Featuring messages from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Taylor of Clerics Wear Ringmail. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/373291/Mouth-Brood https://planetary-games-ttrpg.itch.io/amnesiac-space-whales https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/328612/MORK-BORG-CULT-FERETORY?term=feretory https://ozbrowning.itch.io/ozr Honourable mentions: Cairn and One-Shot World by Yochai Gal, Alluvial Plains by Barney Dicker, David Surman & Tom Barbalet, Chris Black's Black Hack 2E, Solitary Defilement from 1D10+5, Roadside Picnic by Arkady & Boris Sturgatsky and Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer Music by Timothy J. Drennon "Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Check out what I'm up to on itch https://free-thrall.itch.io/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-thrall/message

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Unbox-athon Part 1 - Hallow-Zine Special (episode 189)

I kick things off by taking a look at Perplexing Ruin's evocative Cairn supplement Darkness Moves before responding to calls from Joe Richter of Hindsightless, B. J. Boydd the Arcane Alienist and Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast. A little more Green Knight goodness, alignment and morality, some Best Left Buried and playing in Middle-Earth. Get Darkness Moves here https://perplexingruins.itch.io/darkness-moves Watch The Dungeon Inn - Philosophy in D&D here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pbKbWSIRKo&list=PLAJ7iwVMRv6P2gq_fDM3AQuNS4dBlIFi3 Find Wizards & Wobblies here https://anchor.fm/wobbliesandwizards Get There and Back Again here https://rayotus.itch.io/ Find The Retired Adventurer's Six Cultures of Play post here https://retiredadventurer.blogspot.com/2021/04/six-cultures-of-play.html Music by Timothy J. Drennon "Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Check out what I'm up to on itch https://free-thrall.itch.io/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-thrall/message

Darkness Moves and Revenge of the Nerd's RPG Variety Cast (episode 188)

In this episode, I respond to a lovely message from Safer Fantasy Crafting concerning a theory he has about Sir Gawaine and The Green Knight. Essentially, it's another opportunity for me to witter on about David Lowery's amazing movie. Honourable Mentions: Alluvial Plains, League of Eternal Guardians by Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Everyone Games https://everyone-games.com/, Darkness Moves by Perplexing Ruins https://perplexingruins.itch.io/, Andy Goodman of Grizzly Peaks Radio. Music by Timothy J. Drennon "Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Check out what I'm up to on itch https://free-thrall.itch.io/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-thrall/message

More Green Knight with Safer and Spoilers (187)

I indulge in a little bit of unboxing including Best Left Buried: Deeper by Soulmuppet Publishing, The Hex Hack by John R Davis, Cairn by Yochai Gal and Side Quest: Fortress of Bones by Estragon Helmer. I respond to calls from Jason Connerley of Nerds RPG Variety Cast and Joe Richter of Hindsightless. I try to get to grips with the difference between Classic and Trad play before sharing a little spoiler-free review of David Lowery's The Green Knight. Honourable mentions: Middle-earth Role Playing (MERP) by Iron Crown Enterprises, Logar the Barbarian of Wobblies & Wizards, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus, Everyone-Games, Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich. "Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Check out what I'm up to on itch https://free-thrall.itch.io/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-thrall/message

The Green Knight or How to Get Ahead in Chivalry (episode 186)

The Green Knight or How to Get Ahead in Chivalry (Spoiler Warning) (episode 186)

I finally get around to replacing my copy of Titan: The Fighting Fantasy World. I answer calls from Safer Fantasy Crafting, B.J. of The Arcane Alienist, Joe Richter of Hindsightless, Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents..., Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus and Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast. Following the praise of my talented co-host from the last couple of episodes, I contemplate GMing, share my interest in Into The Odd Remastered Kickstarter and Trickster's Net, consider the categorisation of players and gaming styles, and talk about a few other podcasts I've been listening to. Honourable mentions: Old-School Essentials, Andy Goodman of Grizzly Peaks Radio, PlayFrame, Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Blogs On Tape, Dungeon Designer's Guild, The Lost Bay Podcast, TableTop Talk, Spire and Heart RPGs by Rowan, Rook and Deckard. Music by Timothy J. Drennon "Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Check out what I'm up to on itch https://free-thrall.itch.io/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-thrall/message

Fun With Categories and a Little Congestion (episode 185)

Following an unscheduled month off, I'm back with a bumper episode. A long-awaited unboxing. Some equally long-awaited call responses for Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep, Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Andy Goodman of Expedition from the Grizzly Peaks and Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus. Thanks to James Sral of Sub-Class Act, I discovered Parts Per Million solo aids and consider returning to an Into the Odd solo session from way back in episode 16 https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e4psvi Inspired by Roleplay Rescue episode 904, I read from Robin's Laws of Good Game Mastering and contemplate my play style. Following Barney's praise of last episode's co-host, I play a little more of what was recorded in the garden that day. Honourable mentions: #RPGaDay2021, Julz Burgisser of Jewels from NZ, Colin "Spikepit" Green, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, Karl Rodriguez of The GMologist Presents..., BJ Boyd of Arcane Alienist, Anthony "Runeslinger" Boyd of Casting Shadows, Arlen Walker of Live from Pellam's Wasteland, Kevin of The Redcaps Podcast, David Chapman's WILD, Gavin Norman's Old-School Essentials Advanced Fantasy, Mike Mason's Call of Cthulhu Starter Set, Peter Rudin-Burgess' Parts Per Million Limited, Jeremy "frothsof" Smith's 12v12 https://thoughteater.itch.io/12v12 Special thanks to my wonderful co-host. "Welcome" and "Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Check out what I'm up to on itch https://free-thrall.itch.io/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-thrall/message

