Yochai & Brad review Castle Elkenstone by Jacob Fleming, and answer a mailbag question. Mailbag: How has reviewing modules changed your playing and creating? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Between …

Join Yochai, Brad, and Sam + special guest for our very first in person Gamer Blast from the Past! Recorded at Gen Con 2024, we discuss the 1987 Steve Perrin module Under Illefarn. Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stick…

Yochai & Brad are joined by Amanda P to review Rotblack Sludge by Stockholm Kartell and answer a mailbag question. How do you reconcile differences in play vs reading/reviewing a product? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Als…

Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli (aka Skullboy) in another Gamer Blast from the Past to review N4: Treasure Hunt by Aaron Allston, and answer a mailbag question. Mailbag: How do you help players figure out what magic items do? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! C…

Yochai & Brad review Metro Skate Blood Bath by Logan Dean & In the Face of Embarrassment by Eric K. Hill, and answer a mailbag question. What do you lose when you kill your darlings? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also sti…

Yochai & Brad review The Waking of Willowby Hall by Ben Milton, and answer a mailbag question. Mootsack: What do you think about metagaming? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Between Two Cairns here.…

Yochai & Brad are joined by Josh McCrowell to review Halls of the Blood King by Diogo Nogueira, and answer a mailbag question. What sorts of real-world tools do you use to increase the pressure of play? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to suppor…

Yochai & Brad answer a mailbag question, discuss a series of zines by You Can Breathe Now Games, and Brad's experience with Forbidden Lands. Content Warning: Star Trek Question: What tools do you bring with you to the table? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out…

Yochai & Brad review Tide World of Mani by Silverarm Press, and answer a mailbag question. Mootsack Question: How do you end a campaign in an "OSR" way? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Between Two C…

Yochai & Brad review Willow by Lazy Litches Loot, and answer a question from the mailbag. Mailbag: Do you ever get analysis paralysis before choosing what to run? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Bet…

Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli aka Skullboy to review B10: Night's Dark Terror in another Gamer Blast from the Past. We also answer a mailbag question. Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Betwee…

Yochai & Brad are joined by Joseph R. Lewis to review Slumbering Ursine Dunes by Chris Kutalik, and answer a mailbag question. Mootsack: What other types of games do you play? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. …

Yochai & Brad answer a whole mess of of mailbag questions! Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Between Two Cairns here.

Yochai & Brad review Sword of the Dragonslayer by Hellwinter Forge of Wonders, and answer a mailbag question. Do you listen to bumpers when recording? Does you need to include mechanics in a module? Does system matter? What Brad does with stickers What Yochai does with stickers Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener …

Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli aka Skullboy to review X1: The Isle of Dread by Tom Moldvay and David Cook in another Gamer Blast from the Past. We also answer a mailbag question. What do you all think about depth crawls? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check…

Yochai & Brad are joined by Ava Islam to review Sleeping Place of the Feathered Swine by Logan Knight, and answer a mailbag question. How do keep up with the scene, and how does it make you feel? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the s…

Yochai & Brad review Whalgravaak’s Warehouse by Andrew Walter, and answer a mailbag question. Mootsack: How do you decide whether something you've written should be published? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. …

Yochai & Brad review The Valley of Flowers by Phantom Mill Press, and answer a mailbag question. This question was way too long to list here, just use the chapter markings! Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Fin…

Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli aka Skullboy to review B4: The Lost City by Tom Moldvay, and answer a mailbag question. What can video games and TTRPGS learn from each other? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stic…

Yochai, Brad & Sam try to review a classic module, but fail. This is the result. Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Between Two Cairns here.By Yochai Gal & Brad Kerr

Yochai & Brad are joined by Nate Treme of Highland Paranormal Society to review Sacreblue by Tito B. A., and answer a mailbag question. Mailbag: Good OSR adventures for kids? Back the Cairn 2e box set on Kickstarter NOW! Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our…

Yochai & Brad review The Tomb of the Sea Kings by Lawson Bennett, and answer a mailbag question. Mootsack: What kind of games do you enjoy playing as a player, not a GM? Follow the Cairn 2e box set on Kickstarter to find out when it launches! Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gm…

Yochai & Brad are joined by Quinns to review Silent Titans by Patrick Stuart. Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Between Two Cairns here.

