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Save for Half podcast
Save for Half podcast
105 episodes
1 week ago
Save for Half is a podcast about Old School Games and the modern role playing games inspired by them. Join DM Mike, DM Liz, DM Corbett, and DM Jim as they discuss and review all the RPGs that made the 70s and 80s great, as well as their modern descendants and supplements.
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Save for Half is a podcast about Old School Games and the modern role playing games inspired by them. Join DM Mike, DM Liz, DM Corbett, and DM Jim as they discuss and review all the RPGs that made the 70s and 80s great, as well as their modern descendants and supplements.
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Episode 63: Brindlewood Bay RPG by Jason Cordova
It was MURDER! Then again, isn’t it always? The Halflings delve into the mysteries of murders, semi-lightweight Elder Gods, and worst of all small town book clubs! Join us if you dare for snooping old ladies, gardening, knitting, murder mystery books, and fighting Evil Midwives™ in this RPG about meddling grandmas outdoing meddling grandkids and […]
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1 week ago
1 hour 4 minutes 41 seconds

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Found in the Ruins episode 12: Smackdown — The Omega Man vs. I Am Legend
Greetings Wastelanders! It’s the return of the FITR Zombie Smackdown! In this corner is 1971’s The Omega Man with “glistening” Charlton Heston in his Honkey Paradise. Machine guns, Halloween masks, and convenient lighting abound! In this corner is 2007’s I Am Legend with Will Smith. It has Home Alone-style traps, dodgy medical ethics, and CGI […]
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1 month ago
48 minutes 33 seconds

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Episode 62: Tall Tales B/X Wild West by Mark Hunt
Yew’uns better scoot a boot t’wards this here review of the Old West that once shot a man for snorin’ too loud… Save for Half! This episode we discuss Tall Tales, a B/X version of the Wild West as only the OSR can bring it to you. Guns, Steely Nerve™…and a shocking lack of ladders […]
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1 month ago
52 minutes 11 seconds

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Episode 61.5: North Texas RPG Con 2025 Wrap-Up
It’s that time of year again! Your Fab Foursome (well, 3 anyway) discuss this year’s North Texas RPG Con and its gaming goodness. Danger! Excitement! Semi-open pools! And the answer to the question that baffles us all… Who put the doughnuts on the Save For Half table? No Mummies were harmed in the making of […]
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2 months ago
55 minutes 18 seconds

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Found in the Ruins episode 11: RPGs of the Cold War
Your Post-Apoc duo Boom Mike and Doc Benny are joined once again by that guy who’s a little too fond of BBQ Pork; Doc Jared! We discuss growing up in the Cold War and our favorite RPGs from that period, notably Aftermath and Gamma World. Nostalgia leads to more modern games such as the recent […]
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3 months ago
1 hour 23 seconds

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Episode 61: Urban Knights RPG by C. Michael Hall
It’s time to hit the mean streets of San Francisco with Barnaby Jones and Police Woman to save Starsky and Hutch in Vega$! We’ve got the TV goodness of the 1970s with Urban Knights, a RPG based on the television shows and movies of that unforgettable decade. Rogue cops, drug busts, and wild […]
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4 months ago
56 minutes 34 seconds

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Found in the Ruins episode 10: Radio Nowhere by Lee Beard
Welcome to the Bunker, Wastelanders! This time your hosts with the mosts Boom Mike and Doc Benny talk with the Post-Apocalyptic author Lee Beard on her Young Adult book Radio Nowhere; a viral apocalypse that was written well before Covid. We talk about the PA genre, her sequel and third book in the works, and […]
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5 months ago
40 minutes 47 seconds

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Episode 60: Fifty Years of D&D by MIT Press
Behold! We review a book, and it’s…a thing. Your Fab Foursome delve into this informative and controversial book of essays discussing various aspects of Dungeons and Dragons from 1974 to 2024—and beyond? Sit back, grab a cold one and join the SfH Book Club’s first (and possibly last!) meeting! No authors were harmed in the […]
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5 months ago
1 hour 16 minutes 45 seconds

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Found in the Ruins episode 9: Twilight 2000 with Shane
It’s time to look back at the nightmare that the year 2000 brought us. No, not Y2K; the inevitable war between the US and the USSR in Europe! Don’t remember that? Neither do we! Which is why “Bam Shane” from the Shane Plays podcast is here to help us understand that terrible time in Poland […]
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6 months ago
59 minutes 52 seconds

