Month: November 2016

The GROGZINE – Virtually delivered!

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It was officially launched at GROGMEET 2016… and now it is virtually yours!

The 100 hard copies of the first annual GROGZINE have been released into the wild. They are appearing in the nooks and crannies of the globe. They’re popping up on podcasts and appearing on  timelines.

You can get a PDF of the ‘zine by supporting the podcast at Patreon. A new ‘zine is planned for next year and new goals for the campaign will be updated in early 2017.

The podcast will always be free, but the tips cover the overheads, help us seek out new material and allow us to develop other related projects.

The ‘zine includes:

  • Great artwork from Russ Nicolson and Mark Laming
  •  A special Open Box featuring the GROGMEET games masters remembering Star Wars (WEG), Shadowrun, Boot Hill and GangBusters
  • Judge Blythy with the first instalment of The Armchair Adventurer’s Memoir
  • Ed in the dwarf-coverShed scrap-booking Call of Cthulhu
  • @dailydwarf poking in the corners of White Dwarf’s small ads
  • An exclusive RuneQuest short story by Justin Hill (his novel Viking Fire was a Times Book
    of The Year 2016)
  • A FATE accelerated scenario set in the world of Jerry Cornelius
  • Dirk the Dice talking bobbins about a PBM he played back in the day

 

PLUS – a special appearance of someone very special.

All this AND the collected works of @dailydwarf

It has been a real labour of love for The Armchair Adventurers and we are grateful to our contributors for making it happen.

Now, let’s start planning the next one!

Dirk

 

Dissecting Worlds – Gygax vrs Stafford

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I was a guest on The Dissecting Worlds podcast talking bobbins about Gary Gygax and Greg Stafford and their differing approaches toward role-playing games and how they influenced the development of the hobby.

Highlights include:

  • Poor old Branwell Bronte, once again, his role as at the Grandfather of role-playing has been air-brushed from history
  • Some missed opportunities to get some ‘cobblers’ gags in about Gary Gygax
  • A scurrilous play-ground, origin story for Glorantha
  • The great Pendragon Campaign discussed
  • A fluffed chance to promote the GROGNARD files (I was getting tired)

Thanks to Kehaar and Matt for the invitation.

I sound a bit like a foaming at the mouth RUNEQUEST zealot. The views may not be my own, they may be a pint of Hobgoblin’s.

Dirk

Episode 9 (Part 1) Imagine Magazine (Paul Cockburn)

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We have been hard at work producing the GROGNARD files fanzine for Patreon backers. There are still a few hard copies available for new $3.50 backers. They are limited. Once they’re gone they’re gone. PDFs are available for download for $1 backers from 21st November.

6:33 SHOW AND TELL

Blythy joins me in the attic to look at some of the issues of IMAGINE in our collection.

I will be running the Luther Arkwright adventure THE FIRE OPAL OF SET at Convergence in Stockport on 18th March 2017.

43:50 OPEN BOX – PAUL COCKBURN

We are pleased to join Paul Cockburn, editor of Imagine, and he talks about his gaming experiences and how Imagine got off the ground.

He’s back in the next part looking at specific features of the magazine.

01:09 THE WHITE DWARF

@dailydwarf reflects on CRITICAL MASS and Dave Langford’s contribution to White Dwarf and the SF literary hinterland.

01:20 POSTBAG

DM Mike from Save or Die podcast, asks a sensory Pelinore question …

 

GROGMEET 2016 – The Movie

I had a great time at GROGMEET 16. It was such great fun to meet fantastic people and play games together. It was a revelation to @dailydwarf, Blythy, Eddy and myself to realise that actual real people were listening to the bobbins on the podcast. Thanks to everyone involved, especially the great GMs that took part, many of whom had very pressing ‘real life’ pressures to deal with as well as providing the entertainment for the day.

Special thanks too to Big Jack Brass, Cris Watkins and Andrew Smith who encouraged me to do it in the first place!

Before we think about GROGMEET 17, we need to have a brew and a Hob Nob. Don’t we?