The world’s biggest tabletop RPG weekly news show! News and chat about Dungeons & Dragons (and other tabletop roleplaying games) since June 2018! Now recording LIVE on YouTube every Friday at 2pm UK time (9am Eastern).
Episodes
Saturday Nov 09, 2019
Saturday Nov 09, 2019
Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, our first full interview with the dreaded Malach the Maleficent.
Wednesday Nov 06, 2019
Wednesday Nov 06, 2019
This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by Marc Langworthy, Line Developer of Judge Dredd and the Worlds of 2000AD to talk about the new Judge Dredd book, The Cursed Earth! In the news, Wizards of the Coast has a new survey for D&D, a new D&D video game on its way, Pathfinder 2nd Edition gets its first errata, Call of Cthulhu jumps to second place in Roll20 user statistics, the original Forgotten Realms map, and more! Plus Our Favorite Game in All the World and a brand new sketch!
Note: Beginning next week, Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk will be moving to the weekends! The new schedule will be classic sketch re-runs on Wednesday, a new Morrus’ Unofficial Tabletop RPG Talk overnight on Saturday, and the Patreon Bonus Content episode on Monday.
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Our Guest – Marc Langworthy
Judge Dredd and the Worlds of 2000AD https://enpublishingrpg.com/collections/judge-dredd-the-worlds-of-2000-ad
Red Scar Publishing https://red-scar.com/
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News
Wizards of the Coast Asks What Makes You Play Dungeons & Dragons https://www.enworld.org/threads/wotc-asks-what-makes-you-play-dungeons-and-dragons.668236/
New D&D Video Game, Wizards of the Coast Purchases Tuque Games https://www.enworld.org/threads/brand-new-d-d-video-game-from-wotcs-new-acquisition-tuque-games.668247/
Pathfinder 2nd Edition Errata https://www.enworld.org/threads/pathfinder-2e-official-errata-document.668270/
Roll20 User Statistics for Third Quarter 2019 https://www.enworld.org/threads/call-of-cthulhu-leaps-to-2nd-place-in-orr-group-report.668294/
Vampire: Fall of London Cover Reveal https://www.enworld.org/threads/vampire-fall-of-london-cover-unveiled.668295/
Ed Greenwood’s Original Map for Forgotten Realms https://www.enworld.org/threads/ed-greenwoods-original-forgotten-realms-map.668302/
UK Games Expo to Launch Industry Conference in 2021 https://www.enworld.org/threads/uk-games-expo-to-launch-games-industry-conference-in-2021.668308/
Comparing Giant Sizes https://www.enworld.org/threads/comparing-giant-sizes.668304/
New D&D Miniatures from WizKids https://www.enworld.org/threads/elder-brains-stalagmites-new-d-d-minis.668341/
Matt Colville’s Kingdoms & Warfare Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/255133215/kingdoms-warfare-and-more-minis?ref=enworld
Starfinder Character Operations Manual https://www.enworld.org/threads/a-look-inside-starfinders-character-operations-manual.668342/
DriveThruRPG Security Breach – Change Your Passwords! https://www.enworld.org/threads/change-your-dtrpg-password-now.668281/
News Digest for the Week of November 1st (Baldur’s Gate III Preview Image) https://www.enworld.org/threads/news-digest-for-the-week-of-november-1.668300/
Devil’s Run https://red-scar.com/games/devilsrunrpg/
Kings of War https://red-scar.com/games/kings-of-war-rpg/
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Kickstarters
Arcana Academy https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tabletopcrow/arcana-academy
Vast Kaviya https://www.gameontabletop.com/cf78/vast-kaviya.html
Find more crowdfunding news every week in the RPG Crowdfunding News column on EN World https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-–-corpus-malicious-doikayt-arcana-academy-and-more.668242/
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The Cursed Earth
Pre-order Page https://enpublishingrpg.com/products/judge-dredd-the-cursed-earth
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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey
Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott
Kickstarter News Column used for the Kickstarter Game: Egg Embry
Theme Song: Steve Arnott
Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott
Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey
Saturday Nov 02, 2019
Saturday Nov 02, 2019
Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, the Adventurer's Helpdesk fields a call from an adventurer facing an invisible foe.
Wednesday Oct 30, 2019
Wednesday Oct 30, 2019
This week, Morrus and Peter spend this Halloween season looking at the scariest time for roleplaying, the Satanic Panic of the 1980s. In the news, Tyranny of Dragons reprinted for D&D, Vampire: The Masquerade miniatures, Strange New Worlds released for Star Trek Adventures, a one-page random dungeon generator, and more! Plus Our Favorite Game in All the World and a brand new sketch!
