In this double header Jason Hobbs discusses OSR Anchorites, AD&D, Robert Redford, mechanizing social interaction in RPGs, Bite the Bullet, boxing with David Baity, then Arlen Walker discusses This Immortal by Roger Zelazny and The Hyborian Age by Robert E Howard.
Bite the Bullet https://hobbs665.itch.io/bite-the-bullet
Live from Pellam's Wasteland https://www.youtube.com/@LivefromPellamsWasteland
The Robert E Howard Bookshelf https://howardhistory.com/the-robert-e-howard-bookshelf
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I field calls from fellow podcasters The Pink Phantom (Phantom Thoughts), Spencer, also known as Free Thrall (Keep Off the Borderland), Barry (The Song of Dice and Shadows), Karl (The GMologist Presents), and Daniel (Bandit's Keep) with a little help from Joe (Hindsightless).
Keep Off the Borderlands Speakpipe https://www.speakpipe.com/KeepOffTheBorderlands
Other ways to send in your thoughts on Superman (1978) https://freethrall.carrd.co
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I discuss the idea of a solo West March style game and using different rulesets in your campaign. I also answer listener calls from John (Red Dice Diaries), BJ (The Arcane Alienist), Kevin (Analytic Dice), Dekahedron Joe (Dekahedron RPG Podcast), Joe (Hindsightless), and Mirke (Mirke the Meek).
Discussed in the show:
Lord of Maps https://lordofmaps.com
Solitary RPG "West Marches for Solo Gamers" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFGNp0xP4s8&t=2s
Barrows & Borderlands "My Favorite kind of TTRPG" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZYA2n34byY
Bandit's Keep Actual Play https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy94dloNu3pJVNsGF60ZOTw
Sub-Class Act https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/sub-class-act
GMologist DC Heroic Roleplaying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjV_9mTvAdc&list=PLrq-VHIZJHpD5qiSONAeV2oBTNFqet2yz
Street Fighter Paradise https://sfrpg.neocities.org/sf20
Kung Fu Fighting https://slugfestgames.com/kff
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I discuss Cimmerian September, things I have been listening to and play a “lost” episode where Joe (Hindsightless) answers some calls with me and we review The Wraith (1986).
Cimmerian September Part 1 panel discussion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2JbqzlwlWo&t=7266s
Daddy Rolled a 1 Arduin livestream with Dave & George of Emperors Choice Games from 28 August 2025 https://www.youtube.com/live/ZnUT1NVdf6U?si=roXDwvq6xmAfeI4I
Zock Bock Radio 63 with Trent Foster talking ToEE from 2 September 2025 https://pesa-nexus.de/2025/09/02/episode-63-english-the-temple-of-elemental-evil-w-trent-smith/
Dice are Screaming 384 Gaming While Distracted from 3 September 2025 https://open.spotify.com/episode/6yDHB6iMpCllViNt6JzdKh?si=Mztlwl4DRzi-0k8ALz_8kw
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Glitterbois on Awarding Experience Points
#RPGaDAY2025 prompts 29-31
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Mirke the Meek joins me to discuss two films, Street Fighter (1994) and Mortal Kombat (1995), which is the winner of this battle for best video game to movie adaptation?
If you want to test Mirke the Meek's puzzle dungeon you can reach him at mirke [dot] the [dot] meek [at] gmail [dot] com
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#RPGaDAY2025 prompts 22-28
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Harrigan joins me to talk Barbarians of Lemuria, superhero RPGs and minimalist RPGs.
Harrigan's Hearth https://harriganshearth.substack.com/
Saturdays with Sean (Live GM Therapy) https://www.youtube.com/@RPGSean/featured
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#RPGaDAY2025 prompts 15-21
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I respond to calls from John (Red Dice Diaries), Karl (The GMologist Presents), Safer (Safer Fantasy Crafting), Spencer aka Free Thrall (Keep off the Borderlands), and MW (The Worlds of MW Lewis) before Joe (Hindsightless) and I discuss 1997's Spawn, full spoilers for the movie.
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#RPGaDAY2025 prompts for days 8-14
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KR King of D&D Homebrew and the Monsters and Treasure podcast joins me to discuss Busting (1974), Cop (1988), Shadowdark and more! Spoilers for the films start at 50:45.
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#RPGaDAY2025 prompts days 1-7
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A short listener feedback episode with calls from Joe (Hindsightless), BJ (The Arcane Alienist), and Karl (The GMologist Presents).
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BJ from The Arcane Alienist joins me to discuss the new Superman film. We start off spoiler free but finish with spoilers. We both highly recommend seeing it in theaters!
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Daniel from Bandit's Keep joins me to discuss the Chuck Norris films Silent Rage and Code of Silence and how to adapt them to RPG adventures.
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Episode reloaded after fixing audio issues with first call.
I respond to listener feedback from Darkfluid (The Silver Key), Joe (Hindsightless), Graham (Gaming From The First Age), Karl (The GMologist Presents), Daniel (Bandit's Keep), and Rob aka Menion (Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi) and than Joe helps me discuss Robocop for our Revenge Beyond the Grave series.
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Ray Otus did the coffee cup art for this show
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Spikepit https://www.youtube.com/@spikepit1 provided the "Have no fear" sound clip.
David and Anthony join me to discuss #RPGaDay 2025. The infographic and a plain text version of the prompts are available on my blog: https://nerdsrpgvarietycastblog.blogspot.com/2025/07/rpgaday2025.html
LInks for this episode:
You can find the #RPGaDAY stuff here:www.facebook.com/RPGaDAY
Dave's blog:www.autocratik.com
Dave's Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/autocratik
What Dave's been working on here:https://www.autocratik.com/p/about-me.html
And the WILD RPG (hint) here:www.wildrpg.com
Anthony's blog:castingshadowsblog.com
Anthony's Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@Runeslinger
Anthony's podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6QiFhB9HMGX1kTcBHjpllW?si=ROFVLgJdRb2Ahas6RpIMog
Check out Casting Shadows
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James Sral of the Sub Class Act podcast does a tutorial solo game with me using Eye of Erendor, a modified version of Matt Jackson’s Red, White, & Blue oracle, and The Perilous Wilds. Also mentioned during the show Matt Finch’s Tome of Adventure Design and Kevin Crawford’s Black Streams: Solo Heroes https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/114895/black-streams-solo-heroes
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