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Plundergrounds opening theme by Logan Howard of Sword Breaker I wax nostalgic about stories and fables (Mother West Wind, Jack and the Giant Killer, Beowulf, Gilgamesh), board and card games (Carrier Strike, Payday, Auto Dealer, Masterpiece, Mastermind, Rook, Dutch Blitz, Risk, Inventors, Stop Thief), reading (The Hobbit, A Wizard of Earthsea, Dragonriders of Pern, Heinlein's juvenile works, Choose Your Own Adventure, The Science Fiction Book Club), 1977 (Star Wars, The Hobbit cartoon, Atari 2600, Steely Dan, Space Mountain, Roots, the blizzard, the energy crisis), 1978 (D&D Holmes Basic, Advanced D&D, Melee and Wizard, Ogre, another blizzard!, Pete Rose's 3,000th hit, WKRP, Bob Crane's murder, the Jonestown massacre, The Star Wars Holiday Special, Alladin's Castle, Omni magazine), 1919 (the TI-99/4a, moving houses, Voyager and Pioneer 11, Three Mile Island, Disco Demolition, Star Trek the Motion Picture, the Iran Hostage Crisis, Jimmy Carter attacked by a swamp rabbit, and Traveller). Closing music is Cemetery Dance by the Vivisectors --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds/message

Plundergrounds opening theme by Logan Howard of Sword Breaker Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson Science Fiction Book Review Podcast Ten Very Big Books Podcast (Malazan specific) The Discord Conversation The Chronicles of Amber Agartta City of Runes, Season 1 Shadowdark (recently updated), Old School Essentials, The Black Hack Closing: Leopard Girl by The Vivisectors --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds/message

Opening theme by Logan Howard of Sword Breaker Call-in from Aron Clark of On the Tabletop Call-ins from Jason of the Nerd's RPG Variety Cast Warlock! and Troika! Nope (movie, 2022), Space 1999 Monthly podcast prompt (downloadable mp3): Rufus Asks - Favorite Fantasy Fight? Call-in from Joe Richter of Hindsightless Gardens of the Moon: Book One of The Malazan Book of the Fallen Ramble: We by Yevgeny Zamyatin, The Fantasy Trip, Lovecraft (The White Ape or Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and his Family, Misspent Youth, Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles (Way in the Middle of the Air), MAR Barker, author of Empire of the Petal Throne, a nazi -- I never said it but I meant to mention his War of Wizards, Ben Riggs Slaying the Dragon (sales figures), Game Wizards, When We Were Wizards podcast with Adam Turner and Paul Stormberg, is Oriental a bad word? Into the Odd by Chris McDowall, Vaults of Vaarn by Leo Hunt, Bones Deep by David Schirduan Closing music is Silky by Alex Figueira  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds/message

Opening theme by Logan Howard of Sword Breaker Call-in from Jason of the Nerd's RPG Variety Cast Call-in from Chris Shorb Call-in from Joe Richter of Hindightless Call-in from Cody Mazza of the No Save for You! podcast The Clerics Wear Ringmail podcast Burning Wheel Geiger Counter by Jonathan Walton Warpstar!, Warlock!'s spacey cousin Closing music is 37 ohmperios by Rolemusic Big thanks to my Campaigners! My links --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds/message

Opening Theme by Logan Howard Warlock! by Fire Ruby Designs Ray Otus Closing music is Dance til You Die by HolizinaCC0 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds/message

Before Fire by James Feore Index Card RPG (ICRPG) by Runehammer Games rayotus.com Producers A-L Aljoscha Beyer Aron Clark Asbjørn Flø Beckett at Weird Realms Brian Oldfield Brian T Bullard Christopher Thompson D.C. David Dorward Dennis Gaens Diederik van Arkel FelTK Gherhartd Sildoenfein James Knight James West Jeffrey Jones Jessalynn Joaquín Aguirrezabalaga John Taber Joshua Skelton Kyle Hodnett Leckie Leonard Maradan Love Dahlgren --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds/message

Opening theme by Logan Howard, accompanied by Rufus! Call-in: Cody Mazza, No Save For You Call-in: Menion, Confessions of a Wee Timorous Bushi Call-in: Daniel Norton, Bandit's Keep Follow up to podcast on skill checks: March 11 Skill Rolls in Classic D&D Quick graph showing d20, 3d6 and d100 skill tests compared to 2-in-6 chance, Viridian Scroll "Modern Traditional Initiative" Index Card RPG Master Edition by Modiphius Entertainment "Classic Traditional Initiative" Sequence as given in Old School Essentials Comment from Philotomy's Musings Orchestrating turns in detail Housekeeping and Producer Roll Call Plundergrounds Patreon rayotus.com Closing music NPC Theme by Holzina --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds/message

Opening Theme by Logan Howard What is a Zettelkasten? Obsidian Control Panel Layout in the OSR Choose Your Own Adventure Fighting Fantasy Interactive Fiction Jaquaying the Dungeon Retro copies The Dark Tower "Dungeon" "Link Distance" "Room" / Page / Numbered Location Blogs on Tape Should We Start Numbering Hallways On Our Maps? - Audio Should We Start Numbering Hallways On Our Maps? - Post See my work End Music is Hard Mode by HoliznaCC0 rayotus.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds/message

