About this podcast
Jef and Jon review old roleplaying games
Episodes
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- 340 - Rise, Wizards! · 57 minIt's Sweater Weather! And today we're discussing Rise, Wizards! A game about the changes wrought on the world by wizards trying to get above it all. It's dice stacking! Learn…
- 339 - Beast: The Primordial · 1 h 15 minWoof. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 338 - Very Horror Stories · 1 h 14 minWelcome to Trashween! It's all garbage this time, baby! This game isn't awful, but it is trash-themed. Stay tuned for next time! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
- 337 - Double Cross · 1 h 25 minBig old anime RPG, and actually from Japan for once! Vaguely superhero but realistically sorta shonen, let's talk about Double Cross. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
- 336 - MisAdventures · 1 h 15 minFinally, everyone's favorite thing, a universal OSR system! And in such a straightforward and simple 36 pages! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 335 - Tide Breaker · 1 h 33 minIt's a rules light game! By which of course we mean it has like several hundred rules, but none of them are especially heavy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
- 334 - Delta Green · 1 h 7 minWell, at least now people can't keep asking us to talk about it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
- 333- Marvel Heroic Roleplaying LIVE · 1 h 26 minRecorded live at GenCon 2026, this episode sounds like fuzzy butt because we didn't have a way to test the house equipment. If you can endure it, you're the true Marvel Hero (ic…
- 332 - 13th Age · 1 h 17 minWell, I guess it's better than 5e. How's the 2nd edition of this? Obviously we're taking them in order. Sound off in the comments and smash that like and subscribe or whatever…
- 331 - Blood and Vigilance · 1 h 0 minShoot, we accidentally made a supplement episode. I thought this was a core book! Oh well, it's basically a superhero patch to be applied to D20 Modern, so at least it's sorta…
- 330 - Justice League Unlimited Preview · 1 h 21 minWe've been pretty clear in our Marvel fanboy natures, especially when it comes to comics (we're pretty equal opportunity with films and cartoons), but that doesn't mean we can't…
- 329 - Jukebox · 1 h 15 minHey how about we let Jon pick a game, that's what I said. And then of course the moment I said okay we get a game with a karaoke mechanic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
- 328 - Heavy Metal Thunder Mouse · 1 h 10 minI still can't remember if this is our first FATE game or not, I think it might be? It's about mice, that are bikers. There's also frogs and stuff. It's fun. Let's talk about it…
- 327 - Alternity · 1 h 21 minSci-fi, TSR style. I can't figure out why I thought this would be D&D based, maybe because it came out so late in the TSR lifecycle that I thought it was WOTC? Anyway, it's…
- 326 - Ryutaama · 1 h 36 minOkay at this point I think it's starting to get obvious that the two of us are down with the cozy games. This one is cute as heck. Get on a little journey. Jef is only moderately…
- 325 - Root RPG · 1 h 19 minSure it's PBTA but really we want to talk about the rare-ish process by which specifically board games become specifically RPGs. Plus these animals kill each other and are cute…
- 324 - Zenescope Presents: The Dark Age RPG · 1 h 20 minWestern boob comics! Remember these? They've long since supplanted by that single mega milk manga image, you know the one. Anyway somewhere between the original Vampirella and…
- 323 - Dragonbane · 1 h 11 minLet's take a look at a game out of Sweden, née as Drakar Och Demoner, a classic dungeon crawl game with fairly simple mechanics, sleek layout, and pretty nice art. But does it…
- 322 - Incursion · 1 h 20 minFind out which one of us gets mad enough to break the no research rule as we dive in to discuss this game of alien abduction and intergalactic comedy exploration from the far off…
- 321 - Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai · 1 h 6 minJust one of your everyday run of the mill licensed games made out of Jim Jarmusch movies. Can't tell you how sick I am of playing Palladium's version of Down By Law. Learn more…
- 320 - Amazing Engine, Bughunter · 1 h 23 minFine you want major trash that time forgot? You got it, buster. You're gonna sit write there while we review the whole pack. Of Amazing Engine, from TSR Games in 1993. And also…
- 319 - Red Dwarf · 1 h 13 minWho's ready for licensed comedy property RPGs? These are always the best, am I right? Today is Red Dwarf, an RPG based on a British comedy sci-fi series. And boy is it ever…
- 318 - Man, Myth & Magic · 1 h 25 minTwo games in one box? What a bargain! MM&M here comes with basic and advanced rulesets for its historical fantasy Earth setting, though the differences are so odd that it's…
- 317 - Fabula Ultima · 1 h 14 minHell yeah we got something for under your tree! It's a System Mastery review of Fabula Ultima! For future readers that joke is because I put this episode up Christmas Eve. It was…
- 316 - Truth & Justice · 1 h 18 minWell hello there, superhero game from 2005. We saw you from across the room, and we dug your weird mix between classic and modern game design vibe. Learn more about your ad…
