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Om podden
A podcast about the Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing Game and Old School gaming.
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Episode 138: Publisher Panel
26 november 2024 |
62 min
Well it’s Judge James’s birthday – today, November 25th, and he has some questions. Not “Where do babies come from?” or “Why, god, why?” but “How does one navigate publishing their own RPG?” So in the spirit of James becoming older, we had some friends over to celebrate and help guide us and others, on the foolish journey of creating an RPG!
Links from this episode:
Crowdburn!
Golden Idol of En-Tridar (GrapeApe)
Horrors of the Whispering Wood Collector’s Box
From Jim Skach: Dynamaps!
From our hosts and guests tonight!
Get Haunted with Joey Royale (directory link to many sites and resources)
Judge James’s social media and contact info:
Judge James’s website – Horseshark games
Judge James on Bluesky: @lectrotext.bsky.social
Donn Stroud’s Bluesky: donnstroud.bsky.social
Donn’s Ruination Pilgrimage Discord
Episode 137: Summon Nick Baran
12 november 2024 |
66 min
The smell of woodfire… the crackle of leaves….. The flash of ghostly presences out of the corner of your eye… the sound of Peter Frampton coming alive (wait… wrong podcast.) It’s almost Halloween! We’ve survived another year, another Game Hole Con, and tonight we bring you a bloodcurdling guest from the world of DCC Dark Fantasy…. An esteemed publisher, writer and youtuber, Mr. Nick Baran (even more terrifying, he also runs a merch booth at many conventions!) Welcome Judge Nick!
Links from this episode:
Nick’s website – Breaker press!
Crowdfunding links!
- Heroic Adventure! #1 – Evil Never Dies for DCC RPG – Bob Brinkman from Explore Dungeons (maps by Brett Hess! WOW!)
- Weird Heroes of Public Access by Joey Royale Get Haunted Industries
- The Secret of the Whispering God Jeffrey Jones pulp sword-and-sorcery adventure
- The Sorcerer’s Return Nerdronomicon Andy Edmonds Follow-up to The Sorcerer’s Fate
- Unnatural Selections, Vol. 3 Luau Lou returns with his 3rd installment of mutated creatures and strange monsters for MCC/DCC
- The Undergoblin Heist – RPG adventure for 5E and DCC Weird Works – Thom Denick (Tournament of Pig
- The Ashmore Herald Vol. 2: What Remains of House DuCrane Thomas Sweo ? Vol 2
- (and The Ashmore Herald, Vol 1 DTRPG)
- Terror From the Underdeep: A Giant Box of 5E Adventure Goodman Games 5e
- Meet Yer Maker – A Weird Frontiers RPG Adventure – Long Con Press – Eddie Bartlett
Episode 136: Hi-Tech Hijinks
1 oktober 2024 |
78 min
Hi-tech RPG campaigns take the fantastically magical and turn it into applied science. Tonight’s show is all space, computers, laser guns. The only swords we’ll be talking about are of the vibro variety. We’re going to dive into high tech games like MCC RPG and the various DCC 3rd party publications that bring sci-fi settings to the table in this month’s episode of Spellburn!
Important!
Jess M – Gofundmepage
https://www.gofundme.com/f/e2ssx-medical-expenses-for-jessica-mcdevitt
Links from this episode:
All of TuesdayNightFiendClub offerings (Vehicle Mayhem, Star Crawl, et al)
https://goodman-games.com/store/product-category/tuesday-night-fiend-club/
Netcrawl Backerkit
https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/8f7b4453-210b-4378-b1dd-7eefdba60d10/landing
Netcrawl / Forbes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robwieland/2024/09/16/netcrawl-turns-the-internet-into-a-dungeon/
Deities & Demoibros
https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/9874103d-65a9-4d0a-bd3e-f76dfe20e601/landing
Tales from the Smoking Wyrm #10 – Kickstarter!
Planet of the Cyclops Con
https://tabletop.events/conventions/planet-of-cyclops-con
X-Crawl pre-order:
https://goodman-games.com/store/product/xcrawl-classics-core-rulebook/
X-Crawl reference book:
https://goodman-games.com/store/product/xcrawl-classics-reference-booklet/
Episode 135: The Funnel Revisited!
27 september 2024 |
79 min
We’re back from Gen Con and have some special guests to get a thorough GENCON wrap from! But that’s not it! We’re revisiting the and to talk about all this we have our pals, esteemed epistolary patron DM Cojo and Starless Sea Sailor impressario, Judge Harley! All this and more on this month’s Spellburn.
Links for this episode:
Netcrawl Backerkit – NOW LIVE!
Deities and Demibros! (for Neon Lords of the Toxic Wasteland) – NOW LIVE!
We Who Are About to Die (Raorgen Games)
Champions of the Goblin Market
Episode 134: Let’s Get Organized!
9 augusti 2024 |
74 min
We’ve been talking about it for years, we’ve been doing it for months, and now it’s time for a deep dive on Organized Play in DCC RPG! But not with just anyone. No more, “But how does it work?” or “What is that, anyway?” We went to the man himself, the Slime-Lord, the judge who’s run 1000 Insane Worlds, the expert on deep space turtles, the provider of Blades against Bandwidth– yes, of course it’s X-Crawl Classics’s DJ LaBoss himself, Judge Brendan. ALL THIS, and we’re going to talk in the tavern, prep for GENCON (and Summer Knights Con), and much much more on this month’s Spellburn.
Judge Greggory’s email (for Georgia contacts):[email protected]
Email us at: [email protected]
Episode 133: Convert This!
2 juli 2024 |
79 min
More and more great products from the days of yore are being converted into DCC. We’re only hours from the newest backerkit project Caverns of Thracia going live– a classic mega-dungeon adventure from Jennell Jaquays! We’re going to talk about Caverns of Thracia, as well as some other recent projects like Crypt of the Devil Lich, Dark Tower and more! And our guest is conversion king Judge Bob Brinkman!
Shadow of the Brutacorn (NEON LORDS KICKSTARTER!)
Return of the RIpper Kickstarter!
Jayquays receives SFWA Solstice Award!
Mighty Deeds Fillable Record form!
Judge Daniel Bishop’s DCC Conversion write-up!
Episode 132: Capes, Cowls and Crawling!
4 juni 2024 |
77 min
It’s a superhuman and heroic spectacular tonight on Spellburn! They said it couldn’t be done, but in true DCC tradition, they did it anyway! I’m talking of course about superheroes, masked men, vigilante crusaders, dark night detectives and of course, mutants cursed to protect a world that despises them. Earth’s Mightiest Judges are joined by some new third party designers working on superhero games for DCC … all this and more on this month’s Spellburn!
Links mentioned in this episode!
Fillable Mighty Deeds-of-Arms Record
Evolved RPG! (DCC RPG Compatible!)
Steel and Fury (Deeds for DCC RPG)
Support Ed Stanek & Raorgen’s Cosmologia
[Mighty Deeds Record form- coming soon!]
Episode 131: The Gonzo Show
2 maj 2024 |
71 min
Neither Chuck Barris nor the Unknown Comic will be in attendance this evening. Gonzo – what is it? How do you know your game is gonzo? It is one of those things that you’ll only know when you see it? Is DCC RPG the gonzo game some purport it to be?
Making his Spellburn debut, from Super Savage Systems, the Neon Lord himself, Brian Shutter creator of The Neon Lords of the Toxic Wasteland! Also making his first appearance on Spellburn is Martin Ouelet, headman at Headcheese Productions and author of Crime-Fighting Lucadores RPG!
Links from this episode:
Neon Lords of the Toxic Wasteland
Netcrawl RPG – will launch September 3rd on Backerkit
Peculiar NPCs: A Deck of NPC Portraits
MURDER HOUSE! – A Level 0 DCC Horror Adventure
The One That Got Away – A zero level tournament funnel adventure
Crawling Under a Broken Moon omnibus
Episode 130: Third Party Mutants… Unite!
30 mars 2024 |
63 min
Installation 665 Kickstarter by Purple Pirate Games and Judge Julian
Netcrawl preview on DrivethruRPG!
Secrets of the World Harvesters – Purple Pirate!
Discordance at Dzyvatz by Purple Pirate
Judge Phil’s Zine of Goodies (Vol 3)
Critical Hit Parader, Vol 1 (with Blue Oyster Cult adventure!)
Critical Hit Parader – ongoing podcast and weekly content!
The Doom that Came to Christmastown
The Thing in the Chimney by Judge Daniel J Bishop!
Episode 129: The Music of the Spheres is…. ROCK!
21 februari 2024 |
73 min
In the DCC world, we love our music! Even dating back to the hallowed “G+ era”, we had Doug’s DCC Music group that turned people on to tons of great tunes. For a long time we’ve wanted to do a Spellburn episode with some DCC related bands and today that dream is coming true! We’re going to talk to some inspirational musicians about DCC, music and RPGs, sources of inspiration and much more!
WE NEED YOUR LOVE AND EMAILS AT: [email protected]
Whispers from the Sky Spire (review blog)
Purple Planet Horde on Backerkit
Skate Wizards! (By Levi / Loot the Body!)
SAINT KARLOFF LINKS!
Spinning the Good Stuff (Record show)
Saint Karloff on Goodman Games site
SK featured on Sanctum Secorum with Judge Bob & Judge Jen!
LOOT THE BODY LINKS!
Episode 128: Horde of the Purple Planet
1 februari 2024 |
61 min
In just a week we will all get a chance to travel back to the Purple Planet! The DCC Sword and Planet setting of Harley Stroh and Doug Kovacs waxes into our collective consciousness once again. The weirdling sun beats down upon us. What dusty din approaches from the broken wastes? A gaggle of 3rd party publishers! Hark! It’s the Purple Planet Horde!
WE STILL DESPERATELY NEED YOUR LOVE AND EMAILS AT: [email protected]
Links from this episode:
Adventures of the Purple Planet on Backerkit
101 Hex Encounters and Die, Robot (Backerkit)
Random Acts of Violet (Backerkit)
Roll Funky Dice Heads to the Purple Planet,
Other stuff:
DCC Zines in Zinequest!
- Joey Royale Ninja City: Drug Demon Disco – KS
- Sean Richer Snake Wolf 3 Mega Dungeon – KS
- Gregory Norton, Electi-Studio Jair’s Home for MCC and DCC RPG – BK
Episode 127: Invoke Sean Richer!
21 december 2023 |
76 min
Hail acolytes of the Dark Master! It’s the last Spellburn of the season and we are invoking a patron! Life’s blood has been spilled; we risk the very fabric of the universe by opening a portal to the author of the Orbital Intelligences, sire of the stratosfiends, circuit councilor supreme Sean Richer of Orbital Intelligence LLC! Strap into your best dungeon kart and get ready for the Drop! This is Spellburn!
Email us all the time at [email protected]!!
Links mentioned in this episode!
Terror of the Stratosfiend products!
Dungeon Grand Prix (and friends!)
Judge Jen’s podcast with Diogo!
Appendix LP – Critical Hit Parader
Episode 126: Hoarding the Holidays
1 december 2023 |
74 min
Happy late Turkey Day! There’s no Goodman Games holiday adventure this year but there are many holiday adventures of the past to choose from! We review and discuss prior holiday romps with none other than Marzio “the Man” Muscedere and Marc “the Efficacious Indoctrinator in Worlds of Imminent – I mean, the Don of the Dying Earth of course!” – Bruner! All this and more and wrapping up U-Con. U-CON!?!? U-CON!!! Stay tuned for Spellburn!!!
Email us at [email protected]!!!!
New time – Last Monday of the month on Twitch – 9PM ET!
Weird Heroes of Public Access RPG! (by Joey Royale)
The Doom that Came to Christmas Town
World Quest of the Winter Calendar
Episode 125: The Horror… The Horror…
1 november 2023 |
71 min
It’s Halloween and we have a great crew of horror-ble fanatics to torment and terrorize your eyes (on Twitch) and your ears (on podcast). Welcome Judge Stephen, Judge — BRINKMAN… Judge Wolf-man and Thorin Thompson…. there’s not much more to stay but TRICK OR TREAT and let’s get rolling with this month’s Spellburn!
GoFundMe for Reid San Filippo!
The Last Will and Testament of Obediah Felkner
Check out BASIC LICHES – Wolf Manzella on Youtube!
Prison of the Forsaken Bear God
Thirteen Brides of Blood (Gongfarmers’ Almanac 2017)
Episode 124: Let’s Get This Third Party Re-Started
5 oktober 2023 |
59 min
If you’ve listened to Spellburn for a while, you know I love Third Party material– it’s what DCC is all about, the ferment, the foment, the vomit, the violence, all of it! I love to see all the new stuff that people are cooking up all the time! So that’s what we’re doing this month, with our pal Judge James Pozenel, Judge Stephen Surratt and Judge Phil Padovani! All this and more on this month’s Spellburn!
QUESTIONS? COMPLAINTS? BAD JOKES?
EMAIL SPELLBURN AT: [email protected]
Links to James stuff from this episode!
Enchiridion of the Computarchs (MCC)
Links to Stephan Surratt stuff from this episode!
Brimstone Cradle and The Hills that Hunger – for Weird Frontiers!
Mutants of the Multiverse (for MCC!)
Efland: Beyond the Fields We Know!
Links to Judge Phil’s stuff from this episode!
Judge Phil’s Zine of Goodies Vol 1!
Judge Phil’s Zine of Goodies Vol 2!
Judge Phil’s Zine of Goodies Vol 3!
Episode 123: GENCON Wrap with Dak, Tim & Joey
7 september 2023 |
66 min
We’ve covered lots of DCC and related third party zines, games and adventures on Spellburn before, but Judge Jen and I are finally sitting down with … maybe the guy who started all the third party madness? Of course it’s Reverend Dak Ultimak, creator of the DCC ur-zine Crawl as well editor par excellence. And we’ll talk with Dak about ye olden days, plans for Crawl, GENCON, visit the email crypts and then– as if this wasn’t enough– we’re going to go deeper– and reminisce some more with some very special pizza-flavored guests– Joey Royale & Tim Deschene! ALL THIS AND MORE ON THIS MONTH’S SPELLBURN!!!
WHPA Fairhaven: Weird Heroes of Public Access
New Email for Spellburn: [email protected]
Episode 122: XCrawl Mania!
