Spellburn

Spellburn episodes:

• 06.04.2024

  Episode 132: Capes, Cowls and Crawling!

  It’s a superhuman and heroic spectacular tonight on Spellburn! They said it couldn’t be done, but in true DCC tradition, they did it anyway! I’m talking of course about superheroes, masked men, vigilante crusaders, dark night detectives and of course,...

  
• 05.02.2024

  Episode 131: The Gonzo Show

  Neither Chuck Barris nor the Unknown Comic will be in attendance this evening. Gonzo – what is it? How do you know your game is gonzo? It is one of those things that you’ll only know when you see it?...

  
• 03.30.2024

  Episode 130: Third Party Mutants… Unite!

    Installation 665 Kickstarter by Purple Pirate Games and Judge Julian Netcrawl preview on DrivethruRPG! Jair’s Home – Backerkit Mutant Mayhem Minis CincyCon Secrets of the World Harvesters – Purple Pirate! Discordance at Dzyvatz by Purple Pirate Judge Phil’s Zine of Goodies (Vol 3) Critical Hit Parader, Vol 1...

  
• 02.21.2024

  Episode 129: The Music of the Spheres is…. ROCK!

    In the DCC world, we love our music! Even dating back to the hallowed “G+ era”, we had Doug’s DCC Music group that turned people on to tons of great tunes. For a long time we’ve wanted to do a...

  
• 02.01.2024

  Episode 128: Horde of the Purple Planet

  In just a week we will all get a chance to travel back to the Purple Planet! The DCC Sword and Planet setting of Harley Stroh and Doug Kovacs waxes into our collective consciousness once again. The weirdling sun beats...

  
• 12.21.2023

  Episode 127: Invoke Sean Richer!

    Hail acolytes of the Dark Master! It’s the last Spellburn of the season and we are invoking a patron! Life’s blood has been spilled; we risk the very fabric of the universe by opening a portal to the author of...

  
• 12.01.2023

  Episode 126: Hoarding the Holidays

    Happy late Turkey Day!  There’s no Goodman Games holiday adventure this year but there are many holiday adventures of the past  to choose from!  We review and discuss prior holiday romps with none other than Marzio “the Man” Muscedere and...

  
• 11.01.2023

  Episode 125: The Horror… The Horror…

  It’s Halloween and we have a great crew of horror-ble fanatics to torment and terrorize your eyes (on Twitch) and your ears (on podcast).  Welcome Judge Stephen, Judge — BRINKMAN… Judge Wolf-man and Thorin Thompson…. there’s not much more to...

  
• 10.05.2023

  Episode 124: Let’s Get This Third Party Re-Started

  If you’ve listened to Spellburn for a while, you know I love Third Party material– it’s what DCC is all about, the ferment, the foment, the vomit, the violence, all of it!  I love to see all the new stuff...

  
• 09.07.2023

  Episode 123: GENCON Wrap with Dak, Tim & Joey

  We’ve covered lots of DCC and related third party zines, games and adventures on Spellburn before, but Judge Jen and I are finally sitting down with … maybe the guy who started all the third party madness?  Of course it’s...

  
• 07.30.2023

  Episode 122: XCrawl Mania!

  X-Crawl Classics is official!  The Kickstarter’s live, it’s rolling and X-Crawl Mania’s running wild!  We will hang out with DJ Laboss, AKA Judge Brendan, and we’ll go deep into X-Crawl classics, the kickstarter, and the latest on stretch goals, X-Crawl...

  
• 06.20.2023

  Episode 121: Unsung Heroes

    DCC’s been a gold standard of oldschool gaming for 10 years! There’s a ton of great content out there, from Goodman Games, from 3rd party publishers, free internet resources like Purple Sorcerer, and even (GUGHGHGBLLEAH) social media.  But what about...

