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Fear of a Black Dragon

Jason Cordova

This is a podcast about tabletop roleplaying game modules and setting books.

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54:40

Dream Factory

Fear of a Black Dragon ·

2021/02/15

The Basic Crawl 00:00:20 - Overview 00:02:45 - How have we used this in our games? 00:03:04 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:22:03 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:25:21 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:27:52 - Designing or Modifying Scenarios for Emergent Horror Companion Adventures 00:45:35 - Film 00:49:25 - Music 00:49:48 - Games Mother, directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlP9uGQ56ag

45:57

The Bruja, The Beast and The Barrow

Fear of a Black Dragon ·

2021/01/29

The Basic Crawl 00:00:20 - Overview 00:01:44 - How have we used this in our games? 00:02:05 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:11:52 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:19:47 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:21:04 - How can you build on a small dungeon? Companion Adventures 00:39:50 - Film 00:40:38 - Interactive website 00:41:11 - RPG 00:42:22 - YouTube playthrough The Bruja, The Beast and the Barrow Gauntlet Community Open Gaming

56:08

Christmas Cracker 2020

Fear of a Black Dragon ·

2020/12/14

TWO Basic Crawls 00:01:22 - Tom reviews Unholy Land 00:06:28 - Jason reviews DCC module - The Doom that Came to Christmas Town The Expert Delve 00:14:11 - Running RPGs for your non-gamer friends (who you might need to hang out with during the holidays) New Year's Gamer Resolutions 00:35:30 - Tom's Resolutions 00:38:45 - Jason's Resolutions 0040:14 - Listener Resolutions Companion Adventures 00:48:48 - Presents for Mystery Gamers 00:49:16 - Movies and TV Shows 00:53:38 - A Poem

36:05

Trophy Preorder Special Episode

Fear of a Black Dragon ·

2020/12/03

Trophy RPG is now available for preorder! Check out the Trophy preorder store here. In this special episode Trophy author Jesse Ross sits down with Trophy publisher Jason Cordova to announce the preorders, give an update on the state of the project, and talk about some of the additions and refinements that are being made to Trophy since it was originally released in Codex. More links: To keep the discussion going, join us on the Trophy Discord server! Check out The Trophy Podcast!

51:52

Something Rotten in Kislev

Fear of a Black Dragon ·

2020/11/24

The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:06:28 - How have we used this in our games? 00:06:47 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:26:48 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:32:35 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:35:55 - The Middle Eight, from Tom Companion Adventures 00:45:42 - Games 00:46:32 - Podcast 00:47:59 - TV 00:49:40 - Music

56:10

The Chained Coffin

Fear of a Black Dragon ·

2020/10/15

The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:04:06 - How have we used this in our games? 00:04:55 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:19:43 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:26:15 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:29:01 - Tom schools us on intertextuality Companion Adventures 00:45:42 - Books 00:50:04 - Music 00:51:06 - Films 00:52:10 - Podcast 00:53:29 - Game (Southern Holler - https://lhcodega.itch.io/southern-holler) Texas Monthly article:

53:04

Bandits of Bunglewood

Fear of a Black Dragon ·

2020/09/23

The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:03:26 - How have we used this in our games? 00:03:48 - Things we liked about this adventure 00:14:18 - Questions we had about this adventure 00:24:16 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:26:32 - How to adapt older adventures so they appeal to a modern audience Companion Adventures 00:46:36 - Film 00:47:41 - Game 00:48:15 - Book 00:49:00 - Some Kobold Ken from Jason

38:48

Wet Grandpa

Fear of a Black Dragon ·

2020/09/03

The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:02:44 - How have we used this in our games? 00:03:40 - Things we liked about this book 00:11:42 - Questions we had about this book 00:18:42 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:20:19 - Portraying elderly characters Companion Adventures 00:31:11 - Games 00:33:20 - Film and TV Obachan Panic by Flyaturle: https://flyaturtle.itch.io/obachan-panic

01:00:03

The Wolf of Winhall

Fear of a Black Dragon ·

2020/08/21

The Basic Crawl 00:03:07 - Overview 00:06:40 - How have we used this in our games? 00:07:08 - Things we liked about this book 00:16:20 - Questions we had about this book 00:27:15 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:28:42 - Using RPG materials in languages that aren't your own Companion Adventures 00:48:18 - Films 00:50:16 - Books 00:50:47 - Music Cultus Ferox - Wolfsballade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aMPEKzIPNM

46:57

Mortzengersturm

Fear of a Black Dragon ·

2020/07/23

The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:04:11 - How have we used this in our games? 00:04:34 - Things we liked about this book 00:18:28 - Questions we had about this book 00:23:07 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:25:24 - The gunfights of John Woo - an approach to information Companion Adventures 00:40:25 - Film 00:44:21 - RPG

