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The auditorium was massive! Call of Cthulhu Actual Play (with How We Roll and Scott Dorwood) Download Episode I attended the first ever PodUk Convention in Birmingham and appeared in a live show. How We Roll podcast hosted a live, actual play, with Scott Dorwood (from The Good Friends of Jackson Ellias) as the keeper. Hope that you enjoy listening to The Necropolis.The post EXTRA – Call of Cthulhu Actual Play (with How We Roll and Scott Dorwood) first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.

Robin of Sherwood (with Graham Staplehurst) Download Episode INTRO: In this episode we are continuing our exploration of the context of gaming in the eighties, by looking at one of the TV series that influenced how we played. POTTED HISTORY: This is a quick summary of how the programme came to be made and a bit of background about Richard Carpenter. If you’d like to know more, I recommend the wonderful, comprehensive books by Andrew Orton  OPEN BOX: Graham Staplehurst talks about his writing in fanzines, for MERP and his role in bringing Robin of Sherwood to life in RPGs. He mentions Other Minds magazine and the audio dramas available from Spiteful Puppet. GROGGLEBOX: A new feature. Blythy and Ed join Dirk to do a commentary on The Seven Poor Knights from Acre episode. OUTRO: A quick update on our latest projects. Also a shout out for The Lost Art of Ray Willner: The Adventures of Robin Hood. The post Episode 27 (Part One) Robin of Sherwood (with Graham Staplehurst) first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Episode-26-HeroQuest-RPG-with-Ian-Cooper-21_01_2019-10.46.m4a Download Episode   INTRO: This is an unusual GROGPOD as it was recorded live at GROGMEET 18. Ian Cooper talks about HeroQuest and there’s a chance for you to win a copy of the game thanks to our friends at bonhomiegames.uk Show us your favourite handout, character sheet, floor plan, prop, mini or any other physical item you’ve produced for your gaming before the end of Feb to be in with a chance of winning. INTERVIEW: Ian Cooper talks about his formative years in gaming, oral story telling, Greg Stafford, HeroQuest and his Coming Storm campaign. GAMESMASTER’S SCREEN: Blythy joins me in the Room of Role-Playing Rambling to talk about generic systems. Want to know more about Judge Dredd in the world of GUMSHOE? Then check out Steve Ray’s play reports. OUTRO:  Patreon thanks, the latest news about the GROGZINE and the plans for the next episode.The post Episode 26 – HeroQuest RPG (with Ian Cooper) from GROGMEET 18 first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Episode-25-Review-of-2018-featuring-WFRP-actual-play-20_12_2018-08.20.m4a Download Episode In this episode we review our year in gaming and dish out our GROGGIE awards. It also features WFRP actual play, hosted by The Smart Party. Subscribe to their feed to catch the rest of it, when it is released. Podcast recommendations: How we Roll, The Chimpions, Vintage RPG podcast, and Appendix N.The post Episode 25 – Review of 2018 (Featuring WFRP actual play) first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Episode-24-Part-2-WARHAMMER-Fantasy-Role-Play-with-Graeme-Davies-25_11_2018-15.25.m4a Download Episode INTRO: We’ve had another iTunes review (we’d love to get more!) GAMESMASTER’S SCREEN: Graeme Davis takes us on a whistle stop tour around his career so far: check out this book-listing  at Graeme’s site for all the references mentioned. WHITE DWARF: @dailydwarf has given another insightful perspective of all of the adventures that appeared White Dwarf for the game. OPEN BOX: Blythy and Dirk talk about Warhammer and how they can fit it in their gaming repertoire. OUTRO: Only a few days left to register for a hard copy of the GROGZINE 2019.The post Episode 24 (Part 2) WARHAMMER Fantasy Role Play (with Graeme Davis) first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Episode-23-Part-1-WARHAMMER-Fantasy-Role-Play-with-Graeme-Davis-21_10_2018-11.08.m4a Download Episode INTRO: The GROGNARD files is dedicated to Greg Stafford (1948-2018) OPEN BOX: Graeme Davis talks to us about the genesis of the 1st edition of WARHAMMER and some of the plans for the new edition. You find out more about his long and distinguished career in gaming on his website. WHITE DWARF: The Daily Dwarf reviews the articles that appeared in White Dwarf for WARHAMMER, it’s a long list. JUDGE BAZ RULES!: Baz Stevens from The Smart Party podcast (The UK’s Premier RPG Podcast… mmm?) joins us in the room of role-playing rambling to get deep and dirty into the rules. OUTRO: Join our Patreon before the end of November to get a hard copy of the zine.The post Episode 24 (Part 1) WARHAMMER Fantasy Role Play (with Graeme Davis) first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Episode-23-Dungeons-and-Dragons-Storm-Kings-Thunder.m4a