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"Serious roleplaying games played by deeply unserious people."
We are a tabletop roleplaying actual play podcast featuring games that remind us of our gaming roots!
In season one we played Low Fantasy Gaming by Pickpocket Press, Its sequel game Tales of Argosa is soon to be released and comes highly recommended by all of us, stop by Pickpocket Games on the web for more info!
Season two saw a transition to a modified Version of Old School Essentials (Advanced) by Gavin Norman, one of many retro offshoots of the world's most popular role playing game. We borrow rules and content from many sources, but with Old School Essentials we used (in no particular order), Old School Feats by Eric Diaz, Into The Wyrd and Wild by Charles Furgeson-Avery, Into the Wild by Todd Leback, The Axian Library by Guiseppe Rotondo, and the Monster Overhaul by Skerples, amongst other sources.
With the close of Season 2 and the addition of two new Retro Role Casters we have moved to a more episodic format for Season 3. We are refering to seasons 1 and 2 as our Zero Level Funnel of Podcasting.
For Level one we have decided to do more of a One+ shot format to try some of the many systems we admire. That adventure begins with ShadowDark and moves to Mothership. Then on to Dolmenwood, Dungeon Crawl Classics, and who knows what...
Logo Art: Olivia G, Background Art: Bob Greyvenstein. Some artwork © Grim Press, used with permission. All rights reserved.
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Shadowdark! The Well of Shune Ep. 2
Season 3 · Episode 24
vendredi 12 décembre 2025 • Duration 01:24:06
The slow progress of the wagon train leaves members of the company feeling mutinous... A halfling becomes a cat toy... A novel use of pickpocketing... and we devote slightly more time than is necessary to pondering the luminescence and celestial position of a waning crescent moon...
#ad&d #Shadowdark #OSR #ttrpg #actualplay #rpg #Dnd #oldschoolrpg
Visit Lazarus Games' eBay store for retro gaming goodness! https://www.ebay.com/str/lazarusgames
Shadowdark! The Well of Shune Ep. 1
Season 3 · Episode 23
vendredi 5 décembre 2025 • Duration 01:16:08
Player Shawn becomes GM Shawn and GM Shawn becomes player Shawn in an all new Shadowdark adventure! The Story begins in the Frozen North as a small ragtag band of mercenaries and outcasts escorts a heavily laden caravan over the mountain passes...
#ad&d #Shadowdark #OSR #ttrpg #actualplay #rpg #Dnd #oldschoolrpg
Visit Lazarus Games' eBay store for retro gaming goodness! https://www.ebay.com/str/lazarusgames
Mothership!!! Bug Hunting with RRC Ep 6
Season 3 · Episode 14
vendredi 24 octobre 2025 • Duration 01:10:18
Finally Getting the APC in gear, the crew ventures out into the alien planet's wilderness. They soon find that they are not the only humans remaining on SAMSA 6...
#mothershipRPG #Mothership1E #OSR #ttrpg #actualplay #rpg #oldschoolrpg #scifi #scifihorror
This episode features Mothership, the fantastic Space Horror RPG from the good folks at Tuesday Night Games! Visit them at: https://www.tuesdayknightgames.com/pages/mothership-rpg
Visit Lazarus Games' eBay store for retro gaming goodness! https://www.ebay.com/str/lazarusgames
Episode art features a background image by Robert Clark
Mothership!!! Bug Hunting with RRC Ep 5
Season 3 · Episode 13
vendredi 17 octobre 2025 • Duration 01:26:51
With the unsettling information from the lab reports fresh in their minds, the crew finishes exploring Greta Base, and preps the APC for a trip outside into the storm... Some questionable items are reviewed in the Barracks... The Two Shawns get in an argument about some alien DNA...
#mothershipRPG #Mothership1E #OSR #ttrpg #actualplay #rpg #oldschoolrpg #scifi #scifihorror
This episode features Mothership, the fantastic Space Horror RPG from the good folks at Tuesday Night Games! Visit them at: https://www.tuesdayknightgames.com/pages/mothership-rpg
Visit Lazarus Games' eBay store for retro gaming goodness! https://www.ebay.com/str/lazarusgames
Episode art features a background image by Robert Clark
Mothership!!! Bug Hunting with RRC Ep 4
Season 3 · Episode 12
vendredi 10 octobre 2025 • Duration 01:24:00
The power restored to Greta Base, the crew encounter the residue of the fleeing alien being, as well as further evidence of the horrific fate of members of the base's staff. A trip to the medical bay answers some questions while posing more...
