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Keep off the Borderlands

Keep off the Borderlands

Written by: "It's about RPGs and stuff" ~ Free Thrall
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Welcome to Keep off the Borderlands. Initially a podcast documenting my return to table top roleplay gaming following a thirty-year hiatus. Currently searching for excuses for why I haven't GM'd yet. You can leave me an audio message here or via Speakpipe at https://www.speakpipe.com/KeepOffTheBorderlands Email me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com You can also follow me on Twitter https://twitter.com/FreeThrall and join the podcast Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/FreeThrall/

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Episodes
  • Off-World Offcuts (Bonus Blade Runner Chat) (E323)
    May 30 2026

    Thanks to some great feedback and some more of that awesome Barney Dicker chat to share, this episode is basically a second instalment of Movie Monday: Blade Runner.

    But before the Blade Runner chat, I respond to a message from M. W. Lewis of The Worlds of M. W. Lewis concerning April’s movie Michael Crichton’s Westworld.

    Then it’s onto some Blade Runner feedback from Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, Joe Richter of Hindsightless, and Goblin’s Henchman, before rounding things off with more of my chat with Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus.

    Honourable mentions: 2001: A Space Odyssey dir. Stanley Kubrick, Dark Star dir. John Carpenter, Westworld (TV series), Masters of the Universe dir. Travis Knight, Legend dir. Ridley Scott, Edge of Tomorrow dir. Doug Liman, Minority Report dir. Steven Spielberg, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick, Alien dir. Ridley Scott, The Long Tomorrow by Dan O’Bannon and Moebius, The Incal by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius, Blade Runner 2049 dir. Denis Villeneuve

    Read Barney’s “Stroboscopic Revelations in Blade Runner” here https://www.academia.edu/36398665/_Stroboscopic_Revelations_in_Blade_Runner_PhotoResearcher_No_29_2018_

    Find the Movie Monday Letterboxd list here https://letterboxd.com/the39thman/list/movie-monday-1/

    So, from the sublime to the ridiculous. The movie for June is 1987’s Masters of the Universe, directed by Gary Goddard and starring Dolph Lundgren. That episode will air on June 29th, so please send in your submissions by the 27th if you’d like to be included in the show.

    Send submissions to ⁠spencer.freethrall@gmail.com⁠ or look me up on Discord as FreeThrall

    Also, be sure not to miss my other movie podcast, With Wife and I. Isla and I take turns choosing movies to watch together, then share our thoughts with anyone who cares to listen. You can find it wherever you get your podcasts.

    “Warning” by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere

    Leave me an audio message via ⁠https://www.speakpipe.com/KeepOffTheBorderlands

    You can find me in a bunch of other places here ⁠https://freethrall.carrd.co⁠



    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit freethrall.substack.com
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Movie Monday: Blade Runner (E322)
    May 24 2026

    May’s Movie Monday, was specially requested by Goblin’s Henchman “This one goes out there for Geoff”.

    This month, we watched Ridley Scott’s dystopian neo-noir sci-fi Blade Runner from 1982. Starring Harrison Ford, Sean Young, Rutger Hauer, Daryl Hanna, Edward James Olmos, M Emmet Walsh, Brion James, Joanna Cassidy, Joe Turkle and William Sanderson. Adapted from Philip K Dick’s 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep.

    This episode features contributions from:

    (in order of appearance)

    Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus (podcast)

    Joe Richter of Hindsightless (podcast)

    Goblin’s henchman (podcast, blog) and the UmberBulk of the Southwest Sofa Crew

    M. W. Lewis of The Worlds of MW Lewis (podcast)

    Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast)

    Read Barney’s “Stroboscopic Revelations in Blade Runner” here https://www.academia.edu/36398665/_Stroboscopic_Revelations_in_Blade_Runner_PhotoResearcher_No_29_2018_

    Find the Movie Monday Letterboxd list here https://letterboxd.com/the39thman/list/movie-monday-1/

    So, from the sublime to the ridiculous. The movie for June is 1987’s Masters of the Universe, directed by Gary Goddard and starring Dolph Lundgren. That episode will air on June 29th, so please send in your submissions by the 27th if you’d like to be included in the show.

    Send submissions to ⁠spencer.freethrall@gmail.com⁠ or look me up on Discord as FreeThrall

    Also, be sure not to miss my other movie podcast, With Wife and I. Isla and I take turns choosing movies to watch together, then share our thoughts with anyone who cares to listen. You can find it wherever you get your podcasts.

    “Warning” by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere

    Leave me an audio message via ⁠https://www.speakpipe.com/KeepOffTheBorderlands

    You can find me in a bunch of other places here ⁠https://freethrall.carrd.co⁠



    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit freethrall.substack.com
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    1 hr and 45 mins
  • Retail Therapy (Grimscar, White Box, Vagabond, Call of Cthulhu) (E321)
    May 11 2026

    This episode is an audio unboxing special. I open a bunch of parcels and describe the contents.

    Featuring:

    Gunner Almer’s Grimscar (solo) RPG https://crowheartroleplay.itch.io/grimscar-rpg-solo

    Charlie Ward’s we&we from EX FIRST GAMES https://ex1st.itch.io/we

    Man Alone’s Prima Materia https://dicenest.com/products/prima-materia-is-an-alchemical-oracle-for-solo-role-playing-worldbuilding-and-creative-inquiry

    Man Alone explains Prima Materia https://youtu.be/UXTwHg-HPwA?si=HTKR-x6SWTVA68mL

    Adam Hensley’s Monolith https://adamhensley.itch.io/monolith

    James M. Spahn’s White Box Dungeon Adventures from Barrel Rider Games https://www.lulu.com/shop/james-spahn/white-box-dungeon-adventures/paperback/product-57wrvy4.html?srsltid=AfmBOooPRv4dtyrYwPFipc55GwZ6Ezmikf_K1Lt4kHf7nXFIdMUpSStg&page=1&pageSize=4

    Vagabond Pulp Fantasy Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook from Land of the Blind https://landoftheblind.myshopify.com/collections/vagabond-pulp-fantasy-rpg?srsltid=AfmBOoqAREu7j9Ii6dbfXCve0J5TZwKrXyaNrepT--gi_cuxCABzHWon

    Call of Cthulhu: 50th Anniversary Slipcase Set

    Honourable mentions: Andy Goodman (Grizzly Peaks Radio), Jen Fridy (HangnailJenny), Scott Dorward (The Good Friends of Jackson Elias), Mike Perceval-Maxwell (Mr Spike’s Bedtime Stories), Barney Dicker (Loco Ludus)

    At the special request of Goblin’s Henchman, the movie for May goes out to Geoff. It’s 1982’s classic neo-noir sci-fi Blade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott, based on Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. That episode will air on May 25th, so please send in your submissions by the 23rd if you’d like to be included in the show.

    Send submissions to ⁠spencer.freethrall@gmail.com⁠ or look me up on Discord as FreeThrall

    Also, be sure not to miss the new podcast I’m involved with, entitled With Wife and I. My wife, Isla, suggested we take turns choosing movies to watch together, then share our thoughts with anyone who cares to listen. In our latest episode, we pit Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein against Luc Besson’s Dracula. You can find it wherever you get your podcasts.

    “Warning” by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere

    Leave me a 90-second audio message via ⁠https://www.speakpipe.com/KeepOffTheBorderlands

    You can find me in a bunch of other places here ⁠https://freethrall.carrd.co⁠



    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit freethrall.substack.com
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    1 hr and 1 min
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