From Little Delving to Nobottle to Long Cleeve by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus)

Series: Middle Earth Hexcrawl Project

Narrated by Zak H

Episode Links:

• Rise Up Comus: A Hexmap for Middle-earth
• Rise Up Comus: Five Hexes Around Michel Delving
• Idraluna Archives: 12-mile Middle Earth Hexmap

Five Hexes Around Michel Delving by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus)

Series: Middle Earth Hexcrawl Project

Narrated by Zak H

Episode Links:

• Rise Up Comus: A Hexmap for Middle-earth
• Idraluna Archives: 12-mile Middle Earth Hexmap

A Hexmap for Middle-earth by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus)

Series: Middle Earth Hexcrawl Project

Narrated by Zak H

Episode Links:

• Idraluna Archives: 12-mile Middle Earth Hexmap
• Rise Up Comus: Licensed Tolkien Role-playing Games
• Rise Up Comus: Running a Tolkien Game that Does Not Exist

Shiny TTRPG Links: #258 by xaosseed (Seed of Worlds)

Series: Shiny TTRPG Links

Narrated by xaosseed

Episode Links:

• Seed of Worlds: Shiny TTRPG links #257
• of Dice and Dragons: The RPG Blog Carnival
• I Cast Light!: RPG’S TONISBORG COELACANTH: Or The Lost Dungeons of Tonisborg & The Preservation of D&D before D&D, a Review
• Links to Wisdom: What are assumptions about how to play an OSR adventure that you think might not be commonly held as desired?
• Rise Up Comus: GM Principles
• Coins and Scrolls: Sci-Fi: Squishy Space
• @inbabylontheywept: Babylon’s 6 D&D Tips
• DIY & dragons: Who is the GLOGosphere?
• Was It Likely?: iconography and alignment
• Rise Up Comus: c o z y
• d4 Caltrops: d100 - Connections & Coincidences for Character Convergence
• Rise Up Comus: Advice for Running Horror Games
• False Machine: Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol
• DIY & dragons: Learning from Boardgames - Tokaido and Things to do on a Journey
• ars ludi: Grand Experiments: West Marches
• Thalian Musings: Hexcrawling the Blogosphere
• Don’t Split the Party: Modern Minds and Medieval Distances
• Archbrick: Hexmap Terrain Generator
• Ars Magisterii: Your Giant Spiders Are Boring
• Rise Up Comus: Conversational Spirals
• Jay Dragon: Systems of Relation
• What Should We Do With Our Games? by Patrick LeMieux and Stephanie Boluk
• DIY & dragons: Roguelike Advice for Tabletop Games from @Play and Golden Krone Hotel

Critique Navidad: Late Stage Death Cultism by Nova (Playful Void)

Series: Critique Navidad!

Narrated by Scott Goodwin

Episode Links:

• Nova on Bluesky: Origins of Critique Navidad
• Late Stage Death Cultism by Diogo Barros
• The Monomyth Thread by Hy Libre!

Critique Navidad: Chain x Link by Nova (Playful Void)

Series: Critique Navidad!

Narrated by Scott Goodwin

Episode Links:

• Nova on Bluesky: Origins of Critique Navidad
• Chain×Link by Glyphtide Games

Critique Navidad: Void 1680 AM by Nova (Playful Void)

Series: Critique Navidad!

Narrated by Scott Goodwin

Episode Links:

• Nova on Bluesky: Origins of Critique Navidad
• VOID 1680 AM by Bannerless Games

Critique Navidad: We Three Shall Meet Again by Nova (Playful Void)

Series: Critique Navidad!

Narrated by Scott Goodwin

Episode Links:

• Nova on Bluesky: Origins of Critique Navidad
• We Three Shall Meet Again by sdunnewold

Critique Navidad: The Field Agent Handbook by Nova (Playful Void)

Series: Critique Navidad!

Narrated by Scott Goodwin

Episode Links:

• Nova on Bluesky: Origins of Critique Navidad
• Field Agent Handbook: 1924 Revolution by ÆtherCorp Games
• Etsy: aethercorpgames
• Collectible Trading Moon Game by leakyeaves

Designing Dungeons Chapter 13: Writing Random Encounters by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!)

Series: Designing Dungeons Course

Narrated by Jon Britton

Episode Links:

• His Majesty the Worm
• Necropraxis: Overloading the encouner die
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 7: Talking and Fighting
• I Cast Light!: RANDOM ENCOUNTER TABLES AS ADVENTURE RAM: Adding “Memory” to Encounter Checks
• Kelsey Dionne on Twitter
• Rise Up Comus!
• riseupcomus - itchi.io
• Shrines of the Lower Ossuary by riseupcomus
• I Cast Light!
• Bertdrawsstuff Patreon
• Goblin Stuff - THE UNDERCLOCK: Fixing the Randm Encounter
• The Gem Room Games Blog: 20 Reasons the Dungeon is Timed
• Goblin Punch: Have A Nicer Trip
• Papers & Pencils: Structuring Encounter Tables, Amended & Restated
• Rise Up Comus: The Copy and Paste Manifest
• Berdrawsstuff - itchi.io

Designing Dungeons Chapter 12: Keying Room Descriptions (Part 2) by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!)

Series: Designing Dungeons Course

Narrated by Jon Britton

Episode Links:

• Designing Dungeons Chapter 11: Keying Room Descriptions (Part 1)
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 2: Brainstorming
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 9: Exploring and Returning
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 6: Experiments and Surprises
• Failure Tolerated: Writing Rooms in Pairs
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 5: Dungeon Checklist
• The Merry Mushmen
• His Majesty the Worm
• The Library Heretical
• Berdrawsstuff - itchi.io

Designing Dungeons Chapter 11: Keying Room Descriptions (Part 1) by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!)

Series: Designing Dungeons Course

Narrated by Jon Britton

Episode Links:

• Designing Dungeons Chapter 2: Brainstorming
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 5: Dungeon Checklist
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 10: Formatting Room Descriptions
• Goblin Punch: How I Write An Adventure
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 9: Exploring and Returning
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 6: Experiments and Surprises
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 8: Running and Resting
• Berdrawsstuff - itchi.io
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 4: Creating the Map
• Explorers Design: Design the Dungeon with Numbers
• A Knight at the Opera: On Dungeon Size
• Into the Megadungeon
• Hack & Slash: series (Quantum Ogre)
• Murkdice: Better dungeon stocking in ttrpgs and DnD

Designing Dungeons Chapter 10: Formatting Room Descriptions by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!)

Series: Designing Dungeons Course

Narrated by Jon Britton

Episode Links:

• Designing Dungeons Chapter 4: Creating the Map
• DIY & dragons: Landmark, Hidden, Secret
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 6: Experiments and Surprises
• Mazirian’s Garden: My Process
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 3: Refining the Theme
• All Dead Generations
• All Dead Generations: Dungeon Design, Process and Keys
• DriveThruRPG - Ratking Productions
• Dungeon of Signs
• Hack & Slash: On Set Design
• In Places Deep: How Many Notes Do You Need?
• Necropraxis: Improved area keys
• Berdrawsstuff - itchi.io

Designing Dungeons Chapter 9: Exploring and Returning by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!)

