Podcast | Spellburn

One of the first things people notice about Dungeon Crawl Classics is the amazing art, inside and out.  In this episode, we’ll get to know one of the minds behind those evocative illustrations, and we’ll find out where else we can find his art — including pieces for RPGs in various languages, entire graphic novels of Lovecraftian influence, and even some breathtaking mosaic tile work! Adventures mentioned in this episode: Shadows Under Devil’s Reef (2017 Halloween Adventure) Tegel Manor Sinister Sutures of the Seamstress (2016 Halloween Adventure) People of the Pit Barrowmaze The Sunken Ziggurat Links mentioned in this episode: Angels, Daemons and Beings In Between Vol.2 Tales from the Magician’s Skull The Weird Fantasy Art of Stefan Poag (Stefan’s website) Operation Unfathomable Dagon Xcrawl: the Movie on Indiegogo Stefan Poag tile works Don’t miss the latest Dungeon Denizen contest with art by Stefan Poag! Follow this link, enjoy the image, and send your entry to theband@spellburn.com by Mid-November! New Dungeon Denizen contest! The Spellburners always need more reviews on iTunes. Can you help us out by giving us some stars? Click here to support Spellburn! And send us some email!  Send your questions to:  Theband@spellburn.com !

Appendix H is for Horror!

This week our episode is on the Appendix H… H for horror films! Horror films have been inspiring fantasy roleplaying from its inception. It is widely believed that the Cleric class’s main inspiration was Peter Cushing as Dr. Van Helsing in the 1950s and 60s Hammer Horror films, and that the Magic Missile spell came from the 1963 movie “The Raven” with Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff. Today we will focus on content creation and share ideas we have from some of our favorite horror films for how you can spice up your game!  Judge Michael Bolam joins us for another Horror classic! Films mentioned in this episode: The Abominable Dr. Phibes An American Werewolf in London Bone Tomahawk Cabin in the Woods Death Bed: The Bed that Eats! Demons Event Horizon From Beyond Hellbound: Hellraiser II The Masque of the Red Death Night of the Living Dead Phantasm The Reconstruction of William Zero Street Trash Tombs of the Blind Dead Twin Peaks (2017) THE MOST HEAVY METAL SCENE EVER IN A MOVIE EVER Playlists mentioned in this episode: Judge Jeff’s DCC Playlist James MacGeorge’s Witch Metal Playlist Judge Julian’s Nostaliga “Playlist” Adventures mentioned in this episode: DCC Tournament 2017! Tower of the Black Pearl Sky of the Crimson Flame The Vile Worm The Spellburners always need more reviews on iTunes. Can you help us out by giving us some stars? Click here to support Spellburn! And send us some email!  Send your questions to:  Theband@spellburn.com !

The Dark Master Speaks!

The Dark Master updates us on: Into the Borderlands, MCC, Lankhmar, DCC Annual(!), New Halloween Adventure, Metamorphosis Alpha, Tales from the Magician’s Skull (New Appendix N Fiction), Judges Guild V2, 5E Subscription, and Grimtooth Campaign Setting! View the video here: The Spellburners always need more reviews on iTunes. Can you help us out by giving us some stars? Click here to support Spellburn!

Invoke Jon Hershberger!

This week on Spellburn, we’re waiting for GENCON!   DCC RPG is going to have its biggest presence ever at the world’s biggest gaming convention.  How did we get here?   Jon Hershberger has been involved in oldschool gaming for decades, and running the same campaign for much of that time!   But you may know him as a friendly face behind the dealer’s room booth, the writer-editor of the DCC RPG Index, or one of the people who is making the Gongfarmer’s Almanac happen for the third year in a row!  We’ll talk to Jon about GENCON, the Almanac and much more! Links mentioned in this episode: 2015 Gongfarmer’s Almanac 2016 Gongfarmers Almanac DCC RPG Adventure Index #1 DCC RPG Master Zine Index Metamorphosis Alpha Adventure and Resource Supplement Index Crypts and Things Remastered Rogue Trader WhiteBox Gothic Black Pudding Zine Adventures mentioned in this episode: Well of the Worm Journey to the Center of Aereth Caverns of Thracia Expedition to Barrier Peaks Barrowmaze Secrets of the Smuggler’s Cove Blackguard’s Revenge Iron Crypt of the Heretics Mines of Custalcon The Spellburners always need more reviews on iTunes. Can you help us out by giving us some stars? Click here to support Spellburn! And send us some email!  Send your questions to:  Theband@spellburn.com !

DCC Fan Favorites!

