Between Two Cairns

Yochai & Brad are joined by Luke Stratton (aka Limithron) to review The Darkness over Nijmauwrgen from The Chaos Crier #0 by the Merry Mushmen.Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review Another Bug Hunt by Tuesday Knight Games, and answer a mailbag question.Mootsack: Do you listen to music during play?Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review Castle Elkenstone by Jacob Fleming, and answer a mailbag question.Mailbag: How has reviewing modules changed your playing and creating?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Join Yochai, Brad, and Sam + special guest for our very first in person Gamer Blast from the Past! Recorded at Gen Con 2024, we discuss the 1987 Steve Perrin module Under Illefarn. Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad are joined by Amanda P to review Rotblack Sludge by Stockholm Kartell and answer a mailbag question. How do you reconcile differences in play vs reading/reviewing a product?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli (aka Skullboy) in another Gamer Blast from the Past to review N4: Treasure Hunt by Aaron Allston, and answer a mailbag question.Mailbag: How do you help players figure out what magic items do?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review Metro Skate Blood Bath by Logan Dean & In the Face of Embarrassment by Eric K. Hill, and answer a mailbag question.What do you lose when you kill your darlings?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review The Waking of Willowby Hall by Ben Milton, and answer a mailbag question.Mootsack: What do you think about metagaming?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad are joined by Josh McCrowell to review Halls of the Blood King by Diogo Nogueira, and answer a mailbag question.What sorts of real-world tools do you use to increase the pressure of play?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad answer a mailbag question, discuss a series of zines by You Can Breathe Now Games, and Brad's experience with Forbidden Lands.Content Warning: Star TrekQuestion: What tools do you bring with you to the table?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review Tide World of Mani by Silverarm Press, and answer a mailbag question.Mootsack Question: How do you end a campaign in an "OSR" way?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review Willow by Lazy Litches Loot, and answer a question from the mailbag.Mailbag: Do you ever get analysis paralysis before choosing what to run?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli aka Skullboy to review B10: Night's Dark Terror in another Gamer Blast from the Past. We also answer a mailbag question.Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad are joined by Joseph R. Lewis to review Slumbering Ursine Dunes by Chris Kutalik, and answer a mailbag question.Mootsack: What other types of games do you play?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad answer a whole mess of of mailbag questions!Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review Sword of the Dragonslayer by Hellwinter Forge of Wonders, and answer a mailbag question.Do you listen to bumpers when recording? Does you need to include mechanics in a module?Does system matter?What Brad does with stickersWhat Yochai does with stickersSend us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli aka Skullboy to review X1: The Isle of Dread by Tom Moldvay and David Cook in another Gamer Blast from the Past. We also answer a mailbag question.What do you all think about depth crawls?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad are joined by Ava Islam to review Sleeping Place of the Feathered Swine by Logan Knight, and answer a mailbag question.How do keep up with the scene, and how does it make you feel?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review Whalgravaak’s Warehouse by Andrew Walter, and answer a mailbag question.Mootsack: How do you decide whether something you've written should be published?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review The Valley of Flowers by Phantom Mill Press, and answer a mailbag question.This question was way too long to list here, just use the chapter markings!Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli aka Skullboy to review B4: The Lost City by Tom Moldvay, and answer a mailbag question.What can video games and TTRPGS learn from each other?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai, Brad & Sam try to review a classic module, but fail. This is the result.Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad are joined by Nate Treme of Highland Paranormal Society to review Sacreblue by Tito B. A., and answer a mailbag question.Mailbag: Good OSR adventures for kids?Back the Cairn 2e box set on Kickstarter NOW!Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review The Tomb of the Sea Kings by Lawson Bennett, and answer a mailbag question.Mootsack: What kind of games do you enjoy playing as a player, not a GM?Follow the Cairn 2e box set on Kickstarter to find out when it launches!Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad are joined by Quinns to review Silent Titans by Patrick Stuart.Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad are joined by Hexagnome to review Gone Fishin' & Seven Silver Spheres, and answer a mailbag question.Advice for new designers?A link to Gone Fishin' (permalink!)Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli aka Skullboy to review X2: Castle Amber by Tom Moldvay and answer a mailbag question.Question: isn't an OSR Syllabus a form of gatekeeping?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai and Brad review Beneath the Comet by North Wind Adventures, and answer a mootsack question.Question: What kind of prep do you do?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review Gatehouse on Cormac's Crag by Dave Bezio, and answer two mailbag questions.Mailbag 1: What is Gonzo?Mailbag 2: Do you like superhero RPGs?