Limithron's Ship of the Dead, a tabletop roleplaying game podcast with a strong focus on pirate themed games, Dungeons & Dragons, and OSR/NSR games like Mörk Borg and Mothership. GM tips & tutorials, industry interviews, actual plays, and more. Hosted by battle map artist and Pirate Borg creator Luke Stratton (Limithron). Support at www.limithron.com/patreon.
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Limithron's Ship of the Dead, a tabletop roleplaying game podcast with a strong focus on pirate themed games, Dungeons & Dragons, and OSR/NSR games like Mörk Borg and Mothership. GM tips & tutorials, industry interviews, actual plays, and more. Hosted by battle map artist and Pirate Borg creator Luke Stratton (Limithron). Support at www.limithron.com/patreon.
At Gary Con 2025, Luke interviews an exceptional panel of OSR creators about the current state of the OSR. Matt Finch (Mythmere Games), Kelsey Dionne (The Arcane Library), and Yochai Gal and Brad Kerr (Between Two Cairns) each share their take on how they entered the scene, what’s great about the current state of play, and what they’d like to see more of.
Kelsey Dionne, creator of Shadowdark, joins Luke at Gary Con 2025 to talk about her new Kickstarter, her favorite RPGs, and her design style! They also talk about how similar Pirate Borg and Shadowdark are and what the future holds for her!
Mike was the lead designer on D&D 5E (2014) and has now moved on to work on great games like Magic: The Gathering and Chaosium's RuneQuest. In this episode, they talk about his design choices, journey through games, and what he personally enjoys about RPGs. There's some extra juicy stuff during the Broadside Barrage as well!
Luke has adventure creator and Merry Mushmen writer Joseph R. Lewis back on the show to dive deeper into his style, method, and ideology. They break down why he designs adventures this way over that way and discuss his current projects.
Brian Colin is back and hanging with his bestie Luke. These two creators gush about moving into the skirmish game world and how that has opened up their creative worlds. Brian is a dear friend of the Limithron crew, and we are stoked to have him back.
Our very own Zac Goins joins the podcast to talk about his new Pirate Borg Kickstarter, Tangled in Shrouds. The two gents muse about the community, what makes a great adventure, and Zac’s Moria campaign. Later, they dive into a heated controversy over one of Luke's favorite topics.
Firelock Games might just be the closest game company aligned in spirit with Limithron. In this episode, Luke sits down with Mike Tuñez to talk about all their pirate-themed skirmish games, naval combat games, and upcoming RPGs. It quickly becomes clear that both captains are cut from the same sail cloth!
Two of the heads at Chaosium Inc. pull up a chair and chat with Luke about the depths of Horror RPG gaming. They talk about how they both got into the game, 7th edition Call of Cthulhu RPG, their influences, music tastes, and what's coming next from Chaosium.
*Spoiler Warning for The Dark Caribbean Setting Book*
In October 2024, Luke hosted a panel at Gamehole Con called “World Building The Dark Caribbean”. He talks about designing the Dark Caribbean setting and how others can apply those design ideas to their games. As noted there are spoilers here about some of the settings for the Dark Caribbean, which is scheduled to release in 2025 or 2026.
The Neon Lord Brian Shutter instantly becomes one of Luke’s favorite new people as these two hang out and talk about the creation of Neon Lords of the Toxic Wasteland, 80s/90s culture, and the crazy fun of wacky RPGs. This episode is as much of a hang as an interview!
THE Professor Dungeon Master of YouTube, aka Dungeon Craft joins Luke to talk all about his Career as a youtuber, professor and RPG player. They talk about what it's been like seeing the hobby change over the years and how great it is looking.
Sean McCoy is the creator of Mothership RPG, Two Rooms and a Boom, and the co-founder of Tuesday Knight Games. Luke is very excited to pick his brain. They discuss designing the upcoming expansion for Mothership called Wages of Sin, the new Backerkit event for Mothership Month, and the future of Tuesday Knight Games.
John Marron is many things: an RPG editor, convention rock star, archaeologist, farmer, but most of all, he’s an OSR connoisseur. He’s also an amazing human being who's always a pleasure to be around. Luke and John trade their favorite OSR games and stories back and forth. The show notes include links to every game mentioned—in the order they appear!
Andrew Kolb is back to talk about his new book Wonderland (as in Alice in Wonderland). Luke discusses with him the deep design of this book compared to his other two, Oz and Neverland. In return, Andrew interviews Luke about his own work!
Jordan Weisman and his son, Zach Weisman, talk about their new Kickstarter computer game Sea of Legends RPG. Luke fanboys out over all the games Jordan has made that Luke loves, like Pirates of the Spanish Main.
MÖRK BORG video game! Luke breaks apart the process and details of the upcoming video game Heresy Supreme. Interviewing Diego Sacchetti and Misbug from Morbidware games, along with Mörk Borg Creator Johan Nohr.
The Limithron crew (Luke, Tyler and Zac) dive deep into what's is all in the Kickstarter for Down Among The Dead. They talk about the contents of the books, Cabin Fever, the Pirate Borg starter set and break down all the add-ons you can get! Kickstarter runs 9/17/24 – 10/15/24
Note: All current Limithron products will also be available in the Kickstarter.
Luke Gearing & Johan Nohr talk about the creation of their new Mörk Borg adventure, Tephrotic Nightmares. Also discussed are their musical references and the difference between writing an adventure vs creating a rule book.
The Merry Mushmen take a stroll through what makes a good adventure. They chat about the greatest hits in the OSR and Luke's favorite parts of their work (Knock! magazine, writing styles that pop).
Limithron's Ship of the Dead, a tabletop roleplaying game podcast with a strong focus on pirate themed games, Dungeons & Dragons, and OSR/NSR games like Mörk Borg and Mothership. GM tips & tutorials, industry interviews, actual plays, and more. Hosted by battle map artist and Pirate Borg creator Luke Stratton (Limithron). Support at www.limithron.com/patreon.
