Between Two Cairns

Yochai & Brad review Night of Blood by Jim Bambra, and answer some mailbag questions.

1:22 Bluesky

7:09 Mootsack #1 How do you handle PCs with differing alignments?

13:4 Mootsack #2 How are quantum trolls different from random tables?

19:11 “The Spectacle of Cinema”

26:15 Amazing Tales

30:31 Main Review

44:41 Deep Dive

Season 3, episode 17: Night of Blood

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli (aka skullboy) to review X3: (The) Curse of Xanathon by Douglas Niles in another Gamer Blast from the Past. Also we answer a mailbag question.

• What is a “Capital D” Dungeon?

05:52 Mootsack

13:28 Main Review

39:24 Deep Dive

Season 3, episode 16: X3: (The) Curse of Xanathon

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Yochai & Brad review six pamphlets from Stockholm Kartell, and answer a question from the mailbag.

• Mootsack: How do you make games in person happen?

06:18 Mootsack

20:21 Art Talk

24:28 Main Review

Season 3, episode 15: Stockholm Kartell Pamphlets

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Reynaldo Madriñian to review Bakto's Terrifying Cuisine by Giuliano Roverato, and answer a mailbag question.

• Mootsack: How do you handle playing with settings from cultures other than your own?

23:29 Mootsack

30:38 Module Overview

35:14 Art Talk

41:53 Main Review

Season 3, episode 14: Bakto's Terrifying Cuisine

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Yochai & Brad review Beyond the Silver Scream by Forrest Aguirre, and answer a mailbag question.

• Mootsack 1: Is there any interest revamping adventures?
• Mootsack 2: What are your tips on running a lunch hour game?

00:00 Intro

05:41 Mootsack

19:05 Main Review

20:18 What's the Module About?

22:52 Art Talk

25:30 Thoughts on the Module

32:37 Deep Dive

Season 3, episode 13: Beyond the Silver Scream

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Andrew Walter to review Many Gates of the Gann by Chaotic Henchmen Productions.

• See Andrew's "prop" for yourself!

00:00 Intro

23:04 Jack Vance

31:28 Main Review

34:51 What is this adventure about?

36:24 Art Talk

42:35 Individual Reviews

58:53 Deep Dive

1:25:34 Intimate Connections

1:30:03 Why aren't there more dungeons like this?

Season 3, episode 12: Many Gates of the Gann

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli (aka Skullboy) to review The Sunless Citadel by Bruce R. Cordell, and answer a mailbag question.

• Mootsack: How do you like to do crafting in an RPG?

00:00 Intro

11:48 Mootsack

22:00 Main Review

23:18 Historical Background

25:37 Art Talk

32:29 What is Adventure All About?

39:23 Content of the Module

54:51 DEEP DIVE

Season 3, episode 11: The Sunless Citadel

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Karl Stjernberg (aka Skullfungus) to review Bonepicker's Tower by WR Beatty, and answer a question from the mootsack.

~22:31 Mootsack

~31:36 Main Review

~37:47 Art

~59:26 Deep Dive

Season 3, episode 10: Bonepicker's Tower

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Yochai & Brad are joined by JP Coovert to review Cursed Scroll #1 by Kelsey Dionne.

Timestamps

~12:15 JP: Art, Comics, Monthly zines

~25:04 Main Review

~51:20: Deep Dive

Season 3, episode 9: Cursed Scroll #1

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Yochai & Brad review Secret Vault of the Windswept Island by Wonder Twin Harmony, and answer a mailbag question.

• Mootsack: How do you address "Commune with Animals" in your games?

~ 07:57 Mailbag

~14:34 Main Review

~20:32 Art Talk

~37:28 Deep Dive

Season 3, episode 8: Secret Vault of the Windswept Island

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli (aka Skullboy) to review C1: The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan by Harold Johnson, in another Gamer Blast From the Past! We also answer a mailbag question.

• Question: How do you feel about freeform vs vancian magic?

~7:24 Mailbag

~21:00 Main Review

~1:02:12 Deep Dive

Season 3, episode 7: The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan

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We review Crush Depth Apparition by Amanda Lee Franck, and review a answer question.

