-- Description --

Continuing discussions of the Bronze Age from a gaming perspective. What some of its strengths are and how it fits into an OSR experience.

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-- Show Notes --

00:00 - Intro

00:41 - Theme

01:01 - Ben Gibson of Coldlight Press: the Bronze Age as the Perfect D&D Setting

06:12 - PizzaReady: Mazes and Minotaurs

09:23 - ... Malazan as a Modern Fantasy Western

12:04 - ... Mixed Technology Levels among Civilizations

15:31 - ... Civilization as a New Thing rather than Ancient and Forgotten

17:49 - ... On Law and Chaos

20:50 - Benediction

23:30 - Outro

-- Links --

* Coldlight Press: https://coldlightrpgpress.weebly.com/

- Adventure Site Contest: https://coldlightrpgpress.weebly.com/home/adventure-site-contest-winners

- Drive Thru RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/11446/Coldlight-Press

* Clark Ashton Smith

- Zothique Review: https://clericswearringmail.blogspot.com/2023/07/n-spiration-zothique-final-cycle.html

- On Eldritch Dark: http://www.eldritchdark.com/writings/short-stories/

* Mazes & Minotaurs: http://mazesandminotaurs.free.fr/revised.html

* The 13th Warrior: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_13th_Warrior

* Ricky Pope: https://open.spotify.com/show/1FuApkccHeoQtAqbYyQl97

* Storytelling Ron: https://www.youtube.com/@StorytellingRon