Special thank you to James V. West for this episode’s banner! Welcome to Spellburn! There’s been a lot of phlogiston in the air recently, as the 2017 ENnie Award nominees were announced…and to our humble surprise, Spellburn was on that esteemed list! To get into the spirit, we asked the community to do a little pre-ENnie voting. We’re going to go over some of those results this week — there are some really entertaining ones in the list! — and we’ll share some of our personal favorites, from the perspective of both player and judge. Links mentioned in this episode: Ennead Games Random Generators and GM Aids (fr. DM Cojo) Tome of Adventure Purple Sorcerer’s DCC (and MCC) Tools Sanctum Sanctorum podcast Crawl #2 Crawling Under a Broken Moon Gongfarmers Almanac Vote Spellburn for the 2017 Ennies! Adventures mentioned in this episode: Against the Atomic Overlord The Apocalypse Ark Attack of the Frawgs Barrowmaze Beneath the Comet Black Sun Death Crawl Blades Against Death BostonCrawl Bride of the Black Manse Beyond the Black Gate Carnival of the Damned Chaos Rising (including Elzamon and the Blood Drinking Box, the Imperishable Sorceress, the Tower Out of Time.. and more!) The Croaking Fane Death by Nexus Doom of the Savage Kings Dragora’s Dungeon DungeonBattle Brooklyn Escape from the Shrouded Fen Free RPG Day 2016 (Including Museum at the End of Time)

Invoke Edgar Johnson!

This week on Spellburn we’re chatting with the Metal God and Atomic Overlord himself… Edgar Johnson! We’re going to talk to him about his hex-crawl adventure “Moon-Slaves of the Cannibal Kingdom”, his science-fantasy “Against the Atomic Overlord”, and whatever else we feel like chatting about. This and more on our 54th episode of Spellburn! Links mentioned in this episode: Microscope RPG Cast-a-Quadrons RPG Mutant Crawl Classics (MCC RPG) Spirit of 77 RPG DCC in Portuguese! Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s Lamentations of the Flame Princess: Free RPG Day (incl. Vaginas are Magic!) Adventures mentioned in this episode: Moon-Slaves of the Cannibal Kingdom Gnole House (In 2017 Free RPG Day DCC Quickstart from Goodman Games) Against the Atomic Overlord Blood for the Serpent King (included in Bride of the Black Manse) Intrigue at the Court of Chaos Chained Coffin Boxed Set (including Sour Spring Hollow) Peril on the Purple Planet (including Lost Tombs of the Ancients) The Spellburners always need more reviews on iTunes. Can you help us out by giving us some stars? Click here to support Spellburn! And send us some email!  Send your questions to:  Theband@spellburn.com !

Happy Birthday DCC RPG!

This week on Spellburn we’re celebrating a very special occasion!  Saturday, June 17 marks the 5th FREE RPG DAY since the release of the Dungeon Crawl Classics Roleplaying Game!  The heavens shook and the abyss trembled and the masters of reality feared for their grip on the aether!  Since then, thousands of adventurers since have fought, lived and died (mostly died) for glory and gold, as we learned to imagine the the wizard, the fighting man, the cleric, even the halfling in a whole new way!  How do you celebrate such an auspicious occasion?  By summoning the great immortal Dark Master himself, of course! Links mentioned in this episode: Tales from the Magician’s Skull! Dungeon Alphabet Free RPG Day North Texas RPG Con Bunnies & Burrows Boss Monster RISK 2210 AD Grognardia The Moon Pool by A. Merritt Gettysburg (Board Wargame) Adventures mentioned in this episode: Fate’s Fell Hand The Spellburners always need more reviews on iTunes. Can you help us out by giving us some stars? Click here to support Spellburn! And send us some email!  Send your questions to:  Theband@spellburn.com !

Mailbag of Corruption!

Thanks to Reid San Filippo for this episode’s banner! Spellburn is back this week with a veritable potpourri of topics! That’s right, we’re doing some spring cleaning around here, and besides dusting off the artifacts, realigning the tomes on the shelves, and giving the ol’ summoning circle a fresh coat of *ahem* paint, it’s also time to air out the mailbag! Links mentioned in this episode: Classic D&D reprints from Goodman Games North Texas RPG Con events! Spirit of 77 RPG Death is the New Pink RPG (in development) Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea Cthulhu Wars (Boardgame) Conan the Boardgame Mutant Crawl Classics RPG! Adventures mentioned in this episode: BostonCrawl for DCC RPG In Search of the Unknown Tomb of Horrors Hive of the Overmind The Spellburners always need more reviews on iTunes. Can you help us out by giving us some stars? Click here to support Spellburn! And send us some email!  Send your questions to:  Theband@spellburn.com !