Yochai & Brad review Another Bug Hunt by Tuesday Knight Games, and answer a mailbag question.

• Mootsack: Do you listen to music during play?

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Yochai & Brad review Castle Elkenstone by Jacob Fleming, and answer a mailbag question.

• Mailbag: How has reviewing modules changed your playing and creating?

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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?

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Yochai and Brad review The House of the Hollow by Dylan Mangini, and answer a listener question.

00:00:30 Question from a listener
00:10:00 Main Review
00:19:23 Deep Dive

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Yochai & Brad review The Toxic Wood by Lazy Lich, and answer some listener questions. 

00:16 Listener Questions
12:12 Main Review: Summary
23:11 Main Review: Deep Dive   

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Yochai and Brad review Hexagnome's The Sepulchre of Seven, and answer a question from a listener.  The Sepulchre of Seven can be purchased from Lulu or downloaded as a free PDF.

0:47 Listener Questions
6:32  Main Review
22:39  Spoilers

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Yochai, Brad & special guest Amanda P. review Desert Moon of Karth by Joel Hines.

1:04 Main Review
28:39 Spoilers

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There is also a Jam going on until October 27th.

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Yochai & Brad review Super Blood Harvest by Dirk Leichty.

0:17 Main Review
28:07 Spoilers

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Yochai & Brad review Zed & Two Noughts + Tangled, two funnels by The Afterthought Committee, and discuss virtual tabletop software.

0:19 Virtual Tabletops
14:39 Main Review
34:54 Spoilers

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Yochai & Brad review The Isle by Luke Gearing, and talk a bit about Zinequest.

0:13 Zinequest! Zinequest?

5:10 Main Review

26:33 Spoilers

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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.

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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?

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Yochai & Brad answer a whole mess of of mailbag questions!

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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

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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!

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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?

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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. 

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Yochai, Brad & Sam try to review a classic module, but fail. This is the result.

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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?

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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?

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Quinns to review Silent Titans by Patrick Stuart.

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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!)

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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?

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Yochai and Brad review Beneath the Comet by North Wind Adventures, and answer a mootsack question.

• Question: What kind of prep do you do?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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Yochai & Brad review The Necropolis of Nuromen by Justin Becker, and answer a mailbag question.

• Mootsack: How do you sort your physical zines/books?

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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"?

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Yochai & Brad review  Anomalous Subsurface Environment by Patrick Wetmore, and answer a mailbag question.

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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 you think could help support this style of play?

30:30 You’ve got to run a game for your family and some family friends, mix of ages of brand new players, 40 down to 7. What game are you reaching for and what sort of adventure you running?

38:12 Looking back at all the adventures you’ve reviewed, what genres, sub-genres, formats, locations, etc. do you think are currently underserved?

47:13 Drukk Nipples

48:07 Any interest in covering one page adventures?

54:51 Favorite modules/settings/adventures with emphasis on interesting faction play? And what makes good/interesting/fun factions in a dungeon or larger area?

59:20 How to approach converting linear material to more sandboxy use? And do you have any tips for running city-based games?

1:03:15 What's a game/adventure that you started reading this year and you bounced off of? How do you know when something isn't for you?

1:08:25 What is the difference between a set of comprehensive house-rules, and a hack?

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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?
  
  

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Yochai & Brad review Jewels of the Carnifex by Harley Stroh, and answer a mailbag question.

• Question: How do you deal with GM fatigue?

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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

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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?

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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?

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Yochai & Brad are joined by Amanda Lee Franck to review Reach of the Roach God by Centaur Games.

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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?

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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."

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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

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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

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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?

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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.

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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

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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

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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?

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