The GROGNARD Files
The GROGNARD RPG files is a podcast that looks at RPGs from 'back in the day and today'.
Each episode concentrates on the original rules of a featured game, our experiences of playing the game, PLUS excellent contributions from @dailydwarf selecting highlights from the halcyon days of White Dwarf magazine.
- Update frequency
- every 24 days
- Average duration
- 89 minutes
- Episodes
- 140
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Episode 48 (Part 1) Return to Call of Cthulhu (with Lynne Hardy)
The Armchair Adventurers keep coming back to Call of Cthulhu and we are about to begin Children of Fear, written by our guest Lynne Hardy.
In this episode we discuss Lynne’s formative …
Episode 47 – Dr Who RPG (with Dave Chapman)
As the Final Score recedes (great result between Arbroath and Queen of the South) it’s time to grab a Tizer and sit down to an episode all about Dr Who.
We speak to Dave Chapman, who …
Extra – My Role-Playing Games First, Last and Everything (with Tim Harford)
Tim Harford, economist, columnist, broadcaster, best-selling author, podcaster and role-player was the very special guest at virtual GROGMEET 2021.
There were a vast array of games ava…
Episode 46 (Part 2) DragonQuest RPG (with Chris Klug)
Whatever happened to March 2021? We may never know, let’s hope that April restores normal service.
In this episode we continue the discussion with Chris Klug about his …
Episode 46 (Part 1) DragonQuest RPG (with Chris Klug)
The GROGNARD files opens on one of our favorites from back in the day. Blythy bought it from Northern Games Day while I was playing a…
Episode 45 – Review of 2020 (with Dave Morris)
In this episode we review the games that we have played in 2020 – there were so many! During the discussion we cover our experiences of playing Lyonesse, Savage Worlds, Mutant Year Zero a…
Episode 44 – Dragon Warriors (with Dave Morris)
The last GROGPOD of 2020 features a classic British Old School RPG, Dragon Warriors.
You can find out more about Dave Morris at his blog and his Patreon.
Daily Dwarf has a blog too.
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Episode 43 (Bonus) Dungeons and Dragons
This is a bonus episode featuring a ‘Library Use’ segment that we recorded which looks in detail at issue 52 of Dragon Magazine (published in August 1981). The publication was around the …
Episode 43 (Part 2) Dungeons and Dragons (with Lew Pulsipher)
This is the second part of the Dungeons and Dragons Episode. Lew Pulsipher returns to talk more about his contributions to White Dwarf, his strategy game Britannia and his contributions t…
Extra – Thunder Phase! at GROGMEETish2020 (with Paul & Gaz)
GROGMEET2020, the fifth annual meet-up of the GROGSQUAD, had to be held online to avoid pathogens. It didn’t stop us having a fantastic weekend which included a Pub Quiz, a Mausritter Tou…
Episode 43 (Part 1) Dungeons & Dragons (with Lew Pulsipher)
We knew we’d get there eventually.
This episode is dedicated to Basic Dungeons and Dragons.
Our guest is Lew Pulsipher who was a regular contributor to the Golden …
Episode 42 – Aftermath! RPG (with Doc Cowie)
Welcome to the end of the world! In the latest episode we look at the FGU RPG Aftermath!, a game that is still supported by useful online resources.
I ran a one-shot …
Episode 41 – Five Years of The GROGNARD Files (with Jason Durall)
Blimey, we’ve been doing this bobbins for five years! Good grief! In this episode, we go back to the beginning to look at RuneQuest with Jason Durall, as well as other hig…
Episode 40 – Conan RPG (with Jason Durall)
Know o prince … the GROGNARD files produces another epic (take your time …). We’ve been playing Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed of, by Modiphius and having great fun…
Episode 39 – Hawkmoon RPG (with Lawrence Whitaker)
Loz Whitaker from The Design Mechanism returns to face The GamesMaster’s screen. He talks about The Eternal Champion, Strontium Dog and Mythras.
We have been enjoying …
Episode 38 – Lyonesse RPG (with Lawrence Whitaker)
Welcome to a new GROGPOD about a new game that we are very excited about.
Lyonesse, Fantasy Role-Playing based on the novels by Jack Vance has been releas…
Start Here – The GROGNARD Files – Session Zero
Hello, my name is Dirk the Dice and this is the GROGNARD files podcast. If you are new here, then this is the place to beg…
Episode 37 – Gamma World RPG (with Pookie)
Welcome to the post apocalypse with Pookie from Reviews from R’lyeh. We talk about how RPGs taught us everything we need to know about the apocalypse.
Episode 36 (Part 2) Middle Earth Role-Playing (MERP) (with Liz Danforth)
Welcome to the second part of the MERP episode. I recommend Menion (AKA Rob’s) podcast ; we speak to Liz Danforth – why not support her on Pat…
Episode 36 (Part 1) Middle Earth Role-Playing (MERP) (with Liz Danforth)
Popular demand has insisted that we look at MERP from Iron Crown (1984). In this first part we come to terms with Tolkien and our relationship to Middle Earth.
Thanks t…