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad are joined by Leo Hunt (Mr Vaults of Vaarn himself) to review Tomb Robbers of the Crystal Frontier by Gus L, and answer a mailbag question.Mailbag: What goes in your OSR Design Syllabus?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli (aka Skullboy) in another Gamer Blast from the Past to review N3: Destiny of Kings, and answer a mailbag question.How do you balance critical thinking, secrets, and mystery?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review The Necropolis of Nuromen by Justin Becker, and answer a mailbag question.Mootsack: How do you sort your physical zines/books?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review Hidden Hand of the Horla by Appendix N Entertainment and answer two mailbag questions.What module have you run that exceeded your expectations from reading it?What should be done about the term "OSR"?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review Anomalous Subsurface Environment by Patrick Wetmore, and answer a mailbag question.Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad answer a number of mailbag questions. Questions/Times:5:15 How do you incorporate dreams and nightmares in your games?8:20 What do you both think about the question of motivation in OSR style games, especially when money is the basis for xp?15:34 Regarding diegetic play. What would you like to see in adventures, or what systems do you think could help support this style of play?30:30 You’ve got to run a game for your family and some family friends, mix of ages of brand new players, 40 down to 7. What game are you reaching for and what sort of adventure you running?38:12 Looking back at all the adventures you’ve reviewed, what genres, sub-genres, formats, locations, etc. do you think are currently underserved?47:13 Drukk Nipples48:07 Any interest in covering one page adventures?54:51 Favorite modules/settings/adventures with emphasis on interesting faction play? And what makes good/interesting/fun factions in a dungeon or larger area?59:20 How to approach converting linear material to more sandboxy use? And do you have any tips for running city-based games?1:03:15 What's a game/adventure that you started reading this year and you bounced off of? How do you know when something isn't for you?1:08:25 What is the difference between a set of comprehensive house-rules, and a hack?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli aka Skullboy to review Beyond the Crystal Cave by Dave J. Browne, Tom Kirby, and Graeme Morris, and answer a mailbag question.Mailbag Question:If a module were just the location descriptions and nothing else, what is the one other addition that you just simply could not do without?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review Jewels of the Carnifex by Harley Stroh, and answer a mailbag question.Question: How do you deal with GM fatigue?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review our favorite episodes from 2023, and discuss what we are looking forward to in 2024.4min - Our favorite episodes of the year8:45 - Favorite thing we've read for the show13:35 - Best thing we haven't read yet19min - What we're looking forward to28:311 - Best things we've played this yearSend us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review The Cleaning of Prison Station Echo by Magnum Galaxy Games, and answer a mailbag question.Question: How do introduce players to new rules?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review Slate & Chalcedony by Melsonian Arts Council, and answer a question from the mailbag.Mailbag Question: Do you use sadness in your games?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad are joined by Amanda Lee Franck to review Reach of the Roach God by Centaur Games.Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad are joined by Joel Hines of Silverarm (press) to review By the Light of the Whispering Flame by Aaron Hedegaard, and answer a mailbag "question."Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review The Bloodship Returns by Dirk Leichty, and answer a mailbag question.Mailbag: Are non-linear dungeons really the end all, be all?2:25 Mailbag11:40 Kids say the darndest things14:45 Main ReviewSend us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli aka Skullboy in another Gamer Blast from the Past to review The Caverns of Thracia by Jennell Jaquays. PLEASE SUPPORT JENNELL ON GOFUNDME!Check out Michael Bacon & co's "terse" version of TCoT hereSend us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review Nightmare Over Ragged Hollow by Joseph R. Lewis, and answer a mailbag question.Mailbag Question: What is the divide between Story Games and the OSR?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad are joined by special guest Amanda P. to review You Got a Job on the Garbage Barge by Amanda Lee Franck, and answer a mailbag question.Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad review Through the Valley of the Manticore by Jacob Fleming, and respond to a mailbag question.2:46 Child labor4:40 Mailbag17:42 Main Review36:00 Deep DiveSend us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad are joined by Andrew Walter to review The Hyqeous Vaults by The Hyqeous Vaults Creation Team!3:04: How do you describe your art?7:02: Latest Troika! adventure12:04 Slipgate Chokepoint21:25 Frank & Comics Delta25:31 Maxims of the OSR32:15 Main Review50:38 Deep DiveSend us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad are joined by Sam Mameli aka Skullboy in another Gamer Blast from the Past to review N1: Against the Cult of the Reptile God, and answer a mailbag question.Mailbag: What do you think of Gold for XP?Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Yochai & Brad are joined by W.F. Smith from Prismatic Wasteland to review Secret of the Black Crag by Chance Dudinack.Send us your comments or questions!Thanks to Bobby McElver for the show's music and bumpers!For listener questions, email [email protected]!Check out our Patreon to support the show. Also stickers.Find more Between Two Cairns here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.