How I put together a 1st level party to confront a huge, ancient red dragon, and how well I played both sides and executed the battle. With calls from: -

Nerds' RPG VarietyCast (with Jason) https://anchor.fm/jason376 -

Bandit's Keep (with Daniel) https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton/

James Atherton Youtube (Halfland scenarios) https://www.youtube.com/@jamesathertonyt -

Korg Slayer Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/5emonstercards/korg-slayer-a-solo-ttrpg-game -

Valenrealm Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kevin-reamer/valenrelm -

Valenrealm playthrough by Meeple University https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_8EcCuSprA

Jewels from NZ https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jewelsfromnz -

Jewels from NZ 1st level vs ancient red dragon https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jewelsfromnz/episodes/Firey-Death-Part-One-e223nhr -

Jewels from NZ 1st level vs adult red dragon https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/pod/show/jewelsfromnz/episodes/Firey-Death-Part-Two-e238c21 -

Hero intro music: By Grand Project from Pixabay.com: lady-of-the-80s and a-hero-of-the-80s -

Battle music: By GioeleFazzerit from Pixabay.com: infinity-heroes and becoming-a-hero -

Boxing ring sound effect obtained from https://www.zapsplat.com Blastwave_FX_BoxingBellRing_S08SP.136

Nerds' RPG VarietyCast (with Jason) https://anchor.fm/jason376 -

Swords & Wizardry Complete Revised Rulebook - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/adventuredesigntome/swords-and-wizardry-complete-revised-rulebook?ref=discovery&term=swords%20and%20wizardry -

RPG Squeeze Plush -

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/creaturecuration/rpg-squeeze-plush-soft-and-cuddly-dungeon-crawl-critters?ref=discovery&term=rpg%20squeeze%20plush -

Talislanta Final (6th) edition and 5e Conversion -

https://gamefound.com/projects/cbatarlis/talislanta -

The Lizard Man Diaries: The Proxima B Biomass Saga - A sci fi domain game -

https://lizardmandiaries.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-proxima-b-biomass-saga-sci-fi.html

Buy Korg Here: https://ko-fi.com/s/df1fa8e2a7 -

Check out the Basilisk Hill Breakdown podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/todd-leback/episodes/ -

Jason from Nerd's RPG Variety Cast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376

The All the World's Monsters books Jason talks about on the 3/12/23 episode of The Nerds' RPG Variety Cast "System Sunday" are part of the GM's Day sale on Drivethrurpg.com until early morning on 3/15/23. $3.50 each instead of $5.

A new Denizen of the North  -  Call-ins from Jason of the Nerds' RPG Varietycast about Backstory, RPG and skirmish games, and from Jason and BJ of the Arcane Alienist podcast about the D&D OGL 1.1  -  Nerds' RPG VarietyCast (with Jason) https://anchor.fm/jason376  -  https://anchor.fm/arcanealienist

A new denizen of the North, a Call from Jason of the Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, I talk about next steps if Wizards of the Coast implements the leaked OGL 1.1 - 

Nerds' RPG VarietyCast (with Jason) https://anchor.fm/jason376

A short ramble wheerein I believe I've spotted the core difference between old school and new school gaming. (YMMV)  -  

Hindsightless (with Joe) https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9  -  

Bandit's Keep (podcast) (with Daniel) https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton/ -  

Bandit's Keep (Youtube) https://www.youtube.com/@BanditsKeep  -  

Purple Druid Presents Wargame Culture https://www.youtube.com/@atStephen

The last December Denizen of the North, Call-ins from Jason and Joe (podcast links below) and I ponder plot, living worlds, and player input in campaigns - 

Nerds' RPG VarietyCast (with Jason) https://anchor.fm/jason376  - 

Hindsightless (with Joe) https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9

Phantom Feedback from Jason of the Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, another Denizen of the North, and discussion on #dungeon23, procedures, plot in OSR style games, and brief talk on the OneD&D drama.  -  

Mentioned podcasts: -  

Nerds' RPG VarietyCast (with Jason) https://anchor.fm/jason376  - 

Bandit's Keep (with Daniel) https://anchor.fm/daniel-norton/ - 

Clerics Wear Ringmail (with Taylor) https://anchor.fm/clerics-wear-ringmail  -