All Episodes

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

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

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

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

E573 - How Best to Handle the Anger Brigade

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

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

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

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

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

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

E566 - The Return of OSR Christmas

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

E564 - On Licensing Older Gaming Properties for Modern Eyes

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

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

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

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

E559 - A Day to Be Thankful - Thanksgiving Day

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

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

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

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

E554 - Behind the Scenes of the Torchlight Zine

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

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

E551 - Soe Thoughts on Call of Chtulhu

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

E535 - I Have Returned from GameHole with Packages Awaiting Me

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

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

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

E531 GameHole Day One - Drinking Quest Liveplay

E530 - Tom DeSanto Drops Lawsuit Against Gail Gygax

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

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

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

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

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

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

E523 - On Care Bears, Player Agency and Character Death

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

E521 - Some Thoughts on Horror in RPGs this Halloween Season

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

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

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

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

E516 - Critical Kickstarter Critique - Advanced Fantasy Role-playing

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

E514 - The BBC Insults Gamers via Twitter

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

E512 - Sometimes Pain Can Bring a Gaming Group Together

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

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

E509 - Three Can't Miss Kickstarters

E508 - Figuring Out My Age when I Found RPGs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

E499 - Kickstarter Unionization Dispute Spreading to Creators and Backers

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

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

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

E495 - Swords & Wizardry Light is Heading to School

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

E493 - Following Up on the Formalization of Informal Social Contracts

E492 - WTF is an "ENnie Runner?"

E491 - I Left My Voice at ShireCon :)

E490 - ShireCon Prep and an Oopsie!

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

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

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

E486 - What to Do if Your PCs Never Retreat

E485 - Addressing Game Balance in a Convention Session

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

E483 - Sign a Social Contract So You Can Game?

E482 - Your Life is Priceless

E481 - Remembering 9-11

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

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

E478 - Why I Hate Artifacts in D&D