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This Ol’ Dungeon Podcast
by thisoldungeon
A podcast that takes classic Role Playing Game Adventures and Rules sets and looks at renovating them for a "modern" take.
Episodes
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Episode 70: Masks of Nyarlathotep: Kenya
Yet again we prove anything is possible with the power of procrastination! Here in the last days of the month we pulled off an 11th hour recording. Bill was out due to family concerns, but Ed and Lou take up the slack with another episode reflecting on one of the greatest Call of Cthulhu…
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Episode 69 2nd Edition AD&D wiith Zeb Cook
We have had such a fortunate run of getting killer guest hosts on this program, and this episode is not a departure! We have none-other-than, David "Zeb" Cook! We could have talked about a million different products, because Zeb has been so prolific in the industry, but we had to pick just one.…
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Episode 68 N2 The Forest Oracle
Often sited as being the WORST of TSR pre-published modules, The Forest Oracle lands front and center on the This Ol' Dungeon door step. Bill claims it was Lou's choice while Lou explains it was meant as a threat! We had no mail this month and are still looking for another multiple choice…
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Episode 67 C1 The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan and Eldritch Wastelands
Join us for a discussion about one of the most delightful adventures we've ran across to date! We discuss C1: The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan along with some discussion about the addition of superfluous monsters in a core book, the completeness of Mutant Crawl Classics, and convention talk. Hang...
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One Shot Episode 29 NTX with Jeff Jones
This is a rough listen, unless you like the persistent rumble of the open road! But, if you can deal with some less than fantastic audio, you can join in with my conversation with Jeff Jones of RPG Ramblings as we come back from North Texas RPG Con and discuss what it means to run a booth at a...
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Episode 66 Jayson Elliot and Boot Hill
This is the episode Luau Lou's computer didn't want you to hear! Yes, after 5 attempts at editing it into an MP3, it finally gave up, and you get this hot bit of broadcasting! In this episode Bill and Lou sit down with Jayson Elliot, creator of Gygax Magazine and Top Secret New World Order. He...
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Episode 65 PC2 Top Ballista
The gang makes a "buzzer shot" to get this episode in the can before the end of the month. We talk about "ages" of collecting thanks to listener mail. We look at the "play as the monsters" D&D supplement: PC2 Top Ballista, and there is a return of the Geek Credit segment! Remember to send your...
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Episode 64 Stormbringer!
Edwin and Lou talk about the interaction of VTT built-in mechanics and their effects on game experience and get quickly into the "This Ol' Dungeon" segment where they discuss the Chaosium "Stormbringer!" RPG and the starting adventure "The Giant's Stairs." Not going to lie, this episode is short...
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Episode 63 Tunnels and Trolls: Mistywood
In this late-in-the-month episode, we get up to talking about subdual damage and other interesting sub-systems (thanks to a write-in by John Williams), whether you can actually make a "Slasher Film" RPG, and of course, our "This Ol' Dungeon" focus is the classic RPG: Tunnels and Trolls and a solo...
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Episode 62 G2: The Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl
In this episode the gang talks about the PAGE convention, the subtle effects of designing mechanics, and have our spirits lifted by some really kind letters from the listeners! This month's adventure is G2, which, admittedly we have sort of covered a bit before, but here we give it the full "This...
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Episode 61 Masks of Nyarlathotep Australia
Your dungeon architects are back at it, with this third installment of Masks of Nyarlathotep. This time we take a look at the Australia leg of that world-hopping campaign. We have a good letters section about Christmas RPG memories and some good discussion of using "ships" as the base of an...
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OneShotEpisode28_Jason Hobbs and Bite the Bullet
Edwin and Lou get a chance to hang with friend of the show Jason Hobbs and talk about his "Into the Odd" inspired Civil War-Era, Post-Apocalyptic Western, "Bite the Bullet." He's doing some cool things with social interaction rules in this among other things! Its a tight RPG that really pushes…
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Chirstmas Talk with Christopher Tupa
Alright, if you have followed the podcast for any length of time, you know that I (Luau Lou) have this weird ambition to do a podcast with my childhood buddy, Christopher Tupa, where we just talk. It's not about gaming. It is not even really tangent to the theme of This Ol' Dungeon, but I inflict...
