More conversation on a variety of topics from recent shows: Shields, gate keeping, art, new school:old school, playable species in D&D, cultures in D&D, divination magic, and dragons and why we don’t use them more often.

A big call-in show about dragons in lit & film - focused on the 1981 film, Dragonslayer. Great calls from Colin Green of Spikepit, Joe of Hindsightless, Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, Ray Otus of Plundergrounds, and Daniel from Bandit’s Keep. Thanks!

My first attempt was garbled - here’s an attempt to redo an episode I recorded on my snowy commute to work: sneak look at digital rewards on the new S&W box; the de emphasis of archetypes in D&D; and the folly of “gatekeeping”.

Rambling on my commute to work about the final topic in Thought Eater’s last Wednesday RPG Show: D&D choosing to have all species operate in a similar way from a game mechanism POV. Warning: sound quality is poor.

The conversation about splintering shields continues with contributions from Menion of Confessions of a Wee Tim’rous Bushi, Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, and Daniel of the Bandit’s Keep podcast and YouTube channel.

More Dragon talk; calls from Joe of Hindsightless; TSR novels, epic play, and a call from a new podcaster, B.J. of the Arcane Alienist.

I spin some covers I like...and that you might not have heard before. Enjoy!

Ring-a-ding-ding: 18 calls from six different listeners on a variety of topics. Bog mummies, cereal, dragons, movies, and a heap of thoughts on Shields Shall be Splintered! Thanks to Joe, Jason, Spencer, Daniel, Taylor, and Evil Jeff!

A look at the common OSR house rule inspired by Trollsmyth’s blog post of the same name. What are your thoughts and experiences with this rule? Should henchmen be able to, or is it “sorry Nodwick, PCs only”?

It’s a fantasy adventure game so you have to have house rules, right? Well, I do. I go over the house rules and clarifications for Swords & Wizardry in the Saturday Morning Cartoons game, plus a call from Daniel of Bandit’s Keep.