Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, the Adventurer’s Support Line must assist a party who has just slain a mysterious giant spider and aren’t sure what kind of spider it is.

Hello, hello and good morning folks! This is just a super quick note to let you know that our annual giant podcast poll is now live! You can head on over to EN World and vote for your favourite Actual Play and favourite RPG Talk podcast. I trust you'll make the correct decision in the latter category! Last year we had 99 nominations, while this year there are over 150 to choose from! The polls close on January 1st, New Year's Day, and we'll announce the Top Tens right here on Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk in January. The link should be down there in the show notes. Yeah, right there. You see it. Anyhow, see you at the weekend in our regular podcast, where our special gust is Keith Baker, creator of Eberron!

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This week, Morrus and Peter take a look at the Alien RPG. In the news, Werewolf: The Apocalypse 5th Edition has a new home, another D&D video game announced, Starfinder coming soon to your Amazon-voice-assistant-who-will-not-be-named devices, and more! Plus a brand new sketch about the shocking revelation that D&D is popular again!

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News

Werewolf: The Apocalypse 5th Edition Trailer https://www.enworld.org/threads/werewolf-the-apocalypse-5th-edition-trailer.669000/

Nominate Your Favorite RPG Podcasts of 2019 https://www.enworld.org/threads/nominate-your-favourite-rpg-podcasts-of-2019.669052/

Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance Video Game Announcement Trailer https://www.enworld.org/threads/dungeons-dragons-dark-alliance-video-game-announcement-trailer.669112/

Starfinder Alexa Skill “The Future of Voice Gaming” https://www.enworld.org/threads/starfinder-alexa-skill-the-future-of-voice-gaming.669060/

News Digest for the Week of December 13 (DriveThruRPG Bans Publisher for “Slanderous Actions”, Dyslexic Friendly D&D 5e Character Sheet) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-december-13.669115/

Kickstarters

Galder’s Gazetteer: A 5e Expansion http://kickstarter.com/projects/zipperondisney/galders-gazetteer-a-5e-expansion

Captain Hartchild’s Guide to Oceanic Depths https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bitesizedgaming/captain-hartchilds-guide-to-oceanic-depths

Talix Evolvere: Kanji Dice https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/robinsnerdsupplies/talis-evolvere-kanji-dice

Mistborn Metal Dice https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/craftygames/mistborn-metal-dice

Kisarta: A 5e RPG Setting of Damned Souls and Dark Horrors https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/isolaillyonedizioni/kisarta-a-5e-rpg-setting-of-damned-souls-and-dark-horrors

Magic Items Unchained https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/realmware/magic-items-unchained

Twas the Roleplaying Game Before Christmas https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jonathangreen/twas-the-roleplaying-game-before-christmas-0

Retropunk: A Cyberpunk Tabletop Roleplaying Game https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/163542734/retropunk

Find more roleplaying crowdfunding projects every week in Egg Embry’s RPG Crowdfunding News on EN World https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-kisarta-mistborn-metal-dice-retropunk-and-more.669005/

Alien RPG

Alien RPG Site https://www.alien-rpg.com/

On Amazon https://amzn.to/2PlnOPF

On DriveThruRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/293976/ALIEN-RPG-Core-Rulebook?affiliate_id=36142

WOIN W1: Xenomorphs: The Fall of Somerset Landing https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/225096/WOIN-W1-Xenomorphs-The-Fall-of-Somerset-Landing?affiliate_id=36142

Mothership: Player’s Survival Guide https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/245017/Mothership-Players-Survival-Guide?affiliate_id=36142

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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey

Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott

Kickstarter News Column used for the Kickstarter Game: Egg Embry

Theme Song: Steve Arnott

Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott

Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey

Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, we learn the origin story of three different classic D&D monsters

This week, Morrus and Peter take a look at the Rick and Morty Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set! In the news, Chaosium snags the license to Rivers of London series, a new D&D charity release, Pathfinder Kingmaker video game getting a sequel, a new live stream to replace Dice Camera Action, and more! Plus a dog plays D&D for the first time in a brand new sketch!

