Plundergrounds

By Ray Otus

Ray Otus is a tabletop role-playing gamer, artist, writer, and designer. Plundergrounds is about role playing games and related geekery. Show notes archive at plundergrounds.com.... more

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The podcast currently has 245 episodes available.

Plundergrounds episodes:

September 16, 2022345 Fresh From the Forge
Theme music by Logan Howard

Between Two Cairns podcast

Fresh from the Forge

Heritage Minis

My channels: www.rayotus.com

The White by Rolemusic
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25min
September 14, 2022344 Magic Road Call-ins and The Age of Gaming Magazines
Opening theme by Logan Howard

Daydreaming About Dragons

Goblin's Henchmen

The Redcaps Podcast

Dragon Magazine

Dungeon Magazine

Closing music: Big Sky Spy

Feedback options: tel:6197191931 or send a recording to [email protected]
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43min
September 02, 2022343 The Dangers of Magical Travel
Theme by Logan Howard

Jason from Nerd's RPG Variety Cast

Cody from No Save for You

Little Free Libraries

The Rainbow Abyss

Gardens of the Moon (Malazan)

Chronicles of Amber

Embassytown

Event Horizon

Military Conflict (truncated) by Audiorezout
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31min
August 25, 2022342 Monsters, Toys, Varhoon, Gardens of the Moon
Plundergrounds theme by Logan Howard

Phil Tippett: Mad Dreams and Monsters

Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan

Resin Owlbears

Dragonriders of the Styx

Worm Men, Lava Men, Owlbears, Drawings

Corrections and Additions:

Go Motion

Standard Tesselation Langauge

Umerican Survival Guide by Reid San Filippo

Malazan Book of the Fallen

Gestalt Psychology

Saxophone Guy by Eggy Toast
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49min
August 19, 2022341 The Brothers Hildebrandt
Plundergrounds theme by Logan Howard of Sword Breaker

Maxfield Parrish

Jack Kirby

1976 Tolkien Calendar by The Brothers Hildebrandt

Loco Banana by the Vivisectors
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29min
August 17, 2022340 Elusiveness of Story, Toxic (?) Nostalgia
Opening theme by Logan Howard of Sword Breaker

Call-ins from Jason of the Nerd's RPG Variety Podcast

Spikepit

Runeslinger of Casting Shadows

Psychobilly

The Cramps, The Meteors, Dai Kaiju, Khrangbin, Vivisectors, HoliznaCC0, Mystery Mammal, Nova's The Crusher ("Do the Hammerlock")

Outland (1981), not Outlander!

Twin Peaks

Nicole Williamson's rendition of The Hobbit

The Wind in the Willows stop-motion

Nostalgia, life stories, coherence

Heraclitus said "No man ever steps in the same river twice. For it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man."

Glory Days by the Boss

Mike Wyatt - Against the 70s

The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand

Hong Kong toys - inspirations for Rust Monster, Owlbear, etc.

3-D Owlbear

When We Were Wizards podcast - rise and fall of EGG

Toy Soldiers blog on Dragonriders of Styx

Blog post on HD > hp

Taika Watiti, What We Do in the Shadows, Jojo Rabbit

Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammet (influenced Yojimbo, Fistful of Dollars)

Thor Wake the Mangog by Lee/Kirby, Simonson

Dragonriders of Styx Demons

Phil Tippet Mad Dreams and Monsters

Rayotus.com

Closing music is Moth Man by Apache Tomcat
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40min
August 15, 2022339 Face Folio and Call-Ins
Plundergrounds opening theme by Logan Howard of Sword Breaker

Back Face Folio by Goblin's Henchman

Call-ins from:

Jason of the Nerd's RPG Variety Cast

Runeslinger, aka , of Casting Shadows

Joe of Hindsightless

Closing is Vodka and Beer by the Vivisectors
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43min
August 12, 2022338 My Hobby Entry Story
Plundergrounds opening theme by Logan Howard of Sword Breaker

I wax nostalgic about stories and fables (Mother West Wind, Jack and the Giant Killer, Beowulf, Gilgamesh), board and card games (Carrier Strike, Payday, Auto Dealer, Masterpiece, Mastermind, Rook, Dutch Blitz, Risk, Inventors, Stop Thief), reading (The Hobbit, A Wizard of Earthsea, Dragonriders of Pern, Heinlein's juvenile works, Choose Your Own Adventure, The Science Fiction Book Club), 1977 (Star Wars, The Hobbit cartoon, Atari 2600, Steely Dan, Space Mountain, Roots, the blizzard, the energy crisis), 1978 (D&D Holmes Basic, Advanced D&D, Melee and Wizard, Ogre, another blizzard!, Pete Rose's 3,000th hit, WKRP, Bob Crane's murder, the Jonestown massacre, The Star Wars Holiday Special, Alladin's Castle, Omni magazine), 1919 (the TI-99/4a, moving houses, Voyager and Pioneer 11, Three Mile Island, Disco Demolition, Star Trek the Motion Picture, the Iran Hostage Crisis, Jimmy Carter attacked by a swamp rabbit, and Traveller).

Closing music is Cemetery Dance by the Vivisectors
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27min
August 02, 2022336 World-Building Genre Distinctions and First RPG Experiences
Plundergrounds opening theme by Logan Howard of Sword Breaker

Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson

Science Fiction Book Review Podcast

Ten Very Big Books Podcast (Malazan specific)

The Discord Conversation

The Chronicles of Amber

Agartta City of Runes, Season 1

Shadowdark (recently updated), Old School Essentials, The Black Hack

Closing: Leopard Girl by The Vivisectors
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37min
July 26, 2022335 More Call-Ins! Ending in a Dangerous Ramble about Problematic Fiction
Opening theme by Logan Howard of Sword Breaker

Call-in from Aron Clark of On the Tabletop

Call-ins from Jason of the Nerd's RPG Variety Cast

Warlock! and Troika!

Nope (movie, 2022), Space 1999

Monthly podcast prompt (downloadable mp3): Rufus Asks - Favorite Fantasy Fight?

Call-in from Joe Richter of Hindsightless

Gardens of the Moon: Book One of The Malazan Book of the Fallen

Ramble: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, The Fantasy Trip, Lovecraft (The White Ape or Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and his Family, Misspent Youth, Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles (Way in the Middle of the Air), MAR Barker, author of Empire of the Petal Throne, a nazi -- I never said it but I meant to mention his War of Wizards, Ben Riggs Slaying the Dragon (sales figures), Game Wizards, When We Were Wizards podcast with Adam Turner and Paul Stormberg, is Oriental a bad word?

Into the Odd by Chris McDowall, Vaults of Vaarn by Leo Hunt, Bones Deep by David Schirduan

Closing music is Silky by Alex Figueira
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45min

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How many episodes does Plundergrounds have?

The podcast currently has 245 episodes available.

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