Have Basement, Will Podcast

Rob is back with an unboxing of sorts.

Goodman Games' Dungeon Crawl Classics had a promotional day in our recent rear view mirror.    If you've never heard about DCC, it's a trip.  Let me tell how how different it is from other retro-clones!

Some new podcasting news!

The country is hurting, and even the basement can't insulate us.  A bit rambly.

Some random stuff floating through my head, mostly about gaming.

How much challenge, and how competitive should we be with out children?

Rob looks at the facelift of a familiar friend.  How does it hold up?

Rob expresses some small troubles in his real-life game and talks solutions.

A nice opportunity to save some money on games and gaming products is explained here on this podcast!

Whatever crack the folks at WotC were on to spawn Gamma World 7th Edition as a booster card-selling cash grab, it didn't help...not impressed with the quick scan I give this boxed set.

Rob unboxes the Ghostbusters RPG from Half-Price Books. Is it complete?  Does it look fun?

How easy is it to go from edition to edition?

Rob looks into his vault for a vanished role-playing game treasure!

Happy Mother's Day!  Rob talks about something that he didn't agree with in social media regarding gaming.  Hilarity ensues...

Rob gushes about the fun of running a successful super hero game!

Rob runs down his most memorable early characters in Star Wars RPGs.  Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone!

Rob goes back down Memory Lane with Star Wars.

Rob discusses the experience of old-school play.

Today we celebrate the return of a gamer once lapsed.  Cheers!

Rob is happy to report (largely thanks to Troll Lord Games) that Ernie Gygax's Hobby Shop Dungeon Kickstarter is starting to be fulfilled!  Get the details here!

Finally I can reveal the opening premise of my new campaign The Gifter Saga for Mighty Protectors Villains & Vigilantes 3!

Join Rob as he muses on the importance of good surroundings to a person's productivity ans how necessary good friends are.  Thank you all for the ride!  Shoutouts go to my friends Vince and Gary and special fan Jenna!

In agood place with all the bad stuff going around.  Rob is thankful.,

Rob talks about one of his favorite authors, the late Joe Dever, and the wonderful resources at the Project Aon website!

Rob grumbles...

We talk about  RPGs designed to be used with things beyond  bboks, dice and a character sheet.

Rob muses about the nature of rules and systems in RPGs.

Role-playing is like being a gourmet.  You can't appreciate the breadth of the overall experience without gaining the context of trying many different forms.

Rob discusses the best RPG ever!

On a day Rob feels awful, he'll sacrifice his comfort to podcast, darn it!

Projects for present-day work...

Take a gander at a few of the baubles Rob has stashed in his gamespace here in this podcast!

Can't get away from this Coronavirus thing.  I need to get some things off my chest.

Rob discusses his views on Superman and Star Trek?  What unites these two franchises?   Listen to find out!

Rob talks about odds and ends.

This is Rob'sfirst complete role-playing game (though just the one-page sample-sized version!)  Enjoy!

Responding to a post on social media, I ponder if mechanics for a game are really important.

Quick update on my son't character levelling and other stuff.

Talking about my son's relationship to role-playing and a success in the video-making front.

We just played a game entirely online.  Here's the ins and outs we discovered!

Rob's Recommendation for the day s 3:16: Carnage Amongst the Stars.

Straight from Rob, here are a few resources you can use to entertain yourself during any kind of quarantine or lockdown!

Rob reveals a project he'd neglected for too long.

Rob muses on the differing experiences of a pandemic disease in modern times opposed to the experience of people in a fantasy realm.

My dander is up at a video that dismissesthe usefulness of several pieces of adventuring gear!  These are my thought...

It's important to appreciate those around you.  If you have a gaming group, enjoy what they bring! 

Rob looks back at successful strategies and opportunities left by the wayside nin his latest struggle against a dragon!

Rob outlines his pregame activities as he looks forward to tonight's game.  Do you have any rituals for your games?  Feel free to share at the OmnusI FaceBook page, my email address [email protected] or at the HBWP Anchor voicemail!

Rob talks about the works he's nealry ready to unleash on the ganing public.

We try to make some sense of the role of adventurers in society.