The Arcane Alienist

By B. J. (aka “GameDoc”)

A podcast mostly about tabletop roleplaying games, from game theory and concepts to session recaps to sources of inspiration. I also occasionally delve into other nerdy things like board games, comics... more

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The Arcane Alienist episodes:

October 08, 2023Good Friends, Good Times
In this episode, I have calls from Anthony Boyd (aka, Runeslinger) of the Casting Shadows blog/podcast/YouTube, and Jason Conerly of the Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast. We’ll discuss our recent Hollow Earth Expeditions game, and a little bit of debate about the nature of gunslingers.

Casting Shadows/Runeslinger
Blog: https://castingshadowsblog.com/

Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0sEnjb4ECR6CcfU6Bvug7p

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPNsDvSNFQuknLu_8sakzLQ

Nerd's RPG Variety Cast
https://open.spotify.com/show/4oPnUnwitpUqn9saEkFaNf
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23min
September 23, 2023 Review: We Deal in Lead
The GMologist, Karl Rodriguez, joins me in this episode as we roll up a character and review We Deal In Lead, a weird west game from By Odin's Beard RPG. The game uses a version of the Cairn rules and is set in a realm inspired by Steven King's series, The Dark Tower.
You can view this episode on YouTube
https://youtu.be/RBxZbNLv-wM?si=yW37eTuZyO6YjXI5
You can check out more about the game here:
https://byodinsbeardrpg.com/books/we_deal_in_lead/
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?app=desktop&list=PLMM-_Btq0jhRq4qQiQQzRpbwpWfK84gR1
And be sure to check out Karl’s podcast and YouTube channel
https://open.spotify.com/show/2rN4slVxXBZpTDxweaR1Ap
https://www.youtube.com/@thegmologist9270
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51min
September 22, 2023Call-In Roundup: Heavy Metal Magery & Arcane Archaeology
Calls from Jason Connerly and the Pink Phantom. Be sure to listen to their latest episodes:
Nerd's RPG Variety Cast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4oPnUnwitpUqn9saEkFaNf
Phantom Thoughts: https://open.spotify.com/show/6FruRifoPx94Vbmi2jGCUr

Also, here a link to the book series Jason mentions in his call:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XM3SG56
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14min
September 16, 2023 Inspiration: Michael Moorcock's Elric Saga
Let's talk about the greatest dark fantasy character of all time: The White Wolf, the Sailor on the Seas of Fate, the Eternal Champion, Elric of Melnibone. We also have calls from Jason and Daniel. Plus check out these cool OSE Spell Cards by David Nielson (links below).
OSE Spell Cards... https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/408131/OldSchool-Spell-Cards-OldSchool-Essentials-OSE-B-X-OSR?src=hottest_filtered
Nerd's RPG Variety Cast (Jason Connerly)... https://open.spotify.com/show/4oPnUnwitpUqn9saEkFaNf
Bandit's Keep (Daniel Norton)... https://open.spotify.com/show/02QTUpzgKCv2aT6sH6G5rk
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56min
September 10, 2023 Heavy Metal Magery
I have an idea for how wizards collect spells, inspired by the Knave with a little bit of Holmes Basic thrown in.
Here are the two episodes of Bandit’s Keep I reference:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1XB2dZtiF4J3T11ztfFqcl?si=jQWRYbBvQ3emIx-eNGJNgA
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5ieb5pUL4699m96r9QfqPj?si=IWBtkaH5RLefe3MpYph8TA
And be sure to check out the Knave RPG by Ben Milton:
In Print... https://lfosr.com/product/knave-standard-edition/
In PDF... https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/250888/
Knave 2nd Ed Coming Soon... https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/questingbeast/knave-rpg-second-edition/
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44min
September 03, 2023RPG a Day 2023 Call-In Roundup
In this episode, we have calls from various podcasters about #RPGaDAY2023.
Jason of Nerds' RPG Variety Cast

Daniel of Bandit's Keep

Karl & Amy of The GMologist Presents
Be sure to check out their podcasts as well!
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34min
August 31, 2023 RPG a Day 2023: Day 31
#RPGaDAY2023 comes to a close (Whew!). Maybe your favorite RPG is the friends you made along the way.
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8min
August 30, 2023 RPG a Day 2023: Day 30
It's #RPGaDAY2023. In this episode: obscure role-playing games you may or may not have hear of.
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6min
August 29, 2023 RPG a Day 2023: Days 28 & 29
It's #RPGaDAY2023 and we are finally caught up. In this episode, the scariest thing I have done to a DM and a very memorable encounter (both of which happen to be the same event).
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11min
August 28, 2023 RPG a Day 2023: Days 26 & 27
It's #RPGaDAY2023. In this episode, I dodge the question on favorite character sheets and new editions.
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9min

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