Twice a month (nominally) podcast about tabletop role playing games, exploitation movies, board games, miniature war games, and whatever else attracts my interest.
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Ray Otus provided the coffee cup clip art and TJ provides my music.
Anthony aka Runeslinger from the Casting Shadows media empire joins me to talk about espionage games and movies in this special holiday episode. We will return to our regular System Sunday format nex…
I have not one but two guests who join me to talk spoiler free about the best representations of what real world espionage was like during the cold war. This episode is all about John le Carre and hi…
This episode you get not one interview about a podcaster's favorite espionage media but two! Joe from the Dekahedron RPG Podcast and Eric from The Omega 3D Chicken Coop join me for a pair of fun walk…
Daniel Norton joins me to talk about TSR's Top Secret from 1980 on this super sized System Sunday.
Daniel (Bandit's Keep) YouTube http://www.youtube.com/banditskeep Twitter https://twitter.com/bandit…
Che Webster from Roleplay Rescue joins me to talk about the Mission Impossible films and the now largely forgotten RPG SpyCraft 2.0 that deserves more love.
Roleplay Rescue https://roleplayrescue.com…
I talk about Boot Hill's brawling rules, open the mailbag, and Kevin from The Redcaps Podcast joins me to talk about Ronin (1998) and the Ashes of Isar RPG.
Boot Hill to D&D article http://jrients.bl…
On this System Sunday Joe Salvador of Raven God Games joins me to talk about the REAVER Sword & Sorcery RPG Quick Start. It is in the final stages and should be up as a pay what you want product on D…
I outline my plans for Deception December where I hope to highlight espionage movie and games, open the mailbag, and have a special guest join me for a new segment. Joe is the host of Hindsightless h…
I interview Kevin Borrup, the man behind Saltheart RPG, and we talk about his pamphlet RPGs.
Saltheart Itch.io page ("BURN" 2d6 and The Dungeon is Real!) https://saltheartrpg.itch.io/
Saltheart Dri…
I talk about my new Palladium Fantasy campaign and respond to calls on fear mechanics in RPGs.
Calls from "the Joes" (Hindsightless) https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9 and (Raven God Games) https://rave…
An interview with Jeff Mejia the author of the Dicey Tales RPG which is currently on Kickstarter! Dicey Tales is a pulp role playing game based on Simon Washbourne's Barbarians of Lemuria game system…
A short remembrance of Albert Pyun, May 19, 1953 – November 26, 2022, a director of some of my favorite genre films and B-movies including The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982), Cyborg (1989), Dollman (1…
On this Noir November System Sunday Ray Otus joins me to discuss the RPG A Dirty World and the various film adaptations of Dashiell Hammett's Red Harvest. We also discuss a comment made by Joe of the…
Anthony aka Runeslinger of the Casting Shadows media empire joins me to talk noir movies and games.
You can find Anthony the following places: Blog https://castingshadowsblog.com YouTube https://www…
Themed months? Adventure books? Fear in games. Future contest plans. BSer Con 2 Electric Boogaloo. Rifts Kickstarter. Listener Calls.
Glitterbois https://breakfastpuppies.com/podcasts/glitterbois
Rea…
On this Noir November System Sunday Ray Otus of Plundergrounds joins me to talk about the RPG Dirty Secrets and the 1946 movie The Blue Dahlia. The first part of the show is spoiler free for the film…
In this episode I open the mailbag and answer calls on topics such as systems for noir, the Hays Code, and discuss a movie that is a must see to see the tech level of the late 40's.
Call from Karl (…
I talk about my experience at Virtual Grogmeet, my pending Palladium Fantasy game, answer a call about using Cyberpunk 2020 to run noir games and finish with this week's film spoiler free film recomm…
For this System Sunday during Noir November I give my impressions of Michael Brown's Midnight Boulevard. You will need access to the free Traveller SRD (linked below) or a copy of Stellagama Publishi…
Kevin Conroy (30 November 1955 - 10 November 2022) best known for being the voice of The Batman in Batman The Animated Series.
Wonderful YouTube playlist of Kevin: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=…