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Episode 181 – A Spectre (7+3HD) Is Haunting the Flaeness: Towards a Leftist OSR, by Humza K.
Episode 180 – Usage & Hazard Dice: How to Emulate Bookkeeping with Dice, by Marcia B.
Episode 179 – Flux Space, by Nick LS Whelan
Episode 178 – The Rhythm of Procedure, by Retired Adventurer
Episode 177 – Spell FRIEND and Enter, by Ty Pitre
Episode 176 – Rules Are a Cage, and I’m a Puppygirl, by Jay Dragon
Episode 175 – Game Design vs Level Design, by Dwiz
Episode 174 – LARPing Lessons Learned, by Joshy McCroo
Episode 173 – Tone is Bullshit, by Zedeck Siew
Episode 172 – Pleasures of the OSR: Emergent Story and Open Worlds, by Ben L.
Episode 171 – An OSR Approach to Spotlight, by Ava Islam
Episode 170 – D&D Obsession With Taxonomy, by Zedeck Siew
Episode 169 – Roleplaying, Decisions, Intelligibility, by Retired Adventurer
Episode 168 – Productive Scab Picking: On Oppressive Themes in Gaming, by Humza K.
Episode 167 – 7 Maxims of the OSR, by Gus L.
Episode 166 – OSR Play Style 101, by Derek B.
Episode 165 – The ICI Doctrine: Information, Choice, Impact, by Chris McDowall
Episode 164 – Using Landmarks in Wilderness Travel, by Ben L.
Episode 163 – Hexcrawls ARE Pathcrawls, by Ava Islam
Episode 162 – An Enemy Appears, The Function of Regular Encounters in JRPGs, by Paolino
Episode 161 – How I Got Into D&D, by Wayspell
Episode 160 – A Forgotten Monster: The Cruel Jackdog, by Marsworms
Episode 159 – Joesky Credit #2: How To Kill Elves, by Humza K.
Episode 158 – 5e Alternatives to Darkvision, by Anne Hunter
Episode 157 – Advanced Darkness, by Dwiz
Episode 156 – Humpty Dumpty Should Die; Fixing Falling Damage, by W.F. Smith
Episode 155 – Delvers, by Dan D.
Episode 154 – Industry Marches, a Setting Introduction, by Emmy Verte
Episode 153 – The Dog Who Speaks Softly, and the Woman Who Barks Like a Dog, by Marsworms
Episode 152 – Weird Wonder Multipost: Social Design, by Amanda P.
Episode 151 – Internal Conflicts in OSR Play, by Idle Cartulary
Episode 150 – Normally Exceptional, the Ginzburgian School of NPC Design, by Ènziramire
Episode 149 – Basic Red Multipost: Classes, by Daniel Dean
Episode 148 – Hobbits As Consolation Class, by Daniel Dean
Episode 147 – Initiative Should Kill You, by Daniel Dean
Episode 146 – Mastering the Megadungeon, by Miranda Elkins
Episode 145 – Twelve Angry Rooms, by Emmy Verte
Episode 144 – Bite-Sized Dungeons, by Marcia B.
Episode 143 – Empty But Not Nothing: Thoughts on Actionable Empty Rooms, by Warren D.
Episode 142 – Skill, Twenty Percent, by Ian McDougal
Episode 141 – An OSR Aesthetics of Ruinewal? Pende Art in Decay, by Ènziramire
Episode 140 – How to Run 200+ Sessions with 25 Systems in One Year, by Lowell Francis
Episode 139 – La-Mulana, Tomb of the Serpent Kings, and Multi-Layered Tutorials, by Dr Curious VII
Episode 138 – How To Set a DC in a D20 Dungeon Game, by Ty Pitre
Episode 137 – Question-Based Adventure Design (Q-BAD), by Ty Pitre
Episode 136 – Other Crews, by Ian McDougall
Episode 135 – The OSR Should Die, by Marcia B.
Episode 134 – Proceduralism, by Gus L.
Episode 133 – False Hydra, by Arnold K.
Episode 132 – Psychological Weight in Slot-Based Encumbrance: The Burden of Magic & Sin, by Warren D.
