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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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26:01

Cobwebs

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2020/01/27

This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we enter a neo-noir world of conspiracies and horror thanks to the forthcoming storytelling RPG Cobwebs, from World Champ Game Co. We chat with designer Adam Vass and illustrator Sally Cantirino about the game, how it works, the inspiration behind the game and how well-suited North Jersey is as a setting for stories about dark doings.

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25:47

The Keep on the Borderlands

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2020/01/20

This week, we take a look at the famed Dungeons & Dragons module B2 – The Keep on the Borderlands. We discuss how easy it is to find the module, even forty years later, the importance of beginner modules, the weird fact that it isn’t an AD&D module and its inclusion in the 5E playtest packet. We also draw some comparisons to RuneQuest’s Snake Pipe Hollow and make a surprising number of references to the 1979 cult classic film The Warriors before ruminating on human creativity. A little bit of

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14:39

Dungeons

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2020/01/13

You can’t have Dungeons & Dragons without the dungeons! When you stop and think about dungeons as we understand them from fantasy roleplaying games, they’re pretty weird places. We talk about some of that weirdness (where is all the construction debris?), random dungeon generators – particularly Task Force Games’ Casting Call: Dungeons – and the joys of exploring underground death traps with your pals. * * * I am still unclear on the connection, if there is one, between Task Force Games, Flying

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27:33

Russ Nicholson Interview

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2020/01/06

This week, we talk to the incomparable artist Russ Nicholson. Russ has created countless iconic illustrations for tabletop RPGs – you probably best know his work from the original Dungeons & Dragons Fiend Folio or from countless fantasy gamebooks, like the Fighting Fantasy series. We chat about his work, his career, Ouija boards, Scottish accents and more in what, as far as Russ can recall, is his first podcast interview ever! * * * A few notes directly from Russ after the fact: “Sorry about my

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11:45

D&D Monster Cards

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2019/12/30

A short and sweet look at Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Monster Cards from 1981 – these are four sets of 20 cards with original full color illustrations by an all-star team of TSR artists on the front with stats on the back. These cards introduce a number of monsters to the game and are the first (and sometimes only) time many of them were depicted in color. They’re a beautiful, lesser known slice of early D&D!

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16:19

Players Handbook

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2019/12/23

We crack the cover of the classic Players Handbook (1978) for first edition Dungeons & Dragons. We talk a lot about Trampier’s iconic, forbidding cover, of course, but also dig into the equally iconic interior illustrations, the philosophical state of the game at the time, the D&D multiverse, the previous owners of our personal copies (who left their names in the front covers) and much more!

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21:08

Monster Manual

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2019/12/16

We dig into the original Monster Manual (1977), which is the dividing line between the old white box and the new first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. Along the way, we talk about how we organize our shelves, the mysteries of Dave Sutherland’s shifting artistic style, the incomparable Dave Trampier, monster nudity, wood burning, the perils of slickness and more. Monsters!

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25:19

Star Wars Galaxy Guides

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2019/12/09

Because Star Wars is hitting the critical mass point for 2019, we figured we’d add to the fun with an episode that looks at the Galaxy Guides series of sourcebooks for the West End Games Star Wars Role Playing Game. We take a quick tour through each of the twelve volumes and chat about what they added to the RPG experience and how they formed the backbone of the greater Star Wars Expanded Universe.

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14:02

Dungeons & Drawings

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2019/12/02

This week, we chat about the new monster art book Dungeons & Drawings, by Blanca Martinez de Rituerto and Joe Sparrow, which collects a little bit of folk lore and pop culture, a little bit of tabletop RPG context and a whole lot of beautiful original art. We also touch on the tradition of monster books beyond RPGs, particularly in the 70s and 80s. Daniel Cohen forever! * * * Stu mentions two books used by Mike Mignola as inspiration for the stories in the Hellboy comic universe. They are The New

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31:33

Holiday Gift Guide 2019

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2019/11/25

Hi gang! This week, we’re getting ready for the holidays and wanted to help give you a leg up on your gifts for your friends and family around the gaming table (and maybe yourself too, let’s be real). Below you’ll find link to everything we talk about on the show, plus info on the coupon codes. Han Cholo (ha, that name) for all your nerd jewelry and apparel needs. Dellamorte & Co. (whoops, said that wrong on the podcast) and Black Rider Industries for sculptures and decorative housewares. (see

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22:20

Jim Zub, Part 2: Dungeons & Dragons vs Rick and Morty

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2019/11/19

We are back with the second part of our epic interview with Jim Zub! This time, Jim chats about his work on Dungeons & Dragons comic books, as well as the Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty box set, and we learn he does a pretty good Rick Sanchez impersonation. For more from Jim, you can head to his official site or follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Learn all about Jim’s Young Adventurer’s Guides for Dungeons & Dragons in Part One.

