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February 04, 2020S01E19 - Zinequest (Sinister Red), Ursine Dunes, and Esoteric Enterprises Hey folks - here’s a quick update on my zinequest project, and some games I’ve been thinking about and reading. I’ll be back to a regular schedule soon, but I’m deep into Zinequest shenanigans. Check out my zine “ Sinister Red”, if you get a chance! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rudymangual/sinister-red...more January 15, 2020S01E18: The Fall of Whitecliff! Friends! Today's podcast is a relatively spoiler-free look at the terrific adventure module, The Fall of Whitecliff, by Ben Gibson with maps by Dyson Logos. Check it out! Next episode I'll get to some terrific call-ins I received about the Top Secret episode.
Fall of Whitecliff (Pay-What-You-Want): https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/210944/The-Fall-of-Whitecliff
Leave me a voicemail at: https://anchor.fm/rudy-mangual
Show notes: https://rpgretrofit.blogspot.com
...more January 01, 2020S01E17: Top Secret S/I - Operation Starfire Agents! We have a desperate situation at hand. Don't expect it to be resolved anytime soon, but enjoy hella motorcycle and car chases and have fun surfing in Maui.
Today's episode is about 1987's Top Secret S/I module, Operation Starfire, by Tracy Hickman.
Also, call-ins from Joe from Hindsightless, Jason from Nerd's RPG Variety Cast, and Eric from Games with Eric. And a surprise unboxing at the end.
Happy New Year, folks.
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Operation Starfire: https://www.nobleknight.com/P/11184/Operation---Starfire
Joe from Hindsightless: https://anchor.fm/joe-richter9
Jason from Nerd's RPG Variety Cast: https://anchor.fm/jason376
Eric from Games with Eric: https://anchor.fm/gameswitheric
Space Vampire: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/191097.Space_Vampire
...more December 25, 2019S01E16: Airports, Hellboys, and Vampire Planet Zines Happy Holidays, friends. Here's a quick in-car ramble about the goofy Hellboy reboot and brainstorming for ZineQuest 2!
...more December 20, 2019S01E15: Pop Culture and Marvel Super Hero Call-ins Happy Holidays, friends! Today I bestow upon thee, call-ins! We've got great comments from fellow podcasters about mining pop culture for gaming material, marvel superheroes, and other great things.
Follow and check out these great podcasters:
Jason @ Nerd's RPG Variety Cast: https://anchor.fm/jason376
Mike @ Dungeon Master's Handbook: https://anchor.fm/the-dungeon-masters-handbook
Spencer @ Keep Off The Borderlands: https://anchor.fm/free-thrall
Leave me a message on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rudy-mangual/message
Show notes at rpgretrofit.blogspot.com
Follow me @rudyriot
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...more December 16, 2019S01E14: RPG Retrofit - Marvel Super Heroes: Day of the Octopus Hello, true believers! In today's episode, we look at 1984's Day of the Octopus for the Marvel Super Heroes role playing game. It's a terrific introduction to a classic super hero rpg system.
MSH RPG: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel_Super_Heroes_(role-playing_game)
Faserip: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/177913/Faserip
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Show notes at rpgretrofit.blogspot.com
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...more December 14, 2019S01E13: RPG Retrofit - Pop Culture Inspirations Hi folks, Rudy here with RPG Retrofit, bringing you some of my current pop culture inspirations. Movies, TV shows, and books that inspire my RPG play and design. First, a few calls from Eric and Jason followed by a little about the terrific adventure Operation Unfathomable .
Thanks for listening!Operation Unfathomable: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/233145/Operation-Unfathomable
Movies: As Above, So Below / Wounds
TV: The Expanse/The Mandolorian/Ducktales: "House of the Lucky Gander"
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Show notes at rpgretrofit.blogspot.com...more December 09, 2019S01E12 RPG Retrofit: Lunch Break - Funhouse Dungeon and Airships Spent my lunch looking at and briefing discussing a funhouse dungeon module by Skerples called Magical Murder Mansion and John Harper’s Lady Blackbird.Magical Murder Mansion: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/m/product/276115Lady Blackbird: http://www.onesevendesign.com/ladyblackbird/Leave me a message on Anchor: https://anchor.fm/rudy-mangual/message...more December 08, 2019S01E11 RPG Retrofit: Call-in Show Greetings, friends. Rudy here with another call-in show for RPG Retrofit. We get a call from Eric about mismatched mashups. A call from Josh about the pamphlet jams. And a series of calls from Jason about past episodes!
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Josh's Pamphlet Jam submission: https://beckelhimer.itch.io/escape-from-castle-iggur
Mapping the Catacombs by Matthew Madsen: https://matthew-madsen.itch.io/mapping-the-catacombs-a-sorceress-witch-adventure
My pamphlet dungeon: https://rudyriot.itch.io/tiny-trouble
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...more December 08, 2019S01E10 RPG Retrofit: Star Frontiers - Crash on Volturnus (1982) This episode of RPG Retrofit is about the first Star Frontiers adventure module, 1982’s SF0: Crash on Volturnus. I discuss what I like in the module and ways to use elements from it in a science fiction RPG adventure today.
The show ends off with a few call-ins from listeners!
Star Frontiers: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/226710/Star-Frontiers-Alpha-Dawn
Slumbering Ursine Dunes: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/140450/Slumbering-Ursine-Dunes
MCC - Museum at the End of Time: http://www.goodman-games.com/downloads/MCC-Preview-FRPGD16.pdf
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