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Randy from Biggus Geekus dropped in and the conversation went long -- so we HAD to release a Nano episode to fit it all in!  The chatter continues as RD, Kyle, Bert, and Randy talk about some video game themed cash grabs, er, cookbooks... that Bert stumbled upon!  What cuisines do YOU think the boys are partial to?   ----more---- Wretched Époque 2nd Edition is out!  Support the Red Room! ----more----   ----more---- Episode Sponsors and Affiliates: The Red Room: https://moordereht.com/ Register for Big Geek Con: https://tabletop.events/conventions/big-geek-con-2023 Shop Amazon and Support the Show: https://amzn.to/3djotja *We earn a small commission for each purchase at no additional cost to you!

Friend of the show Randy from Biggus Geekus sits in for the whole show, and the guys just shoot the breeze.  Everything from the current schism in our end of the hobby to milkshakes occupy the discussion.  Plus, evil, nasty talk, about the existence of "differences of opinion" and filthy 13th Age "story gamers" like Randy are among the banter.  We still like Randy, and he still likes us.  Go figure.  The show went long, so stay tuned for a follow-up Nano to be released this Saturday!     ----more---- The News: Waffle House, you had us at "smothered" The Last of Us Board Game Preorders are Up Cocaine.... Owlbear? Best Fast Food Milkshakes ----more---- Episode Sponsors and Affiliates: The Red Room: https://moordereht.com/ Register for Big Geek Con: https://tabletop.events/conventions/big-geek-con-2023 Shop Amazon and Support the Show: https://amzn.to/3djotja *We earn a small commission for each purchase at no additional cost to you!

In this episode we're catching up on some voicemail about skills, house-ruling and the difficulties of getting players into TTRPGs.Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.phpMany thanks to our callers:Pink Phantom: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-pink-phantomRandy from Biggus Geekus: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/biggusgeekusJason at the Nerds RPG Variety cast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376Ricardo GiroWant to get involved in the conversation?You can leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcastIf you're having issues with Speakpipe you can also leave a voicemail on our old anchor account: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-red-dice-diariesOr you can email us at: RDDRPGpodcast@gmail.comYou can also find us using the following link: https://wheretofind.me/@Reddicediaries#RedDiceDiaries #RDDRPG #TTRPG #RPG #OSR #DND #Podcast This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reddicediaries.substack.com

In this episode we're catching up on some voicemail about skills, house-ruling and the difficulties of getting players into TTRPGs.Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.phpMany thanks to our callers:Pink Phantom: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-pink-phantomRandy from Biggus Geekus: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/biggusgeekusJason at the Nerds RPG Variety cast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376Ricardo GiroWant to get involved in the conversation?You can leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcastIf you're having issues with Speakpipe you can also leave a voicemail on our old anchor account: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-red-dice-diariesOr you can email us at: RDDRPGpodcast@gmail.comYou can also find us using the following link: https://wheretofind.me/@Reddicediaries#RedDiceDiaries #RDDRPG #TTRPG #RPG #OSR #DND #Podcast This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reddicediaries.substack.com

In this episode we're answering some of your lovely voicemails.Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.phpMany thanks to our callers:Jason at the Nerds RPG Variety cast: https://anchor.fm/jason376Randy at Biggus Geekus: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekusMarcus WegerWant to get involved in the conversation?You can leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcastIf you're having issues with Speakpipe you can also leave a voicemail on our old anchor account: https://anchor.fm/the-red-dice-diariesOr you can email us at: RDDRPGpodcast@gmail.comYou can also find us using the following link: https://wheretofind.me/@Reddicediaries#RedDiceDiaries #RDDRPG #TTRPG #RPG #OSR #DND #Podcast

In this episode we're answering some of your lovely voicemails.Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.phpMany thanks to our callers:Jason at the Nerds RPG Variety cast: https://anchor.fm/jason376Randy at Biggus Geekus: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekusMarcus WegerWant to get involved in the conversation?You can leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcastIf you're having issues with Speakpipe you can also leave a voicemail on our old anchor account: https://anchor.fm/the-red-dice-diariesOr you can email us at: RDDRPGpodcast@gmail.comYou can also find us using the following link: https://wheretofind.me/@Reddicediaries#RedDiceDiaries #RDDRPG #TTRPG #RPG #OSR #DND #Podcast This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reddicediaries.substack.com

- - Description - - Holy Call-Ins, Batman! Calls this week for feedback on the last couple episodes, primarily focusing on player skill, the application of player skill, player engagement, and metagaming - with a little bit of thinking outside the box fit in there too. Want to get in on the action? Drop me a message! https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail/message Theme music by Michael Ramir C, courtesy of Mixkit.co (https://mixkit.co/). - - Show Notes - - 00:00 - Progenitor Joe of Hindsightless Responds! 00:41 - Theme 01:11 - Intro and Direction 03:39 - Nerd's Variety Jason's Good-Natured Pedantry 11:54 - A Pit of Many Spikes, regarding Player Engagement 14:16 - Jason: Catching Up - Player Engagement, Broken Sword, and Back Pain 15:53 - Ray Responds! Sea Creatures, Sliders, and Enjoying the Experience 21:45 - Jason: Grog Con! (Also, Rumors and Lecture Halls) 25:04 - John Lenin: Proper Role Play and Being the Hero 34:17 - Perspective from Randy at Biggus Geekus 38:49 - Jason Finishes the Podcast 43:24 - GraveSlugg: Player Skill and Player Age 54:26 - Evil Jeff Responds! (People, Places, and Playing) 56:22 - Theme & Legal - - Links - - Joe, Hindsightless: https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9/ Jason, Nerds' Variety RPG Podcast: https://anchor.fm/jason376 Colin, Spikepit: https://anchor.fm/spikepit Ray, Plundergrounds: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds Randy, Biggus Geekus: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus Jeff, Minions & Musings: https://anchor.fm/eviljeff The Ash Coast: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwLV78FITa3q4NxH9bSYy7GNIHRembjxj CWR Discord: https://discord.gg/kQnrK4YCCn