Series: Designing Dungeons Course

Narrated by Jon Britton

Episode Links:

• Designing Dungeons Chapter 6: Experiments and Surprises
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 7: Talking and Fighting
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 8: Running and Resting
• ars ludi: Treasure Tells A Story
• d4 Caltrops
• d4 Caltrops: magic items
• His Majesty the Worm
• Knock! #1 - The Merry Mushmen
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 5: Dungeon Checklist
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 2: Brainstorming
• Save vs. Total Party Kill: The RPG Epistles of Paul T: Negadungeons and the Texture of Death
• Goblin Punch: d100 Minor Magical Items
• Goblin Punch: The Perfect Potion List
• Rise Up Comus: Making +1 Swords Feel Magical
• The Retired Adventurer: Considerations on Restocking Dungeons
• GROGNARDIA: Dungeon Restocking and Rival Adventuring Parties
• All Dead Generations: Dungeon Crawl Practice 2 - Rumor Tables
• Illusory Sensorium: World Building for Wetware
• Berdrawsstuff - itchi.io

Designing Dungeons Chapter 8: Running and Resting by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!)

Series: Designing Dungeons Course

Narrated by Jon Britton

Episode Links:

• Designing Dungeons Chapter 6: Experiments and Surprises
• I Cast Light!: EMPTY BUT NOT NOTHING: Thoughts on Actionable Empty Rooms
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 5: Dungeon Checklist
• Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Dungeon Classes
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 7: Talking and Fighting
• Dungeon of Signs: Towards a Taxonomy of ‘Trick’ Monsters
• His Majesty the Worm
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 9: Exploring and Returning
• Into the Megadungeon: A Malignant Presence
• Goblin Punch: Boss Mechanics from World of Warcraft
• Matthew Colville: Action Oriented Monsters
• Mindstorm Press: Nested Monster Hit Dice
• A Knight at the Opera: Stranger Things and “Puzzle Monsters”
• Berdrawsstuff - itchi.io

Designing Dungeons Chapter 7: Talking and Fighting by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!)

Series: Designing Dungeons Course

Narrated by Jon Britton

Episode Links:

• Designing Dungeons Chapter 3: Refining the Theme
• A Knight at the Opera: The Only Two Enemies You’ll Ever Need
• I Cast Light!: GRENDEL MENDEL: Using Punnett Squares for Monster Design
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 5: Dungeon Checklist
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 6: Experiments and Surprises
• BASTIONLAND: Monster Design from Classics - The Lich
• Dungeon of Signs: Monster Design and Necessity
• To Distant Lands: Zelda-Style NPC Personalities
• Borough Bound Blog: Every NPC a Short Story
• A Knight at the Opera: People Are Problems: NPCs as Challenge Elements
• Goblin Punch: How to Handle Parley as an OSR DM
• Berdrawsstuff - itchi.io

Designing Dungeons Chapter 6: Experiments and Surprises by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!)

Series: Designing Dungeons Course

Narrated by Jon Britton

Episode Links:

• Designing Dungeons Chapter 2: Brainstorming
• Dungeon Seeds by riseupcomus
• Goblin Punch: 1d124 OSR-Style Challenges
• DIY & dragons: Landmark, Hidden, Secret
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 4: Creating the Map
• Goblin Punch: A Comprehensive Guide to Secret Doors
• ars ludi: Bad Trap Syndrome
• BASTIONLAND: 34 Good Traps
• Dungeon Scrawler
• Dungeon Scrawler: Dungeon Room Appendix: Secrets, and Hidden Things
• Rise Up Comus: Metroidvanias and Megadungeons
• Berdrawsstuff - itchi.io

Designing Dungeons Chapter 5: Dungeon Checklist by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!)

Series: Designing Dungeons Course

Narrated by Jon Britton

Episode Links:

• Designing Dungeons Chapter 9: Exploring and Returning
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 7: Talking and Fighting
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 8: Running and Resting
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 6: Experiments and Surprises
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 3: Refining the Theme
• Goblin Punch: Dungeon Checklist
• Grinning Rat: Ten Things Every Game Needs
• Idiomdrottning: Blorb Principles
• Berdrawsstuff - itchi.io

Designing Dungeons Chapter 4: Creating the Map by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!)

Series: Designing Dungeons Course

Narrated by Jon Britton

Episode Links:

• Bones of Contention: Spectral Interrogatories III - Caverns of Thracia
• Paratime Design: Friday Freebie Maps 2024
• One Page Dungeon by watabou
• Dungeon Scrawl: Free D&D Map Maker
• Paths Peculiar: Tutorial: how to draw a basic dungeon map
• JP Coovert: How to Design and Draw and D&D Dungeon Map!
• Traverse Fantasy: Bite-Sized Dungeons
• Game Master’s Toolkit (Patreon): How my Boss Key dungeon graphs work
• Pathika: How Jennell Jaquays Evolved Dungeon Design, Part 1: Pre-Jaquays Dungeons
• Bertdrawsstuff - itch.io

Designing Dungeons Chapter 3: Refining the Theme by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!)

Series: Designing Dungeons Course

Narrated by Jon Britton

Episode Links:

• Cairn: Dungeon Seeds
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 2: Brainstorming
• Designing Dungeons Chapter 7: Talking and Fighting
• Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque: Just Use Bears
• Goblin Punch: Brain Worms
• Goblin Punch: Lair of the Lamb: Final
• Mazirian’s Garden: World Building and Old School Games
• All Dead Generations: THREAT - The Risk Economy Part III
• Berdrawsstuff - itchi.io

Designing Dungeons Chapter 2: Brainstorming by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!)

Series: Designing Dungeons Course

Narrated by Jon Britton

Episode Links:

• Designing Dungeons Chapter 1: Course Overview
• Mazirian’s Garden: My Process
• All Dead Generations: So You Want to Build a Dungeon?
• Goblin Punch: How I Write An Adventure
• Cairn: Dungeon Seeds
• d4 Caltrops: Dungeon Stocking - Expanded
• Bertdrawsstuff - itch.io
• In Places Deep: Mastering the Megadungeon
• All Dead Generations: DUNGEON23 WORKSHEETS

Designing Dungeons Chapter 1: Course Overview by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!)