30 juli 2023 |
60 min
X-Crawl Classics is official! The Kickstarter’s live, it’s rolling and X-Crawl Mania’s running wild! We will hang out with DJ Laboss, AKA Judge Brendan, and we’ll go deep into X-Crawl classics, the kickstarter, and the latest on stretch goals, X-Crawl Insider, 3rd party X-crawling and more!
All this and a reunion with Judge Jarrett and third party crawler Stella Condrey on this month’s Spellburn!
Links from this episode:
XCrawl Core Rulebook Kickstarter!
XCrawl- Dungeonbattle Brooklyn!
Episode 121: Unsung Heroes
20 juni 2023 |
60 min
DCC’s been a gold standard of oldschool gaming for 10 years! There’s a ton of great content out there, from Goodman Games, from 3rd party publishers, free internet resources like Purple Sorcerer, and even (GUGHGHGBLLEAH) social media. But what about people who make it happen behind the scenes? Every adventure is full of good writing and art, but needs an editor and (really, really) needs a playtester or 20! Tonight we talk to some of our favorites (and Judge Jen!) Plus other gossip and malingering and a visit to the Email crypt! All this and more on this month’s Spellburn!
Links from this episode:
The Great Visp Hunt (DCC Dying Earth adventure)
Episode 120: Vancian Spellburning
28 april 2023 |
77 min
DCC Dying Earth: it’s every bit as beautiful and faithful to the source material as we’d hoped, but…is it as daunting as the core book? Since DCC fans have come to Spellburn for the low-down on rules for the past decade, we’ll discuss some of the chewier Dying Earth rules with Judge Will Keller, one of the Demo Night judges who cut his teeth on them. We’ll also talk about some of the more entertaining pieces in the new setting with members of the Dying Earth writing team — and we may have a couple tidbits to share from the highly-anticipated Vance Manse trip!
Links from this episode:
Dying Earth team in the Vance Manse!
Episode 119: Judge NOW lest ye be Judged!
5 april 2023 |
57 min
There have been a lot of new people showing up in the DCC community and that means someone’s got to judge some DCC adventures! These games aren’t going to run themselves! We heard you, frantic ones! Want some tips on running DCC, provided by old hands and one-time newbies alike? We have got you covered with an all-star cast of judges to share their DCC hacks, pro tips and general judgesplaining.
Links from this episode:
Dispatches from the Raven Crowking
Goodman-Games.com Event site (including demos!)
Episode 118: Third Party Like it’s 1999
10 februari 2023 |
63 min
So we were on hiatus for about a year… or a little more and a lot has happened between our last non-Twitch episode and our triumphant return in the holiday special! One thing I was most excited about was to talk about third party DCC & MCC stuff with some of the greatest creators in the field. So tonight I’m trying to make up for lost time with longtime MCC/DCC guys + podcast alums Forrest Aguirre & Jarredd Crader… plus some of the wackiest and most wonderful third party guys out there, Dan Steeby and David Coppolettti. Plus… a real zombie will read some old un-dead emails from the prior era of Spellburn!
Links for this episode:
Island of Lost Souls (for Bronx Beasts)
Trespassers of the Full Moon Tower
Druna, Silver Goddess of the Moon (Patron)
Episode 117: Spellburn Holiday Special!
18 december 2022 |
71 min
Episode 116: A Farewell to Kings
24 oktober 2021 |
75 min
Oh no! It’s Judge Jeff’s last episode of Spellburn! We’re gonna chat about the good old days, what things are like now, and what we see in the future for ourselves and DCC.
Stuff referenced in this episode!
2020 DCC Adventure Pack (including the Heist by Harley!)
Judge Jim’s Scientific Barbarian
Episode 115: The Zine’s the Thing
26 september 2021 |
92 min
In a world where many still crave escape but cannot attend local or out-of-town conventions, it’s important to remember that there are many worlds yet to be discovered — thanks to the DCC 3PP community! Tonight we’ll be Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG has a vibrant community supporting the game through innumerable 3rd party products, including adventures, settings, and many, many zines. Where do all these zines come from anyway? Why are they here? What are they doing to us? Why would I make a zine instead of a full fledged game or setting book? How can I do this zine thing? To kickstart or not to kickstart? We’ll talk zines on this episode of Spellburn with Chris Willett, author of Aeon, Ancient Greece, as well as tackle some emails and whatever other controversies come our way!
Stuff referenced in this episode!
Episode 114: Three 3PP Settings from Raorgen Games
14 augusti 2021 |
81 min
In a world where many still crave escape but cannot attend local or out-of-town conventions, it’s important to remember that there are many worlds yet to be discovered — thanks to the DCC 3PP community! Tonight we’ll be talking with Ed Stanek, one of the powers behind Raorgen Games, about 3 such 3PP settings.
Stuff referenced in this episode!
Aeon: Ancient Greece for DCC (future kickstarter link)
Raorgen Games on Drivethrurpg.com
Red Wolf Black Leopard (novel)
Episode 113: Vancian Mailbag feat. Carmin Vance!
11 juli 2021 |
79 min
Hey mailbag. It’s been a long time since, well you know, since we’ve spent a whole episode reaching into you to see what we can find. Well don’t worry baby, we’re back. And today, it’s all about you!
Stuff referenced in this episode!
A Discordance with Dzyvatz (from Scott Swift & Purple Pirate)
Trespassers of the Full Moon Tower
Superscript Comics and Games (Lakewood, OH)
Episode 112: There’s a Hole in the Sky!
27 juni 2021 |
78 min
Tonight we continue our review of seminal DCC adventures from the days of yore… another funnel and instant classic, Hole in the Sky! We’re going to talk to Judge Brendan about Hole in the Sky, Sabbath vs. Dio, read a few emails and do the usual Spellburn stuff. Plus a new Dungeon Denizen! All this on tonight’s Spellburn!
Stuff referenced in this episode!
Hammerheart Brewing, Lino Lakes MN
Dungeon Denizens, featuring the Ice Ape!
GENCON Program Guide 2015 (w/ Hole In the Sky fiction)
Episode 111: The Freakshow Takeover
9 juni 2021 |
81 min
“From parts unknown… Secret knowledge, sacred rituals, and exotic practices. Marvel at the beauty of unbridled humankind! We have scoured the highest mountains, the driest deserts, the hottest jungles to add some spice to your life!” On this episode of Spellburn, we bring you one of the most welcoming, imaginative, and brutal DCC judges, fresh from getting his tattoos shaved… that’s right, Strongman Extraordinaire – Judge Tim Deschene!
Stuff referenced in this episode!
Episode 110: A Super Exciting Spellburn-Exclusive Announcement
30 mars 2021 |
34 min
Hello and welcome to the exciting 110th episode of Spellburn! You’ve tuned in for a doozy of an episode! Today we are honored to be able to make an incredible announcement. You’ve asked for it. You’ve begged for it. You wouldn’t stop talking about it. When we’d ask you to stop talking about it you just kept going on and on about it anyways. Then when we finally told you to forget about it because it wasn’t going to happen, we then discovered… wait… it IS HAPPENING! That’s right… it’s… (you’ll have to listen to the episode to find out!)
Stuff referenced in this episode!
Chaos Rising – (featuring the Imperishable Sorceress)
Episode 109: At the Mercy of the Bishop
10 mars 2021 |
70 min
We hope you were there with us at Spawn of Cyclops Con last weekend and you had a great time! If not, you’re in luck because you’re going to hear a lot about it, but that’s not all… you’re also going to hang out with Judge Daniel Joseph Bishop and we’re going to go deep into two of his greatest adventures, talk about new projects, make fun of Canada and more! All this on tonight’s episode of Spellburn!
Stuff referenced in this episode!
Crawl #9 – The Arwich Grinder- NOT sold out!
Chaos Rising – (featuring the Imperishable Sorceress)
Episode 104 – Full Dark, No Stars
The Chained Coffin (featuring Shudder Mountains setting)
Episode 108: A Most Crepuscular Episode
14 februari 2021 |
79 min
Happy ZineQuest season! If you’re anything like us, before long, you’ll be shuffling things around on the shelves, trying to find room for the next batch of arrivals…and you’ll find some treasures from the last two years! We’ve summoned a third-party zine author & illustrator for this episode, and we’re betting you’ll want to revisit some of his well before those new ones roll in. Welcome Joshua LH Burnett!
Stuff referenced in this episode!
Shudder Mountains (for DCC RPG!)
Crepuscular #1 (Sanctum of the Snail!)
Leopard Women of Venus (DCC RPG)
QAGS (Quick-Ass Gaming System)
Episode 107: Judge Haley Has the Answers
20 december 2020 |
70 min
And today we have a special guest here to help us answer YOUR emails! You may know her from Blades Against Bandwidth, DCC College, or that time she killed all four of your level 0 characters at Gen Con… Judge Haley Skach!
Stuff referenced in this episode!
Shudder Mountains (for DCC RPG!)
2017 Free RPG Day For DCC featuring Gnole House
Journey to the Center of the Aereth
The One Who Watches from Below
Dieter’s DCC RPG Playlist on Spotify
DCC G+ Playlist + Spotify (over 24 hours.. 2500+ songs!)
Judge Jeff’s DCC Spotify Playlist
Mike Wilson – artist in DCC RPG core book
DCC RPG Core book – German Edition
Vicki Lalonde on Appendix N Episode 80 – EGB and the Stone Age
Crawling Under a Broken Moon #5 (Featuring the Aetherian Hero inspired by He-Man?)
Episode 106: Empire of the East
22 november 2020 |
87 min
If you are scared to get your sci-fi chocolate in my fantasy peanut butter, turn back now! Tonight we look at the forthcoming Empire of the East product for DCC RPG. Our special guest is none other than RPG writer and designer Jason Vey!
Stuff referenced in this episode!
Jerry Stefek Memorial Crawl for the Cure 2020!
Empire of the East by Goodman Games
Empire of the East series by Fred Saberhagen
Night Shift: Veterans of the Supernatural RPG (by Jason)
Blades Against Bandwidth (ep 1, Youtube)
Spellcraft & Swordplay RPG (by Jason!)
Episode 105: Invoke Dieter Zimmerman
14 november 2020 |
69 min
We have a very special – and overdue – guest for this show! To some, he may be just a mysterious name on the credits page of your DCC RPG core book, or even a guitar-wielding pirate. But we know him as the original embodiment of Hugh Heftblade and the author of the fantastic funnel, “Not in Kansas Anymore.” That’s right — the elusive Dieter Zimmerman has been summoned! We’ll talk about Dragonmech, DCC backstory, crazy photo shoots, music, and more!
Stuff referenced in this episode!
Not in Kanas Anymore (2016 GENCON Program Guide)
GENCON 2014 Program Guide (featuring kickass picture of Judge Jobe and Dieter as Hugh)
Battle Royale event: Slave Pits of Lost Agartha
Dragora’s (or Dragor’s) Dungeon
Dragonmech page (archived from old GG site)
Bride of Cyclops Con! (Oct 16-18)
Book of Whispers for Never Going Home RPG
GG Joe Profile for: Musk Goblin
2015 GENCON Program Guide (with Black Feather Blade)
The Wizardarium (Dieter’s Bookstore)
RPG Alliance Con 2020 (Nov 21- 22)
Podcast: Podcast
Episode 104: Full Dark No Stars!
1 november 2020 |
107 min
Ever wonder what it’s like to play a 10th level DCC RPG adventure? Well we did too! So Judge Brendan is here to run us through his unpublished 10th level adventure, Full Dark No Stars!
Stuff referenced in this episode!
Gongfarmer’s Almanac 2015 Vol 6 – Paul Wolfe’s Virtual Funnel
Episode 103: Intrigue at the Court of Curtis!
19 oktober 2020 |
87 min
Continuing our Classic Adventure series, we pick up with DCC #80– Intrigue at the Court of Chaos! This adventure has it all– plane-hopping, cosmic entities, potion puzzles and well, lots of intrigue! We’ll talk about how this adventure came to be with none other than its author, Manly Michael Curtis himself! All this and more on this week’s Spellburn!
Stuff referenced in this episode!
NEW! Mighty Deeds podcast for DCC
Blades Against Bandwidth (ep 1, Youtube)
Intrigue at the Court of Chaos
The 13th Skull (with the Balance Blade)
Intrigue at the Court of Chaos (Kovacs cover)
World Quest of the Winter Calendar (Funnel adventure)
Bride of Cyclops Con! (Oct 16-18)
Autumn Revel 1 (Oct 9-12 presented by Gary Con)
GameHoleCon Virtual 2020 (Nov 5-8)
RPG Alliance Con 2020 (Nov 21- 22)
Podcast: Podcast
Episode 102: Revenge of the Mailbag!
20 september 2020 |
62 min
We’ve made it two-thirds of the way through the year. Most of us are stuck in the land of online gaming for the foreseeable future, there’s a slight chill to the air in some regions, and you all know the impending nightmare that awaits us … It’s the REVENGE of the MAILBAG!
Stuff referenced in this episode!
Blades Against Bandwidth (ep 1, Youtube)
King Kull stories – Robert Howard
Bride of Cyclops Con! (Oct 16-18)
Autumn Revel 1 (Oct 9-12 presented by Gary Con)
Episode 101: Le Grand Finale
25 augusti 2020 |
135 min
The continuation of Episode #100. Judge Jen runs us through part of DCC #100 “The Music of the Spheres is Chaos!” Featuring original Spellburner, Judge Jeffrey Tadlock!
Links to adventures and other stuff in this adventure:
Jeffrey Tadlock’s Iron Tavern Podcast (DCC Actual Play!)
Journey to the Center of Aereth
A prototype of the spinning wheel used in the adventure!
Episode 100: Spellburn and DCC turn 100!
10 augusti 2020 |
172 min
What better way to celebrate the 100th episode of Spellburn than by showcasing some of the upcoming 100th Dungeon Crawl Classics adventure! And how are we going to showcase it? With some ACTUAL PLAY! That’s right folks, the day our listeners have been clamouing for and Judge Jen has been dreading!
Links to adventures and other stuff in this adventure:
Jeffrey Tadlock’s Iron Tavern Podcast (DCC Actual Play!)
Journey to the Center of Aereth
A prototype of the spinning wheel used in the adventure!
Episode 99: Spellburn on the Starless Sea
18 juli 2020 |
87 min
We’re approaching DCC# 100 and we’re also approaching Spellburn 100! What better way to celebrate an anniversary than to reflect on some great stuff of the past 8 years! I want to do a series of episodes on classic (and maybe even new and unsung!) adventures and there’s obviously no better place to start than Sailors on the Starless Sea! We’ll find out if it was the first or second funnel with the world’s foremost authority on Sailors and on many more DCC adventures!