Episode #100 Streamed Live Tuesday August 9, 2022 Gencon 2022 Report from Patrick Demo of Point Hat Games Main Topic: We finally made it, or did we? I. Our own personal history with D&D and RPGs II. Biggus Geekus – A retrospective III. Biggus Geekus- the future IV. Thanks to: Wherein we give thanks to those who helped. Geekosphere 1. Call-ins/emails – let's do it!! 2. Episode #100- Milestone Contest - thegeeks@biggusgeekuspodcast.com Grimtooth's Ultimate Traps Collection by Goodman Games (Kickstarter edition) 3. Zaslov https://theculturednerd.org/2022/08/warner-bros-discoverys-ceo-david-zaslav-confirms-that-major-changes-are-on-the-horizon-for-the-dceu/ 4. A totally boss take down of woke Hollywood losers: https://youtu.be/NXIoEmyofoQ Shameless Plug Time: If you would like to support our show, please like, subscribe, and share us where you are listening or viewing the show, also: We are on all the socials, video and podcast places as well. Spotify, Stitcher, Apple Podcasts and virtually everywhere you get your podcasts Cash Support PayPal: paypal.me/biggusgeekus Streamlabs: https://streamlabs.com/biggusgeekus1/tip Anchor: https://www.anchor.fm/biggusgeekus On the Web: Emporium: www.biggeekemporium.com Website: www.biggusgeekuspodcast.com Email: thegeeks@biggusgeekuspodcast.com Socials: Twitter: @biggusgeekus Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/biggusgeekuspodcast MeWe: www.mewe.com/i/biggusgeekuspodcast (new!) Discord: https://discord.gg/PxuFrfybb7 Gilded: https://www.guilded.gg/i/2OO39wj2 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus/support

- - Description - - Naval battles! How cool are naval battles and how much cooler would it be to incorporate them into your game? In response to a prompt from Rufus the Rust Monster - I talk a little about The Broken Sword and how it can inspire some maritime adventure and mass combat - then I take some call ins backing up over the last few episodes before giving an update about where I've been. Want to get in on the action? Drop me a voicemail: https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail/message Theme music by Michael Ramir C, courtesy of Mixkit.co (https://mixkit.co/). - - Show Notes - - 00:00 - Prompt: What is Your Favorite Fantasy Fight? 00:42 - Theme 01:12 - The Broken Sword: Elves vs Trolls on the Open Sea 03:38 - Why Maritime Adventures in Your Campaign? 09:45 - Thank You, Ray 10:41 - Jason Picks my Nits 11:39 - VTTs and Math 15:26 - Getting Quiet Players to Talk 22:29 - Immersion with Biggus Geekus 27:32 - Karl Reacts to the Underground Architect's Dungeon Ecology 30:50 - Expert-Tier Anchor Contest Feedback from Jason 34:20 - Taylor Whines About his Vacation 43:13 - Theme & Legal - - Links - - CWR Discord! - https://discord.gg/kQnrK4YCCn Ray Otus: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds Nerds Variety Jason: https://anchor.fm/jason376 Hobbs' Legendary Kalmata: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCJihWQoKqzZdxeL1LHkr-YJ_hewIFOyx ...or on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/hobbs665 Joe of Biggus Geekus: http://biggusgeekuspodcast.com/ Karl of The GMologist Presents: https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez

Joe Hardin from Biggus Geekus swings by and talks about the censorship state of our hobby, specifically the impact on indie developers that don't bend the knee to the woke mob.  Joe highlights the thought behind the idea to launch Big Geek Emporium as an alternative marketplace to those who dictate content and segregate creators.  After the news, Bert and Ryan talk about how the "system transition" played out at the Nerdcognito table, and RD maintains that even though there was a player that dialed in from 1000 miles away, it was still an authentic face-to-face TTRPG experience. ----more---- The News: Nukes for Everybody! Steam Cleaning is... Bad?!? Batgirl Cancelled Redwoood - Photog Board Game Diablo 4 Leaks (already!) ----more---- Episode Sponsors and Affiliates: Shop Amazon and Support the Show: https://amzn.to/3djotja *We earn a small commission for each purchase at no additional cost to you!

