Between Two Cairns

Yochai & Brad spend an entire show reading letters from the mailbag.Questions answered:What do your home games look like?What system are you using, what houserules or hacks?Biggest delta between impression and actual reading/playing?Staple, perfect, ring...?How do you prefer to play games? Is it different from how you prefer to run games?How do you organize important information?What methods do you use to make sure quieter players aren't overshadowed?Do you have any techniques for melding together two different settings?What is something about your GMing that you wish to (or is trying to) improve?Is there a system (osr or non-osr) you'd like to run/try to run but haven't had the chance to yet?How do you feel about monthly in/yearly challenges, and game jams?What is your favorite way to introduce a new pc after a death?What is your favorite type of jam? Or do you prefer jellies, perhaps a preservative? How to avoid bottlenecking in designing an adventure?What prompted you to start a podcast? And do you ever consider changing the format or focus of the show?What is your favorite thing that you have written?So what are your favorite storygames or systems that don’t fall within the spectrum of traditional western fantasy?How does one to reduce lethality without numbing the thrill of danger and discovery inherent in old school style play? Help: too many players!Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sam Mameli, known as Skullboy, joins to dive into the whimsical world of the classic RPG adventure, White Plume Mountain. The hosts reminisce about nostalgic gaming culture and quirky D&D modules. They share humorous paintball and laser tag memories, explore RPG starter kits, and discuss the artistic liberties taken in fantasy art. Engaging anecdotes about liberating magical crabs and navigating complex dungeons keep the conversation lively, making for an entertaining review of an iconic gaming experience.

Yochai & Brad are joined by guest Leo Hunt (of Vaults of Vaarn fame) to review two pamphlet adventures: Extraction From Demon-F***ked Cleveland 1996 by Logan Dean & The Chair by Zach Hazard Vaupen.Parental advisory: this episode contains foul language.Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review Fronds of Benevolence by Andrew Walter, and answer some mailbag questions.Question 1: Advice on running an open table?Question 2: How do you narrate combat?Tire GuysSend us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review The Spire of Iron and Crystal by Matt Finch, and answer some mailbag questions.Mailbag 1: What do we think about crowdfunding and ttrpgs?Mailbag 2: What modules have good endings?00:09:01 Mailbag: What do you think about crowdfunding and RPGs?00:16:36 Mailbag: What modules have good endings?00:26:05 Main Review00:44:47 Deep DiveSend us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli aka Skullboy for our inaugural Gamer Blasts From The Past, where we review the "1981" module Palace of the Silver Princess by Jean Wells. Question: What settings do you wish were more popular?Skullboy's Your Princess Is In Another CastleSend us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review Cold Wind Whispering by Markus Linderum, and answer a three-part question from Gus L.Questions:When you use someone else's adventure at your table - what do you look for?Best adventure about pyramids?What would it take to write a good adventure about Orcs in a hole?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review Sepulchre of Dusk by Cutter Mountain Simulations.Question 1: What are your writing habits?Question 2: What do you think of the ORC license?Question 3: Do rules define what an RPG is about?Question 4: Will we see a return to "physicality" in game design?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review Shadow of the Beakmen by Harley Stroh, and answer a question from the mailbag.Mailbag: How do you choose a module to review/run?Hereticwerks Collections on Itch00:00:50 Mailbag: How do you choose a module?00:14:00 Mailbag: How do you organize your PDFs?00:20:53 Main Review (Deep Dive only!) Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review Monkey Murder Manor by Ripley Caldwell, and answer some questions from the mailbag.Question 1: How do you make puzzles "good"?Question 2:  Do you get tired of running modules more than once?Soviet AntsSend us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email betweentwocairns@gmail.com!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.