It's here at last! And we spared no expense, or cut no corner, to deliver the bedazzling finale of our playthrough of the classic TSR giants module, "The Steading of the Hill Giant Chief" by Gary Gygax. There's fire! Explosions! Giants! Expansve, painstakingly detailed sets that would rival "Ben Hur"! Orcs! Dancing! Fire! Fire! Fire! Audio only, so you'll have to take our word for it. But take our word for it.
Jun 24, 2025•1 hr 6 min•Season 6Ep. 18
On the SIXth day of the SIXth month, we drop the SIXth (and clearly most cursed) installment of our DCC playthrough of Gary Gygax's classic giants module. Repent after listening!
Jun 06, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Season 6Ep. 17
The orc rebellion against the giants is in full swing, as our heroes delve deeper into the Steading of the Hill Giant Chief.
May 15, 2025•51 min•Season 6Ep. 16
The largest battle we've ever undertaken continues, in part four of our playthrough of the classic TSR giants module.
May 02, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 6Ep. 15
Part 3 of our level 4 DCC playthrough of Gary Gygax's original 1978 D&D giants adventure. It's starting to get a little epic around here.
Apr 24, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 6Ep. 14
By the grace of Rance and Clint Howard, the party ventures deeper into the steading of the hill giants. Will they be any match for what horrors lie inside? Can they withstand Rob's terrible puns? Find out as we continue our DCC playthrough of Gary Gygax's D&D classic.
Apr 18, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 6Ep. 13
Join us as we play the very first Dungeons & Dragons adventure module published by TSR way back in 1978. What could be more fun? Why, playing it as a level 4 DCC adventure, of course! Other podcasts may be slicker, younger and prettier than us. But what other TTRPG actual play is going to teach you about the works of Rance and Clint Howard?
Apr 04, 2025•1 hr 25 min•Season 6Ep. 12
This week we take a shambling and rambling look at Green Ronin's forthcoming "Fifth Season" roleplaying game, based on N.K. Jemisin's multi-award winning "Broken Earth" trilogy.
Mar 28, 2025•56 min•Season 6Ep. 11
"This is a really long playthrough" we hear you say. "When does it end?" Firstly, HOW DARE YOU? Secondly, it ends RIGHT HERE, in the final episode of our 5e actual play of Gary Gygax's intro to the Temple of Elemental Evil, The Village Of Hommlet.
Mar 14, 2025•1 hr 43 min•Season 6Ep. 10
The sound of a dozen tramping, armored feet, followed by an ungodly thunderclap and a mysterious, thick mist billowing through the gaps surrounding it. This door's probably safe to open, right? Right? We continue our 5e playthrough of Gary Gygax's "The Village of Hommlet".
Feb 28, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 6Ep. 9
We take a break from Hommlet with a jaunt underground in Harley Stroh's level 3 DCC adventure. It's only six pages long! How hard can it be?
Feb 22, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Season 6Ep. 8
On a rare evening that we have a full complement of players, the party once more ventures into the bowels of the moat house, to investigate what lies beyond the two secret doors.
Feb 11, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Season 6Ep. 7
Our 5e playthrough of the Gygax classic continues.
Feb 03, 2025•1 hr 19 min•Season 6Ep. 6
We take a quick look at what's in Breaker Press Games' Stennard setting for the Dungeon Crawl Classics TTRPG. https://breakerpress.storenvy.com/ https://goodman-games.com/store/product-category/breaker-press-games/?srsltid=AfmBOooUdLa8EixVJoec0apWpBuMQVX0rwz0b8tMMvKhQ5b-cD3ZV1iT
Jan 29, 2025•7 min•Season 6Ep. 5
The so-called abandoned moat house begins to reveal a threat to the village of Hommlet far greater than mere bandits, as the party ventures below ground, in the fourth part of our 5e playthrough of the Gary Gygax classic D&D module.
Jan 27, 2025•1 hr 12 min•Season 6Ep. 4
In a fit of productivity (don't get used to it) we give you the third installment of our 5e playthrough of the Gary Gygax classic, "The Village of Hommlet". Having regrouped at the village, the party venture once more into the ruined moat house. This time, they are certain they shall face a basilisk, or worse, their true selves (just kidding - a basilisk).
Jan 21, 2025•1 hr 24 min•Season 6Ep. 3
The party ventures east of the village of Hommlet, and finally investigate the ruined moat house, only to find that the abandoned ruins may not be so abandoned after all.