• How to balance adventures and encounters old school games?

~ 6:26 Mootsack

~ 19:12 Main review

~ 44:46 Deep Dive

Season 3, episode 6: Crush Depth Apparition

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Yochai & Brad review The Hand of God by Mike Knee, and answer a mailbag question.

• Mailbag: How do you balance parenting and adult responsibilities with creativity?

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Luke Stratton (aka Limithron) to review The Darkness over Nijmauwrgen from The Chaos Crier #0 by the Merry Mushmen.

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Yochai & Brad review Another Bug Hunt by Tuesday Knight Games, and answer a mailbag question.

• Mootsack: Do you listen to music during play?

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Yochai & Brad review Castle Elkenstone by Jacob Fleming, and answer a mailbag question.

• Mailbag: How has reviewing modules changed your playing and creating?

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Join Yochai, Brad, and Sam + special guest for our very first in person Gamer Blast from the Past! Recorded at Gen Con 2024, we discuss the 1987 Steve Perrin module Under Illefarn. 

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Amanda P to review Rotblack Sludge by Stockholm Kartell and answer a mailbag question.

•  How do you reconcile differences in play vs reading/reviewing a product?

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli (aka Skullboy) in another Gamer Blast from the Past to review N4: Treasure Hunt by Aaron Allston, and answer a mailbag question.

• Mailbag: How do you help players figure out what magic items do?

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Yochai & Brad review Metro Skate Blood Bath by Logan Dean & In the Face of Embarrassment by Eric K. Hill, and answer a mailbag question.

• What do you lose when you kill your darlings?

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Yochai & Brad review The Waking of Willowby Hall by Ben Milton, and answer a mailbag question.

• Mootsack: What do you think about metagaming?

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Josh McCrowell to review Halls of the Blood King by Diogo Nogueira, and answer a mailbag question.

• What sorts of real-world tools do you use to increase the pressure of play?

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Yochai & Brad answer a mailbag question, discuss a series of zines by You Can Breathe Now Games, and Brad's experience with Forbidden Lands.
Content Warning: Star Trek

• Question: What tools do you bring with you to the table?

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Yochai & Brad review Tide World of Mani by Silverarm Press, and answer a mailbag question.

• Mootsack Question: How do you end a campaign in an "OSR" way?

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Yochai & Brad review Willow by Lazy Litches Loot, and answer a question from the mailbag.

• Mailbag: Do you ever get analysis paralysis before choosing what to run?

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli aka Skullboy to review B10: Night's Dark Terror in another Gamer Blast from the Past. We also answer a mailbag question.

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Joseph R. Lewis to review Slumbering Ursine Dunes by Chris Kutalik, and answer a mailbag question.

• Mootsack: What other types of games do you play?

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Yochai & Brad answer a whole mess of of mailbag questions!

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Yochai & Brad review Sword of the Dragonslayer by Hellwinter Forge of Wonders, and answer a mailbag question.

• Do you listen to bumpers when recording? 
• Does you need to include mechanics in a module?
• Does system matter?
• What Brad does with stickers
• What Yochai does with stickers

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli aka Skullboy to review X1: The Isle of Dread by Tom Moldvay and David Cook in another Gamer Blast from the Past. We also answer a mailbag question.

• What do you all think about depth crawls?

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Ava Islam to review Sleeping Place of the Feathered Swine by Logan Knight, and answer a mailbag question.

• How do keep up with the scene, and how does it make you feel?

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Yochai & Brad review Whalgravaak’s Warehouse by Andrew Walter, and answer a mailbag question.

• Mootsack: How do you decide whether something you've written should be published?

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Yochai & Brad review The Valley of Flowers by Phantom Mill Press, and answer a mailbag question.

• This question was way too long to list here, just use the chapter markings!

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli aka Skullboy to review B4: The Lost City by Tom Moldvay, and answer a mailbag question.

• What can video games and TTRPGS learn from each other?

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Yochai, Brad & Sam try to review a classic module, but fail. This is the result.

