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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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00:47:49

300 Christmas Movie Special: Blood Beat (1982)

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2021/12/25

Mail bag followed by a special R rated spoiler filled review of the 1982 classic movie Blood Beat. If synth music, Wisconsin deer hunters, ghost samurai, battling psychics, the precursor to Predator-vision and the best subtitles ever (“mystical boinging”) sound like the perfect Christmas movie this is the one for you. Back to our regular tabletop gaming segments next episode. Tim Kask YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/kaskoid/featured Horrible Horror Podcast Blood Beat episode

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00:47:25

299 The Party Forms

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2021/12/22

GURPS Traveller session recap. Mail Bag. AD&D 1E actual play. If you don’t want to listen to the actual play (wise choice) you can stop 27 minutes and 30 seconds into the show. Calls from Amy Lee (The GMologist presents) https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez Joe (Hindsightless) https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9 Karl (The GMologist presents) https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez Colin (Spikepit) https://anchor.fm/spikepit Menion (Confessions of a Wee Tim’rous Bushi) https://anchor.fm/menion Taylor (Clerics

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00:41:32

298 OD&D and AD&D and Listener Calls, oh my!

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2021/12/19

AD&D 1E session recap. An unboxing with highs and lows. I open the mail bag. Finally at the end of the episode you’ll find part two of the AD&D 1E actual play segment. Grogtalk Episode 94 Holiday Special https://youtu.be/do8IVe0F6Lk Ray Otus’ Gygax 75 Challenge https://rayotus.itch.io/gygax75 Europa Magazine on archive https://archive.org/details/Europa_6-8-1975-04/page/n21/mode/2up Calls from Joe Salvador (Raven God Games) https://ravengodgames.blogspot.com/ Evil Jeff (Minions & Musings)

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00:45:08

297 Barbarians of Lemuria Tale of the Black Grimoire...

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2021/12/18

Now that it is finished I look back on our Barbarians of Lemuria: Tale of the Black Grimoire campaign. This episode is all "BoL" all the time with an overview of the system, a recap of the events of the campaign up to the latest session, and a report of that session where the dice gods were firmly against the players as they braved a dangerous jungle & explored a haunted ziggurat. Tales of the Black Grimoire players: Arlen (Live from Pellam’s Wasteland) https://anchor.fm/pellamswasteland Eric

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00:33:53

296 REAVER, Mailbag, and AD&D

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2021/12/15

REAVER session recap, I open the mail bag, do some unboxings and parse through some ability scores in the first segment of my actual play AD&D game. Next show on 18 Dec. Music for the actual play segment from Royalty Free Music - Alexander Nakarada Calls from Goblin’s Henchmen (Goblin’s Henchmen) https://anchor.fm/ghench Rich (Cockatrice Nuggets -a D&D podcast) https://anchor.fm/rich-fraser Karl (The GMologist presents) https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez Daniel (Bandit’s Keep)

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00:44:13

294 DaveCon 2022

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2021/12/12

I speak to Victor Dorso of Angry Dwarf Games, the coordinator for DaveCon 2022, a gaming convention in Minneapolis, MN from 8-10 April 2022. Listen for a special Blackmoor related announcement! Guests at DaveCon will include David Wesely (yes, the creator of Braunstein), Ernie Gygax, Bill Hoyt, Tim Kask, Tom Wham, Jeff Berry, Frank Mentzer, Carlos Lising, Dan & James of Grogtalk with more to be announced! Website https://www.davecon.net Buy your badges here

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00:36:46

293 AD&D 1E is back on the menu!

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2021/12/11

AD&D 1E session recap. Plus calls from Rob (Down in a Heap) https://anchor.fm/rob-c Daniel (Bandit’s Keep) https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton First Age (Gaming From the First Age) https://anchor.fm/first-age Karl (The GMologist presents) https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez You can leave me a message here on Anchor, at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com or find me on the Audio Dungeon Discord Ray Otus did the art for this show, you can find his blog at plundergrounds.blogspot.com/ TJ Drennon

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00:41:02

292 Listener Call In Show

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2021/12/09

Mail bag episode. Calls from Joe (Hindsightless) Rob (Down in a Heap) Joe (Raven God Games) Barry (Shadow of the GM) Karl (The GMologist Presents) Evil Jeff (Minions & Musings) Daniel (Bandit’s Keep) You can leave me a message here on Anchor, at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com or find me on the Audio Dungeon Discord Ray Otus did the art for this show, you can find his blog at plundergrounds.blogspot.com/ TJ Drennon provides music for my show. --- Send in a voice message:

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00:23:32

291 Your cheating GM will make you weep

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2021/12/08

Is the GM cheating if they use short cuts to build NPCs? Also OD&D Oddities and I solicit feedback regarding a proposed AD&D 1E actual play segment on this show. Thread I reference for the proposed AP https://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=84347 Calls from Barry (Shadow of the GM) https://anchor.fm/gmsshadow You can leave me a message here on Anchor, at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com or find me on the Audio Dungeon Discord Ray Otus did the art for this show, you can find