The Penultimate Potpourri Episode Episode 99 Streamed Live Tuesday August 2, 2022 With Patrick Demo of Pointy Hat Games http://www.pointyhat.games Main Topic: Safety Tools Re-Dux 1. Brought up again by twitter? 2. What are they? https://www.loremaster.io/safety-tools-in-ttrpg/ a.) Session Zero b.) C.A.T.S. c.) X-card d.) Lines & Veils e.) More: https://thegiftofdice.itch.io/safety-tools-and-wellbeing-a-curated-list 3. The value of safety tools in F2F, Online, and Convention play. 4. When will it end? Staying Positive King Waspinator inspired https://youtu.be/SUuPyD7Xisk 1. With the rpg hobby in general 2. With your own personal games 3. With the nerd culture in general 4. Why don't we focus on positive things? 5. Are they simply not interesting enough? 6. How do we keep it interesting? 7. Why are rants and complaints content always so much more interesting? Gencon 2022: Pointy Hat and P. Demo 1.) What are the current requirements to attend and vend at the show? 2.) How excited are you to go? 3.) Do you expect to have a good outing: sales, time value and fun? 4.) What about the BiPoC room? 5.) Other concerns/comments. Geekosphere 1. Catalyst Games fires Blaine Pardoe https://amgreatness.com/2022/07/29/my-publisher-canceled-me-in-favor-of-an-activist-who-threatened-my-life/ https://townhall.com/columnists/blainepardoe/2022/08/01/pummeled-into-silence--conservative-censorship-hits-scifi-n2611063 https://bleedingfool.com/news/catalyst-games-lab-caves-to-cancel-culture-trolls-fires-long-time-battletech-writer/ https://youtu.be/-hhgCu_1KXY Catalyst statement: https://bg.battletech.com/forums/general-discussion/statement-regarding-blaine-lee-pardoe/ 2. Contest of Champions- and the winner is…. 3. How goes Big Geek Emporium? 4. Episode #100: We go down memory lane and show where we are going Contest-Send an email in this week to thegeeks@biggusgeekuspodcast.com with a comment that epitomizes Biggus Geekus for a chance to win Grimtooth's Ultimate Traps Collection by Goodman Games (Kickstarter edition). Shameless Plug Time: If you would like to support our show, please like, subscribe, and share us where you are listening or viewing the show. We are on all the socials, video, and podcast places as well. Cash Support PayPal: paypal.me/biggusgeekus Streamlabs: https://streamlabs.com/biggusgeekus1/tip Anchor: https://www.anchor.fm/biggusgeekus On the Web: Website: www.biggusgeekuspodcast.com Email: thegeeks@biggusgeekuspodcast.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus/support

- - Description - - Ruffled some feathers with house ruling! Today - quick information session about where Clerics Wear Ringmail is, in terms of goals and objectives, and then an extensive exchange on houserules, when to houserule, and where. Want to get in on the call-in action? Drop me a message: https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail ! Theme music by Michael Ramir C, courtesy of Mixkit.co (https://mixkit.co/). - - Show Notes - - 00:00 - Welcome 00:11 - Theme 00:41 - Intro 01:39 - State of the Household: Where am I? 05:18 - State of the Game: What am I up to? 09:15 - Call In! Randy of Biggus Geekus on Houseruling 11:17 - The Jason Show beings: Clone No More? 17:41 - More Pendragon: A Starter Set? 21:08 - Funky Dice 22:44 - Houseruling Virgin Soil 24:57 - Houserules Vs Playing it Wrong 26:33 - Collaborative Houserules vs Tyrannical Houserules 29:19 - How Long before it's a Different Game? 32:03 - In Defense of Purpose-Built Games 34:43 - And the Cliffhanger Ending! 35:54 - Theme and Legal - - Links - - Biggus Geekus (http://biggusgeekuspodcast.com/) Nerd's Variety RPG Podcast (https://anchor.fm/jason376) The History of the OSR (https://osrsimulacrum.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-historical-look-at-osr-part-i.html) Chis Gonnerman on BFRPG and Iron Falcon (https://anchor.fm/wobbliesandwizards/episodes/Chris-Gonnerman-Basic-Fantasy-RPG-e1fit2a) Spikepit! (https://anchor.fm/spikepit) The Grognard Files (https://thegrognardfiles.com/2022/04/07/king-arthur-pendragon-rpg-with-david-larkins/)

Inspired by an episode of Biggus Geekus I listened to recently I chat about playing evil PCs.Check out the recent episode of Biggus Geekus that I mentioned: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus/episodes/Episode-80-Evil-Campaigns--PCs-e1g7hi4Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.phpWant to get involved in the conversation?You can leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcastIf you're having issues with Speakpipe you can also leave a voicemail on our old anchor account: https://anchor.fm/the-red-dice-diariesOr you can email us at: RDDRPGpodcast@gmail.comYou can also find us using the following link: https://wheretofind.me/@Reddicediaries This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reddicediaries.substack.com

Inspired by an episode of Biggus Geekus I listened to recently I chat about playing evil PCs.Check out the recent episode of Biggus Geekus that I mentioned: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus/episodes/Episode-80-Evil-Campaigns--PCs-e1g7hi4Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain) : https://freepd.com/electronic.phpWant to get involved in the conversation?You can leave us a voicemail: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcastIf you're having issues with Speakpipe you can also leave a voicemail on our old anchor account: https://anchor.fm/the-red-dice-diariesOr you can email us at: RDDRPGpodcast@gmail.comYou can also find us using the following link: https://wheretofind.me/@Reddicediaries

