The players struggle for life in the finale Cloister of the Frog-God. (They all die. Harpies kill them in a cave.) Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/235.

We continue playing Cloister of the Frog-God. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/234.

We start Temple of 1000 Swords, an adventure by Brad Kerr. Read Bryce Lynch's review of it here: https://tenfootpole.org/ironspike/?p=7505. Show notes with tabletop photos and links to all the module author's stuff: https://ggnorecast.com/225.

We start our play of R A T T L E D, a campaign framework Daniel is making for playing reverse D&D with skeletons. No Prep, All Calcium. Will be releasing the rules for how to play this yourself as Halloween approaches. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/135.

It's the fabled Roll Tide or Naw? episode! We have a topic and then give what we think about it. See show notes for topic list: https://ggnorecast.com/134.

In our first ever gg no re interview, we talk to Montrail, a player new to tabletop RPGs whom we randomly met at Dragon Con. We learn about how he came to find out about D&D and RPGs in general, what his experience of organized play was like, and muse about what this might mean for the hobby more broadly. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/133.

We talk about our experience at Dragon Con 2018: the good, the bad, the ugly, and the sublime.

We review the Pathfinder 2 playtest. Show notes, including a one page dungeon version of the first adventure, here: https://ggnorecast.com/131.

We actually play Mathfinder. After all the trash talk, we finally see what it's really all about. You'll see the new 2e playtest mechanics in action (at least the ones that Daniel can remember), and hear us wail in acute existential despair! Review coming next ep. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/130.

Apologies in advance, but this episode is us helping Tim create a Pathfinder 2e character and complaining about it with amused detachment. In the process, you’ll hear how a quick first-time generation goes, where someone has read a little bit and has a lot of help. You’ll also hear about some of the differences between Pathfinder 2 and the past and present versions of D&D: proficiency, leveling, the action economy, etc. We do actually like some of the changes, but, of course, detest most of them. Join us in the suffering. Check the show notes for a ready-to-run version of the first playtest adventure, with annotations that make it mostly a system neutral one page dungeon. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/129/

Something a bit different this time. Daniel recaps the session with voiceover, cutting in clips of the actual play, and commenting on particular mechanico-structural elements. Let us know what you think. See our show notes for relevant links: https://ggnorecast.com/127.

This ep is another example of a full mythic play-cycle: suffering in the world of humanity caused by evils within and/or without, leading to a journey to the underworld and mortal combat with its denizens, which are inimical to human interests and values, followed by the liberation of its secrets and wealth, with the protags returning to the world of humanity bearing sorrow, experience, boons, and, perhaps, an adumbration of the eschaton. In other words, town problem to dungeon to town resolution. This episode is also *heavily choreographed* in the fight(s). The game doesn't have to play out this way, but I think everyone was into it. I know I like an intense and gorily choreographed monster fight, and that's what you get. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/126. Theme music for CCQ is "Monarchy," the title track of the album from Mosh: https://iammosh.bandcamp.com/ ~~~Make a Search Check~~~ patreon: https://patreon.com/ggnore podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/g... g+

Clips for your amusement from our upcoming episode 111, in which we continue playing through Tomb of Annihilation.

We start and finish Fabien's Atelier, one of the adventures in the module Wyvern Songs, by Brad Kerr. Read Bryce Lynch's review of it here: https://tenfootpole.org/ironspike/?p=8281. Show notes with tabletop photos and links to all the module author's stuff: https://ggnorecast.com/224.

MEATGRINDER MODE in Tomb of Annihilation • #firstworldproblems in Tomb of Annihilation • Flava text from Tomb of Annihilation • Google home interrupts D&D • The reptiles in Chult are yuge, believe me

Daniel provides a framework for creating (or enhancing) a world for your game. These techniques will help you create a world that's engineered for actual play, not infodumps, in which the players will be more successful the more they invest in your world.

You incentivize your players to care about your lore by making knowledge of it a key to success in your game. As players know more about the lore of your world, they can play more effectively.

Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/105.

We review the classic Gygaxian module, T1: The Village of Hommlet. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/81.

We finish playing through the classic Gygaxian module, T1: The Village of Hommlet. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/80.

We continue playing through the classic Gygaxian module, T1: The Village of Hommlet. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/79.

We continue playing through the classic Gygaxian module, T1: The Village of Hommlet. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/78.

We continue playing through the classic Gygaxian module, T1: The Village of Hommlet. The second half has us discussing why Daniel is running the game the way he is, and Daniel gives a dubious genealogy of D&D. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/77.

We continue playing through the classic Gygaxian module, The Village of Hommlet. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/76.

 

We recap a mostly successful incursion into the moathouse. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/75.

We continue our playthrough of Gygax's Village of Hommlet with a (mostly) successful incursion into the moathouse. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/74.

We ggnore:view The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and talk about the lessons it teaches for TTRPGs. Then we review the new DnD movie, Honor Among Thieves. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/223.

After the blow-by-blow of session 1, we discuss railroading vs sandboxes, emergent narrative, and how the medium can shape the story. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/2017/03/31/73/.

We start playing the classic 1980 module by Gary Gygax, the Village of Hommlet. Show notes with tabletop photos and links: https://ggnorecast.com/2017/03/29/72/.

