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Episode 54 – Interview with Jim Dees and David Speight

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Continuing in our decent into the Pandemic Abyss, we are fortunate to take a break from madness to speak to Jim Dees and David Speight from North Pole Publications! Jim and David made one of our favorite old school supplements, The Tome of Mighty Magic!

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Links – https://www.nobleknight.com/Publisher/North-Pole-Publications

Episode 53 – Extras

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Join Dan and James as they talk about the things that couldn’t fit in the main episode.

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Episode 53 – Interview with Tim Kask

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Continuing in our decent into the Pandemic Abyss, we are fortunate to take a break from madness to speak to Tim Kask! Tim’s work in TTRPG is legendary; first employee of TSR and editor of Dragon magazine to name a few.

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Tim Kask facebook – https://www.facebook.com/tim.kask.9
Tim Kask Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy14HVYrC7ZzviWLCJxzE4w
Tim’s Q&A on Dragon’s Foot – https://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=23223#p425703
Dan the Bard – http://www.danthebard.com/

Episode 52 – Extras

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Join Dan and James as they talk about the things that couldn’t fit in the main episode.

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Episode 52 – Interview with Jim Ward

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Continuing in our decent into the Pandemic Abyss, we are fortunate to take a break from madness to speak to the one and only Jim Ward! Jim’s work in TTRPG is legendary; Metamorphosis Alpha, Gamma World, and Deities and Demigods to name a few.

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Episode 51 – Extras!

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Join Dan and James, as they are joined by Vic Dorso, as he leads them further into the Greyhawk hexcrawl. They also do a random encounter

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Episode 51 – The Episode That Shall Not Be Named

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In this time of turmoil and unrest, Dan and James, with the help of Vic Dorso and Carlos Lising final debate the topic that affects all of us….The Book That Shall Not Be Named!

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Links – Vic’ Kickstarter – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/angrydwarfgames/the-keep-at-blood-red-falls

Casl Entertainment – http://www.caslentertainment.com

Episode 50 – Extras!

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Join Dan and James, as they are joined by Vic Dorso, as he leads them further into the Greyhawk hexcrawl. They also do a random encounter

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Episode 50 – St Patrick’s Day Special with guest Dave Whiteland (who is not Irish)

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Episode 50 - St Patrick's Day Special with guest Dave Whiteland (who is not Irish)
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Join Dan and James, as they are joined by their special guest, Dave Whiteland! Dave created the very good but very obscure Beholder Contracts, that was…wait for it published in a Irish RPG magazine called the Fantasy Chronicles!

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Links – review of Beholder Contracts by Bryce Lynch – https://tenfootpole.org/ironspike/?p=4295
Get it for free legally thanks to Dave at – https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/251864/The-Beholder-Contracts

Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1e Live Play – Adventures in Seford!

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Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1e Live Play - Adventures in Seford!
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Thanks to our Patrons, Dan and James ran an online session through James’s campaign setting, the fallen city of Seford. Listen to how 1e is played as our adventurers try to solve the mystery of the disappearance of Circe!

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Episode 49 – Extras!

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Join Dan and James, as they are joined by Carlos Lising from Casl Entertainment, as he leads them further into the Greyhawk hexcrawl.

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Links – Top Secret – New World Order -http://store.tsrgames.com/top-secret-new-world-order-box-set/

Episode 49 – Interview with Allen Hammack!

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Join Dan and James, as they are joined by their special guest, Allen Hammack! Allan worked for TSR during the heyday of Advanced Dungeons and Dragon’s 1st Edition. Some of his works include Ghost Tower of Inverness, Aerie of the Slave Lords, Top Secret and more!

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Episode 48 – Extras!

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Join Dan and James, as they are joined by DM Bryan, The Captain General His Astonishing Highness Prince Usurper Light of Appalachia and host of the Grognard’s Guild Online Campaign, as he takes them through the Greyhawk Hexcrawl. They first go over the February 1980 Dragon Magazine.