Come see if Biggus Geekus can manage to finish this topic. We will also banter with live chat and discuss industry and geek news. Support the show: PayPal: paypal.me/biggusgeekus https://streamlabs.com/biggusgeekus1/tip 13th Age Deep Dive Finale part 2 Episode 73 February 1, 2022 Call ins & Emails from the Outlands Instead of calls and emails we talk about the Ottawa Tucker Convoy JP Sears video on the subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl88jzJK1Rs Comic readers don't like bi-sexual Superman? Shocking!?! https://www.outkick.com/sales-for-woke-superman-comics-tank/ Dark Souls RPG written with 5e rules: https://www.polygon.com/tabletop-games/22848850/dark-souls-tabletop-rpg-steamforged-teaser-trailer-5e Do you agree or disagree or do we even care? https://www.cbr.com/tabletop-rpgs-changed-hobby-forever/ 13th Age Deep Dive Finale part 2 DM Stuff & Monsters Campaign advice (pp.183-92): Loot distribution, true magic items, consumables, uniqueness of magic items, incremental advances, rituals, 10 session campaign, trap design, and tiered environments. Monster Stats Damage is set value, abilities are triggered based upon rolls, escalation die or success of other attacks and leveled. Their stat blocks are small and manageable. Broken into roles (pp. 202) Sizes: normal, large (double strength), huge (triple strength) Some special abilities: fear, Death attacks= Last Gasp Saves, Group Abilities, Nastier Specials Building Battles (pp. p.203) adventurer tier- 4 level 3 adventurers vs 4 Level 4 Monsters Pros and Cons about 13th Age Randy's Pros: prep is easy, action is high, combat rules simple, monsters easy to run, great for new players to learn, and great for one shots of any level. Randy's Cons: predictable combat, Relationship Points can lead to chaos, OUT's can detract from verisimilitude, and rules favor PCs too much Joe's Pros: Very familiar so easy to get into. Backgrounds are a nice way to not spell out EVERY skill Joe's Cons: Too many mechanics in favor of the PC. PCs start out as the Heroes instead of BECOMING the heroes. Backgrounds are a challenge to those who like structure. 1 Random Question Will the RPG hobby ever bounce back from the current woke/leftist invasion? John “The Potatoe” Battle's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FseXEJ7myk4 Shameless Plug Time: If you would like to support our show, please visit the many places you can find us on the inter-webs: Website: www.biggusgeekuspodcast.com click on support for ways to give us your money PayPal: paypal.me/biggusgeekus Streamlabs: https://streamlabs.com/biggusgeekus1/tip Twitter: @biggusgeekus Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/biggusgeekuspodcast MeWe: www.mewe.com/i/biggusgeekuspodcast Odysee: https://odysee.com/@biggusgeekus:3 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyVze8TfIB16j0PdmE4lOJg Email: thegeeks@biggusgeekuspodcast.com Discord: https://discord.gg/PxuFrfybb7 Share this show with your friends and let us know if there is another way that you listen or watch that we could support better. Please Subscribe, Like, share and rate us in all the places that you find us. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus/support

Episode 68 Streamed Live Tuesday December28, 2021 Call ins & Emails from the Outlands None Silent Josh Presents: Weird Frontiers: https://www.enworld.org/threads/weird-frontiers-takes-dcc-west.684619 New Dragonlance Novel: https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2021/12/dd-theres-a-new-dragonlance-trilogy-in-the-works-for-2022.html Main Topic: Pros and Cons of Spellcasting Systems Main Types 1. Vancian: fire and forget Dungeons and Dragons 2. Sub-category of Vancian such as spell slots limited but adjustable: Arcana Evolved 3. Spell Points: Savage Worlds 4. Stat Drain: Cypher System 5. Spell check system: Dungeon Crawl Classics Consequences for Spell Casting 1. DnD: hit while casting lose spell or can't move during round that you cast. 3.x: AOO's 2. Price for power: CoC and DCC spell check and bad fail means bad news…sucked through a portal, grow four tentacles, etc. 3. 5e practically no way for spells to fail other than if they are counter-spelled. 4. Loss of abilities: Draining Stats (Cypher System), backlash (Savage Worlds) or physical damage or stunned (Shadowrun), etc. What are pros and cons of each system? Which systems to spellcasters seem the most powerful or the least powerful? Segment #3: Gaming Goals for 2022 A year end discussion of what plans Biggus Geekus has including plans for podcast/livestream, gaming, Mudsword, Joe: 1) Play more games 2) Run some games 3) Get to writing more rules and setting for Mudsword Randy: 1.) Play the crap out of Mudsword 2.) Have a working pdf ready to publish on DriveThru in time for Christmas purchase for 2022. Shameless Plug Time: If you would like to support our show, please visit the many places you can find us on the inter-webs: Website: www.biggusgeekuspodcast.com click on support for ways to give us your money Twitter: @biggusgeekus Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/biggusgeekuspodcast MeWe: www.mewe.com/i/biggusgeekuspodcast (new!) Odysee: https://odysee.com/@biggusgeekus:3 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyVze8TfIB16j0PdmE4lOJg Email: thegeeks@biggusgeekuspodcast.com Share this show with your friends and let us know if there is another way that you listen or watch that we could support better. Please Subscribe, Like, share and rate us in all the places that you find us. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus/support