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Nate Treme of Highland Paranormal Society to review Sacreblue by Tito B. A., and answer a mailbag question.

• Mailbag: Good OSR adventures for kids?

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Yochai & Brad review The Tomb of the Sea Kings by Lawson Bennett, and answer a mailbag question.

• Mootsack: What kind of games do you enjoy playing as a player, not a GM?

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Quinns to review Silent Titans by Patrick Stuart.

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Hexagnome to review Gone Fishin' & Seven Silver Spheres, and answer a mailbag question.

• Advice for new designers?
• A link to Gone Fishin' (permalink!)

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli aka Skullboy to review X2: Castle Amber by Tom Moldvay and answer a mailbag question.

• Question: isn't an OSR Syllabus a form of gatekeeping?

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Yochai and Brad review Beneath the Comet by North Wind Adventures, and answer a mootsack question.

• Question: What kind of prep do you do?

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Yochai & Brad review Gatehouse on Cormac's Crag by Dave Bezio, and answer two mailbag questions.

• Mailbag 1: What is Gonzo?
• Mailbag 2: Do you like superhero RPGs?

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Leo Hunt (Mr Vaults of Vaarn himself) to review Tomb Robbers of the Crystal Frontier by Gus L, and answer a mailbag question.

• Mailbag: What goes in your OSR Design Syllabus?

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli (aka Skullboy) in another Gamer Blast from the Past to review N3: Destiny of Kings, and answer a mailbag question.

• How do you balance critical thinking, secrets, and mystery?

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Yochai & Brad review The Necropolis of Nuromen by Justin Becker, and answer a mailbag question.

• Mootsack: How do you sort your physical zines/books?

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Yochai & Brad review Hidden Hand of the Horla by Appendix N Entertainment and answer two mailbag questions.

• What module have you run that exceeded your expectations from reading it?
• What should be done about the term "OSR"?

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Yochai & Brad review  Anomalous Subsurface Environment by Patrick Wetmore, and answer a mailbag question.

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Yochai & Brad answer a number of mailbag questions. 

Questions/Times:
5:15 How do you incorporate dreams and nightmares in your games?

8:20 What do you both think about the question of motivation in OSR style games, especially when money is the basis for xp?

15:34 Regarding diegetic play. What would you like to see in adventures, or what systems do you think could help support this style of play?

30:30 You’ve got to run a game for your family and some family friends, mix of ages of brand new players, 40 down to 7. What game are you reaching for and what sort of adventure you running?

38:12 Looking back at all the adventures you’ve reviewed, what genres, sub-genres, formats, locations, etc. do you think are currently underserved?

47:13 Drukk Nipples

48:07 Any interest in covering one page adventures?

54:51 Favorite modules/settings/adventures with emphasis on interesting faction play? And what makes good/interesting/fun factions in a dungeon or larger area?

59:20 How to approach converting linear material to more sandboxy use? And do you have any tips for running city-based games?

1:03:15 What's a game/adventure that you started reading this year and you bounced off of? How do you know when something isn't for you?

1:08:25 What is the difference between a set of comprehensive house-rules, and a hack?

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli aka Skullboy to review Beyond the Crystal Cave by Dave J. Browne, Tom Kirby, and Graeme Morris, and answer a mailbag question.

Mailbag Question:

• If a module were just the location descriptions and nothing else, what is the one other addition that you just simply could not do without?
  
  

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Yochai & Brad review Jewels of the Carnifex by Harley Stroh, and answer a mailbag question.

• Question: How do you deal with GM fatigue?

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Yochai & Brad review our favorite episodes from 2023, and discuss what we are looking forward to in 2024.

4min - Our favorite episodes of the year
8:45 - Favorite thing we've read for the show
13:35 - Best thing we haven't read yet
19min - What we're looking forward to
28:311 - Best things we've played this year

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Yochai & Brad review The Cleaning of Prison Station Echo by Magnum Galaxy Games, and answer a mailbag question.

• Question: How do introduce players to new rules?

