It has been ten years since my friend and co-designer, Bill Butler, passed away. I just wanted to take a moment remembering him. 

We continue our celebration of Cheng Pei-Pei with The Jade Raksha 

I answer questions about reclining stick stance, bring stunned and more. 

We discuss one of the more interesting horror movies from our youth: Jacob's Ladder 

We discuss the 1954 monster movie classic: Creature from the Black Lagoon. 

We discuss F.W. Murnau's classic silent horror film Nosferatu. 

We discuss the horror anthology Black Sabbath, directed by Mario Bava. This classic movie tells three creepy tales and is a perfect viewing for Halloween. It also inspired the band Black Sabbath to change their name and their musical direction. 

Just posting this bit of music I wrote, probably about a year or so ago. One of the last pieces of music I wrote. The performance isn't so great (there are some awkward pauses here and there because my hands are not that great anymore) but I wanted to get the song down. It is very short, but I think one of the better things I've done musically. 

We talk about the movie The Departed. 

I talk about Vengeful Beauty, a 1978 Ho Meng-Hua film, starring Chen Ping. It is a flying guillotine film about a woman trying to avenge her husband while protecting her unborn child. 

I talk about William Butler, the other half of Bedrock Games, who passed away on September 3, 2014. 

We talk about the 2015 film Black Mass, a movie about how Whitey Bulger's rise in Boston was enabled by an alliance with former FBI agent John Connolly. 

We talk about the Boston crime film "The Friends of Eddie Coyle". 

I discuss the Sons of Lady 87 Book 

We talk about the classic horror anthology film Creepshow. 

I am just doing a series where I try to explain the concepts and ideas that inform the RPGs and adventures I make. 

I talk about the kung fu revenge flick, White Butterfly Killer (1973) starring Hsu Feng. 

We talk about A Chinese Ghost Story and about bringing supernatural elements into Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades. 

Adam and I discuss the Pu Songling stories Theft of a Peach and Planting Pears. 

Struck by lightning and risen from the grave, Blood Sport Commando is back with a vengeance to review and discuss the Chuck Norris action flick A Force of One. Released in 1979, A Force of One is directed by Paul Aaron and co-stars Bill "Superfoot" Wallace as the drug infused antagonist. In this movie Chuck plays a karate instructor and full contact karate champion hired by local law enforcement to help contend with cop killing kingpins who use spinning hook kicks instead of guns to grow their drug empire. It all builds up to a fabulous showdown between Chuck and Bill. 

I quickly talk about some ideas I have for handling levels and other mechanics for the afterlife. 

I read Mural and discuss my afterlife campaign setting for Strange Tales of Songling. 

*The music introduction was Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, transcribed for violin and piano by M. Press; Source: The Al Goldstein collection in the Pandora Music repository at ibiblio.org in the Goldstein string duo directory.; Creator: Roxana Pavel Goldstein (violin) and Monica Goldstein (piano);License: The license information states that this file is "available for free download subject to the EFF OAL" (Open Audio License), which in turn is interchangeable with the CC-BY-SA-2.0.

Joel and I debate whether Sleepwalkers, the 1992 horror film written by Stephen King, is a good movie or a bad movie. This also ushers in a month of Stephen King movie discussion. 

I do a late-night episode of Strange World of Songling. I talk about some of my ideas for making the setting work as an afterlife following player character deaths.  

The music introduction was Vocalise Op. 34 No. 14 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, transcribed for violin and piano by M. Press; Source: The Al Goldstein collection in the Pandora Music repository at ibiblio.org in the Goldstein string duo directory.; Creator: Roxana Pavel Goldstein (violin) and Monica Goldstein (piano);License: The license information states that this file is "available for free download subject to the EFF OAL" (Open Audio License), which in turn is interchangeable with the CC-BY-SA-2.0.

We talk about Kung Pow

I talk about the story "Candidate for the Post of City God" from Strange Tales from the Liaozhai Studio. This is part of a series of podcasts where I will build a setting for our game Strange Tales of Songling. This first podcast is more about the foundational premise of the setting. Each episode will cover one, maybe two, stories and use that as inspiration. 

We talk about Demonic Toys, something between Child's Play and Rosemary's Baby. 

Music from Part of Twelve Pieces for piano, op. 40 No. 9, Valse in F-sharp minor under the Creative Commons License: 

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We talk about The Exorcist III, a blend of crime thriller and the supernatural. 

We mention this re-review from Red Letter Media during the episode. 

We talk about an absolute classic: Rosemary's Baby. In this episode we furiously debate whether the events are real or just going on in Rosemary's mind. 

We talk about chapters nine and ten of the Ravenloft Realm of Terror Boxed set: Spells in Ravenloft and Magic Items in Ravenloft. 

We kick off a month of demons and the devil with Night of the Demons. 

The mists of sleep descend on Brendan and threaten to spirit him to the Nightmare Lands as we talk about chapters dealing with fear and horror checks, curses, Vistani and more. 

We talk about the 80s classic Return of the Living Dead. 

We venture into Spaghetti Westerns, and talk about the classic Sergio Leone film Once Upon a Time in the West. Find out how this relates to wuxia. 

Joel and I terrorize you with our opinions about the Ravenloft Realm of Terror Boxed set. In this episode we cover chapters 1-3. Joel has never read or played Ravenloft before and I am a long-time Ravenloft GM, so we thought we'd have an interesting discussion about it from two very different perspectives. 

I talk about how I approach encounter tables 

We continue out zombie-month viewing with 28 Days Later. 

We talk about the 2002 film Resident Evil, Starring Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez. 

Jeremy and I talk about the film Swordsman and the Enchantress, a 1978 wuxia movie starring Ti Lung and directed by Chor Yuen, and talk about the book on which it was based: the Eleventh Son. You can find our own wuxia RPG, Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades in both print and PDF. 

Music by Pipa Playing Witch. 

We celebrate Zombies this month, starting with Night of the Comet, a 1984 film directed by Thom Eberhardt.  

We discuss the 1970 Chang Cheh movie The Wandering Swordsman, starring David Chiang and Lily Li-Li. It features a care-free protagonist who gets embroiled in a plot to rob an escort caravan. It is notable for its use of lightness martial arts. We also managing crimes in campaigns, low-ranked fodder, escorts, and the use of wanted posters. 

Jeremy has a new cyberpunk cultivation novel coming out. To pre-order check out Heretic Peacekeeper on Amazon. 

In this episode we argue that metal genres should not be defined in reverse. We also discuss how reaction videos have given broader appeal to heavy metal classics. 

This episode was provoked by the Banger TV Doom Metal Debate. 

We answer some question about Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades and talk about adventure structures and our GMing styles. 

Music by Pipa Playing Witch. 

We discuss an interesting science fiction horror blend from the 90s: Event Horizon, and one of us doesn't survive. 

In the movie, Lifeforce, space vampires come to earth, to make love and war. 

We discuss the Italian space horror classic Planet of the Vampires. Directed by Mario Bava and released in 1965, Planet of the Vampires was a major influence in later movies, particularly the film Alien. 

Adam and I do a short podcast on A Touch of Zen 

Steve and I talk about some criticisms we have of the fight choreography in Cobra Kai. 

We talk about the classic space horror film, Alien. 

We answer a question about Races and Rooftop Chases in Righteous Blood, Ruthless Blades. We also discuss rulings and other issues. Righteous Blood is a wuxia RPG and available now in print and PDF. 

Music composed and performed by Pipa Playing Witch.