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Our good friend, Kris Vezner chats with artist and game designer, Brad McDevitt to learn more about the genesis of games like It Came From The Late Late Late Show and Nightlife!

It's Part 2 of our Oriental Adventures deep dive and on today's episode we feature an interview I first ran on the Roll For Initiative podcast, episode 131.  Big thanks to Vincent Florio and the rest of the RFI team for letting me re-air this amazing interview with freelance game designer, Deborah Teramis Christian in which she talks about her work writing on the Kara-Tur Box-set!

So Grasshopper, do you run your AD&D using Oriental Adventures and want to incorporate the martial arts system but feel that as written it could unbalance your game?  Maybe you just want to know more about the feel of of an OE campaign.  Well in today's episode I take us on a trip in the way-back machine to 2013 when I was still co-hosting on the hugely popular Roll For Initiative podcast, to let you hear the discussion I had with RFI DM's, Vince, Matt and Nick in which we dive deep into the waters of TSR's martial arts system for 1st edition AD&D.   If you like what you hear then head over to rfipodcast.com to check out all the other great episodes from Roll For Initiative.  And stay tuned for Part 2 where we listen in on another great Roll For Initiative episode featuring my interview with Deborah Teramis Christian, co-writer of the classic Kara-Tur box set! Now settle down on the tatami mat as we fill your cup and unlock the way of the master!

All right chummers, this is a big one!  Get ready to slot your reflex booster and take a tour of Night City with the solo who stands above all others, that's right in this episode we are talking with R.Talsorian founder and creator of the epic roleplaying game of the dark future, Mike Pondsmith!

Three different Star Wars rpg's have come and gone, but each were excellent in their own way.  In this episode of the Dead Games Society podcast we plan to talk about each.  These are definitely the games you are looking for!

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,  Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.  - Hamlet  Ready to go forth and investigate that which goes bump in the night?  Then tag along with the DGS as we bring on our good friend Kris Vezner to help us learn all about Stalking the Night Fantastic, a game published by Tri-Tac Inc. back in 1983 as part of the Bureau 13 series! So grab your beverage of choice and make yourself comfortable as we go in search of that which is hidden!

Today episode features a very special guest, Sandy Petersen.  So grab a beverage of your choice and lick back in your comfy chair as we talk all about Sandy's work on Call of Cthulhu, Rune Quest, Ghostbusters and lots more!

With all the attention we've been giving conventions here in the midwest, we decided to bring Kenneth Patterson on to tell us all about the great conventions our New England Chapter of the Dead Games Society are attending out on the east coast!  But wait, it gets better because Ken is also on today's episode to help navigate the frontier of MegaTraveller!  So grab a tasty beverage and plunk down in your navigator's couch to go east young fan!

Are you thinking to GM an event at your local con?  Want to know what separates a convention event from a campaign?  Then grab a comfy chair and have a listen as we discuss tips and tricks to writing a successful convention event sure to please your table.

We're back, baby!  It's the season 3 opener of the Dead Games Society Podcast, and while it's a shorter then usual episode we have a lot to catch up on as we also welcome our new cohost, Dave Bauter.  So grab a comfy chair and your favorite beverage as we talk all about the things we have been doing during our break as well as the things we are gearing up to do.

We're back and we are excited to make planetfall back onto the fields of the Inner Sphere and beyond with our recap of early Battletech and Mechwarrior!  So grab your comfy cooling jacket and kick back to hear about one of the most well-written game settings out there!  And we also talk about what we've been up to since our last episode and what we are doing in the near future!

So you're thinking of taking a seat on the other side of the table for a convention and you want some GM tips?  Good news because on this episode of the Vorpal Chainsword and I are dishing out a bit of wisdom gained through our own years of convention.  And while we're at it will talk about our own recent experience at Gamehole.   But if our own collected smarts ain't enough, we brought in one of the big guns to impart some of his own vast knowledge in this area, as well as talk about some of his favorite "dead games".  That's right, we have in this episode, included a wonderful interview with the illustrious Tim Task, whom I had the honor of speaking with while I was at Gameholecon V!  So grab a notepad and pen then kick back in your comfy chair as we dive into the Art of the Con!

We are back True-believers and in this episode we are calling all heroes!  That's right, it's episode #52 and in this one we get into the superhero genre of gaming and touch down on what made this such a popular area for gaming throughout the last several decades.  So grab a glass of irradiated sludge and kick back in your comfy fortress of solitude as we explain why, with great power, comes great fun!    

It's episode #51 of the DGS Podcast and we have on the show the founders of the New England Chapter of the Dead Games Society, which I affectionately call, Chapter 2!  Do you live on the East Coast and wanna be involved in DGS events and activities?  Or are you an avid fan of the great old school games?  Well this episode is for you, so sit back in your comfy chair with a drink and soak up the wisdom of James, Ken and Bob as they talk all about why and how they came to create the New England chapter of the Dead Games Society.  And of course there will be plenty of talk about their favorite out-of-print games and game editions which they run at their own local convention.  It's gonna be fun!

If you have you ever wanted to take your gaming immersion level one step further then the traditional table-top experience, then oh boy, it's time to talk about LARPs!  That's right and to help me get it straight, we have returning to the show, Nathan Siever and Robert Batton from the Utility Muffin Labs. So get ready to ratchet your game experience up a notch as we explore the world of live action role play!

Join us as the DGS talks with artist, David O. Miller about art in gaming!  What does it take to become a fantasy artist, how has the role of the artist changed over the years as well as chatting about his own history in the industry working on such amazing projects as the Spelljammer and Dark Sun lines just to name a few.  It's a great look into what may be the first reason we pick up a game, the art itself!  

Join the DGS as our good friend, Kris Vezner guides us deep down the rabbit hole to explore the wonderful world of Bunnies and Burrows!  So grab a bit of clover and your favorite drink then kick back in your cozy warren to have a listen as we discuss one of the first and still one of the best roleplaying games. “All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.”  ― Richard Adams, Watership Down            

On this episode we explore the virtual sandbox that is the Multi-User Shared Hallucination, or MUSH!  And to help explain this wonderful alternative to traditional tabletop role-play we brought in Alex Schwartz, one of the figures instrumental in designing the underlying code used for these popular text-based virtual game worlds.  So grab your virtual drink and @dig yourself a virtual room to listen from and enjoy as we telnet back to the early 90's when MUSH was the hallucination of choice for so many gamers.    

Our friend Kris Vezner joins the DGS as we pay tribute to the sad passing of one of gaming's most imaginative pioneers, Richard Tucholka.  On this special tribute episode we will be recalling the long list of innovative and inspiring games Mr. Tucholka gave us, such as the Morrow Project, Fringeworthy, Stalking the Night Fantastic and Bureau 13 to name but a few.  So join us in this special episode as we pay our respects the truly genius work of a pioneer.          

It's been 25 years since Mark Rein-Hagen's now classic, Vampire: The Masquerade revealed to us a whole World of Darkness just beyond the light of day.  An imperfect and horrifying reflection of our own world where the dead stalked the night.  Since then fans have thrilled to the idea of letting their own Beast run wild in the shadows using what may be White Wolf's greatest contribution to the gaming world.  And to help the DGS understand this world of darkness Nathan Siever and Robert Batton, the hosts of the amazing new podcast "25 Years of Vampire: The Masquerade - A Retrospective" have agreed to come onto the Dead Games Society podcast and reveal the secrets of the elder kindred.  So grab your kine and sit back as we pierce The Masquerade.  What is rumor and what is fact?  Well only the Antediluvians know for sure.