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Oct 18, 2025 59 min

On Memory and RPGs, featuring Arcane Alienist

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This is an OctOSR-adjacent episode. Thanks go out to BJ Boyd, the Arcane Alienist, for being a guest on this episode to help frame and execute a discussion on the nature of memory and some key ways that can affect our play and understanding of RPGs. You can find BJ's podcast at the link below: The Arcane Alienist For more RPG investigations, visit the Casting Shadows blog Watch Annotated Actual Plays, RPG discussions and debates, product overviews, and practical tips for playing and running RPGs on YouTube Leave a voice message for the podcast via Speakpipe LINKS relevant to this episode: Things Gamers Say... Things Gamers Imagine... On the Caller in Early RPGs An interesting and relevant link suggested by Jason Connerley of the Nerds RPG Variety Cast comes from SpectreVision Radio:Episode 6: Dungeons & Dragons, or the Reality of Illusions

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