Episode 80: RPG Rookies: First Step (audio product)

RPG Rookies is a series for new GMs and players or for more experienced GMs and players who like to complain about “obvious advice”. In First Step, we discuss the questions GMs and players need to ask themselves before playing a game, including which games will help you pull. Kidding. None of them will. We also offer some advice for those intimidated by 400-page rulebooks.

Episode 81: 99 Problems with D&D Next... (audio product)

...but the picture of the gnoll ain't one of them. In this episode, we discuss the latest playtest material. We talk about what we like and don't like, and Wayne makes a case for elves of colour. We also come up with a winning business strategy for Wizards of the Coast to follow for D&D Next.* *We recorded this episode before WotC announced their plan to emphasize campaign settings and ad...   [click here for more]

Episode 82: Warriors: Condottieri (audio product)

Because our listeners demanded it: condottieri! Actually, it was only was one listener, and he really just casually mentioned it. In this edition of Warriors, we talk about mercenaries and free companies. Money can’t buy happiness, but it sure buys everything else worth having. Live free and die hard.

Episode 83: Locales: Prisons (audio product)

In our second Locales episode, we look at prisons with their bars, confinement, monotony, brutality and rape. Your players will love them. We also review, with no spoilers, Prometheus and The Avengers, and discuss how to improve your Werewolf: The Forsaken game.

Episode 84: Pacing (audio product)

Whether you want to run a fast-paced game that leaves your players struggling to catch their breaths or a slow-paced game that squeezes every drop of feeling out of each line, this episode is for you. If you want to run a game at a medium pace, this episode isn’t for you so much.

Episode 85: Magic: Divination (audio product)

This second installment of Magic is about divination and fortune-telling, but you probably already knew that. We also envision an introduction on using music to help prepare for games.

Episode 86: Generalization vs. Specialization (audio product)

“More choices, more problems.” - game designer In this episode, we look at whether it’s best to play a jack-of-all-trades or a master of one. We also compare how to build generalists in different systems: level, point buy, and life path.

Episode 87: Warriors: Flying Aces (audio product)

“Forever young, I want to be forever young. Do you really want to live forever, forever, forever?”- “Forever Young”, Alphaville Assail your opponent from behind, only fire at close range, and always, always keep the sun behind you. In this installment of Warriors, we talk about l’as, the star-turn, der uberkanonen, the flying ace.

Episode 88: Creature Feature: Ghosts (audio product)

We kick off our second annual Month of Horror with a look at ghosts. We examine some common themes and discuss how to use them as antagonists and protagonists. We also discover that any reality TV show can be made better by adding ghosts. Lyal attempts some scary breathing this episode (I guess that’s what he was doing). We’ll get him to mute the microphone next time. While Lyal&rsq...   [click here for more]

Episode 89: Curses (audio product)

“Cursed be those who disturb the rest of the Idle Red Hands. They that shall break the seal of this podcast shall meet death by a disease that no doctor can diagnose. What? You’ve invented blood tests and MRIs? Never mind.” - Updated Curse of the Idle Red Hands This is the episode we almost lost. Cursed? Or cursed that we recovered it? You be the judge. This episode h...   [click here for more]

Episode 90: Literature Lessons: Steven King (audio product)

This is what happened. We recorded an episode of Literature Lessons about the master of modern horror: Stephen King. We discussed themes common to many of his books and how to incorporate them into your games. Wayne bought up D&D Next (again), Lyal created a possible Cujo sequel, and Chris talked about that classic Stephen King character Achilles.

Episode 91: Interview: Emergence RPG (audio product)

In our first interview episode, we talk to Tony and Faon Grandinetti, two members of the creative team behind Emergence, a fantasy and SF RPG on Kickstarter. This may be the first game spawned in traffic. You can find Emergence on Kickstarter, and make sure to check out the Emergence website for more information on the world of Kython. Oh, Lyal! Lyal messed up the aud...   [click here for more]

Episode 92: Movie Genres: Horror (audio product)

In our last installment of 2012's Month of Horror, which we missed by six days, we discuss horror movies. Joining us for the discussion is horror movie aficionado (and massive movie spoiler) Josh. For those hoping to have the first 90 minutes of the 95-minute The Cabin in the Woods explained to them, I'm afraid we cut it out. I guess you'll have to learn the plot the old-fashioned way:...   [click here for more]