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OneShotEpisode27 A Mechwarriior Campaign Experience with Alexander Another-Skip-Davis
In this One Shot Epsiode, Lou gets to sit down with listener Alexander Another Skip Davis and learn about his experiences both playing the Mechwarrior RPG and taking it to the next level as a LARP! Though he hasn't mentioned it on the show before, this creative dude also manufactures a cool style...
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Episode 60_Expedition to the Barrier Peaks
This time we get up to a real classic, "Expedition to the Barrier Peaks" by the man himself - E. Gary Gygax! On top of this beaut, we have a great selection of listener mail and (drum roll) the return of Geek Credit! Thanks to the submission of questions by the listeners, we were able to do our...
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Episode 59 Mechawarrior Null Set
In this, our October episode, Bill is back from the land of the dead, and we finally get a chance to cover “Null Set” a Mechwarrior adventure…oh the things we do to please our listeners… Well, aside from “Null Set” we had some nice listener mail about how to do XP and the use of table props.…
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Episode58 What It Means to This Ol Dungeon Something
After multiple re-schedules things fell through for the episode we were wanting to give you this month, reviewing the Mechwarrior adventure, "Null Set." With Bill failing his save against the black plague, it is just Edwin and Lou talking about the origins of the podcast and how they go about…
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Episode 57 BH3 Ballots and Bullets
On this month’s episode of This Ol’ Dungeon, we are digesting Boot Hill’s BH3, “Ballots and Bullets.” This adventure sets the PCs in the middle of the mining town, Promise City, where elections for Marshal, Mayor, and Town Council are about to take place. The PCs have 10 weeks to help their...
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One Shot Episode 26 Dungeon Dwelling Creatures with Eddie Bartlett
Friend of the show Eddie Bartlett stops by on this one shot episode to talk about his and John Watson’s up-coming DCC release, “Dungeon Dwelling Creatures” (DDC). This DCC-compatible rulebook puts players in the role of the monsters—and not that sort of cutesy “Oh I’m a cat-person,” or, “Look at...
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Episode 56 Allen Hammack and The Ghost Tower of Inverness
You won't believe it, dungeonneers! We have the one and only Allen Hammack -yes, THAT Allen Hammack- on to talk about his seminal creation, "The Ghost Tower of Inverness." We learn about Allen's introduction to gaming, his experiences playing in and writing tournament games. We get a bit of a…
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Episode 55 Against the Cult of the Reptile God
In this episode we handle some great listener mail discussing important, non-game con items, whether pulp has transformed from a genre to play style in RPGs, and face the aftermath of doing the TSR Indiana Jones game. For our main offering we have the divisive classic, "Against the Cult of the...
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Episode 54: The Indiana Jones RPG Adventure: Nepal Nightmare FIXED
Quick apology to those that already downloaded this episode once. There was apparently some corrupt parts of the original file. This version has the entire show on it. Thanks for your patience! The planets must be ready to align, because in a moment of shocking This Ol' Dungeon history, all three...
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Episode 53 The London Leg of Masks of Nyarlathotep
It's been a minute, but we are back at our trek through the classic Call of Cthulhu campaign, "Masks of Nyarlathotep." This time Bill is sick, so its up to Edwin and Lou to come through. we've got some great write-ins about using other adventure parties as random encounters, a question about XP...
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One Shot Episode 25 with Matt DeMicco and Cult of the Winged Skull
Lou gets to sit down once again with creator Matt De Micco who's newest creation is a fantasy setting explored through 4 interlinked non-linear adventures entitled "The Cult of the Winged Skull." You will get to hear all about the Wythmail setting and these adventures as Matt discuss this…
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Episode 52 Marvel Super Heroes Time Trap!
In this episode we discuss different uses and purposes of random encounter charts (thanks to the suggestion of listener John Williams) and do our best to make a go of "Time Trap!" an early adventure for the TSR Marvel Super Heroes games. If you have suggestions, questions, or gaming stories you...
