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Tavern Chat — 1177 episodes

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1

The OSR’s Lost Megadungeons: What We Never Got to See

2

The Three-Layer Encounter: The OSR Trick That Instantly Makes Your Encounters Better

3

What is the BrOSR?

4

When Were YOU Introduced To D&D, and By Who?

5

Ex-Employees Bash WotC - Profits Over People?

6

Ability Checks in D&D Go Back to the Player's Handbook in 1977 - What!?!

7

Project Sigil - A Natural Extension of Baldur's Gate 3 AND a VTT for ALL RPG Rulesets? What!?!

8

D&D Beyond Update 2024 Shift: WotC Listens, Adjusts Plans

9

WotC is Seeking a Game Designer... After Firing Many of its Game Designers Late in 2023

10

D&D Beyond is Deleting 5e Spells & Magic Items Come September 3rd

11

Why Designing a Convention Adventure Differs From Designing a Home Adventure or One for Publication

12

Monetization of Project Sigil & the Future of the Digital D&D Brand

13

Dungeons, Dragons, & Discourse Live! Sunday, August 18th @ 8 PM ET

14

Talking Crit Live! Crit Talk! Wednesday 8/14 @ 8PM ET

15

Frank Mentzer Has Kidney Failure - Is Selling All Four Issues of Strategic PREVIEW for $15k

16

Is D&D For Everyone?

17

TSR Filed for an Extension of Time to File a Statement of Use, re: Star Frontiers Trademark

18

Gamers' Health with Shannon & Tenkar Christmas Special

19

On Communication at the Gaming Table - It is More Than setting a Scene and Interpreting Die Rolls

20

On Consent at the Gaming Table Over Removing Complete Themes (re: recent Paizo response)

21

Arduin - Alignment, Good & Evil, Law & Chaos, and In between

22

Marmoreal Tomb Goes to Print in January PLUS a Far West update (kinda)

23

PDFs are Convenient, But Print Can't be RetConned - Is WotC Making 5e Earlier Printings Collectible

24

Why is Tenkar called "Tenkar"? A Brief History of the Name and Why it is Used

25

TSR3 Voluntarily Dismisses Suit Against WotC Without Prejudice

26

Talking Crit Special Edition - Why Is TSR3 Filing Suit over Trademarks that it Has Abandoned?

27

Why is TSR3 Their Own Worst Enemy? They Just Can't Keep From Stepping on Their Own...

28

TSR3 is Suing WotC for Bullying, Libel, and Slander - $50K Flexible Funding Indiegogo is Live to Raise Funds

29

Gail Gygax Resigns All Positions at Gygax Memorial Fund, Paul Stormberg Voted President

30

Arduin Trilogy - Notes on Treasure

31

Cortex Fan License is Published, With Fully Revokable Clause & WTF is up with RPGNEWS.com?

32

Talking Crit with Bad Mike & Tenkar - Wednesday, 12/1/21

33

Cortex Fan License is Published, With Fully Revokable Clause & WTF is up with RPGNEWS.com?

34

Gifts For Your GM this Holiday Season - Should be Gifts that Benefit the Entire Gaming Group

35

Arduin Trilogy - Notes On Player Character Types

36

The First Fantasy Campaign - The Original Blackmoor Magic System

37

TSR Con Rescheduled for Gary Con Weekend - "New" Star Frontiers RPG Out of Stock Before Publication

38

Giantlands & Wonderfilled Give Us Yet Another WTF Moment

39

Paizo Recognizes UPW Union - Many Striking Freelancers were Likely Also Full-time Paizo Employees

40

Paizo Freelancers Are on "Strike" - They Demand Recognition of United Paizo Workers Union

41

Paizo Staff Unionizes - What Impact Will it Have on the Gaming Industry?

42

Voicemail Catch Up - Social Media, One Sheets, Arduin, Forums, Reviews and More!

43

Arduin - On Dungeons, Caverns, and Other Holes in the Ground

44

What's Going on with The Arduin Grimoire?

45

Wizard's Tower Games Got Sent a Likely Threat of Tortious Interference Via Anonymous Email

46

Paizo Partners with Demiplane to bring D&D Beyond Like Features to Pathfinder 2

47

Talking Crit LiveStream - Special Guest Luau Lou - November 3rd, 2021

48

Larry Elmore is NOT Doing the Cover for TSR3's Star Frontiers? Or is he? Larry Doesn't Know!

49

GaryCon Follow Up Email on Vax & Mask Requirements

50

Game Wizards by Jon Peterson - First Impressions

51

Iron Rations Livestream with JoetheLawyer & Tenkar - 11/12/2021

52

The CWA (Paizo Workers Union is a Subsidiary) Files Unfair Labor Practice Charges at Blizzard+

53

Why Many Players Enjoy Playing Murder Hobos (with apologies to Ernest Hemingway)

54

Dungeons, Dragons & Discourse - LiveStream - Friday, 11/19/2021

55

Not Quite an Arduin Unboxing, But Certainly a Treasure Trove of Arduin Goodness

56

Phylactery - Here Today, Gone Tomorrow or Do Good for the Sake of Doing Good, Not for the Cred

57

HeroQuest is In Hand - Why We Should Model Adventures on the HQ Quest Book

58

Diamond Comics Suffers Ransomware Attack - Robinhood Gets Hacked - How Vulnerable is Our Hobby?

59

Do You Read RPG Forums? Which Ones and Why or Why Not?

60

Follow Up - The Gaming Industry Pays Poorly and Market Size is Only Part of the Issue

61

G4 Network to Return with D&D Branded Actual Play Live Show Later This Month - Invitation to Party

62

Dungeon Hobby Shop Closed to the Public - Open to Gamers by Appointment Only

63

Is The Gary Gygax Estate Dispute Coming to a Negotiated Settlement?

64

Inconvenient Truth - RPGs pay poorly, but people who create RPGs don't deserve to be poor - Wrong!

65

Talking Crit Live! - Special Guest Douglas Cole (Gaming Ballistic) Wednesday, 11/17/2022)

66

Arduin, The First Fantasy Campaign and More - Some Thoughts Going Forward

67

Arduin - Space Aliens & Other Aliens in Fantasy RPGs

68

Arduin - Notes on Alignment and Playability (with commentary by your's truly)

69

Arduin on My Mind

70

Arduin - Dave Hargrave on DM's Versus Angry Players

71

Why The Tavern is a Neutral Ground?

72

Where in the World is the LotFP Referee Book? (Funded October 2013)

73

Tenkar, Why Do You Hate TSR3 So Much?

74

There Were Five Editions of the D&D Basic Set

75

What is With the Current Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarter Trend?

76

When Your Gaming Group Opts for a Bonding Session Over a Game Session...

77

Iron Rations LiveStream - With JoetheLawyer & Tenkar August 27th, 2021

78

Talking Crit with Bad Mike & Tenkar w Special Guests Zach Glazar & Joe Bingaman

79

Talking Crit Live with Special Guest Alyssa Faden

80

Talking Crit - Special Friday LiveStream - August 20th, 2021

81

Talking Crit Livestream with Bad Mike & Tenkar - August 18, 2021

82

Talking Crit LiveStream with Special Guest Mark Greenberg (Necropolis KS) - 8 PM EDT Tonight

83

We Will Be Losing Doug Rhea - NTRPG Con

84

Yes, Virginia, With the Right Group, a Virtual Table Top (VTT) can Emulate an In-Person Gaming Group

85

Steve Perrin Has Passed - Now is the Time to Thank Those That Have Influenced Your Formative Years

86

Why Do So Many Adventures Begin in a Tavern & Nepotism in the Walls - Why I Disclose My Connections , Sometimes Annoyingly So ;)

87

GenCon 2021 Announces Mask Mandate & How Not to Make Friends on Social Media & How Social Media Friendship Does Not = Real Friendship

88

Some Useful Skills for Players of TableTop RPGs & Your Players Are Like a Dog on a Leash - Let Them Lead the Way But Keep Some Control

89

What Future Does the Post Pandemic World Hold for Tabletop Gaming & Marmoreal Tomb Hits 2nd Weekly Content Goal

90

D&D Beyond Self Inflicts Wound, TSR3 Abandons Some TMs, and a Marmoreal Tomb Update

91

Talking Crit - Swords & Wizardry Boxed Set UnBoxing and Marmoreal Tomb Update

92

Join Bad Mike & Tenkar, as they sit down with Greg Christopher to discuss Avarice & Ambition 2e and then delve into current events in the tabletop RPG hobby.

93

Gamers' Health TwoFer - July 3rd & 10th LiveStreams

94

Iron Rations - LiveStream with JoetheLawyer & Tenkar - Let's Talk Houserules, Campaign Styles & More

95

Choosing a Style for My Next Campaign -Adventure Path, Episodic, Hexcrawl, or Megadungeon & Basic Fantasy RPG - An Oft-Forgotten OSR Gem

96

How Do We Attract Younger Players to the OSR? - Can Too Many Choices for Your Sandbox Lead to its Demise?

97

Some Common Sense Social Media Rules for the Business Minded that Don't Want to get Blindsided - A Look Back at Some Not So Recent Failed to Deliver RPG KSs, Why They Failed & What to Avoid

98

Talking Crit w/ Bad Mike & Tenkar - LIVE - 6/30/21 - Follow Up to Last Week's TSR Coverage

99

Talking Crit w/ Bad Mike & Tenkar - A Look at The Latest TSR

100

New(est) TSR Twofer & What the Heck is Wonderfilled?

101

Ken Whitman Returns and The Trove is Gone

102

Only 11% of D&D Players are 40+ and a New D&D Survey

103

Gamers' Health TwoFer - Live From NTRPG Con and Con Wrap-up / Con Crud

104

NTRPG Con Twofer - Whiskey Tasting & Dungeons, Dragons & Discourse (Recorded Live)

105

Talking Crit LIVE at NTRPG Con 2021

106

Hat Trick Episode and Catch Up - D&D 6e, VTT Numbers and what it means& Risus for Sale (with obligations)

107

Ravenloft & Xenophobia / Pathfinder 1e's Success was Due to the Failure of D&D 4e

108

Tenkar's Thoughts on the New Swords & Wizardry Complete Boxed Set - You Might be Surprised! & Xenophobia - Perfect Combination or a Sign of the Times it was Created In?

109

Dungeons, Dragons & Discourse - May 21st, 2021

110

Talking Crit with Special Guest Alex Kammer (GameHole Con)

111

Is Paizo's Pathfinder 2e Gasping Its Last Breath? & Alcohol at The Gaming Table - Cons & Pros

112

Follow Up Twofer - More on Hyperlinked PDFs & Gamer Entitlement

113

Announcing SWCL Digest Edition and Follow Up to Gamer Entitlement

114

Talking Crit with Special Guest Ben Burns

115

The Great Hyperlinked PDF Controversy of 2021

116

As a Convention DM, How Do You Handle Walk-up Players at Your Table?

117

Ken Whitman is Looking for Actors for a Fantasy TV Pilot - Wasn't There a Kickstarter for This?

118

It Isn't Just Players that can be Entitled, It Happens with DM Too

119

Talking Crit with Special Guest Jason Braun - LiveStream

120

Zak S Has TWO Lawsuits Dismissed

121

Kickstarter Has Added a Check-Box for Backers Saying Rewards Aren't Guaranteed

122

Gamers Can Be the Most Entitled Bunch of...

123

Gamer's Health LiveStream - Death, Suicide & Mental Health

124

Dungeons, Dragons & Discourse - Special Unannounced Guest - Mike Badolato NTRPG Con

125

Torchlight Issue #1 Goes to Editing & We've Surpassed 400 Subs on the Vidcast

126

Talking Crit LIVE with Special Guest Jeff Talanian (AS&SH)

127

Can Mook Rules and Crits Find a Balance in the OSR?

128

Blogs Ain't Dying, But They ARE Changing Because of Unforeseen Factors

129

Why I Don't Play with Crits & Fumbles at My Table

130

Gamers' Health with Rach & Tenkar - Weekend Escapes to Recharge Batteries

131

Iron Rations with JoetheLawyer & Tenkar - Live 4/23/21

132

Forums Begat Blogs, Which Begat Podcasts, Which Begat Vidcasts, Which Begat..