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News

Chaosium Gets License for Ben Aaronovitch’s Rivers of London Series https://www.enworld.org/threads/chaosium-doing-rivers-of-london-rpg.668901/

Rivers of London Book Series on Amazon https://amzn.to/34YytFF

Mordenkainen’s Fiendish Folio Vol 1 for ExtraLife Charity https://www.enworld.org/threads/mordenkainens-fiendish-folio-volume-1.668930/

New Wizards of the Coast Stream to Replace Dice Camera Action https://www.enworld.org/threads/new-d-d-stream-replaces-dice-camera-action.668944/

The Cancellation of Dice Camera Action from May https://www.enworld.org/threads/dice-action-camera-players-in-sex-scandal.659197/

Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous CRPG Announced https://www.enworld.org/threads/wrath-of-the-righteous-pathfinder-crpg-announced.668955/

Dragonmeet, Rogue Trooper Playtest, and more! https://www.enworld.org/threads/dragonmeet-plus-playtesting-rogue-trooper.668900/

News Digest for the Week of December 6 (PaizoCon 2020) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-december-6.668978/

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Kickstarters

Car Wars 6th Edition https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjgames/car-wars-sixth-edition-by-steve-jackson-games

Gradient Descent: Module for Mothership Sci-Fi Horror RPG https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gerdling/gradient-descent-module-for-mothership-sci-fi-horror-rpg

A Fantasy Town: A System-Neutral Setting for Fantasy Games https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ri2/a-fantasy-town-a-system-neutral-setting-for-fantasy-games

GiantLands Limited Edition Boxed Set https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dinehart/giantlands-limited-edition-boxed-set

Book of Beginnings for 5th Edition https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/640360422/book-of-beginnings-for-5th-edition

Super Blood Harvest https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dirkwithavengeance/super-blood-harvest

Ennervain https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ennervain/ennervain

City of Mist RPG Starter Box https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sonofoak/city-of-mist-rpg-the-starter-box

Find more RPG projects ending soon every week in Egg Embry’s RPG Crowdfunding News on EN World https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-%E2%80%93-gradient-descent-city-of-mists-giantlands-and-more.668946/

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Rick and Morty Dungeons & Dragons Starter Set

On Amazon https://amzn.to/2DT3fDZ

EN World Review by Beth Rimmels https://www.enworld.org/threads/dungeons-dragons-vs-rick-and-morty-a-review.668669/

Shane Plays https://shaneplays.com/

Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons comic https://amzn.to/36edOxc

Rick and Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons Vol 2: Painscape https://amzn.to/2rmpkrL

The Big Book of Maps for Tabletop Roleplaying Games https://bigbookofmaps.com/

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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey

Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott

Kickstarter News Column used for the Kickstarter Game: Egg Embry

Theme Song: Steve Arnott

Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott

Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey

Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, Dr. Blakemore, Monster Psychiatrist, has a dragon patient that is suffering from burnout.

This week, Morrus and Peter talk about the updates for the new revised edition of O.L.D., the fantasy roleplaying game using the What’s OLD is NEW System. In the news, another new D&D Unearthed Arcana, Cubicle 7 loses the Lord of the Rings license, D&D movie news, Dungeons & Dragons is cool again…again…again…and more! Plus a brand new sketch!

News

D&D Unearthed Arcana: Psionics https://www.enworld.org/threads/new-unearthed-arcana-psionics.668750/

Cubicle 7 No Longer Producing The One Ring and Adventures in Middle Earth https://www.enworld.org/threads/cubicle-7-no-longer-producing-the-one-ring-and-adventures-in-middle-earth.668802/

The Guardian Realizes D&D Is Cool Again for the second time this year https://www.theguardian.com/games/2019/nov/29/gamers-back-under-dungeons-and-dragons-spell

Other mainstream news outlets who discovered that Dungeons & Dragons is cool https://www.enworld.org/threads/d-d-in-the-mainstream-again.668560/

D&D Movie News https://comicbook.com/gaming/2019/11/27/dungeons-and-dragons-movie-forgotten-realms-eye-of-vecna/

News Digest for the Week of November 28 (Odyssey of the Dragonlords Release Date) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-november-28.668850/

Epic Monsters: Mongolian Death Worm https://www.enworld.org/threads/epic-monsters-mongolian-death-worm.668748/

Kickstarters

A Christmas Carol Adventure https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/vergegames/a-christmas-carol-adventure

Beneath the Missing Sea https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/soulmuppet/beneath-the-missing-sea

The Curse of the House of Rockwood https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nerdypupgames/the-curse-of-the-house-of-rookwood

Agorath, The Sky Archipelago https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2029996743/agorath-the-sky-archipelago-episode-1

Electric Bastionland RPG https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bastionland/electric-bastionland-rpg

VIGOR: Into Dust https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/674290270/vigor-into-dust

Find more RPG related crowdfunding news in Egg Embry’s RPG Crowdfunding News column every week! https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-%E2%80%93-a-christmas-carol-adventure-electric-bastionland-and-more.668752/

O.L.D.

