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Free Thrall aka Spencer joins me to discuss if The Black Hack is suitable for long term campaign play.
You can reach him here: https://freethrall.carrd.co
Ways to contact me:
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Find me on a variety of discords including the Audio Dungeon Discord. Invite for the Audio Dungeon Discord https://discord.gg/j5H8hGr
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Proud member of the Grog-talk Empire https://www.grogcon.com/podcast
Ray Otus did the coffee cup art for this show
TJ provides music for my show.
Spikepit https://www.youtube.com/@spikepit1 provided the "Have no fear" sound clip.
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I field calls from Joe (Hindsightless), James (Sub Class Act), and Daniel (Bandit's Keep) before discussing The Reign of the Kingfisher by T.J. Martinson with Arlen Walker (Live from Pellam's Wasteland). There is a spoiler section at the end.
Ways to contact me:
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The podcast's email at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com
Find me on a variety of discords including the Audio Dungeon Discord. Invite for the Audio Dungeon Discord https://discord.gg/j5H8hGr
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Proud member of the Grog-talk Empire https://www.grogcon.com/podcast
Ray Otus did the coffee cup art for this show
TJ provides music for my show.
Spikepit https://www.youtube.com/@spikepit1 provided the "Have no fear" sound clip.
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Jason Wiebe (The Dungeon Plunger) joins me for a RPG ramble! Topics covered include Savage Worlds, 5E, ICRPG, Barbarians of Lemuria, Conan: Lord of the Mount by Stephen Graham Jones, Vampire Hunter D, XDM, OD&D, Pathfinder, Board Games, Magic, E.T., Necromunda, OSRisms, CAG, D&D edition wars, and more! I also answer calls from BJ (The Arcane Alienist), Menion aka Rob (Confessions of a Wee Tim’rous Bushi), Joe (Hindsightless), and Karl (The GMologist Presents).
Links to things mentioned:
ShireCon aka East Coast RichterCon https://tabletop.events/conventions/shirecon-2025
The Dungeon Plunger 12 June 2025 https://open.spotify.com/episode/4LfSf66MYrmFoKsNM4Bwsg?si=WbPXRI40RXGWIZtQvn69pA
Tracy Hickman on Save or Die https://open.spotify.com/episode/4tIdtWZyUB6hVaaOwu34FD?si=TpGbIlrzRRGyj_e--2vAlQ
Che’s first episode with Anthony https://shows.acast.com/roleplayrescue/episodes/what-are-roleplaying-games-with-runeslinger
Anthony’s companion blog post https://castingshadowsblog.com/2025/05/31/the-accidental-lie-in-rpgs/
RPG Lexicons
S. John Ross https://rolltop-indigo.blogspot.com/p/an-rpg-lexicon.html
Runeslinger aka Anthony https://castingshadowsblog.com/2025/04/28/lucifers-lexicon-on-rpg-concepts-and-terms/
Saturday Morning with Sean on Combat https://www.youtube.com/live/beiIEDzFtM8?si=r0dXQA4iz3iO0E_c
Bandits Keep Fighter Options https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC1TBfaiicM
Classic Adventure Gaming Podcast https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/tcagp/
Ways to contact me:
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The podcast's email at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com
Find me on a variety of discords including the Audio Dungeon Discord. Invite for the Audio Dungeon Discord https://discord.gg/j5H8hGr
Follow my blog https://nerdsrpgvarietycastblog.blogspot.com
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Proud member of the Grog-talk Empire https://www.grogcon.com/podcast
Ray Otus did the coffee cup art for this show
TJ provides music for my show.
Spikepit https://www.youtube.com/@spikepit1 provided the "Have no fear" sound clip.
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Arlen (Live From Pellam's Wasteland) joins me for an intro to skills in RPGs and then Joe (Hindsightless) joins me for Hello Mary Lou Prom Night 2 (1987) the next installment in our Revenge From Beyond The Grave series.
Next book review will be The Reign of the Kingfisher by T. J. Martinson.
Ways to contact me:
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The podcast's email at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com
Find me on a variety of discords including the Audio Dungeon Discord. Invite for the Audio Dungeon Discord https://discord.gg/j5H8hGr
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Proud member of the Grog-talk Empire https://www.grogcon.com/podcast
Ray Otus did the coffee cup art for this show
TJ provides music for my show.
