Blood Bowl is a game of fantasy football. Emphasis on the "Fantasy" We talk about the best sports based miniatures game ever made, and one of the longest lasting, best supported, and all around most fun games you can play. Also, there's a video game version, if you don't feel like painting up minis.

Kobolds, everyone's favorite low level draconic themed lizard guys! But they weren't always like this. In this episode, we talk about the folklore, game history, and general lore of Kobolds, both for dungeons and dragons and the wider fantasy gaming community at large. Also there's a mechsuit called the Kobold that we talk about too.

In the grim darkness of the far fantasy, there is only war... hammer. Join the gnolls as we discuss Warhammer Fantasy, a classic game of miniature mass combat, where brave dwarves, humans, and elves find themselves at the mercies of chaos, undead, and dark elves. Also Skaven, the best faction.

Behold! This week we're talking about the paranoid, xenophobic, floating mess of eyes and magical powers known as beholders. A staple of Dungeons and Dragons from the very beginning, they are still not as iconic as some of the other big monsters, and certainly don't have the same level of recognition and lore.

This is a nerdy podcast. All craftsdwarfship is of the highest quality. It menaces with spikes of humor. The podcast is decorated with an image of dwarves. The dwarves are laughing.

In this episode we discuss Dwarf Fortress, a game that has been in development for around 20 years and is still only considered half-done by its creator.

Mind Flayers! Ancient beings of arcane and psionic power that want to eat your brains! A classic monster of dungeons and dragons, the humble Ilithid has been around since the earliest editions of the game, and is a favorite of dungeon masters looking for a way to humble their players.

How does magic work in a game? How is it presented in a fantasy setting? Is Pokemon a fantasy setting? These are some of the questions we try to answer on this episode of Gnoll Country for Old Men.

Has the podcast delved too greedily, and too deep? If so we may have just stumbled onto the subterranean home of the dwarves, everyone's favorite hard working, hard drinking, hard bearded underground folk. But where do dwarves come from? (mountains) What do dwarves want? (treasure) And why are dwarves so cool? We just don't know.

3D printing: because sometime you need to spend a lot of time and effort to make a very specific model for your wargame. But where did the technology come from, and will it make all other manufacturing obsolete? (no).

A staple of fantasy worlds since the days of Tolkien, orcs are a classic monster for a reason. But what is that reason? And why are orcs the way they are? And what makes the orcs of different settings interesting and unique?