Buzzkill is back! Back again. This time we're talking about boxed sets. That's right, if you are an old-head like Brendan you remember RPG boxed sets from the good old days. And they're back too! Richard and Brendan go through 6 boxed sets from new games, currently available and see how the format holds up. We've got Twilight Imperium, Cyberpunk Re…

An irregular series of reflections on ttrpg games I’m GMing or playing in. The music used on this podcast is 'Sometimes' and 'Stop' by Frequency Decree, (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Frequency_Decree/Dubbed/Sometimes_1733⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Frequency_Decree/Dubbed/Stop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) licensed under …

What's up cultists? We're back with our third installment of Death by Roleplaying! In this episode, Brendan waxes nostalgic about Gen Con and get's a bit tetchy with the concept of Murder Hobos. Where did they come from? Was D&D always about murder hoboing across the landscape? Or did institutional change alter the game play loop from within? It's …

What up everyone! It's a brand-new episode about Vampire! Brendan is joined by podcast luminary Mike from Darker Days Radio and the two get down to brass tacks about what the World of Darkness is, was, and where it's going. Additionally, they take a dive into The Crimson Gutter, the latest Chronicle book release from Renegade Games! Check out our l…

What's up cultists?! Brand new episode of Death by Roleplaying coming at you! In this Ep I talk how I prep for a campaign and why it takes me so long between the original campaign idea and getting it to the table. On the way I talk about Old School Essentials and one of my favorite subjects, vampires, vampires....VAMPIRES! So come check it out! I h…

Richie talks to Kurt Venetis and Erica lowe about their work on Ragnaborg a Mork Borg compatible game set in Viking end times aka Ragnarok Out soon on https://shoptalonclaw.com/ More Full Metal RPG https://linktr.ee/fullmetalrpg End Music 'Legionnaire (Original)' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au…

...or is it Death by Roleplaying Episode 2? The world may never know! You'll have to wait until next episode for Brendan to make up his damn mind. Anyway, in this episode Alan Bahr from Gallant Knight Games stops by to talk West End Games, his revision of the D6 System (on Kickstarter) and the RPG industry in general. We had a lot of fun talking in…

What's up everybody! Brendan is back with a brand new episode of what he's calling DEATH BY ROLEPLAYING! In this solo episode we'll discuss the future of the show, Brendan's hot takes on the The Big Three's market dominance, Free RPG Day 2024, and finally, what Brendan's been playing lately! This is a bit of an experiment so thanks for coming along…

One chapter in the Full Metal RPG saga closes, and a new one begins. It's Richard's last episode! (As host). Brendan and Richard sit down and talk IRL about Full Metal RPG, role playing games, Dungeons & Dragons (of course), and what game store life is like in 2024. It's a surreal experience as Richard leaves the show and Brendan returns. Probably …

S6E4: Please listen to my guerrilla review of the incredible Cults of RuneQuest series from Chaosium. I focus on Mythology, but also provide a quick overview of Earth Goddesses and The Prosopaedia.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of char…

S6E3: In response to my short episode on my frustrations with the system(s) I’m currently playing, I received good support and feedback from the community, including call ins from Anthony of Casting Shadows and Barry of A Song of Dice & Shadows podcasts, as well as an invitation from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast to talk about Middle-Earth Role P…

S6E2: I record some of my frustrations over systems, particularly the ubiquitous d20 ones - a directionless rant? Joe of Hindsightless calls in - we are not alone and it’s not over yet.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free…

An irregular series of reflections on ttrpg games I’m GMing or playing in. The music used on this podcast is 'Sometimes' and 'Stop' by Frequency Decree, (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Frequency_Decree/Dubbed/Sometimes_1733⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Frequency_Decree/Dubbed/Stop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) licensed under an A…

S6E1: A quick review of the Japanese card-based narrative game, “Nobinobi TRPG: Sword”.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows: Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https:/…

Guests Our guests for this new episode of the Glorantha Initiation series are Christian and Amber, from DMs After Dark! We chatted with them back in… (checks notes) November 2023! How time flies… you can find DMs After Dark in many places around the internet, including: YouTube and Twitch Facebook, Twitter, and Bluesky Amber has written a few thing…

Richie and Noland talk to Stu Horvath of the Vintage RPG Podcast and Instagram. We talk about the ups and downs of Collecting Tabletop RPG. Are we Hoarders are Collectors? Vintage RPG https://www.vintagerpg.com/ https://www.instagram.com/vintagerpg https://linktr.ee/vintagerpg Stu's Books https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048224/monsters-aliens-and-h…

A new episode is out but Joerg still doesn’t have his replacement laptop so there are no detailed show notes again! Our Guest We welcome the ever prolific Austin Conrad back on the show to talk about his new book which is all about magic items. Links to Austin’s stuff: Treasures of Glorantha Volume 2: Relics of the Second Age Treasures of Glorantha…

Noland is mad that how Dungeons and Dragons YouTube is obsessed with Lore. He talk to Kayla and Richard about why everyone should make their own lore in their game. More Full Metal RPG https://linktr.ee/fullmetalrpgBy The Full Metal RPG Crew

