Keep off the Borderlands "It's about RPGs and stuff" ~ Free Thrall

In this episode, after responding to a couple of great calls from Michael of Mirke the Meek (podcast) and Colin Green of Spikepit (podcast), I explore my struggle with solo roleplaying games, playing other roleplaying games solo and getting my head around gaming in general with a host of awesome RPGs getting mentioned along the way.
In order of appearance:
Phantom Mill’s The Valley of Flowers
Chris McDowall’s Mythic Bastionland and Into the Odd
Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu
Jon Sutherland’s Watchers of Walberswick from White Dwarf issue 50
Amanda P’s Pilgrimages of the Sun Guard
Nerd Siren’s Corny Groń and Beyond Corny Groń
Ockult Örtmästare Games and Stockholm Kartell Mörk Borg and Dark Fort
Yochai Gal’s Cairn 2E and Beyond the Pale
Corkboards & Curiosities – How being a Teacher made me a better Game Master
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVKhKTprEuw
David Blandy’s Lone Eons, Lost Eons, and Eco Mofos
Free League’s Dragonbane
Man Alone – The Best Book for Improving Your Solo Skills
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQC3xHdERsk
Cezar Capacle’s Random Realities and Lisergia
Jason Graham & Del Branham’s Dark Age of Man
By Odin’s Beard’s Runecairn Wardensaga Remastered and Runecairn: Into the Nine Realms
Tuesday Knight Games’ Mothership
Honourable mentions: Andy Goodman of Grizzly Peaks Radio
The movie for next month is Albert Pyun's The Sword & The Sorcerer from 1982. See below for details on contacting the show. The episode airs on the 27th, submissions by the 25th, please.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
"Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere
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Here’s another Movie Monday feedback episode. I have a couple of calls to share regarding The Dark Crystal episode then the Southwest Sofa Crew look back to this time last year at the first-ever Movie Monday feature, the Harryhausen classic Clash of the Titans.
This episode features contributions from:
(in order of appearance)
Joe Richter of Hindsightless (podcast)
Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast & blog)
Goblin’s Henchman (podcast & blog) & the Umber Bulk aka The Southwest Sofa Crew
This month’s movie is Albert Pyun's The Sword & The Sorcerer from 1982. See below for details on contacting the show. The episode airs on the 27th, submissions by the 25th, please.
Leave me an audio message via ⁠https://www.speakpipe.com/KeepOffTheBorderlands
You can email me at ⁠spencer.freethrall@gmail.com⁠
You can find me in a bunch of other places here ⁠https://freethrall.carrd.co⁠
You can also find me on Discord by searching for FreeThrall/KeepOffTheBorderlands#7623


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Here’s an audio unboxing for your listening pleasure. Jedediah Berry & Andrew McAlpine’s The Valley of Flowers is a fantasy campaign setting of mythic adventure in a world gone strange, for use with Old-School Essentials and Cairn which I think would make a great companion for Chris McDowall’s Mythic Bastionland.
Check out this review of The Valley of Flowers on Between Two Cairns
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7sc1zPwSRdYpvVD5yrgpHG?si=YosoqEAkTpmOkF74zUh7vA
Honourable mention: Fallen by Perplexing Ruins
This month’s movie is Albert Pyun's The Sword and the Sorcerer from 1982. Contributions submitted by May 25th, please. See below for details on contacting the show.
Leave me an audio message via ⁠https://www.speakpipe.com/KeepOffTheBorderlands
You can email me at ⁠spencer.freethrall@gmail.com⁠
You can find me in a bunch of other places here ⁠https://freethrall.carrd.co⁠
You can also find me on Discord by searching for FreeThrall/KeepOffTheBorderlands#7623


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In this episode, I respond to an awesome call from Joe Richter of Hindsightless regarding Mythic Bastionland before getting into some 4D roleplaying feedback from Anthony “Runeslinger” Boyd of Casting Shadows (podcast & YouTube) and Che Webster of Roleplay Rescue (podcast & blog) that leads to me reassessing of some of my assumptions regarding this approach to play.
Get ManaDawn’s Mythic Bastionland character sheet here https://manadawnttg.itch.io/mythic-bastionland-character-sheet
ivanmike1968’s takes a look at 4D Role Play
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHnoZaCQey4
An experiment in horror - Call of Cthulhu actual play
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/001-isla-de-la-muerte-were-all-off-to-sunny-spain/id1530832637?i=1000582666196
Honourable mentions: sameøldji (podcast, YouTube), Safer Fantasy Crafting (podcast), Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast & blog)
The movie for next month is Albert Pyun's The Sword & The Sorcerer from 1982. See below for details on contacting the show. The episode airs on the 27th, submissions by the 25th, please.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
"Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere
Leave me an audio message via ⁠https://www.speakpipe.com/KeepOffTheBorderlands
You can email me at ⁠spencer.freethrall@gmail.com⁠
You can find me in a bunch of other places here ⁠https://freethrall.carrd.co⁠
You can also find me on Discord by searching for FreeThrall/KeepOffTheBorderlands#7623


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It’s Movie Monday and this month it’s the turn of groundbreaking puppet fantasy The Dark Crystal directed by Jim Henson and Frank Oz John from 1982.
This episode features contributions from:
(in order of appearance)
Colin Green of Spikepit (podcast)
Evil Jeff of Minions & Musings (podcast)
Joe Richter of Hindsightless (podcast)
Michael of Mirke the Meek and Euphonious in Dungeon (podcasts)
Jason Connerley of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (podcast & blog)
Goblin’s Henchman (podcast & blog) & the Umber Bulk
Find The Dark Crystal Adventure Game here https://www.riverhorsegames.com/products/the-dark-crystal-adventure-game
The movie for next month is Albert Pyun's The Sword & The Sorcerer from 1982. See below for details on contacting the show. The episode airs on the 27th, submissions by the 25th, please.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
"Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere
Leave me an audio message via ⁠https://www.speakpipe.com/KeepOffTheBorderlands
You can email me at ⁠spencer.freethrall@gmail.com⁠
You can find me in a bunch of other places here ⁠https://freethrall.carrd.co⁠
You can also find me on Discord by searching for FreeThrall/KeepOffTheBorderlands#7623


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To celebrate my 250th episode, I'm joined by the wonderful Barney Dicker of Loco Ludus for the long-awaited third installment of The Bastion Social where we take a look at the pre-print PDF of Chris McDowall's forthcoming Mythic Bastionland.
Honourable mention: Pilgrimage of the Sun Guard, a solo adventure game by Amanda P. Featured in episode 198
https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Y9E2dcEXKnHnn4NecVsu4?si=qDz0F055S6ifj4dErAWv6A
Grab a copy here: https://weirdwonder.itch.io/sunguard
Eco Mofos, a weirdhope crawl by David Blandy (art by Daniel Locke & Aaron Cattoir) can be found here: https://davidblandy.itch.io/eco-mofos
This month’s movie is Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal from 1982. Contributions submitted by the end of April 26th, please. See below for details on contacting the show.
Music by Timothy J. Drennon
"Warning" by Lieren of Updates From the Middle of Nowhere
Leave me an audio message via ⁠https://www.speakpipe.com/KeepOffTheBorderlands
You can email me at ⁠spencer.freethrall@gmail.com⁠
You can find me in a bunch of other places here ⁠https://freethrall.carrd.co⁠
You can also find me on Discord by searching for FreeThrall/KeepOffTheBorderlands#762


This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit freethrall.substack.com