In this voicemail episode we answer some voicemails received about Swords & Sorcery, Cepheus Engine and running secondary games.Title Music: Fireworks by Alexander Nakarada (Public Domain)You can leave us a voicemail message using Speakpipe.comIf you're having problems with Speakpipe you can also leave us a voicemail message on: https://anchor.fm/the-red-dice-diariesOr you can email us at RDDRPGpodcast@gmail.comCheck out our other stuff at RedDiceDiaries.comRSS feed for the podcast: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/977239.rssOur callers this episode were:RicardoLawsonRandy from Biggus Geekus

- - Description - - Call in episode, reactions to my position on health potions and some thoughts about healing (and the Cleric class) in general. Do you have an opinion that's thus far not expressed? Tell me about it on Anchor! https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail Theme Music by XTaKeRux, Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/XTaKeRuX - - Show Notes - - 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Theme 01:13 - Jason C on Healing Bloat and Dungeon Crawl Classics 05:00 - Jason C: Old, Old School, and Sci Fi 07:27 - Biggus Geekus Randy 11:09 - GMOlogist Presents: Karl! 14:32 - Primary Jason! 21:21 - Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep 22:24 - Outro 23:45 - Theme and Legal - - Links - - Jason of the Nerds Variety RPG Podcast (https://anchor.fm/jason376) Randy of Biggus Geekus (https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus) ...and on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyVze8TfIB16j0PdmE4lOJg Karl of the GMOlogist Presents (https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez) Jason of Random Screed (https://anchor.fm/jason-hobbs) ...and on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/hobbs665 ...or YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/JasonHobbs Daniel of Bandit's Keep (https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton/) ...or on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BanditsKeep

- - Description - - I hate health potions and so should you! For the next half an hour, I explain why. Then some call ins! Want to join the conversation? Drop me a message: https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail ! Theme Music by XTaKeRux, Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/XTaKeRuX - - Show Notes - - 00:00 - Intro 00:27 - Theme 00:54 - Three Arguments Against Health Potions 01:43 - Short Circuiting the Full Experience 06:53 - Bastardizing the Cleric Archetype 11:14 - You Should Listen to Tale of the Manticore! 11:49 - Pounding the Point Home 14:34 - Cleric as Physician and the Loss of Roleplay Opportunity 18:04 - Implications to the Fiction 22:28 - Conclusions on the Main Topic 23:07 - Call In: Joe "Huggsie" Richter! 28:49 - Call In: Karl Rodriguez! 34:30 - Call In: Randy of Biggus Geekus! 36:24 - Outro 36:40 - Theme and Legalese - - Links - - Karl of The GMOlogist Presents: https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez Joe of Hindsightless: https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9/ Randy of Biggus Geekus: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus ...or on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyVze8TfIB16j0PdmE4lOJg

- - Description - - Part one of two, reviewing the books sent to me as part of the prize package of winning the Biggus Geekus 50th episode drawing. I read, react, and primarily talk trash regarding to the Fate Accelerated Edition softcover, all the while chasing my twin two-year-olds around in the yard and on the sidewalk by our house. Did I get it wrong? Did I give them too much guff, or did I miss something I should have specified? Tell me about it on Anchor! https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail Theme Music by XTaKeRux, Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/XTaKeRuX - - Show Notes - - 00:00 - Intro, courtesy Joe of Biggus Geekus! 00:31 - Theme 00:58 - FATE: Accelerated Edition 27:42 - Foiled! (Randy of Biggus Geekus) 30:58 - Jason Teaches Us How to Summon a Succubus 32:47 - Karl, the GMOlogist, Reacts 38:07 - Outro 38:18 - Theme and Legalese - - Links - - Biggus Geekus Podcast: Anchor: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus Website: http://biggusgeekuspodcast.com/ Jason, Nerd's Variet RPG Cast: Anchor: https://anchor.fm/jason376 Karl, The GMOlogist Presents: Anchor: https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez

- - Description - - Congratulations, Biggus Geekus, for reaching your 100 subscriber milestone: to celebrate, I'm finally opening the prize from the episode 50 give-away! And I brought in two special guest hosts of my own to help me do it. Then, call-ins from Karl and Jason. Curious as to how they got on the air? Try it yourself on Anchor! https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail Theme Music by XTaKeRux, Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/XTaKeRuX - - Show Notes - - 00:00 - Intro 00:42 - Theme 01:10 - Unboxing! 05:10 - Jason on Sesame Street 07:26 - Jason on System Mastery (and video games) 10:54 - Drama Disclaimer 11:20 - Jason on Why Cyberpunk Doesn't Have Electric Cars and Other Verisimilitude Concerns 12:24 - Jason on James Gunn 13:21 - Brace Yourself, Taylor, for... 13:40 - ...Karl on Iron Kingdoms and the Witchfire Trilogy! 15:49 - Breaking Cyberpunk Verisimilitude with Karl 17:33 - Optimizing Marcus (Archetypes with Karl) 19:20 - Outro 20:31 - Theme and Legalese - - Links - - Jason Connerly, Nerd's RPG Variety Podcast (https://anchor.fm/jason376) Karl Rodriguez, The GMOlogist Presents! (https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez)