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News
The Return of the Tyranny of Dragons: First Impressions https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-return-of-tyranny-of-dragons-first-impressions.668107/
New Professional Magazine from GAMA, Around the Table https://www.enworld.org/threads/around-the-table-is-gamas-new-tabletop-professional-magazine.668129/
Modiphius to Produce Vampire: The Masquerade Miniatures https://www.enworld.org/threads/modiphius-to-produce-vampire-the-masquerade-miniatures.668130/
Era: Lost Legend – A Final Fantasy Inspired RPG https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shadesofvengeance/era-lost-legend-a-final-fantasy-inspired-rpg?ref=enworld
Kingdoms, Warfare, and More Minis from Matt Colville https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/255133215/kingdoms-warfare-and-more-minis?ref=enworld
One Page Random Dungeon Generator https://www.enworld.org/threads/generate-a-one-page-dungeon-with-one-click.668131/
Hasbro Gaming Down 17%, D&D Remains Bright Spot https://www.enworld.org/threads/hasbro-gaming-down-17-but-d-d-remains-bright-spot.668157/
Strange New Worlds: 9 New Adventures for Star Trek https://www.enworld.org/threads/strange-new-worlds-9-adventures-for-star-trek-rpg.668168/
Which Ability Score Would You Increase to 18 In Real Life? https://www.enworld.org/threads/which-ability-score-would-you-like-to-increase-to-18-in-real-life.668084/
Owen K.C. Stephens: From the Freelancing Frontline: The Beginning https://www.enworld.org/threads/from-the-freelancing-frontline-the-beginning.668158/
Jim Ward: Demons & Devils, NOT! https://www.enworld.org/threads/jim-ward-demons-devils-not.666876/
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Kickstarters
Moth Children https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cosmicmirrorgames/moth-children
The Legend of Gimcrack Jack https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2kingsgames/the-legend-of-gimcrack-jack-family-rpg-adventure-book
Wolves of God https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1637945166/wolves-of-god-adventures-in-dark-ages-england
Find more projects every week in EN World’s RPG Crowdfunding News by Egg Embry https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-haunted-west-wolves-of-god-ross-rifles-and-more.668128/
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Satanic Panic
Wikipedia Article on D&D Religions Objections https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_controversies#Religious_objections
Wikipedia Article on Satanic Panic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satanic_ritual_abuse
Wikipedia Article on James Dallas Egbert III https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dallas_Egbert_III
Wikipedia Article on William Dear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Dear_(detective)
“The Truth About the Dungeon Master Who Disappeared in the Steam Tunnels” from Boingboing https://boingboing.net/2014/11/11/the-truth-about-the-dungeon-ma.html
Lieth Von Stein Murder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Lieth_Von_Stein
Mazes and Monsters (1982) https://amzn.to/2Nm3FXL
“How D&D Writers Fought the Satanic Panic” from Geek & Sundry https://geekandsundry.com/how-dd-writers-fought-the-satanic-panic/
Clip from a television show on D&D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL7lEwD1uGI
Patricia Pulling and B.A.D.D. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Pulling
The Pulling Report by Michael A. Stackpole http://www.rpgstudies.net/stackpole/pulling_report.html
“Is Dungeons & Dragons Evil?” Segment from 60 Minutes with Gary Gygax https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yShqF1YSfDs
“Dark Dungeons” by Jack Chick https://imgur.com/gallery/e66Sx
Dark Dungeons: The Movie (2014) http://www.darkdungeonsthemovie.com/
“Minister Sees Threat of Witchcraft in School” on Rev. Jon Quigley, Seattle Times 1985 https://iw.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AMNEWS&docref=news/0EB53133975E4BC4&f=basic
Jim Ward: Demons & Devils, NOT! https://www.enworld.org/threads/jim-ward-demons-devils-not.666876/
“Questions and Answers About Role-Playing Games” by Loren K. Wiseman and Michael A. Stackpole (GAMA, 1991) http://www.theescapist.com/archive-gamapamphlet.htm
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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey
Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott
Kickstarter News Column used for the Kickstarter Game: Egg Embry
Theme Song: Steve Arnott
Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott
Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey
Saturday Oct 26, 2019
Saturday Oct 26, 2019
Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, a Dalek takes the Voight-Kampff test.
Wednesday Oct 23, 2019
Wednesday Oct 23, 2019
This week, Morrus and Peter take a spoiler-free look at the new Dungeons & Dragons adventure, Descent Into Avernus! In the news, new D&D spell effect minis from WizKids, Eberron DM screen and maps from Gale Force 9, a map of Middle Earth for The One Ring – Lord of the Rings Roleplaying Game, a map of 2000AD’s Cursed Earth for Judge Dredd, and more! Plus a brand new sketch, Our Favorite Game in All the World, and several cameos from Morrus’ dog, Hudson!