Series: Designing Dungeons Course

Narrated by Jon Britton

Episode Links:

• Rise Up Comus
• His Majesty the Worm
• Dungeon Seeds by riseupcomus
• I Cast Light!
• Matthew Colville: Welcome to Dungeons and Dragons!
• Lithyscaphe: Principia Apocrypha: A New Expression of Old School RPG Playstyle Principles
• New School Revolution: Basic OSR Principles
• The Merry Mushmen Shop
• Goblin Punch: The Mouth of Mormo
• The Retired Adventurer: The Basis of the Game is Making Decisions
• Philotomy’s Dungeons & Dragons Musings
• Save vs. Total Party Kill
• Bertdrawsstuff - itch.io

The Elemental Plane of Plastic by Zin (Vaults of Zin)

Narrated by Zak H

Episode Links:

• Wikipedia: Bir Tawil
• Vintage Educational film: The Kingdom of Plastics 1945

The Garden Below by Juniper Harper Lark

Sample post: Rhythm ZerOSR

Narrated by Ben McKenzie

Episode Links:

• Rowan’s Bluesky
• The Dododecahedron: The OSR Onion
• Katt Kirsch’s Bluesky
• The Katt Kirsch Blogsperience: Leonard Cohen’s Advice for Novice OSR Referees

Dungeon Scrawler

Sample post: Dungeon Room Opinions: Mapping at the Table, Part 1 - Prefer Abstract Player Mapping

Narrated by Dungeon Scrawler

Episode Links:

• Dungeon Scrawler: Dungeon Room Index
• Dungeon Scrawler: Dungeon Room Appendix: Secrets, and Hidden Things
• Dungeon Scrawler: Dungeon Room Opinions: Mapping at the Table, Part 2 - Abstract Mapping Toolkit

Dungeon Room Index: Hallways by Dungeon Scrawler

Series: Dungeon Room Index

Narrated by Dungeon Scrawler

Episode Links:

• Dungeon Scrawler: Dungeon Room Appendix: Traps, and Hazards
• Dungeon Scrawler: Dungeon Room Appendix: History, and Flavor
• Dungeon Scrawler: Dungeon Room Index: Great Halls

Dungeon Room Appendix: Secrets, and Hidden Things by Dungeon Scrawler

Series: Dungeon Room Index

Narrated by Dungeon Scrawler

Episode Links:

• BASTIONLAND: The ICI Doctrine: Information, Choice, Impact
• IxDF: What are Affordances?.)
• The Alexandrian: Random GM Tip - Matryoshka Search Technique
• Writers.com: “Show, Don’t Tell” in Creative Writing
• Dungeon Scrawler: Dungeon Room Appendix: Traps, and Hazards

Dungeon Room Appendix: Darkness, and Light by Dungeon Scrawler

Series: Dungeon Room Index

Narrated by Dungeon Scrawler

Episode Links:

• Shadowdark RPG - The Arcane Library
• Deep Look: These Carnivorous Worms Catch Bugs by Mimicking the Night Sky

Valeria Loves by Valeria

Sample post: Unicorn Meat is a Masterpiece

Narrated by Ben McKenzie

Episode Links:

• Ooze Nun - Exalted Funeral
• VaatiVidya - YouTube
• Crown of Salt - The Bread Wyrm
• Valeria Loves: My Awful Taste
• Delta Green, RPG
• Book of Gaub - Lost Pages
• Unicorn Meat by throneofsalt
• Unicorn Meat - Exalted Funeral
• Tia Roxae - Instagram
• Sam McKenzie - Instagram
• Between 2 Cairns: Unicorn Meat
• Monsterhearts 2 - Buried Without Ceremony
• Mallbrats - A narrative comedy podcast with just a dash of dice

Goin’ Through the Fiend Folio Part 14 (Retriever to Sheet Phantom) by Marsworms (Save vs. Worm)

Series: Goin’ Through the Fiend Folio

Narrated by Velocitree

Episode Links:

• Save vs. Worm: Goin’ Through the Fiend Folio Part 1
• Save vs. Worm: Goin’ Through the Fiend Folio Part 13 (Penanggalan to Qullan)
• Save vs. Worm: Goin’ Through the Fiend Folio Part 11 (Lamia Noble to Mite)
• Against The Wicked City: Conceptual density (or ’What are RPG books for, anyway?)
• Save vs. Worm: The Short-Legged Man-Mimic Lizard

Fluorite Guillotine by Serket

Sample post: quantum ogre reborn

Narrated by Binary Star

Episode Links:

• Valeria Loves: Why Don’t I Hate Fabula Ultima?
• The Dododecahedron: The OSR Onion
• Idiomdrottning: Blorb Principles
• Magnolia Keep: On Objectivity in Game Design
• Dreams in the Lich House: Illusionism and the Sandbox - Part 1
• Dreams in the Lich House: Illusionism and the Sandbox - Part 2
• To Be Resolved: On Categorization, Rule Buckets, and Diegesis
• Dreams in the Lich House: Illusionism and the Sandbox - Part 3
• Dreams in the Lich House: The Shell Game in the Sandbox
• Wikipedia: MacGuffin
• Hack & Slash: On How an Illusion Can Rob Your Game of Fun
• Dreams in the Lich House: Fixing the Quantum Ogre
• Hack & Slash: On Slaying the Quantum Ogre
• Very obscure Matau reference help - r/bioniclelego
• Hack & Slash: On Resurrecting the Quantum Ogre and Having Him Over for Tea
• Hack & Slash: On the Corpse of the Quantum Ogre
• Wikipedia: Wave function collapse

Cataphracts Design Diary #1, Diary #2, Diary #3, Diary #4 by Sam Sorensen

Narrated by Sam Sorensen

Edited by Scott Goodwin

Episode Links:

• A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry: Collections: The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part I: Bargaining for Goods at Helm’s Gate
• A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry: Collections: The Siege of Gondor, Part I: Professionals Talk Logistics
• A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry: Collections: Total Generalship: Commanding Pre-Modern Armies, Part I: Reports
• A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry: Collections: Logistics, How Did They Do It, Part I: The Problem
• A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry: New Acquisitions: How Fast Do Armies Move?
• CATAPHRACT Ruleset
• Hex Grid Generator
• A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry: Collections: Logistics, How Did They Do It, Part III: On the Move
• Coins and Scrolls: OSR: Siena’s 6 Mile Hex
• Crusader Kings 3 Wiki: County
• donjon: Medieval Demographics Generator
• Army: Saraian 1st Army - Google Sheets
• Army: [TEMPLATE] - Google Sheets
• Chocolate Hammer: Boot Hill and the Fear of Dice
• Sam Sorensen: New Simulationism

Sam’s Three-Question Taxonomy by Sam Sorensen

Narrated by Sam Sorensen

Edited by Scott Goodwin

Episode Links:

• Brennan Lee Mulligan on “railroading”

1d20 Diegetic Rules, 1d20 Hypo-Diegetic Rules by Sam Sorensen

Narrated by Sam Sorensen

Edited by Scott Goodwin

Doing a Cool Move by Sam Sorensen

Narrated by Sam Sorensen

Edited by Scott Goodwin

Episode Links:

• ty - itchi.io
• The Beauty of Games by Frank Lantz
• The Invisible Rules of Role-Playing: The Social Framework of Role-Playing Process by Markus Montola
• Playing at the World
• Shared Fantasy: Role Playing Games as Social Worlds by Gary Alan Fine
• Sam Sorensen: Which Rules Elide?
• Sam Sorensen: In Praise of Legwork
• Rolltop Indige: Five Elements of Commercial Appeal in RPG Design
• Collabs Without Permission: Art, Agency, Alienation - Essays on Severance, Stanly and Root: The RPG
• Giant in the Playground Forum: Truly Complete list of 3.5e Base Classes

Ten Intangible Tips for Development Editing Your RPG Manuscript by Sam Sorensen

Narrated by Sam Sorensen

Edited by Scott Goodwin

Episode Links:

• Sam Sorensen: Ten Tangible Tips For Editing Your RPG Manuscript
• Sam Sorensen: Ten More Tangible Tips for Editing Your RPG Manuscript
• Sam on Bluesky about new terms for collections separated from usual game related stuff
• Against The Wicked City: Conceptual density (or ‘What are RPG books for, anyway?’)
• Sam Sorensen: In Praise of Legwork