 

Our discussion & review of Deep Carbon Observatory, text by Patrick Stuart and art by Scrap Princess. MAJOR SPOILERS. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/2017/01/01/53/.

We wrap up the campaign. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/2017/01/01/52/.

We continue to explore the observatory. A comedy of errors. Situations grotesque, risible, & fantastical—all for you. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/2016/12/25/51/.

Bickering and exploring. Mostly bickering. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/2016/12/18/50/.

We enter the observatory and behold its wonders. Follow dungeon SOP, achieve expected results. This didn't go as planned or desired at all, but ya gotta kill yer darlins. Or have them exploded. Thank you, bone magnet. Show note: https://ggnorecast.com/2016/12/11/49/.

At last, the Observatory. Our pointcrawl concludes, and we experience the moment of eponymony. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/2016/12/04/48-2/.

This episode is an example of what can happen when you follow your random encounter procedures to the bitter, bitter end—and don't flinch at the dice. It's great! Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/2016/11/28/47/.

We explore the dam, and something terrible happens. And you get a sense of the death & dying rules of Into the Odd! Actual play starts @ 9:42. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/2016/11/20/46/.

We finish up the module "Hideous Daylight" by Brad Kerr. Read Bryce Lynch's review of it here: https://tenfootpole.org/ironspike/?p=7079. Show notes with tabletop photos and links to all the module author's stuff: https://ggnorecast.com/222.

We enter the dam; and, don't worry, everything's fine, and nothing's bad! Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/2016/11/14/45/

We prepare to enter the ruined dam. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/2016/11/05/44/

We talk about our experience playing LotFP at DragonCon 2016 in more detail before getting to the actual play. Oh, and also before the actual play, we chat about video games (Doom, Grim Dawn, Dark Souls 3) and other media. Our lovely tour through the ruins of the valley continues, and we wind up at the foot of the broken dam. AP starts at 17:07. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/2016/10/23/43-lets-play-deep-carbon-observatory-part-4-does-it-have-bones/

We make our way up the flood valley. Knife-fighting wizards, carrion, and more. [excuse the tapping, we figured it out (a shock mount) in an episode or two.] Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/2016/10/16/42/

We start off with an undeleted deleted scene where we talk about MCU, whether anyone actually likes Superman, and get confused about Highlander 1. Then we start the meat of the module a few minutes in (5:10). Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/2016/10/03/41/.

The misery begins. Deep Carbon Observatory opens with a unique procedure for presenting the chaos of a desperate town in the middle of a cataclysmic flood. That's what this session covers. Our PCs try to save some people, kill others, and set their eyes down the valley on the looming dam.

Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/2016/09/21/40/

We kick off season 3 of the show by making Into the Odd characters for our actual/let's play of Deep Carbon Observatory.

If you want to get right down to the play, head to episode 40, the first proper episode of the new season.

But here we talk about who made the the system and the module, what's cool about them, what's different than standard D&D or Lamentations of the Flame Princess, and there's lots of affected southern accents.

Show note: https://ggnorecast.com/2016/09/21/39/

We clear a minidungeon in the module "Hideous Daylight" by Brad Kerr. Read Bryce Lynch's review of it here: https://tenfootpole.org/ironspike/?p=7079. Show notes with tabletop photos and links to all the module author's stuff: https://ggnorecast.com/221.

We continue the module "Hideous Daylight" by Brad Kerr. Read Bryce Lynch's review of it here: https://tenfootpole.org/ironspike/?p=7079. Show notes with links to all the module author's stuff: https://ggnorecast.com/220.

We start the module "Hideous Daylight" by Brad Kerr. Read Bryce Lynch's review of it here: https://tenfootpole.org/ironspike/?p=7079. Show notes with links to all the module author's stuff: https://ggnorecast.com/219.

- Hideous Daylight (aff): https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/333639/Hideous-Daylight?affiliate_id=433586

- Demon Driven to the Maw (aff): https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/372360/Demon-Driven-to-the-Maw?affiliate_id=433586

- Brad Kerr's podcast Between Two Cairns: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2042709/

- Brad Kerr's itch.io site: https://brad-kerr.itch.io/

- Swordlords Publishing: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/17426/Swordlords-Publishing

We start a module created entirely by AI, with AI-generated PC backstories, in an AI-generated setting, with AI-generated NPC interactions—and tell you how to do it yourself. Show notes with images and links to AI tools: https://ggnorecast.com/218.

We talk about our experience playing and running first edition Advanced Dungeons and Dragons. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/217.

We're DOING IT LIVE!!! RPG advice with questions fielded in real time. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/216.

We start playing Cloister of the Frog-God, shipped all the way from Hungary. Show notes: https://ggnorecast.com/233.

- Buy the Cloister of the Frog-God module:

- Directly: https://emdt.bigcartel.com/product/cloister-of-the-frog-god

- DTRPG: https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/476849/cloister-of-the-frog-god?affiliate_id=433586

- Bryce's review of the module: https://tenfootpole.org/ironspike/?p=9043

- Shadowdark RPG Rules: https://www.thearcanelibrary.com/pages/shadowdark