Editor’s Note: I tried to cut down on the dog barking in the episode as much as possible, but Hudson would not be silenced and wanted his voice heard on the doggo perspective on Modiphius’s new license acquisitions. Just note that there is a lot of dog barking in the episode.
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News
WizKids Spell Effects Minis for D&D https://www.enworld.org/threads/spell-effects-minis-coming-from-wizkids.667996/
Gale Force 9 Eberron Accessories https://www.enworld.org/threads/heres-the-stuff-gale-force-9-is-releasing-for-eberron.667994/
The 2019 Great Blog Roll Call https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-2019-great-blog-roll-call.668036/
Gorgeous New Map of Middle Earth for The One Ring RPG https://www.enworld.org/threads/look-at-this-gorgeous-map-for-the-one-ring-2e.668046/
Modiphius to Produce Homeworld RPG https://www.enworld.org/threads/modiphius-to-produce-homeworld-rpg.668052/
Cursed Earth Map for Judge Dredd and the Worlds of 2000AD https://www.enworld.org/threads/check-out-this-map-of-judge-dredds-cursed-earth.668077/
New Unearthed Arcana for Dungeons & Dragons https://www.enworld.org/threads/new-unearthed-arcana-rune-knight-swarmkeeper-the-revived.668050/
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Kickstarters
The Nuadan Chronicles https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nuadanchronicles/the-nuadan-chronicles-an-electro-fantasy-tabletop-rpg
A Complete Guide to Nautical Campaigns https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/guysclanders/a-complete-guide-to-nautical-campaigns
Visigoths vs Mall Goths https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/luciankahn/visigoths-vs-mall-goths
Mind more RPG crowdfunding projects every week from Egg Embry in the EN World Crowdfunding News! https://www.enworld.org/threads/crowdfunding-news-%E2%80%93-agon-deep-magic-reclaimer-visigoths-vs-mall-goths-and-more.667933/
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Descent Into Avernus
Descent Into Avernus on Amazon https://amzn.to/35W4MFX
Baldur’s Gate III https://baldursgate3.game/
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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey
Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott
Kickstarter News Column used for the Kickstarter Game: Egg Embry
Theme Song: Steve Arnott
Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott
Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey
Saturday Oct 19, 2019
Saturday Oct 19, 2019
Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, Dr. Blakemore, Monster Psychiatrist, deals with an orc that has anger management issues.
Wednesday Oct 16, 2019
Wednesday Oct 16, 2019
This week, Morrus is joined by Shane Stacks while Peter is on holiday to talk about all the wacky, silly, and over-the-top rules exploits in Dungeons & Dragons, Pathfinder, Shadowrun, and other roleplaying games. In the news, Fantasy Ground Usage Report released, Vast Kaviya crowdfunding effort is live, Paizo releases Monster and NPC creation rules ahead of Gamemastery Guide, Chaosium giving away free adventures for October, and more! Plus a brand new sketch and Our Favorite Game in All the World.
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Our Guest
Shane Stacks https://shaneplays.com/
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News
Fantasy Grounds Usage Report https://www.enworld.org/threads/fantasy-grounds-top-rpgs-last-12-months.667823/
Vast Kaviya on GameOnTabletop https://www.gameontabletop.com/cf78/vast-kaviya.html
Vast Kaviya Live Stream Archive with Shane Stacks and Mike Myler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUzRuwgJQik
Tales from the Loop Free for One Day (Offer Expired) https://www.enworld.org/threads/tales-from-the-loop-is-free-for-one-day-only.667907/
RPG PDFs for Phones from Drive Thru http://www.rpgnews.com/amp-and-drivethrurpg-create-a-revolutionary-rpg-format/
Gamemastery Guide Monster/NPC Creation Rules for Pathfinder 2e https://paizo.com/products/btq021ct?Gamemastery-Guide-Monster-and-Hazard-Creation
Paizo Hires New Staff https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6sgys?Paizo-People-Celebrating-Staffing-Additions
Jim Ward on SSI and Dungeons & Dragons https://www.enworld.org/threads/jim-ward-ssi-dungeons-dragons-and-the-computer-industry.666874/
Five Free Chaosium Adventures to Honor Greg Stafford https://www.enworld.org/threads/download-greg-staffords-the-quest-of-the-red-blade.667901/
Cyberpunk Red Jumpstart Kit (DriveThruRPG) https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/279014/Cyberpunk-Red-Jumpstart-Kit?affiliate_id=36142
Cyberpunk Red Jumpstart Kit (Amazon) https://amzn.to/2qgbxSJ
EN Publishing Website https://enpublishingrpg.com/
1 Page Adventures from EN Publishing https://www.patreon.com/1pa/posts
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Kickstarters
Little Monster Detectives https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nosolorol/little-monster-detectives
