Critical Lit
di Amelia Som, Dan Dillon, Sal Tamarkin, I-Hsien Sherwood
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Critical Lit is a podcast where we revisit and retool (and lambast and lampoon) classic tabletop RPG adventures. Part book review, part heckling commentary, all in good fun. Hosted by industry veterans Dan Dillon (Legends of Avantris, formerly WotC), I-Hsien Sherwood (Total Party Thrill), Amelia Som (Unprepared Casters), and Sal Tamarkin (Cloud Curio).
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- Warhammer 40K Edge of Darkness Walkthrough 02: It's Not Exactly Brain Churgery · 1 h 40 min · Episodio 36The GM advice flows like leaking promethium, in a neo-Gygaxian tone that's as refreshing as it is informative. Which is good because this system is a lot to digest for players…
- Warhammer 40K Edge of Darkness Walkthrough 01: Heresy After Dark · 1 h 44 min · Episodio 35In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only pointed critique, an eternity of trenchant analysis, and the laughter of satirical excess. We're finally dipping our toes…
- Curse of Strahd Deep Dive 27: You Will Be Mist · 1 h 33 min · Episodio 34Pour out a little Red Dragon Crush for all our mist connections. As we walk out of Barovia for good, we leave this land and this book forever changed, and we don't just mean the…
- Curse of Strahd Deep Dive 26: Question Everything · 1 h 35 min · Episodio 33You had questions about Curse of Strahd, both thought-provoking and simply provocative. Some mechanical, some hypothetical, some satirical, even some heretical. And we…
- Curse of Strahd Deep Dive 25: Mod Squad · 1 h 47 min · Episodio 32Is this sandbox too spooky? Parties looking for a less grim take on Barovia have a host of more heroic (and more linear) options. They can be used to spice up an individual…
- Curse of Strahd Deep Dive 24: Slaughter Rinse Repeat · 1 h 45 min · Episodio 31Strahd gets knocked down, but he gets up again. And again. The "final" battle is a tricky needle to thread, but victory earns a literal Pandora's box of endings. In this episode…
- Curse of Strahd Deep Dive 23: The Real Housewolves of Barovia · 1 h 46 min · Episodio 30While Kiril's away, the pups will play! The pack really sinks their claws into each other this time, but the real question is which of the lucky young newcomers to the den will…
- Curse of Strahd Deep Dive 22: Reverse of Strahd New Game Plus · 1 h 36 min · Episodio 29Visit Yester Hill, a planned community for retired berserkers with absolutely no secrets hidden beneath a thin layer of sod. Evil druids seek to unleash their blood-filled wood…
- Curse of Strahd Deep Dive 21: Would You Still Love Me If I Was a Wisp of Utter Darkness No More Than a Few Inches Long? · 1 h 51 min · Episodio 28The final vaults in the basement of the Amber Temple hold the best rewards in all of Barovia. If it's wrong to murder your loved one and drink their blood or sacrifice dozens of…
- Curse of Strahd Deep Dive 20: Vestigial Tales · 1 h 51 min · Episodio 27Deep within the Amber Temple, alone in the dark, lurks the most helpful lich in the multiverse. Play your cards right and there's free drinks and body modifications, too. You…
- Curse of Strahd Deep Dive 19: Anyway, Here's Fireball · 1 h 34 min · Episodio 26It's back to Barovia for Chapter 13, and the Amber Temple is sending mixed messages. Does it want us to freeze to death? Burn to a crisp? Get possessed by loot? Maybe this…
- Keep on the Borderlands Deep Dive 04: Color-Coded Chaos · 2 h 44 min · Episodio 25Our final look at the Caves of Chaos takes 17 man-turns to unpack. The cult fit is very Queen of Hearts and matches the canonically evil furnishings. But the real villain is in…
- Keep on the Borderlands Deep Dive 03: Throuple Trouble · 2 h 12 min · Episodio 24Many yawning orifices await as the spelunking finally begins in earnest! The myriad tribes of the Caves of Chaos have complex social hierarchies, tight-knit family units…
- Keep on the Borderlands Deep Dive 02: An Officer and a Normalman · 1 h 52 min · Episodio 23Dammit granite! If these walls could talk, they'd blush and tell you "murder hole" is not the preferred nomenclature. Gygax continues to wow us with his commitment to…
- Keep on the Borderlands Deep Dive 01: Miserly Business · 1 h 44 min · Episodio 22What if "Do as I say, not as I do" was a D&D module? In 1979 Gary Gygax wrote The Keep on the Borderlands, cribbing plenty of useful GM advice from TSR colleague Mike Carr…
- Curse of Strahd Deep Dive 18: This Little Blight of Mine · 1 h 41 min · Episodio 21Everything's vine down at the Wizard of Wines! Chapter 12 is the nexus of nearly every plot hook in this book, but the wine won't flow until this gemless, ravenless…
- Curse of Strahd Deep Dive 17: Knockin' on Khazan's Door · 1 h 37 min · Episodio 20It's a Dance Dance Execution at the door of this wizard tower. The wagon nearby is as volatile as a meth lab, and werewolves wait to finish off any survivors. Plus, we take…
- Curse of Strahd Deep Dive 16: The Other Mother · 1 h 31 min · Episodio 19Sure, Strahd had one mother, but what about second mother? In Chapter 10, Baba Lysaga is a boy-mom wannabe, with a parasocial fixation on our titular vamp. To impress him, she…
- Curse of Strahd Deep Dive 15: Fowl Play · 1 h 24 min · Episodio 18For want of a dress, Krezk was lost. The Abbot gets serious about playing dress-up, Ireena takes a dive, fine feathered fiends guard the pass, and the roc just has the munchies…
- Curse of Strahd Deep Dive 14: Build-a-Bride Workshop · 1 h 45 min · Episodio 17Mutual aid! In my D&D? The Krezkites share everything: food, labor, and a growing horror at the screams emanating from the Abbey above. The empty graves strewn about town are…
