GROGPOD Roguelike Podcast
The GROGPOD Roguelike Podcast is a bi-weekly show about four friends talking about a featured Roguelike game. We cover the full spectrum of titles, from the more modern, action-oriented games like Binding of Isaac and Hades to the traditonal roguelike designs of games like Cogmind and Caves of Qud. Join us each episode as we unpack what makes a roguelike game fun (or not) and then rank it against the compendium we've compiled thus far.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 88 minutes
- Episodes
- 77
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Against the Storm
Lousy Smarch weather! Come in from the cold and warm up with an episode on the recent hit citybuilder roguelite Against the Storm. We’ve got biscuits and pie, jerky, and a nice dry roof to keep your …
01:26:03 |
Wed 28 Feb 2024
Tales of Maj'Eyal
Happy TOMEntines day! This week we choo-choo choose to revisit the traditional roguelike-sphere with an oldie but a biggie. Tales of Maj’Eyal holds a special place in the hearts of old guards of trad…
01:34:35 |
Wed 14 Feb 2024
Nightmare Reaper
Reap and tear! This week we’re DOOMing it up with the BOOMer shooter rogue Nightmare Reaper. We all go a little mad sometimes, but what better way to relieve that stress with some out-of-left-field m…
01:35:17 |
Wed 31 Jan 2024
Wildermyth
Gather round children, it’s story time! This week we’re talking about the pop-up storybook RPG Wildermyth! We’re fighting gorgons with poison blood, turning into wolf people, and replacing arms with …
01:04:46 |
Wed 17 Jan 2024
Rogue Tower
Happy New Pod! Or new game! Or new game+! For our second season kickoff we bring an army of orcs and goblins marching on your doom in Rogue Tower. What other podcast can you find deep dives on tower …
01:03:40 |
Wed 03 Jan 2024
2023 Winter Special - dev interview with Huw Millward (Warsim: The Realm of Aslona) and listener emails
It’s the holiday season (backup singers: the holiday season) and the GROGPOD is coming ‘round for a special winter break episode! We’ve been asked by listeners for a while to do a developer interview…
01:39:23 |
Wed 20 Dec 2023
OMEGABOWL 1 - The GROGPOD Roguelike Playoffs
The end of season 1 of the podcast is here and to celebrate we are pitting our top games in a playoff tournament fight to the death! If you’re new to the podcast or the genre this is a great place to…
01:46:16 |
Wed 06 Dec 2023
Dead Cells (with Woody Ciskowski)
That gooey flopping sound isn’t your GROGsgiving dinner quite yet, it’s the sound of you being reanimated for another run of the 2018 hit action platformer Dead Cells! Join the crew and returning gue…
01:27:23 |
Wed 22 Nov 2023
AK-xoltl
Who’s a good baby amphibian? Is it you? Is it you? It is AK-Xolotl: the AK-47 wielding, you guessed it, axolotl baby raising simulator! Are reptiles different than amphibians? Is it worth sacrificing…
01:05:44 |
Wed 08 Nov 2023
Rimworld
Have you ever thought to yourself ‘Is it possible to import my friends into this game and harvest their skin for the leather of my chairs?’ Then you’ve tuned to the right episode! In an accidentally …
01:24:36 |
Wed 25 Oct 2023
What Is A Roguelike?
Happy GROGSversary! As we celebrate one whole year of doing this program, we combine our forces to attempt our own answer at the unsolvable question of “what is a roguelike?” In possibly our longest …
01:40:31 |
Wed 11 Oct 2023
Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead
It’s finally here, our episode on one of the major traditional roguelike cornerstones: Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead. Humanity’s greatest desire is to drive crudely built, ascii-tiled cars in open sourc…
01:37:36 |
Wed 27 Sep 2023
One Way Heroics
One way or another, we were going to play this hit indie JRPG roguelike! Its One Way Heroics week for this dimension, as we take a keen eye at some anime pixel mobs and try not to wall ourselves in w…
01:13:36 |
Wed 13 Sep 2023
Eldritch
Ymg’ ah ain’ghft eldritch n’ghftdrn ai! This week the podcast dials back the clock to one of the earliest roguelike games released on Steam: Eldritch! You remember Minecraft, right? Ever thought to y…
01:15:08 |
Wed 30 Aug 2023
Brotato / The Last Spell
Hold onto your Brotatoes! You demanded, we listened: listener request week is over and from the ashes of our submissions arose the bullet heaven Brotato and the tower defense zombie horde killhouse T…
01:27:11 |
Wed 16 Aug 2023
Luck Be A Landlord
Snake eyes! Because we forgot to do our homework this week, we are gambling away our fortunes to pay our rent with Luck Be A Landlord! Come spin some slots in a cutesy veneer of a capitalist hellscap…
00:59:18 |
Wed 02 Aug 2023
Cult of the Lamb
Welcome to the family follower. Everyone here is happy and healthy. CHOP WOOD! MINE STONE! Obey our glorious leaders commands! This week we meditate on the nature of organized labor and religious ind…
01:28:25 |
Wed 19 Jul 2023
Enter the Gungeon (with Andrew Harshman and Woody Ciskowski)
Ooooooh guns gun guns! The GROGPOD is playin to-night! I never miss a game. This week we visit an all-time bullet-hell classic of Enter The Gungeon. How many gun puns can we cram into 60 minutes? Is …
01:37:36 |
Tue 04 Jul 2023
Shattered Pixel Dungeon
You have 1 new message: a podcast episode about the hit roguelike mobile game Shattered Pixel Dungeon! We explore the android/ios sphere for the first time with an influential open source and communi…
01:08:26 |
Wed 21 Jun 2023
Darkest Dungeon II
Are you tired of the daily grind? Stressed out from the demands of modern life? Introducing Darkest Dungeons 2, the stress-relieving sequel that will transport you to a world where your worries melt …
01:17:40 |
Wed 07 Jun 2023
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