#mothershipRPG #Mothership1E #OSR #ttrpg #actualplay #rpg #oldschoolrpg #scifi #scifihorror
This episode features Mothership, the fantastic Space Horror RPG from the good folks at Tuesday Night Games! Visit them at: https://www.tuesdayknightgames.com/pages/mothership-rpg
Visit Lazarus Games' eBay store for retro gaming goodness! https://www.ebay.com/str/lazarusgames
Episode art features a background image by Robert Clark
Mothership!!! Bug Hunting with RRC Ep 3
Season 3 · Episode 11
vendredi 3 octobre 2025 • Duration 58:22
The horrors of Greta Base are becoming more apparent as the base's "rescue crew" comes to grips with the situation after the fight in the garage. Restoring power provides little comfort...
#mothershipRPG #Mothership1E #OSR #ttrpg #actualplay #rpg #oldschoolrpg #scifi #scifihorror
This episode features Mothership, the fantastic Space Horror RPG from the good folks at Tuesday Night Games! Visit them at: https://www.tuesdayknightgames.com/pages/mothership-rpg
Visit Lazarus Games' eBay store for retro gaming goodness! https://www.ebay.com/str/lazarusgames
Episode art features a background image by Robert Clark
Mothership!!! Bug Hunting with RRC Ep 2
Season 3 · Episode 10
vendredi 26 septembre 2025 • Duration 01:27:40
With the unfortunate remains of some crew members already found, the crew proceeds towards the base's garage in hopes of restoring power to the outpost. what they find, however...
#mothershipRPG #Mothership1E #OSR #ttrpg #actualplay #rpg #oldschoolrpg #scifi #scifihorror
This episode features Mothership, the fantastic Space Horror RPG from the good folks at Tuesday Night Games! Visit them at: https://www.tuesdayknightgames.com/pages/mothership-rpg
Visit Lazarus Games' eBay store for retro gaming goodness! https://www.ebay.com/str/lazarusgames
Episode art features a background image by Robert Clark
Mothership!!! Bug Hunting with RRC Ep 1
Season 3 · Episode 9
vendredi 19 septembre 2025 • Duration 01:33:00
The RetroRoleCast crew abandons swords, spells and castles, as well as consigning their original GM to the player chair as Warden Rodney runs the Mothership adventure "Another Bug Hunt". The characters are introduced, and promptly dumped into a sweltering jungle planet to investigate an eerie company settlement base...
#mothershipRPG #Mothership1E #OSR #ttrpg #actualplay #rpg #oldschoolrpg #scifi #scifihorror
This episode features Mothership, the fantastic Space Horror RPG from the good folks at Tuesday Night Games! Visit them at: https://www.tuesdayknightgames.com/pages/mothership-rpg
Visit Lazarus Games' eBay store for retro gaming goodness! https://www.ebay.com/str/lazarusgames
Episode art features a background image by Robert Clark
Shadowdark! The Corsairs of Anon-Thuun Wrap-Up
Season 3 · Episode 8
samedi 13 septembre 2025 • Duration 08:19
A big RetroRoleCast thank you to all of you amazing Shadowdarklings that gave us a listen in the last 7 weeks! We have noticed and appreciate the support! In this episode we give a quick recap on our adventure, and how we feel on the game.
While this was our first Shadowdark experience, It will not be the last! We will be releasing our Mothership adventure next, so we invite you to check out that great system as well, but It will be only a short time 'til we have more Shadowdark for you to sink your teeth into!
Thanks to Limithron for the map I used to base the adventure, and thanks to Kelsey Dionne for making a great game!
#ad&d #Shadowdark #OSR #ttrpg #actualplay #rpg #Dnd #oldschoolrpg #limithron
This series features the wonderful RPG Shadowdark by Kelsey Dionne and The Arcane Library! for more info on this game visit https://www.thearcanelibrary.com
Visit the good folks at https://www.limithron.com If you like Pirate themed maps, adventures and games (Pirate Borg!) for your RPG enjoyment, check them out!
Visit Lazarus Games' eBay store for retro gaming goodness! https://www.ebay.com/str/lazarusgames
Shadowdark! The Corsairs of Anon-Thuun Ep7
Season 3 · Episode 7
vendredi 12 septembre 2025 • Duration 01:35:37
After picking jellyfish nettles off of themselves, the guys check back up on "Red" and go in search of the elusive second gemstone eye. Newer powers are cast down. Old powers are awakened, along with the mountain, on this finale of our Shadowdark "one-shot".
#ad&d #Shadowdark #OSR #ttrpg #actualplay #rpg #Dnd #oldschoolrpg #limithron
This series features the wonderful RPG Shadowdark by Kelsey Dionne and The Arcane Library! for more info on this game visit https://www.thearcanelibrary.com
Now that we have finished recording this tale, I am happy to report that this adventure uses a wonderful battlemap produced by the good folks at https://www.limithron.com If you like Pirate themed maps, adventures and games (Pirate Borg!) for your RPG enjoyment, check them out!
Visit Lazarus Games' eBay store for retro gaming goodness! https://www.ebay.com/str/lazarusgames
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