The Vintage RPG Podcast

Because Star Wars is hitting the critical mass point for 2019, we figured we'd add to the fun with an episode that looks at the Galaxy Guides series of sourcebooks for the West End Games Star Wars Role Playing Game. We take a quick tour through each of the twelve volumes and chat about what they added to the RPG experience and how they formed the backbone of the greater Star Wars Expanded Universe.

This week, we chat about the new monster art book Dungeons & Drawings, by Blanca Martinez de Rituerto and Joe Sparrow, which collects a little bit of folk lore and pop culture, a little bit of tabletop RPG context and a whole lot of beautiful original art. We also touch on the tradition of monster books beyond RPGs, particularly in the 70s and 80s. Daniel Cohen forever! * * * Stu mentions two books used by Mike Mignola as inspiration for the stories in the Hellboy comic universe. They are The New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology, by Felix Guirand, and The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology, by Rossell Hope Robbins.

Hi gang! This week, we're getting ready for the holidays and wanted to help give you a leg up on your gifts for your friends and family around the gaming table (and maybe yourself too, let's be real). Below you'll find link to everything we talk about on the show, plus info on the coupon codes. Han Cholo (ha, that name) for all your nerd jewelry and apparel needs. Dellamorte & Co. (whoops, said that wrong on the podcast) and Black Rider Industries for sculptures and decorative housewares. (see coupon code info below!) Ice Cream Dice and Level Up Dice for, well, sweet dice. Exalted Funeral, for all your weird, dark, indie, occult, metal RPG needs (see coupon code info below!). Zweihander (For the other books in the line, check this link) The Young Adventurer's Guides Chaosium – RuneQuest, Call of Cthulhu Starter Set, Miskatonic University – The Restricted Collection, Khan of Khans Noble Knight Games, for all your tabletop needs, new and old (see coupon code info below!). Invisible Sun (Stu said on the podcast that it was a relaunch and he has no idea why he did that – it is a new, original game)

We are back with the second part of our epic interview with Jim Zub! This time, Jim chats about his work on Dungeons & Dragons comic books, as well as the Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty box set, and we learn he does a pretty good Rick Sanchez impersonation. For more from Jim, you can head to his official site or follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Learn all about Jim's Young Adventurer's Guides for Dungeons & Dragons in Part One.

Hey, we're weekly! We talk about what that means for the podcast going forward (forget that we say its December in the episode. It isn't. Schedules change, OK?). It would be rad if you joined us on our Patreon, because that definitely helps keep us going. We also talk about the classic D&D monster, the rust monster. It was born from a cheap Hong Kong "dinosaur" in the 70s and has since become the bane of adventurers everywhere.

Well hello there, intrepid adventurer. We have quite the podcast for you today! We had the great pleasure of chatting with Jim Zub about the new Young Adventurer's Guides for Dungeons & Dragons. We explore all the nooks and crannies, learning how the series came about, what's inside, and what to expect from the forthcoming volumes. Weapons & Warriors and Monsters & Creatures are both out now. Dungeons & Tombs is hitting shelves on November 26 and Wizards & Spells is on the way in March. For more from Jim, you can head to his official site or follow him on Twitter and Instagram. Or you can come back here on Tuesday, November 19, for the second part of this interview, in which we discus Jim's D&D comics and the forthcoming Dungeons & Dragons vs. Rick and Morty box set. * * * Big news! If you've ever said to yourself, "Gosh, I hate to wait every other week for fresh and exciting Vintage RPG Podcasts," then you're going to be over the moon: starting now, we're officially going weekly! See you next week!

This one was a long time coming. This week, we take a long and hopefully definitive look at the moral hysteria of the late 70s through the mid-90s, generally referred to as the Satanic Panic (CW: suicide, sexual abuse). We focus on the controversies around Dungeons & Dragons, but also talk about the larger phenomenon and how it spilled over into heavy metal, children's toys and cartoons and even a couple criminal cases. Its spooky, but maybe not the way you think. Links of Interest The original BADD pamphlet. Jack Chick's Darkest Dungeon. The 60 Minutes interview. Rob Halford singing court here. The Chicago Police Department document on ritualistic criminal activity. Michael Stackpole's "Pulling Report."

Gather round, Chill Masters! This week, we're discussing the horror roleplaying game Chill (1984), by Pacesetter Games. Is it scary? Is it campy? We don't know, because Chill never really figured that out for itself. We also welcome game designer Nathan D. Paoletta of Worldwide Wrestling fame. We chat about wrasslin' briefly before turning to his latest, the psychological monster hunting game Imp of the Perverse, set in Jacksonian America.

This week, its all about artist, writer and game designer Luka Rejec. We discuss Witchburner, Luka's system agnostic witch hunt scenario. Then we dig into the forthcoming Ultraviolet Grasslands, a psychedelic heavy metal road trip RPG powered by Luka's ultra-light, ultra flexible SEACAT system. Finally, we talk to the man himself (for not nearly long enough).

This week, we're talking TSR's Endless Quest gamebooks. They're like Choose Your Own Adventure, but with D&D and, well, boring. Sort of! Maybe we're being too hard on them. We dig in to the first few, the history of the series, the unusual places it goes and there is, perhaps, a surprising turn-around of opinion. We learn a lot about ourselves on this podcast, folks. We're already getting excited for Halloween (what, its after Labor Day) so we've got a couple games we're excited about. Stu finally got a hold of the rulebook for Mummy: The Resurrection, which tickles his funny bone. Meanwhile, Hambone is amped for Horrified, a new board game from Ravensburger.