133

Talking Crit LiveStream with Ben Barsh, Pacesetter Games - 8 PM Eastern 4/21/21

134

Ken Whitman Hit with a Copyright Claim by Ed Kramer? (Yes, THAT Ed Kramer) Say it Ain't So, Ken!

135

Was D&D 50 Years Old on April 17? Maybe...

136

Far West Fiasco - Gareth Skarka, Icon of Lies, Deception & Broken Promises

137

Dungeons, Dragons & Discourse

138

AD&D 1e DMG - It is incumbent upon the DM to ensure that the role of the Sword is played to the Hilt

139

Talking Crit with Tenkar & Bad Mike - Woot for WotC, NTRPG Update & More

140

Would a Dungeon by Any Other Name Smell as Dank?

141

Tavern Chat Twofer - The Great Kingdom Documentary & Long Lost Mystara Manuscript

142

Gamers' Health with Rach & Tenkar - 8 PM Eastern 4/10/21 - Coping with Stress

143

Iron Rations - Where Did All of the Dungeons Go? Livestream 8 PM Eastern 4/9/21

144

Who Does Tenkar Work For? He Works for You...

145

Talking Crit with Bad Mike & Tenkar - LiveStream 8 PM Eastern 4/7/21

146

On Refs, GMs, Narrators & Cogs - Follow Up and Voicemails

147

Are You a Referee or a Game Master?

148

We Are All Cogs in a Wheel When We Work For Others - Follow Up to the Candlekeep Mysteries Fallout plus Bonus

149

Gamers' Health with Rach & Tenkar - Livestream - More Personal than I Expected ;)

150

Dungeons, Dragons & Discourse - April 2, 2021

151

NPC Classes in Dragon Magazine - Not Just Jokes - or Jocks ;)

152

Talking Crit with Bad Mike & Tenkar Livestream - 3/31/21

153

Goodman Games Acquires Dark Tower from Judges Guild - Will the CSIO Backers EVER be Made Whole?

154

If You Want to Change the World, Work on Your Own IP - Candlekeep Mysteries Fallout

155

Luke Crane Loses Job as Vice President at Kickstarter Over Perfect RPG Fiasco & Disputed Gygax Wills Go to Trial on June 7, 2021

156

Gamer's Health with Rach & Tenkar - Mental Health in the Pandemic

157

Iron Rations with JoetheLawyer & Tenkar - Dungeon Sensibilities, Sandboxes & Campaigns

158

D&D Editions, Owlbear Rodeo, & Voicemails

159

Bad Mike & Tenkar are joined by prolific OSR creator Levi Combs.

160

AD&D 1E - The DMG is Not a Rulebook (But BECMI HAS a DM's Rulebook)

161

A Fireside Chat with Mark Reed (Noble Dwarf Printing)

162

AD&D 1e DMG - Is Dungeon Mastering an Art or a Science?

163

Gamers' Health with Rach & Tenkar - Don't Cheat Yourself, Reward Yourself

164

Dungeons, Dragons & Discourse - 5e, Bane & Boon

165

AD&D 1e DMG - A Look at Appendix B: Random Wilderness Terrain

166

Talking Crit with Special Guest Courtney Campbell (Hack&Slash)

167

The Most Influential Edition of Dungeons & Dragons is...

168

AD&D 1e Dungeon Masters Guide - First THAC0 Sighting and Random Dungeon Generation

169

AD&D 1e Dungeon Masters Guide - Thoughts on High-Level Play & Generating a High-Level Party

170

Gamers Health with Rach & Tenkar - Accommodations, Vaccines, Yoga & more

171

Iron Rations with JoetheLawyer and Tenkar - Why 5e Doesn't Teach How to DM

172

Am I Adverse to High Level Play, and if so, Why?

173

Talking Crit with Special Guest Greg Gillespie (Dwarrowdeep, Barrowmaze & more)

174

Appendix G & H - Traps & Tricks in the AD&D 1e DMG

175

Appendix P - Creating a Spur of the Moment Party in the AD&D 1e DMG - Possible Insights

176

Episode 1,000 (and two ;)

177

Gamers' Health - Prescription Shock is Real!

178

Dungeons, Dragons, & Discourse Live - w/ Special Guest Mark Hunt - Gangbusters

179

Gamer Matchmaking on Demiplane - There a New Portal for Your Games

180

Talking Crit with Special Guest Jim Wampler

181

Doing High Level Abilities at Lower Levels in AD&D - The Role of Scrolls

182

The Not So Perfect "Perfect RPG" Kickstarter

183

Zak Smith is Suing GenCon for Defamation and More!

184

Gamers' Health with Rach & Tenkar - Looking at Virtual Reality for Exercise & Imposter Syndrome

185

Iron Rations with JoetheLawyer & Tenkar - D&D Movie, WotC Profits and More

186

A Recap, of Sorts, of ZineQuest Month

187

Talking Crit with Special Guest Douglas Cole - Gaming Ballistic

188

Dungeons & Dragons 5e is 71% of the Fantasy Grounds Game Sessions

189

ZinrQuest Fireside Chat with Mark Finn - Gobsmack! Zine

190

Gamer's Health with Rach & Tenkar 2/21/21

191

TotalCon Special Edition Talking Crit with special guest Zach Glazar

192

TotalCon Special Talking Crit, Iron Rations, Dungeons, Dragons & Discourse with Guests Angelia & Stephen from TotalCcon

193

TotalCon Special Edition Talking Crit with special guest Christopher Clark - Inner City Games

194

TotalCon PreCon Talking Crit with Special Guest Allen Hammack

195

A Fireside Chat with R Scott Taylor - Art of the Genre - The Folio

196

ZineQuest Fireside Chat with Jesse Ephraim - Other Magic #3, the Ancient World

197

ZineQuest Fireside Chat TwoFer - Thomas Votaw (It Came from the Message Board) and Joel Hines (Desert Moon of Karth)

198

Gamers' Health, w/ special guest Shannon, our 8 y/o niece, as we talk about Schooling in the World of Covid

199

Iron Rations ZineQuest Edition with special guests Tim Shorts, Steve C & Matt Jackson

200

Zinequest Fireside Chat TwoFer - Michael Harmon and Thad More & Robin Irwin

201

Talking Crit Live with Special Guest Casey Christofferson - Bonus Fireside Chat with Lloyd Metcalf

202

ZineQuest - A Fireside Chat Twofer - The Lair of the Manticore - Frank Tufler & The 13th Fleet - Nathan Town

203

ZineQuest Fireside Chat TwoFer - Zak Goins - Scrap Rats & James Carpio - Anarchy!

204

ZineQuest - A Fireside Chat with Jeff Jones - Scoundrel

205

ZineQuest - A Fireside Chat with Craig Campbell - Low Stakes Zine

206

Gamers' Health Livestream with Rach & Tenkar 2/5/21

207

Why Are Today's Zines Not Full Sized?

208

Talking Crit with Special Guest Thom Wilson - ZineQuest Fireside #1

209

Is Immersion an Inverse Ratio to Crunch in a Ruleset?

210

When is Run as Written Wrong?

211

A Rob Kuntz Announcement, a Rant and a Blizzard walked into a Bar (listen to the end for omitted material)

212

Dungeons, Dragons & Discourse - Glen and Tenkar are Joined by the Biggus Geekus Podcast

213

Gamer's Health - Denial Sucks a Lot of...

214

How to Create a Successful Blog, Podcast and/or Livestream

215

Talking Crit with Bad Mike & Tenkar - Conventions, Dragonlance, The Next Edition of D&D and More

216

News - GameHole 2021 Update & Black Lung Zine

217

Weis & Hickman to Publish a New Series Based on Classic Dragonlance

218

The OSR's Definition is Shades of Grey and a Weird Venn Diagram

219

Iron Rations LiveStream - Joe & Tenkar Define the OSR (kinda) and Trace Feats to their Roots

220

Gamers' Health - Cheesecake Episode ;)

221

Biggus Geekus Asks "What is the OSR?"

222

Talking Crit with Tenkar & Bad Mike - The Kraken finds a Path to Get Savaged by Kickstarter

223

Savage Pathfinder Wields the Hand and Eye of Vecna

224

DTRPG Will No Longer do Saddle Stitch, and There is a New Kickstarter Scam

225

The Dark Trails RPG is now Weird Frontiers

226

Dungeons , Dragons & Discourse - Can Two Old Grogs Ever Be Right?

227

Gamer's Health - Nintendo Switch Carb Burning, The Stuffler & More

228

Tim Kask had Much to Say About the "Tunnels Incident" in Dragon 30

229

Talking Crit with Special Guest Skeeter Green

230

A Look at Thief Ability Notations in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1e DMG

231

AD&D Started with 5 Alignments - A Look at the AD&D Monster Manual

232

More on Disease in the Dungeon Master's Guide (AD&D 1e) & The Pros and Cons of Social Media

233

Iron Rations with JoetheLawyer and Tenkar - Dungeons & Diatribes, A Livestreamed Sandbox Discussion

234

Gamers' Health - Is Social Media Healthy?

235

You Got Your Disease in my D&D! Disease in the AD&D 1e DMG

236

Talking Crit - Whit Whitman, Conan & More

237

Methods I-IV of Character Generation in the AD&D 1e DMG - Which Did You Use?

238

As Per the 1e DMG, ONLY Official 3rd Party Resources Should be Used

239

What Tools do You Use to Run a Play by Post Campaign?

240

Wherein I Talk About the 1e DMG - Players Listening Face a Dishonorable Death!

241

New Year, New Gamers' Health - 2021 is a New Start

242

A Big FU to 2020 and Some Plans for The Tavern in 2021

243

Talking Crit LiveStream - Bad Mike & Tenkar Look Back The Year of the Pandemic and Try to Predict 2021

244

Why is Limited Wish so Limited?

245

933 - AD&D 1e - Who Really Used the 3rd Level Flame Arrow Spell?

246

E932 - 2020 in Review, 2021 is The Future

247

E931 - Iron Rations with JoetheLawyer & Tenkar - LiveStream Every 2nd & 4th Friday on YouTube

248

E930 - Gamers' Health - Christmas Episode - Precautions, Hearth Healthy Cooking and More

249

E929 - What Games are You Using to Bring Pre-Teens to the World of Tabletop RPGs?

250

E928 - Talking Crit with Bad Mike & Tenkar, Special Guests Liz & Mike Stewart

251

E927 - Some of the Prices on D&D Collectibles are Mind Boggling

252

E926 - A Fireside Chat with Alyssa Faden (RPG Cartographer)

253

E925 - Listen for the Tenkar Easter Egg on RPG Ramblings Podcast

254

E924 - Weis & Hickman Withdraw Lawsuit Against WotC, Gen Con and PAX East Make Plans for Physical Cons in 2021

255

E923 - Gamers' Health with Rach & Tenkar - Using the Nintendo Switch to Sneak in Exercise

256

E922 - I Feel Like the 5 o'clock News Citizen's Advocate for the OSR

257

E921 - Talking Crit with Bad Mike & Tenkar, w/ Special Guest JoetheLawyer

258

E920 - Chris Pine, the "New" Capt Kirk, Signed to Upcoming D&D Movie

259

E920 - DC Universe Movies will release on HBO Max and in Theaters Simultaneously

260

E919 - AD&D 1e Gamers Were "More Sophisticated Players"

261

E918 - When Grey Ooze Killed My AD&D 1e Monster Manual (and other observations)

262

E917 - Gamer's Health with Rach & Tenkar, Improv Meals, Compensating for Deficiencies & More

263

E916 - Wine, Avarice and Feral Cats

264

E915 - Talking Crit with Bad Mike & Tenkar. with Special Guest Tim Connoly

265

E914 - On Obedience & Experience in AD&D 1e

266

E913 - A Fireside Chat with Jeff Jones (layout artist and content creator)

267

E912 - Not So Secret Ways to Building a Successful Podcast

268

E911 - The Classes in the AD&D 1e Players Handbook are Simply "Recommended"

269

E910 - Gamers' Health with Rach & Tenkar - On Obesity and Changing habits for Better Health (and more)

270

E907 - Dungeons & Drinking - Adult Beverages in Your Game Session

271

E906 - Talking Crit with Bad Mike & Tenkar - Whither Doth the Cons Go?

272

E906 - What is Happening with the New Dungeons & Dragons Movie?

273

E905 - IF WotC WERE for Sale, Who Would / Could Buy It?