The Five Laws of Roleplaying Games by Peter Eijk (MonsterMind)

Narrated by Nael Fox-Priebe

Episode Links:

• Wikipedia: Five laws of library science
• Librarianship Studies & Information Technology: Five Laws of Library Science
• MAKE ACCESSIBLE TTRPGs! by IKO

The Play Reports by Kati

Sample post: Into the Odd - Deluge at Drizzle Distillery

Narrated by Nael Fox-Priebe

Episode Links:

• Tabletop Events: Precognition 2025
• Deluge at Drizzle Distillery by Centaur Games
• Free League Publishing: Into the Odd

To Be Resolved by dadstep

Sample post: Let’s Talk About Meat Points

Narrated by dadstep

Episode Links:

• TEN MILLION HP PLANET by Sandy Pug Games
• A Knight at the Opera

Birdmilk’s RPG Cafe by Birdmilk

Sample post: Fomoria

Narrated by Ben McKenzie

Episode Links:

• Fomoria - Quickstart by Tania Herrero, Johan Nohr
• Crown of Salt - The Bread Wyrm
• Fomoria - Epic Folk Horror Roleplaying by Johan Nohr
• Birdmilk’s RPG Cafe: Blightfall (Doomed Heroes)
• Blades in the Dark: Action Roll

This Vorpal Coil by Rose Skye

Sample post: The Guilty Pleasure of Rolling for Knowledge

Narrated by Rose Skye

Afraid of Encounters by Isaac Is Afraid

Sample post: Gamemasters are Game Designers!

Narrated by Isaac Is Afraid

Episode Links:

• A Knight at the Opera: Game Design vs Level Design

in lowercase by Habeeb

Sample post: the infrastructure of magical convenience

Narrated by Adam Seats

Episode Links:

• Lawfare: The Authoritarian Risks of AI Surveillance
• AP News: Woman wrongly accused of carjacking loses lawsuit against Detroit police who used facial tech
• Washington Post: Police secretly monitored New Orleans with facial recognition cameras
• The Guardian: UK use predictive policing is racist and should be banned, says Amnesty
• Taxonomy of Generative AI Human Rights Harms: A B-Tech Gen AI Project supplement

Seven-Part Pact: Authority by Dwiz (A Knight at the Opera)

Series: Seven-Part Pact

Narrated by Dwiz

Episode Links:

• Rolltop Indigo: The Invisible Rulebooks
• A Knight at the Opera: Capsule Games - Part 1: Introduction
• Wikipedia: Chaos theory
• For Want of a Silver Bullet: A Day With Jay Dragon’s Wizard Madness: 7 Part Pact
• Dr. Em Friedmann (Patreon): The Lazy Professor’s Guide to Organizing a Seven Part Pact
• Quinns Quest (Patreon): Fan Club “Blog” #18: I played The Seven-Part Pact
• Old Men Running The World: The Seven Part Pact: first First Actual GM-Full Game
• The Many Sided Newsletter: The Seven-Part Pact: The Joys of Being Overwhelmed

Seven-Part Pact: Consequences by Dwiz (A Knight at the Opera)

Series: Seven-Part Pact

Narrated by Dwiz

Episode Links:

• BoardGameGeek: Poetry for Neanderthals
• A Knight at the Opera: Brave, my Knave hack

Seven-Part Pact: Combat by Dwiz (A Knight at the Opera)

Series: Seven-Part Pact

Narrated by Dwiz

Episode Links:

• A Knight at the Opera: Posts about initiative
• Mindstorm Press: Nested Monster Hit Dice
• Rise Up Comus: Interesting Social Situations, or The Discourse Post
• A Knight at the Opera: Rivers & Lakes: a Tabletop Fighting Game (Beta)
• lumpley games: What is PbtA?
• lumpley games: Powered by the Apocalypse, part 10: 3 Underlying Models

Seven-Part Pact: Companions by Dwiz (A Knight at the Opera)

Series: Seven-Part Pact

Narrated by Dwiz

Episode Links:

• A Knight at the Opera: Defeat, Not Death

Seven-Part Pact: Time by Dwiz (A Knight at the Opera)

Series: Seven-Part Pact

Narrated by Dwiz

Episode Links:

• The Seven Part Pact by Possum Creek Games
• Old Men Running The World: The Seven Part Pact: the First Actual GM-Full Game
• A Knight at the Opera: Gritty Realism: Adventuring in Weeks, Not Days
• Under Hill, By Water by riseupcomus

Just Use Bears… Or Wolves, Dragons or Spiders by Lars Huijbrets (Dice Goblin)

Narrated by Lars Huijbrets

Episode Links:

• Tales of the Grotesque and Duneonesque: Just Use Bears
• Bommyknocker Press: Universal Encounter Table
• Papers & Pencils: Structuring Encounter Tables, Amended & Restated

Thinking About Actual Play As Nonfiction by Jeff Stormer (Party of One Podcast)

Narrated by Jeff Stormer

Episode Links:

• Party of One Podcast: 438 - Marvelous Mutations and Merry Musicians! with Aaron Joy
• Many Sided Media Discord
• The Traitors | Official Trailer | Peacock Original
• Party of One Podcast: 437 - The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator with Jeff Stormer (feat. Riley Hopkins)
• Party of One Podcast: 439 - The Station with Jen Blundell
• Party of One Podcast: 440 - Demonic Deals with Morgan Eilish
• Party of One Podcast: 441 - Clever Girl with Christian (AFluffyGoomba)
• The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator: From Origin Story to Character Voice. Everything You Need to Develop Original Fantasy Characters
• All My Fantasy Children: 200. The Untold Story of Ross Brighttower

Does Super Mario Bros. (1985) Have Rules? by Jay Dragon

Narrated by Seraphim Seraphina

Episode Links:

• Spectrum News: The highest form of home field advantage

Leonard Cohen’s Advice for Novice OSR Referees by Katt Kirsch (The Katt Kirsch Blogsperience)

Narrated by Seraphim Seraphina

Everything is pointcrawl! by Exeunt Press (Skeleton Code Machine)

Narrated by John at Exeunt Press

Episode Links:

• Exclusion Zone Botanist: Epsilon by Exeunt Press
• Exclusion Zone Botanist
• Skeleton Code Machine: What is a core game loop?
• Skeleton Code Machine: What does it mean to give players a choice?
• Skeleton Code Machine: I’ll give you a choice: take it or leave it.
• Exeunt Omnes: See, Explore, Discover
• Skeleton Code Machine: MECH WEEK: Is Iron Man a mech?
• Skeleton Code Machine: There’s a wasp crawling on your arm…
• Skeleton Code Machine: Fair (and fairy) cake-cutting in Pacts
• Skeleton Code Machine: Layers of theme in tabletop game
• Goblin’s Henchman: Hex Flower Power
• Skeleton Code Machine: How to use D66 random tables
• Skeleton Code Machine: What kind of fun are you having?
• Skeleton Code Machine: Input-Output Randomness (Part 1)

