Episode 64 Stormbringer!

In this episode we discuss what is largely considered one of the great "sleeper adventures" from the classic era of AD&D, "I2: Tomb of the Lizard King." While not much fanfare surrounds this module, most who have played or run it would tell you it is always good for several nights of exciting play. And any module about a "vamperic lizard overlord who's come back from the dead to drink the blood of his conqueror's descendants" is perfectly fit for this Halloween season! Its writer, the great Mark Acres, gives us a bit of insight into its creation, we have a letter from a listener, some talk about Gamehole, and an invitation to play Edwin's "Dungeon Survivor" game (just email [email protected]). Though we are ready for a Geek Credit quiz, Bill had to ditch early so, alas, we will be waiting another month! Keep those letters coming-we sure appreciate your listenership!

Yet again we prove anything is possible with the power of procrastination! Here in the last days of the month we pulled off an 11th hour recording. Bill was out due to family concerns, but Ed and Lou take up the slack with another episode reflecting on one of the greatest Call of Cthulhu adventures ever written, Masks of Nyarlathotep. In this episode we cover the Kenya chapter of that module. Edwin reveals an incredible GM tool to power through narrative elements of an adventure and Lou tries to remember what convention he was just at… (it was “Fractured Realms” https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.fracturedrealms.org/home&ved=2ahUKEwiwlt286JKXAxVkpCsGHdhoCVYQFnoECCQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0nYZ51ooRD60zCy-4xe3Lf ). Oh and (among other brain blocks) the other writer for Dark Sun (with Timothy Brown) was Troy Denning… (https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/strange-owl-games/dragon-kings/pre-launch). And the gorilla booth folks were Big Boy Game Time!

We have had such a fortunate run of getting killer guest hosts on this program, and this episode is not a departure! We have none-other-than, David "Zeb" Cook! We could have talked about a million different products, because Zeb has been so prolific in the industry, but we had to pick just one. It can't be denied that one of the most prolific products he was involved in was Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition! So on this episode we get the chance to hear about its development and kick around our thoughts on how it changed the game and role-playing as a whole. We get to some listener mail concerning last month's "Forest Oracle" episode and promise to get to those Geek Credit questions in September!  I hope you enjoy this recording just as much as we did!

Often sited as being the WORST of TSR pre-published modules, The Forest Oracle lands front and center on the This Ol' Dungeon door step. Bill claims it was Lou's choice while Lou explains it was meant as a threat! We had no mail this month and are still looking for another multiple choice question to have our next Geek Credit segment... Send questions and comments to [email protected] and your quiz questions to [email protected]. Thanks for listening! If you want to check out Pacesetter's choose-your-own-adventure style fanstasy books, here's the Kickstarter: Click Here.

Join us for a discussion about one of the most delightful adventures we've ran across to date! We discuss C1: The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan along with some discussion about the addition of superfluous monsters in a core book, the completeness of Mutant Crawl Classics, and convention talk. Hang around after hours and get a inside look at Matt Gullett of Long Con Press's newest release a Southern-Fried, Hixploitation, Modern Gothic Apocalypse called Eldritch Wastelands! Back it on Kickstarter.

This is a rough listen, unless you like the persistent rumble of the open road! But, if you can deal with some less than fantastic audio, you can join in with my conversation with Jeff Jones of RPG Ramblings as we come back from North Texas RPG Con and discuss what it means to run a booth at a convention as a small publisher.

This is the episode Luau Lou's computer didn't want you to hear! Yes, after 5 attempts at editing it into an MP3, it finally gave up, and you get this hot bit of broadcasting! In this episode Bill and Lou sit down with Jayson Elliot, creator of Gygax Magazine and Top Secret New World Order. He talks all about his gaming past, the different projects he's been involved with and how some of them went down and his new baby, ModCon  a TTRPG con dedicated to games set in a "modern" timeline. We have a fun letter to respond to (asking us about our craziest D&D game) and cover the original 1975 Boot Hill booklet rules for our "This Ol' Dungeon" segment. Thanks to questions by Mark Wolf and John Williams we get to play a round of Geek Credit with our guest host and prove just what we know (or rather DON"T) about prog rock music, Warhammer, and D&D! Tune in, it's a fun one!

The gang makes a "buzzer shot" to get this episode in the can before the end of the month. We talk about "ages" of collecting thanks to listener mail. We look at the "play as the monsters" D&D supplement: PC2 Top Ballista, and there is a return of the Geek Credit segment! Remember to send your listener feedback to [email protected] and your multiple choice questions with answers to [email protected]. Thanks for listening!

Edwin and Lou talk about the interaction of VTT built-in mechanics and their effects on game experience and get quickly into the "This Ol' Dungeon" segment where they discuss the Chaosium "Stormbringer!" RPG and the starting adventure "The Giant's Stairs." Not going to lie, this episode is short and a bit janky, but hey we promised one episode a month, but there were not quality assurances in that contract! Seriously though, you get a pretty good smear of topics for what it is worth! Please don't forget to send in quiz show questions for a chance to win fabulous RPG prizes ([email protected]) or send us questions, comments, or your own experiences with "Stormbringer!" or the books of Michael Moorcock to [email protected]. Thanks for hanging out with us-here's to a brighter April!

In this late-in-the-month episode, we get up to talking about subdual damage and other interesting sub-systems (thanks to a write-in by John Williams), whether you can actually make a "Slasher Film" RPG, and of course, our "This Ol' Dungeon" focus is the classic RPG: Tunnels and Trolls and a solo adventure for it called "Mistywood." Join us for the next episode by writing in with your thoughts and questions to [email protected] or send us some Geek Credit multiple choice questions to [email protected] for a chance to win RPG related prizes!  Until next time, may your sessions be fabulous!