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Yochai & Brad review Slate & Chalcedony by Melsonian Arts Council, and answer a question from the mailbag.

• Mailbag Question: Do you use sadness in your games?

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Amanda Lee Franck to review Reach of the Roach God by Centaur Games.

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Joel Hines of Silverarm (press) to review By the Light of the Whispering Flame by Aaron Hedegaard, and answer a mailbag "question."

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Yochai & Brad review The Bloodship Returns by Dirk Leichty, and answer a mailbag question.

• Mailbag: Are non-linear dungeons really the end all, be all?

2:25 Mailbag
11:40 Kids say the darndest things
14:45 Main Review

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli aka Skullboy in another Gamer Blast from the Past to review The Caverns of Thracia by Jennell Jaquays.

PLEASE SUPPORT JENNELL ON GOFUNDME!

• Check out Michael Bacon & co's "terse" version of TCoT here

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Yochai & Brad review Nightmare Over Ragged Hollow by Joseph R. Lewis, and answer a mailbag question.

• Mailbag Question: What is the divide between Story Games and the OSR?

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Yochai & Brad are joined by special guest Amanda P. to review You Got a Job on the Garbage Barge by Amanda Lee Franck, and answer a mailbag question.

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Yochai & Brad review Through the Valley of the Manticore by Jacob Fleming, and respond to a mailbag question.

2:46 Child labor
4:40 Mailbag
17:42 Main Review
36:00 Deep Dive

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Andrew Walter to review The Hyqeous Vaults by The Hyqeous Vaults Creation Team!

3:04: How do you describe your art?
7:02: Latest Troika! adventure
12:04 Slipgate Chokepoint
21:25 Frank & Comics Delta
25:31 Maxims of the OSR
32:15 Main Review
50:38 Deep Dive

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli aka Skullboy in another Gamer Blast from the Past to review N1: Against the Cult of the Reptile God, and answer a mailbag question.

• Mailbag: What do you think of Gold for XP?

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Yochai & Brad are joined by W.F. Smith from Prismatic Wasteland to review Secret of the Black Crag by Chance Dudinack.

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Kelsey Dionne of The Arcane Library to review Gradient Descent by Luke Gearing.

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Yochai & Brad review Mortzengersturm, The Mad Manticore of the Prismatic Peak by Trey Causey, and answer a mailbag question.

• Mailbag Question: How do keep track of what happens during a session?

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Yochai & Brad answer a mailbag question, discuss the nature of settings, and share a few of their favorites.

Question: How do you engage with violence in RPGs?

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Yochai & Brad are once again joined by Sam Mameli (aka Skullboy) for another Gamer Blast from the Past! We review DL1: Dragons of Despair, and ask Sam about his RPG history.

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Yochai & Brad review Unicorn Meat by Dan D, and answer a mailbag question.

• Question:  What is your favorite non-dungeon module?

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Yochai & Brad review Broken Heart of the Castle by Cloud Curio, and answer some mailbag questions.

• What do you think about web-based tools?
• What makes a good social hub?

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To mark our year of podcasting, Yochai & Brad review Kavlov's Sanctuary by  Jean Luc Lariviere-Lacombe, and answer a whole heap of questions regarding the show!

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Chris McDowall to review The Bureau by Josh Domanski and Goblin Archives, and answer a mailbag question.

• Question: What makes a good non-combat encounter?

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In another entry in our Gamer Blasts from the Past, Brad & Yochai are joined by Sam Mameli (aka Skullboy) to review G1-3 Against the Giants, and answer a question from the mailbag.

• Question: How do you whether to write more, or less?

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Yochai & Brad review The Queen of Elfland's Son by Michael Curtis, and answer a mailbag question.

• Should we review/consider blog adventures  as well?

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Yochai & Brad review Bottomless Pit of Zorth by G. Hawkins, and answer a question from the mootsack.

• Question: Tips and tricks on navigating the ttrpg scene on Discord?

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Yochai & Brad review Holy Mountain Shaker by Luka Rejec, and answer a question from the mailbag.

• Question: Thoughts on Dungeon Synth?