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Episode 51 Treasure of the Hideous One
Well, curtain pulled back, February was a busy month and almost got away from us! So here we go with a fun mini-adventure that was packaged between AC2 Combat Shield..."The Treasure of the Hideous Ones." Like the adventure, this episode is low-key but full of some fun moments!
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Episode 50 With Returning Hosts Featuring Lathan's Gold and Merle Rasmussen
We're all very honored to have made it to 50 regular episodes! Suggested by listeners, we tried to hype-up this golden anniversary by having former hosts Briggy and Thomas back on to join the current crew in discussions that range from whether module challenge ratings give accurate information…
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One Shot Episode 24 G3 Hall of the Fire Giant King with Stefan Surratt
Stefan Surratt is launching a cool DCC campaign called "Conquest of Chaos" filled with inspiration from the old "Against the Giants" modules. On this episode, he and Luau Lou sit down and talk about his adventures' designs as well as the finale in the G series, G3: Hall of the Fire Giant King.…
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OneShotEpisode23_Pre-Christmas Hanging out With Dave Townsend of Games with Dave
On Christmas Eve...Eve, I had the opportunity to do a Zoom call with my good friend Dave Townsend. Figuring that we would end up talking about gaming stuff, I asked him if it would be OK to just record the conversation and put it out there as a oneshot for This Ol' Dungeon; just in case there was...
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Episode 49: Have a Trappy New Years!
In this episode, Bill, Edwin and Lou discuss the use of traps in the game, compare their thoughts on the Grimtooth's Traps series, and challenge the listeners to write in with their own reflections (write to [email protected]). Have a very Merry Christmas or whatever holiday is warming your...
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Episode 48 Caverns of Thracia
Episode 48 might be one of the most personally satisfying episodes for Lou, as he, Bill, and Edwin tackle the Judge’s Guild classic, “Caverns of Thracia.” There’s a lot of gushing over many of its fine qualities and a bit of suggestion as to what might make it more endearing to players and other...
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Halloween 2024 with Luau Lou and Christopher Tupa
This is that once-a-year, oddball episode where Luau Lou sits down with his old buddy and artist friend, Christopher Tupa and they blather on and on about Halloween-themed topics. This episode gets a bit morbid at one point, as they discuss real life death scenes, but otherwise they try and tell...
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Episode 47 House on Gryphon HIll with Stephen Clements
We have a great October Episode for you all! We have Stephen Clements of the Langhorne Creative Group (https://rumble.com/c/StephenClements) on. If you aren't already following his channel on Rumble or YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@stephenclements6158) he is one of the Internet's BEST RPG...
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Episode 46: Star Wars D6 Strike Force Shantipole with Chris Holmes!
While Edwin is off gallivanting in France, Bill and Lou are joined by former guest host, Chris Holmes! We get caught up with Bill after his big (three month) hiatus from the program, then dig in to the classic Star Wars adventure, 'Strike Force Shantipole." This is one of those "right over the...
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Episode 45 Almost in Time for August...AD&D Fast Play 1
Feeling bad about not getting an official episode together for the month of August, Luau Lou quickly sat down to record this episode, hoping it would appease the gods of podcasting. In this episode you get a quick run through of the AD&D 2nd edition product "Fast Play #1." This was a free handout...
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Episode 44 Pendragon's Beast Quest
In this episode, Edwin and Lou talk about solving the problem of gaming at small cons, whether "tangents" hurt or help RPG module writing, the 1000th episode of Skype of Cthulhu (listen here), and how useful the program/podcast "The Why Files?" could be to creating modern RPG adventure…
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One Shot Episode 22: Matt De Micco and Massacre Grounds for Weird Frontiers
Howdy Pard'ners! Have we got a treat for you! With us for this one-shot episode is an awesome new adventure writer, Matt De Micco talking about his experiences gaming, growing up with true-in-the-saddle cowboys out on the Arizona trails and how all that worked its way into his adventure and...
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Episode 43 Cyberpunk 2020 With Jame Pozenel
In this episode Lou, Edwin, and special guest, famed DCC/MCC writer James Pozenel pour through the Cyberpunk 2.0.2.0. rule book, discuss the major D&D villains, hear about James's writings, including his up-coming DCC compatible "NetCrawl" project -AND we see a return of Geek Credit! For those...
