S01E14: RPG Retrofit - Marvel Super Heroes: Day of the Octopus

Hey folks - here’s a quick update on my zinequest project, and some games I’ve been thinking about and reading. I’ll be back to a regular schedule soon, but I’m deep into Zinequest shenanigans. Check out my zine “ Sinister Red”, if you get a chance! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rudymangual/sinister-red

Friends! Today's podcast is a relatively spoiler-free look at  the terrific adventure module, The Fall of Whitecliff, by Ben Gibson with maps by Dyson Logos. Check it out! Next episode I'll get to some terrific call-ins I received about the Top Secret episode. Fall of Whitecliff (Pay-What-You-Want): https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/210944/The-Fall-of-Whitecliff Leave me a voicemail at: https://anchor.fm/rudy-mangual Show notes: https://rpgretrofit.blogspot.com

Agents! We have a desperate situation at hand. Don't expect it to be resolved anytime soon, but enjoy hella motorcycle and car chases and have fun surfing in Maui. Today's episode is about 1987's Top Secret S/I module, Operation Starfire, by Tracy Hickman. Also, call-ins from Joe from Hindsightless, Jason from Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, and Eric from Games with Eric. And a surprise unboxing at the end. Happy New Year, folks. Leave me a voicemail at: https://anchor.fm/rudy-mangual Operation Starfire: https://www.nobleknight.com/P/11184/Operation---Starfire Joe from Hindsightless: https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9 Jason from Nerd's RPG Variety Cast: https://anchor.fm/jason376 Eric from Games with Eric: https://anchor.fm/gameswitheric Space Vampire: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/191097.Space_Vampire

Happy Holidays, friends. Here's a quick in-car ramble about the goofy Hellboy reboot and brainstorming for ZineQuest 2!

Happy Holidays, friends! Today I bestow upon thee, call-ins! We've got great comments from fellow podcasters about mining pop culture for gaming material, marvel superheroes, and other great things. Follow and check out these great podcasters: Jason @ Nerd's RPG Variety Cast: https://anchor.fm/jason376 Mike @ Dungeon Master's Handbook: https://anchor.fm/the-dungeon-masters-handbook Spencer @ Keep Off The Borderlands: https://anchor.fm/free-thrall Leave me a message on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rudy-mangual/message Show notes at rpgretrofit.blogspot.com Follow me @rudyriot RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/f32963c/podcast/rss

Hello, true believers! In today's episode, we look at 1984's Day of the Octopus for the Marvel Super Heroes role playing game. It's a terrific introduction to a classic super hero rpg system. MSH RPG: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Super_Heroes_(role-playing_game) Faserip: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/177913/Faserip Leave me a message on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rudy-mangual/message Show notes at rpgretrofit.blogspot.com @rudyriot

Hi folks, Rudy here with RPG Retrofit, bringing you some of my current pop culture inspirations. Movies, TV shows, and books that inspire my RPG play and design. First, a few calls from Eric and Jason followed by a little about the terrific adventure Operation Unfathomable . Thanks for listening! Operation Unfathomable: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/233145/Operation-Unfathomable Movies: As Above, So Below / Wounds TV: The Expanse/The Mandolorian/Ducktales: "House of the Lucky Gander" Leave me a message on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rudy-mangual/message Show notes at rpgretrofit.blogspot.com

Spent my lunch looking at and briefing discussing a funhouse dungeon module by Skerples called Magical Murder Mansion and John Harper’s Lady Blackbird. Magical Murder Mansion: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/m/product/276115 Lady Blackbird: http://www.onesevendesign.com/ladyblackbird/ Leave me a message on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rudy-mangual/message

Greetings, friends. Rudy here with another call-in show for RPG Retrofit. We get a call from Eric about mismatched mashups. A call from Josh about the pamphlet jams. And a series of calls from Jason about past episodes! Leave me a message on Anchor! https://anchor.fm/rudy-mangual/message Josh's Pamphlet Jam submission: https://beckelhimer.itch.io/escape-from-castle-iggur Mapping the Catacombs by Matthew Madsen: https://matthew-madsen.itch.io/mapping-the-catacombs-a-sorceress-witch-adventure My pamphlet dungeon: https://rudyriot.itch.io/tiny-trouble RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/f32963c/podcast/rss @rudyriot rpgretrofit.blogspot.com

This episode of RPG Retrofit is about the first Star Frontiers adventure module, 1982’s SF0: Crash on Volturnus. I discuss what I like in the module and ways to use elements from it in a science fiction RPG adventure today. The show ends off with a few call-ins from listeners! Star Frontiers: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/226710/Star-Frontiers-Alpha-Dawn Slumbering Ursine Dunes: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/140450/Slumbering-Ursine-Dunes MCC - Museum at the End of Time: http://www.goodman-games.com/downloads/MCC-Preview-FRPGD16.pdf RSS Feed: https://anchor.fm/s/f32963c/podcast/rss @rudyriot https://rpgretrofit.blogspot.com/