Plundergrounds

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I talk about a great question for the game table and play some awesome call-ins.

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I talk about my play experience with Troika! and try to achieve some closure. Click HERE for show notes. (Troika!, Fighting Fantasy, Prog Rock, Silent Titans, Keep Off the Borderlands)

I talk about the process of cutting the spines off old paperbacks and scanning them for preservation, sharing, and reading.

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10 books that every adventure game fan should read in their lifetime! Notes to follow at www.jellysaw.com.

More thoughts on urban druids from Jim Jones, RFED talks miniatures wargames and scale (as do I), and I review 92 Tables and Mutants of Ixx. Cody and …

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James Shields clip art! Also the A Grazing Mace podcast
Xeno Dead Zone
Fight & Race games: Gaslands. Circus Maximus, Circus Imperium, Arena Maximus, Wreckage, Ave Caesar, Krash, Thunder Road
Army …

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• Spikepit by Colin Green (episode 134, RFED on Dead of Winter)
• Necromunda (Blood Bowl, Space Hulk, Mordheim)
• …

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• Traveling in Puebla
• Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino
• Troika
• Evil Jeff of Minions and Musings
• The Downside Up episode (#12, …

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• Call-ins from Tim Shorts of Gothridge Manor and Evil Jeff of Minions and Musings
• More (and more positive) 5e talk
• Cockatrice …

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• "Drunk"-casting from the Houston airport
• Reading 5e Basic Rules
• Spikepit's 5e casts: "What's up with 5e" beginning April 5 and …

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• Gavin Norman's B/X Essentials aka Old School Essentials Kickstarter
• Frothsof's Thought Eater cast and the James Smith memorial
• …

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• Something old, new, borrowed, blue challenge follow-up. (See separate post.)
• Why aren't monsters fatigued/injured/distracted when …

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In this episode I talk about several projects I’m working on and review my quarter one output for Plundergrounds.

Get In One Bite for one buck!
John Aegard Dragonslaying on a Time Table
Yochai Gal One-Shot World
Cloud Gate (a.k.a. The Bean)
Spikepit Down in a …

I discuss fast prep techniques shared by various GMs. Lots of tangents; sorry not sorry. 

• Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master
• 30-Minute Dungeons
• …

I hold forth on using Magic the Gathering cards as creative inspiration for RPGs. Both baseline ideas here were stolen from WotC's mobile …

I review a deck for randomly generating dungeons. You can buy it and the expansion for about $20 at Game Crafters. …

The one where I talk about the 1981 TSR micrograme, Revolt on Antares. Designed by Tom Moldvay, art by Erol Otus, Bill Willingham, Jeff Dee, DSL, Jim …

Random topics including encounter tables, timers, avoiding rust monsters, Dune, Barsoom, bronze age gaming, OGRE, illusions, Revolt on Antares, …

A quick rant about encounter tables that are too repetitive/thin. Full show notes at http://www.jellysaw.com. 

Angus and I wrap up the week, even though we then hung around for another 4+ hours talking to people, buying stuff, and generally basking in the gamer glow. Topics include world building at TSR, Zeb Cook, Planescape, …

Angus and I talk Bob Meyer's Blackmoor game and the experience of "Arneson's D&D," Traveller character generation seminar with Marc Miller and his Traveller novels, Steve Jackson's vintage Kickstarters, Elric the AH …

Angus recaps his day, we talk about B/X Essentials, sourcing the table, play culture at Gary Con, and I debrief on my two events (Goblintown and …

I talk with Angus of Kirby's Kids about our upcoming day and drop con guest names. Then I joust with Cody M of No Save for You. The day ends with a …

I talk about doing creative things as a way of avoiding doing other creative things. Squirrel! Full show notes at http://www.jellysaw.com. 

Topics include: time spent on the toilet, self-doubt, the book Annihilation, relating the old to the new/mundane to exotic, Valentine's Day, history …

I talk about GMs and players crossing boundaries in play, kaiju movies, the Goblintown design challenge, and Peter Jackson's They Shall Not Grow Old. …

Talking about Roadside Picnic, Stalker, Into the Odd, Annihilation. Full show notes at http://www.jellysaw.com.

Celebrating my last day of braces! Listing of ideas for future podcasts, talking about The Monster Brothers podcast, my supportive wife, Delving Deeper, Warriors of the Red Planet, future Plundergrounds zines, Fantastic …

Call ins from Matt, JJ, and Emanuel. We talk spell throwing, saves, prime requisites, and Lovecraftian hacks. Full show notes at www.jellysaw.com.

I field some call-ins from people who are reporting progress and talk about writing in or out of "the shell," choosing fonts, and more. Full notes at

I ramble about a couple of different ways to smooth out the rough edges of old school rule sets. Show notes at www.jellysaw.com.

A caller asks for advice on making a zine and I try to deliver. There's homework for those of you similarly inclined! Full show notes at …

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I talk about how the Wuxia film idea of a training temple, school, or secret manuscript could be ported over into fantasy adventure games. Likewise, …

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Solo Gaming Hangout w/Sophia Brandt, Slade Stolar, and Michael Barford. Recorded on April 14, 2017.
• The big list of solo RPG resources from my blog

Angus of Kirby’s Kids and I talk Klaus and Christmas-themed gaming.
Kirby’s Kids -> http://anchor.fm/kirbyskids
Krause -> https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38749750-klaus
Letters from Father Christmas -> …

Gauntlet Con discussion of Dungeon World 2nd Edition. Hosted by David LaFreniere. Guests: Cameron Burns, Yochai Gal, Jeremy Strandberg. Recorded on October 21, 2018.