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Episode 42 Car Wars Convoy
On this Episode of This Ol' Dungeon, Edwin and Lou talk about their first D&D characters then get into the 1984 Car Wars adventure path "Convoy!" -This game bridges solo with group play and role playing with miniature war gaming!
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Episode 41 DL Dragons of Despair
The episode starts with a nice mail segment that gets us discussing creating variations on standard fantasy RPG settings and face the dilemma of what to do with horses stirred to commotion by a pursing owl bear! The feature of the month is the first Dragonlance module, DL1: Dragons of Despair. We...
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One Shot Episode 21 Dave Townsend of Games with Dave
Well folks, I couldn’t let a month pass without getting out some sort of content on this channel, now could I? So, I sent up some smoke signals and a great many of our gaming friends responded! Hopefully we will get several of them in for a show over the next season. -But, first to reply was an...
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One Shot Episode 20 Guts N Glory Volume 1
I (Luau Lou) always enjoy these one shot episodes, where I get to talk with creators about their brand-spankin' new creations and lean a little bit about how other folks go through that process. This episode is doubly fun because it features the hot new publishing duo "Guts 'N Glory" a…
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Episode 40 Sundown on Starmist Star Frontiers
In this episode we go the distance on a couple great "letters from the homeowners association" dealing with all sorts of things like GMs altering player characters through encounter results, variable weapon damage, and the origin of the word "grok." The center piece is the 1983 Star Frontiers...
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Episode 39 Dark of the Moon a Ravenloft adventure
We have a a bit of dissent over the 2nd Edition Ravenloft module, "Dark of the Moon." This werewolf-infested adventure has all the drama of daytime television with the thrill of spending a week vacationing in a gulag. On top of this discussion we cover both Snow Con and the brand new PAGE Con. At...
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Episode 38 Harlequin for Shadowrun 1st Edition
In this episode Bill, Edwin, and Lou talk about the element of “Gonzo” in a RPG game, read some listener mail, and give the “This Ol’ Dungeon” treatment to one of the most famous Shadowrun adventure supplements, “Harlequin” from 1990. We discuss what works and what seems to need renovated within...
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Episode 37 Mass Day at New Hope from Polyhedron 15
Due to flight delays, Edwin and Luau Lou are left without Bill to record this fun episode featuring a James Ward article from Polyhedron #15, called "Mass Day at New Hope." This Gamma World article is tentatively called an "adventure" but, in true This Ol' Dungeon style, we take turns trying to...
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OneShotEpisode19 Matt Gullet and The Caverns of the Dead God
In this one shot episode I get a chance to hang with Friend of the show and fellow podcaster, Matt Gullet. Fresh from Texas's Long Con RPG convention Matt has brought his long-running adventure, "Caverns of the Dead God" to publication and is Kickstarting it RIGHT NOW! This is quite the...
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One Shot Episode 18 ...Talking about Halloween Parties with Christopher Tupa
It's that time of year again! Every year, host Luau Lou sits down with artist and friend of the show, Christopher Tupa (http://ctupa.com/Art_by_Ctupa/Home.html, https://www.youtube.com/@artbytupa3222) to talk Halloweens-past and present. THIS IS NOT A GAMING EPISODE! No, this is just an excuse…
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Episode 36 White Wolf’s Loom of Fate for Mage the Ascension
Happy Halloween! For this month of the macabre we went diving for a good October RPG product and turned up, "All Hallow's Eve" a starting adventure from the Mage: The Ascension RPG rule book. Come to find out, the adventure was expanded upon for the campaign-length 1993 product, "Loom of Fate."…
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One Shot Episode 17 Prisoners of the Secret Overlord with David Matalon
We got the jump on this one! David Matalon (screenwriter of the up-coming Totally Killer movie) has used his down time from the writers' strike to work on a project within his beloved hobby, and on October 3rd he will be releasing the all-new DCC adventure "Prisoners of the Secret Overlords."…
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