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Episode 59.5: Author Pauli Kidd
Yes! Our favorite Australian Game Designer is in the house! Pauli Kidd the author of several Dungeons & Dragons novels such as White Plume Mountain, Descent into the Depths of the Earth, and Queen of the Demonweb Pits joins your halflings to discuss what she’s been up to over the past few years. We discuss […]
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7 months ago
57 minutes 39 seconds

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Episode 59: Wolf’s Head Tor by Pauli Kidd
This episode we celebrate 2025 by looking back…to 1979? That’s right, author, game designer, and all around excellent person Pauli Kidd has released her first setting and megadungeon for those wishing a taste of Old School goodness. We discuss the location, the wilderness encounter areas, and the interesting NPCs….and kill them. Not really, but it […]
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7 months ago
53 minutes 5 seconds

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Found in the Ruins episode 8: Smackdown—Dawn vs. Dawn
It’s a new dawn….of the dead? This time the Dyspeptic Duo of Boom Mike and Doc Benny talk the second movie smackdown of the show; Romero’s Dawn of the Dead (1978) versus Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead (2004)! Thrills, chills, shuttle buses and pies thrown at zombies abound in this episode of Found in […]
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9 months ago
1 hour 7 minutes 26 seconds

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Episode 58.5: White Box Cyclopedia Kickstarter
What’s this? Not just another retro-clone, the White Box Cyclopedia takes an innovative path that moves the White Box to new heights of simplicity and adventure! Coming to a Kickstarter near you, the Fab 4 Halflings talk with the author James Spahn about his ideas, his development of the game, and most importantly…why are there […]
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10 months ago
56 minutes 4 seconds

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Found in the Ruins episode 7: “Medic!”
If you’re stuck on Band Aid brand, cuz Band Aid’s stuck on you…then you’ll enjoy this episode of Found in the Ruins! Boom Mike and Doc Benny are joined again by Doc Jared for some discussions on medical treatment in the Post-Apoc, both how it’s portrayed and ‘reality’ for what it’s worth. Come for the […]
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10 months ago
59 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 58: Shadowdark RPG by Kelsey Dionne
Living up to our “modern games inspired by them” tag line, we’re covering a relatively new kid on the block (???) of the RPG scene, the Shadowdark game by Kelsey Dionne. This award winning RPG took Kickstarter by storm and marries Old School mindsets with New School mechanics to reach a level that even DM […]
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11 months ago
1 hour 8 minutes 27 seconds

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Episode 57: Attack of the Humans by Rapport Games
Ever watch a bad Horror movie and say to yourself, “If I’d been there I’d have totally owned that monster!” Well, this month’s RPG is for you! Your Fab Four Halflings dive into a 1990 game that answers the question “Who knew Weekly World News was a monster source?” Sit back, relax, pop a cold […]
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1 year ago
52 minutes 52 seconds

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Found in the Ruins episode 6: The Guardians by Richard Austin
That’s right, it’s that decade where we loved to end the world, the 1980s! Specifically, it is 1985, the year that saw the first book in The Guardians series by Richard Austin published, helpfully named The Guardians. 🙂 Your two favorite Wasteland survivors Boom Mike and Doc Benny both literally grew up on these books, […]
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1 year ago
55 minutes 15 seconds

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Episode 56: Wizard Van by James M. Spahn
As with most adventures, this RPG starts at a rock concert. While you wait, you chat with a fellow rocker dude in his tricked-out van with a wizard painted on it. Then, adventure ensues! Want to know more? Well, listen to your Fab Four Halflings as they delve into James Spahn’s latest FRPG creation, Wizard […]
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1 year ago
53 minutes 25 seconds

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Found in the Ruins episode 5: The Other Other White Meat
Let’s talk about something safe…Cannibalism! Like it or not, it comes up in virtually every Post-Apocalyptic tale you can imagine. Beyond the inevitable questions of “would you or wouldn’t you”, how do these tales treat the ramifications of engaging in this cultural taboo? What games deal with it, and how? Is there a such thing […]
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1 year ago
51 minutes 29 seconds

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Episode 55.5: North Texas Gaslights
It’s August, and you know what that means…or should mean; it’s North Texas RPG Con wrap-up info time! But just so you don’t get too bored listening to con events, we’re also interviewing Stephen Miller of Battlefield Press! We talk the Gaslight Victorian Fantasy RPG, its soon to be revised edition on BackerKit, and answer […]
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1 year ago
56 minutes 31 seconds

Save for Half podcast
Save for Half is a podcast about Old School Games and the modern role playing games inspired by them. Join DM Mike, DM Liz, DM Corbett, and DM Jim as they discuss and review all the RPGs that made the 70s and 80s great, as well as their modern descendants and supplements.