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00:45:01

290 A call to reason

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2021/12/05

All listener feedback all the time! The start of Menion’s RuneQuest Glorantha series https://anchor.fm/menion/episodes/Entering-RuneQuests-Glorantha-6-Seasons-in-Sartar-e1a751e Alarums & Excursions https://www.conchord.org/xeno/aande.html Casting Runes Blog https://castingshadowsblog.com/ Calls from Joe Salvador (Raven God Games) https://ravengodgames.blogspot.com/?m=1 Daniel (Bandit’s Keep) https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton Joe (Hindsightless) https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9 Menion aka Rob

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00:43:56

289 Return to Oz, the 1980’s and AD&D 1E

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2021/12/04

In this oversized episode I review Goblin’s Henchmen’s new In the Heart of the Land of the Wizard of Oz procedural sandbox setting as well as the 1980’s based DCC funnel Blackout in Crater Valley. Also I discuss an AD&D 1E game I have joined, do some unboxings, and we close out with the popular OD&D Oddities segment. In the Heart of the Land of the Wizard of Oz https://www.drivethrurpg.com/m/product/379474 Goblin’s Henchmen’s Blog (more about Hexflowers)

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00:36:04

288 Is the OSR gross?

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2021/12/02

Opening the mail bag about OD&D, system mastery, They Live and Cowboy Bebop. Read Jason Vet’s article here https://wastedlandsfantasy.blogspot.com/2019/01/what-is-osr-do-we-need-to-define-it.html?m=1 Calls from Joe (Hindsightless) https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9 Daniel (Bandit’s Keep) https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton Karl (The GMologist presents) https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez You can leave me a message here on Anchor, at nerdsrpgvarietycast 'at' gmail 'dot' com or find me on the Audio Dungeon

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00:26:30

287 Saving Throws & Lycanthropes

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2021/12/01

In the OD&D Oddities segment we talk saving throws and lycanthropes. After that I do short spoiler free discussions of the new Wheel of Time and Hawkeye TV shows. Link to the spoiler filled Wheel of Time talk: https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9/episodes/264-The-Sex-of-Time-e1b1puv Call from Daniel (Bandit's Keep) https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton Grogtalk YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/GROGTALK/ Grogtalk Podcast https://www.grogcon.com/podcast/ You can leave me a message here on Anchor, at

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00:36:08

286 Does player skill trump system mastery?

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2021/11/28

Mailbag episode where we discuss system mastery, player skill and Karl discuss his games. Jason Vey on old school vs new school play https://wastedlandsfantasy.blogspot.com/2019/01/what-is-osr-do-we-need-to-define-it.html?m=1 Joe’s episodes on player skill https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9/episodes/263-Counting-Arrows-is-a-Skill-e184bet and https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9/episodes/269-Counting-Arrows-is-a-Skill-2-e1861g0 Karl’s episode on Kult

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00:25:52

285 It’s true, Arduin is back!

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2021/11/27

Clerics & Anti-Clerics in OD&D, Dungeon Crawl Classics session recap, and two very special unboxings. To buy Arduin go to https://empcho.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376/message

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00:25:55

284 The Mailbag of Fear

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2021/11/25

More calls regarding episode “281 What scares you?” Also in addition to unboxings we have a boxing! Calls from Karl (The GMologist Presents) https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez B.J. (The Arcane Alienist) https://anchor.fm/arcanealienist Free Thrall (Keep Off The Borderlands) https://anchor.fm/free-thrall --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376/message

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00:30:43

283 System Mastery Revisited

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2021/11/24

Does a low bar of entry mean a ruleset wouldn’t benefit from system mastery? Plus infravision in OD&D, a REAVER session recap, and short review of Masters of the Universe Revelation Part 2. Topic prompt from Joe (Hindsightless) https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376/message

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00:41:25

282 Mailbag Explosion

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2021/11/21

I talk a little bit about my desire to run some traditional games (one with a twist), the woes of my new work schedule, and I open the mail bag. Calls from Joe (Hindsightless) https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9 Menion aka Rob (Confessions of a Wee Tim’rous Bushi) https://anchor.fm/menion Daniel (Bandit’s Keep) https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton Karl (The GMologist presents) https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez Joe (Biggus Geekus) http://biggusgeekuspodcast.com/ Taylor (Clerics Wear Ringmail)

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00:39:31

281 What scares you?

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2021/11/17

Find out what scares my listeners, they bare all! Thank you Taylor for the topic. Calls from Spencer (Keep off the Borderlands) https://anchor.fm/free-thrall B.J. aka GameDoc (The Arcane Alienist) https://anchor.fm/arcanealienist Taylor (Clerics Wear Ringmail) https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail Karl (The GMologist presents) https://anchor.fm/karl-rodriguez Joe (Hindsightless) https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9 Eric (The Omega 3D Chicken Coop) https://anchor.fm/eric-salzwedel Menion aka Rob

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00:31:29

280 System Mastery

Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast ·

2021/11/13

Dungeon Crawl Classics session recap. Also in this episode we talk about system mastery and I don’t mean the podcast! Stay around for one (or two) stingers at the end. Calls from Daniel (Bandit’s Keep) https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton Joe (Hindsightless) https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376/message

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