This Ol’ Dungeon Podcast

One-Shot Episode 10 Artist James Shields and M.A.C.E.

We got a chance to do a “One-Shot” episode where we (yes, Edwin and even Bill eventually makes it in!) sat down with artist and content creator, James Shields to talk about his offerings to the RPG publishing world AND his new monster book project: M.A.C.E. Kickstarting NOW!  What makes a good monster? How do you plan a bestiary to keep monsters new, interesting, and challenging without just adding more hit points?  You can checkout his Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jeshields/monster-and-character-encounters?ref=discovery&term=James%20Shields

Episode 30 DCC1 Idylls of the Rat King

We got the band back together finally, folks! And what a great little module for us to finally sync up for! In this episode we delve into the original DCC#1: Idylls of the Rat King. We go through this early 2003 Goodman product and take care of some long-overdue listener mail.  It’s good to be back, baby!

Dont Tell Mom and Dad with Ben Mazzochetti and Ted Gilbert

Luau Lou here.  I have been waiting to do this episode for over a year.  As many of you know, I publishing a rule set called “The Dare-Luck Club,” themed around misfit adolescents out on adventures.  About a year into its run, I saw a product called “Don’t Tell Mom & Dad” on Kickstarter that just looked fantastic and was right in that same game-space.  Since then, I’ve been trying to track down that game’s creators, Ben Mazzochetti and Ted Gilbert to talk about their take on this genre, all the cool design features of their system, and just talk shop about the genre in general…And now it has happened!  Come hang with us and find out why YOU NEED to be playing these games!  You have got to check their book out.  Here’s their web page: https://www.donttellmomanddad.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donttellmomanddad/?hl=en and Twitter: https://twitter.com/donttellmomdad?lang=en

One Shot Episode 8: Tales from the Smoking Wyrm with Trevor Stamper

Author, Publisher, Booksmith, and all around great guy, Trevor Stamper, sits down one-on-one with Luau Lou to talk about publishing Tales from the Smoking Wyrm, and the freedom of having your own means of book production/finishing.  Come with us and get an inside look at how Trevor and Blind Visionary Publications are working to evolve the publication of game materials into formats that are conducive to ACTUAL game play.  If you yourself are a small publisher, Trevor's analysis of how and why we need to shift the way games are written will make ya' think!  Last we talk about Tales from the Smoking Wyrm #6 Kickstarting NOW!!!

Get in on Issue 6 of the Tales from the Smoking Wyrm-but do it quick the KS is about to end!

Episode 29 Stefan Surrat and The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth

On this episode we talk with RPG creator Stefan Surrat about his MANY past endeavors as well as his upcoming Kickstarter, "Elfland: Beyond the Fields We Know."  You can learn more about it here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brimstonecradle/the-brimstone-cradle-and-the-hills-that-hunger/posts/3689811 OR just go help fund the thing (starting Jan 17th 2023) here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brimstonecradle/elfland-beyond-the-fields-we-know-dcc-rpg?ref=9ffw7v

During the meat and potatoes of the episode we cover a much-loved Gygax classic, "The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth!"  I think despite its wild menagerie of dungeon encounters we all found a lot of things we like about this module and a few changes that can help it along at the table...

Aliens Exposed!: A Discussion of the Facts Surrounding Howling Crater

Levi Combs Sits down with Luau Lou (known for his belief in the bizarre and gnostic) and discuss events that happened around the Howling Crater UFO crash site.  You can learn more about this event in the newest edition of Levi's book "An Occurrence at Howling Crater" live on Kickstarter right now (December 2022)  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/planetxgames/an-occurrence-at-howling-crater-compatible-for-dcc-mcc-and-5e?ref=user_menu .

Episode 28 Masks of Nyarlathotep: New York CoC

In this episode we tackle one of the great Call of Cthulhu adventures, one bite at a time.  We are looking at Masks of Nyarlathotep-the New York chapter.  We talk about whether this award-winning adventure set is really deserving of all the praise it gets and what we would do to make it...better?  Meanwhile, there's some great letter to the homeowners giving us discussion on treasure and some return to talk about meta plot and holiday gaming.  Happy Holidays folks!

Episode 27 with Ian McCarty of Silver Bullette and Castle Amber

In this episode we sit-down with Ian McCarty of Silver Bullette Publishing.  He tells about many of their cool products such as "The Creeping Cold", Fantastic Geographic, and the upcoming MCC adventure, "Fire in the MOHLE!"  We ponder a great listener question about meta plots in RPG worlds and then get into the meat n' potatoes of the show, a talk about "X2: Castle Amber."  -Oh and we put Ian through the ringer on another episode of Geek Credit!  Don't forget to check out Ian's Kickstarter and send us your letters to enter in for a chance to be an at-home winner of Geek Credit (send emails to thisoldungeon@gmail.com)

One Shot Episode 6 Talking Halloween and Scary Toys with Christopher Tupa

This one is WAY off the beaten path folks! Since the show's inception I have always sat down each Halloween season with my old friend and favorite artist, Christopher Tupa to just wax nostalgic.  This year we decided to talk about "scary toys" from our childhoods (and beyond-we're both big kids at heart).  Be warned, this has almost NO GAMING CONTENT-though some of these old toy lines could sure inspire a session or two.  You can see why I love having Christopher work on my RPG books by visiting his art page here: C. Tupa Art.  We'll catch you with a regular episode very soon...

Episode 26 GameHole Almost Live and The Jade Hare

In this fairly raw/unedited episode the three of us talk about GameHole Con while Edwin and Bill are live on the spot.  In honor of the Con's sponsor who is well known for his great collection of all things D&D, we also give the This Ol' Dungeon treatment to one of the most valuable adventures from the old days of TSR-"The Jade Hare."  This is a quick one (for us) folks!  We'll be back soon with another full-length episode!