S6E4: Please listen to my guerrilla review of the incredible Cults of RuneQuest series from Chaosium. I focus on Mythology, but also provide a quick overview of Earth Goddesses and The Prosopaedia.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of char…

S6E3: In response to my short episode on my frustrations with the system(s) I’m currently playing, I received good support and feedback from the community, including call ins from Anthony of Casting Shadows and Barry of A Song of Dice & Shadows podcasts, as well as an invitation from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast to talk about Middle-Earth Role P…

S6E2: I record some of my frustrations over systems, particularly the ubiquitous d20 ones - a directionless rant? Joe of Hindsightless calls in - we are not alone and it’s not over yet.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free…

S6E1: A quick review of the Japanese card-based narrative game, “Nobinobi TRPG: Sword”.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows: Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https:/…

S5E15: All good things (and bad ones too thankfully) must come to an end, at least until they begin again. Boomshankar! Call-ins from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast, Daniel of Bandits Keep podcast/YouTube channel, and Joe of Hindsightless podcast.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of…

S5E14: The Postie’s been! Call-ins from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast, Daniel of Bandits Keep podcast/YouTube channel, and GMShadow of the new A Song of Dice & Shadows podcast.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock …

S5E13: I give a recap of session 3 of my Greyhawk/Pomarj campaign for AD&D. Also included is a thought-provoking call-in from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast - once again on the topic of free will.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of char…

S5E12: In addition to providing recaps of sessions 1 and 2 of my Greyhawk/Pomarj campaign for AD&D, I present call-ins from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast, Joe of Hindsightless podcast, and Anthony ‘Runeslinger’ of Casting Shadows podcast on topics of free will, description/theme and so on. Spencer’s first movie-Monday episode on Time Bandits can …

S5E11: Happy New Year! I present call-ins from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast, and Mirke the Meek on skills, 3d6 vs d20 and other topics following my previous episode on Dark Sun. Finally, I go for a walk to discuss the Terry Gilliam movie Time Bandits. For BECMI Berserker’s review of the Rules Cyclopedia and discussion of the skills system (at ar…

S5E10: Some call-ins from Daniel of Bandits Keep podcast and Jason of Nerds RPG variety, followed by my report on sessions 4-6 of the Dark Sun adventure “A Little Knowledge…” for 2nd edition AD&D rules. Finally, I add some comments on the setting and system.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! …

S5E9: Calls from Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, and an email from IanB, on gods and original D&D tweaks; and a review of the Japanese RPG Sword World 2.5 starter set, “Hoshi wo Tsukamu Meikyuu”.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of char…

S5E8: My final OSRoctober episode for 2023. Here are some half-baked ideas on using gods in world-building, and tweaking the original D&D rules to channel the 1973-Arneson within us.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free St…

S5E7: This is my report on session 3 of the Dark Sun adventure “A Little Knowledge…” for 2nd edition AD&D rules, followed by some current observations through play on that setting and system.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge fro…

S5E6: This time for OSRoctober I give my thoughts on the Swords & Wizardry Complete Rules (revised), discuss the political diversion of OSR bashing, and take call-ins from Daniel of Bandits Keep podcast/YouTube channel, Joe of Hindsightless podcast and Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast on the topics of Dark Sun, 2nd edition AD&D rules, published adve…

S5E5: This is my report on session 2 of the Dark Sun adventure “A Little Knowledge…” for 2nd edition AD&D rules. Thanks to Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast for his call.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, a…

S5E4: To celebrate OSR October, I review “Iron Falcon ‘75”, Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game(BFRPG)’s “Adventure Anthology 3”, and “Beneath the Sunken Catacombs” RPG. Some or all of the games can be found on Amazon, Lulu and Drivethru RPG. More information on BFRPG and Iron Falcon (including free PDF downloads) can be found on https://www.basicfanta…

S5E3: Call-ins about my latest episodes on Dark Sun, 2nd edition AD&D, and Mythras from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast, Joe of Hindsightless and Michael AKA ChgoWiz of the Dungeon Master’s Handbook Podcast.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available fr…

S5E2: This is my initial report on session 1 of the Dark Sun adventure “A Little Knowledge…” and 2nd edition AD&D rules.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows: Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://perit…

S5E1: I take a step back from RuneQuest for the time being, at least, and discuss plans to run a short/trial campaign in the Dark Sun setting for 2nd edition AD&D.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as…

