263 episodes

Join Stu Horvath and John McGuire as they delve into their favorite tabletop roleplaying games from the past, present and future!

The Vintage RPG Podcast Vintage RPG

    • Leisure
    • 4.7 • 222 Ratings

Join Stu Horvath and John McGuire as they delve into their favorite tabletop roleplaying games from the past, present and future!

    Mystic Punks, Part Two

    Mystic Punks, Part Two

    This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we’re continuing our talk with Anthony Meloro about Mystic Punks! This is Part the Second, so be sure to check out last week’s jam to get the full experience. On tap: the imminent Kickstarter for the multiplayer Mystic Punks RPG, the majestic art of Benjamin Marra, trash culture, the healing power of reefer and so much more!
    * * *
    Mystic Punks is Kickstarting soon!
    * * *
    Stu’s book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is for sale now! Buy it!
    Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you need are right here in one place!
    Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast!

    • 27 min
    Mystic Punks, Part One

    Mystic Punks, Part One

    This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we’re talking to Anthony Meloro about Mystic Punks! This is Part One, because we got to gabbing so long that we got two episodes worth of chat. Within, we talk about the original Mystic Punks solo game, the imminent Kickstarter for the multiplayer Mystic Punks RPG, the majestic art of Benjamin Marra, trash culture, the healing power of reefer and so much more!
    * * *
    Mystic Punks is Kickstarting soon!
    * * *
    Stu’s book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is for sale now! Buy it!
    Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you need are right here in one place!
    Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast!

    • 26 min
    Jack of Shadows

    Jack of Shadows

    This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we’re talking about Roger Zelazny’s 1971 novel Jack of Shadows. Gygax included the novel — a high-concept blend of fantasy and science fiction — in Appendix N, but it isn’t one that gets talked about all that often. Perhaps because it is such an unrelentingly ugly book, featuring a protagonist who embraces his dark side and never lets go, to the sorrow of everyone around him, and even unto the end of the world as he knows it. This one is DARK. And yet, because it is Zelazny, still incredibly readable and entertaining. That dude could write.
    * * *
    Stu’s book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is for sale now! Buy it!
    Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you need are right here in one place!
    Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast!

    • 26 min
    Teenage Odyssey

    Teenage Odyssey

    This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we talk to Chuck Kranz and Adam Rose about their forthcoming RPG, Teenage Odyssey. Set in a small town in the early '90s, the game casts players as teens navigating humdrum lives that are periodically thrown into chaos by bizarre supernatural events. Featuring art by Marie Enger and a light and flexible system based on Chris McDowall's Into the Odd, the game is on Kickstarter RIGHT NOW!
    * * *
    Stu’s book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is for sale now! Buy it!
    Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you need are right here in one place!
    Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast!

    • 30 min
    The Price of Freedom

    The Price of Freedom

    This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we take a look at the Cold War curiosity The Price of Freedom (1986). Basically Red Dawn (or Red Scare) the RPG, it seems like a serious attempt at creating a game in the mode of similar military-focused, conservatively minded box sets that were coming out at the same time. On the other hand, it’s by Greg Costikyan (Star Wars, Paranoia, Violence, Toon) and because of his work on those games, I feel like it is very much taking the piss. Just look at that gloriously ridiculous cover!
    * * *
    Stu’s book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is for sale now! Buy it!
    Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you need are right here in one place!
    Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast!

    • 19 min
    Swyvers

    Swyvers

    This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we talk to Luke Gearing and David Hoskins, the creative team behind the new RPG Swyvers, from Melsonian Arts Council. In a fictionalized, horrible sort of fantasy London full of corruption and wild magic, the only way to get yours is to take it from somebody else. Rules light, with a focus on collaborative play fueled by novel mechanics and decorated in an amazing portfolio of art by Hoskins, Swyvers is gonna knock your socks off (and steal your wallet while you’re lying there). On Kickstarter now, go back it. Or else.
    * * *
    You can grab the art-lite quickstart rules for Swyvers on Drive-Thru for a buck.
    * * *
    Stu’s book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is for sale now! Buy it!
    Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you need are right here in one place!
    Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast!

    • 26 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
222 Ratings

222 Ratings

FTC242 ,

The Best RPG podcast

Imagine entering a library of every RPG ever made. Simply put, it’s the best way to dive into the rich (and weird) history and diversity of RPGs. Excellent production and sound quality too.

Kofallb ,

Love

This podcast is awesome, Stu and Hambone are fun to listen to, and they keep it tight, no rambling, just good discussion.

Also I like that they have an actual opinion about these games!

Join the Patreon, they have a $1 level, it’s the least we can do as listeners.

Thanks guys.

Lounge Man 08 ,

Get it you don’t use Twitter

Got tired of listening to how they don’t use twitter and how they now use some new platform. Guess what lots of people don’t use twitter. Also I came to listen to stuff about RPGs not what political position you hold. I give two stars because I did like a few episodes, but with more of their political views being expressed at the end just didn’t come to hear that.

Top Podcasts In Leisure

Critical Role
Critical Role
Duck Call Room
Si Robertson & Justin Martin
Tales from the Stinky Dragon
Rooster Teeth
Past Gas by Donut Media
Donut
ClutterBug - Organize, Clean and Transform your Home
Clutterbug
The Big Three by Donut Media
Donut

You Might Also Like

The GROGNARD Files
Dirk the Dice
Save for Half podcast
Save for Half podcast
Fear of a Black Dragon
Jason Cordova
Between Two Cairns
Yochai Gal & Brad Kerr
The Dungeoncast
The Dungeoncast
Appendix N Book Club
Jeff Goad, Ngo Vinh-Hoi, and special guests