  
• 04.28.2023

  Episode 120: Vancian Spellburning

  DCC Dying Earth: it’s every bit as beautiful and faithful to the source material as we’d hoped, but…is it as daunting as the core book? Since DCC fans have come to Spellburn for the low-down on rules for the past...

  
• 04.05.2023

  Episode 119: Judge NOW lest ye be Judged!

  There have been a lot of new people showing up in the DCC community and that means someone’s got to judge some DCC adventures!  These games aren’t going to run themselves!  We heard you, frantic ones!  Want some tips on...

  
• 02.10.2023

  Episode 118: Third Party Like it’s 1999

  So we were on hiatus for about a year… or a little more and a lot has happened between our last non-Twitch episode and our triumphant return in the holiday special!  One thing I was most excited about was to...

  
• 12.19.2022

  Episode 117: Spellburn Holiday Special!

  Home for the.. Holidays!?

  
• 12.18.2022

  Episode 117: Spellburn Holiday Special!

  Joey Royale’s Get Haunted Onine Shop! Sanctum Secorum New MCC Core book! Cats of Rahtlu James P’s Patreon Levi Combs kickstarter!

  
• 10.25.2021

  Episode 116: A Farewell to Kings

  A Farewell to Kings!

  
• 10.24.2021

  Episode 116: A Farewell to Kings

  Oh no! It’s Judge Jeff’s last episode of Spellburn! We’re gonna chat about the good old days, what things are like now, and what we see in the future for ourselves and DCC. Stuff referenced in this episode! Xanadu – coming soon...

  
• 09.27.2021

  Episode 115: The Zine’s the Thing

  The Zine's the Thing!

  
• 09.26.2021

  Episode 115: The Zine’s the Thing

  In a world where many still crave escape but cannot attend local or out-of-town conventions, it’s important to remember that there are many worlds yet to be discovered — thanks to the DCC 3PP community! Tonight we’ll be Dungeon Crawl...

  
• 08.14.2021

  Episode 114: Three 3PP Settings from Raorgen Games

  In a world where many still crave escape but cannot attend local or out-of-town conventions, it’s important to remember that there are many worlds yet to be discovered — thanks to the DCC 3PP community! Tonight we’ll be talking with...

  
• 07.12.2021

  Episode 113: Vancian Mailbag feat. Carmin Vance!

  Reaching into you for 113 episodes and counting!

  
• 07.11.2021

  Episode 113: Vancian Mailbag feat. Carmin Vance!

  Hey mailbag. It’s been a long time since, well you know, since we’ve spent a whole episode reaching into you to see what we can find. Well don’t worry baby, we’re back. And today, it’s all about you! Stuff referenced in...

  
• 06.28.2021

  Episode 112: There’s a Hole in the Sky!

  Something Evil's Passing By!

  
• 06.27.2021

  Episode 112: There’s a Hole in the Sky!

  Tonight we continue our review of seminal DCC adventures from the days of yore… another funnel and instant classic, Hole in the Sky!  We’re going to talk to Judge Brendan about Hole in the Sky, Sabbath vs. Dio, read a...

  
• 06.10.2021

  Episode 111: The Freakshow Takeover

  ONE OF US! ONE OF US!

  
• 06.09.2021

  Episode 111: The Freakshow Takeover

  “From parts unknown… Secret knowledge, sacred rituals, and exotic practices. Marvel at the beauty of unbridled humankind! We have scoured the highest mountains, the driest deserts, the hottest jungles to add some spice to your life!” On this episode of...

  
• 03.31.2021

  Episode 110: A Super Exciting Spellburn-Exclusive Announcement!

  It's here! At long last!

  
• 03.30.2021

  Episode 110: A Super Exciting Spellburn-Exclusive Announcement

  Hello and welcome to the exciting 110th episode of Spellburn! You’ve tuned in for a doozy of an episode! Today we are honored to be able to make an incredible announcement. You’ve asked for it. You’ve begged for it. You...

  
• 03.11.2021

  Episode 109: At the Mercy of the Bishop

  Prepare to Grind!