S4E20: My personal reasons for disliking the term “evolution” with respect to games, some initial thoughts on developing my scenario “Daughter of the Sun” for RuneQuest, and other odds and ends, but no call ins this time.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast…

S4E19: AD&D Ravenloft session 5 (and 6?) recap, D&D difficulties, and calls-ins from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast (retold by me), “Johnny”, and Chgwz of the Dungeon Master’s Handbook Podcast.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge …

S4E18: Hexcrawls, AD&D Ravenloft session 4 recap and calls-ins from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast (Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters) and Joe of Hindsightless podcast (Hindsightless • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters).You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of …

S4E17: I short(ish) update and calls-ins from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast and Andrew of Breakfast in the Ruins podcast.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows: Otogi2 by Peri…

S4E16: I take a walk among cherry blossoms (sakura) in this update on where I’ve been and what I’ve been up to.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows: Otogi2 by PeriTune | http:…

S4E15: In this episode I’m joined with Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast to discuss swords & sorcery, the OSR and #OSRoctober.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows: Otogi2 by Pe…

S4E14: I give a quick review of Warlock! (Traitor’s Edition), Blacksword Hack, and The Lost Dungeon’s of Tonisborg. Then I surprise myself by unboxing a lucky old-school RuneQuest campaign pack! Please check out #OSRoctober on Twitter as well as podcasts/YouTube media by Bandit’s Keep, The Redcap’s Podcast, Down in a Heap, Clerics Wear Ringmail, an…

S4E13: Discussion of RuneQuest, RoleMaster, pulp fantasy fiction, system exploration, the condensed potential of old-school D&D adventures, GM anxiety, and teamplay enjoyment. Magnificent call in from: Anthony/Runeslinger (Casting Shadows podcast), Jason (Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast podcast), Che (Roleplay Rescue podcast), and MW Lewis (World of MW Lew…

S4E12: In this episode Jonstown Compendium ambassador Nick Brooke joins me to discuss RuneQuest, roleplaying in Glorantha and the Jonstown Compendium. For more information on the JC and a link Drivethru RPG please go to: https://www.chaosium.com/runequest-community-content/You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitte…

S4E11: This episode overflows with wonderful call-ins and rambling replies about CRPGs, the pulps, RuneQuest and GM anxiety. Thanks to fellow podcasters Joe of Hindsightless, Che of Roleplay Rescue, Colin of Spikepit, Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (Jason’s episode about Grogcon can be found at https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/nerds-rpg-vari…

S4E10: (Warning: Contains some objectionable language/“profanity”, and alcohol consumption). No call-ins or self-indulgent monologues today - instead I talk with Andy of Breakfast in the Ruins podcast about Moorcock, the pulps, work and hobbies, as well as podcasting and why we do it. Thanks, Andy! Breakfast in the Ruins can be found at on the Webs…

S4E9: A call-in inspired episode about RuneQuest with a brief recap of session 2 of my current RQ campaign. Call-ins from Karl of the GMologist Presents podcast, Daniel of Bandits Keep podcast and YouTube channel calls, Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, Che of Roleplay Rescue, and Joe of Hindsightless. Thanks, people!You can contact me at: scotinky…

S4E8: In this episode I talk with James about the 1988 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons RPG computer game “Pool of Radiance” and its impact on the gaming scene of the time. Grogtalk airs live at 8am EST on YouTube every other Saturday, and the back catalogue is available from Apple Podcasts at https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/grogtalk-podcast/id145…

Series 4, episode 7: In this episode I talk with Fabio about the early RPG and wargaming scene in 1970s/80s London, his continuing interests in RPGs today, and his involvement in Morgue Miniatures. Although ended, you can see Morgue Miniatures’ fabulous Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/morgueminiatures/battlefield-bones. Pleas…

Series 4, episode 6: Join me for a walk through Kyoto while I provide a breakdown of my inaugural RuneQuest Glorantha campaign and detail how I’ve gotten started. Also, I have some great call-ins once more from Karl of the GMologist Presents podcast and Daniel of Bandits Keep podcast and YouTube channel calls.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yaho…

Series 4, episode 5: I walk and talk, giving a fuller recap of my AD&D and Old-School Essentials, and discuss remote attendance at the table, noise, and filling in the narrative gaps with players. Call-ins from Karl of the GMologist Presents podcast and Daniel of Bandits Keep podcast and YouTube channel calls. What was in those sandwiches? Gherkins…