274

E904 - Could WotC Be Up for Sale? ICV2 Makes an Argument for the Case

275

E904 - JoeTheLawyer Virtual Guest Appearance - Lawsuits and Suits

276

E903 - Gamers Health - Rach & Tenkar Talk Health as We Enter the Holiday Season

277

E902 - Talking Crit with Bad Mike & Tenkar - Thanksgiving Special

278

E901 - Why Don't Casters' Opponents Get Lowered Saves Against Higher Level Casters?

279

E900 - Why I Love the Hexcrawl Format for our Fireside Chats

280

E899 - A Fireside Chat with Jon Hook, RPG Author

281

E898 - D20 Entertainment Update, 5e Sale, Cyberpunk and More

282

E897 - Gamers' Health With Rach & Tenkar - Thanksgiving in the World of Covid

283

E896 - Once More for the Hat Trick - Gale Force 9 is Suing WotC for $950k

284

E895 - Talking Crit with Bad Mike & Tenkar, with Special Guest Bill Barsh

285

E894 - Take This Shield and Stuff It! Shields in 1e (where do I hold my torch?)

286

E893 - Obedience, Light and Tricks in AD&D 1e

287

E892 - On Secret Hit Points in AD&D 1e

288

E891 - AD&D 1e, and the Core Four Classes (and the non-viability of the non-fighter subclasses)

289

E890 - Gamers' Health with Rach & Tenkar - No One is on this Journey Alone

290

E889 - Torchlight is Paying for Accepted Submissions - Woot!

291

E888 - Talking Crit With Bad Mike & Tenkar, with Special Guest Thom Wilson

292

E887 - Gary Con 2021 is Cancelled - Suck it Up, Buttercup! - Such is the World of the Pandemic

293

E886 - There is a Disturbance in the Social Media Force - MeWe is Seeing Huge Gains

294

E885 - On Making Magic Weapons Unique (Campaign Design)

295

E884 - Ken Whitman Finds KotDT:LAS Footage He Testified IN COURT was Destroyed

296

E883 - Gamers' Health With Rach & Tenkar - Post Election Mental Health

297

E881 - Talking Crit with Bad Mike & Tenkar - The Post Election No Politics Live Chat

298

E880 - On Social Media, The Cesspool and the Redeeming Ponds

299

E879 - The Non Political Politics Episode & the Bane and Boon of Social Media

300

E878 - Phil Reed’s Latest Kickstarter & His PDF Pricepoint Secret

301

E877 - Horror & The Expanse TV Series on Amazon Prime - The Perfect Halloween

302

E876 - Gamer's Health with Tenkar & Rach - Covid Anxiety & Mental Health - Some Suggestions & a F@ck That Mediation

303

E875 - On Old School Thieves & Traps (Hat Tip to The Tavern's Discord Server)

304

E874 - Talking Crit with Bad Mike & Tenkar - Horror Gaming and More

305

E873 - Where I Talk About a Perfect Halloween Week Adventure - Death, Frost, Doom (LotFP)

306

E872 - On Horror Gaming (CoC, Chill, Ravenloft, etc)

307

E871 - What a Cat Taught Me About Running a Sandbox Campaign (and it doesn't have to do with kitty litter)

308

E870 - On the First & Only Kickstarter I Contributed Content To

309

E869 - Gamers' Health - On Pets (and your Emotional, Physical and Spiritual Health)

310

E868 - How to Fix the Anchor Bug re: Adding Favorite Podcast, How to Join The Tavern's Mailing List & No Bards :(

311

e867 - Talking Crit with Bad Mike & Tenkar, with Special Guest Lloyd Metcalf (Fail Squad Games)

312

E866 - on an OSR Mailing List

313

E865 - Weis & Hickman Sue WotC for Breach of Contract

314

E864 - On Trademarks (huge thanks to the Frugal GM) & Some Voicemails

315

E863 - 3rd Quarter Orr Report / Roll20 Numbers & My Thoughts on the Future of D&D 5e

316

E862 - Gamer's Health - Hosted by Laramie - and Beer (Tenkar's Tavern Discord)

317

E861 - What is going on with the Dungeon Hobby Shop Museum?

318

E860 - Can There be Too Large a Team for a Kickstarter? 21 Peeps for Nazi Dracula Must Die!

319

E859 - On Tunnels & Trolls

320

E858 - Keeping Track of Your Thoughts & Ideas

321

E857 - Fireside Chat with Vince Florio, the Podfather of the OSR ;)

322

E856Virtual VTTs and the Pandemic: Has Your Group Transitioned from Face to Face to Distance Gaming?

323

E855 - Gamer's Health with Special Guest JoeTheLawyer

324

E854 - Add The Tavern's YouTube Channel For Your Viewing Pleasure

325

E853 - Live on Sunday Afternoon, a Fireside Chat with Vince Florio, Father of OSR Podcasting

326

E852 - New Kickstarter from Kevin Crawford proves The OSR IS a Viable Market

327

E851 - D&D Care Bear Errata Edition - 5e Removes Racial Stat Penalties

328

E850 - Only YOU Can Speak for the OSR

329

E849 - You Put Your Politics into Our RPG! - My Thoughts on D&D4Dems

330

E848 - Gamer's Health - WTF is up with the Cost of Prescription Meds?

331

E847 - Is That a Pound of Coins in Your Pocket or Are You Just Happy to See Me?

332

E846 - Are Coins in AD&D Too Heavy?

333

E845 - A Retrospective - ScrollWorks, Iridia and the current The Tolling of the Great Black Bell

334

E844 - The Old School Gaming Forums are Live - and fully embeddable

335

E843 - One Forum to Serve them all, and Let the Light Shine on Them

336

E842 - What Ever Happened to the Dream of Swords?

337

E841 - Gamers’ Health for 9/25/2020 - Yoga and Heart Healthy Recipies

338

E840 - The Ties that Bind Us are Stronger than the Differences We may Have

339

E839 - HeroQuest Coming Back? Sign Me Up!

340

E838 - Further Smack Talk About Live Play Podcasts, JoeTheLawyer Counterpoints

341

E837 - I Rant About Live Play Podcasts - and Other Goodies

342

E836 - Why I’m Not. Huge Fan of Supers RPGs - and there is a new Batman RPG in the Works

343

E835 - Anchor Played Me like a Fool

344

E834 - Yoga & Biking - Oh My!

345

E833 - How Kickstarters Control Costs

346

E832 - Why Print on Demand is an Industry Saver

347

E831 - Do Your Players Tell You “NO!”?

348

E830 - How to Promote your Kickstarter

349

E829 - Playing AD&D 1e at a Local Con in 1986

350

E828 - Back in the GM Saddle for the Frog God Gaming Weekend

351

R827 - Gamers’ Health - 9-11, Health Updated, Mental & Emotional Health and Yoga

352

E826 - Roll 20s 1st Quarter Report

353

E825 - Swords & Wizardry Continual Light is Today’s Deal of the Day - I Talk SWL

354

E824 - Joe the Lawyer Calls with his Own Mail Order Hobby Shop Story

355

E823 - Kotaku.UK is No More - Also, My Mail Order Hobby Shop Story

356

E822 - AD&D 1e - Someone Explain Weapon Speed & Multiple Attacks Please ;)

357

E821 - The Boys are Back in Town

358

E820 - Gamers’ Health with Rachel & Tenkar - If Tenkar Can do it, so Can You

359

E819 - WotC is Having a D&D Celebration Weekend 9/18-9/20

360

E818 - Old School Humble Bundle - Swords & Wizardry, Castles & Crusades, Barrowmaze, and More

361

E817 - Rach has a Gamers’ Health Project in the works and the Return of the Midnight Setting

362

E816 - Tenkar & Rach discuss Gareth Skarka and his latest project - Star System

363

E815 - On AD&D 1e

364

E814 - On ENworld as a House Organ, Is 5e Coming to a End, and Nine Lives (Less 5 or so)

365

E813 - Gamers’ Health - Tenkar’s Post Hospitalization Update

366

E812 - Follow-Up on the Combat Wheelchair - We have an Email

367

E811 - Gamers’ Health - The Importance of Pets to Emotional Health

368

E810 - The Return of Grognardia and Why Role-play a Type 2 Diabetic with Congestive Heart Failure?

369

E809 - JoeTheLawyer Calls - Virtual Gaming has Some Unexpected Cons

370

E808 - We Are Living in a Virtual World and I’ma Virtual Gamer & Con Attendee

371

E807 - I’m asked a Question - What is the OSR and the OGL

372

E806 - Fireside Chat with Rob Conley (Bat in the Attic)

373

E805 - Fireside Chat with Tom Knaus (Frog God Games)

374

E804 - Gamers Health - Cooking with Tenkar and Rach

375

E803 - Follow Up to Yesterday’s Episode - Play Stupid Games, Win Stupid Prizes

376

E802 - When is “All Cops Are Bastards” a Valid Part of a Product Description at OneBookshelf?

377

E801 - He-Man the RPG is going to be a Thing

378

E800 - Troll Lord Games is 20 Years Old Today

379

E799 - Majestic Fantasy RPG Launches on Kickstarter

380

E798 - Flying Buffalo Does the Right Thing, Onyx Path accused of doing Wrong

381

E797 Gamer's Health - August 5th, 2020 - Laramie Calls In

382

E796 - Google+ Class Action Lawsuit Settlement - Buy a Man a Beer

383

E795 - Why the Dearth of Guests & Fireside Chats

384

E794 - MegaDungeons & Funhouse Dungeons - How I Differentiate Between the Two

385

E793 - I Muse on Megadungreons

386

E792 - OSR Ennies Winner!?! & Anchor, Is This Thing On?

387

E791 - Fixing Pages and a T&T Update

388

E790 - Gamers’ Health - Turning 53 and Low Sodium Chili that Rocks!

389

E789 - Flying Buffalo Changes Offensive Material in Reprints of Earlier Editions of Tunnels & Trolls

390

E788 - Tracking Torchlight Sales Numbers Reveals Suprises

391

E787 - A True Story and WotC Changes a Story

392

E786 - Art is Often Undervalued and Underpaid in the RPG Industry

393

E785 - Art Kerfuffle & Torchlight Heads to the Editor

394

E784 - Designing Adventure - Which Comes First, the Hook or the Map?

395

E783 - Gamer’s Health - Laramie calls in - Fake Pasta for the Win

396

E782 - Building Your Community is not an Overnight Endeavor

397

E781 - How Gaming Can Help You Retire

398

E780 - The Rekindling of Torchlight

399

E779 - Odds & Prayers - Supporting Our Gamer Family

400

E778 - Free RPG Day is July 25th

401

E777 - Thinking Zines & Talking Crit

402

E776 - Gamer’s Health with Tenkar & Rach

403

E775 - Talking Crit with Bad Mike & Tenkar (soon to be an independent podcast!)

404

E774 - Voicemail and Blog Comments, Oh My!

405

E773 - JoeTheLawyer Laments and the Thousand Fans Theory

406

E772 - LotFP is Over $100k in Debt - Doors May Close by End of Summer

407

E771 - Maintaining Connections with the Gaming Community During the Pandemic

408

E770 - The Failings of Facebook or Lockdown Lunacy

409

E769 - Gamers Health with Rach & Tenkar - Quick Meals

410

E768 - Bonus - WotC Expains their Recent Disclaimer on Legacy releases was only the First Step

411

E767 - Talking Crit with Bad Mike, Old Man Gorgnard & Tenkar - WotC Inflicts Critical Wound on Self

412

E766 - Rant - My D&D is Forever Damned

413

E765 - Bonus Episode - WotC Adds Disclaimer to Legacy Releases at DMs Guild

414

E764 - The Secret Critical Role Fire

415

E763 - A Plethora of GURPS PDFs

416

E762 - Readdressing the HP Lovecraft Issue

417

E761 - Independence Day - Duck & Cover

418

E760 - Gamer’s Health - The King, Yoga and the Pursuit of Happiness

419

E759 - The OSR Wasteland of Ennies Nominations

420

E758 - Throwing Rubber Bricks at Gail? I think not

421

E757 - Gail NEVER filed a will when Gary died. Luke’s filing is the first...