Stuff referenced in this episode!
Egg of the Phoenix module (TSR)
Seven Pits of Sezrekan (Tournament)
Episode 98: Curses!
4 juli 2020 |
76 min
We let our blessings get mouldy, and then call them curses.” What’s in a curse? At most gaming tables, they’re uttered by players when critical failures pop up. But curses in DCC are an under-utilized mechanic! They’re not just for the Shudfolk! If you’re looking to switch up your NPC casters to make them unpredictable, offer a touch of magic to players without overpowering the party, or spice up your treasure hauls, curses are the way to go.
Stuff referenced in this episode!
GENCON 2016 Program Guide (including Not in Kansas Any More funnel adventure)
The Chained Coffin (Shudder Mountains adventure and setting)
Sanctum Secorum #29 free zine (with curses!)
50 Fantastic Functions for the D50
Jose Luis T. Cardoso — Fey Curses
(More Curses) – Knights in the North (Ari-Matti & co.-written by Giles)
Episode 97: The Early Bird Gets the Wyrm
20 juni 2020 |
59 min
“Hello DCC Days! For those listening on your podcatchers, this was a very special LIVE episode where we are answering emails in addition to any questions folks wanna ask us on Twitch!”
Stuff referenced in this episode!
Spellburn Live @ DCC Days – Twitch
The One Who Watches from Below
City State of the Invincible Overlord (Original)
3TRPG Podcast (Harrison Hunt, Foreign Beggars, et al)
Episode 96: Sveburn!
1 juni 2020 |
80 min
What has the COVID wrought on the gaming community? One silver lining in all the con cancellations and lack of gamer funk as well as physical hugs is that we have had the opportunity to meet lots of new friends via Zoom, Roll20, Hangouts and more! This extends far beyond the continental US across the oceans and even to Europe! Svebor Midzic joins us as our third international guest to talk virtual gaming, DCC, Dying Earth and just whatever the hell he wants to talk about!
Stuff referenced in this episode!
The Source Comics and Games (St. Paul)
Episode 95: Exploring the Inner Ham
18 maj 2020 |
67 min
No matter what your tenure as a fan of DCC RPG, you know that this gaming community embraces fan-made material like few others. And that means we also embrace those creators! Our guest for this show has been drafting & sketching DCC monsters since 2012 on his “Appendix M” blog. Until now, we’ve all known him as the silent “Bygrinstow”, the madman behind the Hot Dog Suit class – but tonight we unveil another Judge J: Jon Wilson!
Stuff referenced in this episode!
Liber Arcanum (spells for DCC RPG!)
Critters, Creatures and Denizens
Bygrinstow- Inner Ham homepage
Accursed Heart of the World-Ender
A Record of the Most Unfortunate Doings at Castle Bash… Julian’s Poetry Book!
Episode 94: Online Play: Social Distancing Edition
12 april 2020 |
77 min
Gary Con may have been cancelled but Virtual Gary Con seemed to be quite the hit! And now Goodman Games is hosting its own online convention this weekend – Cyclops Con! So today we’re talking about online gaming in the world of Social Distancing!
Stuff referenced in this episode!
Episode 93: On the Hunt for Actual Play!
23 mars 2020 |
81 min
The Spellburn podcast is now on its 93rd episode! It’s hard to believe, but it’s true! Back when Judge Jim, Jeffrey and Jobe started Spellburn, they were mainly setting out to verbally pore over the new Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG. Eight years later, Spellburn is here to stay, but there are other great podcasts about DCC out there, including the Foreign Beggars, Ravenlord and Dirt Boy Blues Actual Play podcasts done by Harrison Hunt and friends, known collectively as the Tabletop Twats. We’re excited to have another International DCC superstar with us today!
Stuff referenced in this episode!
Intrigue at the Court of Chaos
Chained Coffin (including Sour Spring Hollow funnel adventure)
3T Actual Play games on Youtube: START HERE – Foreign Beggars #1
Episode 92: The “Hubris” of Hubris
9 mars 2020 |
73 min
Hubris, noun: excessive pride or self-confidence that leads a person to disregard the divinely-fixed limits on human action in an order of chaos.
While defying the gods is no longer viewed as a crime, as it was in ancient Greece, it is regarded as a tragic flaw in the human psyche. That said, if you’ve read anything on the Land of Hubris, World of Visceral Adventure, you’re not surprised that it spawns from the DCC community. It may be hubristic of us, but we’re pretty proud of this episode.
Stuff referenced in this episode!
The Hobonomicon (Doug Kovacs & friends)
In the Shadow of the Ruby Tricepticon (Tribute to Niel Peart)
Episode 91: Gongfarmer’s Digest 2016
24 februari 2020 |
77 min
Do you guys remember the year 2016? Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump competed for Mr. and Mrs. America, Justin Beiber was the top of the charts, and people were gleefully wandering into traffic while playing Pokemon Go. And if you were anything like me, you weren’t paying attention to any of that, because you were OBSESSED with DCC RPG. So today, we’ll take a look at the amazing contributions made by folks like us for our community way back in 2016.
Stuff referenced in this episode!
Metamorphosis Alpha: Doom on the Warden
Ben Marra & Zack Soto GM Screen
Episode 90: The Campaign’s the Thing!
9 februari 2020 |
80 min
Go to the cons, hang out on the Tweeters and the Faceboxes, and sooner or later, you’ll hear some internet guy or black-tshirt person making the assertion that “DCC is great for one-shot games, but it would never work for a campaign.” IS IT TRUE? We’re going to find out with none other than Andy Action, campaign OSR Judge extraordinaire as well as yours truly and a little help from Judge Jen and Judge Jeff. All this and more on this daymonthweek’s epsiode of Spellburn!
Adventures referenced in this episode!
Other links from this episode!
Episode 89: Season of the Hamster
21 januari 2020 |
68 min
Spellburn is back with another first-time guest, an author of third-party DCC adventures that have already become cult classics. Players who’ve tried to escape an insane computer while fighting a yeti, explored temple ruins while beset by giant hamsters, or failed to leave an evil, sentient inn once getting sucked in, will know the press name: Vance Games.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Episode 88: Gongfarmer’s Digest 2015
5 januari 2020 |
64 min
The Farmers’ Almanac is an annual American periodical that has been in continuous publication since 1818. Whereas the Gongfarmer’s Almanac is an interdimensional zine that has been in continuous publication since MMXV… and today we are taking a long-overdue deep-dive into the original five volumes published in 2015!
Links mentioned in this episode:
Gongfarmer’s Almanac 2015 (Collected – $8)
Gongfarmer’s Almanac 2015 (PDF) FREE!
The Mighty PoAg, God of Illuminated Scripts
Red Door (from Wall of Kovacs)
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Episode 87: Upon Further Reviews…
8 december 2019 |
70 min
It’s impossible to keep up with all the great stuff being put out for Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG! It seems like every day has a new barrage of kickstarters, Goodman Games announcements and hot rumors. But what the heck, I figured we might review some of our favorite projects and get the word out, since the abundance of content for DCC is something that makes our community great!
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Silent Nightfall (Campaign Elements)
Campaign Elements – The Black Goat
Links mentioned in this episode:
Episode 86: Return of the Mailbag
24 november 2019 |
64 min
The trees have turned, the air is crisp, and the soothing sound of chanting carries on the breeze… And just when we think it’s safe to relax, it’s an avalanche! It’s the dreaded, corrupted MAILBAG!!
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Links mentioned in this episode:
Crawl for the Cure at GameHoleCon!
Mega-Heroes RPG (by Judge Jim!)
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Episode 85: Vampires, Werewolves, and Zombies… Oh My!
28 oktober 2019 |
63 min
The moon is full, the wind is howling through the cemetery, and what was that noise? Did I just hear a scream come from that mad doctor’s laboratory? Today Spellburn is getting ooky spooky and discussing Vampires, Werewolves, and Zombies… oh my!
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Daniel Bishop’s Campaign Elements
Book of Treasure Maps (Judges Guild)
Links mentioned in this episode:
Darker Than You Think by Jack Williamson
Crawl for the Cure at GameHoleCon!
How to Write Adventure Modules That Don’t Suck
Episode 84: Summer in Abaddon
1 oktober 2019 |
75 min
Spellburn is here again with a first-time guest Marzio Muscadere, author of Steel and Fury, Death Slaves of Eternity and the winner of the 2017 Rodneys Design Award, Star Wound of Abaddon! We’re going to waste copious points of Stamina, Strength and Agility as we hang out with Marzio, learn exactly how to pronounce his name and start the countdown to DCC #100.
All this and more in on this.. Month’s? Episode of Spellburn!
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Links mentioned in this episode:
Episode 83: There Goes the Neighborhood
17 september 2019 |
73 min
Lankhmar is huge! Thousands of people dwell within the eleven quarters that make up the City of Sevenscore Thousand Smokes. Anyone new to town is bound to run into some issues. Were you meeting with that fence to offload some newfound treasures tonight at the corner of Carter Street and Cash Street? …or was that Carter and Crafts Street? Or was it that alleyway just off the corner, between those abandoned shops? On the other side of the table — judges, the party may be looking for a place to lay low for a few weeks after barely escaping some dicey carousing results, but you don’t have any locales in mind from the modules you’ve gone over thus far.
Fear not! We’ve imported “Keeper” Bob Brinkman from the Sanctum Secorum podcast to show us how easy it is to give your players what they (and you) need. While working on the Lankhmar setting, he ran the campaign playtest almost entirely as a sandbox, and gave the community the resulting fully fleshed-out neighborhood. He’s here today to go over the last of the 3 source books in the Lankhmar boxed set with us, and we’re going to start a neighborhood map together!
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
DCC Lankhmar Setting Boxed Set!
Blasphemy and Larceny in Lankhmar
Castle In the Sky – 5th Edition Fantasy
The Forgotten Hive – 5th Edition Fantasy
Links mentioned in this episode:
Queering The Dungeon Email: [email protected] !
DCC RPG ROCKS group on Facebook
Black Ink Red Film Podcast with Stephen Newton
Crawling for the Cure at GameHoleCon!
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GENCON 2019: Dungeon Crawl Classics College!
2 september 2019 |
min
Judge Harley, Judge Jen, Judge Haley and Judge Brendan do a master class on DCC RPG!
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Episode 82: Invoke James Pozenel! (And Tournaments!)
28 augusti 2019 |
71 min
Sometimes you come back from the con and instead of pulling all the stops out to do that interesting and informative episode on Clerics, or the birthmarks of djinnis or the ecology of the space-wombat or whatever, you just want to talk about the Con and maybe sneak some relevant content in there… like in this case!
Having just arrived back from GENCON 2019, we have the opportunity not only to round up a great show but also we have James Pozenel on board to talk tournaments with us!
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Fae Hard! (0 Level Adventure by James Pozenel)
House of the Red Doors (from GG events site)
Angels, Daemons and Beings In-Between Vol 2
The Lesser Key to the Celestial Legion
Links mentioned in this episode:
Crawl for the Cure at GameHoleCon!
Swordfish Islands & Silent Titans!
Roadcrew zine contact: [email protected]
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GENCON 2019: What’s New with Goodman Games?
25 augusti 2019 |
min
The Dark Master & friends update us on: X-Crawl, DCC Dying Earth, Judges’ Guild Vol. 2, DCC Lankhmar, Empire of the East, The Lost City, DCC Tournament, DCC #100 and DCC Day!
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Episode 81: Invoke Donn Stroud
21 juli 2019 |
56 min
Alright everyone. Today is an important day in the history of Spellburn. We are finally going to address the elephant in the room. The Cleric Class. You might be saying to yourself “But Jeff. Spellburn already covered the Cleric class. You know, back with the original line-up. Back when the show was still good.” And to that, I would respond first with “How dare you?” and second with “Yeah, true. But they didn’t discuss the real problem at hand, which is that WE DON’T NEED CLERICS, WE JUST NEED TO GIVE WIZARDS HEALING MAGIC!
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
The Lesser Key to the Celestial Legion
Links mentioned in this episode:
Angels, Daemons and Beings In Between (vol. 2)
Small Gods, by Terry Pratchett
The Blue Star, by Fletcherr Pratt
Random Esoteric Creature Generator
Space (I believe in) – Pixies Song
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Episode 80: More Annual!
1 juli 2019 |
64 min
The DCC Annual was released (on .pdf) to kickstart backers earlier this year and we are concluding our review of the Annual and its numerous fun features!
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Intrigue at the Court of Chaos
Journey to the Center of the Aereth
Links mentioned in this episode:
Carmine Infantino’s text box hand
Origins 2019 DCC RPG Tournament
Sedlec Ossuary (“Bone-church”) Kutna Hora, Czech Republic
Judge Jeff’s d1200 Spell Table!
Back cover of White Plume Mountain
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Episode 79: Invoke Emails!
10 juni 2019 |
63 min
We’re way behind on emails but now it’s time to catch up! Thanks for emailing us! Keep them coming!
Links mentioned in this episode:
City of the Damned Campaign on Obsidian Portal
Spelljammer (AD&D 2nd Edition)
Crawl #11 (The Seafaring Issue)
D.A.M.N. Magazine #3 (featuring Cojo’s Portal to the Plane of Probability)
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Episode 78: Riding some Dark Trails!
29 maj 2019 |
66 min
Howdy Pardners! If you’re already a fan of Dungeon Crawl Classics, you have been bombarded with Kickstarter after Kickstarter for DCC products – and that’s just in the first 5 months of 2019! The best part, for our community, is that the majority of these projects have been put out — successfully, I might add — by a whole posse of third-party publishers! We wish we could’ve herded all the polecats and promoted EACH of them, but the stars have finally aligned so we can share one of these with you before its completion! Let’s see how that cat jumps!
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Links mentioned in this episode:
Spellburn (song by Saint Karloff)
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Episode 77: The Long-Awaited Annual!
12 maj 2019 |
65 min
For generations, it has been whispered of in the back-alleys of Punjar… for untold aeons, a secret on the lips of Sezrekan, shared only with the most devoted of his servants… its power unlocking hidden ways of the Gods, new pacts with mind-bending Patrons, precious artifacts of startling puissance and, perhaps most sanity-stretching of all .. the hirsute glory of THE MUSTACHE… yes.. From the dark, hideous forges of Northern California, the Dark Master has unleashed a tide of chaos that could only be that legendary work, so long a rumor…. but always FEARED to be real… THE DCC RPG ANNUAL!
