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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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23:03

Monstrous Compendium

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2021/12/27

We got you some monsters for Christmas! This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we talk about the Monstrous Compendium (1989) for second edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. You know what else we talk about? Office supplies and how great they are. Join us for another thrilling episode!

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19:46

Campaign Sourcebook and Catacomb Guide

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2021/12/20

This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we talk about the Campaign Sourcebook and Catacomb Guide (1990), the first Dungeon Masters Guide expansion for second edition Dungeons & Dragons. That might sound dull, but I promise you, it is a wild ride into the substrate of the RPG psyche — it’s one part deconstruction of the hobby and one part a kind of everyperson’s treatise on RPG design theory, written largely by the always engaging Jennell Jaquays. A lot of folks think the blue and silver books are just

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21:23

Alien Post-Mortem

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2021/12/13

Back in October, Stu ran “Chariot of the Gods,” the cinematic scenario in the Alien Starter Set. Not once, but twice! This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast we talk about how it went. Who survived? What was left of them? Well, we aren’t telling because that would spoil the fun. But we do dig into Stu’s general impressions of how the game works and the experience it delivers.

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18:45

Holiday Gift Guide (sorta)

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2021/12/06

It’s a little late for a holiday gift guide, even without the worldwide supply chain issues and shipping delays, so let’s call this episode of the Vintage RPG Podcast “Cool RPG stuff that came out this year (and is maybe made by our friends).” While it may be too late for the December holidays (though PDFs make for fine gifts, too!), the monopoly December has on gift giving is silly. Give your tabletop pals a cool book in January or February, it’ll make their month! Those dreary months need some

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25:37

Escape the Dark Castle

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2021/11/29

We did Fighting Fantasy last week, so this week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, it seemed like a fun idea to take a look at a board game inspired by Fighting Fantasy, the spectacular Escape the Dark Castle, from Themeborne. So many great things about this game: the gnarly throwback art, the punishing difficulty, the narrative focus, the incredible ease of learning it. Snag it, throw it on the table, learn while you go and die, repeatedly. Fantastic stuff! We also chat with Henry Taylor about his

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40:29

Fighting Fantasy

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2021/11/22

On the Vintage RPG Podcast this week, the guys talk about the famed adventure gamebook franchise, Fighting Fantasy, developed by Ian Livingstone and (English) Steve Jackson. Hambone also has a chat with Ryan Verniere about his forthcoming RPG, Blackbirds, now up for pre-order on BackerKit. This forthright post is brought to you by Stu’s head cold. We’ll return to our regular number of exclamation points next week. * * * Correction: Ryan discovered Berserk in 1992 not 1982.

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19:24

Bullwinkle and Rocky Role-Playing Party Game

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2021/11/15

Did you know that there’s a Rocky and Bullwinkle RPG? Yup: the Bullwinkle and Rocky Role-Playing Party Game! Do you even have a clue who Rocky and Bullwinkle are? Did you get that the first line of this post is a reference to their cartoon? Maybe you did, maybe you didn’t, but that doesn’t change the fact that this particular cartoon license is a bit of a head-scratcher for TSR circa 1988, and doesn’t get any less odd here in 2021. We get into that and check out the game itself, which has some

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30:11

Treasure Hunt

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2021/11/08

Ships and desert islands and sea shanties and secret treasures: we’re getting nautical on this week’s episode of the Vintage RPG Podcast. First up, N4 — Treasure Hunt (1986), one of the finest introductory scenarios for first edition Dungeons & Dragons. It’s one of the only modules to successfully pull of the “you’ve been captured and lost all your stuff” trope and introduces the underloved idea of zero-level characters (at least until Dungeon Crawl Classics came around). Good stuff all around! We

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23:52

Point Nemo

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2021/11/01

This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we’re talking 3, 2, 1… Action! with 3, 2, 1… Action! creator Hambone! You probably remember Hambone kickstarted an adventure for the system, Rocket to Russia, back in February during ZineQuest. That scenario is a prelude to Point Nemo, which is hitting Kickstarter on Tuesday. Follow now to be notified on launch! We chat a little bit about Point Nemo and a lot about the underlying system, which is rules light and aims to be welcoming for players of all levels of