Making zines with Oli Jeffrey, Logan Howard, Tim Shorts (Gothridge Manor). Recorded on July 3, 2017.

• Plundergrounds: https://www.patreon.com/rayotus
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• The Original Melee and Wizard Counter Sheets -> https://www.jellysaw.com
• Gaming and BS 209, the Smash Cut -> https://gamingandbs.com/smash-cut-rgps-gbs209/
• Centum Mortui poster -> https://www.jellysaw.com
• …

• Norse Mythology - https://www.amazon.com/Norse-Mythology-Neil-• Gaiman/dp/039360909X/
• Celtic Myths and Legends - …

Call-ins from...
• Spikepit -> https://anchor.fm/spikepit
• Kirby's Kids -> https://anchor.fm/kirbyskids
• The Happy Whisk -> https://anchor.fm/thehappywhisk
• No Save for You! -> https://anchor.fm/nosaveforyou
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Capsule reviews of classic Melee, Wizard, and Death Test. With dramatic readings. Looks like you'll be able to buy it in a retro edition in April: …

• Laumer Bolo Stories -v
-> Combat Unit http://hell.pl/szymon/Baen/The%20Baltic%20War/Odyssey/0743435273__15.htm
-> The Last Command …

It's an all call-in show with Ivy "The Happy Whisk," Colin "Spikepit," Darren "RFED," and Carl from the Megadungeon podcast. Topics include anxiety …

• Steve Jackson's Ogre -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogre_(game)
• Newer Versions -> http://www.sjgames.com/ogre/
• Winchell's Story ver 1 -> http://www.projectrho.com/ogre.html
• Winchell's Story ver 2 -> …

• Inspectres -> http://www.memento-mori.com/rpg/inspectres
• Hex Power Flower -> https://goblinshenchman.wordpress.com/2018/10/25/2d6-hex-power-flower/
• Jim's Poem (Late at Night in Bed by Gregory Djanikian) -> …

• Jim Jones Extra Life -> https://www.extra-life.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.team&teamID=39374
• Larry - Follow Me and Die! -> …

• DM Dad (Dr. Robert Groves) -> https://anchor.fm/dm-dad
• Spikepit! -> https://anchor.fm/spikepit

• There and Back Again -> http://jellysawgames.blogspot.com/2018/11/there-and-back-again.html

• Listen to SpikeGrounds (Spikepit #60) first! -> https://anchor.fm/spikepit/episodes/Spike-Grounds-e2j8db

• Ray's Radio Revival: Universe -> https://radiorevival.blogspot.com/2013/12/universe-dimx-xmin.html
• Mythras -> http://thedesignmechanism.com/
• Bronze Age Games -> …

• Frank T's Liner Notes -> https://anchor.fm/frankt

• Spikepit -> http://anchor.fm/spikepit
• Sword Breaker -> http://anchor.fm/dmdad
• DM Dad -> https://anchor.fm/dm-dad
• Beowulf audiobooks
- S. …

• Follow Me and Die! -> https://followmeanddie.com/
• Sword Breaker -> https://anchor.fm/sword-breaker
• Castle in the Mist -> …

• Kirby's Kids -> http://anchor.fm/kirbyskids
• Spikepit -> http://anchor.fm/spikepit
• JB Publishing -> http://anchor.fm/jbpublishing
• War & Craft -> …

• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) Trailer
-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVHqBr3C0zc
• Not the scene I referenced, but still some damn good organ!
-> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyQFnzcLE5A
• Logan …

• John Harper's Games
-> http://www.onesevendesign.com/
• Sorcerers & Sellswords
-> http://jellysawgames.blogspot.com/p/sorcerers-sellswords.html

Yes, those are planes in the background. I was recording from a cul-de-sac near a small airport.
• Metagaming & Steve Jackson's OGRE
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• Hammer's Slammers
-> …

• Spikepit's anchorcast
-> https://anchor.fm/spikepit
• Plundergrounds: Kazarak (Establishing Questions)
-> http://jellysawgames.blogspot.com/2017/05/plundergrounds-2-kazarak.html
• Plundered Pages (Monster Moves …

A solo-rant for people new to Dungeon World or veterans who want to understand moves better. I talk about what they are, what the basic pattern is, …

• It's a Grab Bag! (Random thoughts and call-ins.)
• Colin from the Spikepit podcast talks bio-dungeons and Goblintown
-> https://anchor.fm/spikepit
…

• Jason Hobbs, Podcasting Junky
-> http://hobbsnfriends.com/
-> https://hextalk.audiodungeon.com/
-> https://anchor.fm/jason-hobbs
• Logan Howard & Jesse Ross, Sword Breaker
-> …

• RIP Meathead
• Familiars and Animal Companions
• Pack World (Dragonriders of Pern, Elfquest)
-> jellysawgames.blogspot.com/2017/08/plundergrounds-45-pack-world-free.html
• Tension between the Fantastic and the Real
• …

In this pilot episode I talk about
• Forest Hymn & Picnic - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cecil-howe/the-forest-hymn-and-picnic?ref=user_menu
• Troika! - Free, no art version: …