Pod of Blunders

Thanks to the amazing generosity of our Patrons, we're proud to share our most recent Jumping the Street Sharks episode with everyone! We couldn't do this without them and we're so moved that they believe in our show enough to share this Patreon exclusive with you.

Even more exciting is that Evan Skolnick, the writer for the Street Sharks comics in the 90s (and like...everything else you've ever loved) came on the show for an interview! Evan's incredibly career is just insane. He's worked on Marvel properties, Star Wars, Cuphead, just to name a few things, and now is a professor at the University of Silicon Valley. And now he's finally achieved his boyhood dream of coming on our dumb podcast! CONGRATS, Evan!!

If you want to jump right to Evan's interview, it starts at 39:07 but hey, don't deny yourself the joy of hearing two cool dudes talk about a nonsense kids show from 1994. You've earned it.

If you want to become one of our fantastic Patrons, please head to www.patreon.com/podofblunders. You'll get even more Street Shark content, free beta copies of any games we create, and a bunch of other great perks. 

You can also support us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Reviews help us reach larger audiences so we can tell more people about the amazing indie games we play and the fantastic folks that create them.

Also, a special thanks to Rolemusic for our intro and outro tune taken from the track Pokimonkey! If you enjoy the tune, check out more of Rolemusic's work here https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic or learn about the artist here http://rolemusic.sawsquarenoise.com/

As always, if you have any questions or comments, let us know @podofblunders on Twitter or [email protected]. We truly love hearing from you!

Happy almost autumn, folks! Why not celebrate the return of the greatest season by listening to Melody and I discuss community, memetic pirate viruses, and how to deal with cellphones in horror? Yeah, we covered a lot of ground here but at this point I hope you expect nothing less from our little slice of the podcast universe!

We hope you'll show your support for an amazing indie designer by checking out Mother Multiverse's games and supplements via the itch.io page. 

If you want to support the Pod of Blunders and help ensure we can keep bringing you interviews and actual plays, please head to www.patreon.com/podofblunders to learn what your $1/$5/$10 pledge will get you. (Hint: access to our fantastically active discord, exclusive episodes of Jumping the Street Sharks, free games, etc.)

You can also support us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Reviews help us reach larger audiences so we can tell more people about the amazing indie games we play and the fantastic folks that create them.

Also, a special thanks to Rolemusic for our intro and outro tune taken from the track Pokimonkey! If you enjoy the tune, check out more of Rolemusic's work here https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic or learn about the artist here http://rolemusic.sawsquarenoise.com/

As always, if you have any questions or comments, let us know @podofblunders on Twitter or [email protected]. We truly love hearing from you!

It's here! It's finally here! I am SO HAPPY to present to you the first episode of our 5E campaign! I mean, I know I'm biased but I really think you'll enjoy this. It's got all things that are good. Tree despots. Bee people. Sod monsters. Toilet acrobatics. The works!

And if you missed it/want some background info on the world, check out our session zero episode last week where Nate, Jenna, Richard, and Cory got together to flesh out the world. I'd include a link but just like...scroll down a bit and you'll see last week's episode. You got this.

If you want to support the Pod of Blunders and help ensure we can keep bringing you interviews and actual plays, please head to www.patreon.com/podofblunders to learn what your $1/$5/$10 pledge will get you. (Hint: access to our fantastically active discord, exclusive episodes of Jumping the Street Sharks, free games, etc.)

You can also support us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Reviews help us reach larger audiences so we can tell more people about the amazing indie games we play and the fantastic folks that create them.

Also, a special thanks to Rolemusic for our intro and outro tune taken from the track Pokimonkey! If you enjoy the tune, check out more of Rolemusic's work here https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic or learn about the artist here http://rolemusic.sawsquarenoise.com/

As always, if you have any questions or comments, let us know @podofblunders on Twitter or [email protected]. We truly love hearing from you!

We're kicking off our shiny new 5E campaign with some world building! I let my players create the world they want to play in and, well, they created a frigid swamp hellscape. So that's cool. 

In this episode, you'll hear us using the CATS method to discuss what sort of game we want to play, which is something I suggest every group does before starting a new campaign. After that, we go into a question and answer session to flesh out the player's starting location and de facto home base. I consider myself a pretty creative guy but yeah, the players really understood the task and ran with it full speed. I'll toss the list of questions I asked on www.podofblunders.com if anyone would like to use them for their own session zero.