Episode 48 Wednesday August 11,2021. Joe is out this week due to illness The Plane of Concordant Opposition (The Outlands) Laurel Hubbard apology. Friend's daughter no like-y our show … and that is fine! The Contest of Champions Update The prizes: Waterdeep Dragon Heist, Feng Shui 2, or (Labyrinth Lord) Advanced Edition Companion. Game Review: Ankur- The Kingdom of the Gods Soon to be on KS as of September 1staccording to its author, Chris Miller. Mono-Gamy or Poly-Gamy - which is better? Shameless Plug Time: If you would like to support our show, please help get the word out and check out our website at: www.biggusgeekuspodcast.com/support. Share with your friends and let us know if there is another way that you listen that we could support better. Rate us on your favorite podcatcher such as iTunes, or Stitcher. Check us out on YouTube and Odysee. Please Like and Subscribe. Our email is thegeeks@biggusgeekuspodcast.com feel free to send any questions or comments to us. We would also like to encourage you to check out a few things that we like. Red Dice Diaries (with John Alan Large and his wife Hannah) Radio Grognard (with Glen Halstrom) The Tale of the Manticore (a unique dramatized quasi-actual play) Tavern Chat (with Eric Tenkar): 1) Blog: https://www.tenkarstavern.com/ 2) Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat 3) Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIdpAASpAI7vu-bZx6pP_mQ Why so many? He is the Czar of the OSR after all! Nerd's RPG Variety Cast (Jason) Shadow of the GM (Barry) Clerics Wear Ringmail Blog (Taylor) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus/support

- - Description - - How can you successfully integrate horror into your home game? This episode introduces four pillars of horror fiction and looking into how two of them - Shock and Scare - I've implemented in my home game: sharing my lessons learned so that the listener may consider those experiences for use to improve their own RPG horror delivery. Recorded from the car - not the best audio - but learned a ton doing it: look for continuing improvement in future episodes! Theme Music by XTaKeRux, Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/XTaKeRuX - - Show Notes - - 00:00 - Intro 00:11 - Theme 00:38 - Scaring your Players 09:55 - the Four Pillars of Horror Fiction 12:13 - Horror Conversation Shout Out 13:23 - Regarding Shock 20:49 - Outro 21:47 - Theme and Legalese - - Links - - Grizzly Peaks Radio (https://anchor.fm/andy-goodman9/) Expedition To the Grizzly Peaks (https://anchor.fm/andy-goodman8/) Safer Fantasy Crafting (https://anchor.fm/sfc-saferfantasycrafting/) Biggus Geekus (https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus/) Others?

- - Description - - Response episodes to the fist set of call-ins to the show! Responding to a handful of Anchor veterans - but do you want to get in on the act? Visit https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail or find me on the Anchor app and hit the "Message" button to drop me a line! Theme Music by XTaKeRux, Free Music Archive: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/XTaKeRuX - - Show Notes - - 00:00 - Intro 00:29 - Theme 00:57 - Rob C of Down in a Heap 04:46 - Joe of Biggus Geekus 06:17 - The Other Jason of Nerd's Variety RPG Cast 08:14 - Arlen Walker of Live from Pellam's Wasteland 10:35 - Evil Jeff of Minions and Musings 12:50 - Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep 14:36 - Outro 15:23 - Theme & Legalese - - Links - - Down in a Heap: https://anchor.fm/rob-c/ Biggus Geekus: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus Nerd's Variety RPG Cast: https://anchor.fm/jason376 Live from Pellam's Wasteland: https://anchor.fm/pellamswasteland ...and on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/c/LivefromPellamsWasteland/featured Minions and Musings: https://anchor.fm/eviljeff Bandit's Keep: https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton/ ...and also on YouTube! Talkin' D&D Channel and Actual Play Channel

Episode 39 Wednesday June 2, 2021 Call Ins Andy Patrick The Positive Material Plane 1)We played the Sanctuary game- good times- dumb wizard, serial killer, assassins guild, and ghosts, oh my! 2) Taylor from Clerics Wear Ringmail Blog in response to us being “noisome”: 3) T-shirt idea: “Biggus Geekus, you just have to smell it to appreciate it” RPG Collections & Downsizing Collector mentality - do you have it or not? Buying new RPGs: got to get it all or not? If you have space, then why ditch it? A Cabin Con Moment Downsizing at CC. Advantages & Disadvantages of larger groups. Dig this Setting: DEADLANDS! Wild west meets zombies while magic & technology collide. Shameless Plug Time: If you would like to support our show, please help get the word out and check out our website at: www.biggusgeekuspodcast.com/support. Share with your friends and let us know if there is another way that you listen that we could support better. Check us out on YouTube now as well. Rate us on Apple iTunes or other pod catchers. Our email is questions@biggusgeekuspodcast.com feel free to send any questions or comments to us. We would also like to encourage you to check out a few podcasts that we like. Red Dice Diaries (with John Alan Large and his wife Hannah) Radio Grognard (with Glen Halstrom) The Tale of the Manticore (a unique dramatized quasi-actual play) Tavern Chat (with Eric Tenkar): 1) Blog: https://www.tenkarstavern.com/ 2) Podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat 3) Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIdpAASpAI7vu-bZx6pP_mQ Why so many? He is the Czar of the OSR after all! Nerd's RPG Variety Cast (Jason) Shadow of the GM (Barry) The Negative Material Plane Ravenloft Re-visit: Xenophobia Represent! Gatekeeping: Myth, False Narrative, or Choose your friends wisely? Definition of gatekeeping first hit on inter webs: It simply means someone who feels as if they can judge the right or wrong way to do something. The idea of gatekeeping goes far beyond tabletop role-playing games, but for the purposes of this article, we'll keep it to just how it affects Dungeons and Dragons and other pen-and-paper games. Many links: https://bagamesco.com/gatekeeping-and-table-top-gaming/ https://www.dungeonmash.com/what-does-gatekeeping-mean-in-rpgs/ Believes Gatekeeping is a thing to worry about: https://youtu.be/Fg9BJ9S3tTc https://youtu.be/ZewXLUwEjXo Believes Gatekeeping is not a thing: https://youtu.be/Me72G6v-EI0 https://youtu.be/VJSI1oul36Q Believes the SJW crowd/Woke are the Gatekeepers https://youtu.be/jZ4hXkfRsFk --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus/support

