Thought Eater Podcast: Five Minute Friday: Unknown Clones: Iron Falcon

Today I am continuing my series on Unknown Clones, OSR games that have kind of flown under the radar. Today I look at Iron Falcon, the excellent OD&D+Greyhawk clone.

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Thought Eater Podcast: Five Minute Friday: Willy the Wizard in the Wilderness

Happy weekend! We are back again with the ongoing (mis)adventures of Willy the Wizard and his trusty sidekick Elizabeth! Have a great weekend!

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Thought Eater Podcast: Five Minute Friday: Empty Rooms Call-Ins

Hello all! I received several messages regarding last week's Five Minute Friday about empty rooms in dungeons, and I thought I would share them! Have a great weekend!

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Thought Eater Podcast: Five Minute Friday: Empty Rooms

Hi everyone. Today's episode was inspired by this tweet from Shawn Merwin spotted over at Sage Advice:

This is important. If you can avoid empty/boring rooms, avoid them. If you can't (and sometimes you can't), do SOMETHING to make them at least semi-interesting. Put in an object that is unusual that the characters can explore, giving a clue about what's happening in the place.

— Shawn Merwin, incorporating aquisitions (@shawnmerwin) June 4, 2019

Basically...I politely disagree.

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Here are the other links mentioned:

http://initiativeone.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-tao-of-empty-room.html

http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2010/06/empty-rooms.html


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Thought Eater Podcast: Five Minute Friday: Ascension

Ascension was not a great show. Hell, it wasn't even a good show. That metaplot though...now that would make for a killer sci-fi campaign. Listen to me ramble about it today on the Thought Eater podcast.

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Thought Eater Podcast: Five Minute Friday: Unknown Clones: Engines and Empires

Happy Friday everybody! Today on the Thought Eater podcast I continue my series on "unknown clones", OSR games that maybe flew under the radar. Today I look at John D. Higgins' Engines and Empires, an OSR steampunk game. You can download it for free HERE.

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Thought Eater Podcast: Five Minute Friday: A Cool GM Technique

Hi all! Elizabeth is off gathering supplies for her next adventure with Willy, so this week it is just ol' Froth on Five Minute Friday. Today I am talking about a cool GM technique I picked up watching Zac Eubank GM on Kollok 1991.

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Kollok 1991 is a really innovative streaming show that I have been checking out on YouTube. I went ahead and embedded the 1st episode below if you want to check it out. Zac and the cast are excellent, and I highly recommend it even if you don't typically enjoy watching streaming games.

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Thought Eater Podcast: Five Minute Friday: Willy the Wizard and the Yellow Mold

Hi everyone! Happy Friday! I am back with a new Willy the Wizard (mis)adventure. But first...check this out!

Grey Wizard from the upcoming BREAK! RPG sent me this awesome artwork of Willy and Elizabeth! Absolutely made my week! If you aren't already following along with the development of the innovative BREAK! RPG, be sure and check it out HERE! Thank you SO MUCH Grey Wiz!

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Thought Eater Podcast: Five Minute Friday: Unknown Clones: More Gor....err...GORE

Hi all. Five Minute Friday on the ol' podcast today features some call-ins from John Payne of This Old Sword and Lieren from Updates from the Middle of Nowhere regarding my "Unknown Clones" series. Have a great weekend!

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Thought Eater Podcast: Five Minute Friday: Unknown Clones: GORE

Today on the Thought Eater podcast, I take a look at another "unknown clone", OSR games that maybe flew under the radar. Today's game is GORE by Daniel Proctor for Goblinoid Games.

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Thought Eater Podcast: Five Minute Friday: Willy the Wizard vs the Mushroom Witch-Queen

Join Willy the Wizard and Elizabeth the Fighter on their latest adventure!

Deep in the fungal caverns lurks the horrible mushroom witch-queen! Thrill at the palpable emotion! Swoon from the thrilling action!

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Thought Eater Podcast: Five Minute Fridays: Unknown Clones

Today I bring you part three in my series on "unknown clones", OSR games that kind of flew under the radar. Today's game: Hulks and Horrors by John Berry for Bedroom Wall Press.

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This is actually a great little sci-fi game based on classic D&D mechanics. I really enjoyed the mix of hardish sci-fi and gonzo. There was an attempt to crowdfund some art a while back, but it was unsuccessful, so this is a no-frills pdf. There are still a ton of great ideas here and it is well worth a look.

Image from the crowdfunding attempt

Download it here: HULKS AND HORRORS
More doo-dads for it here: http://www.bedroomwallpress.com/p/downloads.html

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Thought Eater Podcast: Five Minute Friday: Willy the Wizard and the Moathouse of Hommlet

Join my daughter and I for our latest short and silly podcast featuring characters from our campaign. Willy the hard-of-hearing wizard and brave Elizabeth descend into the depths of the moathouse outside Hommlet.

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How about that awesome map from Colin Green of Spikepit!

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Thought Eater Podcast: Willy the Wizard and the Village of Hommlet

The Willy the Wizard show was a big hit, so my daughter and I teamed up for another episode. Join Willy and Elizabeth for another thrilling adventure!

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Thought Eater Podcast: The Willy the Wizard Show

My daughter and I put this short skit together based on characters from our D&D campaign. Meet Elizabeth the Fighter and Willy the Wizard. Short and very silly.

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Thought Eater Podcast: The Legends Respond!

One of the cool things about podcasting on Anchor, besides the fact that they distribute your podcast automatically to a bunch of platforms for free, is that you can call-in on other shows. This has helped build a community of OSR Anchorites, a group of RPG folks who support each other and frequently call-in on each other's podcasts. It is a bit like the blog scene. You can favorite different podcasts (sort of like a blogroll) and call-in (like leaving a blog comment). It is a lot of fun, and if you have ever thought about starting a podcast, you can be up and running quickly with Anchor with no equipment needed but your phone.

On my podcast last week, I asked a hypothetical question. If there was an emergency and you only had time to grab one item from your RPG collection, what would it be? I ended up going with the WotC OD&D reprint box set from a few years back. I was curious what other Anchorites might choose, so I put the question to them as well.

This week's Friday podcast features call-ins from Logan Howard of Monster Brothers and Sword Breaker, Colin Green from Spikepit, Rob C from Down in a Heap, Rich Fraser of Cockatrice Nuggets, and Wayne Peacock from Motive. I highly recommend checking out their podcasts.

I hope you enjoy it...and maybe I will hear you on Anchor sometime!


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Thought Eater Podcast: Five Minute Friday: A Hypothetical Question

Fridays on the Thought Eater podcast I do really short episodes of five minutes or less. Today I was thinking about this hypothetical question I saw on social media. Basically, you have to flee your residence and you only have a few seconds. You can only grab ONE rpg product. What is it?

Tough question for you? Or do you know what you would grab instantly? Leave a comment and let me know!

You can hear what ol' Froth grabbed RIGHT HERE.

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