Casting Shadows

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Runeslinger's podcast about roleplaying games, acting, reacting and interacting with the alchemy of play~ Visit the Casting Shadows blog at https://castingshadowsblog.com Visit us on YouTube at https://youtube.com/runeslinger or search for @Runeslinger For TwiXter, BlueSky, and Facebook: @Runeslinger Do you use Discord? Try me at Runeslinger#7592 Contact me via Speakpipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/CastingShadowsPodcast

  1. 9 בפבר׳

    A Friendly Conversation on Character Social Inequality in RPGs

    This is a 1:1 conversation with Scott Welker, long-time gamer and successful game designer, and most importantly for this video: 30 years of experience in the Navy working his way up to the top of the Enlisted ranks. With titles based in Savage Worlds, D20, Year Zero, and soon a system of his own making. Scott is one half of @ThievesGuildGamingOfficial. Our conversation is an examination of concerns with representing rank and social differences in RPGs, things to consider when making them a part of play, perspectives to view rank from, and some suggestions for making it seem real enough to satisfy the needs of your group. Scott has written a game for Savage Worlds called Task Force Raven which puts the players in the roles of Tier 1 Operators and that plays its own role in our discussion. We do not discuss his Year Zero cyberpunk release, Neon Blood, but it too has fertile ground for including this sort of play. Neon Blood can be found here in an OSR version, and here for its YZE version. CONTACT ME: Send in a voice message via Speakpipe! Ubiquity Roleplaying Games Discord @Runeslinger for YouTube, TwiXter, BlueSky, and Facebook

    1 שע׳ 27 דק׳

  2. 19 בינו׳

    A Frightfully Cheerful Conversation on Horror and Comedy

    Special Guests:   ⁨@OrcusDorkus⁩   ⁨ @RPGSean⁩   ⁨ @ThirdFloorWars⁩  Panel Topic: Running Horror, Comedy, or Comedic Horror - in the moment. In this audio-only version of our frightfully cheerful conversation nothing has been cut or lost, but the video version on YouTube has had some extra details, notes, and ideas added to it which you might appreciate. You can also see all the nodding in that version~ Games Mentioned: Call of Cthulhu, Kult: Divinity Lost, Mothership, Ghostbusters, Army of Darkness, The Laundry, Paranoia, Outbreak Undead, The End of the World, Delta Green, Liminal Horror, Rivers of London, and more Premise: What if four fellows with different views on horror in their lives and different approaches to humor found themselves in a chatroom to share their experiences with RPGs? Not telling war stories, not pontificating, but instead finding common ground and simple truths - like we do in a good group of gamers. Send email to runescastshadows AT gmail Find us on Bluesky: @runeslinger.bsky.social

    1 שע׳ 15 דק׳

  3. 19.12.2025

    On the idea of a "Better Game"

    This episode is another review of a post from the Casting Shadows blog, though this time the Wayback Machine is just taking us five short years (and a few decades of observation and experience) into the past. This time we look at a post based on the increasingly narrowing rhetoric around the technique of the Session 0 which tries to restore the balance required in that technique for long-term play. This time, the full post is presented before I get into any commentary from the present of the time of recording. Among the things in that commentary is a link to an earlier video on the same theme, but slightly different topic. It is linked below and is called Theories & Practices. It's almost a rant. One of two I may have recorded in all my time sharing RPG ideas. LINKS: A friend of the show, Patrick Mullen, on his Processing GURPS blog has recently referenced the Can I make my game better post in a post of his own about his process of setting up a new campaign. I think we need many such examples of the great variety of approaches and needs we gamers have and so I share the link here: Zero Hour Theories & Practices video mentioned in the episode. This video was recorded in 2014 in response to an uptick in extreme views in the regular cyclical confrontation between preferences between 'Just play!' and 'Elitist Theory instead of play!' ⁠ Can I make my game better?⁠ blog post on Casting Shadows CONTACT: Leave a voice message via ⁠⁠SpeakPipe⁠⁠ https://speakpipe.com/castingshadowspodcast.com Seek me out on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/runeslinger.bsky.social Visit the written blog https://castingshadowsblog.com Check out other episodes of this podcast https://castingshadowspodcast.com Still using e-mail? runescastshadows AT gmail

    29 דק׳

  4. 13.12.2025

    On what might be in a name, and Listener Calls

    This episode includes a call from Jason Connerley in regard to the episode with the Arcane Alienist about RPGs and memory, and then sets the Wayback Machine for 2010 and a fresh look at an old post called By any other name~ LINKS: Weird Studies Podcast Homepage -Episode on Dungeons & Dragons, or the Reality of Illusions Nerds RPG Variety Cast Arcane Alienist Podcast By Any Other Name blog post on Casting Shadows CONTACT: Leave a voice message via ⁠SpeakPipe⁠ https://speakpipe.com/castingshadowspodcast.com Seek me out on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/runeslinger.bsky.social Visit the written blog https://castingshadowsblog.com Check out other episodes of this podcast https://castingshadowspodcast.com Still using e-mail? runescastshadows AT gmail

    20 דק׳

  5. 06.12.2025

    Biting the Bullet with Jason Hobbs [video]