Series 4, episode 4: I discuss the games I’m running and playing in while making my packed lunch, and Daniel of Bandits Keep podcast and YouTube channel calls in to discuss magic and tournament adventures in D&D.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this …

Series 4, episode 3: I take some call ins from mid-April on my guidelines for XP in old-school D&D and other topics from Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast and Daniel of Bandits Keep podcast and YouTube. After that I discuss the latest developments in my AD&D Greyhawk campaign. Details of my XP guidelines can be found on my blog at https://timrousbus…

Series 4, episode 2: This time I explain my guidelines for XP in old-school D&D, reminisce about GMing RuneQuest and MERP/RoleMaster as a 13 year old, and reply to some call ins from Joe of Hindsightless, BJ of Arcane Alienist, and Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast. Details of my XP guidelines can be found on my blog at https://timrousbushi.blogspot…

Series 4, episode 1: Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast kindly opens the show with some kind words, and then we’re off walking and researching about spell memorization in old-school D&D, and proposing some slight alterations to standard method. After flapping my gums about the minutiae of old games, I take you on an audio tour of Bukkoji temple in ce…

Series 3, episode 27: This is the definitive and actual end of series 3, and consists entirely of calls from RPG community podcasters: Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, Joe of Hindsightless, MW of the Worlds of MW Lewis, Runeslinger of Casting Shadows, and Brian of Have to Look that Up. Topics include Middle-Earth/The Silmarillion, inclusiveness an…

Series 3, episode 26: The podcast to end series 3, kicks off with calls from Che of Roleplay Rescue, and Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast. We talk some Middle-Earth before I end the series with some topic proposals for series 4 (not 4 as mistakenly stated in my ramblings). You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitte…

Series 3, episode 25: “I am not, and never have been, a member of the far-right” - having been associated in a recent YouTube vid with the RPG Alt-Right, the first 10 minutes is a refutation of that, and a reassertion of what I stand for. Following that, I focus on some call ins from Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, Karl of The GMologist Presents,…

Series 3, episode 24: In this episode I take a virtual ramble with Barny of Loco Ludus and learn about game hacking, educational games, and contributing to society through games. It’s quite long, but I offer it up here in full and uncut.Support Loco Ludus’ Neo-Triassic Shoreline Regression Syndrome zine on Ko-fi.com: https://ko-fi.com/post/Neo-Tria…

Series 3, episode 23: I present my initial impressions of three new purchases: Mork Borg, The Company of the Dragon (RuneQuest), and The One Ring (2nd edition). Thanks to Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast and Safer of Safer Fantasy Crafting for the kind words on my previous 100th episode.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabb…

Series 3, Episode 22: This seems to be my 100th episode - I didn’t realize until I was about to hit the publish button. Just a short call-in episode to break the silence. Thank you to Karl of The GMologist Presents, Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, and MW of The Worlds of MW Lewis. The link to the interactive Greyhawk map mention by MW is here: ht…

Series 3, Episode 21: Recaps of Arduin Grimoire (Village of Hommlet), WFRP (Death on the Reik), AD&D (Secret of the Slavers’ Stockade) and OSE (Incandescent Grottoes) sessions, interspersed with call-ins from Joe of Hindsightless, Karl of The GMologist Presents and Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Meni…

Series 3, Episode 20: A call-in episode featuring calls from Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, Joe of Hindsightless and Brian of Have To Look That Up on RuneQuest and miscellaneous topics. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free…

Series 3, Episode 19: I take a New Years ramble, respond to call-ins from Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, Daniel of Bandits Keep and Joe of Hindsightless (discussing AD&D, Dark Sun, OSE and RuneQuest Glorantha), and talk about RPGs, Japan and communication. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here o…

Series 3, Episode 18: I ask Rob Ricchie of Flipping & Turning zine about the very early days of playing D&D, take a call-in from Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, give a recap of my 23rd session of our Old-School Essentials session, and talk about my RPG plans for 2022. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter),…

Series 3, Episode 17: Christmas call-ins from Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast and Daniel of Bandits Keep on “play-by-post” games, the US D&D phenomenon and “monoculture”. Finally I give a recap of my 22nd session of our Old-School Essentials. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers…