Glowburn-Mutant Crawl Classics RPG

Join the judges as they explore what high-level play in MCC feels like, and what advice they have for playing and judging at higher levels of play.

The bunker hosts a new guest Judge, Tristan Mohs, as the team discusses the recently announced Radiation Crawl Classics.

DCC has had them. Lankhmar had one. Even Xcrawl got one. Now it's MCC's turn. Join the judges as they pitch an idea for a wild MCC team tournament! Will the Dark Master be pleased? Listen and decide for yourself!

What makes for a good module for the home game or the convention game? The Judges ask that very question from the safety of the bunker, and along the way dredge up the terrible evil of agreement and sometimes disagreement. Also, they answer some mail.

Judges James and Marc discuss the most terrible of tasks: making pregens. Specifically what makes for good pregens for one-offs and convention games.

The Judges hunker down to avoid a fresh sonic barrage from the dread Empire of Fax! In the meantime, they decode some new voices of the ancients and get up to their usual tomfoolery.

Join the judges for a rambling discussion of all things game-able. Discussions of MCC, Dune, and a bunch of listener questions are wrapped in a truly chaotic episode! Originally recorded live in front of a studio audience and on YouTube.

Special guest Stephen Newton joins the judges in the bunker to discuss his latest MCC adventure for Goodman Games. Explore the inspiration of and the ideas within the mysterious Omnivery of Eden.

Join the judges as they dis*&^%$#^ TRANSMISSION ERROR Secure radiotropic coordinates XF65 x WZ98 and resend. TRANSMISSION ERROR Disregard all non-verified broadcasts.

Join the Judges as they have a new year's discussion about Glowburn's new mandate: science fantasy. Learn how we define the genre and how we think it will interact with DCC & MCC and Glowburn's future!

Come down into the shelter as the Judges welcome guest James Pozenel to discuss his book Enchiridion of the Computarchs. Listen in as they discuss how cyber-wizards and programmer-shamen use the technology of the digital world to edit the real.

Judge Marc & Judge James emerge from their secret underground bunker to relaunch the Glowburn podcast after a real-world apocalypse inducing shelter in place. But mutations are in the air, as the show begins to metamorphosize into a new and improved strain tackling not only MCC but Empire of the East, Dying Earth, and science fantasy DCC.

Reid san Filippo joins the Judges from deep in the bunker to discuss the weird world of Umerica, his current projects, and how to use Umerica and MCC together ... and then things get weird as the Judges subject two humble creatures to the mutagenic effects of Reid's latest project. Join us to find out the horrific results!

Terra AD's jolliest holiday is here at last! Join the judges for the Feast of the Mutagenesis and exchange radioactive gifts with the mutants in your life.

The shelter has a guest today as the judges speak with MCC author and creator Jim Wampler to discuss his latest Kickstarter campaign "Fight This Mutant."

Judge's James and Marc dive to the bottom of the post post-apocalyptic post box and come up with a load of listener mail. Join the judges for an hour dedicated to the Voices of the Ancient Ones!

It's that most terrible time of year, the period after GenCon! Join Judges James and Marc, as well as an undefined number of con-crud viruses for a highlight, filled discussion about GenCon 2019!

After the mysterious events of the lost episode, the judges are once more joined by guest Judge Reid San Filippo. Listen along as they try to decipher the mystery of hex-based maps and how to crawl through them.

A powerful artifact has allowed the Judges access to a strange alternate dimension where the world is falling to dark forces of magic and corruption. Our guide through this weird western realm is David Baity as we discuss his forthcoming Dark Trails RPG ...

At long last, the Judge's discuss the Appendix N novel Hiero's Journey with hilariously mixed results! We look at another round of devilish mutagenii... mutagenisises... anyways, and a Glowburn host makes a big announcement.

My god, it's full of ... Star Crawl! Join us and special guest Jonathan Snodgrass to discuss his MCC compatible Star Crawl and Vehicle Mayhem books.

The judges find another survivor of the Great Disaster in the wastelands and bring him into the shelter to talk about the available MCC modules. As spoiler free as possible we discuss our experiences with the first wave of Goodman Games and 3rd party adventures with our guest Mr Michael Bolam.

Join the judges as they delve to the very bottom of the mountain of Betamax, laserdisc, facsimile, and other Voices of the Ancient Ones for an entire episode focused on reading and answering your questions and correspondence!

Join the Judges for a discussion on how they use the music, books, comics, and movies from Appendix M (and beyond) as inspiration to write, prep for, and even run Mutant Crawl Classics and Umerica.

Sharpen your claws and spread your branches as the Judges dive deep into the final two Classes and review the Manimals and Plantients of Terra AD.

Glowburn mutates into its ultimate form! Join all three Judges, Forrest, James, and Marc, for a review of the Mutant class and the mutations mechanic. Find out what we think of the weirdest character class this side of DCC!