O.L.D. v1.2 on DriveThruRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/209297/OLD-The-Fantasy-Heroic-Roleplaying-Game-v12?affiliate_id=36142 (On sale through December 3)

Zeitgeist Adventure Path https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/87/EN-Publishing/subcategory/266_6280/ZEITGEIST-Adventure-Path?affiliate_id=36142

Dragonmeet https://www.dragonmeet.co.uk/

The Masterclass Codex for 5e https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/280434/The-Masterclass-Codex-Sixteen-New-Character-Classes-For-Your-Fifth-Edition-Campaign?affiliate_id=36142

Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey

Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott

Kickstarter News Column used for the Kickstarter Game: Egg Embry

Theme Song: Steve Arnott

Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott

Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey 

Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, the Adventurer's Helpdesk deals with some odd changes happening to a party.

This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by the prolific game designer Owen K.C. Stephens to talk about the gaming industry and the many products he’s worked on including Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Starfinder, Star Wars, and many more. In the news, another D&D charity product, Eberron: Rising from the Last War released, huge Humble Bundle for Pathfinder, and more! Plus Our Favorite Game in All the World and a brand new sketch!

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Our Guest

Owen K.C. Stephens https://owenkcstephens.com/

Patreon https://www.patreon.com/OwenKCStephens

Rogue Genius Games https://www.roguegeniusgames.com/

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News

“Adventure with Muk” D&D Charity Activity Book https://www.enworld.org/threads/adventure-with-muk-is-another-d-d-extra-life-charity-release.668626/

Rick and Morty D&D Starter Set https://amzn.to/2OchnxY

When Brands Play Games (EN World article on tabletop RPGs as a mainstream marketing tool from October 18) https://www.enworld.org/threads/when-brands-play-games.668070/

Eberron: Rising from the Last War Released https://www.enworld.org/threads/eberron-is-here-today.668649/

Arcane Propulsion Arm Preview https://www.enworld.org/threads/go-go-gadget-arm-eberron-preview.668634/

Keith Baker’s Exploring Eberron https://www.enworld.org/threads/keith-baker-exploring-eberron.668667/

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and Comics Cache Bundle https://www.humblebundle.com/books/pathfinder-comics-cache-books?partner=gamerstavern&charity=1326853

Andy Peregrine Confirmed as Dune Line Manager https://www.enworld.org/threads/andy-peregrine-confirmed-as-dune-line-manager.668648/

Modiphius Jobs Page https://www.modiphius.com/jobs.html

The Fumble: RPG Publisher MoreDiceForUs Acquires RPG Publisher MoreDiceForUs (Parody column by Shane Stacks) https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-fumble-rpg-publisher-morediceforus-acquires-rpg-publisher-morediceforus.668645/

Starfinder Starship Operations Manual Announced https://www.enworld.org/threads/starship-operations-manual-announced.668714/

News Digest for the Week of November 22 (Baldur’s Gate News) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-november-22.668694/

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Kickstarters

The Island of Sina Una (IndieGoGo) https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-islands-of-sina-una-philippines-ttrpg-book#/

Lightning War https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mistersandman/lightning-war

Find more RPG Crowdfunding projects in the RPG Crowdfunding News column on EN World https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-%E2%80%93-the-islands-of-sina-una-traveller-torg-cyberpapacy-mummy-and-more.668650/

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Owen K.C. Stephens

Blog https://owenkcstephens.com/

Patreon https://www.patreon.com/OwenKCStephens

Rogue Genius Games https://www.roguegeniusgames.com/

From the Freelancing Frontline: The Beginning https://www.enworld.org/threads/from-the-freelancing-frontline-the-beginning.668158/

From the Freelancing Frontline: From Hobby to Career https://www.enworld.org/threads/from-the-freelancing-frontline-%E2%80%93-from-hobby-to-career.668202/

Know Direction: Beyond Podcast http://knowdirectionpodcast.com/category/podcasts/know-direction-beyond/

52-in-52 Free Teaser https://www.opengamingstore.com/collections/rogue-genius-games/products/52-in-52-free-teaser

52-in-52 Preorder and Megabundle https://www.opengamingstore.com/collections/rogue-genius-games/products/52-in-52-preorder-and-bonus-megabundle

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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey

Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott

Kickstarter News Column used for the Kickstarter Game: Egg Embry

Theme Song: Steve Arnott

Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott

Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey

Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, an adventurer tries to find adventure and glory from a questgiver and definitely does not find the latter.