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Masters of Pen and Paper

DGonline

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Frequency: 1 episode/14d. Total Eps: 24

Two best friends talk about all things Tabletop RPG. DG and Finny are your guides to new Tabletop RPG systems, interesting facts and so much more!

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🇨🇦 Canada - games
07/08/2025
#88
🇨🇦 Canada - games
06/08/2025
#51
🇨🇦 Canada - games
24/09/2024
#77
🇨🇦 Canada - games
15/09/2024
#96

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https://johnharper.itch.io/lady-blackbird
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https://geok.itch.io/shutdown
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https://johnharper.itch.io/lasers-feelings
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Episode 1: Dungeons and Dragons 5e

Season 1 · Episode 1

Friday, September 6, 2024 • Duration 57:20

Welcome to Masters of Pen and Paper!

This podcast centers around the discussion of various Tabletop RPG game systems, along with various conversations of all related topics!

In this episode, Finny and DG are discussing the ins and outs of Dungeons and Dragons 5e. Ever wanted to learn what it's all about? No better time than now!

Let us know what you think by leaving a rating and/or comments!

Want to join our discord? You can find us here: https://discord.gg/YkhAQtDDRz

Now - On with the show!

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Episode 2: Pathfinder 2e

Season 1 · Episode 2

Friday, September 20, 2024 • Duration 01:13:28

Welcome to Masters of Pen and Paper!

This podcast centers around the discussion of various Tabletop RPG game systems, along with various conversations of all related topics!

In this episode, Finny and DG are showing you how you can stick pretty close to that really popular D20 system while not purchasing from certain magic users of the edge of a sea. Is Pathfinder something you want to learn about? Check this one out!

Let us know what you think by leaving a rating and/or comments!

Want to join our discord? You can find us here: https://discord.gg/YkhAQtDDRz

Now - On with the show!

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Episode 24: Lady Blackbird // Shutdown (Micro Ruleslight TTRPGs 3)

Episode 24

Friday, July 25, 2025 • Duration 55:31

What do a runaway sky-pirate bride and a glitching mech pilot have in common?

In this episode of Masters of Pen and Paper, DG and Finny dive into two ultra-lightweight RPGs with serious storytelling punch:

Lady Blackbird – a sky-fantasy escape drama with pre-gen characters, lightning sorcery, and one of the best one-shot setups in indie RPG history
Shutdown – a tactical mech brawler built around syllables, overclocking, and creative destruction

Whether you’re running from an empire or gunning down enemy mechs, this episode has something for every one-shot warrior.

Get yourselves a copy of each of these games FOR FREE!

Lady Blackbird: https://johnharper.itch.io/lady-blackbird

Shutdown: https://geok.itch.io/shutdown

If you want to send a question or scenario in send us an email! mastersofpenandpaper@gmail.com

Let us know what you think by leaving a rating and/or comments! Want to join our discord? You can find us here: https://discord.gg/YkhAQtDDRz

Now - On with the show!

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Episode 23: Mythic Bastionland

Episode 23

Friday, July 11, 2025 • Duration 01:00:52

What if your knight’s greatest battle wasn’t a sword duel—but surviving the story itself?

In this episode of Masters of Pen and Paper, DG and Finny delve into Mythic Bastionland, the rules-light, lore-rich Arthurian hexcrawl from Into the Odd creator Chris McDowall. With just 16 pages of core rules and over 140 pages of evocative myths, seers, and knightly trials, this game is as much a storytelling engine as it is a TTRPG.

Mythic Bastionland is a tabletop RPG set in the imagined past of Into the Odd and Electric Bastionland , built on the same lightning fast, ultra-streamlined rules system. Designed by Chris McDowall and illustrated by Alec Sorensen.

Want to check out a copy for yourself? Head over here: https://chrismcdee.itch.io/mythic-bastionland

If you want to send a question or scenario in send us an email! mastersofpenandpaper@gmail.com

Let us know what you think by leaving a rating and/or comments! Want to join our discord? You can find us here: https://discord.gg/YkhAQtDDRz

Now - On with the show!

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Episode 14: Micro Ruleslights!

Episode 14

Friday, March 7, 2025 • Duration 01:06:43

What's better than one super rules light TTRPG? TWO super rules light TTRPG's of course!

Finny and I are going through World of Dungeons and Lasers and Feelings today, both of which are COMPLETELY FREE and only a single page. What do you have to lose? Let's have a chat about some quick to table and easy to learn games!

World of Dungeons is a simple, quick-play, dungeon crawling game, using one of the core mechanics from the Powered by the Apocalypse rules system.

It's compatible with Old School Renaissance and original D&D monsters, dungeons, and adventure modules.

Lasers & Feelings is a quick-play role playing game, based on the songs of The Doubleclicks.

You are the crew of the interstellar scout ship Raptor. Your mission is to explore uncharted regions of space, deal with aliens both friendly and deadly, and defend the Consortium worlds against space dangers. Captain Darcy has been overcome by the strange psychic entity known as Something Else, leaving you to fend for yourselves while he recovers in a medical pod.

Want a copy for yourself? Check out World of Dungeons here: https://johnharper.itch.io/world-of-dungeons

and Lasers and Feelings here: https://johnharper.itch.io/lasers-feelings

If you want to send a question or scenario in send us an email! mastersofpenandpaper@gmail.com

Let us know what you think by leaving a rating and/or comments!