Spikepit https://www.youtube.com/@spikepit1 provided the "Have no fear" sound clip.
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Listener feedback episode with calls from Anthony aka Runeslinger (Casting Shadows), Riley (Diegetic Advancement), Karl (The GMologist Presents), David (Baffle Box Games & Betelnut Games), Daniel (Bandit's Keep), and Arlen (Live from Pellam's Wasteland).
Ways to contact me:
Speakpipe for international callers: https://www.speakpipe.com/NerdsRPGVarietyCast
The podcast's email at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com
Find me on a variety of discords including the Audio Dungeon Discord. Invite for the Audio Dungeon Discord https://discord.gg/j5H8hGr
Follow my blog https://nerdsrpgvarietycastblog.blogspot.com
Join The Anchorite APA https://sites.google.com/view/anchorite/home
Proud member of the Grog-talk Empire https://www.grogcon.com/podcast
Ray Otus did the coffee cup art for this show
TJ provides music for my show.
Spikepit https://www.youtube.com/@spikepit1 provided the "Have no fear" sound clip.
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Daniel (Bandit's Keep) joins me to talk about Chuck Norris' 1985's Invasion USA and how to run it at your table. Then Joe (Hindsightless) joins me for another segment of Revenge Beyond the Grave to discuss a brace of Clint Eastwood films 1973's High Plains Drifter and 1985's Pale Rider.
A Pint of Cthulhu podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/interveiw-with-nerds-rpg-variety-cast/id1651480090?i=1000708661258
Here's the link to the youtube series Daniel mentioned https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaZDQmxCRMJFzOqcxbucqAFFtNhr4Hhmk&si=46MAKFAuRvMbpPW9
Ways to contact me:
Speakpipe for international callers: https://www.speakpipe.com/NerdsRPGVarietyCast
The podcast's email at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com
Find me on a variety of discords including the Audio Dungeon Discord. Invite for the Audio Dungeon Discord https://discord.gg/j5H8hGr
Follow my blog https://nerdsrpgvarietycastblog.blogspot.com
Join The Anchorite APA https://sites.google.com/view/anchorite/home
Proud member of the Grog-talk Empire https://www.grogcon.com/podcast
Ray Otus did the coffee cup art for this show
TJ provides music for my show.
Spikepit https://www.youtube.com/@spikepit1 provided the "Have no fear" sound clip.
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In this bonus episode I answer feedback from Karl (The GMologist Presents), Daniel (Bandit's Keep), Joe (Hindsightless), BJ (The Arcane Alienist), Bob (SAFCOcast), and Mirke (Mirke the Meek).
SAFCOcast https://www.safcocast.com/
Ways to contact me:
Speakpipe for international callers: https://www.speakpipe.com/NerdsRPGVarietyCast
The podcast's email at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com
Find me on a variety of discords including the Audio Dungeon Discord. Invite for the Audio Dungeon Discord https://discord.gg/j5H8hGr
Follow my blog https://nerdsrpgvarietycastblog.blogspot.com
Join The Anchorite APA https://sites.google.com/view/anchorite/home
Proud member of the Grog-talk Empire https://www.grogcon.com/podcast
Ray Otus did the coffee cup art for this show
TJ provides music for my show.
Spikepit https://www.youtube.com/@spikepit1 provided the "Have no fear" sound clip.
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Daniel (Bandits Keep) joins me to discuss if published settings and modules are a trap and Arlen (Live From Pellam's Wasteland) joins me to discuss David Brin's 1980 novel Sundiver.
