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The Vintage RPG Podcast

Join Stu Horvath and John McGuire as they delve into their favorite tabletop roleplaying games from the past, present and future!

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19:00

Liminal Horror

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2023/02/06

Dying malls and office buildings corrupted by extradimensional entities? Sounds like this week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we’re talking about Liminial Horror. A hack of Cairn from Goblin Archives, Liminal Horror takes the barely-there D&D framework of that earlier game and applies to the tropes of investigative horror. It works shockingly well! We also touch on The Mall and The Bureau, two scenario zines. The Mall has intriguing mechanics for introducing stress-related agendas in play that are

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15:34

Cairn

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2023/01/30

Here we are in the brambles. This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we’re looking at Cairn, Yochai Gal’s ultra-lite hack/remix of Into the Odd and Knave. How few mechanics can you have and still have a D&D-esque RPG? It’s both more and less than you expect, probably. Cairn actually highlights Into the Odd’s differences from D&D by pulling the Odd mechanics in a more old-school direction (Into the Odd lacks a recognizable spellcasting system, for instance). We run it all down. Next up: Liminal

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20:15

Into the Odd

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2023/01/23

We’re embarking on a tour of ultra-lite RPGs for the next few weeks on the Vintage RPG Podcast. Up first: Into the Odd Remastered, Chris McDowall’s extremely streamlined D&D-esque ruleset that is so distilled it becomes a sort of commentary on the tropes of roleplaying games broadly. Next up: Cairn!

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26:50

Fantasy Gamer's Compendium

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2023/01/16

Back the third party publishing of the 80s — this week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we take a look at GameScience’s Fantasy Gamer’s Compendium (1983), a collection of six smaller books originally created by the short-lived Little Soldier Games (in the mid-70s). Which is also the short-lived Phoenix Games (in like, 1980). It’s a little confusing, and we iron that out. The books themselves, though, are an inspiring collection of monsters, demons, skills, magic systems and new character classes, kinda

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26:28

Dungeons & Dragons Third Edition

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2023/01/09

And we’re back! Hope y'all had an excellent holiday season. This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we sort of tackle the third edition of D&D. Not so much the system (though we hit the broad strokes), but the idea of it, where it came from, where it went, what it inspired. It’s sort of a ruminating ramble that seems even more relevant now with the recent kerfuffle over the OGL (though we recorded before that bomb dropped, believe it or not).

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14:59

The Rust Monster (Remastered)

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2023/01/02

We decided to take a couple weeks off for the holidays, so we remastered a couple older episodes for your enjoyment. We'll be back with a new episode on January 9. Original show notes: Hey, we're weekly! We talk about what that means for the podcast going forward (forget that we say its December in the episode. It isn't. Schedules change, OK?). It would be rad if you joined us on our Patreon, because that definitely helps keep us going. We also talk about the classic D&D monster, the rust monster

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25:11

Sears Wish Books, 1982-84 (Remastered)

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2022/12/26

We decided to take a couple weeks off for the holidays, so we remastered a couple older episodes for your enjoyment. We'll be back with a new episode on January 9. Original show notes: Happy holidays, folks! We’re breaking from format this episode to dig deep into the nostalgia and look at the Sears Wish Book, an important part of our childhood Christmas experiences. Specifically, we’re looking at the catalogs from 1982, 1983 and 1984, which contained, you guessed it, Dungeons & Dragons stuff. They

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20:24

Dragonroar

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2022/12/19

War hedgehogs! This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we check out Dragonroar, the first major fantasy RPG out of the UK, and boy is it British. Beware, for man-eating penguins lie in wait. And war hedgehogs!

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23:38

Advanced Fantasy Fighting

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2022/12/12

Fighting Fantasy? That's for babies. This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we look at Advanced Fighting Fantasy, the full-fledged RPG rules derived from the (not really for babies) Fighting Fantasy gamebook series. There are three delightful volumes - Dungeoneer starts things off with dungeons rules, Blacksand! takes players to the city streets and Allansia explores the great outdoors. Lots of fantastic art by John Sibbick and Russ Nicholson, plus a lightweight and versatile system with a surprising

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24:10

Down in the Dungeon

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2022/12/05

This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we look at the amazing fantasy RPG-inspired art book, Down in the Dungeon (1981), by Don Greer. This amazing collection of art retells the adventures the author experienced while exploring Zarakan’s dungeon after discovering it on a camping trip somewhere in the American Southwest. We talk about the enduring appeal of this sort of art and speculate a bit about what a book like this said about the broader RPG scene at the time of its publication. * * * A large