422

E756 - Push to Pull Oriental Adventures from DM’s Guild for Asian Sterotypes

423

E755 - YouTube, Jim Ward and Alignments

424

E754 - I Find Some Overlooked Details in the Current War of Wills of the Gygax Estate

425

E753 - Gamer’s Health for June 26 - Eating Out and More

426

E752 - Looking to Crowdsource a Town Watch / City Guard Sourcebook

427

E751 - 5e Live-stream Hours Viewed up 1100% 2018 to 2019 - 2020 May Have Passed That

428

E750 - Paizo Disowns its Upcoming City Watch Themed Adventure Path

429

E749 - Why I Love Tunnels & Trolls

430

E748 - How Far Back will WotC Retcon?

431

E747 - Practice Safe Social Mediaing - Secure Your Passwords

432

E746 - Gamer’s Health June 19th, 2020

433

E745 - Bad Mike & Tenkar Talk Crit

434

E744 - GAMA loses 100k, Don’t Give Up the Ship public domain

435

E743 - role & play - the quarter million dollar kickstarter

436

E742 - drizzt was the death knell of d&d

437

E741 - Picking Nuggets of Wisdom from Owen Stephens’ Ramblings

438

E740 - Grab. The 5e Humble Bundle & Origins cancels for October

439

E739 - Gamer’s Health Returns - Cook Like Tenkar ;)

440

E738 - origins online con cancelled

441

E737 - why SWL?

442

E736 - stretching the self publishing dollar

443

E735 - you’ll always be under appreciated and under paid

444

E734 - Role - the future of VTTs?

445

E733 - the gamer health podcast - episode #2

446

E732 - Talking Crit with Bad Mike & Tenkar - NTRPG Con Day One

447

E731 - free rpg day - July 25th

448

E730 - last Stent went well

449

E729 - why I am loath to block on social media, but will

450

E728 - Real Life Riots

451

E727 - Gamer’s Health Ep:1

452

E726 - Ramblings of the Tavern Keeper

453

E725 - NTRPG Con to go as Scheduled Next Week

454

E724 -GameHole Con 2020 is Cancelled

455

E723 - There is a Second Gygax Will Filed in the Courts

456

E722 - Gen Con Cancellation Announcement

457

E721 - Episode Zero of the Gamer's Health Podcast

458

E720 - Back Home - Empty of Piss but Still Full of Vinegar

459

E719 - This Piggy Went Wee Wee Wee...

460

E718 - Coulda Gone Better

461

E717 - CSIO Update - What About Bob?

462

E716 - Thank You for the Support

463

E715 - Hospitalized, Again

464

E714 - Where's the Beef? 1 in 5 Wendy's Has No Beef

465

E713 - Kickstarter Looking to Downsize 45% of Its Workforce

466

E712 - Why D&D Diseases are Abstract

467

E711 - Free Castles & Crusades and Dirt Cheap in Print Necromancer Games

468

E710 - Updates on Gen Con and COVID-19

469

E709 - Mike Mearls is Out - Ray Winninger is In

470

E708 - Brainstorming and Seeking Advice on Running a PbP Game

471

E707 - News - Marmoreal Tomb Beta Release in Digital to Kickstarter Backers

472

E706 - Temple of Elemental Evil Reincarnated Announce (Goodman)

473

E705 - Comparing WotC, ENWorld and Tenkar's Tavern Demographics

474

E704 - Bits & Pieces of Random Gaming News

475

E703 - Yarr! Yet Another Successful yet Failed Kickstarter

476

E702 - Judges Guild has No Respect for its CSIO Kickstarter Backers

477

E701 - Kickstarter Sees 35% Drop in Projects, Layoffs on the Horizon

478

E700 - Tavern Chat Breaks into the Top 100 Game Podcasts on Apple Podcasts

479

E699 - As a Creator, Why Would You Agree to Give Up Your Rights?

480

E698 - Can We Talk Gaming on Social Media Please?

481

E697 - Covid-19 Updates from DriveThruRPG and Green Ronin

482

E696 - Postage and PDF Pricing Redux

483

E695 - What Are Your Guilty Pleasures on Cable TV?

484

E694 - I Rant about Green Ronin

485

E693 - Fantasy Grounds Sessions Surge by 150% Due to Pandemic

486

E692 - Talking Community on Easter Sunday

487

E691 - Adjusting to the New Reality

488

E690 - More Social, Less Distancing via Online

489

E689 - Origins Game Fair Postponed to October, Online Con in June

490

E688 - VTTs are Surging in Popularity due to Social Distancing and Stay at Home Orders

491

E687 - Con Crud - The Resurrection

492

E686 - Is It a Good Time to Add New Gamers to the Fold?

493

E685 - Why I Think RPGs with Simpler Rules are Going to Thrive

494

E684 - Some Bing-able On Demand Ideas for Those under Stay at Home Orders

495

E683 - How Much is Too Much for a PDF?

496

E682 - Is it Time for 3d Printing?

497

E681 - Brian Blume: RIP - I Suspect DriveThruRPG is Having a Spike in Sales

498

E680 - Podcast Listenership has Taken a Hit with the Stay at Home Instructions

499

E679 - Will Gaming Conventions Migrate to Online Platforms in the Future?

500

E678 - Diamond Distributors / Alliance Game Distributors Shutter for Length of Pandemic

501

E677 - Basic Roleplaying has an OGL Now

502

E676 - Paizo Con 2020 falls victim to the Pandemic

503

E675 - Tabletop Events is Closing Shop on May 1st... or Is It?

504

E674 - Another Kickstarter Down and Picard for free

505

E673 - Kickstarters are Being Impacted by the Worldwide Pandemic

506

E672 - Corona Virus 19 - We Are All in this Together - Leave No One Behind

507

E671 - Tim Shorts Wrongfully Opines on Critical Hits & I Rebut ;P

508

E670 - Why Critical Hits are not a Critical Part of my RPG Sessions

509

E669 - On VTTs

510

E668 - Free Stuff for Those Stuck at Home

511

E667 - Saint Patrick's Day will Never Be the Same

512

E666 - I Peek at Hexanomicon #1

513

E665 - Tavern After Hours - 24/7 Voice Chat Channel on the Tenkar's Tavern Discord Server

514

E664 - Shall We Play a "Virtual" Game?

515

E663 - Gary Con Canceled, No CV-19 and Voicemails

516

E662 - Voicemails from the ICU and what is the Test for CV?

517

E661 - Power Word Pneumonia

518

E660 - Am I Feeling Better? I Disbelieve!

519

E659 - Not so Silent on Psionics in AD&D 1e

520

E658 - Some Stats & Demographics regarding the Tavern Chat Podcast

521

E657 - More Broken AD&D 1e - Illusionists

522

E656 - Bards in 1e - Breaking Rules to Break the Rules

523

E655 - Anyone Else Bing on the Reaper Bones Minis?

524

E654 - I Haven't Painted Minis in over 25 Years - So Why Do I still Buy Them?

525

E653 - More on the Face Folio

526

E652 - Why I Prefer Inspirational Material over Prepackaged Material

527

E651 - I am not Savvy with Savage Worlds

528

E650 - Why Can't I Wrap My Head Around Certain RPGs NOT Rooted in D&D?

529

E649 - Some Thoughts on Character Generation / 3d6 in Order?

530

E648 - The ChicagoWiz Calls the Show

531

E647 - Core 4 Classes Sweet Spots in AD&D 1e

532

E646 Attack of the Viral Upper Respiratory Infection - Don't Send Flowers, Send Voicemails!

533

E645 - Return From the Con & Return of the Con Crud - A Double Feature

534

E644 - Total Con Day 3 - Seasonal Allergy Attack and the Saturday Night Blues

535

E643 - Total Con Day 2 - What an Excellent Game Session

536

E642 - Total Con Day 1 - & Some Voicemails

537

E641 - Fireside Chat with Vince Florio (Podcaster)

538

E640 - Bob Bledsaw II - In His Own Words - Regarding Recent Accusations - to Help People Better Understand the Personal Views of the Owner

539

E639 - Goodman Games makes a Announcement re: Judges Guild AND Ptolus 5e is being Kickstarted

540

E638 - The Historical Treasures Held by Early Dragon Magazine

541

E637 - Is a Bad RPG Session Better than None at All?

542

E636 - Frank Mentzer, in His Own Words - October, 2017

543

E635 - What Non-Eurocentric RPGs and Settings are in Your Collection?

544

E634 - Your Players Probably Didn't Mean to Screw You Over ;)

545

E633 - Official Statements re: Judges Guild from Bat in the Attic and Frog God Games

546

E632 - Old School Essentials is at Bundle of Holding

547

E631 - Fireside Chat with Tim Shorts (Gothridge Manor)

548

E630 - Do Your Characters Haggle?

549

E629 - Do You Look for Gamers When Home Shopping?

550

E628 - Some Details on the now Deleted 5e "Love Domain"

551

E627 - A WotC "WTF Moment and 5e is 8x More Popular than Both Pathfinder Editions Combined on Roll20

552

E626 - Swords & Wizardry Boxed Set KS Update - "Product Line After the Kickstarter"

553

E625 - Back to the VTT After Over a Month Away

554

E624 - I Highlight some Zines for ZineQuest 2 (Kickstarter)

555

E623 - Old Man Grognard Point Out My Old School Omissions ;)

556

E622 - I Talk About Various OSR Rules Systems

557

E621 - Jeremy & Tom Tell About Entries to RPGs

558

E620 Fireside Chat with Matt Finch (Frog God Games / Swords & Wizardry)

559

E619 - Fireside Chat with Pexx - Frog God Games (re: Swords & Wizardry Boxed Set)

560

E618 - Shane & Laramie Recount Their Introductions to RPGs

561

E617 - How My Early Adventure Module Purchases Affected My Style of DMing

562

E616 - How I Found Dungeons & Dragons

563

E615 - Some Thoughts on Micro Settings / Genre Sourcebooks for Swords & Wizardry

564

E614 - Follow Up on Gygaxian Greyhawk Fiction and the Swords & Wizardry Boxed Set

565

E613 - I Look at All of the EGG Gord the Rogue Books I've Never Read

566

E612 - More S&W Discussion and I Delve into Kickstarter Shipping Issues

567

E611 - What Do You Want in the Upcoming Swords & Wizardry Boxed Set?

568

E610 - Knowing When to End or Reboot an RPG Session

569

E609 - Spoiler Free Joker Review and Some Ideas to Influence How You Present Your BBEG

570

E608 - Christopher Tolkien has Passed, ENWorld has a Top Gaming Podcast List

571

E607 - Recent on Demand Bing-watching - Colony, Punisher & The Prisoner

572

E606 - Was Matt Mercer (Critical Role) Working on his WotC Release While Under Contract with Green Ronin?

573

E605 - New WotC Setting Hits #1 In ALL Books on Amazon - Witness the Mercer Effect

574

E604 - Trolls, Two-Handed Swords and OSR vs Old School Gaming

575

E603 - First Impressions are Everything or Why You Shouldn't Join Communities with Obscenities as Your Handle

576

E602 - The OSR, The OGL, Community Content and the Zweihander RPG

577

E601 - Was the Art in the AD&D 1e Core Books as Good as We Remember?

578

E600 - Follow Up to E599 - I Explain the Reasoning for Leaving "Real-Life" Behind

579

E599 - Rant on Why I Keep Real World Religion / Real World Politics / Real World Drama Out of All Things Tavern

580

E598 - Fantasy Flight Games Laying Off Interactive, Customer Service & RPG Staff

581

E597 - The Hero's Journey 2nd Edition by James Spahn

582

E596 - Pub Chat with JoeTheLawyer and Rach - Recorded Live in the Captain's Bar & Grill

583

E595 - Thoughts / Spitballing a Weekly Youtube RPG Review Show

584

E594 - What Does Continual Light, Animosity Between Elves & Dwarves and Membership Fees in Fantasy Bars Have in Common?

585

E593 - I Look at Some Binge on Demand Streaming Series for Gamers

586

E592 - A Look Back at 2019 and a Look Forward to 2020

587

E591 - Gareth Skarka is Available for Paid Consultation on Your ePublishing Projects

588

E590 - So Why Do Campaigns Often Break Down Before Double Digit Levels?

589

E589 - So, Apparently Most Campaigns Cap Out Around 7th Level...

590

E588 - The Journey is its Own Reward

591

E587 - Jokes in My RPG? A Dragon Walks into a Bar...