Episode 131 – Modern Mimics, by Velexi Raptor
Episode 130 – Apolitical RPGs Do Not Exist, by Prismatic Wasteland
Episode 129 – Parrot-Fiends of House Manati (and the Unceasingly Useful Dermestid Box), by Marsworms
Episode 128 – What Is a Dungeon Crawl?, by Gus L.
Episode 127 – Sui Generia, by Brendan S.
Episode 126 – Pleasures of the OSR: Secrecy and Discovery, by Ben L.
Episode 125 – Space is an Ocean, Spaceships are Submarines, by Emmy
Episode 124 – Ten Challenges I Love in Games, by Phlox
Episode 123 – A Fracture in Old School Philosophy: Barbarian or King?, by Dwiz
Episode 122 – So You Want to Run a Puzzle Dungeon: Tips and Procedures for Pleasant Puzzling, by Direct Sun
Episode 121 – Mechanics for Resource Management Part 3: Types of Resources, by Anne Hunter
Episode 120 – Positive Gross, by Evlyn Moreau
Episode 119 – Planning a Campaign as a Series of Decisions, by Retired Adventurer
Episode 118 – The Basis of the Game is Making Decisions, by Retired Adventurer
Episode 117 – The Keep on the Borderlands is Full of Lies, by Prismatic Wasteland
Episode 116 – Prep Tools, Not Adventures, by Nick LS Whelan
Episode 115 – Variations on the Johnson Meet, by Velexi Raptor
Episode 114 – Critique 2: The Old School, by marcia
Episode 113 – Traits of the Mythic Underworld, by Dwiz
Episode 112 – Soft Skills in Running a Game by Joshy McCroo
Episode 111, Adventure Writing Tips (Featuring Unicorn Meat), by Dan D.
Episode 110 – Memory Problems, by Ava Islam
Episode 109 – In Praise of “Silly” Names, by James Maliszewski
Episode 108 – Meet the New Boss: Some Thoughts on Domain-Level Play, by Joseph Manola
Episode 107 – Critique 1: Towards Better Critiques of Games, by Marcia
Episode 106 – Six Cultures of Play, by John B.
Episode 105 – On the Ecology of Gold & Dragons, by Ava Islam
Episode 104 – How to Run a Mystery in TTRPGs, by Prismatic Wasteland
Episode 103 – Two Week Megadungeon, by Nick LS Whelan
Episode 102 – Traversing Fantasy: Repetition & Drive, by Marcia
Episode 101 – Locks, by Larry Hamilton
Episode 100 – Maybe Split the Party, by Prismatic Wasteland
Episode 99 – Your Demon Lord Doesn’t Need That Many Hit Dice, by Joseph Manola
Episode 98 – Keystone Encounter Table, by Scrap Princess
Episode 97 – Hollow Hermit, by Evlyn Moreau
Episode 96 – Example of Play for Running Traps Without a Search Check, by Nick LS Whelan
Episode 95 – Old Games, by Gus L.
Episode 94 – It’s 4 am and I’m supposed to be writing a paper but I’m thinking about gorillas instead, by Ava Islam
Episode 93 – D&D Doesn’t Understand What Monsters Are, by Dan D.
Episode 92 – DCC RPG and Character Death in Old School Gaming, by James Maliszewski
Episode 91 – Why Visit the Magician? & A Visit to the Magician, by Zedeck Siew
Episode 90 – Downtime Activities: Non-Magical Research, by Ben L.
Episode 89 – Resource Management 2: Defining Our Terms, by Anne Hunter
Episode 88 – Spoils of the Gorgon Coast: The Degenerate Heir, by Brian Richmond
Episode 87 – Space is Boring by Velexi Raptor
Episode 86 – Hymn to the Bow: the Hunters, by Humza Kazmi
Episode 85 – Terminology, Diegetic vs Non Diegetic, by Emmy Allen
Episode 84 – New Class: Book Club Witches, by Dan D.
Episode 83 – Witches like Wizards: A Customizable Witch Class, by Monsieur Le Battlier