Opening Theme by Logan Howard Cody from No Save For You BJ of Arcane Alienist Goblin's Henchman Diagesis Archipelago Itras By Plundergrounds Patreon Closing Music is Demomiculator by Hobotek --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds/message

Opening theme by Logan Howard Duvelman Dice Get a copy of The Gygax 75 Challenge Affinity products  Life After People Just Use Bears / Everything Is a Bear Maze Rats Torchbearer 30 Minute Dungeons Two Week Megadungeon Blogs on Tape Midjourney AI Cowspiders and Dropbears Desiccated Temple of Locha Me Out music is Benthic by Mystery Mammal --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds/message

Opening theme by Logan Howard Get a copy of The Gygax 75 Challenge World of Dungeons by John Harper Sorcerer & Sword by Ron Edwards Dictionary of Mu by Judd Karlman Perilous Wilds / Freebooters on the Frontier Hex Kit by Cone of Negative Energy Thomas No's Strange Hex Tiles SageDaMage's Wasted Potential zine My Gygax 75 work: week 1, week 2 Closing Music is Friendly Fire by Mystery Mammal --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds/message

Opening theme by Logan Howard Andrew Walter's Ferverax and the Valley of Gleam Joe from Hindsightless! Wayne Peacock talks DCC (he also makes zines!) Get a copy of The Gygax 75 Challenge  Jump into the Cauldron, or just look at week 1 of the Gygax 75 Challenge entries (my week 1 work is there or you can see it on my Patreon) Closing Music is Life on Laserdisc by Mystery Mammal --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds/message

Opening theme by Logan Howard Andrew Walter Cockatrice Nuggets Goblin's Henchmen Blorb Principles - original post by Sandra Snan Blorb Principles - recap by technoskald F**k You Design - original post Rules with Gaps - a response to F**k You Design Cairn by Yochai Gal The Super Hack by Simon Burley  Maze Rats by Ben Milton Closing Music is Innuendo 64 by Mystery Mammal Tired of hearing crappy audio? Anyone want to help me with my mic issues? Contact me ... my gmail is just my name all run together, no caps. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds/message

Opening theme by Logan Howard Niklas Luhmann Zotero Zettelkasten, Archive Typora Obsidian Notion Closing Music is Dog on a Rocket by Mystery Mammal --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds/message

Opening theme by Logan Howard Gygax 75 mentioned on Questing Beast Call in from Chris Schorb about digital vs. physical media Call in from Rich Fraser of Cockatrice Nuggets about organizing digital media Software: Calibre, Name Mangler Goblin's Henchman recommends Blake's Seven, check out his Face Folio!  Cody of No Save for You on the magic of dice Judd Karlman's creative rubric and Daydreaming about Dragons Full Light, Full Steam by Josh Roby Reading: The Godwhale by TJ Bass and Dracula in "real time" - sign up by May 3rd Sound clips from Voltron and Land of the Lost Writing (rewriting) Plundergrounds the Collected Edition (here are the individual DW zines) Closing Music is Dog on a Rocket by Mystery Mammal --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds/message

Opening theme by Logan Howard Dr. Strange: .... multiverse ... something ... madness something something Dr. Who: The Keys of Marinus Read Dracula in "real time" - sign up by May 3rd Closing Music is Dog on a Rocket by Mystery Mammal --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds/message

Opening theme by Logan Howard Call-ins from Dennis, Jason Rogue Scroll and Swords without Master by Epidiah Ravachol (See also Dread and Wolfspell) Talrand, Sky Summoner and the Master of Waves VTT Token Maker and Owlbear Rodeo Read Dracula in "real time" - sign up by May 3rd Lots of rambling without links: First Men in the Moon, The Shining, Dracula, the Parker series by Richard Stark (pen name for Donald Westlake), Sortilege and fortune telling, Bible tales, teaching a board game class, Mancala, OSE, Canterbury Tales, "Eternal Atlanteans", The Chronicles of Amber ...  Closing Music is Industrial Fights & Magic by Mystery Mammal --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds/message

Opening theme by Logan Howard Three Dice to Rule them All Places to buy more (!) dice: d20Collective, Kraken Dice, Roll4Initiative Mastodon Perl Results from Alex Schroeder's nutty and awesome Hex Describe Perl generator! (link to generator at bottom, it takes a bit of time to run) Magic the Gathering Cubes: What is a Cube?, What is a Battle Box?, The Pauper Cube, a Budget Battle Box (costs about $35 all-in), Winston Draft, Grid Draft Read Dracula in "real time" - sign up by May 3rd Closing Music is Industrial Fights & Magic by Mystery Mammal --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds/message

Opening theme by Logan Howard Lowlife by Sam Sorenson Forking Paths Hunters in the Snow by Peter Bruegel the Elder Harlot's Progress/Rake's Progress by William Hogarth The Fall of Icarus (also by Bruegel!) Closing Music is The Situationists... by Fucked Up Beats --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds/message

Opening theme by Logan Howard Blood Heist by Leo Hunt and Lewis Garvey The original Kickstarter From Spear Witch (US) From Rook's Press (UK) Music to heist by Vaults of Vaarn (digital) Closing Music is Videogames with Your Brother by Mystery Mammal --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/plundergrounds/message