If you want to support the Pod of Blunders and help ensure we can keep bringing you interviews and actual plays, please head to www.patreon.com/podofblunders to learn what your $1/$5/$10 pledge will get you. (Hint: access to our fantastically active discord, exclusive episodes of Jumping the Street Sharks, free games, etc.)

You can also support us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Reviews help us reach larger audiences so we can tell more people about the amazing indie games we play and the fantastic folks that create them.

Also, a special thanks to Rolemusic for our intro and outro tune taken from the track Pokimonkey! If you enjoy the tune, check out more of Rolemusic's work here https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic or learn about the artist here http://rolemusic.sawsquarenoise.com/

As always, if you have any questions or comments, let us know @podofblunders on Twitter or [email protected]. We truly love hearing from you!

If you're listening to our podcast, chances are you're a fan of both Mothership and Dissident Whispers. Well, so is this week's guest! See? You guys have so much in common already. Ian Yusem contributed to Dissident Whispers and has made wonderfully horrific Mothership adventures as well. You can find links to all of Ian's stuff via Exalted Funeral and itch.io. Don't you want to play Jurassic Park but in space? Of course you do.

If you want to support the Pod of Blunders and help ensure we can keep bringing you interviews and actual plays, please head to www.patreon.com/podofblunders to learn what your $1/$5/$10 pledge will get you. (Hint: access to our fantastically active discord, exclusive episodes of Jumping the Street Sharks, free games, etc.)

You can also support us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Reviews help us reach larger audiences so we can tell more people about the amazing indie games we play and the fantastic folks that create them.

Also, a special thanks to Rolemusic for our intro and outro tune taken from the track Pokimonkey! If you enjoy the tune, check out more of Rolemusic's work here https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic or learn about the artist here http://rolemusic.sawsquarenoise.com/

As always, if you have any questions or comments, let us know @podofblunders on Twitter or [email protected]. We truly love hearing from you!

So Magic: The Gathering recently put out a Dungeons & Dragons set so I thought it'd be the perfect opportunity to try making adventures using booster packs. I wasn't sure if it'd actually work, especially given the additional restrictions we put on ourselves but...SPOILERS...it worked great! 

Oh, and if you want to look up the cards as we talk about them, here's where you can do that.

So go to your FLGS, rip open a couple packs of cards, and get ready to be surprised how the restraints push your creativity in surprising directions!

If you want to support the Pod of Blunders and help ensure we can keep bringing you interviews and actual plays, please head to www.patreon.com/podofblunders to learn what your $1/$5/$10 pledge will get you. (Hint: access to our fantastically active discord, exclusive episodes of Jumping the Street Sharks, free games, etc.)

You can also support us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Reviews help us reach larger audiences so we can tell more people about the amazing indie games we play and the fantastic folks that create them.

Also, a special thanks to Rolemusic for our intro and outro tune taken from the track Pokimonkey! If you enjoy the tune, check out more of Rolemusic's work here https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic or learn about the artist here http://rolemusic.sawsquarenoise.com/

As always, if you have any questions or comments, let us know @podofblunders on Twitter or [email protected]. We truly love hearing from you!

Map maker map maker make me a map. Draw me a bridge. Sketch me a...map...

There. Cleared that up.

To support Erik and snag a ton of beautiful maps, head on over to his Patreon! There's also some available on DriveThru. Oh, and he's an A+ follow on Twitter so definitely become one of his throng via @n_quests.

If you want to support the Pod of Blunders and help ensure we can keep bringing you interviews and actual plays, please head to www.patreon.com/podofblunders to learn what your $1/$5/$10 pledge will get you. (Hint: access to our fantastically active discord, exclusive episodes of Jumping the Street Sharks, free games, etc.)

You can also support us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Reviews help us reach larger audiences so we can tell more people about the amazing indie games we play and the fantastic folks that create them.

Also, a special thanks to Rolemusic for our intro and outro tune taken from the track Pokimonkey! If you enjoy the tune, check out more of Rolemusic's work here https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic or learn about the artist here http://rolemusic.sawsquarenoise.com/

As always, if you have any questions or comments, let us know @podofblunders on Twitter or [email protected]. We truly love hearing from you!