RPG Podcast Episode a Month Day (episode 184)

This episode features two very special (to me at least) guest appearances, an unboxing of David F. Chapman's Tarot driven WILD RPG from Stoo Goff https://www.wildrpg.com/ and a recap of a recent Troika! session run by Timothy J. Drennon. I played with Jason Connerley who also covered the session in episode 223 of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast https://anchor.fm/jason376/episodes/223-Troika-e1493ni. "Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Check out what I'm up to on itch https://free-thrall.itch.io/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-thrall/message

Something Wild and Troika! Time (episode 183)

After responding to a call from Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, I open a box and talk about the contents. Featuring Tortilla Flats by John Steinbeck, the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set and Swords & Wizardry Complete.  "Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Check out what I'm up to on itch https://free-thrall.itch.io/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-thrall/message

What's in the Box? (episode 182)

Back from a brief hiatus, I share some calls from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Evil Jeff of Minions & Musings and BJ of The Arcane Alienist regarding my improved audio. There's an unboxing/unopening of Bordercholly's Knights of the Road (a Kickstarter I backed for ZineQuest 3) https://bordercholly.itch.io/the-knights-of-the-road, followed by a review of OSR toolkit Lands of Legends from Axion Spice https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/18110/Axian-Spice/subcategory/39231/Lands-of-Legends- Honourable mentions: Bo Burnham: Inside and The Amusement Park dir. George A Romero "Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Check out what I'm up to on itch https://free-thrall.itch.io/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-thrall/message

Lands of Legends Review (episode 181)

I've got a new microphone. I talk about podcasting and sound quality, almost forgetting I have a couple of call-ins from Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep and Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast. Honourable mentions: Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue, Colin Green of Spikepit, Ray Otus of Plundergrounds, Tim Shorts of Gothridge Manor, Jason Hobbs of Random Screed, Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere and Jeff Collier of Tome of All Dooms. Music by Timothy J. Drennon "Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com Check out what I'm up to on itch https://free-thrall.itch.io/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-thrall/message

Casting the Pod (episode 180)

I begin with a few calls from Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, and Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus. I then reflect a little on my part in creating the Alluvial Plains setting for Barney's Vantage system before talking a little about the content of my Itch page https://free-thrall.itch.io/ Osseous, Pura, A Night in Veiglewood. Honourable mentions: Tom Barbalet of My Rules Are Better, David Surman, Dave Arneson, Free Kriegspiel, darkwormcolt.wordpress.com, The Landshut Rules, Diceless Dungeons, Hypertellurians and Electric Bastionland. Music by Timothy J. Drennon "Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-thrall/message

An Alluvial Plains Pledge & Scratching That Itch (episode 179)

Wherein I review George Patterson's rather unique "OSRish" baroque bestiary A Groats-Worth of Grotesques. Grab a copy here https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/18534/The-Skull-as-a-Complete-Gentleman-Co Including some great calls from Julz Burgisser of Julz from NZ, Safer of Safer Fantasy Crafting, Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Daniel Norton of Bandit's Keep and Safinho of Alone in the Labyrinth. Music by Timothy J. Drennon "Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-thrall/message

A Groats-Worth of Grotesques (episode 178)

I touch on a variety of topics thanks to some great call-ins from Lieren of Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, John Alan Large of Red Dice Diaries RPG Podcast, Joe Hardin of Biggus Geekus, Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus and Goblin's Henchman.  Honourable mentions: Safinho of Alone in the Labyrinth, PBTA games, Jackson Malloy's Sword & Scoundrel, Barney Dicker's League of Eternal Guardians.  https://free-thrall.itch.io/ Music by Timothy J. Drennon "Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-thrall/message

Dice Roles, Logic Holes & Tipsy Trolls (episode 177)

A bunch of great call-ins from Colin "Spikepit" Green, Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks, Jason Connerley of Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Weal or Woe, Sanfinho of Alone in the Labyrinth and John Alan Large of Red Dice Diaries. Covering a range of topic from Alexei Sayle to the zygomorphic nature of gaming community rivalry. Honourable mentions: The Dice are Screaming, The Alexei Sayle Podcast, Monty Python's Holy Grail, John Ruskin, William Morris, Jackson Malloy's Sword & Scoundrel, Chris Black's Black Hack and Rowan, Rook and Decard's Spire and Heart RPGs. Music by Timothy J. Drennon "Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/free-thrall/message

The Ones You're Rolling With (episode 176)

Welcome to Keep off the Borderlands. A podcast about not playing RPGs, where amazing things may or may not happen. Contact me at spencer.freethrall@gmail.com or find me on Twitter @FreeThrall

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