S6E4: Please listen to my guerrilla review of the incredible Cults of RuneQuest series from Chaosium. I focus on Mythology, but also provide a quick overview of Earth Goddesses and The Prosopaedia. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S6E3: In response to my short episode on my frustrations with the system(s) I’m currently playing, I received good support and feedback from the community, including call ins from Anthony of Casting Shadows and Barry of A Song of Dice & Shadows podcasts, as well as an invitation from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast to talk about Middle-Earth Role Playing and how it might still be a viable system that can scratch those spots that other systems aren’t reaching. That discussion forms the main body of this rather long episode. We hope you enjoy it. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S6E2: I record some of my frustrations over systems, particularly the ubiquitous d20 ones - a directionless rant? Joe of Hindsightless calls in - we are not alone and it’s not over yet. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S6E1: A quick review of the Japanese card-based narrative game, “Nobinobi TRPG: Sword”. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S5E15: All good things (and bad ones too thankfully) must come to an end, at least until they begin again. Boomshankar! Call-ins from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast, Daniel of Bandits Keep podcast/YouTube channel, and Joe of Hindsightless podcast. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S5E14: The Postie’s been! Call-ins from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast, Daniel of Bandits Keep podcast/YouTube channel, and GMShadow of the new A Song of Dice & Shadows podcast. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S5E13: I give a recap of session 3 of my Greyhawk/Pomarj campaign for AD&D. Also included is a thought-provoking call-in from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast - once again on the topic of free will. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S5E12: In addition to providing recaps of sessions 1 and 2 of my Greyhawk/Pomarj campaign for AD&D, I present call-ins from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast, Joe of Hindsightless podcast, and Anthony ‘Runeslinger’ of Casting Shadows podcast on topics of free will, description/theme and so on. Spencer’s first movie-Monday episode on Time Bandits can be found at https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/keep-off-the-borderlands/id1466517108?l=en&i=1000643353923. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S5E11: Happy New Year! I present call-ins from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast, and Mirke the Meek on skills, 3d6 vs d20 and other topics following my previous episode on Dark Sun. Finally, I go for a walk to discuss the Terry Gilliam movie Time Bandits. For BECMI Berserker’s review of the Rules Cyclopedia and discussion of the skills system (at around the 8min 2sec mark), see https://youtu.be/6rcueO93WEk?si=KMmEMyav53c3TnZB. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S5E10: Some call-ins from Daniel of Bandits Keep podcast and Jason of Nerds RPG variety, followed by my report on sessions 4-6 of the Dark Sun adventure “A Little Knowledge…” for 2nd edition AD&D rules. Finally, I add some comments on the setting and system. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S5E9: Calls from Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, and an email from IanB, on gods and original D&D tweaks; and a review of the Japanese RPG Sword World 2.5 starter set, “Hoshi wo Tsukamu Meikyuu”. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S5E8: My final OSRoctober episode for 2023. Here are some half-baked ideas on using gods in world-building, and tweaking the original D&D rules to channel the 1973-Arneson within us. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S5E7: This is my report on session 3 of the Dark Sun adventure “A Little Knowledge…” for 2nd edition AD&D rules, followed by some current observations through play on that setting and system. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S5E6: This time for OSRoctober I give my thoughts on the Swords & Wizardry Complete Rules (revised), discuss the political diversion of OSR bashing, and take call-ins from Daniel of Bandits Keep podcast/YouTube channel, Joe of Hindsightless podcast and Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast on the topics of Dark Sun, 2nd edition AD&D rules, published adventures, and player/GM “creative freedom” (for wont of a better term). You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S5E5: This is my report on session 2 of the Dark Sun adventure “A Little Knowledge…” for 2nd edition AD&D rules. Thanks to Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast for his call. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S5E4: To celebrate OSR October, I review “Iron Falcon ‘75”, Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game(BFRPG)’s “Adventure Anthology 3”, and “Beneath the Sunken Catacombs” RPG. Some or all of the games can be found on Amazon, Lulu and Drivethru RPG. More information on BFRPG and Iron Falcon (including free PDF downloads) can be found on https://www.basicfantasy.org/. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S5E3: Call-ins about my latest episodes on Dark Sun, 2nd edition AD&D, and Mythras from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast, Joe of Hindsightless and Michael AKA ChgoWiz of the Dungeon Master’s Handbook Podcast. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S5E2: This is my initial report on session 1 of the Dark Sun adventure “A Little Knowledge…” and 2nd edition AD&D rules. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S5E1: I take a step back from RuneQuest for the time being, at least, and discuss plans to run a short/trial campaign in the Dark Sun setting for 2nd edition AD&D. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S4E20: My personal reasons for disliking the term “evolution” with respect to games, some initial thoughts on developing my scenario “Daughter of the Sun” for RuneQuest, and other odds and ends, but no call ins this time. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/