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Yochai & Brad are joined by special guest Directsun to discuss Arnold Kemp's Lair of the Lamb, and answer a mailbag question.

• Mailbag: Do you look to other modules or similar media for inspiration?

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Yochai & Brad review Date of Expiration by Graphite Prime, and answer a letter from the mailbag.

• Question: How do you playtest?

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Yochai & Brad review Mission Excalibur (print version here) by Seann McAnally, and answer a mailbag question. 

• Mailbag: What material should be in a sandbox setting?

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Yochai & Brad spend an entire show reading letters from the mailbag.

Questions answered:

• What do your home games look like?
• What system are you using, what houserules or hacks?
• Biggest delta between impression and actual reading/playing?
• Staple, perfect, ring...?
• How do you prefer to play games? Is it different from how you prefer to run games?
• How do you organize important information?
• What methods do you use to make sure quieter players aren't overshadowed?
• Do you have any techniques for melding together two different settings?
• What is something about your GMing that you wish to (or is trying to) improve?
• Is there a system (osr or non-osr) you'd like to run/try to run but haven't had the chance to yet?
• How do you feel about monthly in/yearly challenges, and game jams?
• What is your favorite way to introduce a new pc after a death?
• What is your favorite type of jam? Or do you prefer jellies, perhaps a preservative? 
• How to avoid bottlenecking in designing an adventure?
• What prompted you to start a podcast? And do you ever consider changing the format or focus of the show?
• What is your favorite thing that you have written?
• So what are your favorite storygames or systems that don’t fall within the spectrum of traditional western fantasy?
• How does one to reduce lethality without numbing the thrill of danger and discovery inherent in old school style play? 
• Help: too many players!

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli (aka Skullboy) to review the classic adventure White Plume Mountain by Lawrence Schick. 

• Question: What small RPGs or adventures would you give out?

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Yochai & Brad are joined by guest Leo Hunt (of Vaults of Vaarn fame) to review two pamphlet adventures: Extraction From Demon-F***ked Cleveland 1996 by Logan Dean & The Chair by Zach Hazard Vaupen.

Parental advisory: this episode contains foul language.

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Yochai & Brad review Fronds of Benevolence by Andrew Walter, and answer some mailbag questions.

• Question 1: Advice on running an open table?
• Question 2: How do you narrate combat?
• Tire Guys

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Yochai & Brad review The Spire of Iron and Crystal by Matt Finch, and answer some mailbag questions.

• Mailbag 1: What do we think about crowdfunding and ttrpgs?
• Mailbag 2: What modules have good endings?

00:09:01 Mailbag: What do you think about crowdfunding and RPGs?
00:16:36 Mailbag: What modules have good endings?
00:26:05 Main Review
00:44:47 Deep Dive

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli aka Skullboy for our inaugural Gamer Blasts From The Past, where we review the "1981" module Palace of the Silver Princess by Jean Wells. 

• Question: What settings do you wish were more popular?
• Skullboy's Your Princess Is In Another Castle

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Yochai & Brad review Cold Wind Whispering by Markus Linderum, and answer a three-part question from Gus L.

Questions:

1. When you use someone else's adventure at your table - what do you look for?
2. Best adventure about pyramids?
3. What would it take to write a good adventure about Orcs in a hole?

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Yochai & Brad review Sepulchre of Dusk by Cutter Mountain Simulations.

• Question 1: What are your writing habits?
• Question 2: What do you think of the ORC license?
• Question 3: Do rules define what an RPG is about?
• Question 4: Will we see a return to "physicality" in game design?

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Yochai & Brad review Shadow of the Beakmen by Harley Stroh, and answer a question from the mailbag.

• Mailbag: How do you choose a module to review/run?
• Hereticwerks Collections on Itch

00:00:50 Mailbag: How do you choose a module?
00:14:00 Mailbag: How do you organize your PDFs?
00:20:53 Main Review (Deep Dive only!)
 

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Yochai & Brad review Monkey Murder Manor by Ripley Caldwell, and answer some questions from the mailbag.