Heart: The City Beneath https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gshowitt/heart-the-city-beneath
Find more RPG crowdfunding projects on EN World’s weekly Crowdfunding News column https://www.enworld.org/threads/crowdfunding-news-%E2%80%93-root-under-hollow-hills-3pp-pathfinder-2e-products-and-more.667827/
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Funny Rules Exploits
Taking Rules to Their Logical Extremes Thread on EN World https://www.enworld.org/threads/taking-rules-to-their-illogical-extremes.667752/
What’s Your Favorite Way to Abuse In-Game Rules on Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/wasxl/whats_your_favorite_way_to_abuse_in_game_rules/
Peasant Railgun http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?523335-The-Peasant-Railgun
Bag of Rats https://dungeons.fandom.com/wiki/Bag_of_rats
Locate City Nuke http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?238254-Locate-city-bomb
Pun-Pun https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Pun-Pun_(3.5e_Optimized_Character_Build)
Shadowrun’s Pornomancer http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?showtopic=36519
15 Million Gold Per Day https://1d4chan.org/wiki/15,000,000_Gold_a_Day
Minimal Disguise https://www.handbookofheroes.com/archives/comic/disguise
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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey
Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott
Kickstarter News Column used for the Kickstarter Game: Egg Embry
Theme Song: Steve Arnott
Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott
Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey
Saturday Oct 12, 2019
Saturday Oct 12, 2019
Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, an adventurer keeps barking up the wrong tree looking for a quest.
Wednesday Oct 09, 2019
Wednesday Oct 09, 2019
This week, Morrus is joined by Shane Stacks and Matt Barton to talk about their book, Dungeons and Desktops: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games! In the news, The World of Farland has a new release, Ulisses North America purchases rights to Space: 1889, new Unearthed Arcana, Wendy’s releases a tabletop RPG, and more! Plus Our Favorite Game in All the World and a brand new sketch!
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Our Guests
Shane Stacks https://shaneplays.com/
Matt Barton https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE98xefVUXmbvQfe-wNS8oA
Dungeons and Desktops: The History of Computer Role-Playing Games 2nd Edition https://amzn.to/30YPJra
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News
World of Farland for D&D 5e Released https://www.enworld.org/threads/world-of-farland-now-embraces-asian-african-and-indian-cultures.667728/
Feast of Legends RPG from Wendy’s https://www.enworld.org/threads/feast-of-legends-is-a-tabletop-rpg-produced-by-wendys.667768/
Ulisses North America Acquires Space 1889 https://www.geeknative.com/68758/ulisses-north-america-acquires-space-1889/
Timeline Tree of Tabletop Roleplaying Games https://github.com/pmartinolli/TTTTRPG
Solasta: Crown of the Magister Demo (available until October 18) https://store.steampowered.com/app/1096530/Solasta_Crown_of_the_Magister/
Unearthed Arcana Playtest Options for Dungeons & Dragons https://www.enworld.org/threads/unearthed-arcana-cleric-druid-wizard-options.667770/
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Kickstarters
Deviant: The Renegades https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/200664283/deviant-the-renegades-a-tabletop-roleplaying-game?ref=enworld
Capers Covert RPG https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1582756696/capers-covert-rpg?ref=enworld
Harold the Halfling’s Herbology Handbook: Fantastic Flora https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deepdungeongames/harold-the-halflings-herbology-handbook-fantastic-flora?ref=enworld
Plunderlings https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lonecoconut/plunderlings?ref=enworld
WyrdScouts https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gandersnitch/scouts-of-the-wyrdwood-forest-relaunch?ref=enworld
Find more crowdfunding news every week on EN World https://www.enworld.org/threads/rpg-crowdfunding-news-%E2%80%93-deviant-the-renegades-scarred-lands-hyper-light-drifter-the-lovecraft-country-holiday-collection-and-more.667741/
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Dungeons and Desktops
On Amazon: https://amzn.to/32991vL
Jim Ward on the SSI D&D Video Games https://www.enworld.org/threads/jim-ward-ssi-dungeons-dragons-and-the-computer-industry.666874/
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Hosts: Russ “Morrus” Morrissey and Peter Coffey
Editing and post-production: Darryl Mott
Kickstarter News Column used for the Kickstarter Game: Egg Embry
Theme Song: Steve Arnott
Kickstarter Game Theme: Lyrics by Russ Morrissey, Vocals by “drwilko”, Guitar by Darryl Mott
Malach the Maleficent played by Darren Morrissey