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Jason Hobbs gathers several friends to chat about Role-Playing Games. OSR or not, Hobbs moderates conversation, interviews guests and generally talks Role-Playing Games and the discussion around them . Get your gaming on for 40 minutes and leave feeling like you're welcome in Mr Hobbs Gamerhood.

Hobbs and Friends of the OSR


    • Dec 15, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 44m AVG DURATION
    • 16 EPISODES


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    #74 Levi Combs

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 58:22


    Welcome, Hobbsgoblins to another, long-awaited episode of Hobbs & Friends! In this episode, we have Levi Combs joining us to discuss what is gonzo and what is weird fantasy. We also get into the quality of the writing in RPGs…

    #73 Ryan Thompson

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2022 43:36


    Welcome, Hobbsgoblins to another, long-awaited episode of Hobbs & Friends! In this episode, we have Ryan Thompson joining us to discuss which is more accurate, monsters inspire the art or art inspires the monster. We talk about our favorite monster…

    #72 Wrapping a Campaign

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2022 50:13


    Welcome Hobbsgoblins to another, long-awaited episode of Hobbs & Friends! In this episode of Hobbs & Friends, I bring on the band of players for our Low Fantasy Gaming campaign, The Lost Lake. You can catch all the Actual Play…

    #71 J-M DeFoggi

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2021 42:35


    Welcome Hobbsgoblins to another, long-awaited episode of Hobbs & Friends! In this episode the author of Jackals, J-M DeFoggi shows up at the Gamerhood and talks about his projects and the concept of pairing system and setting as well as…

    #70 Arlen Walker

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021 45:31


    Welcome my Hobbsgoblins to another episode of HNF! This episode we’ve got Arlen Walker gracing Gamerhood Studios! He’s got his own podcast, Live From Pellam’s Wasteland and this episode we meet him and do a teaser of our new podcast…

    #69 Zach Wolf

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2021 40:38


    Welcome my Hobbsgoblins to another episode of HNF! I happily welcome Zach Wolf to Gamerhoods Studio for episode #69. We have a blast getting to know each other and talk about his awesome product from Zinequest #2, The Evils of…

    #68 Edwin Nagy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2020 44:16


    Welcome my Hobbsgoblins to another episode of HNF! This episode Edwin Nagy is back! This time we’re talking about what it takes to make a good conv… …translation of Swords & Wizardry product to 5e. Edwin is a really smart…

    #67 Rob Conely

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 42:07


    Welcome my Hobbsgoblins to another episode of HNF! This episode we’re joined by a grognard of epic proportions. He has some great stories about the Wilderlands and his BLOG, Bat in the Attic. Copywriting Points of Light and working through…

    #66 Andy Staples

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020 46:23


    Hobbsgoblins rejoice!!! Four straight weeks of HNF episodes! This time we have co-designer of Chivalry & Sorcery 5th Edition guesting on the show all the way from Dubai. He has some great ideas on a menagerie of topics and wonderful…

    #65 Kevin Madison

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2020 52:36


    Hello Hobbsgoblins! Another fine episode in under the wire of July. This time Kevin Madison of Dungeon Muser YouTube is here talking about streaming games and considerations of Rime of the Ice Maiden. We also discuss the proliferation of reworking…

    #64 Mark Hunt

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2020 35:10


    Hello Hobbsgoblins! As some of you may be aware, my editor had to step down for now. It is a troubled heart that led to asking for someone to take up the mantle and they did! Now that is out…

    #63 Tim Shorts

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2020 41:25


    Hello Hobbsgoblins! This episode took a little longer in post-production but the glut of content in April burned out the Gamerhood a bit in May. But, without further ado allow me to introduce Gothridge Manor himself in an enjoyable and…

    #62 Stephen Grodzicki

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2020 46:10


    Hello Hobbsgoblins! I’m very excited and proud to have Steve on HNF #62! He is the man behind Pickpocket Press and his flagship game, Low Fantasy Gaming. We talk about what makes LFG special and get into some nitty-gritty details.…

    #61 Erik Jensen

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2020 37:13


    Hello Hobbsgoblins! Welcome to episode #61 with Erik Jensen of Wampus Country BLOG. We discuss his blog, his recent Kickstarter, and that ephemeral description of Whimsy and how it is different from Gonzo (and comedy). If you enjoy this trip…

    #60 Michael Shorten

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2020 43:20


    Hello Hobbsgoblins! Welcome to episode #60 with Michael “CHGOWIZ” Shorten. We have a great conversation concerning his long history with the old school scene and his impact and contributions. I wanted to talk specifically about his 3 Hex Campaign Starter.…

    #59 Thaddeus Moore

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2020 42:53


    Hello Hobbsgoblins! Welcome to episode #59 with Thaddeus “Patches” Moore. We have a great conversation learning about Thaddeus and then deep dive into using different types of rules to differentiate weapon choices to add some player agency in that aspect…

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