Gathering a horde of barbarian Ice-walker tribesmen lead by Brock, the  party surge north towards the dark fief of Drakovia, seeking to confront  and defeat their most deadly foe, the ancient vampire known as the  Crimson King. But will they find victory or defeat in a frozen castle,  where sometimes death is not the worst fate that can befall a person?

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In this episode of the podcast I'm talking about using cards in RPGs and some of the reasons that I've been more than a little skeptical of it in the past.

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In this episode I'm going to be following the procedure outlined in the Realm Fables Sandbox Creator to make a simple point-crawl map using just a set of playing cards and a handful of day.

You can get the PDF of the Sandbox Creator from Shieldice Studios on DrivethruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/397034/Sandbox-Creator

The cool set of playing cards I used for this were from Acelion: https://www.acelioncards.com/

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In this episode I'm discussing the recent conclusion to Johanne's epic Burning Wheel campaign Chronicle of the Crowns and musing on whether letting people know that they're moving into the end-game of a campaign is a good idea.

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In this episode I'm chatting a bit about feudalism and social class, and how thinking about it can suggest some intriguing questions and ideas for your D&D games.

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As requested by Jason from Nerds RPG Varietycast, in this episode I'm taking a look at Hyperspace D6,  a streeamlined hack of the old WEG D6 system.

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In this voicemail episode I'm responding to calls about alignment, player investment in world background, use condition books and Hyperspace D6, amongst others.

Our callers this episode were:

• Jason of the Nerds RPG Variety Cast
• Goblin's Henchmen
• Joe of the Hindsightless podcast

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In this episode I'm talking about my recent decision to postpone a session of my Smoke & Snow campaign and why, sometimes, it's okay to postpone or back out of a session.

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If you want to check out our recent Purple Worm episode you can find it here:

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Inspired by my recent receipt and perusal of X-treme Dungeon Mastery 2nd edition (that I backed on Kickstarter a while back), in this episode I'm talking about the importance of creating a sense of progress in your D&D games.

• The original first edition of X-treme Dungeon Mastery is still available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Xtreme-Dungeon-Mastery/dp/0977907465
• At the time of recording the 2nd edition is available for pre-order: https://xdm-x-treme-dungeon-mastery-2nd-edition.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

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In this episode I'm chatting about the Sandbox Creator booklet I recently received as part of the Realm Fables Kickstarter from Sheildice Studios.

You can check out their products at: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/18680/Shieldice-Studio

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