Discussed in the episode
Smugglers Coffee
Tales to Astound Blog https://talestoastound.wordpress.com/2014/06/20/thoughts-on-the-play-style-and-fiction-for-classic-traveller/
Esoteric Creature Generator for Classic Fantasy Role Playing Games and their Modern Simulacra from Goodman Games https://goodman-games.com/store/product/random-esoteric-creature-generator-for-classic-fantasy-role-playing-games-and-their-modern-simulacra-pdf/?srsltid=AfmBOoqlrsjiMTSb0Srdiint8ItsaP6TgnZbpA5wysWobUuZDbUxEvhz
and from Lamentations of the Flame Princess https://us.lotfp.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=61
Misty Isles module https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/309791/the-misty-isles-classic-reprint
Ways to contact me:
Speakpipe for international callers: https://www.speakpipe.com/NerdsRPGVarietyCast
The podcast's email at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com
Find me on a variety of discords including the Audio Dungeon Discord. Invite for the Audio Dungeon Discord https://discord.gg/j5H8hGr
Follow my blog https://nerdsrpgvarietycastblog.blogspot.com
Join The Anchorite APA https://sites.google.com/view/anchorite/home
Proud member of the Grog-talk Empire https://www.grogcon.com/podcast
Ray Otus did the coffee cup art for this show
TJ provides music for my show.
Spikepit https://www.youtube.com/@spikepit1 provided the "Have no fear" sound clip.
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I field more listener feedback from Jason (The Dungeon Plunger Podcast), Karl (The GMologist Presents, Joe (Hindsightless), Safer (SaferFantasyCrafting), Kevin (Analytic Dice), and Michael (Mirke the Meek)
Ways to contact me:
Speakpipe for international callers: https://www.speakpipe.com/NerdsRPGVarietyCast
The podcast's email at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com
Find me on a variety of discords including the Audio Dungeon Discord. Invite for the Audio Dungeon Discord https://discord.gg/j5H8hGr
Follow my blog https://nerdsrpgvarietycastblog.blogspot.com
Join The Anchorite APA https://sites.google.com/view/anchorite/home
Proud member of the Grog-talk Empire https://www.grogcon.com/podcast
Ray Otus did the coffee cup art for this show
TJ provides music for my show.
Spikepit https://www.youtube.com/@spikepit1 provided the "Have no fear" sound clip.
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Dekahedron Joe (The Dekahedron RPG Podcast) joins me to talk Tunnels & Trolls, Anchorite APA and American Revolution and then Joe Richter (Hindsightless) joins me to talk The Fog (1980).
Boston 1775 Blog https://boston1775.blogspot.com/
Emerging Revolutionary War blog https://emergingrevolutionarywar.org/
Emerging Revolutionary War YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0McjpHESQwLyFUzW5nfIVg
Tunnels & Trolls 1982 tape https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S46dTh7J2M8
Ways to contact me:
Speakpipe for international callers: https://www.speakpipe.com/NerdsRPGVarietyCast
The podcast's email at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com
Find me on a variety of discords including the Audio Dungeon Discord. Invite for the Audio Dungeon Discord https://discord.gg/j5H8hGr
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Join The Anchorite APA https://sites.google.com/view/anchorite/home
Proud member of the Grog-talk Empire https://www.grogcon.com/podcast
Ray Otus did the coffee cup art for this show
TJ provides music for my show.
Spikepit https://www.youtube.com/@spikepit1 provided the "Have no fear" sound clip.
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Today is the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's historic ride! On this bonus episode I read Longfellow's poem.
Text of the poem https://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/1861jan/paulrev.htm
Ways to contact me:
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Ray Otus did the coffee cup art for this show
TJ provides music for my show.
Spikepit https://www.youtube.com/@spikepit1 provided the "Have no fear" sound clip.
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A bonus call in show with calls from BJ (The Arcane Alienist) , Jason (The Dungeon Plunger Podcast), Daniel (Bandit’s Keep), Joe (Hindsightless), and Karl (The GMologist Presents)
Also mentioned Death Stalker V’s Random Encounter Show on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@RandomEncounterShow
Ways to contact me:
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Proud member of the Grog-talk Empire https://www.grogcon.com/podcast
Ray Otus did the coffee cup art for this show
TJ provides music for my show.
Spikepit https://www.youtube.com/@spikepit1 provided the "Have no fear" sound clip.
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James Knight joins me to discuss Tobe Hooper's Lifeforce (1985) and John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness (1987) as well as Nigel Kneale's Quatermass which inspired them. Full spoilers.