592

E586 - Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and a very Joyful Holiday Season

593

E585 - New Drizzt Video Game Coming in 2020

594

E584 - Run as Written is a Losing Bet

595

E583 - A Quick Look at Episode 1 of The Witcher

596

E582 - Cranky Tenkar Looks at Some of Today's Releases at DriveThruRPG

597

E581 - Designers & Makers Fireside Chat with Courtney Campbell (Hack & Slash)

598

E580 - A Look at Brazen Backgrounds, a Tool for Inspiring PC Backgrounds

599

E579 - Gary Con Update - Corrections & Clarifications from Luke Himself

600

E578 - Has Gary Con Outgrown Lake Geneva - Is Milwaukee Calling?

601

E577 - Gary Con's Grand Geneva Resort Overbooked Back in March - Notifications Going Out Now

602

E576 - Why "Controlling the Narrative" is Important to Funded Kickstarter Failures

603

E575 - Where is Yarr! & ENWorld is Weeding Out Fake Promotional Posts

604

E574 - A Look Back at some Early RPG Kickstarter Funded Failures

605

E573 - How Best to Handle the Anger Brigade

606

E572 - How NOT to Make Tenkar Go Away: A Myth & Magic RPG Story

607

E571 - Publisher Trolls OneBookShelf with Fake Banning Screenshot and Emails- Gets Banned for Real

608

E570 - Axes & Anvils Update - Four and a Half years Later

609

E569 - Trails Don't Need to be So Dark for the Kitties - Charity Gaming Bundle Raffle by David Baity

610

E568 - New Release - Merlynd the Magician - Robert J Kuntz

611

E567 - Just How Much Food and Drink Fits in a 1 foot Cube? AD&D Clerics Want to Know

612

E566 - The Return of OSR Christmas

613

E565 - Do Your Players Stop After Defeating the BBEG? Is there Someone Behind Even Him?

614

E564 - On Licensing Older Gaming Properties for Modern Eyes

615

E563 - Back in the Saddle - As a Player - and Basic Fantasy Roleplayng is Going OGL

616

E561 - James Raggi Misled a Collaborator on a Project? You Don't Say...

617

E562 - A Bit More Info on the Possible Future of The One Ring

618

E560 - Follow Up on AD&D 1e - Call in from The Chgowiz

619

E559 - A Day to Be Thankful - Thanksgiving Day

620

E558 - Cubicle 7 Withdraws from Licensing Agreement - The One Ring Comes to an End

621

E557 - The AD&D 1e Player's Handbook Unnecessarily Complicates "Surprise" (not a surprise)

622

E556 - On Kickstarter - Should "Big Companies" be Able to Use Kickstarter?

623

E555 - Why I Think Less Rules is More in the OSR

624

E554 - Behind the Scenes of the Torchlight Zine

625

E553 - On DM PCs That Are Baked into Settings - I'm Calling You Out Elminster!

626

E552 - Designers & Makers Fireside Chat with Kfir Mendel (CaveGeek Art)

627

E551 - Soe Thoughts on Call of Chtulhu

628

E550 - Over 450k Accounts of Magic the Gathering Exposed by WotC

629

E549 - Designers & Makers Fireside Chat with Casey Christofferson (Frog God Games)

630

E548 - Why D&D 5e Can Never Be an "Evergreen Edition"

631

E547 - Thoughts on mining Man in the High Castle for Campaign Ideas

632

E546 - The Trolls Confirm the Marmoreal Tomb Kickstarter Monies are Still There

633

E545 - Enie, Meanie, Minie Moe - Pick a Layout Program by the Toe

634

E544 - Designers & Makers - Fireside Chat with Matt Finch (S&W, OSRIC, Jordoba, Frog God)

635

E543 - Changes Coming to Youtube - Another Reason NOT to Bring Tavern Chat to that Platform

636

E542 - How Much does WotC want for a 45th Anniversary Dice Set with an Artificial Sapphire

637

E541 - Looking Back at the Ridiculous Level Titles from AD&D 1e

638

E540 - Thinking About AD&D 2e Dark Sun & Character Stables for the OSR

639

E539 - Troll Lord Games Swoops in To Dig Out the Marmoreal Tomb Kickstarter - with Commentary

640

E538 - Some Thoughts & Concerns on Spell Design for Swords & Wizardry

641

E537 - I've got lots in the Hopper Prepping for the upcoming Swords & Wizardry Boxed Set Reboot

642

E536 - Critical Role's upcoming Animated series signed by Amazon Prime

643

E535 - I Have Returned from GameHole with Packages Awaiting Me

644

E534 - GameHole Con Wrap - And Boy are my Feet Tired!

645

E533 - Rob Kuntz Makes Claim That Gygax Estate Has Illegally Retained His Property

646

E532 - GameHole Day Two - Allen, Ben, Laramie, Mike, Pexx and Rachel

647

E531 GameHole Day One - Drinking Quest Liveplay

648

E530 - Tom DeSanto Drops Lawsuit Against Gail Gygax

649

E529 - GameHole Prep n Packing & WotC Buys a Digital Game Studio

650

E528 - Drinking Quest @ GameHole & Gail is Demanding Money from GaryCon

651

E527 - I Just Watched Dunkirk - A Perfect Example of Why the Trees are More Important than the Forest

652

E526 - D&D 4e - Why it Was Designed as it Was and Why it Failed

653

E525 - Where Art Thou Gareth Shirker? and a Warhammer 40k Roleplay Humble Bundle

654

E524 - Care Bear Response, LotfP Update and Hasbro Profits Dip

655

E523 - On Care Bears, Player Agency and Character Death

656

E522 - New Tome of Horrors 2020 for 5e and a PSA

657

E521 - Some Thoughts on Horror in RPGs this Halloween Season

658

E520 - The Great Escape RPG(?) and a Great Blog List Source

659

E519 - Announcing the Loss of a Member of The Tavern's Community and the Return of a Classic Series of Wee Warriors

660

E518 - Hero Games - Hall of Champions - Community Content Program

661

E517 - Yahoo Groups Permanently Removing Content by Mid December - Time for RPG Communities to Save Their Content

662

E516 - Critical Kickstarter Critique - Advanced Fantasy Role-playing

663

E515 - Follow Up to the BBC D&D Video - With Voicemail

664

E514 - The BBC Insults Gamers via Twitter

665

E513 - You Got You Loot Crate in My Kickstarter! Lootlauncher

666

E512 - Sometimes Pain Can Bring a Gaming Group Together

667

E511 - DTRPG Introduces "Phone PDFs" - Try Pugmire and Zweihander for Free

668

E510 - Winning at RPGs - Yes You Can if You Define Winning Correctly

669

E509 - Three Can't Miss Kickstarters

670

E508 - Figuring Out My Age when I Found RPGs

671

E507 - Update - Raggi Did Not Remove his Title from DTRPG - DTRPG Did a Stealth Deletion and Stealth Announcement

672

E506 - "Cherry on Top Update" on "Not Zak" & Follow Up on Planned Obsolescence of RPGs.

673

E505 - Reading James Raggi's "A Word From the Publisher" from Zak Has Nothing to Do with This Book - Part III (Final)

674

E504 - Reading James Raggi's "A Word From the Publisher" from Zak Has Nothing to Do with This Book - Part II

675

E503 - Reading James Raggi's "A Word From the Publisher" from Zak Has Nothing to Do with This Book - Part I

676

E502 - Are Poorly Printed RPG Books Penny Pinching or Planned Obsolescence

677

E501 - Where is D&D 5e in its Lifespan?

678

E500 - 500th Episode! Swords & Wizardry Continual Light 50% Off! Woot!

679

E499 - Kickstarter Unionization Dispute Spreading to Creators and Backers

680

E498 - Nature vs Nurture in Fantasy RPGs - How Relevant is It?

681

E497 - Zak Did NOT Record This Podcast (Nor did James Raggi)

682

E496 - Want to Host a Live Chat Session on the Tenkar's Tavern Discord Server?

683

E495 - Swords & Wizardry Light is Heading to School

684

E494 - Pay for a Seat at the Table? Sure - Pay for In Game Bonuses? Say What!?!

685

E493 - Following Up on the Formalization of Informal Social Contracts

686

E492 - WTF is an "ENnie Runner?"

687

E491 - I Left My Voice at ShireCon :)

688

E490 - ShireCon Prep and an Oopsie!

689

E489 - Sometimes the Secret to Success is Not Giving an F

690

E488 - A Look at the Old School Fantasy Roleplaying Bundle at Humble Bundle

691

E487 - Why Do I Enjoy Swords & Wizardry So Much?

692

E486 - What to Do if Your PCs Never Retreat

693

E485 - Addressing Game Balance in a Convention Session

694

E484 - Some Suggestions to Help Prospective Bloggers, Podcasters and Youtubers

695

E483 - Sign a Social Contract So You Can Game?

696

E482 - Your Life is Priceless

697

E481 - Remembering 9-11

698

E480 - RANT Warning - The World Does Not Conform to Your Demands

699

E479 - Dave & Gary ARE Dungeon & Dragons - The Sum is Greater than the Parts

700

E478 - Why I Hate Artifacts in D&D

701

E477 - On Dragons!

702

E476 - Don't Stop in the Left Lane if You Miss Your Turn AND Players Won't Know You Made a Mistake so Keep it Moving ;)

703

E475 - Making Your NPCs Memorable

704

E474 - Is There a New Boxed Set of Swords & Wizardry in the Wings?

705

E473 - Some Suggestions for Players of Convention Games

706

E472 - How I Run Convention RPG Sessions (ShireCon is 9/21/19)

707

E471 - Destructive Weather & Magical Weather Control in Your Campaigns

708

E470 - Using Real World History for Campaign Inspiration

709

E469 - How Many years of Writer's Block did Raggi have on the LotFP Ref Book?

710

E468 - On Real World Politics in Gaming and Getting Our of the Way of the Ball

711

E468 - Bits n Pieces - Pathfinder 2, Far West and Blackmarsh - Oh My!

712

E467 - First Impressions of SECRETS of BLACKMOOR: The True History of Dungeons & Dragons

713

E466 - On GM Improvisation - When it Works Best and When it Works Least

714

E465 - A Huge Thank You and Hero Humanoids

715

E464 - Rick Loomis (Flying Buffalo) has Passed

716

E463 - How Bad is the AD&D 1e UA Barbarian?

717

E462 - Follow Up on Creating OSR Content

718

E461 - Responses to the TPK Episode - Voicemails

719

E460 - Can your Campaign Survive a TPK?

720

E459 - On Free Gaming Content - Is it Valued Less Because it is Free?

721

E458 - What an Amazing Community We Have (and a Rant About Cancer)

722

E457 - Rick Loomis (Flying Buffalo) has Cancer and Needs Our Support

723

E456 - You got your History in my Fantasy - Using Real World History to Inspire Your Campaigns

724

E455 - Update on Roll20 Data Breach

725

E454 - JoeTheLawyer Calls in About Urban Adventures

726

E453 - Loot Crate Goes Bust - What About our Gaming Crates?

727

E452 - Urban Adventuring - Why I Tend to Avoid it as a DM

728

E451 - Two 100k Kickstarters - One Barely Funded, One Can't get to 1%

729

E450 - State of The Tavern and update on F'ed Up Rules

730

E449 - Some of the Worst Rules in RPGs

731

E448 - The OSR is Dead, All Hail the OSR - Plus, We are Giving Gifts!

732

E447 - Another NTRPG Con Gamer Lost & Geek and Sundry Sued

733

446 - We Get a Brief History of B4 The Lost City and More

734

E445 - Post Gen Con News - Next Original Adventures Reincarnated: (B4) The Lost City

735

E444 - Classic RPG Retreat: Lake Geneva 2019 - and NOT Hosted by GaryCon

736

E443 - All Weather is Local and The ENnies Winners (that I care about ;)

737

E442 - A Lesson Learned and Paying the Joeski Tax

738

E441 - The Pathfinder 2 Release - Can It Save Paizo's Position of Power in the Hobby?

739

E440 - Join Us in the Weekly Tavern Chat Hangout - Nearly 20 Minutes of Our Stupidity ;)

740

E439 - Tavern Chat Birthday Giveaway!