Faggot Games: An Urgent Warning by Demon Darling Eclipse

Narrated by Demon Darling Eclipse

Episode Links:

• Anna Anthropy
• Princess with a Cursed Dick by Anna Anthropy
• Nightmare Kart by LWMedia
• Bunlith on Bluesky
• Takeshi Sex with subtitle
• exfauna on twitter

Leverage & Rapport: A Simple Social Mechanic by In A Dream, I Was A Werewolf

Narrated by Clark Nichols

Episode Links:

• Night Club - “Gossip” (Official Video)
• Old School Primer
• Dungeon World SRD: Moves
• Dice Goblin: Time, Gear & Skill: A Different Approach To Skill Checks

Why I Like Binary Resolution Systems by Fedmar (Behind the Helm)

Narrated by Fedmar

Episode Links:

• BASTIONLAND: The ICI Doctrine: Information, Choice, Impact

Don’t wait to create, don’t wait to learn by Nova (Playful Void)

Narrated by Patchwork Paladin

Episode Links:

• Playful Void: Multitudes, not mechanics

THE 1E MANIFESTO by Quinn Morris (200-Proof Games)

Narrated by Quinn Morris

Dungeon Design Note: Obstacles Support Exploration by Gus L (All Dead Generations)

Narrated by Neal T Walsh

Combat As My Balls by Lizzie Magnolia (Magnolia Keep)

Narrated by Scott Goodwin

• EN World: [Very Long] Combat as Sport vs. Combat as War: a Key Difference in D&D Play Styles
• Dungeon Brain: Doing it RAW
• Princess Bride Sword Fight Scene
• Indiana Jones - Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) - Sword Fight
• Greyhawk Grognard: Combat as War vs. Combat as Sport
• Twenty Sided: #24 The Munchkin Savant
• Mythender Roleplaying Game - Ryan Macklin

Scooby Doo as Post Apocalyptic RPG Setting by Joel Hines (Silverarm Press)

Narrated by Lyme

I Read Spine by Nova (Playful Void)

Narrated by Patchwork Paladin

Episode Links:

• Mixam: SPINE: A dark solo ttrpg about losing yourself in a book
• Backwards Tabletop: Essay 1: Bookplay in TTRPGs
• Backwards Tabletop: Interview 1: Jay Dragon on Bookplay
• Backwards Tabletop: Essay 2: How do we talk about TTRPG Books?
• Backwards Tabletop: Interview 2: Clayton Notestine on Book Design
• Backwards Tabletop: Essay 3: A Defense of Reading TTRPGs
• Backwards Tabletop: Interview 3: Liz Little on Games and Ergodic Lit
• SPINE by Backwards Tabletop
• Lady Tabletop
• Alone at the Table
• Pinecast: 11 - Spine by Asa Donald

Action-Oriented Interaction by Justin Hamilton (Aboleth Overlords)

Narrated by Lyme

Look Before You Leap by Dwiz (A Knight at the Opera)

Narrated by Dwiz and friends!

Castle Claus: The Keep on the North Pole by W.F. Smith (Prismatic Wasteland)

Narrated by Scott Goodwin

Episode Links:

• Viridian Void Productions: Containment Site Sierra-Papa-Foxtrot - Hexmas Hex 0301
• Periapt Games Design Blog: Blogwagon: The Valley of Eternal Cheer
• Periapt Games Design Blog: Blogwagon: The Transient Snowfields
• [elsewhere, elsewhere](Hexmas Blogwagon - Three Calves](https://elsewhere-elsewhere.neocities.org/posts/2025-12-07-23.-hexmas)
• Weird Wonder: Hexmas 0202: Conifer Mountain
• Fail Forward: Poison Swamp
• The Dododecahedron: The Peppermint Wood
• Leicester’s Ramble: Blogwagon: A Rankin/Bass Themed Hex
• Bommyknocker Press: Barnyard Voltron
• Errant Thinking: The Sleeping Slopes
• PonderTheGoose: Merry Hexmax: Sadtown
• Blog of Forlorn Encystment: ’Tis the Season (for a Sandbox): Into the Jinglebell Barrens

Why Orcs? Or, Why Do I Love Orcs? by Lyme (Brackish Draught)

Narrated by Lyme

Episode Links:

• Dawn of the Orcs by Lyme
• James Mendez Hodes: Orcs, Britons, and the Martial Race Myth, Part I: A Species Built For Racial Terror

Making Hacking an OSR Style Problem by goblin.zone

Narrated by Clark Nichols edited by Julia Pisello Duga

Episode Links:

• Blades in the Dark: Progress Clocks
• The Hacker’s Handbook
• Standard Employment Contract (For Mothership) by goblin.zone
• goblin.zone: 1d20 Sci-Fi Programming Languages and Command Line Tools
• goblin.zone: 1d12 Illegal Bioprinter Schematics

The Star-Pattern: a Pitfall of GMing by Ben Robbins (ars ludi)

Narrated by Ben Robbins

Episode Links:

• ars ludi: Initiative: the Silent Killer
• ars ludi: The Star-Pattern (part 2): Breaking Free

Wilderness Stocking - Expanded by ktrey (d4 Caltrops)

Narrated by Patchwork Paladin

Episode Links:

• d4 Caltrops: Dungeon Stocking - Expanded
• d4 Caltrops: wilderness tier

A mental inventory for occult horror campaigns: an HPless system by The Greatest Poster In The World

Narrated by Julia Pisello Duga

• The Nothic’s Eye: G L Å U G U S T 2 0 2 5

Mapping the Blogosphere by elmcat (AMONG CATS AND BOOKS)

The Actual Blogverse Graph

Narrated by Patchwork Paladin

Episode Links

• Prismatic Wasteland
• A Knight at the Opera
• New School Revolution: My Stuff
• Save vs. Total Party Kill: OSR OPML
• Campaign Wiki Planet: What is this?
• dndblogs.com
• RSS-Bridge: How to create a new bridge
• Seed of Worlds
• Billhook Blog
• Patchwork Paladin
• I Cast Light!
• All Dead Generations
• BASTIONLAND
• Benign Brown Beast
• Wandering Diejack
• Bommyknocker Press
• Sly Flourish
• fluorite guillotine
• Playful Void
• To Be Resolved
• The Dododecahedron
• Farmer Gadda
• The Play Reports
• Afraid of Encounters

RANDOM ENCOUNTER TABLES AS ADVENTURE RAM: Adding “Memory” To Encounter Checks by Warren D (I Cast Light!)