- 315 - Companion's Tale · 1 h 9 minA dive into the world of mapmaking games, which we've briefly touched on in the past but are definitely a growing area of game design, but also, combat free! Hooray for Sweater…
- 314 - Laser Kittens · 1 h 10 minWelcome back to our Sweater Weather season! But wait, how can this be charming and cozy if these kittens have LASERS? Listen and discover! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
- 313 - 1978 (The Night They Came Home) · 1 h 8 minWeen closes out with a bang, as we discuss a game designed to cover *cough* a wide variety of different Slasher movies that may or may not have specifically launched the genre in…
- 312 - Army of Darkness · 1 h 20 minOh man, I don't know if I should just put a bunch of movie quotes here (nah, the book already made me sick of them) or a bunch of Ween stuff. Let's go with that one. It's Army of…
- 311 - Tales from the Floating Vagabond 2e, Part 2: An Interview · 1 h 25 minSorry it's been a while friends! This episode is special and it took some work to get it working. We're interviewing Sean Ellis and Kira Woodmansee, two of the major names…
- 310 - Tales from the Floating Vagabond 2e · 1 h 15 minPart of this job is getting to hold extremely weird things in our hands, things we never expected to be real, and this is certainly one of those times. Three hundred and seven…
- 309 - Invisible Sun Lore · 1 h 53 minYeah yeah, we did the thing. God knows there was plenty more content. James is still here to help us process all this stuff. Thanks James! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit…
- 308 - Invisible Sun · 1 h 43 minThis is almost certainly the largest product we've ever attempted to review! As a result there are some gaps in coverage here. We may yet revisit this game just to do a deep dive…
- 307 - Micro Game Roundup 2 · 1 h 16 minLet's lay out what we're discussing here this week. It's three games (in four books) comprising Clever Girl, #Flirt Squad, and Anyone Can Wear The Mask. We love checking in on…
- 306 - The Expanse · 1 h 19 minMore TV sci-fi! More TV sci-fi! Actually wait, hold on, this one is based on the books. No TV in here, which is probably for the best, because you guessed it, neither of us…
- 305 - Time Lord · 1 h 26 minWho loves Doctor Who? Specifically and exclusively any Doctor Who made before 1991? Not us it turns out, though this game is pretty fun! It's got some neat design ideas and good…
- 304 - Runequest (1984) · 1 h 14 minThis is one of the venerable old giants of the fantasy gaming industry. Avalon Hill producing Chaosium's Runequest. Couldn't be more classic. But how does it read 40 years later?…
- 303 - Superhero 2044 · 1 h 12 minBy all account, this is the first ever superhero RPG, but don't let that fool you, it contains virtually nothing you'd recognize as a superhero game. In fact, it's wild what it…
- 302 - Capers · 1 h 16 minOkay the rumors that we like every supers game are scurrilous, devious, and increasingly accurate. This is Capers, and it's a supers game set in a slightly less socially shitty…
- 301 - The Arcanum · 1 h 6 minHi folks, let's start up another 300 of these, what do you say? This one is about The Arcanum, an early 80s game that sure seems similar for some reasons (the same reasons they…
- 300 - Palladium Fantasy · 1 h 39 minWell that certainly was 300 times we did a thing, I tell you what! Let's take a little victory lap by cracking open a cask we've been saving for a special occasion, a feisty…
- 299 - Bleeding Heart · 1 h 1 minWe're hard at work on our giant pile of weird old box sets, and that means it's time for Bleeding Heart, a game that Jon assures me is loosely based on something called the…
- 298 - Wild West · 1 h 13 minI really hope you're enjoying this string of very old games, we're doing our best to get back into them quickly (ever since I found one of my old box sets fully eaten by bugs and…
- 297 - Star Trek The Roleplaying Game · 1 h 9 minCan we review an 80s Star Trek game without our pacemakers exploding? What if FASA made it? We're looking at the Star Trek RPG from roughly 1983, which means (if you're counting)…
- 296 - Lewd Dungeon Adventures · 1 h 9 minFinally someone bought that game that advertises on Facebook, and it was us. It's a fantasy adventure game with some sex-themed rules, but honestly I don't want to spoil anything…
- 295 - Insurgent · 54 min · Episode 295A very quick little modern game designed to be played solo or with a small group but no GM, in which you rebel against something. What do you rebel against? Whattaya got? Learn…
- 294 - OGL Ancients · 1 h 20 minIt's what it says! Though it's adding a lot of stuff to the venerable old combat engine of 3.X OGL, it's an OGL game where you play as primarily Greeks and Egyptians from…
- 293 - Alas Vegas · 1 h 28 min · Episode 293This is a little recent for our usual stuff, but Jon was really interested after the Fastlane review to keep looking at games that utilize classic casino games as RPG…
- 292 - Unbidden · 1 h 19 minBack to basics, some game you probably never heard of that we didn't like. That's the basic essence of the show, right? It has to come up sometimes. I'm talking about the show…
- 291 - Fastlane · 1 h 27 min · Episode 291Oh buddy you better believe we love it when the game has a weird alternative randomizing mechanic, and this thing is all about roulette. Yes, it straight up tells you at the…