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22:56

Babes in the Wood

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2021/10/25

Halloween is nearly upon us! For the last few years, we’ve reserved this week to chat about Ravenloft, but this year we thought we’d talk about a game that seems truer to the spirit of the season: Babes in the Wood, from World Champ Game Company. It’s a delightfully spooky game about being a child lost in the woods on an endless Halloween. What could be better? But that’s not all! Comic writer Mark Sable is back for a chat, this time to tell us about his new comic, Chaotic Neutral, which ponders

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24:18

Impossible Landscapes

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2021/10/18

Have you seen the Yellow Sign? We sure have. This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we tackle the massive new Delta Green campaign Impossible Landscapes (2021). It instantly takes its places as one of the definitive RPG takes on Robert W. Chambers’ infamous King in Yellow, delivering an unprecedented, mind-bending experience — and that’s just reading the book. Playing the campaign is likely something the folks at your table will never forget. A solid gold modern classic. Stu doesn’t generally care

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18:03

Kult

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2021/10/11

This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we have such sights to show you. Wait, no, wrong horror franchise. But pretty close — we’re talking about Kult, the mature existential urban horror RPG imported from Sweden by Terry Amthor and Metropolis Ltd. The designers clearly had Clive Barker on their minds. We honestly barely scratch the surface, though, talking more about the edginess of the 90s, the trend of investigating secret histories in RPGs and all that pre-millennial tension that was in the air

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26:25

Amanda Lee Franck Interview

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2021/10/04

We’re excited to have game designer and artist Amanda Lee Franck back on the Vintage RPG Podcast this week! Amanda’s got a big old pile of exciting projects to chat about, from a zine about vacationing vampires (Vampire Cruise!) to another about exploring a mysterious domed habitat (Mouth Brood!). And that’s just the start!

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17:59

The Dungeon Alphabet

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2021/09/27

This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we’re taking a look at Goodman Games’ series of alphabet sourcebooks: The Dungeon Alphabet, The Monster Alphabet and The Cthulhu Alphabet. These are system agnostic design tools, full to brimming with random tables and amazing art, all aimed at helping you stoke your imagination to make cool things for your players. A must for every GM’s shelf.

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23:40

Alien

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2021/09/20

Space is a place that wants to kill us, be it with the vacuum, the cold, the hostile exo-environments, the hubris of humanity or a good old fashioned xenomorph. That’s right, this week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we take a look at the Alien RPG. The latest permutation of Free League’s Year Zero Engine is refined to be even deadlier. It boasts frameworks for both traditional campaign play and more directed cinematic play. There’s a pretty excellent stress and panic system. It all comes together as a

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21:11

Black Magic

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2021/09/13

“Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and caldron bubble!” This week, we’re doing a bit of black magic and calling up demons. Specifically the demons in the Ars Goetia, the 72 kings, dukes, presidents and barons of Hell. We run down the history of this notorious book of demonology, its unlikely origins and its connections to pop culture and roleplaying games.

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27:49

Horror on the Orient Express Post-Mortem

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2021/09/06

Choo-choo! Stu recently wrapped up running the Call of Cthulhu campaign Horror on the Orient Express after about a year and a quarter of weekly sessions. A momentous occasion! This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we thought it would be cool to chat about it. Who survived? What was left of them? Just how on rails was it? Were the flashback scenarios as good as advertised? We discuss, and manage to do it relatively spoiler free. We also check in with Tony Vasinda from Plus One Exp about Down We Go, a

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27:25

Thousand Year Old Vampire

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2021/08/30

They say forever is a long, long time and, if Thousand Year Old Vampire is an indication, forever sure does suck. Is that a pun? That might be a pun. Sorry. Anyway, this week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we take a look at Tim Hutchings’ solo journaling game about memory, tragedy and confronting things you’d rather ignore. It is maybe the most intense solo games ever published. Also, Drew Cochran gives us the Indie Elevator Pitch for his forthcoming RPG, Epic of Dreams!

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33:55

Erol Otus Interview

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2021/08/23

This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we talk to legendary RPG artist Erol Otus! What more can I say?

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20:32

Cities

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2021/08/16

“I will find a city, find myself a city to live in.” That’s the chorus of the Talking Heads song “Cities,” and it kind of speaks to how RPG designers approached city design in the early days of the hobby. This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we’re talking about Midkemia Press and their signature approach to cities, called, appropriately, Cities! They were interested in finding ways to create the bustle of city streets and do so largely through piles of random tables — the method was so compelling

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