We interview Duncan Rhodes, and then he (about to run his first Alien game) interviews us!

00.00.40: Introductions

00.02.40: World of Gaming: 10 most anticipated games of 2026; Results of Toon Backerkit campaign; Dragonbane: Trudvang kickstarting soon; Matthew (and Frank/Raldanash) will be at Tabletop Live in Doncaster
00.26.16: Old West News: Our new streamed campaign starts with session zero
00.29.46: Interview Duncan Rhodes, author of (deep breath) The Creative Game Master's Guide of Extraordinary Locactions and How to Design Them, and the Hipsters and Dragons blog. 
01.34.26: Next time and Goodbye 

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We talk about solo gaming, especially as it pertains to Tales of the Old West

00.00.40: Introductions
00.02.30: Welcome and thank you to our new patron: Shaky T (Simon)
00.03.59: Slightly unscheduled Old West (Marches) news 

00.10.00: World of Gaming: Blades ‘68 from Evil Hat; Tiny Defenders trauma therapy RPG out of Palestine; Traveller: Cluster Truck
00.30.28: Going Solo (we mention Beyond Cataclysm; Frank; and The Soloist)
01.11.53: Next time and Goodbye 

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Taking the opportunity of the Christmas break to gather some patrons, and review the year 2025 as well as look forward to objectives for 2026. Featuring patrons, Frank, Thomas, Douglas, Paul, Jed and Bruce talking about Planet of the Apes; Space 1999; Harnmaster; Ronin, Spectaculars; Coriolis: The Great Dark; and, Forbidden Lands in German!

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Kind of a freeform episode 

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Dedicated to Diggy

00.00.40: Introductions

00.04.26: World of Gaming: Twilight Sword from 2Little Mice and FreeLeague on Backer Kit; Ghost in the Shell RPG kickstarting; we are going to be at Dragonmeet running the Free League Stand and Selling Tales of tee Old West next door; we are also writing an epic Alien: Evolved adventure for UKGames expo.
00.23.02: Tales of the new Verse
01.25.18: Next time and Goodbye 

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Actually a packed but tight episode not much over an hour, there's efficiency 
00.00.40: Introductions
00.02.51: Welcome to our new patron: Charlie Creek

00.03.28: World of Gaming: AI controversy at UKGE; we are going to UKGE; we are also going to TableTopGaming live; and Dragonmeet; Cohors Cthulhu on sale; Apocaplyse World Burned Over Kickstarter, Japanese’s version of Mörk Borg being kickstarted; Pioneer Kickstarter; Godzilla RPG announced
00.45.47: Old West News: The Foundry module is available to buy; The Made in the Old West license means you can publish and sell your own adventures
00.54.36: Invincible, the not-an-interview-with-Tomas discussion
01.09.09: Next time and Goodbye 

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Recorded at Spelkongress, Stockholm, Sweden! (The audio is of varying quality)

00.00.30: Introductions

00.03.48: World of Gaming: news from Spelkongress presnantions that we did not go to, that were mostly in Swedish - our Swedish patrons did attend though and thoughtful told us what was going on, on Discord.
00.12.01: On the plane David and Matthew discuss their hopes for the event
00.38.25: Eric Granstrom, on Svavlewinter (The Brimstone Sleep) for DoD/Dragonbane; and Alderland for Forbidden Lands
00.47.43: Anders Gilbring, on Western
01.04.20: Magnus Seter, on Trudvang
01.49.40: Anders Blick, on on being an elder statesman of Swedish gaming (and Ereb Altor)
01.26.08: Next time and Goodbye 
01:27:14: Music by Tjaut

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The episode we mucked up, not featuring the interview with Tomas that we failed to actually record 

00.00.40: Introductions

00.065.46: World of Gaming: Cosmic Corsairs Kickstarter; Vaesen Mythic Carpathia pre-orders; Alien Evolved Pledgemanger closes; we are going to Spelkongress!
00.24.22: Old West News: The Foundry module is available to buy; The Made in the Old West license means you can publish and sell your own adventures
00.41.03: Invincible, the not-an-interview-with-Tomas discussion
01.04.08: Next time and Goodbye 

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In an episode for creators everywhere Dave looks back on his two years working solely on RPG writing, what went right and what he might have done differently.

00.00.40: Introductions
00.02.29: welcome to our new Patron Phillip D Massey

00.06.12: World of Gaming: Invincible kickstarter; Vaesen getting delivered; the new Conan RPG too
00.26.31: Old West News: The Foundry system is ready for download; The Last Vegas Legacy adventure
00.38.40: Dave's reflections
01.11.307: Next time and Goodbye 

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We talk about crowdfunding vs pre-orders, how tired we were after Tabletop Scotland, and chat with Andreas of Nordlc Skalds, who reveals some exciting news that you can't afford to miss

00.00.40: Introductions
00.03.04: World of Gaming - Melsonian Arts Council gives up on crowdfunding sites; Planet of the Apes arriving; RipCrypt from Modiphius; our Tabletop Scotland report
00.45.29: Interview: Andreas about Windheim Falling
01.22.33: Next time and Goodbye 

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