• Question 1: How do you make puzzles "good"?
• Question 2:  Do you get tired of running modules more than once?
• Soviet Ants

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Yochai & Brad review Dogtooth Valley by Nate Treme (aka Highland Paranormal Society) and answer THREE questions from the mailbag. 

• Question 1:  How involved do you like to get when making characters, or when others make characters in games you GM?
• Question 2:  When you run a campaign, how do YOU end it? And what (if any)  kind of procedures or guidance do you wish game texts would offer to help bring things to a close?
• Questions 3: How do we help people unlearn whatever they think they know from the latest edition of D&D? Or do we even need to?
  
  

02:20 Mailbag 1
12:10 Mailbag 2
21:05 Mailbag 3
29:10 Main Review

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli (aka skullboy) to review The Isle of the Plangent Mage by Donn Stroud.

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Yochai & Brad review Magical Murder Mansion by Skerples, and answer a question from the mailbag.

• Mailbag: What makes a good RPG gift?

00:38 Mailbag
15:15 Main Review
41:29 Deep Dive

 

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Yochai & Brad review The Frost Spire by Jacob Hurst, and answer a question from the mailbag.

• Mailbag: Do you take notes about what voices or mannerisms an NPC has?

0:27 Mailbag 
12:02 Main Review
19:47 Deep Dive

Note: Apparently one of the guys from Blackalicious died, We didn't know that. RIP.

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Yochai & Brad do another Show & Tell!

• Mailbag: How important are starter adventures?
• Brad: Old School & Cool Vol 3
• Yochai: Do Not Let Us Die in the Dark Night of this Cold Winter
• Yochai: Dialect

0:41 Mailbag
10:07 Show & Tell
11:24 Old School & Cool Vol 3
27:05 Do Not Let Us Die in the Dark Night of this Cold Winter
33:13 Dialect

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Yochai & Brad review The House Always Wins by Tim Obermueller, and answer a mailbag question.

• Mailbag question: How do you handle languages?
• Generating Languages with Mewo2

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On today's After Show Show, Yochai & Brad talk about their respective RPG backstories: their entry into the hobby and how it led them to where they are today.

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Yochai & Brad review Ominous Crypts of the Blood Moss by Ominous Crypt of the Blood Moss,  and answer a listener question.

Mailbag Question: 
Do you prefer system neutral, system-specific, or somewhere in between?

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Yochai & Brad answer two mailbag questions, and review two Mothership pamphlet adventures: Hideo's World & The Haunting of Ypsilon 14. 

01:20 Mailbag 1
17:30 Google+ was cool, actually
22:30 Mailbag 2
29:30 Main Review:Hideo's World
38:15 Main Review: The Haunting of Ypsilon 14

Fun links:

• A guide to playing by post
• The Haunting of Ypsilon 14 Computer Console

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Yochai & Brad and special guest Zedeck Siew review Vampire Cruise by Amanda Lee Franck.

01:08 Welcome Zedeck
37:44 Main Review + Deep Dive

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Yochai & Brad review Falkrest Abbey by Axian Spice, and answer a mailbag question from NonDairyGiant.

1:15 Mailbag
13:02 Main Review
24:44 Deep Dive

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Yochai & Brad review Operation Unfathomable by Hydra Cooperative, and answer a question from the mailbag.

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Yochai & Brad review Brewkessel by Kettlesberg Games, and answer a few questions from the audience.

0:37 Mailbag
18:20 Main Review
43:42 Deep Dive

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Yochai & Brad talk about their favorite RPG products from 2022, and what they're excited about in 2023.

• Downtime in Zyan
• Gig Economy
• Beasts of the Outer Swells
• The Book of Gaub
• The Toxic Wood
• Merry Mushmen (Knock/The Folklore Bestiary)
• Games Omnivorous (Haunted Almanac/Vaults of Vaarn/Hex & Screen/Mausritter Box Set)
• The Night Land: A Story Retold
• The Ramanan Sivaranjan Awards for Excellence
• 24xx
• So You Want To Run A Puzzle Dungeon

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Yochai & Brad review The Gnomes of Levnec by Zzarchov Kowolski and answer a whole bunch of mailbag questions.