An irregular series of reflections on ttrpg games I’m GMing or playing in. The music used on this podcast is 'Sometimes' and 'Stop' by Frequency Decree, (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Frequency_Decree/Dubbed/Sometimes_1733⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Frequency_Decree/Dubbed/Stop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) licensed under an Attri…

Richie, Noland and Kayla talk about their experience playing a Jubensha. The Dark Council is as wild ride trying to figure out who killed Jesus and who betrayed Satan. The video that kicked this episode in gear People Make Games Where we got the game (it was cheaper when Noland purchased it) https://www.storyboxed.com/thedark-council More Full Meta…

Richie, Kayla and Noland talk about the games they played over their long weekend together. Including Raccoon Sky Pirates https://hecticelectron.com/products/raccoon-sky-pirates Lighthearted https://lighthearted.games/ Ten Candles https://cavalrygames.com/ten-candles The Dark Council https://www.storyboxed.com/thedark-council West End Star Wars htt…

Show Notes Joerg is still without a computer, so not only are there no detailed show notes again, but he’s not here to stop me from giving a clickbaity title to this episode! Because, indeed, we have zero news about a Questworld Glorantha book… if anything, it’s the contrary. But what we do have for you is Ian Cooper as our guest! Ian comes on the …

S5E15: All good things (and bad ones too thankfully) must come to an end, at least until they begin again. Boomshankar! Call-ins from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast, Daniel of Bandits Keep podcast/YouTube channel, and Joe of Hindsightless podcast.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of…

An irregular series of reflections on ttrpg games I’m GMing or playing in. The music used on this podcast is 'Sometimes' and 'Stop' by Frequency Decree, (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Frequency_Decree/Dubbed/Sometimes_1733⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Frequency_Decree/Dubbed/Stop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) licensed under an Attributi…

S5E14: The Postie’s been! Call-ins from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast, Daniel of Bandits Keep podcast/YouTube channel, and GMShadow of the new A Song of Dice & Shadows podcast.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock …

S5E13: I give a recap of session 3 of my Greyhawk/Pomarj campaign for AD&D. Also included is a thought-provoking call-in from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast - once again on the topic of free will.You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of char…

Photo by David Dunham This time we interview Gloranthan newcomer Joel Bridge, who thinks we’re intimidating but also nice! Joel is originally from New Jersey but currently lives in San Diego. You can find Joel on Discord as @sirjamesfriendofthecolonel, and also sometimes on the Glorantha-related subreddits r/Glorantha and r/RuneQuest. Show Notes He…

S5E12: In addition to providing recaps of sessions 1 and 2 of my Greyhawk/Pomarj campaign for AD&D, I present call-ins from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast, Joe of Hindsightless podcast, and Anthony ‘Runeslinger’ of Casting Shadows podcast on topics of free will, description/theme and so on. Spencer’s first movie-Monday episode on Time Bandits can …

S5E11: Happy New Year! I present call-ins from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast, and Mirke the Meek on skills, 3d6 vs d20 and other topics following my previous episode on Dark Sun. Finally, I go for a walk to discuss the Terry Gilliam movie Time Bandits. For BECMI Berserker’s review of the Rules Cyclopedia and discussion of the skills system (at ar…

Our Guests For this episode, we have Nick Brooke and Simon Bray as our guests to talk about Simon’s book Furthest, Crown Jewel of Lunar Tarsh, and about what goes on in Lunar Tarsh in general. Show Notes There are no fancy show notes for this episode yet: Joerg’s laptop seems to have been blown up by Orlanthi rebels who don’t want the truth to be t…

An irregular series of reflections on ttrpg games I’m GMing or playing in. The music used on this podcast is 'Sometimes' and 'Stop' by Frequency Decree, (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Frequency_Decree/Dubbed/Sometimes_1733⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ; ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Frequency_Decree/Dubbed/Stop⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) licensed under an Attribution-N…

Richie talks to Kayla and Noland about their experiences at PAX Unplugged 2023. More Full Metal RPG https://linktr.ee/fullmetalrpgBy The Full Metal RPG Crew

Kayla Talks to Elise Rezendes about the Session Zero System to set up your game. Check out their stuff https://www.mythicgroveproductions.com/the-session-zero-system-1 More Full Metal RPG https://linktr.ee/fullmetalrpgBy The Full Metal RPG Crew

Kayla Talks to Alicia Figliuolo Director of Education and Training Geek Therapeutics at PAX U. About permission to play. More Alicia Figliuolo https://twitter.com/AliciaFigliuolo https://forthedeconstructed.com/ https://www.instagram.com/aliciafigliuolo/ More Full Metal RPG https://linktr.ee/fullmetalrpg…

Kayla talks to Stephen Dewey Designer of 10 Candles At PAX U Check out his site https://cavalrygames.com/ More Full Metal RPG https://linktr.ee/fullmetalrpgBy The Full Metal RPG Crew