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14:19

The Rust Monster

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2019/11/18

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. It was born from a cheap Hong Kong “dinosaur” in the 70s and has since become the bane of adventurers everywhere.

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45:55

Jim Zub on the Young Adventurer's Guides

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2019/11/11

Well hello there, intrepid adventurer. We have quite the podcast for you today! We had the great pleasure of chatting with Jim Zub about the new Young Adventurer’s Guides for Dungeons & Dragons. We explore all the nooks and crannies, learning how the series came about, what’s inside, and what to expect from the forthcoming volumes. Weapons & Warriors and Monsters & Creatures are both out now. Dungeons & Tombs is hitting shelves on November 26 and Wizards & Spells is on the way in March. For more

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46:13

The Satanic Panic

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2019/10/28

This one was a long time coming. This week, we take a long and hopefully definitive look at the moral hysteria of the late 70s through the mid-90s, generally referred to as the Satanic Panic (CW: suicide, sexual abuse). We focus on the controversies around Dungeons & Dragons, but also talk about the larger phenomenon and how it spilled over into heavy metal, children’s toys and cartoons and even a couple criminal cases. Its spooky, but maybe not the way you think. Links of Interest The original BADD

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36:11

Pacesetter's Chill and an interview with Nathan D....

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2019/10/14

Gather round, Chill Masters! This week, we’re discussing the horror roleplaying game Chill (1984), by Pacesetter Games. Is it scary? Is it campy? We don’t know, because Chill never really figured that out for itself. We also welcome game designer Nathan D. Paoletta of Worldwide Wrestling fame. We chat about wrasslin’ briefly before turning to his latest, the psychological monster hunting game Imp of the Perverse, set in Jacksonian America.

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41:13

Ultraviolet Grasslands and Luka Rejec

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2019/09/30

This week, its all about artist, writer and game designer Luka Rejec. We discuss Witchburner, Luka’s system agnostic witch hunt scenario. Then we dig into the forthcoming Ultraviolet Grasslands, a psychedelic heavy metal road trip RPG powered by Luka’s ultra-light, ultra flexible SEACAT system. Finally, we talk to the man himself (for not nearly long enough).

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28:24

Endless Quest

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2019/09/02

This week, we’re talking TSR’s Endless Quest gamebooks. They’re like Choose Your Own Adventure, but with D&D and, well, boring. Sort of! Maybe we’re being too hard on them. We dig in to the first few, the history of the series, the unusual places it goes and there is, perhaps, a surprising turn-around of opinion. We learn a lot about ourselves on this podcast, folks. We’re already getting excited for Halloween (what, its after Labor Day) so we’ve got a couple games we’re excited about. Stu finally

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43:02

Dragonlance

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2019/08/19

We dive right into it, talking the history of Dragonlance – the modules, the novels, the…animated movie? It is the first major metaplot in tabletop RPGs and catapulted Tracy Hickman and Margaret Weiss onto the bestseller list, but never quite coalesced into the major D&D campaign setting it should have. We talk about the reasons why. After that, Hambone sits down with Craig Bergman, assistant manager of the Fantasy Flight Games Center about, well, the awesome Fantasy Flight Games Center event space

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43:30

LJN Dungeons & Dragons Toys

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2019/08/05

We start off with a videogame! We both logged a lot of hours in Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Lots of videogame food was made. The main course is the LJN Dungeons & Dragons toy line. We run through an overview of the entire line, talk about some of the toys that were never produced and even discuss the amazing concept art by comic artists Timothy Truman, Steve Bisette and John Totleben. And more. We go deep on this one, folks. [Hambone is a wrestling fan of the sort who uses wrestling lingo in

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33:05

Forgotten Realms

The Vintage RPG Podcast ·

2019/07/22

Welcome back to the Vintage RPG podcast! We kick things off with the super-appropriate-for-July, Target-exclusive board game adaptation of Jaws. Its fun! The main course is Forgotten Realms, Ed Greenwood’s classic campaign setting. We walk through the creation of the world, its absorption into Dungeons & Dragons and just barely scratch the surface of all the stuff that has happened with the Realms over the years. The Realms are huge, so we’ll be visiting them again, no doubt. We wrap things up with

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