Ran my first game of Knave 2E

Welcome to Last Roll of the Week with Red Dice Diaries, where we talk about RPGs, offer hints, review books and other stuff to use in your own games.In this episode I’m discussing my recent experience running a one-shot (loosely) based on the Isle of Dread classic module, but using the streamlined Knave 2E by Ben Milton from Questing Beast.Knave 1E can be acquired from DrivethruRPG or itch.io, Knave 2E can be acquired from itch.io in PDF or from Swordfishislands.com in hardcopy.I also respond to a voicemail from long-time listener Ricardo.I’d really love you to get involved in the conversation, you can leave us a voicemail at: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcastOr email us at [email protected] or drop me a line on Discord, either sending us a sound file or a written email.The thumbnail for this episode was drawn by my lovely wife Hannah.--oOo--#RedDiceDiaries #TTRPG #TT #RPG #OSR #OldSchool #DND #Knave #Knave2E #BenMilton #QuestingBeast This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reddicediaries.substack.com

Welcome to Last Roll of the Week with Red Dice Diaries, where we talk about RPGs, offer hints, review books and other stuff to use in your own games.In this episode I’m discussing a recent idea I had—inspired by The Monster Overhaul: A Practical Bestiary by Skerples—on how I might streamline spellcasting for NPCs/monsters in my Shadowdark games and Hannah is chipping in with her thoughts on the idea.We also answer some voicemails from:🔹Riley of the Diegetic Advancement Podcast🔹Joe from Hindsightless🔹Menion from Confessions of a Wee Timorous BushiI’d really love you to get involved in the conversation so we can get some back-and-forth going on this subject, you can leave us a voicemail at: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcastOr email us at [email protected] or drop me a line on Discord, either sending us a sound file or a written email.The thumbnail for this episode was drawn by my lovely wife Hannah.--oOo--#RedDiceDiaries #TTRPG #TT #RPG #OSR #OldSchool #DND #Dinosaur #HexCrawl This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reddicediaries.substack.com

Welcome to Last Roll of the Week with Red Dice Diaries, where we talk about RPGs, offer hints, review books and other stuff to use in your own games.In this episode Hannah and myself are discussing why we have both dinosaurs and dragons in popular RPGs.I’d really love you to get involved in the conversation so we can get some back-and-forth going on this subject, you can leave us a voicemail at: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcastOr email us at [email protected], either sending us a sound file or a written email.--oOo---The Podcasts I mentioned in this episode were:🔹Diegetic Advancement🔹Nerds RPG Variety Cast🔹Radio Grognard KING SIZE--oOo--#RedDiceDiaries #TTRPG #TT #RPG #OSR #OldSchool #DND #Dinosaur #HexCrawl This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reddicediaries.substack.com

Welcome to Last Roll of the Week with Red Dice Diaries, where we talk about RPGs, offer hints, review books and other stuff to use in your own games.In this episode I’m discussing my thoughts on SHADOWDARK after running an open-table game set in Greg Gillespie’s BARROWMAZE using the system.I’d really love you to get involved in the conversation so we can get some back-and-forth going on this subject, you can leave us a voicemail at: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcastOr email us at [email protected], either sending us a sound file or a written email.--oOo---Link to the Pitch Document for the SHADOWS OF THE BARROWMAZE game:🔹https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pj77ddYyfVDbDMiwbu0tbXOxkWqTh8lo/view?usp=drive_linkLink to the Audio Dungeon Discord:🔹https://discord.gg/gzShPZSQAYThe Podcasts I mentioned in this episode were:🔹Diegetic Advancement🔹Keep Off the Borderlands🔹Nerds RPG Variety Cast🔹Roleplay Rescue🔹The Redcaps Podcast--oOo--#RedDiceDiaries #TTRPG #TT #RPG #OSR #OldSchool #DND #Shadowdark #Barrowmaze #ArcaneLibrary #OpenTable #HexCrawl #MegaDungeon #DungeonCrawl This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reddicediaries.substack.com

Welcome to Last Roll of the Week with Red Dice Diaries, where we talk about RPGs, offer hints, review books and other stuff to use in your own games.The good folk at ATELIER CLANDESTINE have kindly provided me with a review PDF of their book WHEN SEA IS CALLING, a guide for nautical adventures, in this video I give my opinion on it.I’d really love you to get involved in the conversation so we can get some back-and-forth going on this subject, you can leave us a voicemail at: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcastOr email us at [email protected], either sending us a sound file or a written email.--oOo---WHEN SEA IS CALLING available from:🔹https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/471274/When-Sea-Is-Calling-A-Guide-for-Nautical-AdventuresThumbnail and intro created with:🔹Canva: https://www.canva.com/--oOo--#RedDiceDiaries #TTRPG #TT #RPG #OSR #AtelierClandestine #Review #Nautical #Pirate #WhenSeaIsCalling #RPGReviewThanks for reading Last Roll of the Week! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reddicediaries.substack.com