Narrated by Patchwork Paladin

• I Cast Light!: DUNGEON WEATHER: For your overloaded encounter die

What is an OSR? by Juniper Harper Lark (The Garden Below)

Narrated by Christian Sorrell

the default dungeon is colonial by Habeeb (in lowercase)

Narrated by Velocitree

Monster, Maiden, Madonna, Medusa by W.F. Smith (Prismatic Wasteland)

Narrated by Velocitree

Episode Links:

• EN World: 2025 Monster Manual to Introduce Male Versions of Hags, Medusas, and Dryads
• Prismatic Wasteland: The Keep on the Borderlands is Full of Lies
• Prismatic Wasteland: Encounter Checklist
• Traverse Fantasy: D&D’s Obsession With Phallic Desire
• False Machine: Sticky Goblins
• Pink Space Blog
• dril on twitter: “Is Wario A Libertarian”
• r/numenera: On rpg.net: Numenera flagged as misogynist, questions raised as to what art is “allowed” to depict; discussion ends with hundreds of angry posts, 8 bans, death threats, and a locked topic.
• Goblin Punch: Monster Checklist

Reviews: What Are They Good For? by Rowan H (The Dododecahedron)

Narrated by Rowan H

Episode Links:

• Playful Void: What do critics owe us?
• The Dododecahedron: Design Crawl 1
• Roger Ebert: Just a quick glimpse and then slam the ears movie review (2013)
• Sam Sorenson: What Does a Work Not Need?
• Puzzle Dungeon: Building Better Puzzles for “Lair of the Lamb”

The Combat Conundrum: how violence actually works in mothership by Evangeline Sorrel (Forest Oath)

Narrated by Scott Goodwin

Episode Links:

• The Alexandrian: Mothership: Thinking About Combat
• r/mothershiprpg: How does combat work?
• Alfred Valley: Mothership RPG in 1 rule
• Violent Encounters Player Aids for Mothership RPG by Evangeline Sorrel

The Languages of D&D Imply a Specific Setting by W.F. Smith (Prismatic Wasteland)

Narrated by Velocitree

Episode Links:

• Prismatic Wasteland: Schrödinger’s Chat: Quantum Language Rules
• Save vs. Total Party Kill: D&D is Always Right
• National Geographic: Hebrew wasn’t spoken for 2,000 years. Here’s how it was revived.

[HMtW] Using Divination to Generate a Character by Wayspell

Narrated by Grace

Playing the Chaplain’s Game by Exeunt Press (Skeleton Code Machine)

Narrated by John at Exeunt Press

Episode Links:

• Skeleton Code Machine: Not my space zoo. Not my alien monkeys.
• Mechs Into Plowshares by Anomalous Entertainment Co
• Skeleton Code Machine: What is a core game loop?
• Jake Vanderplas - Statistics for Hackers - PyCon 2016
• Skeleton Code Machine: Roll over vs. roll under
• Skeleton Code Machine: Opposed dice rolls
• Skeleton Code Machine: Layers of theme in tabletop games
• Wikipedia: Cognitive dissonance
• Skeleton Code Machine: MECH WEEK: Is Iron Man a mech?

Barkeep on the Borderlands: A Review by Wayspell

Narrated by Scott Goodwin

Episode Links:

• Wayspell: How I got into D&D
• Prismatic Wasteland

Got no game: Should your module be system agnostic? by Nova (Playful Void)

Narrated by Patchwork Paladin

Episode Links:

• Playful Void: Bathtub Review: Barkeep on the Borderlands
• Trouble in Paradisa by Prismatic Wasteland
• Playful Void: Bathtub Review: Witchburner
• Playful Void: Bathtub Review: Owe My Soul to the Company Store
• Ludicrous Compendium Omnibus by Idle Cartulary
• Playful Void: Bathtub Review: You Got A Job On The Garbage Barge
• Playful Void: Bathtub Review: Neverland
• Playful Void: Bathtub Review: Into the Cess and Citadel
• Playful Void: Bathtub Review: Ave Nox
• Playful Void: Don’t wait to create, don’t wait to learn
• Symbolic City: System neutrality or creative solidarity

Promises - a Mythic Bastionland House Rule by Valeria Loves

Narrated by Valeria’s sister

Episode Links:

• Luke Gearing: Boasts
• Mindstorm Press: Ringing the Bell, A Simple Reputation System
• Perfect Hector Level Up | Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade
• Burning Wheel

The D&D 4th edition renaissance: A look into the history of the edition, its flaws and its merits by The RPG Gazette

Narrated by Sam Dunnewold

Episode Links:

• Dungeons & Dragons Insider: Sneak Preview
• Go bother him!

Anti-colonial Dungeon by Afraid of Encounters

Narrated by Citaaticat

Episode Links:

• in lowercase: the default dungeon is colonial
• Zedeck Siew’s Writing Hours - DECOLONISING D&D
• Diceless: Embracing Colonialist Dungeons
• Wikipedia: 2025 Sumatra floods and landslides
• Richard’s Dystopian Pokeverse: Counter-colonial Heistcrawl Rules v0.1
• Goblin Punch: Dungeon Checklist
• Throne of Salt: D&D Doesn’t Understand What Monsters Are

Tumbling Down the Rabbit Hole: The Case for Pitcher Plant Dungeon Entrances by Martin Orchard (Pointless Monument)

Narrated by Grace

Episode Links:

• Prismatic Wasteland: Blogging Rabbit Hole

Pocket-Sized Powder Kegs by Ty Pitre (Mindstorm Press)

Narrated by Scott Goodwin

Episode Links:

• Designing Dungeons Course
• Rise Up Comus
• I Cast Light!

What do people know about the Mythos? by Dan D (Throne of Salt)

Narrated by Scott Goodwin

Episode Links:

• Throne of Salt: Excerpts from the Lighthouse Field Guide, Part 4
• Throne of Salt: The Book of the Night
• Throne of Salt: August Derleth was an Accidental Genius
• On An Underwood No. 5: Conan and the Little People: Robert E. Howard and Lovecraft’s Theory by Bobby Derie

The 10 types of special rooms by TRAIPSE

Narrated by Directsun

Episode Links:

• Jeffs Gameblog: weirdest death in recent memory
• Goblin Punch: Dungeon Checklist

make better mind pictures by Ms. Screwhead (Was It Likely?)

Narrated by Grace

Episode Links:

• Was It Likely?: the big oracle

[An OSR Pattern] One, Two, or Three Exits by Sam Seer

Narrated by Sam Seer

Episode Links:

• Luke Gearing: Writing NPCs
• New School Revolutions: Pointcrawls & Emergent Play
• Everything’s a Dungeon: A Different Approach to Exploration Design
• Lower Messer: A cramped, messy map : r/IntoTheOdd
• Chapter 4: Creating the Map | Designing Dungeons
• Dungeon Merlin: A Pattern Language for (OSR) Adventure Design
• 159 Light on two sides of every room

Books in TTRPGs - Essay 3: A Defense of Reading TTRPGs by Asa Donald (Backwards Tabletop)

Series: Books in TTRPGs

Narrated by Asa Donald

Episode Links:

• SPINE by Backwards Tabletop
• EN World: Modules, it turns out, apparently DO sell
• jennamoran on Tumblr
• Chocolate Hammer: Boot Hill and Fear of Dice
• Sidney Icarus: Textual Rebellion and the Rejection of RPGs
• Jay Dragon: Systems of Relations
• Jay Dragon: The Expressionist Games Manifesto
• Rascal News: How do you read a tabletop RPG book, and other very important questions
• Normality by Objectivereality
• You Will Die In This Place by Shrike Studio

Books in TTRPGs - Essay 2: How do we talk about TTRPG Books? by Asa Donald (Backwards Tabletop)

Series: Books in TTRPGs

Narrated by Asa Donald

Episode Links:

