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Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast

Twice a month (nominally) podcast about tabletop role playing games, exploitation movies, board games, miniature war games, and whatever else attracts my interest. Callers can use my Speakpipe account https://www.speakpipe.com/NerdsRPGVarietyCast you can also send an email to nerdsrpgvarietycast "at" gmail "dot" com or find me on a variety of discords including the Audio Dungeon Discord. Ray Otus provided the coffee cup clip art and TJ provides my music. Comments made by me are mine alone and do

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00:20:05

511 Happy Birthday Sho Kosugi!

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2023/06/17

Today is the 75th birthday of the man that was instrumental in starting the ninja phenomenon in America. Many Years! Sho Kosugi's Republic of Ninja https://republicoflucha.com/collections/sho-kosugis-republic-of-ninja Sho Kosugi talk at LMU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlzca3efn6E Sho Kosugi Q&A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6VMVA-dhHc Ninja City RPG ⁠https://goodman-games.com/store/?s=ninja+city&post_type=product⁠ Black Belt Magazine Article

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00:40:49

510 Politics in Old School Games or En Garde!

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2023/06/14

Politics in RPGs? Yes please! Calls from from Karl (The GMologist Presents), Jason Hobbs (Random Screed, Hobbs & Friends), Joe (Raven God Games) MUTATION RPG Quickstart https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/372551/MUTATION-RPG-Free-Quick-Start The Dungeonmaster (1984) https://tubitv.com/movies/100001025/the-dungeonmaster DaveCon https://www.davecon.net/ En Garde! http://www.engarde.co.uk/index.html#Top Dark Horse Lodge ⁠https://www.darkhorselodge.org/ Midwest Veterans Closet

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00:47:47

509 Dragon Peak Publishing on System Sunday

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2023/06/11

Stefan from Dragon Peak Publishing joins me to talk about his products, an upcoming kickstarter, and Dungeon Crawl Classics. Where you can find Stefan: Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brimstonecradle/the-technomancer-of-candy-mountain-mcc-rpg?ref=18xdqa DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/19023/Dragon-Peak-Publishing Itch.io: https://dragonpeakpublishing.itch.io/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DMBadWrongFun Goodman Games

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00:22:20

508 Time Capsule

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2023/06/08

In this episode I wrestle with Spotify’s crappy interface, announce a new contest, remember an infamous date 1230 years ago, and field listener calls. Calls from Daniel (Bandit’s Keep) David ( BetelnutGames.com ) and Karl (The GMologist Presents) Micro Mech Warrior http://oldguyrpg.blogspot.com/2009/10/micromechwarrior.html BaffleBoxGames.com Ways to contact me: Google Voice Number for US callers: (540) 445-1145 Speakpipe for international

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01:57:04

507 Mega Military May Award Show

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2023/06/05

Here is the award show for the military media contest. Thank you to Eric from The Omega 3D Chicken Coop for joining me to discuss the entries. Entries from Kevin Borrup, Jason Hobbs, Daniel, Karl, Dekahedron Joe, Chgowiz, Joey, Adrian Young, Anthony, Vino, Sam, Ray, Peter (Spezbaby) Adrian Young Games https://adrian-young-games.itch.io/age-of-adventure-rpg Camp Hometown Heroes https://www.camphometownheroes.org/ Michael's charity http://www.midwestveteranscloset.org/ Ways to contact me: Google

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00:09:33

506 Old School But Still In Print

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2023/06/04

Not all old school games are hard to find or expensive! OD&D https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/44/Wizards-of-the-Coast/subcategory/9730_9737/DD-Original-Edition Moldvay Basic https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/110274/DD-Basic-Set-Rulebook-B-X-ed-Basic?cPath=9730_9736 Cook Expert https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/110792/DD-Expert-Set-Rulebook-B-X-ed-Basic?cPath=9730_9736 AD&D 1E https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/44/Wizards-of-the-Coast/subcategory/9730_9734/ADD-1st-Ed Boot

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00:41:31

505 Live Large!

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2023/06/01

On this episode I open up the mailbag and field calls on a variety of topics. "Live Large!" is a quote from author Don Pendleton. It means you should live your life to the fullest. Calls from Runeslinger (Casting Shadows), Jason Hobbs (Random Screed / Hobbs & Friends), Free Thrall (Keep off the Borderlands), Karl (The GMologist Presents), Joe (Hindsightless), Daniel (Bandit's Keep) North Hollywood Shootout https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hollywood_shootout The Peach House

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01:02:39

504 Clash of the Titans on Movie Night

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2023/05/29

Our inaugural movie for our monthly movie night (thanks again to Goblin's Henchmen for the idea) is Clash of the Titans. This episode features submissions about the movie from from MW Lewis, Joe, Chgowiz, the Henchlings, Goblin’s Henchman, Ray, Sam, Daniel, Runeslinger, Menion, Amy, Karl, and Darkfluid. Thank you to everyone that participated! Article on the Harryhausen's Kraken https://firstfandomexperience.org/2020/06/19/ray-harryhausen-released-the-kraken-in-1938/amp/ Our June movie is

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00:14:35

503 Magnum Fury on System Sunday

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2023/05/28

Need a system for your action packed one shot based on your favorite 1980's action movie? Look no further than Magnum Fury by LakeSide Games. LakeSide Games on DriveThruRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/5026/LakeSide-Games Ways to contact me: Google Voice Number for US callers: (540) 445-1145 Speakpipe for international callers: https://www.speakpipe.com/NerdsRPGVarietyCast The podcast's email at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com Find me on a variety of

