Discussions on the topics of old school role-playing, life after children, finding your creative groove again, organizing the game, and other stuff that comes up.
Join me, and our intrepid adventure Tofer as he enters the Bleak Swamp to explore the ruins of Al-Bez. Solo play using Osseous & GMER; talk about Midderlands, The Last Kingdom
What's been going on. Osseous, GMER, Fighting Fantasy, and I finally dig into the Midderlands!!
In this episode we take a look at Osseous, a small rules light game released by Free Thrall, and the solo game master emulator called GMER by Ray Otis.
Today we will take a few call-ins as well as discuss a little bit more in detail the Mythic Game Master Emulator.
Dash, Troysk, and a small crew entered the Zeppelin to try to stop the Nazi bombing run.
Will Dash in his Venusian compatriots managed to board the Nazi Zeppelin? Or will all of them plummet to the Venetian surface and to their death?!?
This episode I explore using a variety of random things and my own Arneson Gaming to create a character and set up the scene for the next adventure! Join Dash Bentley as he tries to stop the Nazis from launching their attack on the British stronghold on Venus!
Part two in our continuing quest inside the stone giants stomach in search of the Lost Tome of Chris. Follow along as we test out the fighting fantasy rules.
I realized the other day that the name of my podcast is Matt Random and I'm hardly ever random, so let's get random! Solo play using Fighting Fantasy!
In which I ramble on about a particular game while discussing my very narrow viewpoint of fantasy and reasons, I think, behind those thoughts.
Call ins are played, replies are exposed, and I'm talk a little bit about an idea
A few more call ins with my replies and a little bit of a discussion on my history in
In which I play a bunch of the Collins I received and have a little bit more discussion about arneson in the early days of gaming.
In this episode I tackle a question that has been spinning in my brain over the last weekend.
In which I talk about another crazy idea I have with a refereed game of Risk.
I ramble on about my new game that I've written up that is based on an interpretation of Dave Arneson's game that sat between Braunstien and the release of D&D, also mention the possible game box set that Ray, Mark, Norbert and I are working on
What's been going on, the reason I have not been podcasting, and Dinky Dungeons.
More of the on-going discussion regarding my hatred of 5e. Yep, despite all of you telling me it's awesome, I still know deep down, it sucks. ;-)
In which I publish a crybabies call in because I got tired of hearing him cry about why I had not done so. Hopefully I have finished up with a discussion on BX... but I doubt it.
Wherein we discuss the dumb BX progression system, compared to the smooth progression presented in OD&D or WhiteBox.
Wherein we listen to 3 call ins regarding my straightforward discussion of 5e and become enlightened with Jason's eloquent reasons why he dislikes 5e.
NSFW I talk about 5e... and curse more than a few times. This is all Colin's fault.
Say It isn't so! I take a quick look at something that's been bothering me and dancing around the back of my head about B/X for months! Tell me I'm wrong!
Spikepit gives me a call in with his thoughts on the black hat game I am running where he is a player.
The excellent Ray Otus calls in with some additional (and better) thoughts on gaming when the GM gets no dice.
In which I reply to a Colin from James Shields and discuss what I see as player responsibility and player prep for a game.
I discuss why I feel The Black Hack is conducive to easy prep and easy GMing.
Just a quick update as to why I haven't been podcasting, what I've been doing, and why I still love The Black Hack
I take a look at the Hirelings & Retainers rules in the Black Hack, and I get a call-in from my favorite person on the internet.
I take a look at two rules in The Black Hack, and one call-in.
I take a look at my initial thoughts, why I did not run this game before, and why I really ended up enjoying and liking the game after running two sessions with it.
I play a couple call-ins and discuss, finishing up my talk about players prep for the game compared to what the GM does.
I respond to about half of calI-ins I received....and almost keep it under six minutes.
Wherein I already fail to keep it short....I reply to a few call-ins we had about the last episode and then I make a statement about gamemaster versus player buy-in at the table. Do players invest in the games their friends are running for them? I say no, prove me wrong.
Quick thoughts on race in games and the mechanical benefits. Do we really need them?
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