Episode 93: Antiheroes (audio product)

“In the roar of an engine, he lost everything. And became a shell of a man, a burnt out, desolate man, a man haunted by the demons of his past, a man who wandered out into the wasteland.”- The Road Warrior The selfish rogues, the emotional voids, the cold-blooded killers. These are the antiheroes of literature, TV and the movies. We’ve all played these characters at ...   [click here for more]

Episode 95 - Atlanta by Night 2012: Playing to Lose (audio product)

Episode 95 - Atlanta by Night 2012: Playing to Lose

A recording of the "Playing to Lose" panel at Atlanta by Night 2012

Episode 96: Monsterhearts & Dungeon World (audio product)

Having successfully recovered from The Towel Incident last week, we return to discuss two “Powered by the Apocalypse” games: Monsterhearts and Dungeon World. What does a high school monster love story game have in common with a throwback to old school D&D? Studded leather. After listening to the episode, Lyal felt that Chris and Wayne didn't really explain how...   [click here for more]

Episode 97: Creature Feature: Fairies (audio product)

In this installment of Creature Features, we get in the Christmas spirit (kind of) and talk about fairies, except for elves (okay, not at all). We discuss different elements you can use in your game, which apparently includes David Bowie’s bulging crotch (all that Wayne remembered from Labyrinth). We also finally settle the question of which was the best superher...   [click here for more]

Episode 99: GM Tools: Set Pieces (audio product)

Rejected lines from The Empire Strikes Back and proof that GMs really need to think about what they want to accomplish with their scenes: “Luke, when a man and woman love each other, they hug very tightly…” “If you thought the trash compactor was a tight squeeze, you should’ve seen your mother…” “Luke! Meeza Jar Ja...   [click here for more]

EQ: Hidden Places MP3 04 (audio product)

Alleys and tunnel systems in forgotten parts of a city, small hidden away hovels off overgrown roads, caves, and place where adventurers may reluctantly find themselves. Hidden Places gives the atmosphere of strange unfamiliar places, a tense uneasiness that creeps along the edge of shadows.

Designed to play continuously in the background for nearly any in outdoor,indoor or underground ...   [click here for more]

EQ: Lost Map MP3 01 (audio product)

Journeys are rarely alike, the scenery transcends the senses, perhaps even the purpose of the quest itself. The first track "Lost Map" is the initial song on the Enigmatic Quest album

Comes with an illustrated "Lost Map" to use for your game in full color (5"x8").

The new album "Enigmatic Quest" is the second in a series of MP3s, that creates unique ambient music especial...   [click here for more]

EQ: War Party MP3 05 (audio product)

The 5th MP3 in the Enigmatic Quest series, takes a shortcut through a tribal if not war party of demi humans, gathering together to begin a rampage on an unsuspecting group/town or people. Listen to the demo (click on War Party on the upper left) and decide whether this may suit to give fair warning to your players.?

This new album "Enigmatic Quest" is the second in a series of MP3s, th...   [click here for more]

Errigal of Dunlewey [electro escapade mix] (audio product)

Errigal of Dunlewey [electro escapade mix]Copyright 2010 Winged Warrior Publishing (ASCAP).  All Rights Reserved!Song Length = 4:15Audio = Stereo MP3Sample Rate = 44,100 Samples/SecondBit Rate = 192 Bits/Second

Style = Cinematic / SoundtrackTheme = A modern Celtic-sounding adventure tune.

Errigal of Dunlewey [electro escapade mix] is a new release from the lon...   [click here for more]

Eternal Lies Suite (audio product)

James Semple and his team have mastered over 60 minutes of original, fully orchestrated music of amazing quality for Trail of Cthulhu.

The musicians have been working closely with Jeff Tidball and Will Hindmarch, the authors, to create a thematically consistent sou...   [click here for more]

Factory Of The Androids [Modern/Near Dark Future Theme Music] (audio product)

Factory Of The Androids

Musical Artist: Tree Dweller (aka David L. Woodrum Jr.)

Fantasy Craft: Cleansing of Black Spur soundscapes 1-3 [BUNDLE] (audio product)

Companion soundscape to the Fantasy Craft adventure, The Cleansing of Black Spur. Exciting battle theme for fighting wyverns and and other fer...   [click here for more]