47:58

A Thousand Thousand Islands

Fear of a Black Dragon ·

2020/07/01

The Basic Crawl 00:00:23 - Overview 00:03:16 - How have we used this in our games? 00:04:07 - Things we liked about this book 00:15:36 - Spoiler alert for Andjang's "bad guys" 00:16:56 - Questions we had about this book 00:22:06 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:23:54 - Using images and illustrations for our games Companion Adventures 00:37:09 - Film 00:38:18 - Books 00:40:45 - Music 00:42:00 - Story Games Jembatan Pensil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7KoqQusDMQ

46:36

Winter's Daughter

Fear of a Black Dragon ·

2020/06/15

The Basic Crawl 00:00:18 - Overview 00:03:13 - How have we used this in our games? 00:03:39 - Things we liked about this book 00:19:13 - Questions we had about this book 00:20:54 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:22:23 - Bringing fairytale elements into your game Companion Adventures 00:36:58 - TV 00:38:05 - Film 00:41:37 - Podcasts

40:38

Terrors of the Ancient World

Fear of a Black Dragon ·

2020/05/14

The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:01:40 - How have we used this in our games? 00:01:59 - Things we liked about this book 00:10:10 - Questions we had about this book 00:18:04 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:19:50 - How to introduce third-party or new content into your ongoing campaign Companion Adventures 00:33:40 - Book 00:34:20 - Film 00:35:05 - Video Game 00:35:46 - Tabletop Games 00:37:22 - Music 00:37:52 - a Twitter Recommendation Brindlewood Bay

44:00

Power Behind the Throne (Part 2)

Fear of a Black Dragon ·

2020/04/30

The Basic Crawl 00:00:20 - Overview 00:02:49 - How have we used this in our games? 00:03:24 - Things we liked about this portion of the book 00:16:29 - Questions we had about this portion of the book 00:23:27 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:25:44 - How to Encourage your Group to Engage with Complex Plots (spoiler alert: have NPCs be nice to them and tell them) Companion Adventures 00:37:04 - Films 00:39:27 - TV

01:00:06

The Big Fifty

Fear of a Black Dragon ·

2020/04/07

The Basic Crawl 00:00:19 - Overview 00:21:28 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:23:34 - Tom's intro to the Q&A 00:24:01 - What's next for the OSR? 00:27:46 - What is Jason's favorite nautical adventure? 00:29:51 - Tom, have you noticed any regional trends in gaming? 00:33:34 - What system or module would you use to introduce someone to gaming? 00:37:04 - What aspects of thinking about game design have transferred to your daily life? 00:38:44 - What OSR tropes are essential? Which ones

52:06

Times That Fry Men's Souls

Fear of a Black Dragon ·

2020/03/25

The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:02:22 - How have we used this in our games? 00:03:33 - Things we liked about the module 00:18:16 - Questions we had about the module 00:22:19 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:24:22 - Implied Settings 00:26:19 - Historical RPGs with Implied Settings 00:29:35 - What is an Implied Setting? 00:40:00 - Issues with Implied Settings 00:41:55 - Best Practices for using Implied Settings Companion Adventures 00:43:46 - Film 00:47:41 - TV 00:48:29 - Games

40:25

Trophy RPG Kickstarter Special

Fear of a Black Dragon ·

2020/01/17

Timecodes 00:01:20 - History and development of Trophy 00:11:15 - Trophy Dark 00:13:51 - Trophy Gold 00:21:05 - Trophy Loom 00:25:17 - Kickstarter details Links Trophy Kickstarter Campaign Page

52:34

Through Ultan's Door

Fear of a Black Dragon ·

2020/01/07

The Basic Crawl 00:00:23 - Overview 00:03:23 - How have we used the zine? 00:04:14 - Things we liked about the zine 00:20:35 - Questions we had about the zine 00:25:04 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:26:45 - Recapping previous sessions Companion Adventures 00:44:25 - Films and TV

45:28

Power Behind the Throne (Part 1)

Fear of a Black Dragon ·

2019/12/23

The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:03:28 - How have we used this portion of the book? 00:03:59 - Things we liked about this portion of the book 00:22:00 - Questions we had about this portion of the book 00:27:22 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:28:50 - Handling a large number of NPCs Companion Adventures 00:38:28 - Film 00:40:19 - Music 00:42:10 - Gaming Links Discord server https://discord.gg/jxDbMXV

01:00:18

The Legend of the Golden Condor

Fear of a Black Dragon ·

2019/11/25

The Basic Crawl 00:00:21 - Overview 00:04:20 - How have we used this in our games? 00:05:09 - The Elephant and the Macaw Banner 00:06:51 - Things we liked about the module 00:14:50 - Questions we had about the module 00:19:49 - Chain Lightning Round The Expert Delve 00:21:30 - Enriching downtime Companion Adventures 00:55:35 - Film 00:57:40 - Music Tupiniquim festival video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-4ImlbY-1Q&feature=emb_logo

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