Down in a Heap

Down in a Heap episodes

March 20, 2019 What’s a DM to do?
What should a DM be doing in adventure games?
18 min
March 20, 2019 Decoding the song.
I try to explain what old school gaming means to me.
18 min
March 13, 2019 Gaming Grab Bag
A grab bag of game topics: board games as RPG settings, B2 Redux, a list of podcasts I listen to.
30 min
February 28, 2019 No limitations!
A quick mention of one house rule for magic-users that I forgot this morning.
5 min
February 28, 2019 Poor Old Magic-user.
A look at 1st level Magic-users and my house rules for them.
35 min
February 20, 2019 Tinkering 2, Electric Bugaloo
Calls, and more thoughts on tinkering and house rules; including more for B/X.
42 min
February 15, 2019 Poor old d12. Why is the d12 so neglected in DnD?
I ponder about why this one die is overlooked and what it actually is used for and could be used for.
16 min
February 08, 2019 Tinker, Tailor, Molder, Why?
Tinkering with games, and my own B/X house rules for Fighters.
29 min
February 07, 2019 Background or Baggage?
How much backstory and background is too much for a PC? When does it become baggage for a game?
28 min
February 03, 2019 Healing
Healing in old school games - the fine line between loss and recovery.
34 min

From the publisher's feed

A big pot of old school RPG stew.