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Ever watch a bad Horror movie and say to yourself, “If I’d been there I’d have totally owned that monster!” Well, this month’s RPG is for you! Your Fab Four Halflings dive into a 1990 game that answers the question “Who knew Weekly World News was a monster source?” Sit back, relax, pop a cold one, and keep an eye out for those Bloodsucking Spiky Iguanas… They’re everywhere ya know.

No Monsters were harmed in the making of this podcast… oh, who are we kidding?

JC Penney 1990 Catalog

JC Penney Christmas Catalog on archive.org

Nail Gun Massacre on IMDB

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That’s right, it’s that decade where we loved to end the world, the 1980s! Specifically, it is 1985, the year that saw the first book in The Guardians series by Richard Austin published, helpfully named The Guardians. Your two favorite Wasteland survivors Boom Mike and Doc Benny both literally grew up on these books, so expect a nostalgia-rich ride in this latest episode of Found in the Ruins!

So, take a listen and keep in mind we are Spoiler-rich! Especially for 40- year old books and movies…

The Guardians by Richard Austin

Liberation at Riverton for The Morrow Project

Mail Order Zombie Podcast

Victor Milan on Memory Alpha

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As with most adventures, this RPG starts at a rock concert. While you wait, you chat with a fellow rocker dude in his tricked-out van with a wizard painted on it. Then, adventure ensues! Want to know more? Well, listen to your Fab Four Halflings as they delve into James Spahn’s latest FRPG creation, Wizard Van! Adventure! Danger! Treasure! and Gnarley Rock soundtracks abound in this short but open-ended adventure into fantasy-Techno-Rock!

No Rock Artists were harmed in the making of this podcast, though we can’t say the same for their fans!

Dungeoneers novel on Amazon

Gallant Knight Games

Wizard Van at DrivethruRPG:

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Let’s talk about something safe…Cannibalism! Like it or not, it comes up in virtually every Post-Apocalyptic tale you can imagine. Beyond the inevitable questions of “would you or wouldn’t you”, how do these tales treat the ramifications of engaging in this cultural taboo? What games deal with it, and how? Is there a such thing as a “Good Cannibal”? Come for the deli, stay for the Anthrax Ripple!

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Bite by K.S. Merbeth

Zoo by James Patterson

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It’s August, and you know what that means…or should mean; it’s North Texas RPG Con wrap-up info time! But just so you don’t get too bored listening to con events, we’re also interviewing Stephen Miller of Battlefield Press! We talk the Gaslight Victorian Fantasy RPG, its soon to be revised edition on BackerKit, and answer the most interesting question of all: What happens when you cast a Fireball spell in a gas works?

No Gaslamps were lit in the making of this podcast, because someone cast a Fireball spell at the gas works!

Battlefield Press International

Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana by Jess Nevins

Gaslight BackerKit Launch

Retro Arcana podcast

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It’s the first Smackdown episode of Found in the Ruins! In this corner is Night of the Living Dead, 1968 edition. In the other corner is Night of the Living Dead, 1990 edition. Who will win? Who will lose? Are both great? Neither? Only this podcast (and maybe Shane Plays) can answer the question! Come for the first Zombie Apocalypse, stay for the Coopers!

So, take a listen and keep in mind we are spoiler-rich! Especially for 40-year old books and movies…

Night of the Living dead (1968) on Wikipedia

Night of the Living dead (1990) on Wikipedia

Shane Plays podcast #277: Zombie Movies

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Here we have an Advanced Dungeons & Dragons product that’s Licensed to Pulp! Yes, it’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser’s city of Lankhmar, the home base of the two ne’er-do-wells from author Fritz Lieber’s fantasy stories of the mid-20th century. Is it a location worthwhile for adventuring? Are there mysteries, foes, and most of all — loot — for your player characters to find? Come for the Red Lantern District, stay for the Invincible Overlord! Not that one. Honest!

No sentient rat civilizations were harmed in the making of this podcast. Ok, that’s not true but they’re Evil so who cares!

Fritz Lieber on Wikipedia

Lankhmar: City of Adventure 1985 on Drivethrougwikipedia

Scrolls of Lankhmar

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Remember…in Space, no one can hear you roll a D20!

Your Fab Foursome gather once again to delve into the jungle of D20 products to cover a book that promises all the future you can stand. Does it live up to the hype? Is it useful? Or is it just an excuse to provide more Feats? Listen in and find out, True Believer!

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D20 Future on DrivethruRPG

D20 Future on Wikipedia

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Greetings, Comrades! Today we discuss that great adversary of yesterday and today, the Red Hordes of Communism. For good or ill, they are the bugaboos of apocalyptic fiction and films from The People of the Ruins by Shanks to the movie remake of Red Dawn. How did they arise? How have they changed over the years? And most importantly of all, are they better or worse than bikers?

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Podcast at Ground Zero

Shane Plays

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Welcome to the traditional sideshow where we drag Mike Badolato on air to chat about the North Texas RPG Con this June! Well, we tried to get Gary Oliver but he’s a busy man, you know. We discuss hotel overflows, food trucks, a record number of official games on the schedule…and the pros and cons of having open gaming in the parking lot in June! Come for the convention stories, stay for BadMike’s bashing of every SciFi property in the universe!

No Con guests were harmed in the making of this podcast, though BadMike tried!

Facebook – North Texas RPG Con

North Texas RPG Con website

Tabletop – NTXRPG Con 2024

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