You can't have a post-apocalypse without a little global apocalypse first. Join hosts, Judge James, and new co-co-host Judge Marc, as they brace for impending doom and discuss how the world ended to get us here in the first place.

Judge James and Judge Forrest are joined by Judge Marc Plourde. Of course, this means another extra long Mutagenesis and an extra long episode! Join us for our deep dive on the Healer and Shaman classes. Wander the wastelands with us a while!

Join Judge James and Judge Forrest as they dissect the Sentinel and Rover Pure Strain Human classes - well, not literally. It's more of an examination than a dissection. Though - trigger warning - Judge James does briefly talk about cannibalism. And "furburning," which is gross, yet fascinating. Judge Forrest dons his tinfoil helmet to try to fend off these horrifying thoughts. 

Judge Forrest and Judge James are joined by two very, very special guests in this, Glowburn's 12th episode. We explore character generation and offer twice the fun of the Mutagenesis! More rads than you can absorb in one episode and still remain un-mutated!

Judge Forrest and Judge James dig deeper under the irradiated skin of Terra A.D. to continue their exploration of the Mutant Crawl Classics Core Rulebook!

Judge James and Judge Forrest muse and meander on the mutant madness of their thoughts and first impressions on the initial PDF release of the Mutant Crawl Classics core rulebook. Wander the wastelands with us as we scout out the first official rules release!

Who is that cloaked man on the horizon with smoke rings ascending from his bizarre artifact-pipe? What seer of Terra A.D., what great observer and cataloger of its mysteries, has entered our midst? This man might change our perception of the Post-Great Disaster world forever! Welcome, Judge Jim Wampler! 

Who is our mysterious visitor to Glowburn HQ? Why is he here? What will we talk about? Mysteries. So many mysteries. Join us as we investigate the post-apocalypse. Wait. Did you hear that? What was that moving behind the control panel? Let's check it out. I mean, you go check it out. I'll wait here and watch the monitors and let you know if anything comes your way. I promise.

Judge James is exposed to the wonder of Wizards, while Judge Forrest is schooled in the ways of Dark Sun as Glowburn HQ echoes with the sound of post-apocalyptic fantasy and fantastical post-apocalypses ... apocalypti ... apocalypsees ... Also, a recounting of Garycon and more mutagenesis ... mutagenesises ... mutagenesi ... Opening and closing theme song is Juno by Chronox.

Judge Forrest and Judge James speak AT LENGTH with Judge Brendan LaSalle about MCC, X-crawl, running, writing, and playing games. Blade Runner weaponry and the Hofstader Cube feature in Mutagenesis, while Judge Brendan creates some cool stuff on the fly. Hear the man in action! Then run, run as fast as you can, running man!

Like purple Zeeth grass blooming after a nuclear winter, Glowburn is back! This time, our Great Disaster centers on our robot masters . . . er, robot servants! There are changes in the HQ bunker, discussions of topics as varied as robot PC campaigns and Van Hagar, and of course, voices of the Ancient Ones (for real!). Mutagenesis highlights include a non-lethal, but very annoying robot for suppressing mutant uprisings and pointers on reskins for the character classes you already know and love. Opening and closing theme song is Juno by Chronox.

Please fasten your seatbelts at this time and stow any and all artifacts or adventuring equipment underneath your seat or in the overhead compartments: In this episode, we are taking off with the Starship Warden to explore Metamorphosis Alpha. Judge Forrest recounts Gameholecon and we hear an actual voice of the Ancient Ones! Judge Bill and Judge Forrest then unleash an unintentionally horrific pair of artifacts on Terra A.D. Opening and closing theme song is Juno by Chronox.

In this episode of Glowburn, Judge Bill and Judge Forrest discuss Archaic/Cryptic Alliances and its comparison to alignments.  We list some interesting Alliances and discuss how to use these in one-shot and campaign games.  Judge Bill serves up some Roll20 tips and Judge Forrest shares more of his MCC-DCC-Gamma World hybrid urban crawl campaign.  For a listener, we debate recording some live play games when MCC is released.  Finally, we list the mutant RPG fun you can have at GaryCon in the Spring.  Download and listen to this show before Bill’s Universal Recyclers take it apart or Forrest’s Void Monks lobotomize it.  Opening and closing theme song is Juno by Chronox.

In this episode, we decide to go Crawling Under a Broken Moon. Mutagenesis: Judge Bill tries to  create a beast that thrives in the Pitch Black and Judge Forrest describes a living beneficial bio-artifact. Intro/Outro Song: Chronox:Voyager:Juno 

In this pilot episode of the podcast celebrating the upcoming Mutant Crawl Classics role-playing game, we discuss the Post-Apocalyptic genre in general.  Also: Introduction of your co-hosts, listener email, and other goodies like a tube of blue concentrate and the Mold Mother. Intro/Outro Song: Chronox:Voyager:Juno