Download Episode Intro: It has been a summer of love for the library – there’s too much on there! Open Box: We’re in Port Street in Manchester reflecting on the campaign The White Dwarf: Daily Dwarf goes Against the Giants. Games Master’s Screen: What’s our favourite class? Ed’s Shed: Ed decides to ‘bring out the Gimp‘ when he creates a dynamic, digital table top. Outro: Find out more about the Patreon campaign and the next GROGZINE.The post Episode 23 – Dungeons & Dragons, Storm King’s Thunder first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Episode-22-Part-2-RuneQuest-Role-Playing-in-Glorantha-with-Michael-OBrien-aka-MOB-06_08_2018-23.47.m4a Download Episode INTRO: I’ve got one of those blowers with a feather on the end to celebrate our anniversary and the release of RuneQuest RolePlaying in Glorantha. MOB RETURNS: MOB talks about all the different ways that you can play in Glorantha: 13th Age, HeroQuest, but especially RuneQuest. Here he talks about how RuneQuest appeals to the gamers from back in the day, through its legacy supplements and how it can appeal to new gamers who have discovered Glorantha through The King of Dragon Pass. He also talks about some of the new releases, such as the Bestiary and 6 Ages as well as some of the fan initiatives such as Encounter Role-Play. He also reveals the plans to create a site for Glorantha fan material using a similar model as The Miskatonic  Repository.   JUDGE BLYTHY ROLLS: We discuss ‘how to get started in Glorantha’ with an emphasis on ‘play’s the thing’. ACTUAL PLAY: Gaz and Baz from The Smart Party podcast with Matt Hart from Steam Forged Games join Dirk in a Diana Jones Award winning segment of Actual Play. If you want to see more then head to their site. JUDGE BLYTHY ROLLS AGAIN: We discuss character creation using the new rules. I try to appeal to the Judge with my new gizmos from Infinity Engine and Q Workshop. OUTRO: There’s three months to go to join the Patreon campaign to receive a hard-copy of the GROGZINE 19.  The post Episode 22 (Part 2) RuneQuest RolePlaying in Glorantha (with Michael O’Brien aka MOB) first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Episode-22-Part-1-RuneQuest-Renaissance-with-Michael-OBrien-aka-MOB-16_07_2018-09.59.m4a Download Episode INTRO: Three years of GROGPODing and Forty Years of RuneQuest seems like a great point in time to revisit the game that we played the most back in the day. RQ3 contributed to us stopping playing, so this is a chance to revisit the game and see what happened when we stopped playing. The sound is a bit haywire on this podcast, hope it doesn’t spoil things too much. OPENBOX: Chaosium’s Vice President tells the stories of his formative years in role-playing and how RuneQuest in Glorantha was so important to him. He was instrumental in keeping the flame alive as a fan as he wrote and developed Sun County, the first RuneQuest supplement produced for 8 years, following Avalon Hill acquiring the game in 1984. He wrote a report in the early nineties for The Tales of the Reaching Moon explaining how the game could be revived.  This is a great chat about the nineties renaissance. THE WHITE DWARF: A survey of RQ3 as it appeared (and disappeared) from White Dwarf, written by the wonderful @dailydwarf JUDGE BLYTHY RULES! Dirk and Blythy pick over the bones of RQ3 and there’s a monster quiz! OUTRO: Check out the RuneQuest Actual Play with The Smart Party   . If you’d like the GROGZINE 19 and The Collected Daily Dwarf Vol 3 and Judge Blythy’s Book of Judgments — then please chuck us a tip in the beret and join the Patreon campaign  The post Episode 22 (Part 1) RuneQuest RPG Renaissance (with Michael O’Brien aka MOB) first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.

https://thegrognardfiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/episode-21-nights-black-agents-rpg-with-gareth-ryder-hanrahan-20_06_2018-07-54.m4a Download Episode INTRO (00:00) The GROGNARD files finally sells out to one of those new fangled games. There’s a new iTunes review too, that compares us to Ridley Scott’s Hovis advert.  OPEN BOX (with Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan) (0:07) We are joined by Gar who tells us about his formative years in RPGs, his role in relaunching some of the 80s classics for Mongoose and his role in developing adventures for Night’s Black Agents. ACTUAL PLAY (41:31) The Virtual GROGMEET twittercrew take on Operation: GROUNDWORM. JUDGE BLYTHY: (1:02:00) Judge Blythy sinks his teeth into the finer points of spending points. OUTRO (1:40:02) Up date from the Patreon Projects.The post Episode 21 – Night’s Black Agents RPG (with Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan) first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.