• Dice Exploder: 10 Candles (10 Candles) with Jay Dragon
• SPINE by Backwards Tabletop
• Wikipedia: Splatbook
• Indie RPG Newsletter: Prep Preferences & Interpretive Labour
• Salvage Union Core Book - Leyline Press
• Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast by Possum Creek Games
• COLOSTLE - A solo RPG - make100 by Nich Angell - Kickstarter
• Brambletrek - A Solo RPG Adventure Gamebook - BackerKit
• Archmage’s Gate: A Solo RPG Adventure Gamebook by Archmage Arispen
• On the Way to Chrysopoeia by NessunDove
• The Almanac of Sanguine Paths by Rori Montford
• I Don’t Belong Here by STATIONS

Books in TTRPGs - Essay 1: Bookplay in TTRPGs by Asa Donald (Backwards Tabletop)

Series: Books in TTRPGs

Narrated by Asa Donald

Episode Links:

• Dice Exploder: 10 Candles (10 Candles) with Jay Dragon
• SPINE by Backwards Tabletop
• The Seven Part Pact by Possum Creek Games
• Apollo 47 Technical Handbook - The Hutchingsonian Presents-PlaGMaDA
• The Sun’s Ransom by pidj
• Wanderhome by Possum Creek Games
• Sweet Agatha - Payhip

Books [Verb] Play by Misha F (BAATAG)

Narrated by Misha F

Episode Links:

• Seraphim Seraphina: What do we mean when we say a game “supports” play?
• Jared Sinclair: “Rules Elide” and Its Consequences
• Jay Dragon: A Dozen Fragments On Playground Theory

Let’s Make a Forest by Yochai Gal (New School Revolutions)

Narrated by Velocitree

Episode Links:

• CAS-3: The Feast of Tegny Wood by Yochai Gal
• Cairn Warden’s Guide - Second Edition - Cairn Store
• Cairn Warden’s Guide - 2nd Edition (Coilbound)
• Game Mat | Parchment | 36 x 24 inch | Square & Hex Grids (1 inch) - Ergon Games
• Kettlewright Tools
• Forest Seeds | Cairn

How Jennell Jaquays Evolved Dungeon Design, Part 1: Pre-Jaquays Dungeons by Nickoten (Pathika)

Check out Part 2: The Caverns of Thracia!

Narrated by Scott Goodwin

Episode Links:

• Nickoten’s Bluesky Thread where this post originated from
• Weird Wonder
• Jennell Jaquays, 67, Dies; Unlocked Fantasy Dungeons for Gamers - The New York Times
• The Alexandrian: Jaquaying[sic] the dungeon
• Pathika: Pathika Devlog 1: The problems Pathika solved for my game
• Dungeons of Signs: The Oldest of the Old School (part II) - Temple of the Frog - The First Module?
• Grognardia - Retrospective: Steading of the Hill Giant Chief

Review: The White Horse of Lowvale by Derek B (Widdershins Wanderings)

Narrated by Derek B

Episode Links:

• Playful Void: Bathtub Review: Crown of Salt
• Weird Wonder: Social Contracts Shall Be Splintered
• The White Horse of Lowvale by Tania Herrero
• The White Horse of Lowvale - The Bread Wyrm

Review of Initiative Methods by Dwiz (A Knight at the Opera)

Narrated by Dwiz](https://knightattheopera.blogspot.com/)

Episode Links:

• A Knight at the Opera: EVERY Initiative Method??
• Rivers & Lakes by Dwiz
• A Knight at the Opera: Look Before You Leap
• A Knight at the Opera: The Shapeshifter’s Duel
• A Knight at the Opera: R&L: Three Key Things

The Isle: The Review (Mostly) - The Glamour Pt. 3 by SandroAD (Fail Forward)

Narrated by SandroAD

Episode Links:

• Fail Forward: The Glamour
• Fail Forward: Coloring Book Game Design - The Glamour Pt.2
• The Isle by Spear Witch
• Wikipedia: Skellig Michael
• Playful Void: Forsaken Easter Eggs

Mausritter, Wargame by Malmuria (Familiar Waves)

Narrated by Scott Goodwin

Episode Links:

• Mausritter by Losing Games
• Mausritter: The Estate Adventure Collection by Losing Games
• Familiar Waves: Missing Persons File
• Familiar Waves: Brevity and its Discontents
• The Hole in the Oak - Necrotic Gnome

In Praise of Prep by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus)

Narrated by David

Episode Links:

• The Yellow Book of Brechewold
• His Majesty the Worm
• Rise Up Comus: Matrices of Blorbiness
• Bastionland: Expose your Prep
• Papers & Pencils: Prep Tools, Not Adventures
• Rise Up Comus: The Maidens and the Moon - A Frankenstein Adventure
• Rise Up Comus: The Copy and Paste Manifesto

A Mask That Eats Into Your Face: Honesty in the Work by Joel Hines (Silverarm Press)

Narrated by Grace

The OSR Onion by Rowan (The Dododecahedron)

Narrated by Grace

Episode Links:

• The Principia Apocrypha
• Bastionland: The ICI Doctrine: Information, Choice, Impact
• All Dead Generations: 7 Maxims of the OSR
• New School Revolution: Basic OSR Principles
• lumpley games: Powered by the Apocalypse, part 1
• lumpley games: Powered by the Apocalypse, Part 7: Q&A Round 2
• Idiomdrottning: Blorb Principles
• Hack & Slash: On How an Illusion Can Rob Your Game of Fun
• Mazirian’s Garden: Pleasures of the OSR: Secrecy and Discovery
• All Dead Generations: PROCEDURALISM
• Old School Primer
• Jay Dragon: Systems of Relation
• DIY & dragons: Landmark, Hidden, Secret
• The Alexandrian: Three Clue Rule
• Mindstorm Press: Pocket-Sized Powder Kegs
• Sam Sorensen: 1d20 Diegetic Rules, 1d20 Hypo-Diegetic Rules
• The Rule Book: The Building Blocks of Games

Generating Jaquaysed Dungeons (1.5) by Hitchhiker Dave (Wandering Diejack)

Narrated by Patchwork Paladin

Episode Links:

• Dungen by MrHitchhikerDave
• Live Dave Update (Bluesky)
• Gnome Stew: Random Dungeons from Buckets O’ Dice
• Map Crow: Jaquaysing the Dungeon
• Wikipedia: Pattern recognition (psychology)
• Bastionland: 34 Good Traps
• Cyclic Dungeon Generation by Sersa Victory
• Bite-Sized Dungeons by Traverse Fantasy
• Wallet Dungeons by AwkwardTurtle

A Lock With No Key: Designing Obstacles for OSR Play by Derek B (Widdershins Wanderings)

Narrated by Derek B

Episode Links:

• Goblin Punch: Monster Checklist
• Cyclic Dungeon Generation by Sersa Victory
• Goblin Punch: 1d124 OSR-Style Challenges
• Goblin Punch: A Comprehensive Guide to Secret Doors

On Categorization, Rule Buckets, and Diegesis by dadstep (To Be Resolved)

Narrated by dadstep

Episode Links:

• Cavegirl’s Game Stuff: Terminology - Diegetic vs Non Diegetic
• Idiomdrottning - RISS
• Wikepedia: GNS theory
• Jay Dragon: Does Super Mario Bros. (1985) Have Rules?
• Undelved: Release: Cave of Cowardice