    For this video version of this episode, I am joined by the host of the seemingly lapsed Hobbs and Friends, and the sadly sporadic Random Screed, by the Mr. Hobbs of Mr. Hobbs' Gamerhood: Jason Hobbs. He and I dive into some core elements of his recent foray into game writing with his release 'Bite the Bullet' which you can obtain PWYW on itch.io or DriveThruRPG. The game, a western-themed RPG based on Into the Odd, puts a tight focus on who the character is and what they will do to get what they want. We dig into that, and some of the approaches we might take to playing it in this discussion. Relevant Links: ⁠Random Screed⁠ ⁠Nerds RPG Variety Cast⁠ ⁠Roleplay Rescue⁠ ⁠Godless⁠ ⁠Cole & Hitch Series⁠ ⁠Spenser⁠ ⁠Spenser for Hire⁠ CONTACT: Leave a voice message via ⁠SpeakPipe⁠ https://speakpipe.com/castingshadowspodcast.com Seek me out on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/runeslinger.bsky.social Visit the written blog https://castingshadowsblog.com Check out other episodes of this podcast https://castingshadowspodcast.com Still using e-mail? runescastshadows AT gmail

    58 דק׳

  6. 06.12.2025

    Biting Bullets with Jason Hobbs

    For this episode, I am joined by the host of the seemingly lapsed Hobbs and Friends, and the sadly sporadic Random Screed, by the Mr. Hobbs of Mr. Hobbs' Gamerhood: Jason Hobbs. He and I dive into some core elements of his recent foray into game writing with his release 'Bite the Bullet' which you can obtain PWYW on itch.io or DriveThruRPG. The game, a western-themed RPG based on Into the Odd, puts a tight focus on who the character is and what they will do to get what they want. We dig into that, and some of the approaches we might take to playing it in this discussion. Relevant Links: Random Screed Nerds RPG Variety Cast Roleplay Rescue Godless Cole & Hitch Series Spenser Spenser for Hire CONTACT: Leave a voice message via SpeakPipe https://speakpipe.com/castingshadowspodcast.com Seek me out on BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/runeslinger.bsky.social Visit the written blog https://castingshadowsblog.com Check out other episodes of this podcast https://castingshadowspodcast.com Still using e-mail? runescastshadows AT gmail

    58 דק׳

  7. 26.10.2025

    A Friendly and Impossible chat with RPG Sean~

    THIS IS THE FULL, UNABRIDGED CONVERSATION. Sean Kelley now host of the  @RPGSean  channel joins me for a natural discussion of seemingly tough topic: long-form and campaign play of cosmic horror RPGs. Drawing on experiences in our own play, using our own material, and such fantastic and lengthy campaigns as Impossible Landscapes and Masks of Nyarlathotep, we cruise through some core ideas, some foundational practices, and some notions of goal-setting, which might help alleviate some of that sense of impossibility~Relevant Links:Podcasts Mentioned in this Discussion:Gaming and BS Podcast - https://gamingandbs.com/GM Mastermind Podcast - https://gmmastermind.com/GoBag Podcast - https://www.gobagpod.com/Casting Shadows Podcast - https://castingshadowspodcast.comNerds RPG Variety Cast - https://open.spotify.com/show/4oPnUnwitpUqn9saEkFaNf?si=d135e19f4dc84e18Noteworthy Products mentioned herein:Call of Cthulhu - https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg/Masks of NyarlathotepDelta Green - https://shop.arcdream.com/Impossible LandscapesThe Annotated King in YellowActual Play Playlists mentioned as examples:Impossible Landscapeshttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjzDW-FxA6k6oO9FbdREujogKfxkeVc68&si=4wGhQyoalNQDenBTTurn of a New Leafhttps://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZfuKgeD5fl7Rom3q-Mj0HMXGo-XL6XuE&si=gtBBCsPHUhp26sVINotes:An abridged but helpfully annotated version of this conversation with Sean is also available on my YouTube channel. The ink to that episode is here: https://youtu.be/o55hwQ1PKH8If you would like to leave a voice message about this episode or any of the others, you can do so at the link below:https://www.speakpipe.com/castingshadowspodcast.com

    1 שע׳ 27 דק׳

  8. 18.10.2025

    On Memory and RPGs, featuring Arcane Alienist

    This is an OctOSR-adjacent episode. Thanks go out to BJ Boyd, the Arcane Alienist, for being a guest on this episode to help frame and execute a discussion on the nature of memory and some key ways that can affect our play and understanding of RPGs. You can find BJ's podcast at the link below: The Arcane Alienist For more RPG investigations, visit the Casting Shadows blog Watch Annotated Actual Plays, RPG discussions and debates, product overviews, and practical tips for playing and running RPGs on YouTube Leave a voice message for the podcast via Speakpipe LINKS relevant to this episode: Things Gamers Say... Things Gamers Imagine... On the Caller in Early RPGs An interesting and relevant link suggested by Jason Connerley of the Nerds RPG Variety Cast comes from SpectreVision Radio:Episode 6: Dungeons & Dragons, or the Reality of Illusions

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Runeslinger's podcast about roleplaying games, acting, reacting and interacting with the alchemy of play~ Visit the Casting Shadows blog at https://castingshadowsblog.com Visit us on YouTube at https://youtube.com/runeslinger or search for @Runeslinger For TwiXter, BlueSky, and Facebook: @Runeslinger Do you use Discord? Try me at Runeslinger#7592 Contact me via Speakpipe: https://www.speakpipe.com/CastingShadowsPodcast

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    Runeslinger
  • שנות פעילות
    2020 - 2026
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    118
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    תוכן הולם
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    © Runeslinger
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    Casting Shadows

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