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Secrets of the World Harvesters
Riders on the Phlogiston (2018 DCC Tournament)
Children of the Fallen Sun (MCC RPG)
Links mentioned in this episode:
Weird Realms (FLGS in Cleveland)
New Glitter Wizard Album- Opera Villains
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Episode 76: Magic & Patrons of Lankhmar!
13 april 2019 |
71 min
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Home for the Holideath (Mutant Crawl Classics RPG)
Links mentioned in this episode:
Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcers of Hyperborea
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Gary Con 2019: What’s New with Goodman Games
7 april 2019 |
min
The Dark Master (and minions) update us on: The Dying Earth! Dungeon Crawl Classics #100! DCC Art! The Hobonomicon! X-Crawl! The new Judges’ Guild Compilation! Tales from the Magician’s Skull (Sanjulian cover!) The Cthulhu Alphabet! The Star Wound of Abbadon (DCC #99)! Fred Saberhagen’s Empire of the East! Expedition to Barrier Peaks! Lankhmar covers and printer proofs! DCC 5th Printing covers (including the EGYPTIAN LICH)! New Zine (WE ARE THE ROAD CREW!) Shudder Mountains and DCC Annual! And a Jeff Easley original and a tribute to the DCC Community! All this and more on this special What’s New with Goodman Games, brought to you by Spellburn!
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Episode 75: Gaming for a Good Cause
18 februari 2019 |
56 min
“You’re no hero,” the DCC RPG rulebook iconically says. “You’re an adventurer: a reaver, a cutpurse, a heathen-slayer, a tight-lipped warlock guarding long-dead secrets.” While our characters may be seeking gold and glory caked in the blood and filth of the weak, as players, it can be extra fun and satisfying doing it all for a good reason. Whether you’re buying raffle tickets at Drinking & Dragons, pledging support to Extra Life campaigns, raising money for charities through Lawful Good Gaming, helping David Baity raise money for kitties in need, or helping support the hard work Jon Marr does for us all in his annual campaign, raising money for good causes while gaming is a long-standing DCC tradition…
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
The Black Heart of Thakulon the Undying
The Inn at Five Points (Real life version)
Escape from the Presidents’ Hall (Blogpost)
Links mentioned in this episode:
Lawful Good Gaming (on Twitter)
Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea
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Episode 74: Invoke Brad McDevitt!
17 januari 2019 |
72 min
Tonight we burn ability points with a man who’s been with DCC from the beginning. Brad McDevitt has worked with Goodman Games since the 3.5 era and has contributed art to the core rulebook, X-Crawl, Mutant Crawl Classics, Age of Cthulhu and a ton of work for many other companies as well. He also runs his own clip-art business and moonlights as a ninja. We’ll talk with Brad, try to make Judge Jen tell us things about the DCC Annual and just generally do our best to annoy the Goad…. All this and more on this episode of Spellburn!
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Links mentioned in this episode:
Brad’s Art Book (from Goodman Games!)
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Episode 73: Acclimating to Lankhmar
11 november 2018 |
62 min
Chances are, you’ve heard a ton about the new Dungeon Crawl Classics Lankhmar material. In this episode of Spellburn, we will go through some of the crucial differences from DCC RPG, including steps for character generation and some of the basic things new players can expect in the setting. Whether you backed the Kickstarter, have already explored the City of a Thousand Score Smokes, have fully dipped your toes into the River Hlal (yuck!), or are completely new to Fritz Leiber and his classic urban fantasy setting, we hope to uncover some of the mystery for you – in what is sure to be the first of a series of acclimating to DCC Lankhmar.
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Greenwood of the Fey Sovereign
Links mentioned in this episode:
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Episode 72: A Big Old Mailbag Speedball!
25 september 2018 |
74 min
We are so behind in our emails that our mailbag is overflowing! We have nearly thirty emails dating back more than seven months so we are gonna dive right into in. I’m Judge Jeff and with me tonight are Judge Jen (greetings!) and Judge Julian (salutations!) Normally, we would go to Tavern talk and talk about our recent gaming but every minute of this episode is precious, so we are going to skip it and go right to the meat of the episode… SUMMON EMAIL…
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Greenwood of the Fey Sovereign
Elzamon and the Blood Drinking Box
Intrigue at the Court of Chaos
Man-Bait for the Soul-Stealers
Links mentioned in this episode:
Swordfish Islands Conversion for DCC
Chris Hooker’s Alternate Spellburn Table
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GENCON 2018: What’s New With Goodman Games
3 september 2018 |
min
The Dark Master updates us on: Print & PDF, Isle of Dread, Mutant Crawl Classics, Mutant Mayhem Minis, Lankhmar, Cthulhu Alphabet, Tales from the Magician’s Skull, Road Crew, Judges’ Guild! and of course DCC RPG (Star Wound! DCC #100! New Printing! Chained Coffin! Dying Earth! X-Crawl Classics! The DCC Tournament!)
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Episode 71: Invoke Jon Hook
27 augusti 2018 |
76 min
Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG was forged in the fires of Appendix N literature and nothing can be or will be more Appendix N than the works of Howard Phillips Lovecraft. Today our guest is Jon Hook who has written for Age of Cthulhu as well as DCC RPG. We’ll explore Lovecraft, oldschool Chaosium, DCC RPG and more on this episode of Spellburn!
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Chaos Rising (Featuring Elzamon and the Blood Drinking Box)
Sailors on the Starless Sea
Doom of the Savage Kings
Shadow Under Devil’s Reef
Links mentioned in this episode:
For Matthew who emailed us on this episode, the link to the character sheet in question is here, thanks (Naturally) to Purple Sorcerer.
On the Style/Format drop-down, pick “Tourney: DCC General”
Funnel Tourney Character Sheets with Stamp Space
Goodman Games announces Cthulhu Alphabet!
Goodman Games 2017 GENCON Program Guide
Age of Cthulhu
Hobbs & Friends of the OSR
Miskatonic University Podcast
Mutant Crawl Classics RPG
Terminal City Tabletop Convention
Cleveland
Dungeons & Drag Queens
Weird Realms
Into the Borderlands (Reprint of Module B1)
Runequest
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Episode 70: Invoke Joan Troyer!
30 juli 2018 |
min
Following the annual holiday of our people — Free RPG Day — it seems fitting to invoke another Road Crew judge onto the show! Tonight’s guest brings DCC RPG to game shops at least twice a week, in addition to convention appearances. And, in the spirit of inclusivity, we’re ecstatic to welcome the very FIRST guest to the show who … shall we say, differs a bit from every other guest we have invoked here on Spellburn.
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Carnival of the Damned
Sailors on the Starless Sea
Tower of the Black Pearl
Tower Out of Time
Doom of the Savage Kings
The Croaking Fane
Temple of the Hamster
Links mentioned in this episode:
Mutant Crawl Classics RPG
Cleveland
Dungeons & Drag Queens
Weird Realms
Better World Books
Sharp Swords and Sinister Spells
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Episode 69: Into the Sandbox!
28 juni 2018 |
51 min
On this episode of Spellburn we are going to talk about playing in the sandbox. What is a sandbox campaign and how might it help you up your DCC game? Well luckily for all you out there in podcast-land, we have the author “Dispatches from the Raven Crowking Vol. III: Building the Sandbox” with us tonight to help us explore this topic, the incomparable Raven Crowking himself!
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Nebin Pendlebrook’s Perilous Pantry
The Frost Fang Expedition
Hole in the Sky
The Isle of Dread
Angels, Daemons and Beings In Between
Shadow Under Devil’s Reef
Jewels of the Carnifex
The Sea Queen Escapes
Haunting of Larvik Island
Attack of the Frawgs
Caverns of Thracia
The Thing in the Chimney
Links mentioned in this episode:
Raven Crowking (Daniel J Bishop) Conversion notes for DCC
The Campaign Elements series (vol 1)
Vornheim
Wilderlands of HIgh Fantasy
Dick Sprang
Adventurer’s Almanac
GM Gems
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Episode 68: Burning Down the House(Rules)!
14 maj 2018 |
51 min
We love DCC RPG, but you know what makes it even better? Putting your own customized home table stamp right on the game you play. We asked the Spellburnt legions to send us some houserules and you did! We’ll review the lot, yak about the pros and cons and I’m going to try my damndest to make each one of us adopt one of these houserules tonight for our next session! All this and more on the next episode of the Kids-tested, Hobbs-approved Spellburn!
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Free RPG day handout 2017 (Incl. Gnole House)
(Upcoming from Stephen Newton/Thick Skull Adventures) The Last Will and Testament of Obediah Felkner
Links mentioned in this episode:
Chris Hooker’s Alternate Spellburn Table
Crawl! No. 2 (Broken Shields rules)
Hubris (setting for DCC RPG!)
Marc Elsenheimer’s Disapproval Rules!
Updated blog post for Marc Elsenheimer’s House Rules!
Julio Manganaro Silva’s Advancement Chart!
| PC Level | Number of games to next level | Total number of games survived so far |
| 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 4 | 5 | 15 |
| 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 7 | 8 | 36 |
| 8 | 9 | 45 |
| 9 | 10 | 55 |
| 10 | – | – |
Consistency:
“A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. With consistency a great soul has simply nothing to do. He may as well concern himself with his shadow on the wall. Speak what you think now in hard words, and to-morrow speak what to-morrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said to-day. — ‘Ah, so you shall be sure to be misunderstood.’ — Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self Reliance (1841).
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Episode 67: Gary Con X Wrap-up!
30 april 2018 |
93 min
Another Gary Con has come and gone and what a grand con it was! One of the few things missing was the “What’s New with Goodman Games?” seminar. Yes, for the first time in over 5 years, we got no seminar. This means that this is also the first time in 5 years that Spellburn has been unable to share that recording with those who were unable to join us in Lake Geneva! So in its stead, we have gathered to share some of our standout moments of the week as well as some of the things coming along down the pipeline from both the official and the third party publishing quarters!
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Shadow Under Devil’s Reef
Neon Knights
Tower of Faces (Sanjulian cover!)
Hive of the Overmind
Warlords of ATOZ
Links mentioned in this episode:
Crawl-Thulhu #1
Red Dragon Inn
Delta Green
Top Secret the RPG
DCC Lankhmar
Dark Heresey
Umerican Survival Guide (Crawling Under a Broken Moon, 2nd edition!) 🙂
Hobbs & Nemesis “The Bathroom Interviews” – Not Safe For Work
Darlene (classic RPG artist!)
Tomb of Horrors
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Episode 66: Life on Aereth
12 april 2018 |
75 min
Like many listening, I first encountered the mysterious world of Aéreth in the pages of the DCC RPG Core Book. Many others listening will remember the world of Aéreth from back in the days when Dungeon Crawl Classics wasn’t the name of a roleplaying game but was instead the name of a line of adventure modules written for the world’s first fantasy roleplaying game.
Today we are lucky enough to have the man who quite literally wrote the book on the topic of Aéreth back in those days of yore. He’s here to talk to us about the system’s default setting and how it has changed since DCC RPG was launched.
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Incursion of the Ultradimension
Links mentioned in this episode:
Curator of Earth (MCC Character Genreation on Twitter!)
Interactive Aereth Map on Goodman Games site
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Episode 65: Mailbag Festival!
26 februari 2018 |
65 min
There’s no need for a long-winded intro for Episode 65 because our guest is familiar to everyone who plays DCC RPG. We are welcoming back … oh.. Wait, nope he cancelled . It’s the EMAIL episode! We talk mercurial magic, patrons, diversity, Gary Con, MCC, house rules and lots and lots of DCC RPG.
You know what? I didn’t get any freakin’ guest stars for this episode but I have two of the best folks in DCC with me right now! You know them as Judge Jen… and Judge Jeff!
(And after a not-that-long hiatus, we welcome back.. Judge Mailbag!)
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
2017 Goodman Games Program Guide
Doom of the Savage Kings (Tomb of Ulfaenor)
Links mentioned in this episode:
Angels, Daemons and Beings In Between
Umerican Survival Guide (Delve Cover)
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Episode 64: Summon Diogo Nogueira
12 februari 2018 |
68 min
In this episode, we are spellburning everything as we reach through the Ethos to another continent and traverse multiple lines of latitude and longitude to summon one of the very first fans of DCC RPG South of the equator. You’ve heard tonight’s special guest’s name so often, it should be no surprise that we’re talking about our very own multilingual writer and artist from Brazil: Judge Diogo Nogueira!
In case any of our listeners plan on traveling to lovely Rio this year, we’ll tell you what to expect on the gaming scene, and preview some local specialty cuisine, like Rat Salad…
(This episode’s banner art by Judge Diogo!)
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Links mentioned in this episode:
Umerican Survival Guide (Delve Cover)
Portuguese edition of DCC RPG!
Crawling Under a Broken Moon (with Digo illos and content!)
Sharp Swords and Sinister Spells
Caveira Velha (Brazilian Zine!)
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Episode 63: Welcoming All Players
22 januari 2018 |
59 min
Page 10 of the DCC Core Book asks us to pledge, with our right hand upon our little brown books, that we shall uphold the honor of the hobby of role playing to all comers, whether young or old. In this episode we discuss what it means to uphold the honor of the hobby to all comers and whether or not that only applies to those of different ages. Should we make an effort to make our gaming table and the game itself more open and inclusive to those of all walks of life: regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, race, religion, sexuality, etc.
Some of you listening may be saying “Well duh, of course,” and some of you may be saying “Oh great, now Spellburn is gonna get all preachy with their SJW nonsense”. Wherever you fall on that spectrum, we hope you’ll listen and join in on the conversation on social media afterwards!
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Links mentioned in this episode:
Epic Spell Wars of the Battle Wizards
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Episode 62: Invoke Steve Bean!
6 januari 2018 |
73 min
What IS Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG? Is it just a beautifully made OSR game with superior standards of art and more prodigious production of random tables? Or is it MORE than a retroclone, and if so, how does it differ from the games that hue closer to the traditional elements of the world’s most popular roleplaying game (older edition)? When we talk about OSR Games or retroclones, WHAT’S fundamentally new and different about DCC? How is it that DCC is perhaps one of the most different RPGs of the OSR, and yet is constantly said to rekindle the original spirit and nostalgia of so many oldschoolers?
