Between Two Cairns

Yochai & Brad review Date of Expiration by Graphite Prime, and answer a letter from the mailbag.Question: How do you playtest?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 Mission Excalibur (print version here) by Seann McAnally, and answer a mailbag question. Mailbag: What material should be in a sandbox setting?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 spend an entire show reading letters from the mailbag.Questions answered:What do your home games look like?What system are you using, what houserules or hacks?Biggest delta between impression and actual reading/playing?Staple, perfect, ring...?How do you prefer to play games? Is it different from how you prefer to run games?How do you organize important information?What methods do you use to make sure quieter players aren't overshadowed?Do you have any techniques for melding together two different settings?What is something about your GMing that you wish to (or is trying to) improve?Is there a system (osr or non-osr) you'd like to run/try to run but haven't had the chance to yet?How do you feel about monthly in/yearly challenges, and game jams?What is your favorite way to introduce a new pc after a death?What is your favorite type of jam? Or do you prefer jellies, perhaps a preservative? How to avoid bottlenecking in designing an adventure?What prompted you to start a podcast? And do you ever consider changing the format or focus of the show?What is your favorite thing that you have written?So what are your favorite storygames or systems that don’t fall within the spectrum of traditional western fantasy?How does one to reduce lethality without numbing the thrill of danger and discovery inherent in old school style play? Help: too many players!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 the classic adventure White Plume Mountain by Lawrence Schick. Question: What small RPGs or adventures would you give out?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 guest Leo Hunt (of Vaults of Vaarn fame) to review two pamphlet adventures: Extraction From Demon-F***ked Cleveland 1996 by Logan Dean & The Chair by Zach Hazard Vaupen.Parental advisory: this episode contains foul language.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 Fronds of Benevolence by Andrew Walter, and answer some mailbag questions.Question 1: Advice on running an open table?Question 2: How do you narrate combat?Tire GuysSend 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 Spire of Iron and Crystal by Matt Finch, and answer some mailbag questions.Mailbag 1: What do we think about crowdfunding and ttrpgs?Mailbag 2: What modules have good endings?00:09:01 Mailbag: What do you think about crowdfunding and RPGs?00:16:36 Mailbag: What modules have good endings?00:26:05 Main Review00:44:47 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 for our inaugural Gamer Blasts From The Past, where we review the "1981" module Palace of the Silver Princess by Jean Wells. Question: What settings do you wish were more popular?Skullboy's Your Princess Is In Another CastleSend 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 Cold Wind Whispering by Markus Linderum, and answer a three-part question from Gus L.Questions:When you use someone else's adventure at your table - what do you look for?Best adventure about pyramids?What would it take to write a good adventure about Orcs in a hole?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 Sepulchre of Dusk by Cutter Mountain Simulations.Question 1: What are your writing habits?Question 2: What do you think of the ORC license?Question 3: Do rules define what an RPG is about?Question 4: Will we see a return to "physicality" in game design?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 Shadow of the Beakmen by Harley Stroh, and answer a question from the mailbag.Mailbag: How do you choose a module to review/run?Hereticwerks Collections on Itch00:00:50 Mailbag: How do you choose a module?00:14:00 Mailbag: How do you organize your PDFs?00:20:53 Main Review (Deep Dive only!) 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 Monkey Murder Manor by Ripley Caldwell, and answer some questions from the mailbag.Question 1: How do you make puzzles "good"?Question 2: Do you get tired of running modules more than once?Soviet AntsSend 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 Dogtooth Valley by Nate Treme (aka Highland Paranormal Society) and answer THREE questions from the mailbag. Question 1: How involved do you like to get when making characters, or when others make characters in games you GM?Question 2: When you run a campaign, how do YOU end it? And what (if any) kind of procedures or guidance do you wish game texts would offer to help bring things to a close?Questions 3: How do we help people unlearn whatever they think they know from the latest edition of D&D? Or do we even need to?02:20 Mailbag 112:10 Mailbag 221:05 Mailbag 329:10 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) to review The Isle of the Plangent Mage by Donn Stroud.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 Magical Murder Mansion by Skerples, and answer a question from the mailbag.Mailbag: What makes a good RPG gift?00:38 Mailbag15:15 Main Review41:29 Deep Dive 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 Frost Spire by Jacob Hurst, and answer a question from the mailbag.Mailbag: Do you take notes about what voices or mannerisms an NPC has?0:27 Mailbag 12:02 Main Review19:47 Deep DiveNote: Apparently one of the guys from Blackalicious died, We didn't know that. RIP.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 do another Show & Tell!Mailbag: How important are starter adventures?Brad: Old School & Cool Vol 3Yochai: Do Not Let Us Die in the Dark Night of this Cold WinterYochai: Dialect0:41 Mailbag10:07 Show & Tell11:24 Old School & Cool Vol 327:05 Do Not Let Us Die in the Dark Night of this Cold Winter33:13 DialectSend 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 House Always Wins by Tim Obermueller, and answer a mailbag question.Mailbag question: How do you handle languages?Generating Languages with Mewo2Send 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.