Ways to contact me: Google Voice Number for US callers: (540) 445-1145
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The podcast's email at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com
Find me on a variety of discords including the Audio Dungeon Discord. Invite for the Audio Dungeon Discord https://discord.gg/j5H8hGr
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Ray Otus did the coffee cup art for this show
TJ provides music for my show.
Spikepit https://www.youtube.com/@spikepit1 provided the "Have no fear" sound clip.
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Barry (A Song of Dice and Shadows) joins me to discuss the slow read of The Silmarillion we are doing on the Audio Dungeon Discord and to geek out over Rolemaster.
Clip art today is the cover of the 1989 edition of Arms Law & Claw Law by Angus McBride.
Ways to contact me: Google Voice Number for US callers: (540) 445-1145
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Ray Otus did the coffee cup art for this show
TJ provides music for my show.
Spikepit https://www.youtube.com/@spikepit1 provided the "Have no fear" sound clip.
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Menion aka Rob (Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi) and Joe (Hindsightless) join me for a ramble about Dazed and Confused and other coming of age films, Saint Patrick's Day and how the Irish saved Western Civilization. This is a raw, unedited conversation.
Menion playing video games on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68WELA1HNSk
How the Irish Saved Western Civilization https://www.amazon.com/How-Irish-Saved-Civilization-Irelands/dp/0385418493
Ways to contact me: Google Voice Number for US callers: (540) 445-1145
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Ray Otus did the coffee cup art for this show
TJ provides music for my show.
Spikepit https://www.youtube.com/@spikepit1 provided the "Have no fear" sound clip.
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Nicky & Arlen join me to discuss Nathan Ballingrud's short story collection Wounds and Joe joins me to discuss Dario Argento's 1985 film Phenomena.
Arlen's book reviews on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@LivefromPellamsWasteland
Ways to contact me: Google Voice Number for US callers: (540) 445-1145
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Proud member of the Grog-talk Empire https://www.grogcon.com/podcast
Ray Otus did the coffee cup art for this show
TJ provides music for my show.
Spikepit https://www.youtube.com/@spikepit1 provided the "Have no fear" sound clip.
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The Reaver Kickstarter by Raven God Games just went live!
Kickstarter page https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ravengodgames/reaver-sword-and-sorcery-role-playing-game-0
Actual Play https://www.youtube.com/@newedgeswordandsorcery8061
Actual Play https://youtu.be/eVY2nO2i8mk?feature=shared
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Jason Wiebe from The Dungeon Plunger podcast joins me, I say goodby to Gene Hackman, rant about digital media, and later play calls from Joe (Hindsightless), Spencer aka Free Thrall (Keep Off the Borderlands), BJ (The Arcane Alienist), and Michael (Mirke the Meek)
The Dungeon Plunger podcast https://rss.com/podcasts/the-dungeon-plunger/1892944/
Dungeon Plungin’ print and play board game https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/31412/dungeon-plungin
Hex Talk podcast https://open.spotify.com/show/6iBwTYI3gFOp5gGoUdeIvo
The Roleplay Rescue episode https://shows.acast.com/roleplayrescue/episodes/ten-gm-rules-with-jason-wiebe
The GMologist episode https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Dm8wT3nL4qXPSRbKiRasU?si=d281b6ac91fc487b
Stars Without Number Alien Database https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/348033/stars-without-number-alien-database
Star Wars: The Despecialized Edition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmy%27s_Despecialized_Edition
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? provides music for my show.
Spikepit https://www.youtube.com/@spikepit1 provided the "Have no fear" sound clip.
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Reggie Bannister is near the end, entering home hospice care, and if you can send him cards and letters letting him know you are thinking about him it would mean a lot!
Reggie Bannister
PO Box 4387
Crestline, CA 92325
More here at Bloody Disgusting https://bloody-disgusting.com/news/3855674/phantasm-star-reggie-bannister-enters-hospice-care-write-to-him/
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Nicky asks me to hit her as hard as I can.
Spoilers for both Chuck Palahniuk novel and 1999 David Fincher movie.
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Ray Otus did the coffee cup art for this show
? provides music for my show.
Spikepit https://www.youtube.com/@spikepit1 provided the "Have no fear" sound clip.
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