We’re going to go deep into RPG theory and DCC with Steve Bean– all this and more on this week’s episode of Spellburn!
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
World-Quest of the Winter Calendar
Null Singularity
Intrigue at the Court of Chaos (2nd printing)
Blades Against Death
Shadow Under Devil’s Reef
The One Who Watches from Below
Links mentioned in this episode:
Steve Bean profile on Goodman Games site
Steve Bean Games
DCC Lankhmar!
Hollow Point RPG
Gongfarmer’s Almanac 2016
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Episode 61: Divining Magic, Level 1
24 december 2017 |
92 min
Time to give the Clerics their due! Judge Jen leads us through a 1st level Clerics primer. Plus, funnels! Plus, Gongfarmers Almanac! Plus the winner of the Dungeon Denizens contest! All this and more on this episode of Spellburn!
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
BostonCrawl (X-Crawl adventure, as mentioned…)
Outlive, Outsmart, Outkill!
Links mentioned in this episode:
Nowhere City Nights (setting for Outlive! Outsmart! Outkill!)
Hubris
Death is the New Pink
Announcing our Dungeon Denizen winner, Tim White!
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Episode 60: Mailbag of Prodigious Wonderment!
26 november 2017 |
68 min
Sezrekan commands it! Emails, emails and even more emails! We shut up and let the listeners have their say! (Well, we don’t really shut up.) All this and more on this episode of Spellburn!
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Shadows Under Devil’s Reef (2017 Halloween Adventure)
Sinister Sutures of the Seamstress (2016 Halloween Adventure)
Creeping Beauties of the Wood
Sword in the Jungle Deep
The Purple Planet
Links mentioned in this episode:
Umerican Survival Guide
Cake Boss!
Spirit of ’77
Pathfinder RPG
Black Crusade RPG
Microscope RPG
Dungeon Denizen winner announced in the next episode!
Follow this link, enjoy the image!
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Episode 59: Make Your Own Patron
12 november 2017 |
92 min
This week on Spellburn we take a look at how to create a supernatural Patron! Patrons are one of the coolest and most unique aspects of Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG. Every Judge will have a reason to make one as a foil, as a PC ally, and of course just for the fun of it! We’ll talk about how to generate them, how to fine-tune them and what distinguishes them from other fickle entities like the GAWDS. All this and more on this week’s episode of SPELLBURN!
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Shadows Under Devil’s Reef (2017 Halloween Adventure)
Sinister Sutures of the Seamstress (2016 Halloween Adventure)
They Served Brandolyn Red
Tower of the Black Pearl
Links mentioned in this episode:
Clark Ashton Smith
Robin Hobb
Michael Chabon
Ready Player One
Swords Against Death
Angels Daemons and Beings In Between
Don’t miss the latest Dungeon Denizen contest with art by Stefan Poag! Follow this link, enjoy the image, and send your entry to [email protected] by Mid-November!
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Episode 58: Invoke Stefan Poag
22 oktober 2017 |
66 min
One of the first things people notice about Dungeon Crawl Classics is the amazing art, inside and out. In this episode, we’ll get to know one of the minds behind those evocative illustrations, and we’ll find out where else we can find his art — including pieces for RPGs in various languages, entire graphic novels of Lovecraftian influence, and even some breathtaking mosaic tile work!
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Shadows Under Devil’s Reef (2017 Halloween Adventure)
Tegel Manor
Sinister Sutures of the Seamstress (2016 Halloween Adventure)
People of the Pit
Barrowmaze
The Sunken Ziggurat
Links mentioned in this episode:
Angels, Daemons and Beings In Between Vol.2
Tales from the Magician’s Skull
The Weird Fantasy Art of Stefan Poag (Stefan’s website)
Operation Unfathomable
Dagon
Xcrawl: the Movie on Indiegogo
Stefan Poag tile works
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Episode 57: Appendix H is for HORROR
1 oktober 2017 |
90 min
This week our episode is on the Appendix H… H for horror films! Horror films have been inspiring fantasy roleplaying from its inception. It is widely believed that the Cleric class’s main inspiration was Peter Cushing as Dr. Van Helsing in the 1950s and 60s Hammer Horror films, and that the Magic Missile spell came from the 1963 movie “The Raven” with Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff. Today we will focus on content creation and share ideas we have from some of our favorite horror films for how you can spice up your game! Judge Michael Bolam joins us for another Horror classic!
Films mentioned in this episode:
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
An American Werewolf in London
Bone Tomahawk
Cabin in the Woods
Death Bed: The Bed that Eats!
Demons
Event Horizon
From Beyond
Hellbound: Hellraiser II
The Masque of the Red Death
Night of the Living Dead
Phantasm
The Reconstruction of William Zero
Street Trash
Tombs of the Blind Dead
Twin Peaks (2017)
THE MOST HEAVY METAL SCENE EVER IN A MOVIE EVER
Playlists mentioned in this episode:
Judge Jeff’s DCC Playlist
James MacGeorge’s Witch Metal Playlist
Judge Julian’s Nostaliga “Playlist”
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
DCC Tournament 2017!
Tower of the Black Pearl
Sky of the Crimson Flame
The Vile Worm
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GENCON L: What’s New with Goodman Games?
22 september 2017 |
min
The Dark Master updates us on: Into the Borderlands, MCC, Lankhmar, DCC Annual(!), New Halloween Adventure, Metamorphosis Alpha, Tales from the Magician’s Skull (New Appendix N Fiction), Judges Guild V2, 5E Subscription, and Grimtooth Campaign Setting!
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Episode 56: Invoke Jon Hershberger
8 augusti 2017 |
70 min
This week on Spellburn, we’re waiting for GENCON! DCC RPG is going to have its biggest presence ever at the world’s biggest gaming convention. How did we get here? Jon Hershberger has been involved in oldschool gaming for decades, and running the same campaign for much of that time! But you may know him as a friendly face behind the dealer’s room booth, the writer-editor of the DCC RPG Index, or one of the people who is making the Gongfarmer’s Almanac happen for the third year in a row! We’ll talk to Jon about GENCON, the Almanac and much more!
Links mentioned in this episode:
2015 Gongfarmer’s Almanac
2016 Gongfarmers Almanac
DCC RPG Adventure Index #1
DCC RPG Master Zine Index
Metamorphosis Alpha Adventure and Resource Supplement Index
Crypts and Things Remastered
Rogue Trader
WhiteBox Gothic
Black Pudding Zine
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Well of the Worm
Journey to the Center of Aereth
Caverns of Thracia
Expedition to Barrier Peaks
Barrowmaze
Secrets of the Smuggler’s Cove
Blackguard’s Revenge
Iron Crypt of the Heretics
Mines of Custalcon
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Episode 55: DCC Fan Favorites
18 juli 2017 |
74 min
Special thank you to James V. West for this episode’s banner!
Welcome to Spellburn! There’s been a lot of phlogiston in the air recently, as the 2017 ENnie Award nominees were announced…and to our humble surprise, Spellburn was on that esteemed list! To get into the spirit, we asked the community to do a little pre-ENnie voting. We’re going to go over some of those results this week — there are some really entertaining ones in the list! — and we’ll share some of our personal favorites, from the perspective of both player and judge.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Ennead Games Random Generators and GM Aids (fr. DM Cojo)
Tome of Adventure
Purple Sorcerer’s DCC (and MCC) Tools
Sanctum Sanctorum podcast
Crawl #2
Crawling Under a Broken Moon
Gongfarmers Almanac
Vote Spellburn for the 2017 Ennies!
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Against the Atomic Overlord
The Apocalypse Ark
Attack of the Frawgs
Barrowmaze
Beneath the Comet
Black Sun Death Crawl
Blades Against Death
BostonCrawl
Bride of the Black Manse
Beyond the Black Gate
Carnival of the Damned
Chaos Rising (including Elzamon and the Blood Drinking Box, the Imperishable Sorceress, the Tower Out of Time.. and more!)
The Croaking Fane
Death by Nexus
Doom of the Savage Kings
Dragora’s Dungeon
DungeonBattle Brooklyn
Escape from the Shrouded Fen
Free RPG Day 2016 (Including Museum at the End of Time)
The Frost Fang Expedition
Frozen in Time
GENCON 2016 Program Guide (including Not in Kansas Anymore)
Grimtooth’s Museum of Death
Jewels of the Carnifex
Journey to the Center of the Aerth
Making of the Ghost Ring
The Meat Grinder
One Who Watches from Below
Revenge of the Over-Kobold
Sailors on the Starless Sea
The Shambling Un-Dead
Silent Nightfall
Theater of the Hammed
Tower of the Black Pearl
The Vile Worm
The Witch of Wydfield
Wizardarium of Calabraxis
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Episode 54: Invoke Edgar Johnson
4 juli 2017 |
64 min
This week on Spellburn we’re chatting with the Metal God and Atomic Overlord himself… Edgar Johnson! We’re going to talk to him about his hex-crawl adventure “Moon-Slaves of the Cannibal Kingdom”, his science-fantasy “Against the Atomic Overlord”, and whatever else we feel like chatting about. This and more on our 54th episode of Spellburn!
Links mentioned in this episode:
Microscope RPG
Cast-a-Quadrons RPG
Mutant Crawl Classics (MCC RPG)
Spirit of 77 RPG
DCC in Portuguese!
Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s
Lamentations of the Flame Princess: Free RPG Day (incl. Vaginas are Magic!)
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Moon-Slaves of the Cannibal Kingdom
Gnole House (In 2017 Free RPG Day DCC Quickstart from Goodman Games)
Against the Atomic Overlord
Blood for the Serpent King (included in Bride of the Black Manse)
Intrigue at the Court of Chaos
Chained Coffin Boxed Set (including Sour Spring Hollow)
Peril on the Purple Planet (including Lost Tombs of the Ancients)
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Vote Spellburn for the 2017 Ennies
4 juli 2017 |
min
We’re pleased to announce that Spellburn has been nominated for an Ennie in the podcast category. How cool is that?
What can you do to support Spellburn?
Voting opens on July 11, 2017 for the Ennies. Vote for Spellburn in the podcast category and then party with us at GENCON 2017!
Episode 53: Summon… The Dark Master!
12 juni 2017 |
52 min
This week on Spellburn we’re celebrating a very special occasion! Saturday, June 17 marks the 5th FREE RPG DAY since the release of the Dungeon Crawl Classics Roleplaying Game! The heavens shook and the abyss trembled and the masters of reality feared for their grip on the aether! Since then, thousands of adventurers since have fought, lived and died (mostly died) for glory and gold, as we learned to imagine the the wizard, the fighting man, the cleric, even the halfling in a whole new way! How do you celebrate such an auspicious occasion? By summoning the great immortal Dark Master himself, of course!
Links mentioned in this episode:
Tales from the Magician’s Skull!
Dungeon Alphabet
Free RPG Day
North Texas RPG Con
Bunnies & Burrows
Boss Monster
RISK 2210 AD
Grognardia
The Moon Pool by A. Merritt
Gettysburg (Board Wargame)
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Fate’s Fell Hand
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Episode 52: Mail Bag of Corruption!
30 maj 2017 |
65 min
Thanks to Reid San Filippo for this episode’s banner!
Spellburn is back this week with a veritable potpourri of topics! That’s right, we’re doing some spring cleaning around here, and besides dusting off the artifacts, realigning the tomes on the shelves, and giving the ol’ summoning circle a fresh coat of *ahem* paint, it’s also time to air out the mailbag!
Links mentioned in this episode:
Classic D&D reprints from Goodman Games
North Texas RPG Con events!
Spirit of 77 RPG
Death is the New Pink RPG (in development)
Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea
Cthulhu Wars (Boardgame)
Conan the Boardgame
Mutant Crawl Classics RPG!
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
BostonCrawl for DCC RPG
In Search of the Unknown
Tomb of Horrors
Hive of the Overmind
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Episode 51: Third Party Classes!
15 maj 2017 |
85 min
This week on Spellburn we discuss some of the many third-party classes available for DCC RPG. When you deviate from the core book, you can find all manner of strange, exciting, and bizarre classes. Some of them emulate classes from the various editions of the world’s most popular fantasy roleplaying game, others are templates for futuristic or modern day settings, and some are just plain gonzo. We’ll be discussing this and more in our 51st episode of Spellburn!
Links mentioned in this episode:
Judge Jeff’s DCC Spotify Playlist
Paladin Class (Crawl #6)
Clownight (Crawling Under A Broken Moon #12)
Calavera (Dark Trails G+ community)
Marauder (Tales from the Fallen Empire)
Faerie Animal (Creeping Beauties of the Wood)
Ratfolk (Dungeon Lord – The Wayne Con Issue)
Blood Witch (Hubris: A World of Visceral Adventure)
Yolovar (Crawljammer #6)
Chakas (Goblin Mini Mart blog)
Purple Sorcerer Online Game Aids
DCC Reference Booklet
Assassin Class (Gongfarmers’ Almanac 2015)
Nowhere City Nights
DCC Lankhmar Kickstarter
Noah Stevens’s Great DCC 3P Class List
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Tower of the Black Pearl
Frozen in Time
Boston Crawl
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Episode 50: Ill Met in Spellburn!
17 april 2017 |
80 min
This week we dive into the topic of urban adventuring…particularly in the City of Sevenscore Thousand Smokes. That’s right, we’re welcoming back for his fourth appearance – fifth if you count the infamous “lost pilot” – manly DCC RPG scribe Mighty Michael Curtis, who’s going to talk with us about his magnum opus, “Dungeon Crawl Classics Lankhmar,” which also happens to be the latest Kickstarter from Goodman Games. All this and much more on the 50th (!) episode of Spellburn!
Links mentioned in this episode:
DCC RPG Lankhmar Kickstarter
Mutant Crawl Classics RPG Kickstarter (closed)
Rat Snake
Secret Antiquities
Stormbringer RPG
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Dread On Demon Crown Hill
Purple Duck Games: Purple Mountain
Queen of the Demonweb Pits
Gongfarmer’s Almanac 2016 (Vol 4 contains “An Orm Lies Down in Punjar”)
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Gary Con IX: What’s New With Goodman Games
7 april 2017 |
min
The Goodman Games crew discusses new products for 2017: DCC Lankhmar, Mutant Crawl Classics, TSR reprints and more!