Part one available here.Three visitors to the isolated, rotting corpse-town of Ebon Eaves find themselves trapped in a church, forced to fight for their leaves against both the dead and a horrible blasphemous form of life.- Music from https://freepd.com/horror.php- Tremulus available from https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/120260/tremulus#reddicediaries #rddrpg #tremulus #ttrpg #actualplay #cthulhu #pbta This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reddicediaries.substack.com

Three visitors arrive in the isolated American town of Ebon Eaves, two eager to claim their inheritance and another seeking a spiritual project to distract him from the trauma of his past, but little do they know that the tree blocking the way into town is the least of their troubles... - Music from https://freepd.com/horror.php - Tremulus available from https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/120260/tremulus #reddicediaries #rddrpg #tremulus #ttrpg #actualplay #cthulhu #pbta This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reddicediaries.substack.com

Welcome to Last Roll of the Week with Red Dice Diaries, where we talk about RPGs, offer hints, review books and other stuff to use in your own games.I’m currently prepping to run The Enemy Within campaign for WFRP 4E, we’ve done a bit of character gen and I’m enthused to get started, but need to get myself up to speed on the current iteration of the rules. One of the things I find useful is a cheat or reference sheet so I’ve decided to create one using Obsidian Notes.I’d really love you to get involved in the conversation so we can get some back-and-forth going on this subject, you can leave us a voicemail at: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcastOr email us at [email protected], either sending us a sound file or a written email.If I get some responses I’ll put them together in an episode and we can hopefully get an interesting discussion going and learn something from each other.--oOo---Title Music🔹Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain): https://freepd.com/electronic.phpPublic domain video clips and graphics from:🔹No copyright motion graphics: https://www.youtube.com/user/freemotionbacks🔹Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/Thumbnail and intro created with:🔹Canva: https://www.canva.com/--oOo--Links:🔹Josh Plunkett’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@JoshPlunkett🔹AWESOME LIES blog: https://awesomeliesblog.wordpress.com/🔹Obsidian Notes: https://obsidian.md/🔹Cheatography website: https://cheatography.com/--oOo--#RedDiceDiaries #TTRPG #TT #RPG #OSR #ObsidianNotes #GamePrep #TheEnemyWithin #AwesomeLies #WFRP #WarhammerFantasyRoleplay #Warhammer #Cubicle7 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reddicediaries.substack.com

Welcome to Last Roll of the Week with Red Dice Diaries, where we talk about RPGs, offer hints, review books and other stuff to use in your own games.In this episode I’m talking about the book "So You Want to be a Game Master" by Justin Alexander that I picked up for Christmas.I’d really love you to get involved in the conversation so we can get some back-and-forth going on this subject, you can leave us a voicemail at: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcastOr email us at [email protected], either sending us a sound file or a written email.If I get some responses I’ll put them together in an episode and we can hopefully get an interesting discussion going and learn something from each other.--oOo---🔹Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain): https://freepd.com/electronic.php🔹Phone sound clip by Mike Keonig: https://soundbible.com/1869-Phone-Ringing-8x.html🔹Public domain video clips and graphics from:🔹No copyright motion graphics: https://www.youtube.com/user/freemotionbacks🔹Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/--oOo--Links:🔹Nerds RPG Varietycast Podcast - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376🔹Alexandrian Blog - https://thealexandrian.net/🔹Alexandrian YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@TheAlexandrian🔹Interview with Justin on the Dungeon Masterpiece YouTube channel ---oOo--YouTube version of the episode also available:--oOo--#RedDiceDiaries #TTRPG #TT #RPG #OSR #SoYouWantToBeAGameMaster #JustinAlexander #Alexandrian #WFRP #WarhammerFantasyRoleplay #Warhammer #Cubicle7 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reddicediaries.substack.com

Welcome to the Red Dice Diaries, where we talk about RPGs, offering hints, reviews and stuff to use in your own games.In this episode I’m talking about some of my plans for podcasting and content in 2024 and why I’m unofficially referring to this as “the Year of the Hammer.”I’d really love you to get involved in the conversation so we can get some back-and-forth going on this subject, you can leave us a voicemail at: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcastOr email us at [email protected], either sending us a sound file or a written email.If I get some responses I’ll put them together in an episode and we can hopefully get an interesting discussion going and learn something from each other.--oOo---Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain): https://freepd.com/electronic.php--oOo--Links:* Awesome Lies blog - https://awesomeliesblog.wordpress.com/* Zigmenthotep Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/@zigmenthotep--oOo--#RedDiceDiaries #TTRPG #TT #RPG #OSR #WFRP #WarhammerFantasyRoleplay #Warhammer #Cubicle7 This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reddicediaries.substack.com