Well hey there! Did you come back for episode two because of the terrible puns or in spite of them? Honestly, I couldn't tell you which is worse but regardless, I'm sure glad you're here! I hope you enjoy the conclusion to our trek through the Lumberlands! Thanks again to Erik Jensen for making such a wonderful setting and for spending time with us during our Hearthside Chat. Also, I'd like to give a special thanks to Lost Pages for publishing such amazing things like Lumberlands and Into the Odd. Oh and hey...do me a solid and don't tell Ryan I got one of the rules wrong and that he should've never had to roll to hit. I don't think he'd forgive me for that...

If you want to support the Pod of Blunders and help ensure we can keep bringing you interviews and actual plays, please head to www.patreon.com/podofblunders to learn what your $1/$5/$10 pledge will get you. (Hint: access to our fantastically active discord, exclusive episodes of Jumping the Street Sharks, free games, etc.)

You can also support us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Reviews help us reach larger audiences so we can tell more people about the amazing indie games we play and the fantastic folks that create them.

Also, a special thanks to Rolemusic for our intro and outro tune taken from the track Pokimonkey! If you enjoy the tune, check out more of Rolemusic's work here https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic or learn about the artist here http://rolemusic.sawsquarenoise.com/

As always, if you have any questions or comments, let us know @podofblunders on Twitter or [email protected]. We truly love hearing from you!

Grab your axes and watch your asses, it's Lumberlands time! After sitting down with Erik Jensen for last week's episode, the boys and I just had to strap on our finest puce and chartreuse gingham and take our gunkeys to the nearest lumber camp. I promise if you listen to last week's episode, that sentence mostly makes sense. Anyway! We settled on using Into the Odd for this game because both it and Lumberlands are published by Lost Pages. Also, like Lumberlands, it rocks. It's such a simple system that feels like an OSR game with some wonderfully innovative twists. Definitely worth checking out! Oh, and despite the simple rules...I got one wrong. I mean, I uh...introduced a house rule! RAW, players don't need to roll to attack. Instead, they just do their damage to the opponent minus the opponent's armor. I had the players roll because I like the randomness and not at all because I spaced it.

Regardless, I love how this episode came out and I can't wait to bring you the conclusion next week. Enjoy!!

If you want to support the Pod of Blunders and help ensure we can keep bringing you interviews and actual plays, please head to www.patreon.com/podofblunders to learn what your $1/$5/$10 pledge will get you. (Hint: access to our fantastically active discord, exclusive episodes of Jumping the Street Sharks, free games, etc.)

You can also support us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Reviews help us reach larger audiences so we can tell more people about the amazing indie games we play and the fantastic folks that create them.

Also, a special thanks to Rolemusic for our intro and outro tune taken from the track Pokimonkey! If you enjoy the tune, check out more of Rolemusic's work here https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic or learn about the artist here http://rolemusic.sawsquarenoise.com/

As always, if you have any questions or comments, let us know @podofblunders on Twitter or [email protected]. We truly love hearing from you!

If you count the number of rings in a tree, you'll know how old it is. If you count the number of puns in Lumberlands, you'd not get much else done with your day. We sat down with the mind behind this weird and wonderful setting and learned a lot about him, it, and ourselves. Okay the only thing we learned about ourselves is that we really wanted to play in Erik's pine-scented sandbox...and so we did! Using Into the Odd, our motliest crew traversed the tree-ridden lands and...yeah it got weird. But you'll have to wait for next week to hear all about that! 

In the meantime, pour yourself a cup of syrup, snuggle into your warmest flannel, and fill your ears (and heart?) with Lumberlands! Oh, and if you want more Erik's special brand of weird, look no further than his fantastic Wampus Country blog.

If you want to support the Pod of Blunders and help ensure we can keep bringing you interviews and actual plays, please head to www.patreon.com/podofblunders to learn what your $1/$5/$10 pledge will get you. (Hint: access to our fantastically active discord, exclusive episodes of Jumping the Street Sharks, free games, etc.)

You can also support us by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. Reviews help us reach larger audiences so we can tell more people about the amazing indie games we play and the fantastic folks that create them.

Also, a special thanks to Rolemusic for our intro and outro tune taken from the track Pokimonkey! If you enjoy the tune, check out more of Rolemusic's work here https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Rolemusic or learn about the artist here http://rolemusic.sawsquarenoise.com/

As always, if you have any questions or comments, let us know @podofblunders on Twitter or [email protected]. We truly love hearing from you!