This Ol’ Dungeon Podcast

One Shot Episode 12 Skeeter Green and The Underlands

In this episode Luau Lou gets a chance to sit down with friend of the show, Skeeter Green who's about to launch his new Kickstarter project, "Underland" - an amazing adventure/system that builds a "connective" tissue between all your game worlds while introducing some great concepts and rules of underground exploration -this ain't just your daddy's dungeon, folks!  There's also a decent amount of banter about Kickstarter complications and other fun - all in (you won't believe this) less than 45 minutes! -A "This Ol' Dungeon" record breaker!

Get onboard for this wonderful Zine deal! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/science-wizard/underland-part-1-for-sandw-dcc-mcc-dandd?ref=discovery

Episode 31 Rappan Athuk 30-Day Challenge with Paladin Reizo

Now presenting Episode 31: an interview with EXTREME Dungeon Master, Paladin Reizo, who’s about to attempt another world-record of gaming by running through the megadungeon Rappan Athuk for 30 days straight!  You can sign up to help play or GM below, the event starts in June and is going to be continuously streamed for posterity’s sake.

We also handle some listener mail, discuss this epic dungeon for the main portion of the show, and even get into a little Geek Credit action at the end!

Be a part of the 30-Day Rappan Athuk challenge by using the following links:

The Website: Sign-Ups Will Start on May 1st. Website is still being worked on and will have constant updates as time goes on. https://paladinsarchives.com/

Paladin’s Twitch stream at: https://www.twitch.tv/paladinsarchives

Paladin’s LinkTree that has many other links to various social media such as Tik-Tok, Twitter, Youtube: https://linktr.ee/paladinsarchives

Paladin’s Discord Server (never expires): https://discord.gg/9BW3tFuMYp

One Shot Episode 11 with John ”Hambone” McGuire and 3, 2, 1 ACTION!

First off, I have to apologize – there is an echo in my mic on this recording.  I think I chased down the culprit for future recordings, but alas editing only made this recording marginally better.

 

That being said YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS THIS ONE!  We have John “Hambone” McGuire from the Vintage RPG Podcast and designer/co-writer of the “3, 2, 1...ACTION!” RPG on to talk about what it is like designing a system as a small publisher and we get a in-depth look at his newest offering for that game, “The Holiday Action Double Feature.”

 

You can learn about the system and get the catalog of books at www.321actiongames.com.  You can see a live play (with the folks at) here: https://www.youtube.com/live/pSI7OltLJCQ?feature=share

 

And now that you’re jonesing to be a part of it, you can go back his Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/johnhambonemcguire/holiday-action-double-feature

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!