Episodes
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D6 2nd Edition and the Zorro RPG
In this episode of the Retro Arcana Podcast we are excited to review the Zorro RPG. But while we're fans of Zorro, we're really excited about what the game represents, a new D6 product and the first entry for D6 2nd Edition. We'll take a look at the rules and geek out about everything that we see...
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What We Do Alone In The SHADOWDARK (A Review)
In this episode of the Retro Arcana Podcast, Bobby and Jeff dig into something more modern that certainly has an old school feel. We dive right into the shadows with our trusty torches in hand in our review of Shadowdark. As a product that touts a modernized old school feel, we felt it…
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VOID 1680 AM - Review and Playcast
In this episode of the Retro Arcana Podcast, Bobby and Jeff review and discuss VOID 1680 AM, a solo playlist building game. We enjoyed the game so much, we decided to play through it and post the results on Youtube. To listen to the VOID 1680 AM playcast with all of the properly attributed music...
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RPG Subsystems
In this episode of the Retro Arcana Podcast, Bobby and Jeff talk about some of their favorite subsystems within roleplaying games. We define subsystems as the limited use rules that are separate from the core rules of a game that we feel help either drive a genre home or abstract concepts that…
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Dominions of Steel - Mecha Combat for Savage Worlds
In this episode of the Retro Arcana Podcast, Bobby and Jeff talk about Dominions of Steel: Ambitions of the Scavenger Lords. This collaboration with award winning game designer Ross Watson is a fleshed out Savage Setting that brings full scale mecha combat into Savage Worlds Adventure Edition....
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MÖRK BORG Review
In this this episode of the Retro Arcana Podcast, we invade Sweden to review MÖRK BORG. The atmosphere of the game may be dark, but it's certainly rules lite.
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Who Ya Gonna Call? The Ghostbusters RPG Review
In this episode of the Retro Arcana Podcast we invade your neighborhood to discuss Ghostbusters: A Frightfully Cheerful RPG. This game is the rules lite great grandpappy of West End Games popular D6 System.
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Attack of the Retro Clones
In this episode of the Retro Arcana Podcast we discuss Retro Clones, the rules copies and expansions of beloved game systems that has breathed new life into Old School games, allowing new comers to experience almost faithful representations of the games that started the hobby. We’ll explain what...
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The Longest Con
In this episode of the Retro Arcana Podcast join our intrepid hosts Jeff and Bobby as they escape from the Secret Podcast Bunker and travel to The Long Con in Longview, TX.
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Chainmail
In this episode our intrepid hosts Bobby and Jeff go back in time to visit the rules that arguably started the RPG industry: Chainmail!
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A Little Something Savage
In this episode intrepid hosts Bobby and Jeff head down to the secret podcast bunker to discuss a game system near and dear to their hearts, Savage Worlds by Pinnacle Entertainment Group.
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Pizza Panzer Adventures
In this episode intrepid hosts Bobby and Jeff head down to the secret podcast bunker to discuss their next project: "Pizza Panzer Adventures", a cyberpunk fantasy supplement for Everyday Heroes.
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Never Tell Me The Odds
In this episode intrepid hosts Bobby and Jeff head down to the secret podcast bunker to discuss probability distribution and dice mechanics.
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The CR 24 Ancient Red Dragon in the Room
In this episode intrepid hosts Bobby and Jeff head down to the secret podcast bunker to discuss the OGL kerfluffle and their hopes for a new gaming renaissance.
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Everyday Heroes Review
In this episode intrepid hosts Bobby and Jeff head down to the secret podcast bunker to review the spiritual successor to the much beloved D20 Modern, a new game called Everyday Heroes. 0:00:00 - Narration 0:00:39 - Elevator Pitch (Building Blocks of Table Top Game Design and Warriors of Krynn)...
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The One D&D Playtest Review
In this episode intrepid hosts Bobby and Jeff head down to the secret podcast bunker to review the One D&D Playtest documents and try to frame changes through the historical lens of previous editions. The term "Race" is out and "Species" is in, and that's not a problem. Also, Jeff looooooves...
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Session 0 for the Retro Arcana Podcast
In this episode we meet our intrepid hosts Bobby and Jeffrey, the creators of Retro Arcana Games. We discuss what we hope to accomplish with the podcast and discuss the game we have written, Dominions of Steel. This episode is all about laying the groundwork for future episodes.