Dealing With NPCs Should Be Expensive and Irritating by Woefully Encysted Creature (Blog of Forlorn Encystment)

Series: AD&D Series, 2026 Collector’s Edition

Narrated by Woefully Encysted Creature

Episode Links:

• Blog of Forlorn Encystment: Death, Taxes, and Indentured Servitude in AD&D Cities
• Blog of Forlorn Encystment: There’s a Road to the Dungeon, and It’s Paid for by Adventurers
• Blog of Forlorn Encystment: d66 Reasons Why the Castle is Totally Deserted
• Blog of Forlorn Encystment: One Hundred Thousand Dragon Encounters
• Blog of Forlorn Encystment: Gangs of Teenage Dragons Roam the Wilderness: The Implied Lifecycle of Dragons in AD&D

There is a point to Tom Bombadil (or how I approach lore) by Amanda P (Weird Wonder)

Narrated by Amanda P (Weird Wonder)

How to Replicate Over/Under by Valeria Loves

Narrated by Grace

Episode Links:

• #over/under on Bluesky
• Rascal News: How to find an ending in Over/Under
• Onslaught Six: EMOTIONAL STAKES
• Sam Sorensen: Mothership Month 2025 Wargame: OVER/UNDER
• nostradumbass: Over/Autopsy
• Save vs. Total Party Kill: Over/Under is Over
• The Hotline: Over/Under Resources and Retrospectives
• ars ludi: Grand Experiments: West Marches
• Foul Weather Call: Being Mister Eyes
• Seattle by Night Mods: What is Bleed?
• Onslaught Six: The Chokespawn Incusrion
• Luke Gearing: Against Incentive
• Sam Sorensen: cataphracts
• Pan Theater: Rules of Improv
• Dropout TV
• https://lincodega.com/
• https://www.patreon.com/cw/ABestiaryandCompleteWorldAtlas
• Roll to Doubt: Live Text Roleplaying

WHY MEGADUNGEONS? A Campaign Structure for Modern Lives by Warren D (I Cast Light!)

Narrated by Patchwork Paladin

Episode Links:

• Into the Megadungeon by Ben L
• I Cast Light!: RPG’S TONISBORG COELACANTH: Or The Lost Dungeons of Tonisborg & The Preservation of D&D before D&D, a Review
• Bones of Contention: Spectral Interrogatories III - Caverns of Thracia
• I Cast Light!: WHAT’S IN A NAME? That Which We Call A D&D By Any Other Name Would Delve Just As Deep
• Rise Up Comus: Metroidvanias and Megadungeons
• Designing Dungeons Course
• Papers & Pencils: Two Week Megadungeon
• In Places Deep: Mastering the Megadungeon

How I Do Play by Post by Yochai Gal (New School Revolution)

Narrated by Sam Dunnewold

Episode Links:

• Role Gate
• Gamers Plane
• Kettlewright
• Discord Search for Dice Bots
• Roll For Your Party
• DiceMaiden
• DiscordDiceBot
• Avrae
• tldraw
• Excalidraw Whiteboard
• Shmeppy: Your wet erase mat
• Google Keep
• imgur
• Yochai’s Discord Server Template
• Playing By Post by Tam H.
• Gorgon Bones: Play-by-Post Gaming - some notes and advice

Don’t write Lore, write tables by David B (David B’s Newsletter)

Narrated by David B

Episode Links:

• VAULTS OF VAARN
• 2400 by Jason Tocci
• Bastionland Presser
• Papers & Pencils: Structuring Encounter Tables

Expressionism in Practice: A Case Study of Triangle Agency by Seraphim Seraphina

Narrated by Seraphim Seraphina

Episode Links:

• Jay Dragon: The Expressionism Games Manifesto
• Triangle Agency & Haunted Table Shop

The Expressionist Games Manifesto by Jay Dragon

Narrated by Seraphim Seraphina

Episode Links:

• Hollandspiele: Mechanisms as Metaphors: How Board Games Create Meaning
• Sam Sorensen: 1d20 Diegetic Rules, 1d20 Hypo-Diegetic Rules
• Jay Dragon: Does Super Mario Bros. (1985) Have Rules?
• Zedeck Siew’s Writing Hours: How To Play The Revolution
• Chocolate Hammer: Boot Hill and the Fear of Dice
• Jay Dragon: Rules Are A Cage (and I’m a Puppygirl)

Baseline Worldbuilding by Ty Pitre (Mindstorm Press)

Narrated by Ty Pitre (Mindstorm Press)

Episode Links:

• Throne of Salt: On Creativity; or, the Grand Art
• 200-Proof Games: The 1E Manifesto

Conflict as Motivation and Resolution by Binary Star (Binary Star Games)

Narrated by Binary Star

Episode Links:

• ENWorld: Combat as Sport vs. Combat as War: a Key Difference in D&D Play Styles…
• Magnolia Keep: Combat as My Balls
• Binary Star Games: Thinking about (a very broad defintion of) quarterbacking, especially as it relates to TTRPGs (part 1)
• To Be Resolved: Narrative, Play Structure, and Conflict in TTRPGs
• Explorers Design: Design Your Locks With More Keys
• VOID_SHIFT by Binary Star Games
• Death Has Come to This Town by Binary Star Games
• Corpslayers by Binary Star Games
• Binary Star Games: Devlog #1: Healthless*

Close and Distant Playstyles by Patchwork Paladin

Narrated by Patchwork Paladin

Episode Links:

• Matthew Colville: The Problem With Talking About D&D
• The Retired Adventurer: Six Cultures of Play

6 Bluey Episodes Every Game Designer Should Watch by Lady Tabletop

Narrated by Lady Tabletop

Episode Links:

• Play-Based Learning in Early Childhood Education
• Jay Dragon: Systems of Relation

Stacking The Deck – Mining Fallout: New Vegas for TTRPG Setting Ideas by Dice Goblin

Narrated by Dice Goblin

Arthurian Mysticism and Violence: a Mythic Bastionland Analysis by Amanda P (Weird Wonder)

Narrated by Amanda P

Episode Links:

• Hex Kit by Cone Of Negative Energy
• Rise Up Comus: Capsule Games Part 1 - What are capsule games?
• Rise Up Comus: Capsule Game Part II - Meditations on Capsule Design

B1 and Toyetic Dungeon Rooms by Woefully Encysted Creature (Blog of Forlorn Encystment)

Narrated by the Woefully Encysted Creature

Episode Links:

• B1 readthrough thread on Bluesky
• Greed and Vague Evil: B1 and the Retired Adventurer as Dungeon-Brained Sicko
• Delta’s D&D Hotspot: On Empty Rooms
• Bastionland: Empty Rooms Aren’t Empty
• Grognardia: Empty Rooms
• Designing Dungeons Course
• Prismatic Wasteland - Encounter Checklist
• Goblin Punch - Dungeon Checklist

Narrated by Grace

Just Tell Them What They Need! by Nate Whittington (Grinning Rat)

Narrated by Nate Whittington

Episode Links:

• https://scryfall.com/card/one/64/minor-misstep

Writing Rooms in Pairs by Sean McCoy (Failure Tolerated)

Narrated by Grace