From midnight to around 4am last night I was holed up in the Den under the stairs as I was a visiting Fellow of The RPG Academy. Their ENNIE nominated podcast includes a ‘Trial’ series, where they reach out, beyond their usual fayre of D&D and Pathfinder, to discover new systems. They invite ‘an expert’ …
On Saturday evening, I hosted the first Patreon, Online Grog-Club in the den under-the-stairs. Supporters at the $5+ level, who were interested in playing, were drawn from the beret to participate in a Runequest one-shot. When Rick Meint’s compiled the OSR Bundle for the Classic Runequest Kickstarter campaign last year, he included a never before published …
Download Episode RSS Feed This episode includes odds n’ sods, Old Scroates and Points of View about AD&D. Introduction 00.15 Dirk muses over the ridiculous, complicated numbering strategy adopted by the podcast and introduces Ric and Tim, the stars of this part of the episode. Old Scroates (Part 1) 04.15 It’s not …
You are invited … On the 12th November 2016 there will be the first ever GROGMEET in Manchester. It’s a day of Old School gaming which will end in the official launch of the first ever annual the GROGNARD files ‘zine. A PACKED PROGRAMME The event will begin with demonstrations and ‘pick up and play’ …
“I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I’d rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas.” – Michael Moorcock Download Episode RSS Feed The subject of this episode is STORMBRINGER – Fantasy Role Playing in the world of Elric. We have also opened a Patreon …
Download Episode RSS Feed In a break with the usual format, The Armchair Adventurers are at risk of disappearing up their own fundament. It’s too short to break in two, too long to listen in one go, so disappointing either way. Take your time, pause a little, as you listen to the blow by …
I’m sat in the den, packing away the tinsel for another year, because Dirk Towers is saying farewell to the festive period. I’m back at work, serving The Master in return for food tokens, so I’ve begun to console myself in looking forward to 2016. The first 6 months of the new year look like …
This is a supplement to the First Episode of The GRODNARD Files – Runequest. I give a potted history of the game, from it’s origins to the present day. There’s also a selection from the post-bag, featuring the responses from the listeners of the first episode – and their opinion about ducks. Download Episode 1.1 …
Download Episode 1 Download Episode 1 RSS Feed It’s been a steep learning curve, but the period of waiting is over, the first ever GROGNARD podcast is ready for your consideration. In this first episode, I open up the Runequest Grognard file, as it’s the game that we first played all those years ago. Open …