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Yochai, Brad & special guest Sam Mameli (aka skullboy) review The Black Wyrm of Brandonsford by Chance Dudinack.

01:00 Smashing Pumpkins
03:03 Sam went to art school
07:15 Moebius had a daughter
10:10 Advice for young Sam
13:15 Twitter is not an interesting or cool place
19:25 How do you find artists?
22:47 Patreon stickers
26:50 Main Review (also Deep Dive)

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Yochai & Brad review The Beast of Borgenwold by Harry Menear, and answer a couple of mailbag questions.

MKBHD video on AI art.
A rad Jewish folktale you can read online.

0:25 Mailbag: Folktales
16:38 Mailbag: AI
27:58 Main Review
43:54 Deep Dive

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In a special after-show (show), Yochai and Brad share additional thoughts about Lorn Song of the Bachelor,  adventure design, player agency, and megadungeons.

Games: Agency As Art
Interview with C. Thi Nguyen
Stonehell

0:57 More Lorn
5:15 A System to Match the Setting
13:19 Completionism
13:57 Games: Agency as Art
16:40 Stonehell
20:00 Waiting

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Yochai and Brad review Lorn Song of the Bachelor by Zedeck Siew, and answer TWO mailbag questions.

0:25 Mailbag
18:54 Main Review

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Yochai and Brad review Elder Oak by Tuomas Vauhkonen, and answer a question from the ol' mailbag. 

00:30 Mailbag
12:36 Main Review
33:38 Deep Dive

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Yochai and Brad answer a mailbag question, then skip the review. Instead, they talk about unusual games they love.  Check out  Riverbend and The Indie Hack!

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Yochai and Brad review The Blackapple Brugh by Kyle Hettinger (free PDF here), and open up the ol' mailbag.  

00:00:50 Mailbag 1
00:09:24 Mailbag 2
00:17:49 Main Review
00:40:32 Deep Dive

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Chris (aka Directsun) to review The Mall by Goblin Archives.

01:45 Puzzle Dungeons
08:48 Main Review
21:12 Deep Dive

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Yochai and Brad review The Temple of the Blood Moth by Jacob Butcher, and answer a listener question.

0:37 Mailbag
16:15 Main Review
27:52 Deep Dive

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Yochai, Brad, and special guest Gus L.  review The Castle That Fell From The Sky by Steve Robertson. 

06:15 Trivia 
11:21 Main Review

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Yochai, Brad, and special guest Lex Mandrake review the first issue of DNGN by Singing Flame, and answer a listener question.

1:18 Listener Question
10:10 Main Review
36:53 Deep Dive

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Yochai and Brad review The House of the Hollow by Dylan Mangini, and answer a listener question.

00:00:30 Question from a listener
00:10:00 Main Review
00:19:23 Deep Dive

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Yochai & Brad review The Toxic Wood by Lazy Lich, and answer some listener questions. 

00:16 Listener Questions
12:12 Main Review: Summary
23:11 Main Review: Deep Dive   

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Yochai and Brad review Hexagnome's The Sepulchre of Seven, and answer a question from a listener.  The Sepulchre of Seven can be purchased from Lulu or downloaded as a free PDF.

0:47 Listener Questions
6:32  Main Review
22:39  Spoilers

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Yochai, Brad & special guest Amanda P. review Desert Moon of Karth by Joel Hines.

1:04 Main Review
28:39 Spoilers

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There is also a Jam going on until October 27th.

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Yochai & Brad review Super Blood Harvest by Dirk Leichty.

0:17 Main Review
28:07 Spoilers

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Yochai & Brad review Zed & Two Noughts + Tangled, two funnels by The Afterthought Committee, and discuss virtual tabletop software.

0:19 Virtual Tabletops
14:39 Main Review
34:54 Spoilers

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Yochai & Brad review The Isle by Luke Gearing, and talk a bit about Zinequest.

0:13 Zinequest! Zinequest?

5:10 Main Review

26:33 Spoilers

Get The Isle here.

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