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The Vintage RPG Podcast Vintage RPG
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Join Stu Horvath and John McGuire as they delve into their favorite tabletop roleplaying games from the past, present and future!
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Get in the Van
This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we talk to John Patrick Cooper about Get in the Van, his live music-themed Troika hack. Form a band (hardcore, hair or thrash) in the year 198X, hit the road, do battle with the audience, rock their faces off and get to the next gig. A tight, fun little ode to the road dog life. Also, surprise, Cooper designed Dead Mall, our favorite Tunnel Goons hack about exploring monster-filled abandoned malls, so we talked about that some too!
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Dragon's Lair
There may be a million ways to die, but you’re probably only going to see the first two or three. This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we’re remembering the classic coin-eating arcade game, Dragon’s Lair (1983). That’s the one that features the cell-shaded, professionally animated (by Don frickin’ Bluth!) adventure of Dirk the Daring that was hidden behind an endless series of near-impossible reflex tests. An exercise in beautiful frustration that nevertheless contributed much to the visual language of fantasy in the ‘80s and beyond!
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Arkham
If the Colour is out of Space it should maybe consider weeding some of its shelves, amirite? This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we’re going back to witch-haunted Arkham, Massachusetts by way of Chaosium’s latest edition of the Arkham sourcebook (previously known as Arkham Unveiled, H.P. Lovecraft’s Arkham and The Compact Arkham Unveiled). This is a ground-up renovation of Keith Herber’s original text by Mike Mason and it is everything you’d want from such a project. The old stuff feels new, the new stuff blends in, the whole package feels fresh and exciting. A new street map! A genuine newspaper! A social reputation system! Ghouls! What more could you want? A better lead-in joke? Hambone doesn’t have a monopoly on bad jokes, sorry.
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Stu's pretty sure that at one point in the show, he says The Lurker at the Threshold when he meant "The Thing on the Doorstep." His confusion is understandable.
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Caverns of Thracia
This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we’re checking out Caverns of Thracia (1979)! Considered by some to be the late Jennell Jaquays’ finest work, we talk about some of the ways it differs from her previous Judges Guild module, Dark Tower, the cool way it handles random encounters and its place in the high trinity of ’70s adventure design. Fun Fact: while folks, particularly in the OSR, think Caverns is top, Jennell considered neither that nor Dark Tower as the best examples of her work — and there are plenty of other gems in that bibliography.
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Stu’s book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is for sale now! Buy it!
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Mystic Punks, Part Two
This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we’re continuing our talk with Anthony Meloro about Mystic Punks! This is Part the Second, so be sure to check out last week’s jam to get the full experience. On tap: the imminent Kickstarter for the multiplayer Mystic Punks RPG, the majestic art of Benjamin Marra, trash culture, the healing power of reefer and so much more!
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Mystic Punks is Kickstarting soon!
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Stu’s book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is for sale now! Buy it!
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Mystic Punks, Part One
This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we’re talking to Anthony Meloro about Mystic Punks! This is Part One, because we got to gabbing so long that we got two episodes worth of chat. Within, we talk about the original Mystic Punks solo game, the imminent Kickstarter for the multiplayer Mystic Punks RPG, the majestic art of Benjamin Marra, trash culture, the healing power of reefer and so much more!
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Mystic Punks is Kickstarting soon!
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Stu’s book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is for sale now! Buy it!
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Customer Reviews
The Best RPG podcast
Imagine entering a library of every RPG ever made. Simply put, it’s the best way to dive into the rich (and weird) history and diversity of RPGs. Excellent production and sound quality too.
Love
This podcast is awesome, Stu and Hambone are fun to listen to, and they keep it tight, no rambling, just good discussion.
Also I like that they have an actual opinion about these games!
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Get it you don’t use Twitter
Got tired of listening to how they don’t use twitter and how they now use some new platform. Guess what lots of people don’t use twitter. Also I came to listen to stuff about RPGs not what political position you hold. I give two stars because I did like a few episodes, but with more of their political views being expressed at the end just didn’t come to hear that.