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Episode 49: Invoke Reid San Filippo
4 april 2017 |
63 min
This week on Spellburn we’re very pleased to have with us… Judge Reid San Filippo, creator of the Crawling Under A Broken Moon magazine and now the successful launcher of “The Umerican Survival Guide” Kickstarter! We’re going to talk to Reid about the History of Broken Moon and about his new project as well as round up Gary Con events! All this and more on this episode of Spellburn!
Links mentioned in this episode:
Umerican Survival Guide Kickstarter
Crawling Under A Broken Moon Products
DCC RPG Lankhmar Kickstarter
SUPERS! Revised Edition
Art of Doug Kovacs
GENCON 2017
Mutant Crawl Classics RPG Kickstarter (closed)
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
The Madhouse Meet (in the Free RPG Day 2016 release)
Caverns of Thracia (Judges Guild reprint)
Tegel Manor (Judges Guild Reprint)
Book of Treasure Maps (including Tomb of Aethering the Damned)
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Episode 48: Invoke Paul Wolfe
21 mars 2017 |
68 min
This week on Spellburn, we’re celebrating the resurrection of D.A.M.N., the DCC RPG Adventure Magazine and News ‘zine. We’ve brought special guest Paul Wolfe on to talk about spearheading this revival as well as his prolific third-party projects. We’re also really excited for Gary Con, which is just around the corner, so stay tuned for details on where you can find each of us. And — if that’s not hard-core enough for you — we’re also welcoming a new permanent co-host to the show, Brooklyn’s own Appendix N and DCC acolyte, Judge Jeff Goad!
Links mentioned in this episode:
D.A.M.N. Magazine
Hobbs & Friends of the OSR Podcast
DCC Free Resources Sheet
Listing of All DCC RPG Modules
Angels, Daemons and Beings In Between
Gary Con
Con of the North
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
The Wizardarium of Calabraxis
Sepulcher of the Mountain God
The God-Seed Awakens
In the Prison of the Squid Sorcerer (including Mermaids of Yuggoth)
The Tribe of Ogg and the Gift of Suss
Steading of the Nergalites (Link in blogpost)
The Bog God’s Champion
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Episode 47: Selling the Game
6 februari 2017 |
50 min
This week on Spellburn, we’ll dive into a hot topic: How to win over the uninitiated to the game of Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG! We’ve all been there before– trying to sell DCC to oldschool grognards, or devotees of newschool games. We’ll discuss how to prepare a game for newbies, whether at a convention or a FLGS. And we’ll talk about resources to find new players, as well as the differences between DCC and other systems and how to handle some common questions or perceptions. And if that’s not enough, we welcome a new judge to the fold! All this on Spellburn!
Links mentioned in this episode:
Mutant Crawl Classics
The Dying Earth
Walking Dead: All Out War
Nowhere City Nights
Classic Traveller
Petal Hack
Hobbs & Friends of the OSR Podcast
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
The Chained Coffin Box Set (containing both Sour Spring Hollow & Rat King’s River of Death)
Glipkerio’s Gambit
The One Who Watches from Below
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Episode 46: Breaking the Game
9 januari 2017 |
min
This week on Spellburn, we’re going somewhere totally different. Over the last 45 episodes, we’ve talked about many different aspects of the games: The classes, the magic system, the mighty deeds, the monsters, and more. In this episode, we’re going to talk about how people actually use the rules and specifically how people abuse the rules: What players do to twist and break the game and what Judges might do to respond to those tactics! And we’ll do it with an eye on con games as well as long term campaigns.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Angels, Daemons and Beings Between
Nowhere City Nights
Sharp Swords and Sinister Spells
Fanfic
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
The One Who Watches from Below
The Making of the Ghost Ring
Escape from the Shrouded Fen
Transylvanian Adventures
The Croaking Fane
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Episode 45: Seasons in the Abyss
10 december 2016 |
69 min
This week on Spellburn, we’re taking a deep, dark look at the world of DEMONS. Sure they’ve been around since the days of AD&D, although they apparently got a little too hot for some game companies in the late 80s. But they’ve always been a part of Appendix N and nothing could be more old-school than featuring them in your Dungeon Crawl Classics game. We’ll talk about how to use them as bad guys, Patrons and NPCs, the spells that bind them and even thoughts about running campaigns on their home turf– in the Abyss.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Angels, Daemons and Beings Between
Gazetteer of the Known Realms
Demonland
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Elzamon and the Blood Drinking Box
The Infernal Crucible of Sezrekan the Mad
Bride of the Black Manse
Glipkerio’s Gambit
The Making of the Ghost Ring
Dungeon Denizen (art by Benjamin Marra): Mantrikrex
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Episode 44: Invoke Brendan LaSalle
22 november 2016 |
88 min
This episode on Spellburn, we’re introducing an additional permanent co-host to the show, a long-time DCC RPG organizer and game designer. Listen to find out! In addition to this overload of awesome, we’re welcoming the notorious Brendan LaSalle for his first visit to Spellburn. Listeners may know Brendan as “the guy you send emails to for Road Crew swag”, or as the most insane judge at conventions. He’s also the author of the funnel, “Hole in the Sky,” and he is the mastermind behind X-Crawl, one of the most entertaining settings for DCC.
Links mentioned in this episode:
X-Crawl
Fat Dragon Games
Villains & Vigillantes
Adventures mentioned in this episode:
Dungeon Battle Brooklyn
Belly of the Great Beast
Hole in the Sky
Nowhere City
The Adventure Begins
Las Vegas Crawl
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Gencon 2016: How to Write Adventure Modules That Don’t Suck
15 augusti 2016 |
58 min
The Goodman Games crew discusses their views on how to write good adventures at Gencon 2016.
This is an audio dump of the video by Diogo Nogueira and David Baity. View the video here:
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Gencon 2016: What’s New at Goodman Games
10 augusti 2016 |
min
Joseph Goodman and his minions discuss the exciting new releases coming from Goodman Games in 2016, including the long-awaited DCC Annual, Grimtooth’s Trapsylvania, Erol Otus-inspired adventures, this year’s Halloween module, Music of the Spheres, Xcrawl Classics, more Mutant Crawl Classics, Lankhmar, and the official announcement of the Dying Earth RPG!
This is an audio dump of the video by Diogo Nogueira and David Baity. The full video will be posted online soon.
UPDATE: Here is video
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Episode 43: Mutant Crawl Classics
11 juli 2016 |
75 min
This week on Spellburn, the Judges J get the band back together for a very special show! We’re celebrating the Free RPG Day debut and subsequent Kickstarter of the very long-awaited Mutant Crawl Classics RPG. We all burned down to 3’s on the Invoke Patron roll for this one, and our special guest for this show is none other than our very own Judge Jim! Now that MCC is officially out there, Judge Jim can tell us everything he’s had to keep quiet about for the past few years.
Links mentioned in this episode:
MCC RPG Kickstarter
MCC RPG Google+ Community
Jeffery’s Answer to Everything:
Jason Sholtis
Purple Sorceror
Crawling Under a Broken Moon
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Episode 42: Invoke Terry Olson
16 januari 2016 |
64 min
This week on Spellburn, the Judges J have cast a ritualized version of Invoke Patron to summon a very special guest, Terry Olson. Terry has written several Dungeon Crawl Classics adventures for Goodman Games and even contributed a letter to the Monster Alphabet.
Links mentioned in this episode:
The Rock Awakens: http://www.goodman-games.com/50841preview.html
Tomb of the Immortal Kahl: http://www.goodman-games.com/5085preview.html
Elzemon and the Blood Drinking Box: http://www.goodman-games.com/FRPGD14preview.html
50 Fantastic Functions for the D50: http://www.goodman-games.com/4379preview.html
2015 Gen Con Program Guide, “Cranking Up the Funk in DCC Dice Rolling”: http://www.goodman-games.com/GC15preview.html
The Monster Alphabet, “S is for Sonic”: http://www.goodman-games.com/4386preview.html
Purple Planet Relics, Beasts, and Lore: http://www.goodman-games.com/5085preview.html
Dual-Wielding Probabilities from Spellburn Episode 26 (July 19, 2014): https://spellburn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Bittman-Inspired-Generalized-Two-handed-Weapon-Math-by-Olson.pdf
From Elzemon and the Blood-Drinking Box: Yarafad’s Box = Faraday Cage, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage
From Monster Alphabet, S is for Sonic, The Elgad Lazif’rel Effect: Elgad Lazif’rel = Ella Fitzgerald, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG8K0yl4_hc
Steve Bean’s Rat King’s River of Death (Bonus with Curtis’ The Chained Coffin): http://www.goodman-games.com/5084preview.html
Edgar Johnson’s Blood for the Serpent King (Bonus with Stroh’s Bride of the Black Manse): http://www.goodman-games.com/5083preview.html
Jobe Bittman’s The Emerald Enchanter Strikes Back! (Goodman Games Gen Con 2014 Program Guide): http://www.goodman-games.com/gencon14programbook.html
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Episode 41: Greater Mailbag of Holding
16 december 2015 |
78 min
This week on Spellburn, we’re going to delve yet again into the mailbag of holding. And, man, you won’t believe how enormous this bag has grown. We’ve got letters stacked up to the ceiling.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Iron Tavern DCC RPG Actual Play Podcast
http://irontavern.com/podcast/
Steel & Fury
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/147952/Steel-and-Fury-DCC
Nebin Pendlebrook’s Perilous Pantry
http://www.rpgnow.com/product/130050/Nebin-Pendlebrooks-Perilous-Pantry-DCC
Crawl Fanzine and D.A.M.N.
http://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/4955/STRAYCOUCHES-PRESS?SRC=FeaturedProduct&motds_id=9363&from_home=0
Judge Hook’s Alternate Spellburn Effects Table
http://www.goodman-games.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=72&t=44802
Jim Skatch’s Body Recovery House Rule
http://myotherswordisvorpal.blogspot.com/2013/07/body-recovery-in-dcc.html
Star Frontiers
http://www.starfrontiers.com/
Sanctum Secorum Podcast
http://sanctum.media/blog/
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Episode 40: A Level 1 Wizard’s Primer
19 november 2015 |
70 min
This week on Spellburn, we’re going to help out some of the new Wizards out there, by giving you a spell primer! That’s right, we’re going to go over the list of 1st-level arcane spells. Whether you’re new to the game or a long-time judge, some spells just aren’t taken seriously enough because they’re taken at face value. We’re here to offer some clarifications, and to de-mystify some magicks.
Links mentioned in this episode:
DCC RPG 4th Printing Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1409961192/dcc-rpg-4th-printing
Iron Tavern DCC RPG Actual Play Podcast
http://irontavern.com/podcast/
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Episode 39: Gencon Wrap-up
26 september 2015 |
51 min
This week on Spellburn, we take the wayback machine to give a recap of the world’s largest gaming convention! We’ll look at the new DCC RPG releases – or at least that huge Goodman Games Program Guide -and find out more about the DCC events and tournaments that were run. Let’s do a belated Gen Con Wrap-up!
Links mentioned in this episode:
Gencon
http://gencon.com/
Sailors on the Starless Sea Artist’s Choice covers
http://www.goodman-games.com/5066Apreview.html
Episode 38: Monster Mash
13 juli 2015 |
74 min
Today on Spellburn, your intrepid hosts take a look at monsters and DCC. From a look at some of our favorite monsters in the core rule book to making monsters mysterious and even a look at incorporating the Monster Alphabet into your game!
Links mentioned in this episode:
Appendix M
http://appendixm.blogspot.ca/
The Crawler’s Companion (free DCC RPG dice roller app)
http://purplesorcerer.com/crawler.php
DCC Monster Helper
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2qlP_VOf718LTFEc05ZVlpIU0U
VOID LICHThe Void Lich is a decrepit-looking humanoid completely encloaked in a shaggy coat of fur. The tufts just barely obfuscate deadly rows of quills lurking along its arms and torso. Even more disturbing, its body is pocked by large holes, nearly fist-shaped, within which moving swirls of an interplanar palette of blue can be seen.
Void Lich: Init +2; Atk barbed quill +4 melee (1d6+2 and grappled, then impaled) or dimensional claw +5 melee (1d8, special); AC 13; HD 8d12+8; MV 20’; Act 2d20; SP damage reduction 5, spellcasting (+7 spell check), grappled targets must make DC 14 Strength check to escape, impaled victims must make DC 15 Reflex save to disengage from quill barbs, vulnerable to fire, interdimensional claw attacks (see below), un-dead traits; SV Fort +5, Ref +3, Will +6; AL C.
The Void Lich’s preferred attack is to grab opponents and impale them repeatedly with its razor-sharp, barbed quills. The fist-sized craters marring the Void Lich’s shaggy coat are connected to a pocket dimension. A hideous, ravenous abomination dwells within the demiplane. When the Void Lich is in melee combat, blue-tinted finned tendrils and skeletal ten-fingered claws quickly stab their prey. Roll 1d6 each round of attack: (1-3) abomination makes two claw attacks (may exceed normal Act dice); (4-5) tendril wraps around target’s limb and victim is held, DC 15 Strength check to escape; (6) a claw tries to grab a random item and drag it back into the pocket dimension.
Episode 37: Magic Items
10 juli 2015 |
79 min
This week on Spellburn your hardy hosts delve into the treasure vaults to uncover every adventurer’s favorite loot: magic items! We’re going to dive deep into the rules for potions, scrolls, magic staffs, magic swords, rods, wands, and more…
Links mentioned in this episode:
The Crawler’s Companion (free DCC RPG dice roller app)
http://purplesorcerer.com/crawler.php
Episode 36: Mailbag of Doom
4 juli 2015 |
37 min
This week on Spellburn we talk about Free RPG Day, take a brief journey into our Mailbag of Doom, and reveal the next Dungeon Denizen.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Free RPG Day
http://freerpgday.com/
DCC Judge’s Screen
http://www.goodman-games.com/FRPGD15preview.html
NTRPG Con 2015: What’s New at Goodman Games
8 juni 2015 |
min
Joseph Goodman and his minions – plus special guest Robert Bledsaw II – preview and discuss the exciting new releases coming from Goodman Games in 2015, including new Judges Guild reprints, DCC Lankhmar Patrons, Against the Atomic Overlord, Road Crew 2015 info, Metamorphosis Alpha: Epsilon City, and the official announcement of Mutant Crawl Classics RPG!
Want the audio only version of the seminar? Here you go…
Episode 35: How to Run a DCC Tournament
30 april 2015 |
58 min
This week on the show we explore the dynamics and play style of the DCC Tournament Funnel. Invented by Harley Stroh and debuted at Gen Con 2014 with his adventure “The Seven Pits of Sezrekan,” the tournament funnel has proven instantly popular with convention goers, and is now being featured in Road Crew 2015 releases from Goodman Games, starting with “The Hypercube of Myt.” Joining us to explore this new adventure phenomenon is David Baity, who’s own tournament funnel “Carnival of the Damned” met with wide acclaim at Gary Con VII.
Links mentioned in this show:
DCC RPG World Tour 2015
http://www.goodman-games.com/worldtour.html
DCC #RC1: The Hypercube of Myt
http://www.goodman-games.com/DCCRC1preview.html
How to Run a DCC Tournament Funnel article
https://spellburn.com/?p=1607
Purple Sorcerer Games
http://purplesorcerer.com
Gary Con VII: What’s New at Goodman Games
30 mars 2015 |
min
Joseph Goodman and his minions – plus special guest James M. Ward – preview and discuss the exciting new releases coming from Goodman Games in 2015, including Lankhmar DCC, new adventures, the DCC RPG Judges screen, Road Crew 2015 info, a new Metamorphosis Alpha kickstarter, and lots of other old school gaming goodness!
Episode 34: Here There Be Dragons
24 december 2014 |
73 min
This week on Spellburn we take an in-depth look at Dungeon Crawl Classic’s dragons! Everything from what makes them unique to using the Dragon tables to create our very own dragon on tonight’s episode.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Chuck Whelon Kickstarter (Look for the DCC RPG original artwork)
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/whelon/pewfell-in-drain-of-chaos
Death Frost Doom
http://www.lotfp.com/RPG/products/death-frost-doom
Cheryl Cain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Cain
Crawler’s Companion (Web Version)
http://purplesorcerer.com/crawler/crawler.htm
Gary Con Gaming Convention
http://www.garycon.com/index.php
The thumbnail is a reworked image by David Revoy available at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Durian_-_Sintel-wallpaper-dragon.jpg under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0. Full terms at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0.
Episode 33: Summon Stephen Newton
7 december 2014 |
67 min
This week on Spellburn, we return from a holiday and deadline-enforced hiatus to welcome a guy that we’ve been trying to get on the show forever. Tonight, we welcome notable publisher and author of third party adventures for the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG, Thick Skull Adventures’ own Stephen Newton.
Links mentioned on the show:
Thick Skull Adventures
http://www.thickskulladventures.com
Attack of the Frawgs – 1st level DCC RPG adventure
http://www.thickskulladventures.com/products/attack-of-the-frawgs/
The Haunting of Larvik – 1st level DCC RPG adventure
http://www.thickskulladventures.com/products/haunting-of-larvik-island-dccrpg/
Stronghold of the Wood Giant Shaman – 5th level DCC RPG adventure
http://www.thickskulladventures.com/products/haunting-of-larvik-island-dccrpg/
Gary Con Gaming Convention
http://www.garycon.com/index.php
Episode 32: Invoke Joseph Goodman
2 november 2014 |
56 min
This is it, Burners! It took us to 1 and 1/2 years to make our spellcheck, but we’ve finally summoned Goodman Games head honcho and the creator of the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG, Joseph Goodman to the podcast! Join us for a candid conversation with the canny creative force behind the fantasy role playing game that parties like it’s 1974, as he shares the secret origin and history of DCC RPG, how the creative cabal behind the game was formed, and even speculates about his own nick name, “The Dark Master.”
Links mentioned in this episode:
Goodman Games
http://www.goodman-games.com
Dinosaur Planet: Brontosaurus Rex RPG
http://tinyurl.com/kd4bd7m
WoTC Market research
http://trustrum.com/wotc-market-research/
Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG beta rules
http://www.goodman-games.com/downloads/DCCRPGBeta060811.pdf
Episode 31: Raised to the Power of 3rd Party
7 oktober 2014 |
64 min
Adventures! Adventures! Come and get your adventures! This week on Spellburn we’re going to review three recent Third Party Publisher adventures for the Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing Game: Claytonian JP’s “The Wizardarium of Calabraxis,” Carl Bussler and Eric Hoffman’s “Prayers of the Forgotten,” and Stephen Newton’s “Stronghold of the Wood Giant Shaman.”
Links mentioned in this episode:
The Wizardarium of Calibraxis
http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/131489/The-Wizardarium-of-Calabraxis?term=the+wizardarium+of+cala
Prayers of the Forgotten
http://stormlordpublishing.com/shop/
The Stronghold of the Wood Giant Shaman
http://www.rpgnow.com/product/137455/Stronghold-of-the-Wood-Giant-Shaman
Episode 30: Advanced DCC Magic
23 september 2014 |
66 min
This week on Spellburn we do something that wizards in the Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing Game absolutely, never, ever do. We’re going to share some of our knowledge of advanced magic. Beyond simple spellchecks or spellburn, we’re going to delve deep into and talk about the lesser-known areas of the DCC magic system, including ritualized magic, group casting, unfamiliar familiars, and more.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Diogo Nogueira’s DCC RPG Character Sheet
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/55247082/DCC%20RPG%20Char%20Sheet.pdf
Episode 29: Summon Dak Ultimak
9 september 2014 |
73 min
This week on Spellburn, we finally succeed in summoning forth the Reverend Dak J. Ultimak, one of the driving forces behind the DCC RPG fanzine scene, including the ‘zine that started it all, Crawl! Join us tonight as we ask Dak about his work on his own various zines and publications, plus his mighty editorial pen that seems to turn up in published DCC adventures when you least expect it. We may even uncover Dak’s secret connection to the origins of the Spellburn podcast.
And don’t forget to check out this episode’s Dungeon Denizens winner by Roy Snyder – The Stalker of the Doomed!
Links mentioned in this episode:
Crawl fanzine
http://crawlfanzine.blogspot.com
Episode 28: Gen Con 2014 Review
25 augusti 2014 |
79 min
This week we review Gen Con 2014 and all the golden DCC RPG goodness unleashed therein. Join us as the two Judges who attended the con struggle to maintain post-con coherency and voice quality, while the other two express their feelings of excitement and envy. We talk about all the DCC RPG new releases, forth-coming releases, and other big announcements, as well as the first-ever DCC RPG tournament and the ever-growing phenomenon that is Doug Con!
Links mentioned in this episode:
PAX Prime Game Convention
http://prime.paxsite.com
DCC RPG google+ community
https://plus.google.com/communities/105339967712243499289?hl=en
Goodman Games website
http://www.goodman-games.com
The Nicest Guy in Gaming
https://plus.google.com/+HarleyStroh/posts?hl=en
Gen Con Special Report: What’s New at Goodman Games in 2014
21 augusti 2014 |
97 min
Joseph Goodman and crew – plus special guests – preview and discuss the exciting new releases coming from Goodman Games in 2014 and 2015, including official DCC RPG dice, new adventures, the DCC Annual, and lots of other old school gaming goodness!
Don’t have time to watch the video? Here’s an audio-only version (please note: this event was recorded live in the portion of the Indianapolis Convention Center built in an old train station, so the sound quality is not ideal, plus, you know… trains).
Episode 27: Perils of Harley Stroh
31 juli 2014 |
83 min
This episode we welcome DCC RPG writer and game designer Harley Stroh back to the show, and ask him all about his latest adventure, “Peril on the Purple Planet.” Harley tells us what’s new under a weirdling sun with Goodman Games’ latest all-star box set kickstarter, as well as sharing the goods with us on lots of forthcoming Gen Con DCC RPG events, including the notorious Doug Con, “Castaways of Catastrophe Island,” and “The Seven Pits of Sezrekan!”
Links mentioned in this show:
Goodman Games Peril on The Purple Planet kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1409961192/dungeon-crawl-classics-peril-on-the-purple-planet
The Iron Tavern Actual Play Podcast
http://irontavern.com/podcast/
Stormlord Publishing’s The Well of Souls DCC RPG adventure
http://stormlordpublishing.com/product/the-well-of-souls-print-and-pdf-combo/
DCC RPG g+ Community
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/105339967712243499289
Episode 26: Who Judges the Judges?
19 juli 2014 |
86 min
This week on the show we discuss, dissect, and maybe even disagree about the best practices for the superior judging and running of DCC RPG games. What are the most important Judging “do’s and don’t’s”? That’s what we’ll try and answer on this episode of Spellburn…
And don’t forget to check out this episode’s winning Dungeon Denizen entryby Mighty Mike Loew!
Links mentioned in this episode:
Bittman-Inspired Generalized Two-Handed Weapon Math by Terry Olson
https://spellburn.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Bittman-Inspired-Generalized-Two-handed-Weapon-Math-by-Olson.pdf
Goodman Games Peril on the Purple Planet kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1409961192/dungeon-crawl-classics-peril-on-the-purple-planet
Iron Tavern Press at Lulu.com
http://www.rpgnow.com/browse.php?manufacturers_id=6192&term=iron
Episode 25: Invoke Jon Marr
1 juli 2014 |
92 min
This week on the show we welcome special guest Jon Marr, creator and head wizard at Purple Sorcerer Games. We’ll be asking Jon about some of the best third-party DCC RPG adventures ever published, his uber-useful family of online tools and mobile apps, and some top-secret forthcoming products. Also! We have a Spellburn Free RPG Day Special Report with Adam Muskiewicz!Who says this isn’t The Spellburn Age of Spine-Tingling Interviews?
Links mentioned in this show:
Purple Sorcerer Games – http://purplesorcerer.com
Purple Sorcerer 2014 Tools Pledge Drive – http://purplesorcerer.com/pledge.php
Dispatches From Kickassastan – http://www.kickassistan.net
Episode 24: Asked and Answered
18 juni 2014 |
81 min
This week we empty out the email bag and get all caught up on listener emails, we share a new Dungeon Denizens winner – mostly to get Daniel J. Bishop off our backs, those of us who have hit the convention trail share our experiences, and Judge Jobe shares his tips and tricks on how to book guests for the show Kobiashi Maru style!
And don’t forget to check out our latest Dungeon Denizens winner by Daniel J. Bishop: The Wampler
Links mentioned in the show:
Go Play NW convention: http://www.goplaynw.org
Marooned Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MaroonedLV
The Iron Tavern actual play DCC podcast: http://irontavern.com/podcast/
Gen Con Indy: http://www.gencon.com
U-Con gaming convention: https://www.ucon-gaming.org
Episode 23: Halflings – Twice the Fun at One Half the Footprint
28 maj 2014 |
67 min
This week our four judges take a look at the Halfling class in DCC RPG. From the halfling’s race-as-class abilities as party luck battery to two-weapon fighting to sneaking and hiding, we cover it all – even the sensitive subject of halfling manscaping!
Links mentioned in this episode:
Angels, Demons, and Beings Inbetween – http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/109995/Angels-Daemons-and-Beings-Between
The Order of the Stick – http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0953.html
Judge Jobe’s Two-Handed Weapon Spreadsheet – https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqqBybuVA0e4dEVkWEhQX3JEeGlUY21GdERGeUNmbXc&usp=drive_web#gid=0
Episode 22: Kickstarting a Chained Coffin
12 maj 2014 |
71 min
This week we welcome a fourth permanent co-host to the program, the inestimable Judge Jen, a.k.a. DCC RPG stalwart Jen Brinkman! And if that wasn’t enough shock and awe for you, this episode we’re also welcoming back for his third appearance – fourth if you count the infamous “lost pilot” – DCC RPG scribe Manly Michael Curtis, who’s going to talk with us about his forthcoming adventure “The Chained Coffin,” which is the latest kickstarter from Goodman Games.
Links mention in this episode:
Dungeon Crawl Classics: The Chained Coffin kickstarter – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1409961192/dungeon-crawl-classics-the-chained-coffin
Episode 21: Fantastic Fanzines
28 april 2014 |
78 min
This week we’re taking a look at the profusion of DCC RPG fanzines available to players and judges. If a game can be measured by the groundswell of support that it receives from its fans, then the world of DCC RPG suffers from an overabundance of riches.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Edgar Johnson’s Blog: http://revdoctoredj.blogspot.com/2014/03/my-research-on-gaming.html
Crawl! Fanzine: http://crawlfanzine.blogspot.com
CrawlJammer Fanzine: http://crawljammer.blogspot.com
Metal Gods of Ur-Hadad: http://www.kickassistan.net
Crawling Under a Broken Moon: http://crawlingunderabrokenmoon.blogspot.com
Glitter Wizard: http://glitterwizard.bandcamp.com
And don’t forget to check out this episode’s winning Dungeon Denizens contest entry by DM Chasester!
Episode 20: Gary Con VI Recap
17 april 2014 |
72 min
We’re back, baby! And this week the Three Amigos recap and review Gary Con VI, the first game convention attended by all three judges. We talk about the “What’s New at Goodman Games” seminar, games we played and players we killed. Plus! We announce the winner of the write up a Doug Kovacs monster contest!
Links mentioned in this episode:
What’s New with Goodman Games Seminar – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYgK8K8eNro
Metamorphosis Alpha 1st Edition Deluxe Hardback kickstarter – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1409961192/metamorphosis-alpha-deluxe-hardcover-collectors-ed
Gary Con – http://www.garycon.com
The Iron Tavern DCC RPG Live Play podcast – http://irontavern.com/podcast/
And don’t forget to check out the winning entry in the Doug Kovacs illustrated Dungeon Denizens contest!
Episode 19: Gary Con Goodman Games Seminar
29 mars 2014 |
63 min
The judges, Jim, Jobe, and Jeffrey, have journeyed to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin to attend Gary Con 6. We’re still busy running and playing games, but we wanted to share some of the awesome with our listeners. On Friday morning, we recorded the “What’s happening at Goodman Games” seminar. No spoilers, but you don’t want to miss this one. We’ll return in April with our regular programming.
Episode 18: Invoke Doug Kovacs
13 januari 2014 |
94 min
The biggest selling points of the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG aren’t just its old school vibe, easy-to-learn mechanics, and gonzo play style – it’s the art, which visually embodies all of these qualities in spades. Tonight, we’re privileged to talk with one of the primary architects of the visuals for the DCC RPG world and the voice of DCC himself, Doug Kovacs.
Links:
The Mechanoids – RPGNow
Explanation of signature: http://dougkovacs.com/dkblog/?p=72
Episode 17: 2013 In Review
19 december 2013 |
56 min
It’s our end-of-the-year wrap up episode of Spellburn, and we’re glad that you’ve all come along for the ride with us. We couldn’t have done it without an active audience out there downloading and listening to this podcast, as well as contributing your feedback, emails, and show suggestions. This episode we talk about our favorite DCC RPG adventures, game moments, and authors of 2013 – and we preview what’s coming up on Spellburn in 2014!
Episode 16: Transylvanian Adventures
25 november 2013 |
82 min
“Enter freely, and of your own will…”
This week on Spellburn, we have a special guest for just in time for “Fangsgiving.” Our summon patron spell went awry and opened a portal to an alternate universe… a new world of gods and monsters! Tonight we’re interviewing one of our most requested guests – Scott Mathis, the creator and publisher of the latest Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG supplement, Transylvania Adventures!
Links mentioned in this episode:
Land of Phantoms blog – http://landofphantoms.blogspot.com
Transylvanian Adventures – RPGNow
The Iron Tavern DCC RPG Live Play podcast – http://irontavern.com/podcast/
And don’t forget to check out this week’s winning entry in our Dungeon Denizens contest!
Episode 15: Rules Heavy vs. Rules Light
20 november 2013 |
66 min
This week on Spellburn we drift a little from our talk purely about Dungeon Crawl Classics and branch into topics about OSR gaming in general. First up is a look at how players and judges react to a system where everything is not codified. DCC RPG gives the game back to the judges and throws off the shackles of “rules heavy” games. What does this mean for players and judges of the game?
Links mentioned in this episode:
Crawljammer – http://crawljammer.blogspot.com/
Transylvanian Adventures – RPGNow
Monarch of Monsters 4 Contest – http://www.koboldpress.com/k/front-page17095.php#.Uon-peJGars
And don’t forget to check out this week’s winning entry in our Dungeon Denizens contest!
Episode 14: Mailbag of Holding
12 november 2013 |
86 min
This week on Spellburn we have perhaps the most important guests we’ve ever had on the show – you guys! It’s time for a show starring our listeners, or in less fancy terminology, it’s time to empty out the enormous bag of emails that have been piling up to the virtual rafters.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Realms of Crawling Chaos (Labyrinth-Lord): RPGNow
DCC actual play
Virtual Play: DCC RPG Funnel – http://virtualplay.podbus.com/?p=203
Gamer’s Haven – http://gamershavenpodcast.com/dungeon-crawl-classics-rpg/
Iron Tavern Blog: “Dungeon Crawl Classic Campaigns” – http://irontavern.com/2013/11/05/dungeon-crawl-classic-campaigns/
Age of Cthulhu ( Jon Hook) – http://www.goodman-games.com/ageofcthulhu.html
Petty Gods – http://gorgonmilk.blogspot.com/2013/04/original-petty-gods-free-pdf.html
Tenkar’s Tavern –http://www.tenkarstavern.com/2013/07/updated-and-finalized-winners-list-from.html
Chronicles of Amherth – RPGNow
Episode 13: Like a Thief in the Night
1 november 2013 |
76 min
This week on Spellburn we continue our basic survey of characters classes with the thief class. Not the rogue, not the reprovisioner, not the specialist… the thief! And as you might expect, in Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG the thief class is everything fun you remember about classic RPG thieves turned up to an 11.
Links mentioned in this episode:
DCC Free RPG Day Adventures (The Jeweler That Dealt in Stardust) – RPGNow
Episode 12: Invoke Daniel J. Bishop
18 oktober 2013 |
66 min
This week the Spellburners talk to renowned and prolific writer of adventures for DCC RPG (and many other RPGs), as well as one of the prime wizards at Purple Duck Games, Daniel Bishop! Hear all about Daniel’s published and upcoming adventures, as well as some tips and tricks on how to motivate your players to make incredibly ill-considered decisions.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Castles & Crusades Box Set: http://www.trolllord.com/cnc/8000.html
Purple Duck Games – http://purpleduckgames.blogspot.com
Mystic Bull Games – http://mysticbull.blogspot.com
Dragon’s Hoard Publishing – RPGNow
Free RPG Day 2013 The Imperishable Sorceress – http://www.goodman-games.com/FRPGD13preview.html
DCC RPG #76.5 Well of the Worm – http://www.goodman-games.com/50765preview.html
DCC RPG #79.5 Tower of the Black Pearl – http://www.goodman-games.com/50795preview.html
Episode 11: Spell Duelists – Fight!
30 september 2013 |
93 min
Welcome to our greatest episode yet! Tonight we’re going to take a look at one of the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG’s defining game mechanics. When two wizards meet in a world where magic is wild, dangerous, and often barely understood by mere mortals, chaos quickly ensues. Two wizards go in, and only one wizard walks back out. Somebody’s going down. That’s right, with the help of very special guests Goodman Games writers Harley Stroh and Michael Curtis, we’re talking about the Spell Duel.
Links mentioned in this episode:
• Stonehell Dungeon: http://www.lulu.com/shop/michael-curtis/stonehell-dungeon-down-night-haunted-halls/paperback/product-5974479.html
• The Sea Queen Escapes: http://www.goodman-games.com/5076preview.html
Episode 10: Holier Than Thou
25 september 2013 |
75 min
This week on Spellburn, we’re continuing our series of up-close-and-personal looks at individual character classes. Tonight, by popular listener request, we’re going to cover the cleric class, which in Dungeon Crawl Classics, is NOT your father’s d20 heal-bot. Second only to fighters and dwarves in raw melee power, this divine class casts spells without armor penalty, turns creatures of opposing alignment, and just generally kicks unholy ass.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Angels, Daemons, and Beings Between – RPGNow
Brian Bleakley’s “Weird Dice” Matrix: Die_Matrix_2
Episode 9: DCC Gen Con, Baby!
8 september 2013 |
82 min
The Spellburners are finally recovered from Gen Con 2013, but our pain is your gain, because this week we’re discussing all the dungeon crawling news, noteworthy events, and even how we met Hugh the Barbarian, all at this years’ Gen Con. Plus we talk about Goodman Game’s upcoming slate of DCC RPG adventures, including a few written by one of our own – Judge Jobe!
Links mentioned in this episode:
Tales From the Fallen Empire Judges Screen
RPGNow
Transylvanian Adventures
http://landofphantoms.blogspot.com
Doug Kovacs
http://dougkovacs.com
The World’s Greatest Screen
http://www.hammerdog.com/twgs/index.html
The Haunting of Larvick Island
http://www.thickskulladventures.com/products/haunting-of-larvik-island-dccrpg/
Dispatches From Kickassistan
http://fromkickassistan.blogspot.com
Episode 8: The Grumpy Grognard Challenge
10 augusti 2013 |
102 min
This week on Spellburn, we invited a bonafide Dungeon Crawl Classics neophyte to the show to share his reviews, rants, and reservations about our favorite system. You know we love this game – we’re doing a podcast about it – but what about everyone’s favorite grumpy grognard from two of our sister podcasts, Save or Die! and THAC0’s Hammer? By special arrangement with Wild Games Productions and Mrs. Hallstrom, join our judges in welcoming our special guest for this episode, Glamorous Glen Hallstrom! Glen will share his new-to-the-sytem reviews, rants, and raves, as well as take a short trip through the character funnel live on-the-air.
Also – we announce the winner of the “Name That Stroh” contest!
Links mentioned in this episode:
Save or Die! podcast – http://saveordie.info
THAC0’s Hammer – http://thacoshammer.info
Alternate Occupations for DCC RPG – http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/104218/Alternate-Occupations?
“Name That Stroh” Contest
30 juli 2013 |
min
If you listened to this week’s episode of Spellburn then you already learned that Joseph Goodman’s nickname is “The Dark Master”. Alas, poor Harley Stroh, Goodman Games’ most prolific writer, lamented on air that he has no pet name. He has thrown himself upon the mercy of our listeners to give him one. So we’re running a contest to “Name That Stroh!”
Here’s how to enter:
1.) Post a comment on this page with a spiffy new moniker for Harley between 7/31/2013 and 8/6/2013. Make sure to post with your own name or handle. If you need some inspiration, we posted the friendliest picture we could find of Harley above.
2.) The triumvirate of Spellburn judges will whittle the entries down to the top 5 finalists.
3.) The winner will be determined DCC-style – with a Zocchi die roll – live on episode 8 of Spellburn.
Winning Entry
The winner gets bragging rights and more. Harley will wear a shirt at Gencon 2013 emblazoned with the new sobriquet, and will quite possibly never live down the appellation.
Good Luck!
Episode 7: Invoke Harley Stroh
28 juli 2013 |
73 min
Welcome to our best episode yet, with genial game writer and gentleman grognard Harley Stroh. Harley has written over 40 adventures for Goodman Games, including the some of the most infamous, like Sailors on the Starless Sea, Blades Against Death, and Colossus Arise! Join us as Harley discusses his passions and projects, and shares some tips and tricks for aspiring game designers and Judges.
Links mentioned in this episode:
• Recover the Body Table: http://myotherswordisvorpal.blogspot.com/2013/07/body-recovery-in-dcc.html
• Angels, Daemons, And Beings Between: RPGNow
• “How To Write Adventures That Don’t Suck”: http://www.goodman-games.com/downloads/HowToWriteAdventuresThatDontSuck.pdf
Episode 6: Mighty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap
16 juli 2013 |
81 min
This week on Spellburn we’re jumping straight to the front of the marching order to spotlight warriors and dwarves. In the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG, these two fighter classes aren’t your typical hack-and-slash, one-trick war-ponies. Between Mighty Deeds of Arms and improved critical hit ranges, there’s just the right amount of skull-crushing style to make these two character classes entertaining to play level after level.
Links mentioned in this episode:
• Mighty Deeds of Arms Record Sheet: Mighty-Deed-of-Arms-Record.pdf
Episode 5: A Mercurial Magic System
9 juli 2013 |
78 min
This week on Spellburn we take a look at wizard magic! Described by some as a set of rules that out-Vancian the Vancian Magic System, we’ll take you through the entire system with some live-play examples. From spellchecks to mercurial magic effects to spell corruption to patrons, we’ll find out what happens to those who dare dabble in the dangerous and wildly unpredictable arcane arts in the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG.
Links mentioned in this episode:
Pros and Cons Podcast – http://prosandconspodcast.blogspot.com
Marvin the Mage – http://www.mudpuppycomics.com
Glitter Wizard – http://glitterwizard.bandcamp.com
Episode 4: Mighty 3rd Party Deeds
2 juli 2013 |
73 min
This week on Spellburn we take a look at 3rd party publishers and the products that have been released for the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG. For a system only a year-and-a-hald old, there is already an enormous assemblage of efficacious adventures, supplements, and tools for use with DCC RPG – many of them free to download and use! From dungeons to patrons to alternate occupations and more, we cut a wide swath through it all in this episode.
Links mentioned in this episode:
• Goodman Games DCC RPG character sheets http://www.goodman-games.com/dccsheet.html
• Character Generators and Crawlers Companion app http://purplesorcerer.com/tools.htm
• DCC Reference Sheets from People Them With Monsters https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2qlP_VOf718UDVRSExzVzJMTzg/edit?usp=sharing
• Alternate Occupations http://www.rpgnow.com/product/104218/Alternate-Occupations
• Angels, Patrons, and Beings Between: http://www.rpgnow.com/product/109995/Angels%2C-Daemons%2C-and-Beings-Between
• Brave Halfling Publishing http://bravehalfling.com/
• Purple Duck Games http://purpleduckgames.blogspot.com/
• Judge’s Mat: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BxbGgqzkrLFQOUhlZ0Z2ajllNms/edit
Episode 3: Invoke Michael Curtis
26 juni 2013 |
67 min
This week our party’s wizard burned his Strength, Agility, and Stamina down to 1 to max out his Invoke Patron check and ended up rolling a natural 20. A portal opened to the Plane of Looming Deadlines and out stepped out the indefatigable Michael Curtis. Michael is the author of several DCC RPG adventures and a contributing writer for the DCC RPG core rulebook. He also penned the award-winning “Dungeon Alphabet” and “Stonehell Dungeon,” a classic-style megadungeon.
Links mentioned in this episode:
• The Society of Torch, Pole, and Rope: http://poleandrope.blogspot.com/
• Dungeon Crawl Classics #77.5 “The Tower Out of Time”: http://goodmangames.com/50775preview.html
• The Dungeon Alphabet: http://www.goodman-games.com/4385preview.html
• Stonehell Dungeon: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/poleandrope
Episode 2: Welcome to the Funnel
17 juni 2013 |
min
This week on Spellburn we take a look at one of the system’s distinguishing features, the character funnel, in which many level zero peasants will meet their untimely demise. But with some luck, pluck, and and a few blows well-struck, a select few will gain the first glorious level of experience and become true dungeon-crawling adventurers.
Links mentioned in this episode:
• Into the Demon Idol: http://www.metagamemastery.com/2013/05/01/one-page-dungeon-2013/
• Sailors on the Starless Sea: http://www.goodman-games.com/5066preview.html
• High Quality Role Playing: http://www.tao-games.com/?p=29
• Attack of the Frawgs: http://www.thickskulladventures.com/products/attack-of-the-frawgs/
• Perils of the Sunken City: http://www.purplesorcerer.com/sc1.htm
• The Ooze Pits of Jonas Gralk: http://www.purplesorcerer.com/sc2.htm
• A Gathering of the Marked: http://www.purplesorcerer.com/sc3.htm
Episode 1: Intro to DCC RPG
10 juni 2013 |
56 min
Welcome to Spellburn, a new podcast about the Dungeon Crawl Classics Role Playing Game. In this premier episode, your dungeon-crawling hosts, Jim, Jobe and Jeffrey, introduce themselves, take you on a brief tour of the new role playing game, and offer advice to players and judges alike on how to get started with the Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG.
Links mentioned in this episode:
• DCC RPG Forum: http://www.goodman-games.com/forums/
• Purple Sorcerer Game’s Free DCC apps: http://purplesorcerer.com/tools.htm
• Purple Duck Games: http://purpleduckgames.blogspot.com
• Character Sheets and Ref Sheets: http://peoplethemwithmonsters.blogspot.com/p/dcc-rpg-resources.html
• Crawl! fanzine: http://crawlfanzine.blogspot.com
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