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What Games Workshop Can Teach Us
Episode 186 – What Games Workshop Can Teach Us
There's a lot of crossover between geeky hobbies, and with the lads both working for the big Games Workshop back in the day, what can skirmish games teach us about RPGs?
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Cities
Episode 185 – Cities (aka Fantasy Tripadvisor)
After wandering the wilderness and diving down dungeons, plucky adventurers wish to go to an enthralling city. Maybe your entire campaign is based around one location. The lads explore various cities from ttrgps and the merits and flaws thereof!
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Hot War, Cold City
Episode 184 – Hot War, Cold City (with Jon Hodgson and Malcolm Craig)
Joining the ‘cast this time, Jon Hodgson of Handiwork Games and RPG author and academic Malcolm Craig. The Cold War period and monster hunting in Berlin come to the fore as the lads dive into Hot War and Cold City among other great games from the Handiwork studio!
You can find out more about Malcolm Craig here. And here are some links for Handiwork Games:Hot War & Cold CityFiveEvilMaskwitchesBeowulf
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Unacceptable!
Episode 183 – Unacceptable! (a.k.a. It’s Not You It’s Us)
There are a plethora of gaming events to go to these days and you meet all kinds of people and playstyles. Often this is a cause for celebration, a way to pick up new ideas and techniques. Sometimes though, it’s suboptimal. There are still some people who haven’t got the memo about gaming with others, and this time the lads aim to set things straight. -
How To GM with Justin Alexander
Episode 182 – How To GM with Justin Alexander
The lads are delighted to have returning Good Friend of the Show, RPG producer and designer at Atlas Games, Justin Alexander. He’s got a new book coming out, available in all good purveyors of such things, So You Want To Be A Game Master. Join for great insights, some not seen or heard before on the Alexandrian (or maybe anywhere!) and to get a unique precis of what is in this fine work. Visit Justin’s excellent RPG resource The Alexandrian, as check out what’s hot at Atlas Games.
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Gaming in Ukraine with Tasha from idearoll
Episode 181 – Gaming in Ukraine with Tasha from idearoll
Fresh from The Kraken gaming retreat, the lads have met old friends and made new ones. Chief among those is Tasha from the idearoll youtube channel, who joins them this week to talk about gaming events, the scene in Ukraine and challenges of the current environment. A great episode full of enthusiasm and community spirit!
You can find the idearoll channel below (in Ukrainian), which also has several other links for supporting the team’s efforts. idearoll on YouTube.
Get yourself a copy of the Vaesen Spirits and Monsters of Mythic Ukraine on Drivethru here.
Charitable links:Defence And DeminingMedical AidRebuild UkraineCome Back AliveHospitallers
If you dig actual plays, check out the new Unconventional GMs YouTube channel. Lots of great games played with vim and vigour in two hours or less.
Customer Reviews
Only Smarties have the answer!
Baz and Gaz bring sharp gaming content to your PODBOX to a consistently high standard. A great conversational style that ruminates on topics du jour with expertise and a natural curiosity for new ideas, generosity towards its excellent guests and a respect for the traditional. It hits my ears as soon as it’s released to get my fix. Keep ‘em comin’ at the posse chaps!
Play it like you stole it
Baz and Gaz have obviously enjoyed playing ttrpgs for years together but it isn’t an exercise in nostalgia. Smart and opinionated takes on games old and new but also a willingness to look at games from multiple angles (rules for rpgs from a trade negotiator) and expanding the world with interviews with the great and good of the gaming world. Essential listening.
Honest, wry, witty and enthusiastic
Baz and Gaz (or Gaz and Baz) are fine gents who offer their honest, open, wry enthusiasm for our glorious hobby to their listeners without pretense or presumption. Whilst we often disagree on particulars, the spirit with which they tackle their subject matter is highly enjoyable and thought provoking. Well worth a few episodes to cut your teeth and work out if - like me - you feel at home here.