Messages from Randy, Daniel and Karl plus my thoughts on why the rules aren't the determining factor in playing science fiction or science fantasy. Biggus Geekus http://biggusgeekuspodcast.com/ Bandit's Keep https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton https://youtube.com/c/BanditsKeep https://youtube.com/c/BanditsKeepActualPlay The GMologist Presents https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez You can leave me a message here on Anchor, at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com or find me on the Audio Dungeon Discord Ray Otus did the art for this show, you can find his blog at plundergrounds.blogspot.com/ TJ Drennon provides music for my show. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jason376/message

I touch on a variety of topics thanks to some great call-ins from Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, John Alan Large of Red Dice Diaries RPG Podcast, Joe Hardin of Biggus Geekus, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus and Goblin's Henchman. Honourable mentions: Safinho of Alone in the Labyrinth, PBTA games, Jackson Malloy's Sword & Scoundrel, Barney Dicker's League of Eternal Guardians. https://free-thrall.itch.io/ More notes to follow... Music by Timothy J. Drennon "Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-thrall/message

In this epsiode I respond to some call-ins from Luke of the Easy GURPS podcast, Joe from Biggus Geekus and Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue. I then discuss my plans to get back to some good old ICE gaming by starting up a new Spacemaster/Rolemaster game. RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/122cac60/podcast/rss --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gmsshadow/message

Calls from Logan of Sword Breaker, Randy of Biggus Geekus, Randy of the Dice are Screaming, my friend Brian and some old favorites: Jason, Joe, Daniel, and B.J. plus...a preview of the next one - a call from Colin of Spikepit that requires me, the old wind bag, a separate episode to reply to.

Episode 33Wednesday April 21,2021 The Positive Material Plane Call-ins: Jason has a whopping 33 We are in a Golden Age of Options: Crowdfunding collection Gaming Inspiration Both Direct and Indirect Movies, Books, Comics, Other Games, Miniatures, Maps, Not playing, Discussion of RPGs with friends, Browsing Internet, Other Podcasts, Biggus Geekus, YouTube, Music, Blogs A Cabin Con Moment What is inspiring about CC? Which is greater Before or After? What inspires you to prepare for CC? Dig this Setting: The Forgotten Realms (1987 1e, 2e, 3e, 4e, and 5e): Shameless Plug Time A Changeup… Please share the podcast with your friends. We really just want to get in people's ears. Its available most places you can get your podcasts. Our email is questions@biggusgeekuspodcast.com feel free to send any questions or comments to us. We would also like to encourage you to check out a few podcasts that we like: Red Dice Diaries (with John Alan Large and his wife Hannah) Radio Grognard (with Glen Halstrom) The Tale of the Manticore (a unique dramatized quasi-actual play) Tavern Chat (with Eric Tenkar) Nerd's RPG Variety Cast (Jason) Shadow of the GM (Barry) The Negative Material Plane Comic books…I've lost that lov'in feeling. Though there is some hope -creator owned,now watching Comic Book Men interested to see if they ever touch modern comics- woke/sjw/tokenism There are also indie artists like ComicArtistPro Secrets on YouTube creating competition --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus/support

First, I respond to a bunch of messages from Jason Connerely of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Joe Hardin of Biggus Geekus and Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus. This is followed by an ill-advised leap to the defence of the OSR. I talk about the liberal approach to roleplaying back in the day and the moving away from splatbook bloat. I then talk about the Lavender Hack by Phillip Lewis, B/X compatible rules that incorporates material from a wide variety of gaming sources. Music by Timothy J. Drennon "Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-thrall/message

Randy from the Biggus Geekus podcast calls and tells me I'm not a cog, which is true. But I'm not a cog because I work for each one of you... Voicemail 347-509-5168 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support

Messages from Andy, Karl and Joe, Biggus Geekus type. Listen to Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks episode 343 “Failing to Improve” for the rest of Andy's defense of his benefactors at Chaosium. Biggus Geekus Podcast http://biggusgeekuspodcast.com/ Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks https://anchor.fm/andy-goodman8 You can leave me a message here on Anchor, at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com or find me on the Audio Dungeon Discord Ray Otus did the art for this show, you can find his blog at plundergrounds.blogspot.com/ TJ Drennon provides music for my show. A companion blog is located here: nerdsrpgvarietycast.wordpress.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jason376/message