741

E438 - The RPG Campaign Summertime Blues

742

E437 - Thoughts and Observations on the latest Roll20 Orr Report

743

E436 - Healthier Gamers, BtB 1e Combat (ADDICT Link in Show Notes)

744

E435 - Further Thoughts on a Non-Profit Gamers Helping Gamers Organization

745

E434 - Following Up on AD&D 1e Combat, ENnies and Gamers Helping Gamers with Some Voicemails

746

E433 - Some Thoughts on the ENnies, Inspired by Tim Shorts

747

E432 - I Give My First Impressions of the Dungeons & Dragons Essentials Set

748

E431 - Gamers Helping Gamers - Its What We Do, But Can We Do Better?

749

E430 - Christmas in July Sale, Shirecon & More

750

E429 - Designers & Makers Fireside Chat with Ben Burns (New Comet Games)

751

E428 - Some Ideas on Vetting Kickstarter Projects

752

E427 - Retired Three Years as Of Today and We Have Plans :)

753

E426 - There is a Clone of MERP - Against the Dark Master (PWYW)

754

E425 - Some Strange Thoughts & Some ENWorld Observations

755

E424 - Follow Up on Stranger Things and D&D

756

E423 - Stranger Things Season 3 - The Role of D&D (Spoilers Avoided)

757

E422 - More Thought on Stats and on Controlling Your Content - With Voicemails

758

E421 - And the BS Goes On - Far West Will no Longer be Using KS for Progress Updates

759

E420 - The Roll For Initiative Podcast is Closing its Doors, But it Will Never Die

760

E419 - More Thoughts on Low Stats with a Voicemail from Old Man Grognard

761

E418 - You Get Me, You Really Do!

762

E417 - On Kickstarters and Mental Health

763

E416 - Why You, as a Creator / Publisher should have Admin Control over Social Media Sites supporting your Publications

764

E415 - Thoughts on Low Ability Score Adventurers - Oh, and a "Go 'F'" Yourself

765

E414 - Commentary on the New LotFP Weird Fantasy Ref Book Indiegogo Update

766

E413 - Holiday Thoughts on Fireworks and Gunpowder in Fantasy Campaigns

767

E412 - ENnie 2019 Nominations Announced - No LotFP, Paizo, or WotC in the Mix

768

E411 - Are the Kickstartesr I Back for Reading or Collecting?

769

E410 - On Sandboxes & Hex Crawls and Player Responsibility

770

E409 - There is a Tactical 5e CRPG on the Way - Apparently Using the OGL

771

E408 - Demonic Dungeon of the Bone Dreamer & Writing Adventures for Yourself, Convention Play and for for Others to Run

772

E407 - Drones, Voicemails, Open d6, Bunnies & Burrows and Far Away Land OSR

773

E406 - Designers & Makers Fireside Chat with Ben Barsh (Pacesetter Games)

774

E405 - More Support is More Gooder! Voicemails from Glenn, Ive, Laramie, Jeff & Joe - Phew!

775

E404 - Voicemails in Support - Oh My! Ivy Shorts is our Virtual Guest Host ;)

776

E403 - Such Positive Feedback - But None Made Publicly for Fear of The Outrage Brigade

777

E402 - A Rant about Vagebooking by a Worthless Piece of Excrement

778

E401 - The OSR, Inclusivity, Gatekeeping, Walled Gardens, Safe Spaces & a Sweet Gaming Table

779

E400 - Is Morrus / ENWorld F'n with a 2013 Kickstarter Backer & Denying Him his KS Reward out of Spite?

780

E399 - Blue Yeti in the House and some Mutant Future / Gamma World thoughts & memories

781

E398 - Some Further B/X Thoughts & Houserules

782

E397 - Voicemail Extravaganza! Ivy, Tim & Red Dice x 2 :)

783

E396 - Thoughts on Cleric Spells in B/X

784

E395 - Stacy D & James Raggi Updates

785

E394 - Some Father's Day Gaming Thoughts with Shannon & Tenkar

786

E393 - Podcast Advice Inspired by JoeTheLawyer's 50th Episode

787

E392 - Zak S Sues Mandy for Defamation in Ottowa - I Read Zak's Statement

788

E391 - Designer & Makers Fireside Chat with David Baity (Dark Trails RPG)

789

E390 - James Mathe (RPGNow Founder) has Passed & Other News

790

E389 - NTRPG Con Midnight Auction - With My Epic Fail trying to Find Something I had that WAS NOT in Bill Meinhardt's Collection

791

E388 - NTRPG Con Live With Glen Halstrom, Vince Florio, Matt Finch & Bad Mike

792

E387 - NTRPG Con Live "Talking Crit" With Bad Mike, Special Guests and a Mini Bar - Oh My!

793

E386 - Tegal Manor is NOT a Safe Space - NTRPG Con Day 2

794

E385 - NTRPG Con - Day One - Booth Babe Bartender

795

E384 - The Eagle has Landed in DFW - NTRPG Con

796

E383 - Wherein Our Gaming Group Went Shopping for "Potterei" ;)

797

E382 - Thoughts on Gatekeeping & Influence

798

E381 - Rant - Why Would You Want an OSR Alternate Community with a Cock & Scrotum Logo?

799

E380 - Designers & Makers Fireside Chat with Alex Kammer

800

E381 - My Initial Thoughts on Good Omens (Amazon Prime)

801

E379 - Voicemail Follow-up on Literacy and a $750 Preorder for WFRP 4e

802

E378 - Follow Up to Bequeathing Your Gaming Collection and Thoughts on NTRPG Con

803

E377 - Thoughts on Gaming Collection Inheritance (Prepare Now)

804

E376 - Follow Up to Thoughts on Literacy in Game and Dealing with Intoxication when Gaming

805

E375 - The Effects of Weather in Fantasy Campaigns (with Live Weather Effects)

806

E374 - Idle Thoughts on Education and Literacy in Fantasy Worlds

807

E373 - Live with JoeTheLawyer & Rach at Faile House (W 33rd Street NYC)

808

E372 - Tim Shorts Calls Out JoeTheLawyer (and the end of Renovations)

809

E371 - Urban Adventures, Tunnels & Trolls and an Atari Lynx

810

E370 - JoeTheLawyer, Rot Grubs & More

811

E369 - Random Tavern Business & Talk of a NTRPG Con Tavern Hangout

812

E368 - Last Episode of Game of Thrones Review / Rant - Spoilers (Don't Say I didn't Warn You!)

813

E367 - Designers & Makers - Fireside Chat with TheGlen (Mystara)

814

E366 - New Season now with Voicemails, Kickstarter News and More

815

E365 - The 365th Episode! Woot! Oh, and we Even Have Industry News!

816

E364 - FireSide Chat with Laramie (Tavern Mensch & Bearer of Cider)

817

E363 - Fireside Chat with Pexx (Tavern Custodian & Hand of the Tavern Keeper)

818

E362 - Designers & Makers Fireside Chat with Rokoma (Saga RPG)

819

E361 - Wherein I Rant About Season 8 Episode 5 of Game of Thrones (Minor Spoilers)

820

E360 - Go Joe! and a Look at Legacy

821

E359 - Colin & Joe Call In - I Talk About My Prior Rant and More Yygsburgh

822

E358 - An Email from Yggsburgh's Past and a Legal Resolution to an Incident from Last Summer

823

E357 - Paizo 5e Follow Up & Bethesda Plagiarizing from the DM's Guild

824

E356 - 500 Frog God Bucks up for Grabs and Gail lumps Alex and Tom Together

825

E355 - Just How Many Virtual Table Tops Have I Played With?

826

E354 - An Ugly Kickstarter and a Good Kickstarter

827

E353 - Paizo to Publish for 5e & Renovations at Casa de Tenkar

828

E352 - A Rant in Support of Courtney Campbell

829

E351 - Joint Statement of BJ Hensley and Frog God Games

830

E350 - Digging Out Treasures Prepping for Renovations

831

E349 - Far Away Land OSR Kickstarter - I Even Wrote a Forward :)

832

E348 - No Lawyer Episode (Really) - Alien the RPG and OSR Far Away Land

833

E347 - More Lawyers and Game of Thrones (No Spoilers)

834

E346 - Tom DeSanto is Looking for $300K plus in Legal Fees from Gail Gygax

835

E345 - Statement by Bill Webb (Frog God Games)

836

E344 - Steve Jackson Games Sales Decline for Fourth Straight Year

837

E343 - We Sample Some of the Weekly Tavern Chat Hangout

838

E342 - Some Valid Arguments from both Sides of the Magic Missile / Mirror Image Debate (with more voicemails)

839

E341 - RPG Sales were up 18% in 2018

840

E340 - I Pop Open a Can of Gygax Beer!

841

E339 - You Got Your Magic Missile in my Mirror Image (Move Voicemail - More Better)

842

E338 - More Magic Missile Talk (We got Voicemails)

843

E337 - Magic Missile has a Duration of 1 Turn in B/X - I Never Knew

844

E336 - News - Licensed AD&D 2e Come to Fantasy Grounds (and a wee bit of Aged Advice ;)

845

E335 - Designers & Makers Fireside Chat with Jacob (Nerdolopedia) (Smunchy Games)

846

E334 - Designers & Makers Fireside Chat with Jayson "Rocky" Gardner (Silver Bulette)

847

E333 - I Only Recently Realized Elves in Swords & Wizardry Must be Multi-Classed or Single Class Thieves

848

E332 - Designers & Makers Fireside Chat with Frank (Mottokrosh Machinations)

849

E331 - All the News That's Fit to Listen To ;)

850

James Smith (Dreams of Mythic Fantasy) Has Passed Far too Soon

851

E329 - Spell Components, Segments, Limited Shield Use - Rules From 1e Missing from Most OSR Games

852

E328 - What is Tenkar's One-Shot Roleplaying?

853

E327 - Kotaku Among the Properties Sold at Fire Sale Prices to a Private Equity Firm

854

E326 - Designers & Makers Fireside Chat with Glynn Seal (Monkeyblood)

855

E325 - Designers & Makers Fireside Chat with James Spahn (Barrel Rider Games)

856

E324 - Designers & Makers Fireside Chat with Andrew (FASA Games)

857

E323 - Is Guilt Burning Down the House Gary Built?

858

E322 - Revisionist History Updates by Gail Gygax

859

E321 - News - John Wick (and his 7th Sea RPG) Joins Chaosium

860

E320 - No April Foolery - Gail Gygax Set to Tell Tales of Family Woe and More

861

E319 - A Fortune that is Kickstarter Relevant and Google+'s Last Day is April 1st - No Foolin'!

862

E318 - Want a One Year Contract as a WotC's Community Manager? Position Opens April 1st - No Fooling

863

E317 - Designers & Makers Fireside Chat with Jay (Feral Games)

864

E316 - Designers & Makers Fireside Chat with Cavin (YourProGM)

865

E315 - RPG Books Burned in China - Something to Fear?

866

E314 - Designers & Makers Fireside Chat with Joshua Desa (Genius Loci Games)

867

E313 - 100k Plays, A Big Kaboom & More Gaming

868

E312 - Designers & Makers - Fireside Chat with Owlbear (D20 Pro Virtual Table Top)

869

E311 - Bits & Pieces - Numbers, Wayward and Grabbing a Seat as a Player x2

870

E310 - Designers & Makers Fireside Chat with Alex Macris - Redux (New Release - Arbiter of Worlds)

871

E309 - Talking Crit with Erik & Mike - Gary Con & More

872

E308 - Designers & Makers - Fireside Chat with Jeff "Jolhoeft" (Virtua Rasa VTT)

873

E307 - Designers & Makers - Fireside Chat with Janet (World Anvil)

874

E306 - How Swords & Wizardry Light Came to Be or Ain't Retirement Grand?

875

E305 - Designers & Makers Fireside Chat with Courtney Campbell (Hack & Slash) Round Two

876

E304 - Found My Voice and Huge Kickstarter Roundup

877

E303 - Designers & Makers Fireside Chat with Aurelien (Koryo Hall of Adventures)

878

E302 - Dramatic Reading of a Con Man Ken Email Exchange

879

E301 - Designers & Makers - Fireside Chat with Ben (Virtua Rasa VTT)

880

E300 - I Got Fake Newsed By Frank - Oh, and its Episode 300!