  
• 03.10.2021

  Episode 109: At the Mercy of the Bishop

  We hope you were there with us at Spawn of Cyclops Con last weekend and you had a great time!  If not, you’re in luck because you’re going to hear a lot about it, but that’s not all… you’re also...

  
• 02.15.2021

  Episode 108: A Most Crepuscular Episode

  Bring on the Leopard Women!

  
• 02.14.2021

  Episode 108: A Most Crepuscular Episode

  Happy ZineQuest season! If you’re anything like us, before long, you’ll be shuffling things around on the shelves, trying to find room for the next batch of arrivals…and you’ll find some treasures from the last two years! We’ve summoned a...

  
• 12.21.2020

  Episode 107: Judge Haley Has the Answers

  Summon Hale-e!

  
• 12.20.2020

  Episode 107: Judge Haley Has the Answers

  And today we have a special guest here to help us answer YOUR emails! You may know her from Blades Against Bandwidth, DCC College, or that time she killed all four of your level 0 characters at Gen Con… Judge...

  
• 11.23.2020

  Episode 106: Empire of the East

  Empire of the East!

  
• 11.22.2020

  Episode 106: Empire of the East

  If you are scared to get your sci-fi chocolate in my fantasy peanut butter, turn back now!  Tonight we look at the forthcoming Empire of the East product for DCC RPG.  Our special guest is none other than RPG writer...

  
• 11.15.2020

  Episode 105: Invoke Dieter Zimmerman

  This is the part of Spellburn when we dance!

  
• 11.14.2020

  Episode 105: Invoke Dieter Zimmerman

  We have a very special – and overdue – guest for this show! To some, he may be just a mysterious name on the credits page of your DCC RPG core book, or even a guitar-wielding pirate. But we know...

  
• 11.02.2020

  Episode 104: Full Dark No Stars!

  10th Level is not enough!

  
• 11.01.2020

  Episode 104: Full Dark No Stars!

  Ever wonder what it’s like to play a 10th level DCC RPG adventure? Well we did too! So Judge Brendan is here to run us through his unpublished 10th level adventure, Full Dark No Stars! Stuff referenced in this episode! Gongfarmer’s Almanac...

  
• 10.19.2020

  Episode 103: Intrigue at the Court of Curtis!

  Continuing our Classic Adventure series, we pick up with DCC #80– Intrigue at the Court of Chaos!  This adventure has it all– plane-hopping, cosmic entities, potion puzzles and well, lots of intrigue!  We’ll talk about how this adventure came to...

  
• 09.20.2020

  Episode 102: Revenge of the Mailbag!

  Revenge of the Mailbag!

  
• 09.20.2020

  Episode 102: Revenge of the Mailbag!

  We’ve made it two-thirds of the way through the year. Most of us are stuck in the land of online gaming for the foreseeable future, there’s a slight chill to the air in some regions, and you all know the...

  
• 08.25.2020

  Episode 101: Le Grand Finale

  Le Grand Finale!

  
• 08.25.2020

  Episode 101: Le Grand Finale

  The continuation of Episode #100.  Judge Jen runs us through part of DCC #100 “The Music of the Spheres is Chaos!”  Featuring original Spellburner, Judge Jeffrey Tadlock! Links to adventures and other stuff in this adventure: Jeffrey Tadlock’s Iron Tavern Podcast (DCC...

  
• 08.10.2020

  Episode 100: Spellburn and DCC turn 100!

  Spellburn and DCC turn 100!

  
• 08.10.2020

  Episode 100: Spellburn and DCC turn 100!

  What better way to celebrate the 100th episode of Spellburn than by showcasing some of the upcoming 100th Dungeon Crawl Classics adventure! And how are we going to showcase it? With some ACTUAL PLAY! That’s right folks, the day our...

  
• 07.19.2020

  Episode 99: Spellburn on the Starless Sea

  Spellburn on the Starless Sea!