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The Goblins and Growlers Podcast

Goblins and Growlers

Hey, we do awesome tabletop stuff. Since 2018, Goblins and Growlers has been: - Running public TTRPG events in local breweries and restaurants in Richmond- Writing and publishing all our own original (award-winning) content- Producing ”Quid Pro Roll,” a 90k+ download narrative tabletop podcast- Producing ”The Goblins and Growlers Podcast,” an interview and discussion show about fun gaming products and topics- Presenting panels, performing on stage, and running organized tabletop events at gaming and

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All Episodes

01:25:00

Veilguard Unhinged: A Rant in a Nutshell | The...

The Goblins and Growlers Podcast ·

2025/02/24

Quick heads up: Our guest Alex owns Alpha Comics & Games and is married to our co-host. #NotSponsoredGuess what, listeners? I’ve seized control of the podcast again, which can only mean one thing. It is time for a proper rant. This week, I’m joined by dear, dear friends of the show (and professional GMs) Luke (@WunderBardic / @BraveB33) and Alex (@AlphaComicGames / @LexieSunshine) as we sink our teeth into Veilguard. We talk shop on character creation improvements, combat that actually feels

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01:09:54

D&D's new Monster Manual, a Complete and Total Review...

The Goblins and Growlers Podcast ·

2025/02/09

Telephone, Telegraph, Tell a Friend about the Goblins and Growlers Podcast.→ Bonus episodes and early access on Patreon (http://patreon.com/goblinsgrowlers) → Subscribe to our monthly gaming newsletter (https://goblinsandgrowlers.beehiiv.com/subscribe) → Join the Goblins and Growlers Discord (http://bit.ly/goblindiscord) 85 new monsters you say? Thanks to early access on D&D Beyond, we were able to dig into the 2024* Monstrous Manual -- the final release of the updated core rulebooks. We had

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57:03

Monstrous Manual Pre-Preview, Dragonbane, and WTF...

The Goblins and Growlers Podcast ·

2025/01/27

Telephone, Telegraph, Tell a Friend about the Goblins and Growlers Podcast.→ Bonus episodes and early access on Patreon (http://patreon.com/goblinsgrowlers) → Subscribe to our monthly gaming newsletter (https://goblinsandgrowlers.beehiiv.com/subscribe) → Join the Goblins and Growlers Discord (http://bit.ly/goblindiscord) What even is happening?! I'm gone for a little bit and I come back to this nonsense! I rejoin Inver and Ji(o)sh so they can listen to me get excited about Dragonbane's new

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01:04:10

Is Dragon Age Veilguard a Worthwhile Franchise Entry?...

The Goblins and Growlers Podcast ·

2025/01/13

Telephone, Telegraph, Tell a Friend about the Goblins and Growlers Podcast.→ Bonus episodes and early access on Patreon (http://patreon.com/goblinsgrowlers) → Subscribe to our monthly gaming newsletter (https://goblinsandgrowlers.beehiiv.com/subscribe) → Join the Goblins and Growlers Discord (http://bit.ly/goblindiscord) Inver has finally achieved complete dominance over the podcast, and she’s using this power to talk about the most important topic of the time: Whether Dragon Age Veilguard is a

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01:09:46

2024: D&D, Tabletop Year in Review | The Goblins and...

The Goblins and Growlers Podcast ·

2024/12/30

Happy New Year, GGPeeps!Telephone, Telegraph, Tell a Friend about the Goblins and Growlers Podcast. → Bonus episodes and early access on Patreon (http://patreon.com/goblinsgrowlers) → Subscribe to our monthly gaming newsletter (https://goblinsandgrowlers.beehiiv.com/subscribe) → Join the Goblins and Growlers Discord (http://bit.ly/goblindiscord) What exactly happened in Dungeons & Dragons and other TTRPGs in 2024? We started getting the new D&D rules and Tales of the Valiant finally

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01:10:11

We went to PaxUnplugged. Here's our trip report | The...

