Episode 17: In Chambers – RPG Beginnings 2

The RPG Review Board Podcast celebrates their first year of production! In honor of this historic event, we turn the tables and give our gift to you, dear listener: an episode a few days earlier than expected. In this episode, the judges take a look back on the games they reviewed and the times they have shared with commentary about the good, the bad, and the grappled.

My game can beat up your game! New editions of RPG systems are inevitable, but they don’t have to cause heartache. Judges Case and Adam dive into the whos, hows, and whys of RPG editions and rules updates in this episode.

Long, long ago in a decade far, far away, there was a different Star Wars and an RPG set in that very different galaxy. A galaxy where you could feel the Force. Stop sniggering! This is a family show.

Sir, the players are revolting! They’re always revolting, but this time they’re taking over the microphones! Perpetual players Trey and Heidi talk about what it’s like to review RPGs from a player’s perspective.

Revenge of the ampersand! Our judges take on a fantasy RPG with roots in many editions of the great grand-daddy of games that put words together with this funny little thingy in between. Are the judges amused? Entertained? Shaken, not stirred? Give a listen.

Judges Adam and Nathan talk about Gen Con 2022. They review what they are attending, and what they are looking forward to at this year’s convention. More Megagames. More board games. More RPGs. More rules for grappling.

Let’s talk mutants in a blasted nuclear wasteland! No, let’s talk Mad Max biker gangs in a blasted nuclear wasteland! Well, we can agree on the wasteland. And that free PDFs can be pretty great.

We return to memory lane, this time with Trey and Nathan. They discuss how they got started in the hobby and reminisce about the environment, culture, timelines, and games they experienced early in their gaming career.

Open the Cryo-Tubes! Behold a game frozen in time! Join the judges as they examine a game from the early history of the hobby returned to life in the modern world.

Our most self-important judges talk about why modern and science fiction settings for RPGs play a distant second fiddle to the fantasy genre. Come for the five-dollar words, stay for the obscure references.