Podcast | Spellburn

Summon... more... email!

There’s no need for a long-winded intro for Episode 65 because our guest is familiar to everyone who plays DCC RPG.  We are welcoming back … oh..  Wait, nope he cancelled  .  It’s the EMAIL episode!   We talk mercurial magic, patrons, diversity, Gary Con, MCC, house rules and lots and lots of DCC RPG. You know what?  I didn’t get any freakin’ guest stars for this episode but I have two of the best folks in DCC with me right now!  You know them as Judge Jen… and Judge Jeff! (And after a not-that-long hiatus, we welcome back.. Judge Mailbag!) Adventures mentioned in this episode: Hive of the Overmind The Black Goat Children of the Fallen Sun 2017 Goodman Games Program Guide Doom of the Savage Kings (Tomb of Ulfaenor) Shandows Under Devil’s Reef Neon Knights Links mentioned in this episode: Angels, Daemons and Beings In Between Hobbs & Friends of the OSR Sanctum Sanctorum Podcast Appendix N Bookclub Kitty Pryde of the X-Men Anydice.com Umerican Survival Guide (Delve Cover) 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 !

Summon Judge Diogo!

In this episode, we are spellburning everything as we reach through the Ethos to another continent and traverse multiple lines of latitude and longitude to summon one of the very first fans of DCC RPG South of the equator. You’ve heard tonight’s special guest’s name so often, it should be no surprise that we’re talking about our very own multilingual writer and artist from Brazil: Judge Diogo Nogueira! In case any of our listeners plan on traveling to lovely Rio this year, we’ll tell you what to expect on the gaming scene, and preview some local specialty cuisine, like Rat Salad… (This episode’s banner art by Judge Diogo!) Adventures mentioned in this episode: Hive of the Overmind Sailors on the Starless Sea Salada de Ratos (“Rat Salad”) Links mentioned in this episode: DCC Lankhmar! Dungeon Synth Umerican Survival Guide (Delve Cover) Diogo’s blog Barbarian Class Character Sheets Portuguese edition of DCC RPG! Crawling Under a Broken Moon (with Digo illos and content!) Sharp Swords and Sinister Spells Caveira Velha (Brazilian Zine!) Diogo’s children’s book! 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 !

All Are Welcome!

Page 10 of the DCC Core Book asks us to pledge, with our right hand upon our little brown books, that we shall uphold the honor of the hobby of role playing to all comers, whether young or old. In this episode we discuss what it means to uphold the honor of the hobby to all comers and whether or not that only applies to those of different ages. Should we make an effort to make our gaming table and the game itself more open and inclusive to those of all walks of life: regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, race, religion, sexuality, etc. Some of you listening may be saying “Well duh, of course,” and some of you may be saying “Oh great, now Spellburn is gonna get all preachy with their SJW nonsense”. Wherever you fall on that spectrum, we hope you’ll listen and join in on the conversation on social media afterwards! Adventures mentioned in this episode: Grimtooth’s Museum of Death Dragora’s Dungeon Links mentioned in this episode: Bushido Bunnies And Burrows Epic Spell Wars of the Battle Wizards Gloom Red Dragon Inn X-Card 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 !

Invoke Steve Bean!

What IS Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG?  Is it just a beautifully made OSR game with superior standards of art and more prodigious production of random tables?  Or is it MORE than a retroclone, and if so, how does it differ from the games that hue closer to the traditional elements of the world’s most popular roleplaying game (older edition)?  When we talk about OSR Games or retroclones, WHAT’S fundamentally new and different about DCC?  How is it that DCC is perhaps one of the most different RPGs of the OSR, and yet is constantly said to rekindle the original spirit and nostalgia of so many oldschoolers? We’re going to go deep into RPG theory and DCC with Steve Bean– all this and more on this week’s episode of Spellburn! Adventures mentioned in this episode: World-Quest of the Winter Calendar Null Singularity Intrigue at the Court of Chaos (2nd printing) Blades Against Death Shadow Under Devil’s Reef The One Who Watches from Below Links mentioned in this episode: Steve Bean profile on Goodman Games site Steve Bean Games DCC Lankhmar! Hollow Point RPG Gongfarmer’s Almanac 2016 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 !

A Diviner's Primer!

Time to give the Clerics their due! Judge Jen leads us through a 1st level Clerics primer. Plus, funnels!  Plus, Gongfarmers Almanac!  Plus the winner of the Dungeon Denizens contest!  All this and more on this episode of Spellburn! Adventures mentioned in this episode: BostonCrawl (X-Crawl adventure, as mentioned…) Outlive, Outsmart, Outkill! Links mentioned in this episode: Nowhere City Nights (setting for Outlive! Outsmart! Outkill!) Hubris Death is the New Pink Announcing our Dungeon Denizen winner, Tim White!  Link to the Dungeon Denizens! 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 !

Summon Email!

Sezrekan commands it!  Emails, emails and even more emails! We shut up and let the listeners have their say! (Well, we don’t really shut up.)  All this and more on this episode of Spellburn! Adventures mentioned in this episode: Shadows Under Devil’s Reef (2017 Halloween Adventure) Sinister Sutures of the Seamstress (2016 Halloween Adventure) Creeping Beauties of the Wood Sword in the Jungle Deep The Purple Planet Links mentioned in this episode: Umerican Survival Guide Cake Boss! Spirit of ’77 Pathfinder RPG Black Crusade RPG Microscope RPG Dungeon Denizen winner announced in the next episode!  Follow this link, enjoy the image! 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 !

Make Your Own Patron!

This week on Spellburn we take a look at how to create a supernatural Patron!  Patrons are one of the coolest and most unique aspects of Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG.  Every Judge will have a reason to make one as a foil, as a PC ally, and of course just for the fun of it!  We’ll talk about how to generate them, how to fine-tune them and what distinguishes them from other fickle entities like the GAWDS.  All this and more on this week’s episode of SPELLBURN! Patron write-up: W.I.G.H.T. Adventures mentioned in this episode: Shadows Under Devil’s Reef (2017 Halloween Adventure) Sinister Sutures of the Seamstress (2016 Halloween Adventure) They Served Brandolyn Red Tower of the Black Pearl Links mentioned in this episode: Clark Ashton Smith Robin Hobb Michael Chabon Ready Player One Swords Against Death Angels Daemons and Beings In Between 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 !

Invoke Stefan Poag!