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20:19

Cadabra Records

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2022/11/28

Horror stories on vinyl! This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we digress a little bit to talk about Cadabra Records and their “nightmares on vinyl.” These are spoken word readings or full cast audio plays of classic horror stories, set to atmospheric soundscapes and wrapped in evocative sleeve art. They’re part of a larger tradition of (often horror-centric) storytelling recordings but, primarily, they’re just plain cool as heck! Pick one up, dial the lights down low and have a spooky evening! * *

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25:45

Heresy of Rot

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2022/11/21

Back to back heresy, just like we like it. Last week, we did Heirs to Heresy, this week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we’re talking about John’s new adventure Heresy of Rot, co-authored by Levi Combs and published by Necromancer Games. We talk a bit about horror in RPGs and we also briefly discuss Lodestar to Karamouska, a system agnostic RPG setting zine by Matheus Graef that Stu published through Unwinnable. Go buy the things! * * * Buy Heresy of Rot! You can also get it at DriveThru. Buy Lodestar

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22:22

Heirs to Heresy

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2022/11/14

They seem to be at the center of every occult conspiracy mystery ever written, so of course they have an RPG! This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we take a look at Heirs to Heresy, Allan Bahr’s RPG centered on the Knights Templars (and their persecution in 1312). We also talk a bit about Osprey Publishing’s whole RPG line and some of the many surprises contained therein! * * * Our friends at Noble Knight are organizing a union and we support their efforts whole-heartedly! We're firm believers in

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21:50

Call of Cthulhu 40th Anniversary

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2022/11/07

In 2021, Call of Cthulhu turned 40 years old! This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we’re looking at some of the print products that came out in 2022 to celebrate that mind-blasting anniversary — the sinister-looking 40th Anniversary edition of the Keeper Rulebook, the Kickstarted reprint of the first edition Call of Cthulhu box set with its accompanying stack of scenario books and, mostly, the advice-filled Keeper Tips book, full of little anonymous koan-like thoughts on how to run good games. (Stu

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32:53

I6: Ravenloft (Remastered)

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2022/10/31

FLASHBACK to October 29, 2018. Two friends in a remote club house. Lightning flashes. Thunder roars. The rain hammers the window in torrents. Within, they discuss…I6: Ravenloft! Yep, this week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we’re airing a remastered repeat. One of Stu’s microphone cables died under mysterious circumstances and we couldn’t replace it in time to record a new jam. We’ll be back next week with the Halloween episode Stu had been planning, and that’s all right, since everyday is Halloween if

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20:58

The Enchanted World

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2022/10/24

There were terrors lurking in the shadows when the world was young! This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we take a look at Time/Life’s classic series, The Enchanted World. Over 21 lushly illustrated volumes, the books portray a world of magic and monsters in a delicious, in-universe style. Perfect for pillaging for roleplaying games! * * * We mentioned the television spots for the books on the show. Here’s four: a general overview of the series, the “I’m a witch” commercial and both of the Vincent

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24:05

Colonial Marines

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2022/10/17

Game over, man! Actually, wait, no, as usual, we can’t always trust Stu’s first impressions. This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we look at the Colonial Marines Operations Manual (2021) for Free League’s Alien RPG. This sourcebook introduces campaign play to the system and continues the metaplot established in the cinematic adventures along in a big way. Game on!

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42:17

Monty Python’s Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment...

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2022/10/10

And now for something completely different! Well, not completely, but it has been a while since we did an interview. This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we chat with Brian Saliba and Craig Schaffer about Monty Python’s Cocurricular Mediaeval Reenactment Programme (which totally isn’t an RPG at all, no sir, not one bit).

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20:07

WHPA-13: Weird Heroes of Public Access

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2022/10/03

Hambone is setting the pace this week on the Vintage RPG Podcast as we talk about WHPA-13: Weird Heroes of Public Access (2022) from Get Haunted Industries. It’s an RPG zine about strange goings on around town and the romance of UHF TV, what’s not to love?

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15:16

DNGN

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2022/09/26

Deeper and deeper we go. This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we look at the first issue of DNGN (2022), a megadungeon zine for Old-School Essentials from Singing Flame. We also discuss the one-page dungeon format and a little bit about the infamous Stonehell.

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