Jan 16, 2025•1 hr 11 min•Season 6Ep. 2
We kick off our SIXTH season (??!!!) with a 5e playthrough of Gary Gygax's classic module "The Village of Hommlet". There's a village. There's a shifty priest. There's a ruined moat house. Everything is fine. SUBSCRIBE LIKE SHARE COMMENT
Jan 06, 2025•1 hr 29 min•Season 6Ep. 1
Having awoken deep within the mausoleum of the Onyx Queen's opulent palace, can our survivors unravel the so-called merciful monarch’s horrible dark secret? Spoiler alert: our final episode of 2024 is just under 30 minutes long. Apologies in advance for some minor audio issues during this episode.
Jan 01, 2025•30 min•Season 5Ep. 17
What's that you say? All you want for Christmas is a new Thankless Roll Players episode? Well, okay then...
Dec 19, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Season 5Ep. 16
Having made their blood sacrifice, our intrepid party of inept rabble venture deep into the horror-filled corridors of the Temple of Herlezzect (yeah, we can't pronounce it either) in the concluding part of our playthrough of Nick Baran's "The Precipice of Corruption" for Dungeon Crawl Classics. Get it here: https://breakerpress.storenvy.com/?osky_origin=googlepla&osky_source=cpc&osky_campaign=PMAX_Storenvy_MP_No_Assets&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwpbi4BhByEiwAMC8JnS7zj7aHYy-zeoKfX...
Oct 14, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Season 5Ep. 15
The town of Stennard finds itself in desperate need. The crops have failed and famine is imminent. In a bold effort to save the town, the constable sends their best hunters in search of game, treading into the forbidden lands to the west. But when they fail to return, only an unseemly mob of cutthroats and fortune seekers are willing to take on the task. Come with us to the Mangled Hills as we take on Nick Baran's "The Precipice of Corruption" for Dungeon Crawl Classics. Get it here: https://bre...
Aug 29, 2024•56 min•Season 5Ep. 14
Something is amiss in the town of Fairhaven. It's the night before the regional roller derby championship, and our beloved local team are acting decidedly out of character. Can cable access hosts Jake Tooley, Link Thickneck, Erasmus Polk, and Captain Puddles get to the bottom of things and save the day before it's too late? Of course they can, for these are no ordinary tv hosts - they are the Weird Heroes of Public Access! Back it here: https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/get-haunted-industries...
Jul 18, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 5Ep. 13
The operatives undertake a somewhat legal contract for the Bloodcutters - transporting a body containing valuable experimental organs across the Wash. But there's a slight snag. It appears somebody else also wants those organs, and will stop at nothing to get them, as we continue our playthrough of "Cities Without Number".
May 29, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 12
A saxaboom plays a forlorn space jazz tune as the sun fails to rise yet again over the sprawling technopolis known as the Wash. Our band of operatives undertake their first heist, stealing a cult guarded processor from a shadowy corporation, in our continuing playthrough of Cities Without Number.
May 03, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Season 5Ep. 11
Harold the Forest Druid, the thief Tomi Tynglefingers, aided once more by Timothy the Immolator, and their new friend Growly Pete, are hired on by a high priestess of the Iron King to breach a mysterious stone demon head atop a hill overlooking a village and retrieve an artifact she apparently can't just get herself. What could go wrong?
Apr 12, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 5Ep. 10
Download the free rulebook and form-fillable character sheet (https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/449873/Cities-Without-Number-Free-Version), and follow along as Rob guides us through character creation in Kevin Crawford's sandbox cyberpunk TTRPG "Cities Without Number".
Mar 31, 2024•50 min•Season 5Ep. 9
After almost half a century has Gary Gygax's legendary demilich Acererak finally met his match at the hands of the fearless and cunning Thankless Roll Players? What do you think?
Mar 21, 2024•54 min•Season 5Ep. 8
The party honor Gary Gygax by making some spectacularly bad decisions in the second episode of our three part (so far...) playthrough of "Tomb of Horrors".
Mar 14, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 5Ep. 7
For our 100th episode, and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons, we tackle Gary Gygax's classic 1975 dungeon crawl "Tomb of Horrors". But why tackle this notoriously unbeatable dungeon as high level D&D characters, when you can send in a bunch of Dungeon Crawl Classics zeroes? Will our heroes survive? Of course not. But we guarantee a rollicking good time while they do!
Mar 08, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 5Ep. 6
