Loco Ludus

A first dip into Warlord’s new Dredd skirmish game with a nice call in from Joe Richter @ Hindsightless and Weal or Woe.

In their new sub-series, Appendicitis, Barney and Andy Goodman of Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks discuss works NOT on the infamous AD&D Appendix N. They begin with Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast. They discuss how it might be of use in roleplay games, ending with a discussion of the campaign Andy created based on it, followed by a digression into Cthulhu. Look out for Appendicitis as and when. Thanks!

Gaming-related compliments: call in, get in touch and share the best compliments you’ve ever received and how they’ve affected you. Big thanks to Spencer @ Keep Off the Borderlands, Jason @ Nerds’ RPG Variety Cast and Andy @ Expedition to the Grizzly Peaks.

The Devil is most certainly in the detail! Messages from Che Cormack @ Friday Night DnD, Colin Spikepit Green (or whatever his name is), Spencer @ Keep Off the Borderlands, Jason @ Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast and some extended input from Goblin’s Henchman. Thanks all! Here’s the link to the GMless Horror Movie Generator I use: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gBg7VwBK13l6Kv4iefqZvqyfr5PIN15V/view

What happens when your prep time evaporates? When it goes REAL-TIME-PARALLEL. And what ever happened to Gingo and the Ruffets? The Who? Decisions. Energy. Aims vs Outcomes.

More on prep and ICRPG. Great thoughts from Lieren @ Updates from the Middle of Nowhere, Joe @ Hindsightless, Seraphim from ICRPG Europe Discord, and - with a meaty “review” of ICRPG - Josh Beckelhimer @ JB Publishing. Get in touch! Anchor message! Email! locoludus [at] gmail.com FB!

A Conversation with Goblin’s Henchman about the potential use of Hex Flower Game Engines in the ever-evolving Hammer Horror RPG game system. Find his work on DriveThruRPG and at his blog: https://goblinshenchman.wordpress.com

Call-in catch-up: Jason, Ray Otus and Goblin‘s Henchman - my next guest on the show. Nods to Andy Goodman, Spencer, Colin Spikepit, Pete Jones, Josh Beckelhimer and Runehammer.

A deserving Barney unboxes The Others, a horror board game by Eric M. Lang. He looks at the gruesome miniatures and tries to recall the rules... It’s got interesting game mechanisms...

Reflections on the first play-test of the Hammer Horror RPG. Call-ins from Colin Spike Pit and Spencer Free Thrall Keep Off the Borderlands.