Yochai & Brad are joined by Hexagnome to review Gone Fishin' & Seven Silver Spheres, and answer a mailbag question. Advice for new designers? A link to Gone Fishin' (permalink!) Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers…

Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli aka Skullboy to review X2: Castle Amber by Tom Moldvay and answer a mailbag question. Question: isn't an OSR Syllabus a form of gatekeeping? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also sticke…

Yochai and Brad review Beneath the Comet by North Wind Adventures, and answer a mootsack question. Question: What kind of prep do you do? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Between Two Cairns here.…

Yochai & Brad review Gatehouse on Cormac's Crag by Dave Bezio, and answer two mailbag questions. Mailbag 1: What is Gonzo? Mailbag 2: Do you like superhero RPGs? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Betw…

Yochai & Brad are joined by Leo Hunt (Mr Vaults of Vaarn himself) to review Tomb Robbers of the Crystal Frontier by Gus L, and answer a mailbag question. Mailbag: What goes in your OSR Design Syllabus? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support…

Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli (aka Skullboy) in another Gamer Blast from the Past to review N3: Destiny of Kings, and answer a mailbag question. How do you balance critical thinking, secrets, and mystery? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreo…

Yochai & Brad review The Necropolis of Nuromen by Justin Becker, and answer a mailbag question. Mootsack: How do you sort your physical zines/books? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Between Two Cairn…

Yochai & Brad review Hidden Hand of the Horla by Appendix N Entertainment and answer two mailbag questions. What module have you run that exceeded your expectations from reading it? What should be done about the term "OSR"? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out …

Yochai & Brad review Anomalous Subsurface Environment by Patrick Wetmore, and answer a mailbag question. Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Between Two Cairns here.…

Yochai & Brad answer a number of mailbag questions. Questions/Times: 5:15 How do you incorporate dreams and nightmares in your games? 8:20 What do you both think about the question of motivation in OSR style games, especially when money is the basis for xp? 15:34 Regarding diegetic play. What would you like to see in adventures, or what systems do …

Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli aka Skullboy to review Beyond the Crystal Cave by Dave J. Browne, Tom Kirby, and Graeme Morris, and answer a mailbag question. Mailbag Question: If a module were just the location descriptions and nothing else, what is the one other addition that you just simply could not do without? Thanks to Bobby McElver fo…

Yochai & Brad review Jewels of the Carnifex by Harley Stroh, and answer a mailbag question. Question: How do you deal with GM fatigue? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Between Two Cairns here.…

Yochai & Brad review our favorite episodes from 2023, and discuss what we are looking forward to in 2024. 4min - Our favorite episodes of the year 8:45 - Favorite thing we've read for the show 13:35 - Best thing we haven't read yet 19min - What we're looking forward to 28:311 - Best things we've played this year Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show…

Yochai & Brad review The Cleaning of Prison Station Echo by Magnum Galaxy Games, and answer a mailbag question. Question: How do introduce players to new rules? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Betwe…

Yochai & Brad review Slate & Chalcedony by Melsonian Arts Council, and answer a question from the mailbag. Mailbag Question: Do you use sadness in your games? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Between…

Yochai & Brad are joined by Amanda Lee Franck to review Reach of the Roach God by Centaur Games. Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Between Two Cairns here.…

Yochai & Brad are joined by Joel Hines of Silverarm (press) to review By the Light of the Whispering Flame by Aaron Hedegaard, and answer a mailbag "question." Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Betwee…

Yochai & Brad review The Bloodship Returns by Dirk Leichty, and answer a mailbag question. Mailbag: Are non-linear dungeons really the end all, be all? 2:25 Mailbag 11:40 Kids say the darndest things 14:45 Main Review Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Pa…

Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli aka Skullboy in another Gamer Blast from the Past to review The Caverns of Thracia by Jennell Jaquays. PLEASE SUPPORT JENNELL ON GOFUNDME! Check out Michael Bacon & co's "terse" version of TCoT here Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.c…

Yochai & Brad review Nightmare Over Ragged Hollow by Joseph R. Lewis, and answer a mailbag question. Mailbag Question: What is the divide between Story Games and the OSR? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find …

Yochai & Brad are joined by special guest Amanda P. to review You Got a Job on the Garbage Barge by Amanda Lee Franck, and answer a mailbag question. Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Between Two Cair…

Yochai & Brad review Through the Valley of the Manticore by Jacob Fleming, and respond to a mailbag question. 2:46 Child labor 4:40 Mailbag 17:42 Main Review 36:00 Deep Dive Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Fi…

Yochai & Brad are joined by Andrew Walter to review The Hyqeous Vaults by The Hyqeous Vaults Creation Team! 3:04: How do you describe your art? 7:02: Latest Troika! adventure 12:04 Slipgate Chokepoint 21:25 Frank & Comics Delta 25:31 Maxims of the OSR 32:15 Main Review 50:38 Deep Dive Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For li…

Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli aka Skullboy in another Gamer Blast from the Past to review N1: Against the Cult of the Reptile God, and answer a mailbag question. Mailbag: What do you think of Gold for XP? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreo…

Yochai & Brad are joined by W.F. Smith from Prismatic Wasteland to review Secret of the Black Crag by Chance Dudinack. Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Between Two Cairns here.…

Yochai & Brad are joined by Kelsey Dionne of The Arcane Library to review Gradient Descent by Luke Gearing. Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers. Find more Between Two Cairns here.…

Yochai & Brad review Mortzengersturm, The Mad Manticore of the Prismatic Peak by Trey Causey, and answer a mailbag question. Mailbag Question: How do keep track of what happens during a session? Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers! For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com! Check out our Patreon to support the sh…