 2020•4 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Episode 9: Railroad into the Land of the Lost
A response from Tim Short's of Gothridge Manor fame about railroading and me going on about Land of the Lost.
Jan 14, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Episode 8: When to Railroad
Game summary of my last session Also, is it ever desirable to railroad?
Jan 08, 2020•17 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Episode 7: Personal Appendix N
What are the main sources of inspiration for your gaming and for your campaign?
Jan 04, 2020•5 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Episode 6: Naming IV
Continued discussion on naming 1) generating random names from board games 2) Good vanilla vs Ethnic 3) Language families and your fantasy proto indo european 4) Usability/Immersion/Fun triangle 5) Naming with kids
Jan 03, 2020•9 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Episode 5: Safety Tools II
Call ins on Safety Tools for OSR
Jan 03, 2020•7 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Episode 4: Safety Tools for OSR
Is OSR gaming antithetical to the use of Safety Tools?
Jan 02, 2020•6 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Episode 3: A Rose by any other name...
3rd segment on naming and an idea for different versions of names depending on your native language.
Jan 02, 2020•3 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Episode 2: Naming, Part Deux
Continue my conversation on naming with a short clip about the use of Google Translate and how it can be used to create regional or racial consistency in your world.
Jan 02, 2020•59 sec•Season 1Ep. 2
Episode 1: What's in a Name?
First in a series of podcasts where my brother and I discuss our experience at Big Bad Con 2019. In this episode we introduce the characters for the first game I ran and discuss character naming. How do you feel about absurd or comical character names? Where do you get inspiration for names? Game System: Chaoses Limb (a Holmes Basic retroclone) Adventure: Before the Lost City (a hack of B4 - The Lost City)
Nov 26, 2019•8 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Session 0
Test
Sep 19, 2019•48 sec
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