The first episode of ATTIC TV. A little extra something every-so-often in between THE ATTIC. A place for various randomosity, news, follow-ons and updates from beyond the rafters.

This show is normally for our Patreon folk.

In this initial outing Paul talks about Ryecroft, an old school B/X style (OSR) RPG dungeon cemetery crawl with a difference from Monkeyblood Design & Publishing.

Also mentioned: (slightly) better quality for the "Vodcast" versions of THE ATTIC, historic interviews unearthed, and the re-release of the Horror on the Orient Express Actual Play as recorded way back in in 2007.

A rough-and-ready stream of consciousness but you've got to start somewhere... A few adjustments need to be made (technical and presentation) – and why does everything we seem to talk about have to be green?! 😂 _____________________ Bonus materials, advance release, series archives, are available to our supporters on Patreon: 👉 Patreon.com/AtticShow – also see: AtticShow.com for more details.

Compact vodcast format.

Introductory starter sets for tabletop roleplaying games, looking back at some of the earliest from the '80s and '90s as well as modern versions. Chris talks about his upcoming RPG, Strange Stories: The Roleplaying Game. Also fulsome praise over the newly released Pirate Borg Starter Set.

• 00:00 - Welcome
• 03:35 - ATTIC TV
• 07:20 - D&D Black Box Edition
• 14:00 - Modern RPG starter sets
• 40:30 - Strange Stories: The Roleplaying Game
• 49:00 - Pirate Borg Starter Set
• 59:00 - The Whitechapel Bell – TTFN

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Old friends return to THE ATTIC for another hour of arcane observations, gentle shenanigans and wide-ranging conversation.

Marty, Chris, and Paul. Year 22.

Bonus materials, advance release, series archives, are available to our supporters on Patreon: 👉 Patreon.com/AtticShow – also see: AtticShow.com for more details. ...

Originally broadcast live – 31st March, 2026. Compact vodcast format.

The 2024 British Museum Roman Army exhibition and Paul's personal VR version. Marty talks about his exploits in 3D printing for both museums and tabletop games.

• 00:00 - Welcome
• 02:35 - Biscuitry & Cakery
• 06:35 - ‪Cirque du Soleil‬ KÀ in VR
• 08:25 - ‪British Museum exhibition – LEGION: Life in the Roman Army, VR memories
• 12:10 - 3D printing at the National Railway Museum in York
• 19:35 - The NRM Marble Run, and how the museum saved money
• 33:10 - 3D printed props for tabletop games
• 37:10 - Hero Forge
• 42:30 - AI and 3D printing
• 53:25 - Return to LEGION in VR
• 56:50 - Whitechapel Bell – TTFN

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Old friends return to THE ATTIC for another hour of arcane observations, gentle shenanigans and wide-ranging conversation.

Marty, Chris, and Paul. Year 22.

Bonus materials, advance release, series archives, are available to our supporters on Patreon: 👉 Patreon.com/AtticShow – also see: AtticShow.com for more details. ...

Originally broadcast live – 11th March, 2026. Compact vodcast format.

Bettys' biscuitry and cakery, air fryers, playing AD&D modules today, and The Spark Devil from the HPLHS. Also some chat about paper notebooks.

• 00:00 - Welcome
• 00:45 - Biscuitry & Cakery
• 03:25 - The Spark Devil
• 15:50 - Patreon thanks
• 17:20 - Air Fryer Evangelism
• 24:10 - Playing Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition modules today
• 36:45 - Owlbear Rodeo Virtual Tabletop system
• 46:40 - Notebooks
• 59:45 - Whitechapel Bell – TTFN

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Old friends return to THE ATTIC for another hour of arcane observations, gentle shenanigans and wide-ranging conversation.

Marty, Chris, and Paul. Year 22.

Bonus materials, advance release, series archives, are available to our supporters on Patreon: 👉 Patreon.com/AtticShow – also see: AtticShow.com for more details. ...

Originally broadcast live – 3rd February, 2026. Delivered in compact vodcast format.

Welcome back to THE ATTIC – a free-ranging conversation where ideas, artefacts, games, and cultural curiosities are brought down from the rafters and examined.

• 00:00 Welcome and headlines
• 01:25 This what we are about
• 06:35 Closure of the YSDC web site after 28 years
• 26:25 Hellebore, Marty's Secret Shoggoth gifts
• 39:40 Secret Maps at The British Library
• 53:00 What's in the future for The Attic?
• 58:30 TTFN

In this episode, we consider the British Library's Secret Maps exhibition, exploring the power of maps and the often surprising ways they have been used, interpreted, and sometimes manipulated by governments and institutions; touching on how mapping shapes knowledge, authority, and our understanding of the world.

We also discuss the closure of a long-standing hobby web site after 10,000 days, its history, experiences and challenges.

Marty shows off some of his Christmas gifts in the form of Hellebore publications.

Live Broadcast. True Video Podcast. Year 22.

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Transmitted: 6th January, 2026. See: AtticShow.com for more details.

Dragonmeet 2025 in London, a look at The Lichway – a classic D&D scenario from White Dwarf 1978 and after 39 years a new "Little Black Book" for Traveller. There's also Carved in Stone: A Storyteller's Guide to the Picts and our Christmas quiz!

• 00:00 WELCOME
• 04:00 Dragonmeet 2025
• 11:20 Traveller Book 9: Pirates
• 21:00 The Lichway from White Dwarf #9 (1978)
• 27:45 Carved in Stone: A Storyteller's Guide to the Picts
• 37:55 Karakal's Christmas Quiz!
• 58:20 Thank you, Secret Shoggoth XX
• 58:40 TTFN

Join us (Marty, Chris and Paul) for some Yuletide festivities in this live streamed show from The Attic. We cover the Dragonmeet roleplaying game convention at its new location at London ExCel and from there look at the Albie Fiore's legendary Dungeons & Dragons adventure, The Lichway, which is due to be reprinted in 2026. Mongoose Publishing has a new release for Classic Traveller and we delve into the new RPG supplement Carved in Stone: A Storyteller's Guide to the Picts, from Stout Stoat Press.

We round off with Karakal's Christmas Quiz – can you beat the co-hosts? (Hint: it shouldn't be too difficult 😉) Join us for some fun!

Live Broadcast. True Video Podcast.

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Transmitted: 13th December 2025. See: AtticShow.com for more details.

•Video Podcast• Join us on Saturday, 13th December for our Yuletide live stream show!

https://www.youtube.com/@AtticShowYT

We'll be looking at Carved in Stone: A Storyteller's Guide to the Picts, Book 9: Pirates for Classic Traveller and discuss rumours of a reprint of the classic White Dwarf 1970s' scenario, The Lichway.

As it's the season, we'll also have Karakal's Christmas Quiz. Feel free to join in on the live stream!