On today's After Show Show, Yochai & Brad talk about their respective RPG backstories: their entry into the hobby and how it led them to where they are today.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 Ominous Crypts of the Blood Moss by Ominous Crypt of the Blood Moss, and answer a listener question.Mailbag Question: Do you prefer system neutral, system-specific, or somewhere in between?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 two mailbag questions, and review two Mothership pamphlet adventures: Hideo's World & The Haunting of Ypsilon 14. 01:20 Mailbag 117:30 Google+ was cool, actually22:30 Mailbag 229:30 Main Review:Hideo's World38:15 Main Review: The Haunting of Ypsilon 14Fun links:A guide to playing by postThe Haunting of Ypsilon 14 Computer ConsoleSend 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 and special guest Zedeck Siew review Vampire Cruise by Amanda Lee Franck.01:08 Welcome Zedeck37:44 Main Review + 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 review Falkrest Abbey by Axian Spice, and answer a mailbag question from NonDairyGiant.1:15 Mailbag13:02 Main Review24:44 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 review Operation Unfathomable by Hydra Cooperative, and answer a question from the mailbag.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 Brewkessel by Kettlesberg Games, and answer a few questions from the audience.0:37 Mailbag18:20 Main Review43:42 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 talk about their favorite RPG products from 2022, and what they're excited about in 2023.Downtime in ZyanGig EconomyBeasts of the Outer SwellsThe Book of GaubThe Toxic WoodMerry Mushmen (Knock/The Folklore Bestiary)Games Omnivorous (Haunted Almanac/Vaults of Vaarn/Hex & Screen/Mausritter Box Set)The Night Land: A Story RetoldThe Ramanan Sivaranjan Awards for Excellence24xxSo You Want To Run A Puzzle DungeonSend 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 Gnomes of Levnec by Zzarchov Kowolski and answer a whole bunch 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 & special guest Sam Mameli (aka skullboy) review The Black Wyrm of Brandonsford by Chance Dudinack.01:00 Smashing Pumpkins03:03 Sam went to art school07:15 Moebius had a daughter10:10 Advice for young Sam13:15 Twitter is not an interesting or cool place19:25 How do you find artists?22:47 Patreon stickers26:50 Main Review (also Deep Dive)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 Beast of Borgenwold by Harry Menear, and answer a couple of mailbag questions.MKBHD video on AI art.A rad Jewish folktale you can read online.0:25 Mailbag: Folktales16:38 Mailbag: AI27:58 Main Review43:54 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.

In a special after-show (show), Yochai and Brad share additional thoughts about Lorn Song of the Bachelor, adventure design, player agency, and megadungeons.Games: Agency As ArtInterview with C. Thi NguyenStonehell0:57 More Lorn5:15 A System to Match the Setting13:19 Completionism13:57 Games: Agency as Art16:40 Stonehell20:00 WaitingSend 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 Lorn Song of the Bachelor by Zedeck Siew, and answer TWO mailbag questions.0:25 Mailbag18:54 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 and Brad review Elder Oak by Tuomas Vauhkonen, and answer a question from the ol' mailbag. 00:30 Mailbag12:36 Main Review33:38 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 and Brad answer a mailbag question, then skip the review. Instead, they talk about unusual games they love. Check out Riverbend and The Indie 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 and Brad review The Blackapple Brugh by Kyle Hettinger (free PDF here), and open up the ol' mailbag. 00:00:50 Mailbag 100:09:24 Mailbag 200:17:49 Main Review00:40:32 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 Chris (aka Directsun) to review The Mall by Goblin Archives.01:45 Puzzle Dungeons08:48 Main Review21:12 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 and Brad review The Temple of the Blood Moth by Jacob Butcher, and answer a listener question.0:37 Mailbag 16:15 Main Review27:52 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, and special guest Gus L. review The Castle That Fell From The Sky by Steve Robertson. 06:15 Trivia 11:21 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, and special guest Lex Mandrake review the first issue of DNGN by Singing Flame, and answer a listener question.1:18 Listener Question10:10 Main Review36:53 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 and Brad review The House of the Hollow by Dylan Mangini, and answer a listener question.00:00:30 Question from a listener00:10:00 Main Review00:19:23 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 review The Toxic Wood by Lazy Lich, and answer some listener questions. 00:16 Listener Questions12:12 Main Review: Summary23:11 Main Review: Deep Dive 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 Hexagnome's The Sepulchre of Seven, and answer a question from a listener. The Sepulchre of Seven can be purchased from Lulu or downloaded as a free PDF.0:47 Listener Questions6:32 Main Review22:39 SpoilersSend 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 & special guest Amanda P. review Desert Moon of Karth by Joel Hines.1:04 Main Review28:39 SpoilersGet Desert Moon of Karth here. There is also a Jam going on until October 27th.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 Super Blood Harvest by Dirk Leichty.0:17 Main Review28:07 SpoilersGet Super Blood Harvest here.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 Zed & Two Noughts + Tangled, two funnels by The Afterthought Committee, and discuss virtual tabletop software.0:19 Virtual Tabletops14:39 Main Review34:54 SpoilersGet Zed & Two Noughts from here, and Tangled from here.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 Isle by Luke Gearing, and talk a bit about Zinequest.0:13 Zinequest! Zinequest?5:10 Main Review26:33 SpoilersGet The Isle here.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.