St. Nick brings us a surprise, as we are visited by RPG writer/artist Jon Hook just in time to talk about holiday gaming.  We get a chance to interview him about his writing for the Call of Cthulhu RPG, Goodman Games, as well as his work for Frog God Games-including the infamous, "Orcus on 34th Level."  In the This Ol' Dungeon Segment we transform a D6 Star Wars adventure into a palatable version of the Holiday Special, get turned on to a lesser known Classic Dungeons & Dragons adventure that is ripe for winter festivities, and hear about a half-dozen adventures that make brilliant use of the origins of holidays such as Valentine's Day, Arbor Day, and even Independence Day...

So, we had to class up the joint on this one; Mr. Bill "Named that Funky Star Wars Alien" Slavicsek stops by to hang and talk about his very early work, "Scared Stiffs" for the Ghostbusters RPG from West End Games. This was too much fun!  Edwin Nagy of Frog God Games and Bill Barsh of Pacesetter Games were good enough to rejoin the cast and hold my had so I didn't turn too "fanboy" on Mr. Slavicsek -though I will admit having to edit out an ending where I stuttered through his name 5 times like Sylvester the cat...  Personal highlight of my gaming life, right here dungeoneers!

We take a quick departure this episode as Luau Lou sits down with his old friend and artist buddy, Christopher Tupa, to talk just a little about gaming but a WHOLE LOT about Halloween!  We'll be back at the end of the month with a regular episode featuring "Scared Stiffs" from the WEG Classic Ghostbuster's RPG line!

Despite a few bits of audio static here and there, you get to sit in with Levi Combs and hear about some of Planet X's products new and old, some straight-shootin' advice on small publishing, and for our "This Ol' Dungeon" piece we talk about a true foundational piece of fantasy role playing, The Arduin Grimoires by David Hargrave.  I had a blast getting to hang with Levi for a night -I hope you enjoy being there with us.

This time Luau Lou is joined once again by Edwin Nagy of Frog God Games and extra special guest, Bill Barsh of Pacesetter Games and Simulations.  We talk about a lot of things including game publishing, retro clones, precieved Game Master failures, and of course the central piece a look into the original Pacesetter Games's CHILL RPG -oh and Bill gives us the goods on his company's Gamma X project as well as some teasers for their entry into the horror genre...

In this episode Luau Lou is joined by Edwin Naggy, Doctor Duck Butter, and The Frugal GM who kindly throw in their talents to help the podcast carry on while Thomas and Briggy deal with some of life's curve balls.  We discuss the Call of Cthulhu starting adventure "The Haunting" (also titled "The Haunted House").  And answer letters from the homeowners association.  If you have questions, comments, or challenges for our podcast send a sound file or email to [email protected]

This is more proof to our listeners that we are still alive than our typical episodes...  Hopefully we'll get back on track soon...

In this 2nd part of Episode 8, we cover 2 quick pieces of listener mail and finally get into the famed "Q1: Queen of the Demon Web Pits."  There are a few great "renovations" that shake out as we discuss how to make it a little more "playable," and we do a Geek Credit segment where the Wedded-Duo take on Luau Lou's random spider-related questions...

Despite preparing for a grand discussion on "Q1: Queen of the Demon Web Pits," our long hiatus has weighed us down with lots of listener mail -full of great questions about RPG styles, terms, and a personal favorite: monster encounters!  So, we cut this recording as part 1 and will return soon with our This Ol' Dungeon treatment of Q1...  In the mean time send us more mail!!!!  Write to "[email protected]" or catch us on our Facebook page.

Thanks to Lawrence Schick, Allen Hammock, and Mike Monaco we have more to say about this interesting work by Tom Moldvay!