The Goblins and Growlers Podcast ·

2024/12/16

OMG WTF PAX Early access and bonus content on Patreon Subscribe to our monthly gaming newsletter Join the Discord We spent three days in Philly at Pax Unplugged. We suffered behind SEPTA buses that blocked intersections, had some pizza stolen, and were verbally accosted by someone claiming to be the Son of God. But the rest was fun and games. We got to hang out with our friends at Nomnivore Games, reconnect with Mage Hand Press and Flagbearer Games, see Potion Slingers' new video game demo, and meet

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01:07:42

Tabletop AI backlash INTENSIFIES! | The Goblins and...

The Goblins and Growlers Podcast ·

2024/12/02

Bonus episodes and early access on Patreon at the $5 tierSubscribe to our monthly gaming newsletter Join the Discord There were a couple of stories that got us, again, thinking about the implications of AI in creative work. First, itch.io is implementing a relatively toothless anti-AI filter and second, crowdfunding platforms are finally having to reckon with the increasingly negative attitudes toward AI creations and weigh that against their desire to make money off of such projects. It ended up

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01:33:48

2024 Dungeon Master's Guide: A Complete and Total...

The Goblins and Growlers Podcast ·

2024/11/18

OMG WTF DMGEarly access and bonus content on Patreon Subscribe to our monthly gaming newsletter Join the Discord Good gravy we spent so much time recording this episode and the Deep Dives -- 3.5 hours of content from one recording session. But there was a lot to talk about. In this main-feed release of The Goblins and Growlers Podcast, Brandon, Inver, and Josh debate what works, what doesn't, and what's lacking from the new 2024 release of The Dungeon Master's Guide. There are things to like here

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01:10:52

Writing a very specific kind of D&D game | The...

The Goblins and Growlers Podcast ·

2024/11/04

Writing a very specific kind of game.Early access and bonus content on Patreon Subscribe to our monthly gaming newsletter Join the Discord Writing is hard. Josh and Brandon discuss the very specific kind of writing you have to do for a public/pick-up D&D game. It's a lot different than writing for a home game, but should it be? Obviously, folks should do what works best for them and their players, but there's definitely value in examining how you write for your home game. In this week's

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01:04:15

The new DMG seems... useful?

The Goblins and Growlers Podcast ·

2024/10/21

Handy gaming tools: A useful DMG?Early access and bonus content on Patreon Subscribe to our monthly gaming newsletter Join the Discord We collected a bunch of news about the upcoming 2024 Dungeon Masters' Guide release. Word on the street is that this version of the DMG is going to be a much more useful tool than previous iterations from editions past. We talk about the return of Greyhawk, adventure-writing coaching, and bastions/strongholds. Honestly, if this version of the DMG is even half as

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01:14:21

Responsible uses of AI in D&D

The Goblins and Growlers Podcast ·

2024/10/07

GAME WITH ME IF YOU WANT TO LIVE: AI in D&D Early access and bonus content on Patreon Subscribe to our monthly gaming newsletter Join the Discord With Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks basically tripling down on his commitment to the use of some form of AI in Dungeons & Dragons, we talked through what that might look like. Is there even a path for the responsible use of AI in TTRPG gaming, or is it an already slippery slope that they're coating with butter, oil, and other lubricants? Check us out on

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01:17:54

Is the 2024 Player's Handbook useful or cash grab? |...

The Goblins and Growlers Podcast ·

2024/09/23

2024 PLAYER'S HANDBOOK IS HERE!Early access and bonus content on Patreon Subscribe to our monthly gaming newsletter Join the Discord Wizards of the Coast released the new 2024 Player's Handbook last week. It's the first of the 2024 update releases of the Core Rules, with the Dungeon Master's Guide coming in November and the 2024 Monstrous Manual coming in... 2025. Is the update a unique and beneficial experience compared to the 2014 rules? Is this just a cash grab to keep the product cycle alive

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01:13:05

D&D Direct Debrief | The Goblins and Growlers Podcast

The Goblins and Growlers Podcast ·

2024/09/09

We debrief on D&D Direct and talk about the new 2024 Players Handbook, the upcoming "total rewrite" of the Dungeon Masters Guide, and potential balance issues to look out for until the new Monstrous Manual comes out. Also, we try to decide Wizards of the Coast employees were actively trolling Josh on the pronunciation of "Sigil" during GenCon, and Brandon makes another push for new box set releases when we talk about the two new Forgotten Realms books coming out as part of the 2024 refresh

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01:11:31

An RPG for Kids - Chatting with Nomnivore Games | The...