881

E299 - Frank Con, Con Man Ken and Con Crud - What a Day

882

Gary Con Fireside Chat with Rach

883

E297 - Gary Con Day 3 and Ken Whitman Spins His Wheels with the Spinward Traveller Kickstarter

884

E296 - Gary Con Day 2 - Unionized Demons Renovate Rappan Athuk's Mouth of Doom

885

E295 - Kotaku Article on Gygax is Out - Fluff Piece Gone Wrong

886

E294 - Follow Up on Falling Down and Some Legal Thoughts on Trademarks

887

E293 - Reporter Redux - Now With Secret Offensive Jokes

888

E292 - Designers & Makers Fireside Chat with VBWyrde Elthos RPG & Mythos Machine)

889

E291 - Are We at Fault? Have we Made Godlings out of Imperfect Heroes and Doomed them to Fall from Grace?

890

E290 - Wherein I Explain How I Came to My Conclusion over the Frank Mentzer Dragonsfoot Fiasco

891

E289 - Kickstarter Roundup - Lost City of Immersive Hexed Booze of the Metal Consortium

892

E288 - Frank M Posts a Rebuttal of Sorts to Facebook - I discuss a small piece of it

893

E287 - Voicemail Catch Up on the Zak S Drama

894

E286 - Designers & Makers - Fireside Chat with Thom Wilson (Throwi Games)

895

E285 - Designers & Makers - A Fireside Chat with Don of Hellebarde Games

896

E284 - Return from TotalCon & Back to Tavern Stuff ;)

897

E283 - Mini Fireside Chat with Rach, Recorded Live at Total Con - Special Guest Angela, Con Director

898

E282 - Gen Con Bans Zak S - Do We Now Have a Slippery Slope?

899

E281 - Total Con - Day 1 - Bar Talk with Lloyd Metchalf, Rocky Garner, and Stephan Pokorny

900

E280 - Designers & Makers - Fireside Chat with DasMachine (Lost Relic Industries)

901

E279 - Removing Day - Zak S Removed from 5e Consultant credits & Frank Mentzer Removed as Guest of Honor at Gary Con

902

E278 - Designers & Maker - Fireside Chat with Krillion GreyDragon (D20Pro VTT)

903

E277 - Designers & Makers - Fireside Chat with Sean of Smunchy Games

904

E276 - Designers & Makers - Fireside Chat with Rich Fraser (Rich Fraser Productions / Cockatrice Nuggets Podcast)

905

E275 - Roll20 Got Hacked - 4 Million Account Records Listed for Sale Online

906

E274 - Zak S Rebuts and a Stacy D Defense of Zak S from 2017 Resurfaces

907

E273 - Designers & Makers - Fireside Chat with Rob Conley (Bat in the Attic)

908

E272 - DriveThruRPG Bans All Future Titles Associated With Zak Smith, Contessa Makes a Statement re: Zak

909

E271 - I Look at an Assortment of Virtual Table Tops

910

E270 - Morbid Mandy Accuses Zak S of Abuse

911

E269 - Designers & Makers - Fireside Chat with Puddles (Strange Gods Podcast)

912

E268 - Designers & Makers Fireside Chat with SagaNick (Saga RPG)

913

E267 - Designers & Makers - Fireside Chat with Courtney Campbell (Hack & Slash)

914

E266 - Spotify Buys Anchor & A Reporter Wants to Interview Me (I Declined)

915

E265 - Designers & Makers - Fireside Chat with Jerry (Frog God Games)

916

E264 - Quick Looks at Eleven Zine Quest Zines on Kickstarter

917

E263 - I Really Hope You Aren't Using G+ for Your Blogger Comments - I Look at the Latest G+ Update

918

E262 - Milestones Oh My! Podcast, Discord and The Black Isle

919

E261-You Should Rarely Give Interviews to the Press - Trust Me, They Don't Care About Your Campaign

920

E260 - Catching Up with the Top 10 RPG Podcasts According to ENWorld

921

E259 - Designers & Makers - Fireside Chat with Tyson (Smunchy Games)

922

E258 - Designers & Makers - Fireside Chat with Alexander Macris (Autarch/ACKS)

923

E257 - Dungeons & Dragons - 45 Years Old and Strong as Ever

924

E256 - Follow Up on Aging in AD&D 1e, Savage Worlds Community Program and a Poopie Situation ;)

925

E255 - Designers & Makers - Fireside Chat with Melkor (Strange Gods Podcast)

926

E254 - New Recording Limits on Anchor & Savage Worlds Adventurer's Guild goes Live

927

E253 - Looking at Aging in the AD&D 1e DMG

928

E252 - Designers & Makers - Kevin Watson/Dark Naga Games (Writer/Publisher)

929

E251 - Designers & Makers - Fireside Chat with Elfstar (Adventure & Computer Game Designer)

930

E250 - Woot! 250 Episodes in 250 Days

931

E249 - Designers & Makers - Fireside Chat with Robert/Sizzoul (Strange Gods Podcast)

932

E248 - Back in the Saddle Again - Spikepit and Tim Shorts Call In - Talking about Old School Modules

933

E247 - Designers & Makers - Fireside Chat with Humble Joe / Izzy (Strange Gods Podcast)

934

E246 - Starting Spells for Magic-Users in AD&D 1e - Do You use the DMG Table on page 38?

935

E245 - Designers & Makers - Fireside Chat with Skeeter Green (Bard's Gate)

936

E245 - My 2019 New Year's Gaming Resolutions

937

E244 - Anchor Issues and a Look at the Latest Mythoard

938

E242 - Designers & Makers - Fireside Chat with Josh Beckelheimer (Swords & Wizardry One Sheets)

939

E241 - Gareth Gets an Update - A Posse Was Forming - Voicemails

940

E240 - Gareth Skarka of Far West Shame Threatens to Punch Your Host in the Throat (& calls me names)

941

E239 - Save Vs... More Podcast Talk... Voicemails from Spikepit & JoeTheLawyer. I feel like Poop :(

942

E238 - Where I See the Anchor Podcast Community Now and in the Future

943

E237 - Designers & Makers - I Hang Out with Vince Florio (Wild Games Productions)

944

E236 - Did Gameplay Change Between AD&D 1e & AD&D 2e?

945

E235 - Thoughts on The Man in the High Castle

946

E234 - Designers & Makers "Fireside Chat" with Omer Golan (Stellagama Publishing)

947

E233 - Designers & Makers - I Sit Down with Ian McGarty of Silver Bulette Publishing

948

E233 - Not So Wondrous Tavern Chat Episode 2 - Pub Con 0.1 - Scouting a Potential Locations

949

E231 - Defeat Doesn't Need to Equal Death for Your PCs

950

E230 - Potential Pub Con Talk before getting Stealth Bombed by My Cat

951

E229 - Its New Year's Eve! - Closing Out 2018 and Looking Forward to 2019 with All Things Tavern

952

E228 - Avengers Infinity Gauntlet & More Thoughts on Artifacts & PC Defeat vs Death

953

E227 - Designers & Makers - I Hang With Jason Hobbs (Hobbs & Friends, Hex Talk, Random Screed)

954

E226 - I Dig Deeper into the AD&D 1e DMG and dig up some Artifacts & Relics

955

E225 - Did You Say "Intelligent Sword?" - I Dig Into the AD&D 1e DMG

956

E224 - Post Christmas Voicemails from Prior to Christmas - Go Figure ;)

957

E223 - Merry Christmas and Thank You

958

E222 - Christmas Eve with Pinky (My Niece)

959

E221 - It is Time for the Majority of Gamers to be Heard. Support That Which You Love

960

E220 - The OSR is Under Attack - Roll for Initiative!

961

E219 - Coming Soon - Starfinder Beginner Box - I Do So Love the Format

962

E218 - Designers & Makers - I Interview Douglas Cole (Gaming Ballistic)

963

E217 - Designers & Makers - I Talk with Zach Glazar (Frog God Games)

964

E216 - Unboxing the new Call of Cthulhu Starter Set

965

E215 - Designers & Makers - I Talk with Carl Heyl (Save or Die Podcast)

966

E214 - I Found Myself Agreeing with Stacy D and Then...

967

E213 - Designers & Makers - I Talk with Tom Knauss (Writer/Freelancer/Frog God Games)

968

E121 - Follow up to Hawk! News - New D&D Show Starring Daredevil’s Deborah Ann Woll

969

E211 - Hawk the Slayer - I Finally Watched from Beginning to End

970

E210 - Designers & Makers #1 - Interview with Michael "BadMike" Badolato (NTRPG Con/Frog God Games)

971

E209 - Episode Zero of Designers & Makers - Wherein Your Bartender Interviews Himself ;)

972

E208 - 52.5 Million G+ Accounts Exposed to Private Data Breach Bug, Shutdown Moved Up to April 2019

973

E207 - Podcast Nominations at ENWorld and some Minor Rants

974

E206 - Annual Tavern Meeting Roundup and a Look at ENWorld's Most Anticipated Games of 2019

975

E205 - What's Your Experience with Experience Points?

976

E204 - So, What Exactly are Hit Points in AD&D?

977

E203 - Languages in AD&D 1e - Even the Dumbest Thief Starts Out with Three. Why?

978

E202 - News - She Bleeds update and an OSR Survey

979

E201 - Zero or More Copies of She Bleeds are Allegedly Destroyed - But No Details as to By Who

980

E200 - The Not So Wondrous Tavern Chat Episode One, With Special Guest JoeTheLawyer

981

E199 - OSRChristmas Kicks Off & a Follow up on The Common Tongue

982

E198 - How Common is the Common Tongue?

983

E197 - A Look at Using Mundane Items in Your Fantasy Gaming

984

E196 - Do you Use Spells with No Save Against your Player Characters?

985

E195 - Save or Die? Maybe, but what else can we do?

986

E194 - Planning a Tenkar's Tavern Pub Gathering on Dec 2 - Kicks Off Noon at the Complete Strat

987

E193 - It's Beginning to Look Like OSR Christmas, Everywhere You Go!

988

E192 - News - There is Now a Gygax Game site - But They Don't Mention FIG (Alex does have a sidegig)

989

E191 - Tegel Manor is Live on Kickstarter - and some more Black Friday Sales

990

E190 - Thanksgiving & Black Friday Sales for the RPG Gamer

991

E189 - Tavern Plans for 2019

992

E189 - Dreams, Crossovers and the Sunsetting of the RPGNow Storefront

993

E187 - The Games You Own vs The Games You Play vs The Games You Want to Play

994

E186 - TARGA - Its History, Its Death and an Inside View - Are We Doomed to Repeat?

995

E185 - Does the Graphic Define the OSR or Does the OSR Define the Graphic? Does the Graphic Matter?

996

E184 - Mundane Magic - Spells and Items - Why is This Overlooked in Most Fantasy RPGs?

997

E183 - I Tell a Story of Mid 80s Convention Play, Rules Lawyering and the Mantra "Don't be a Dick"

998

E182 - There's a Humble Bundle for Warhammer & 40k Audio Fiction - and one with Digital Talisman Too

999

E181 - A True Story and a Possibly True Story of the TSA - Who Watches the Geeks that Watch Us?

1000

E180 - Home, Tired and Thoughts on How to Combat Con Crud (and other offenses)

1001

E179 - GameHole Day Four Wrap with Random Thoughts and Observations

1002

E178 - Gamehole Con Day 3 - Down The Well and Other Adventures

1003

E177 - GameHole Day Two with Bad Mike, Ben Barsh, Zach Glazer and Rach

1004

E176 -GameHole Day One - Sales, Ciders & Community

1005

E175 - As I Get Ready to Head to GameHole, I Talk a bit about Running Convention RPG Sessions

1006

E174 - Balance Scmalance! Its all in the Way You Play the Game

1007

E173 - But we Decide which is Right and which is an Illusion - I talk briefly about Game Balance

1008

E172 - The Music in My Head is at Your Gaming Table - E171 Followup

1009

E171 - Do You Use Music and / or Sound Effects in Your RPG Sessions?

1010

E170 - Episode #1 of the TavernSpike Podcast - Join "SpikePit" and Myself on a Podcast Crossover

1011

E 169 - OSR Podcasts Unite - Very Positive Feedback on the Cross Promo Idea

1012

E168 - Just How Easy IS Anchor? So easy your Bartender can do it on a Daily Basis

1013

E167 - DnD Sports is now RPG Sports - Would you choose Tissue Paper over Kleenex? Me Neither

1014

E166 - I Fall Into the Spikepit and Spitball some Ideas for Cross-promotion of Some OSR Podcasts

1015

E165 - Horror in My White Box? I Want Horror on My Fantasy White Box!