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01:17:26

502 The Agency is in the Dice Roll or REAVER and The...

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2023/05/24

I talk about a recent session of REAVER and field more calls on suppressive fire amongst other topics. Calls from Spencer aka Free Thrall (Keep off the Borderlands), Safer (Safer Fantasy Crafting), Joe (Hindsightless), Chgowiz (The Dungeon Master's Handbook), Joe (Raven God Games), MW Lewis (The Worlds of MW Lewis), Dekahedron Joe (Dekahedron RPG Podcast), Goblin’s Henchman, The Pink Phantom (Phantom Thoughts), Karl (The GMologist Presents), and Sam. REAVER: Sword & Sorcery RPG Quickstart

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00:14:09

501 HyperspaceD6 on System Sunday

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2023/05/21

After saying goodbye to Jim Brown and Russ Nicholson I discuss Matt Click's HyperspaceD6, a simplified descendent of the WEG Star Wars RPG. Things and people discussed: HyperspaceD6 (follow the links) ⁠https://twitter.com/MattClick/status/1522236504411566080⁠ 501st Legion ⁠https://www.501st.com/ Find Joe on the Dekahedron RPG Podcast http://www.dekahedron.com/ Ways to contact me: Google Voice Number for US callers: (540) 445-1145 Speakpipe for international

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00:25:32

500 Fang it!

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2023/05/17

I'm on vacation this week but couldn't skip my 500th episode so I talk about what I see going forward, discuss a very generous gift, and open the mail bag to play calls from James, Joe, Tim, & Daniel. I also announce a movie watch along inspired by Goblin's Henchman, your assignment, should you accept it, is to watch Clash of the Titans and call in your thoughts by 26 May. Invite for the Audio Dungeon Discord https://discord.gg/j5H8hGr Things and people discussed: Dekahedron Podcast

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00:43:04

499 Omega Doom with Daniel Norton

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2023/05/14

In the fifth entry in this Year of Pyun where I celebrate the movies of Albert Pyun my friend Daniel from Bandit's Keep joins me to discuss the 1996 movie Omega Doom starring Rutger Hauer. We also discuss The Warrior and the Sorceress near the end of the episode. Spoilers within. Previous shows in the Year of Pyun series The Sword and the

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01:02:53

498 Joe Deals in Lead

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2023/05/10

Joe from Hindsightless joins me to discuss We Deal in Lead, do a surprise unboxing, and dip into the mailbag for some feedback on my Gaming Red Dawn episode. Don't forget to send me your favorite military media property and what game you would run it with, you have until 26 May 2023. My special guest Joe can be found on Hindsightless https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joe-richter9 Palladium Books https://palladium-store.com/1001/SFNT.html You can find Che Webster on Roleplay Rescue

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00:05:54

497 Classified on System Sunday

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2023/05/07

Today we talk about Classified The Role Playing Game of Covert Operations by Expeditious Retreat Press. This is a retro clone of Victory Games' James Bond 007 RPG from the 1980's. Cerebrevore Episode on James Bond 007 RPG https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/X7vXtHLPmzb Or on YouTube https://youtu.be/B9rzoOTNchw Classified https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/69/Expeditious-Retreat-Press/subcategory/225_20577/Classified Expeditious Retreat Press

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00:40:47

496 Gaming Red Dawn

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2023/05/03

I discuss board and role playing games in occupied America, some of which were inspired by John Milius' 1984 movie Red Dawn, and open the mail bag. Fantasy Games Unlimited https://www.fantasygamesunlimited.net/ Freedom Fighters https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/888/Freedom-Fighters Year of the Phoenix https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/900/Year-of-the-Phoenix Invasion U.S. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/422861/Invasion-US-First-Edition-Stand-Alone Bearcats

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00:09:57

495 Sandbox Generator by Atelier Clandestin on System...

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2023/04/30

On this System Sunday I talk about the amazing Sandbox Generator by Atelier Clandestin! Atelier Clandestin Home Page https://atelierclandestin.wixsite.com/home Sandbox Generator https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/430675/Sandbox-Generator Free Sandbox Generator Example 1 https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/432890/Sandbox-Generator-Example-Part-1 Free Sandbox Generator Example 2 https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/433641/Sandbox-Generator-Example-Part-2 Free Sandbox Generator Example 3

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00:35:59

494 Suppressive Fire Mechanics and a New Contest!

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2023/04/28

I announce the May Contest, we get some great listener responses about suppressive fire mechanics in RPGs, and Sam tells us about how his feelings for Palladium Games' Recon have changed over the years. Calls from Ricardo, Karl, David, and Sam. Goblin's Henchman https://goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/ Story from 3rd Bat in Panama https://www.rangerwinnie.com/post/december-20-1989 Find Karl at The GMologist Presents podcast https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/karl-rodriguez Ways to

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01:01:17

493 Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter & Evilspeak Double...

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2023/04/24

Jeff joins me to talk about Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter from 1974 which is a very D&D movie and in honor of Chaosium's release of Elder, an AI powered chatbot, we also discuss the cautionary documentary Evilspeak from 1981. You can find Jeff, YeOldeJeff on various discord servers, on his blog Swords & Schlock https://swordsandschlock.wordpress.com/ Things we discuss: D&D Tropes, Evil Dead Rise (Spoiler Free), Horror Express (Spoiler Free), Creepshow (TV Series) Season 2 Episode

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00:19:20

492 Demonspore The Secret of the Shrooms on Spotlight...

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2023/04/23

This week I highlight Matt Finch's mid level Swords and Wizardry adventure Demonspore The Secret of the Shrooms. This is a 3rd to 6th level adventure for 4 to 8 adventurers that you could use with any TSR era D&D edition or similar game. PDF version https://www.lulu.com/shop/matthew-finch/demonspore/ebook/product-1k8y45m2.html?page=1&pageSize=4 Print version https://www.lulu.com/shop/matthew-finch/demonspore/paperback/product-1vk6nydd.html?page=1&pageSize=4 Swords and Wizardry

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