The Goblins and Growlers Podcast ·

2024/08/26

A great treat today. After probably about 6 weeks of comparing schedules and various people fighting COVID, we were finally able to get together and chat with Kate, Kerby, and Britt from Nomnivore Games. We've run into the Noms a handful of times at various cons and it was great to get a chance to sit and talk with them. While you might know them from games like "Dungeons & Dinos" and "Emberwind," they're here to talk to us about their live Kickstarter for "Nomventure," a modular, stat-less RPG

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01:02:59

GenCon Trip Report: We Had Access to VIPs | The...

The Goblins and Growlers Podcast ·

2024/08/12

In our efforts to become more pro, we sent Josh to GenCon as a correspondent because we were able to get invites to a bunch of industry networking events. It's a tale of long-haul driving, spaceship administration, and insomnia. Despite being a multi-year veteran of DragonCon, this was Josh's first trip to the Hoosier state for THE largest tabletop gaming convention.Josh was able to chat with Jess Lanzillo, the head of D&D for Wizards of the Coast, and Kobold Press COO, Alexander Stangroom, to

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01:03:05

Dice, Roleplaying, and False Dichotomies | The...

The Goblins and Growlers Podcast ·

2024/07/29

Back from our break, sort of. Josh is out sick, so I'm joined by my friend and occasional legal counsel, Noah Downs. I'm in the last couple of weeks of my grad school experience, so Noah was kind enough to suggest this episode's topic, too, to give my brain a bit of a break. We're talking about the virtues, vices, and play strategies for dice-heavy players versus role-playing players. Role versus Roll.Also: Get "City of Six Moons" so we can all talk about it together:

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01:10:41

The Future of Third-Party TTRPG Crowdfunding | The...

The Goblins and Growlers Podcast ·

2024/06/24

Just where is the future of third-party content going? There's been some doomsaying about the level of support those kinds of Kickstarters are getting now compared to what they were. We take a look at some Kickstarters in the continuing analysis of the OGL fallout from last year. We also dig in a little on the philosophical differences between efforts like DC20 and Tales of the Valiant. And you know we have thoughts on Tales of the Valiant. Some days, we get dangerously close to analytical

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01:09:02

Exploring the new Vecna book | The Goblins and...

The Goblins and Growlers Podcast ·

2024/06/10

Josh takes a look at the new Vecna book from Wizards of the Coast. It's been hyped a bunch and is the marquee release of the year (unless you care a whole whole lot about the revised Core Rules). One of the top contenders for the name of today's episode was "Quantum Leap Fetch Quest."Do you dig on full campaign books? Do you actually get through them, do you buy them for shelf decoration or completionism, or do you cherry pick little things from the campaigns for your own homebrew? GET OUR

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01:05:55

WotC Nixes A La Carte Buying on D&D Beyond and Other...

The Goblins and Growlers Podcast ·

2024/05/13

A bit of a news breakdown today. Wizards of the Coast is surprisingly adding the new Core Rulebooks's updated SRD to Creative Commons. But then they juke in another direction and make some unpopular changes to D&D Beyond! Kobold Press issues has some things to say about the reception of their Black Flag Reference Document, and Josh compares *just how similar* it is to D&D's 5.1 SRD (spoilers: a lot).D&D Beyond Changes:

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01:05:13

Castle of the Winds and The Wild West of Win 3.1...

The Goblins and Growlers Podcast ·

2024/04/29

It's simple this week: We play Castle of the Winds and talk about it. The game holds a special place in Josh's personal gaming history.Castle of the Winds is a PC RPG/Roguelike from the Windows 3.1 era, which is a weird time for games. We get into this in the episode but, basically, Win 3.1 was very much primarily a business application and its native games were like a square peg in a round hole. All the good games were on DOS anyway. GET OUR MONTHLY GAMING NEWS

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