Matt and Rob discuss a very good blog post about old-school renaissance games: The OSR Onion. We ask important questions like: What is the philosophy of OSR? What kind of games does this philosophy enable? What does 'old' mean? Does anyone read blogs anymore?

Further reading:

Principia Apocrypha
A Quick Primer for Old School Gaming

(And many more linked in the blog, check it out!)

Feeling down in the DM dumps? DMs Rob and Matt conclude the big 400 with a discussion of campaigns, worlds, cities, places, and even histories that delight us as Game Masters.

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Matt and Rob continue to celebrate the big 400 by talking about some more of the many activities and delights of being a game master! Mysteries and mapping and secrets and more!

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Hey, it's our 400th numbered episode! Check it out. Big announcements about the podcast, plus the 400 (or so) reasons/feelings/vibes why we love being Dungeon Masters.

The Oracle: https://open.spotify.com/show/6imtB64oHORHtrxVVoyZOm

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Matt and Rob sit down to talk with Tim Denee, designer of Deathmatch Island and the upcoming Blades '68! We all get groovy and talk about the electroplasmic cold war, bell bottom jeans, and cool spy heists with weird gadgets!

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Brando Sanderson's multiverse of madness begins now! We review the Most Successful Crowdfunded Tabletop Roleplaying Game of All Time: Cosmere!

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Are your players gamers? Do they enjoy digital entertainments like Dark Souls, Red Dead Redemption, or Grand Theft Auto? Are they constantly badgering you about bringing such delights into your TTRPG sessions? Well never fear, we've got the episode for you!

Planet Fist
Cowboys With Big Hearts
Over War
Adrenaline

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Slips. Cicadas. Science-Fantasy.

Welcome to the world of Cloud Empress, an ecological far-future fantasy TTRPG. DMs Rob and Matt love Mothership's PANIC Engine, and this game applies it a weird world of far-future environmental change, magic, and hyper-intelligent wizard giant bugs. Oh, and the rules are free!

https://cloudempress.com/

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