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 35 – Pulp Cthulhu (with Paul Fricker) recorded at GROGMEET19
What makes Pulp “pulp” we ask ourselves in this episode.
It features the interview with Paul Fricker that we recorded at GROGMEET19. He’s one of the hosts of The Good F…
Episode 34 – Review of 2019 (with Jamie Thomson)
It’s the end of the world as we know it, but we feel fine, because we’ve been gaming, a lot. We review the year in gaming over a pint with Clint, the pub dog.
Jamie Tho…
Episode 33 – Live Action RPG (with Jamie Thomson)
INTRO: We are still recovering from a successful GROGMEET19. I picked up some new games along the way, including Pendragon and the new …
Episode 32 – Thieves’ World
INTRO: It’s the first anniversary of Greg Stafford’s passing and to recognise the event, we are celebrating one of his greatest, colla…
Episode 31 – Numenera RPG
The GROGNARD files is back with the latest episode which looks in-depth at Numenera RPG based on the Cypher System which was the first new-fangled game that w…
EXTRA – Blake’s 7 Actual Play
As an extra to Episode 30, here’s the rest of the Actual Play. It also features a ‘Games Master Prepares’ segment about using The Five Room Dungeon.
Th…
Episode 30 – Blake’s Seven RPG
INTRO: This time we are looking at Blake’s 7 and its influence on our gaming.
GROGGLEBOX: Eddy joins us in a noisy Port Street Beer House in Manchester to discuss ‘Proj…
Episode 29 (Part 2) White Dwarf the RPG years
In this episode we discover the seven ages of White Dwarf with @DailyDwarf and the First Last and everything from Nick Edwards…
Extra – Mike Brunton: a tribute
Mike Brunton, our special guest for Episode 29, suddenly passed away on 18th July 2019. This is the interview in full, released as a celebration of …
Episode 29 (Part 1) White Dwarf the RPG years
It’s taken us 50 podcasts to dedicate an episode to White Dwarf. It was the centre of our RPG lives when we were teenagers.
In this episode Mike Brunton tells us how he got into RPGs and…
EXTRA – A RPG GamesMaster Prepares (UK Games Expo 19)
This is a GROGPOD extra, made possible thanks to the generosity of the GROGSQUAD patreons. This is a Newstalgia podcast talking about the things we are playing now.
It …
Episode 28 (Part 2) More Tunnels & Trolls RPG (with Ken St Andre)
INTRO: A new review of The GROGNARD files
INTERVIEW: A list of interesting things referred to by Ken: His mini, Trollhala Press…
Episode 28 (Part 1) Monsters! Monsters! RPG (with Ken St Andre)
INTRO: 00:00:16 – This is the first part of a two part episode looking at the games and worlds created by Ken St Andre. He’s one o…
EXTRA – Stormbringer Actual Play (with Red Moon Role-playing)
I was kindly invited to Games Master a game of Stormbringer by the wonderfully macabre actual play podcast Red Moon Roleplaying.
These is a tea…
Episode 27 (Part 2) Fate (with Robin of Sherwood actual play)
We’re continuing our Robin of Sherwood theme. We discuss Fate and use it to provide a sample play in Sherwood Forest created by the TV series.
We hope that it will insp…
EXTRA – Call of Cthulhu Actual Play (with How We Roll and Scott Dorwood)
I attended the first ever PodUk Convention in Birmingham and appeared in a live …
Episode 27 (Part One) Robin of Sherwood (with Graham Staplehurst)
INTRO: In this episode we are continuing our exploration of the context of gaming in the eighties, by looking at one of the TV s…
Episode 25 – Review of 2018 (Featuring WFRP actual play)
In this episode we review our year in gaming and di…
Episode 24 (Part 2) WARHAMMER Fantasy Role Play (with Graeme Davis)
INTRO: We’ve had another iTunes review …