Tavern Chat

We have a voicemail from old Man Grognard. There is a gamer in need of a new kidney, a monthly 5e magazine in the works, more Midderlands and B'X Essentials is now Old School Essentials. https://www....

13 Apr 20199min

James Smith (Dreams of Mythic Fantasy) passed yesterday. He was one of the early OSR bloggers and his return to the blogging scene in November of 2018 was long overdue. God bless. Far too soon. https:...

12 Apr 20196min

Verbal, Somatic, Material - the three types of spell components in AD&D 1e. How much of that has carried over to the OSR clones. Segments, spell interruption, shield size and number of use - we've dro...

11 Apr 201911min

Thanks to James Spahn, we now have the Tenkar's One Shot Roleplaying Community on Facebook. So, what exactly is TOSR? Listen and find out... https://www.facebook.com/groups/2317672128253902/ Support T...

10 Apr 20199min

Gizmodo and its associated properties were sold earlier today to a private equity firm for less than half the price that was paid for them in 2016. Expect a significant number of layoffs and resurgenc...

9 Apr 20199min

In today's installment in the Designers & Makers Fireside Chats I sit down with Glynn Seal - aka Monkeyblood. Glynn is one of the premier mapmakers in the OSR and his Midderlands setting is second to ...

7 Apr 20191h 9min

Tonight I sat down with James Spahn of Barrel Rider Games, White Star, White Box and so much more. James is a close friend and the conversation goes in some unexpected directions ;) https://www.drivet...

7 Apr 20191h 17min

Today I sat down for a Fireside Chat with Andrew, line developer for the 1879 RPG. We talk games, gamemastering, historical alternative fiction and more. https://fasagames.com/1879-home/ https://fasag...

6 Apr 20191h 5min