Briefly joined by a guest co-host before I dive into a bunch of call-ins from Ivy Shorts of The Happy Whisk, Joe Richter of Hindsightless, Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep, Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Arlen Walker of Live from Pellum's Wasteland and Che Webster of Roleplay Rescues. A more on immersion, a bit of accessibility, (re)defining storytelling games, dice pools, and a little patience. Thank you for all your calls. Honourable mentions: Jeremy "Frothsof" Smith of Thought Eater, Pete Jones of Dragons are Real, Forbidden Lands from Fria Ligan, League of Eternal Guardians by Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks and Grizzly Peaks Radio, Dex by Darren Green, Pip System from Third Eye Games, Goblin's Henchman, Vaesen from Fria Ligan, Shadow of the Demon Lord by Rob Schwalb, Hypertelurians by Frank "Mottokrosh" Reding, Brian of Have to Look That Up, BJ of The Arcane Alienist, Biggus Geekus. Music by Timothy J. Drennon "Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-thrall/message

In this episode I talk about a character I made for a new Masks game I am playing in, I do an unboxing, I play and occasionally comment on feedback from Ivy, Eric, Colin, Joe, Barney, Spencer, & B.J. After the ending credits there is a short social commentary / rant that is not at all RPG related and may be offensive to my friends in the Commonwealth of Nations (American listeners may need to look that up) but it is not meant to be. At 1827 EST I uploaded a new version of this episode as I edited the language used in the rant at the end of the episode. Biggus Geekus https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus Clerics Wear Ringmail https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/ Keep off the Borderland https://anchor.fm/free-thrall Hindsightless https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9 Loco Ludus https://anchor.fm/loco-ludus Spikepit RPG Podcast https://anchor.fm/spikepit Spikepit YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrBiIGnQtLfBfYm89BLhAFA The Arcane Alienist https://anchor.fm/arcanealienist The Happy Whisk Blog https://www.thehappywhisk.com/ The Happy Whisk Podcast https://anchor.fm/thehappywhisk The Happy Whisk YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/TheHappyWhisk/featured The Omega 3D Chicken Coop https://anchor.fm/eric-salzwedel Weal or Woe Pathfinder Actual Play Podcast https://www.wealorwoe.com/ You can leave me a message here on Anchor, send an email to nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com or find me on the Audio Dungeon Discord Ray Otus did the art for this show, you can find his blog at plundergrounds.blogspot.com/ TJ Drennon provides music for my show. A companion blog is located here: nerdsrpgvarietycast.wordpress.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jason376/message

I talk about a couple recent games that I played in, answer messages from Joe & Randy, and do an old school unboxing! Biggus Geekus https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus Hindsightless https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9 Weal or Woe https://www.wealorwoe.com/ You can leave me a message here on Anchor, at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com or find me on the Audio Dungeon Discord Ray Otus did the art for this show, you can find his blog at plundergrounds.blogspot.com/ TJ Drennon provides music for my show. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jason376/message

I don't play D&D 5E but I did make a mistake while running a recent game of Against the Darkmaster. In this episode I talk about ZineQuest, the huge DM mistake that I made (twice), plug new podcasts, talk about games I've played in recently and take a call from a new caller who isn't thrilled with either the Cypher system or 13th Age. Podcasts mentioned: Biggus Geekus website https://anchor.fm/biggusgeekus RSS Feed https://anchor.fm/s/62b9d40/podcast/rss Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi website https://anchor.fm/menion RSS Feed https://anchor.fm/s/133db0f4/podcast/rss Frankenstein's RPG website https://anchor.fm/frankensteinrpg RSS Feed https://anchor.fm/s/d5bd1d4/podcast/rss Shadow of the GM website https://anchor.fm/gmsshadow RSS Feed https://anchor.fm/s/122cac60/podcast/rss The Arcane Alienist website https://anchor.fm/arcanealienist RSS Feed https://anchor.fm/s/4ab3b204/podcast/rss Zinequest projects mentioned: Elvismancer https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kingyak/elvismancer GrimBlade: A Grim Fantasy RPG https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beckelhimer/grimblade-a-grim-fantasy-rpg?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=grimblade Lair of the Manticore https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/frankt/the-lair-of-the-manticore-zinequest?ref=discovery&term=manticore Ninja City: A DCC RPG Zine https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/darkestdice/ninja-city-a-dcc-rpg-zine?ref=discovery&term=ninja%20city Project 8Ball https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/leightonconnor/project-8ball?ref=discovery&term=project%208ball Swordpoint: A Swashbuckling Zine https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gallantknightgames/swordpoint-a-swashbuckling-zine/?ref=kicktraq The Many Crypts of Lady Ingrade https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gothridgemanor/the-many-crypts-of-lady-ingrade-zine-quest?ref=discovery&term=the%20many%20crypts%20of%20lady Awesome Game Company mentioned: Hex Games (Hobomancer) website https://www.hexgames.com/home/ You can leave me a message here on Anchor, at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com or find me on the Audio Dungeon Discord Ray Otus did the art for this show, you can find his blog at http://plundergrounds.blogspot.com/ TJ Drennon provides music for my show. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jason376/message