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Episode 48 – Charisma in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition – The Valentine’s Day Special!

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Episode 48 - Charisma in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition - The Valentine's Day Special!
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Join Dan and James, as they do Valentine’s… Yea baby! Well…not so much. They do do Charisma in AD&D 1e (1:16:33) but before that, they do Random Encounter (10:21) and Spell Selection (58:57). Unfortunately, you can’t see the orange shirts they wore….perhaps they tried to wear red shirts to become red shirts…

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Episode 47 – The Greyhawk HexCrawl Continues!

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Join Dan and James, as they are joined by Vic Dorso – The Commander and Most Astonishing Patron Crown Prince, and Honorable Scourge of Minnesota and North Dakota, as he leads them through the Greyhawk HexCrawl. They also do a random encounter and spell selection.

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Episode 46 – Extras! Greyhawk HexCrawl

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Join Dan and James, as they are joined by Carlos Lising from casl Entertainment as he leads them through the Greyhawk Campaign setting via hexcrawl! They also go over White Dwarf 16, Random Encounters, and Spell Selection. Finally they announce the date for GrogCon 2020!

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Episode 46 – Interview with Kelly Villemaire and Eric Hotz

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Join Dan and James, as they are joined by their special guest, Kelly Villemaire and Eric Hotz. Kelly is the founder of DELF Entertainment, creature of first encounter magazine and the legendary module, the Lair of Medusa! Eric was the illustrator for First Encounter and Lair. He continues to be a prolific artist. Kelly’s Skype connection wasn’t the greatest but it is still a joy to listen to both of them.

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Episode 45b – Dragon 33 and more!

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We start 1980 off with a review of Dragon 33 which was published in January. Then we go over the segments and bits that didn’t fit in the interview with Ed Greenwood. Random Encounter and Spell Selection and other non-sense!

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Episode 45 – Interview with Ed Greenwood!

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Join Dan and James, as they are joined by their special guest, Elminster himself, Ed Greenwood! We catch up with Ed, how he started into hobby, Forgotten Realms, writing, and whatever else we come up with! We had a great time and so please join us.

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Episode 44 – Interview with David Wesely, live from Blackmoor Studios!

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Episode 44 - Interview with David Wesely, live from Blackmoor Studios!
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Join Dan and James, and special co-host Vic “Scourge of the North” Dorso, as they talk with legendary game designer of Braunstein, David Wesely! David was on the phone and we were in an open hallway so the audio is not as great as we would have liked but it is a great chance to hear history on the 51st anniversary of the first running of his seminal game!

Links – https://www.secretsofblackmoor.com to learn more about the background that David Wesely was talking about. The film does a great job describing a history that many never hear of.

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Episode 43 – A Grog Holiday Special!

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Join Dan and James as they become the ghosts of roleplaying past as they look back at the Decembers from the 70’s and 80’s. Then they give each other presents and gift ideas!

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Episode 42 – Multi/Dual Class Characters in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition

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Episode 42 - Multi/Dual Class Characters in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition
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Join Dan and James as they discuss how multi-class and dual-class characters in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st Edition. There are a number of factors that players and DM’s must be considered. Are they worth the effort or should there be just single class characters? We also have our random encounters, spell selection, and suggestion.

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Optional Episode 41 – Psionics in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition

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Optional Episode 41 - Psionics in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition
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Join Dan and James as they discuss the optional rules for psionics in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st Edition. These controversial mind powers are both loved and hated due to the completely unbalanced rules they provide.

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Optional Episode 40 – Playing with Class – Bards in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1e

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Optional Episode 40 - Playing with Class - Bards in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1e
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Join Dan and James as they discuss the optional Bard class in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st Edition. This controversial class is both loved and hated due to the triple class and the potential for overpower characters.

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Episode 39 – EXTRAS!

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Here are the segments and bits that didn’t fit in the main episode. Random Encounter and Spell Selection and other non-sense!

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