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 Monday at 8pm UK time (3pm Eastern).
Episodes
Nov 2, 2019
Nov 2, 2019
1 min
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.
Oct 30, 2019
Oct 30, 2019
1hr 18 min
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
Oct 26, 2019
Oct 26, 2019
2 min
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.
Oct 23, 2019
Oct 23, 2019
59 min
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
Oct 19, 2019
Oct 19, 2019
2 min
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.
Oct 16, 2019
Oct 16, 2019
1hr 19 min
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
Oct 12, 2019
Oct 12, 2019
2 min
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.
Oct 9, 2019
Oct 9, 2019
1hr 22 min
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
Oct 5, 2019
Oct 5, 2019
4 min
Each week we revisit a short skit from the main podcast, a year or more back. In this one, an adventurer enters a shop looking to buy a polearm.
Oct 2, 2019
Oct 2, 2019
1hr 11 min
This week, Morrus and Peter are joined by Chris Spivey to talk about his new weird west game on Kickstarter now, Haunted West. In the news, a new Dungeons & Dragons race available for charity, Robotech RPG available for pre-order, Eberron: Rising from the Last War preview, and more! Plus Our Favorite Game in All the World and a brand new sketch!
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Our Guest
Chris Spivey http://www.darkerhuestudios.com/
Haunted West on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1881168175/haunted-west-a-historical-weird-west-rpg-corebook
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News
Locathah Rising for D&D 5e Adventure and Playable Race for Charity https://www.enworld.org/threads/official-locathah-playable-race-released.667585/
Five and Infinity to be Modern AGE Flagship Title https://www.geeknative.com/68676/green-ronin-announces-five-and-infinity-for-flagship-threefold/
Charity RPG Bundle for Hurricane Dorian (The bundle ended on Sept. 30) http://tesseraguild.com/press-release-hurricane-dorian-charity-bundle-live-on-drivethrurpg/
Scarred Lands Creature Collection Live on Kickstarter http://www.rpgnews.com/pr-the-scarred-lands-creature-collection-for-5e-is-live-on-kickstarter/
Scheherazade 1001 Nights RPG Released http://www.rpgnews.com/pr-scheherazade-the-one-thousand-and-one-nights-role-playing-game-released/
Robotech: The Macross Saga RPG Available for Pre-Order http://www.rpgnews.com/pr-robotech-the-macross-saga-roleplaying-game-now-available-for-pre-order/
Eberron: Rising from the Last War Preview https://www.enworld.org/threads/eberron-rising-from-the-last-war-previews.667633/
WizKids Eberron Miniatures Preview https://www.enworld.org/threads/new-eberron-minis-skycoach-lord-of-blades-dinos.667671/
Monte Cook Games Release Cypher System Core Rulebook https://www.geeknative.com/68703/monte-cook-games-release-new-cypher-system-core-rules/
Lone Wolf (Makers of Hero Lab) Lays Off Staff, Cancels RealmWorks https://www.enworld.org/threads/lone-wolf-hero-lab-lays-off-staff.667693/
EN Publishing 1 Page Adventure “Cult of the Rat God” https://www.enworld.org/threads/1-page-adventure-cult-of-the-rat-god.667643/
Root: The Tabletop Roleplaying Game Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/magpiegames/root-the-tabletop-roleplaying-game?ref=enworld
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Kickstarters
Wave Man https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1059971838/wave-man-samurai-rpg
Rod, Reel, and Fist https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rodreel/rod-reel-and-fist
PunkApocalyptic https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/432417423/punkapocalyptic-the-rpg
Find more Kickstarters in EN World’s Weekly Crowdfunding News https://www.enworld.org/threads/crowdfunding-news-–-sla-industries-punkapocalyptic-harper’s-tale-and-more.667577/
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Haunted West
Darker Hue Studios http://www.darkerhuestudios.com/hauntedwest
Haunted West on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1881168175/haunted-west-a-historical-weird-west-rpg-corebook
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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