1016

E164 - A Look at Multi and Dual Classing in the AD&D 1e Player's Handbook

1017

E163 - An OSR Star Trek Ruleset - Starships & Spacemen 2e

1018

E162 - Reading the History of my Original AD&D 1e Player's Handbook

1019

E161 - Finding Hidden Treasures in Second Hand RPG Acquisitions

1020

E160 - Kickstarter Roundup - Blighted Dice and Giant Wine

1021

E159 - ENWorld Commenting and Chit Sheets, Oh My!

1022

E158 - The Birth of the RPG Breakfast Club - The Tenkar's Tavern Discord Server

1023

E157 - The Complete, Untold Story Behind the Origins of Swords & Wizardry Light

1024

e156 - The Pinky Interview - My Seven Year Old Niece Talks Dungeons, Dragons and Imagination

1025

E155 - Confessions of an RPG Hoarder

1026

E154 - Wherein I Talk a bit about Swords & Wizardry

1027

E153 - I Guess D&D eSports IS a Thing! DnD Sports is Coming to a Twitch Near You

1028

E152 - The Times, They are a Changin' - but I still have a cold ;)

1029

E151 - Thoughts and Ideas on The Tavern 3.0

1030

E150 - Would You Groo?

1031

E149 - Followup to E148 - Delving into the Preface of the AD&D 1e DMG - Comments & a Phone Call

1032

E148 - Delving into the Preface of the AD&D 1e DMG

1033

E147 - Kickstarter Roundup for October 10, 2018 - Dice, Wands, Bunnies, Airships, Mutants, Oh My

1034

E146 - Google to Shut Down G+ After Exposing User Info - OSR Migration has Started to MeWe

1035

E145 - Level Draining - Is It the Result of an Overwrought & Drunk DM or Something More Sinister?

1036

E144 - Social Norms, Unexpected Actions & Freedom to Do What U want at the Table - Where's the Line?

1037

E143 - Did Evil Hat Get Too Big? Layoffs and Product Cancellations Announced

1038

E142 - Protecting Your Reputation from Groundless Accusations

1039

E141 - Finding Inspiration in the Tome of Adventure Design

1040

E140 - Review - Illwinter's Floorplan Generator (Maps)

1041

E139 - GMF - 2017 Tax Return is In - Not What I Expected

1042

E138 - Four Wayward Kickstarters, See How They Run - Or Not

1043

E 137 - Meltdown in the Roll20 SubReddit Makes Newsweek

1044

E136 - Stacy D's Allegations re: Myself - Debunked

1045

E135 - Follow up to Beware the OSR Thought Police

1046

E134 - Rant - Beware the OSR Thought Police

1047

E133 - 1st Look @ The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide

1048

E132 - Kickstarter Roundup for September 25, 2018

1049

E131 - Community Follow Up to Gamemaster Anxiety

1050

E130 - Do You Also Suffer from Gamemaster Anxiety?

1051

E129 - ShireCon 2018 and How to GM for a Con RPG Session

1052

E129 - Podcast & Blog - Mutually Exclusive or Complimentary?

1053

E127 - Is the Journey or the Destination More Important?

1054

E126 - Voicemails & Comments regarding Henchmen & Hirelings

1055

E125 - Kickstarter Roundup for September 18, 2018

1056

E124 - Henchmen, Hirelings & Followers - Yea or Nay?

1057

E123 - How Important is it for U to Create a Homebrew World?

1058

E122 - Are Game Sessions with Constant Action Good Gaming?

1059

E121 - WotC has a D&D Survey Up - I Encourage You to Take It

1060

E120 - Transdimensional Taverns, Unsung Heroes and Art

1061

E119 - A Wee Bit of KS and Transdimensional Voicemails

1062

E118 - Remembering 9-11 From One Who was at the WTC

1063

E117 - ENWorld has News & Transdimensional Tavern Thoughts

1064

E 116 - Win a Month of Humble Bundle Monthly & CRPG Talk

1065

Episode 115 - Where is WFRP? Is ENWorld now Evergreen?

1066

Episode 114 - Back to BasiX Gets Goodman'ed & OSR Sales

1067

Episode 113 - State of the Tavern Keeper - Don't Mind Me ;)

1068

Episode 112 - Follow Up Discussion - How Much Fantasy?

1069

Episode 111 - Kickstarter Roundup for September 4, 2018

1070

Episode 110 - How Much Fantasy Do You Like in Your Settings?

1071

Episode 109 - Using Skills Learned from RPGs in Real Life

1072

Episode 108 - Making Morale Checks - Real Life & In Game

1073

Episode 107 - Of Dogs, Men and Critical Fumbles

1074

Episode 106 - Some Critical Thoughts on Critical Hits

1075

Episode 105 - How Unique are Your Magic Items?

1076

Episode 104 - Kickstarter Roundup for August 28, 2018

1077

Episode 103 - Wanna Work on Cards Against Humanity?

1078

Episode 102 - Can Eldritch Tales Bring Insanity to All?

1079

Episode 101 - R Good & Evil Simply a Matter of Perspective?

1080

Episode 100 - Need I say More?

1081

Episode 99 - LotR RPG Bundle, Torchwood Bundle and More

1082

Episode 98 - Extended Interview with Darcy Perry -Miniatures

1083

Episode 97 - Kickstarter Roundup for August 21, 2018

1084

Episode 96 - Ken Whitman, Foiled (Machine) Again - Deja Vu

1085

Episode 95 - Some Creative Thoughts on Offering Content

1086

Episode 94 - Taverner in Need - Josh Beckelhimer

1087

Episode 93 - OSR Freebie Friday - August 17, 2018 - Fantasy

1088

Episode 92 - The Fantasy Trip to Open Setting to 3rd Parties

1089

Episode 91 - Ennies, They are a Changing (no more stuffing?)

1090

Episode 90 - Kickstarter Roundup for August 14, 2018

1091

Episode 89 - Mrs. E. Gary Gygax or Gail Gygax - Flip a Coin

1092

Episode 88 - Some Free Adventures & Using Discord to Play

1093

Episode 87 - Thoughts on Using Historical Inspiration

1094

Episode 86 - Is The Punisher Watching the Watchmen?

1095

Episode 85 - $500 Waterdeep Platinum Edition for 5e - WTF?

1096

Episode 84 - The Voices in Your Head Will Make Them Believe

1097

Episode 83 - Kickstarter Roundup for August 7, 2018

1098

Episode 82 - How Can a Top 100 List Only Go to 85? Feedspot!

1099

Episode 81 - Gen Con Update, Post Roundup & Voicemails

1100

Episode 80 - Gen Con - Fisticuffs & ENnies Awards

1101

Episode 79 - New - Freeport Goes CRPG, Robotech RPG & PF2 DL

1102

Episode 78 - News - How Did I Miss Gail Gygax Getting Sued?

1103

Episode #77 - News- Truth, Justice, What Did #ConManKen Say?

1104

Episode 76 - Kickstarter Roundup for July 31, 2018

1105

Episode 75 - You Say its My Birthday

1106

Episode 74 - Why I Turned Down Working on an Amazing KS

1107

Episode 73 - #ConManKen Plans a Road Trip - I Give Advice ;)

1108

Episode 72 - Finding Flumphs & More in the AD&D Fiend Folio

1109

Episode 71 - Reminiscing about the AD&D 1e Fiend Folio

1110

Episode 70 - 5e e-Sports? Say What?

1111

Episode 69 - 7/24/18 Kickstarter Roundup & 2 New 5e Settings

1112

Episode 68 - #ConManKen - Creating a Marketing Genie for S&W

1113

Episode 67 - There's a Succubus Holding a Monster Manual!

1114

Episode 66 - AD&D 1e PH put me to Sleep - No Save ;)

1115

Episode 65 - The Tavern Wins a No-Prize & The Black Isle

1116

Episode 64 - Keeping 6th Edition at Bay w/ a Collector's Box

1117

Episode 63 - #ConManKen - Ken Can't Shut Up Shutting Up

1118

Episode 62 - Kicking it with Kickstarter - July 17, 2018

1119

Episode 61 - #ConManKen - Marcus Can't Shut Up Either

1120

Episode 60 - #ConManKen has a Villain Monologue Moment

1121

Episode 59 - Baldur's Gate Lead Designer Goes Greek with 5e

1122

Episode #58 - Barbarism in the AD&D 1e Unearthed Arcana

1123

Episode #57 - Dramatic Reading of #ConManKen Emails

1124

Episode #56 - Gaming Memories & ENnies Voting is Live

1125

Episode #55 - Kicking it with Kickstarter - July 10th, 2018

1126

Episode #54 - Delving Into OSRIC

1127

Episode #53 - Voicemails & an Unexpected Rant - Thanks Kenny

1128

Episode #52 - The OSR Rulesets - Swords & Wizardry

1129

Episode #51 - ArenaNet Fires two Devs for Dissing Customers

1130

Episode #50 - ENnies Nominations 2018 - Tavern Picks

1131

Episode 49 - The Beginning of the OSR - A Look Back

1132

#48 - Kicking it w/Kickstarter - All Weather Dice Tubes?

1133

Episode #47 - Charging at Cavaliers in the AD&D 1e UA

1134

Episode #46 - Poking Around the AD&D 1e UA - Polearms

1135

Episode #45 - Answering Comments and ShireCon in the Fall

1136

Episode #44 - Unearthing the AD&D 1e Unearthed Arcana - P1

1137

Episode #43 - Playing Mind Games with the AD&D 1e PH

1138

Episode #42 - Be Careful What You Ask 4 & Happy Anniversary

1139

Episode #41 - Kickstarter Roundup for June 26, 2018

1140

Episode #40 - Looking at the AD&D 1e PH, Back to Front

1141

Episode #39 - OD&D: Stop! Don't Let the Players Roll D' Dice

1142

Episode #38 - An Interview w/ Ben Barsh of Pacesetter Games

1143

Episode #37 - How I See the OSR

1144

Episode #36 - Champions! Its Coming Backs as Its Old Self

1145

Episode #35 - Kickstarters Old & New and the Return of a Pod

1146

Episode #34 - AD&D 1e Bard - Broken & Overpowered

1147

Episode #33 - I Rant, I Curse, I've Warned You!

1148

Episode #32 - Father's Day Advice - Its Not What You'd Expect ;)

1149

Episode #31 - Free RPG Day and a New Player in Gaming Podcasts

1150

Episode #30 - Praise and Patience - A Kickstarter Rant

1151

Episode #29 - Reflections of #ConManKen

1152

Episode #28 - GMF Update, #ConManKen Update and Kickstarters

1153

Episode #27 - Back in NYC - Behind the Scenes at NTRPG

1154

Episode #26 - NTRPG Con - And Now, Our Time is Done

1155

Episode #25 - NTRPG Con - Day 3 - Two Minutes to Midnite

1156

Episode #24 - NTRPG Con - TPK and The Mouth of Doom? You Don't Say

1157

Episode #23 - NTRPG Con Day One - And Then There Was Fun

1158

Episode #22 - So Much OSR at NTRPG Con, We Knocked the Power Out!

1159

Episode #21 - Your Bartender has Arrived at NTRPG Con. Hold my Beer

1160

Episode #20 - Further Thoughts on the AD&D 1e Thief Class

1161

Episode #19 - 1e DMG - Demons & The Devils You Don't Know

1162

Episode #18 - AD&D 1e Player's Handbook - The Thief is not Meant to be a Stand Alone Class

1163

Episode #17 - The 1e DMG as a Solo Gaming Resource

1164

Episode #16 - Stock Settlements, Stock Art, and Art of the Genre - Kickstarters

1165

Episode 15 - The AD&D 1e DMG is Overbearing ;)

1166

Episode #14 - 1e DMG - Weapon Speed Just Slows Things Down

1167

Episode #13 - The 1e DMG is Diseased

1168

Episode #12 - Warhammer for Kids n’ More

1169

Episode #10 - Some Thoughts on the OSR Market

1170

Episode #9 - Early Morning Bleck! and Thoughts

1171

Episode #8 - Squirrel! Huh?

1172

Episode #7 - NTRPG Con is in Two Weeks

1173

Episode #4 - James Shields stops on by

1174

Episode #6 - Gygax Memorial Fund Part 2

1175

Episode #5 - Gygax Memorial Fund Part 1

1176

Episode #3 - Let There Be Light

1177

Episode # 2 Dave and some Inappropriate Characters