Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast

Twice a month (nominally) podcast about tabletop role playing games, exploitation movies, board games, miniature war games, and whatever else attracts my interest.

Callers can use my Speakpipe account

https://www.speakpipe.com/NerdsRPGVarietyCast

you can also send an email to nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com or find me on a variety of discords including the Audio Dungeon Discord.

Ray Otus provided the coffee cup clip art and TJ provides my music.

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Update frequency: every 5 days
Average duration: 40 minutes
Episodes: 728
Years Active: 2019 - 2025

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180 GURPS Dungeon Fantasy & OSE Find Traps

Get those contest entries in, time is running out! I talk about 5E Beowulf Age of Heroes, GURPS Dungeon Fantasy, Daniel weighs in on the thief find traps ability I discuss in episode 178, and I plug …

00:22:56 | Mon 15 Mar 2021

179 Boot Hill is great or have you met Arlen?

Due to the nature of some of my calls I will provide time hacks so you can listen to what you want or stop when you want.

0.14 Daniel's wonderful message defending Western RPGs.

3.20 Some explosive…

00:32:13 | Sun 14 Mar 2021

178 OSE Barrowmaze

I talk about a recent session of Menion's Old School Essentials (OSE) Barrowmaze game. In addition I apologize to Colin for accidently leaving out one of his messages and play messages from Taylor, C…

00:50:33 | Thu 11 Mar 2021

177 The Magical Draught of Malice Kickstarter Plus What Fuels Joe's Soul?

Guest Host Eric Salzwedel joins me to talk to Mark Reed of Noble Dwarf Printing about a new Kickstarter project. Plus we respond to feedback from Karl on Harn and Joe on Gary Gygax & how the 80's fue…

01:11:26 | Tue 09 Mar 2021

176 Masks A New Generation and Listener Feedback!

In this episode I talk about a character I made for a new Masks game I am playing in, I do an unboxing, I play and occasionally comment on feedback from Ivy, Eric, Colin, Joe, Barney, Spencer, & B.J.…

00:49:23 | Mon 08 Mar 2021

175 ZineQuest3 Roundup with Red Dice Diaries

John Alan Large joins me to talk about the ZineQuest3 projects we backed during February. I'll have the promised listener feedback next episode. Red Dice Diaries https://reddicediaries.com/

00:49:50 | Thu 04 Mar 2021

174 Against the Darkmaster using Owlbear Rodeo

I talk about recent games of HarnMaster and Against the Darkmaster.

Pictures of Owlbear Rodeo VTT are on my blog here https://nerdsrpgvarietycast.wordpress.com/2021/03/03/174-against-the-darkmaster-…

00:20:35 | Wed 03 Mar 2021

173 Beowulf and Knife Shenanigans

I do an unboxing, talk about playing 5E Beowulf Age of Heroes and field messages from Joe, Randy, Taylor, Spencer & Ivy.

Don’t forget about the contest, you have until St Patrick’s Day to send an ent…

00:32:38 | Tue 02 Mar 2021

172 The Nice Guys, RPG Complexity, and a Contest!

I ramble about Shane Black's film The Nice Guys and field a message from Colin questioning if a game can be judged on page count alone. I also announce a contest! https://nerdsrpgvarietycast.wordpres…

00:29:01 | Sat 27 Feb 2021

171 Unboxing and Listener Feedback

I do an unboxing, see my new blog for pictures, and answer calls from Randy, Karl, Rob C., Daniel, Joe, & Spencer on topics ranging from human versatility to movies to human learning.

Bandit's Keep …

00:30:37 | Fri 26 Feb 2021

170 RPGs Played & Recent Calls

I talk about a couple recent games that I played in, answer messages from Joe & Randy, and do an old school unboxing!

Biggus Geekus https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus

Hindsightless https://anchor.fm/joe…

00:32:19 | Thu 25 Feb 2021

169 Human Versatility and Ms. 45

I talk the origins of human versatility in RPGs, answer a couple calls from Randy and discuss the exploitation film Ms. 45. RPG content ends at 22:30 so if you aren't interested in the movie talk, wh…

00:40:31 | Sat 20 Feb 2021

168 Cthulhu Skill Check Listener Feedback

I answer calls on Conan the Destroyer, Call of Cthulhu skills and GM brain farts from Safer, Barry, Menion, Daniel, Colin, Rob C., Free Thrall, Joe, & B.J.

00:29:38 | Fri 19 Feb 2021

167 Call of Cthulhu Broken?

What subsystem in CoC defies logic? Also Conan the Destroyer best D&D movie ever?

00:11:37 | Sat 13 Feb 2021

166 How Do You Fix A DM Brainfart In Dungeons & Dragons 5E Or Any Other TTRPG?

I don't play D&D 5E but I did make a mistake while running a recent game of Against the Darkmaster. In this episode I talk about ZineQuest, the huge DM mistake that I made (twice), plug new podcasts,…

00:27:33 | Mon 08 Feb 2021

165 Cypher, Puzzles and Noir Movies Listener Feedback

I field listener feedback on noir movies, puzzles in RPGs and the Cypher system to include thoughts on GM Intrusions compared to Aspect Compels in FATE. I also talk about my upcoming Against the Dark…

00:33:24 | Fri 29 Jan 2021

164 Noir & PI Caller Feedback and Discussion with Rob C.

We talk private eye fiction and noir films. Calls from Joe of the Hindsightless and Weal & Woe podcasts, Edwin, Evil Jeff of the Minions and Musings podcasts, and Rob C. of the Down in a Heap podcast…

00:52:05 | Tue 26 Jan 2021

All Dogs Go To Heaven

Non-RPG related goodbye to Tyger, if you do not want to hear a grown man get all choked up and emotional you should skip this one. Next episode we will be back to the regularly scheduled program cons…

00:02:26 | Mon 25 Jan 2021