Want to join our discord? You can find us here: https://discord.gg/YkhAQtDDRz

Now - On with the show!

Episode 13: Into the Odd

Episode 13

Friday, February 21, 2025 • Duration 01:15:04

A rules-light, flavour-heavy roleplaying game of industrial horror and cosmic strangeness

Bastion is the only city that matters. In its industrial age, it sits as the smoke-shrouded hub of mankind, surrounded by a world of lurking horrors and cosmic interference. The Underground spreads beneath our feet and the stars loom above. You are an Explorer, braving places too far for maps and too old for records. Your expeditions touch the bizarre, wondrous, and horrific. You search for riches, but also Arcana, mysterious devices with unnatural powers. This remastered version of the classic indie RPG revisits Industrial Bastionland, giving the original Into the Odd a lavish hardback, full-colour restoration with expanded content.

The book is written by Chris McDowall (Electric Bastionland) with graphic design by Johan Nohr (MÖRK BORG) and printed and distributed by Free League Publishing.

Want to buy a copy of the game? Check it out here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/399483/into-the-odd-remastered

Get a hardcopy version here: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/shop/into-the-odd/

If you want to send a question or scenario in send us an email! mastersofpenandpaper@gmail.com

Let us know what you think by leaving a rating and/or comments!

Want to join our discord? You can find us here: https://discord.gg/YkhAQtDDRz

Now - On with the show!

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Episode 12: Pirate Borg

Episode 12

Friday, February 7, 2025 • Duration 01:10:49

A scurvy-ridden, rules light, art heavy tabletop RPG.

Inspired by history, fantasy, horror and rum. Your cutlass & flintlock won’t save you from the hordes of skeletons, the Kraken, or even your own crew.PIRATE BORG is a complete game based on and compatible with the award -winningMÖRK BORGRPG. But it’s also a tool kit. Most of the tables can be hacked and used with any tabletop RPG.

This game is about being a greedy, filthy, scoundrel.

Find a ship. Recruit some crew. Raid, pillage, plunder, and otherwise pilfer your weasley black guts out. Get a bigger ship. Kill some things. Upgrade your ship. Sneak into a fort. Raid a port. Acquire treasure. Bury said treasure. Become infamous. Search for someone else’s treasure. Flee in terror from unfathomable creatures from the deep. Drink all of the rum. Die on the high seas. Roll a new character and do it all again.

Included in the 166-page book are eight character classes, easy-to-learn naval combat rules, stats for 18 vessels, 80+ NPCs & monsters, 90+ system agnostic tables, andThe Curse of Skeleton Point, a sandbox style adventure with 11 pirate-themed locations.

Want to buy a copy of the game? Check it out here: https://www.limithron.com/pirateborg

If you want to send a question or scenario in send us an email! mastersofpenandpaper@gmail.com

Let us know what you think by leaving a rating and/or comments!

Want to join our discord? You can find us here: https://discord.gg/YkhAQtDDRz

Now - On with the show!

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Episode 11: Heroes Against Darkness

Episode 11

Friday, January 24, 2025 • Duration 01:08:39

Heroes Against Darkness is a free, fast, flexible, and fully-featured fantasy d20 RPG system. The game is quick to learn and play, while offering progressively greater options and flexibility as players develop their characters and explore the breadth and depth of the system.

If you want to send a question or scenario in send us an email! mastersofpenandpaper@gmail.com

Let us know what you think by leaving a rating and/or comments!

Want to join our discord? You can find us here: https://discord.gg/YkhAQtDDRz

Now - On with the show!

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Episode 10: What exactly is a Session 0?

Episode 10

Friday, January 10, 2025 • Duration 01:09:02

TTRPG's are complex and complicated games that have different rules and every player comes to the table with a slightly different expectation of what they're about to recieve with a night of playing.

With a Sesson 0 you're setting out to make sure everyone's on the same page but doing it in an interactive way that promotes good group cohesiveness and discussion to ensure everyone's getting exactly what they need from it!

Join DG and Finny while they have a quick chat about how a Session 0 works and why it's important!

(This is a "Behind the Screens" episode where we discuss different TTRPG topics and not specific game rulesets like normal episodes!)

Want to get in touch? Send us an email at: mastersofpenandpaper@gmail.com

Let us know what you think by leaving a rating and/or comments!

Want to join our discord? You can find us here: https://discord.gg/YkhAQtDDRz

Now - On with the show!

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Episode 9: Call of Cthulhu

Episode 9

Friday, December 27, 2024 • Duration 01:07:39

Call of Cthulhu is a horror fiction role-playing game based on H.P. Lovecraft's story of the same name and the associated Cthulhu Mythos. The game, often abbreviated as CoC, is published by Chaosium; it was first released in 1981 and is in its seventh edition, with licensed foreign language editions available as well. Its game system is based on Chaosium's Basic Role-Playing (BRP) with additions for the horror genre. These include special rules for sanity and luck.

If you want to send a question or scenario in send us an email! mastersofpenandpaper@gmail.com

Let us know what you think by leaving a rating and/or comments!

Want to join our discord? You can find us here: https://discord.gg/YkhAQtDDRz

Now - On with the show!

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