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Episode 79 – Interview with Bill Willingham
Join Dan and James as they talk with the legendary artist and author Bill Willingham. Bill’s work is a cornerstone of classic fantasy games and his style is unique and evocative. In spite of our best attempts of keeping to just his time with TSR, he did force us to talk about well, his amazing […]
Episode 78 – Extras
Here are the items that couldn’t fit in the regular episode. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify and Google Play or connect to our feed – https://www.grogcon.com/feed/podcast. GROGTALK is on YouTube and on Twitter (@GROGTALK)!!! Join the Grog Empire on Discord – https://discord.gg/AfXtmjn Support GROGTALK by becoming […]
Episode 78 – St Patrick’s Day Special
Join Dan and James as they talk AD&D with an Irish flair…. We begin with an Irish Mad Lib with Rob and Carlos, some Incomprehensible Death hosted by Mr. Lising, and then normal nonsense with an Irish flavored lilt. Links – Casl Entertainment – www.caslentertainment.com Madlib used on the show – https://mediumlarge.wordpress.com/2011/03/16/write-your-own-irish-memoir-mad-libs-style/ GROGTALK posts episodes […]
Episode 77 – Extras
Here are the items that couldn’t fit in the regular episode. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify and Google Play or connect to our feed – https://www.grogcon.com/feed/podcast. GROGTALK is on YouTube and on Twitter (@GROGTALK)!!! Join the Grog Empire on Discord – https://discord.gg/AfXtmjn Support GROGTALK by becoming […]
Episode 77 – Creating Magic Items in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition
Join Dan and James as they review how Magic Items are created in first edition AD&D. What do the rules say and how the process can impact your game GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify and Google Play or connect to our feed – https://www.grogcon.com/feed/podcast. GROGTALK is […]
Episode 76 – Extras
Here are the items that couldn’t fit in the regular episode. WARNING! – Grow men attempting to be funny about romantic topics will result in some attempts at off-color humor, most failed….Listener discretion is advised…. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify and Google Play or connect to […]
Episode 76 – Valentine’s Day Special
Join Dan and James as they go over once again romance and love in AD&D 1st (01:01:13). They also get murdered in a manner that cannot be described by Carlos Lising from casl Entertainment (00:02:36)! WARNING! – Grow men attempting to be funny about romantic topics will result in some attempts at off-color humor, most […]
Episode 75 – Extras
Here are the items that couldn’t fit in the regular episode. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify and Google Play or connect to our feed – https://www.grogcon.com/feed/podcast. GROGTALK is on YouTube and on Twitter (@GROGTALK)!!! Join the Grog Empire on Discord – https://discord.gg/AfXtmjn Support GROGTALK by becoming […]
Episode 75 – Wilderness Adventures in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition
Join Dan and James as they talk about moving and adventuring in the wilderness. They are joined by Vic Dorso, an aficionado of the hexcrawl. They also go over a bunch of other things that may be slightly amusing. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify and Google […]
Episode 74 – Extras
Here are the items that couldn’t fit in the regular episode. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify and Google Play or connect to our feed – https://www.grogcon.com/feed/podcast. GROGTALK is on YouTube and on Twitter (@GROGTALK)!!! Join the Grog Empire on Discord – https://discord.gg/AfXtmjn Support GROGTALK by becoming […]
Episode 74 – Interview with Harold Johnson
Join Dan and James start 2021 as they talk to legendary Dungeons and Dragons game designer and writer, Harold Johnson. Harold wrote classic adventures Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan (C1) and Secret of the Slavers Stockade (A2). GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify and Google Play or connect […]
Episode 73 – Extras
Here are the items that couldn’t fit in the regular episode. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify and Google Play or connect to our feed – https://www.grogcon.com/feed/podcast. GROGTALK is on YouTube and on Twitter (@GROGTALK)!!! Join the Grog Empire on Discord – https://discord.gg/AfXtmjn Support GROGTALK by becoming […]
Episode 73 – Dragon 44
Join Dan and James as they review Dragon 44 with Vic Dorso. They also do standards like spell selection, random encounter, have you ever played an evil magic-user. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify and Google Play or connect to our feed – https://www.grogcon.com/feed/podcast. GROGTALK is on […]
Episode 72 – Extras
Here are the items that couldn’t fit in the regular episode. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify and Google Play or connect to our feed – https://www.grogcon.com/feed/podcast. GROGTALK is on YouTube and on Twitter (@GROGTALK)!!! Join the Grog Empire on Discord – https://discord.gg/AfXtmjn Support GROGTALK by becoming […]
Episode 72 – Thanksgiving Show
Join Dan and James as they celebrate the start of the holiday season by talking about…1st Edition AD&D! We discuss Thanksgiving and AD&D by discussing food, Native American Deities as presented in Deities and Demigods and then we recreate??? Thanksgiving Grogtalk style! GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, […]
Greyhawk Con 2020 Live Play Event – Part Two
Join Dan and James as they take a group of daring adventures through The Tomb of Stonefist the Terrible (based on the great adventure The Tomb of Aethering the Damned by Jennell Jaquays, tailored to Greyhawk) GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify and Google Play or connect […]
Greyhawk Con 2020 Live Play Event – Part One
Join Dan and James as they take a group of daring adventures through The Tomb of Stonefist the Terrible (based on the great adventure The Tomb of Aethering the Damned by Jennell Jaquays, tailored to Greyhawk) GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify and Google Play or connect […]
Episode 71 – Extras
Join Dan and James as they talk about the things that couldn’t fit in the main episode. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, or iHeartRadio or connect to our feed – https://www.grogcon.com/feed/podcast. GROGTALK is on YouTube and on Twitter (@GROGTALK)!!! Join the Grog Empire on […]
Episode 71 – Halloween Special
For our Halloween special, we invited Carlos Lising from casl Entertainment to join us for the whole show. We review Dragon 43 (13:30) that has undead, curses for looting the dead, sacrificing to appease demon lords…. Satanic Panic??? What Satanic Panic??? Then Carlos brings a Halloween special Incomprehensible Death segment (1:31:00) and he does not […]
Episode 70 – Flipping and Turning Issue 1
Listen to Dan and James as they are joined by none other than the editor of Flipping and Turning, Rob Richie. They review the first ever issue of Flipping and Turning as well as do the normal nonsense that makes up the show. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via […]
Episode 69 – Extras – Greyhawk Hex Crawl
Join Dan and James as they continue to explore the world of Greyhawk with Vic Dorso as their guide. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, or iHeartRadio or connect to our feed – https://www.grogcon.com/feed/podcast. GROGTALK is on YouTube and on Twitter (@GROGTALK)!!! Join the Grog […]
Episode 69 – Dragon 41
Join Dan and James as they talk Dragon issue 41 as well as do random encounter and spell selection. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify and Google Play or connect to our feed – https://www.grogcon.com/feed/podcast. GROGTALK is on YouTube and on Twitter (@GROGTALK)!!! Support GROGTALK by becoming […]
Episode 68 – Ghosts and the Great Greyhawk Hexcrawl
If you like us going into rabbit holes and tangents, this is the episode for you. Join Dan and James as they talk about Ghost and in particular the very complicated spell, Magic Jar. We many times get it wrong but after a long time, we think we came to some understanding…maybe…we are sorry. GROGTALK […]
Episode 67 – Dragon 40 and Extras
Join Dan and James as they talk about Dragon 40 (2:06:25), random encounters, spell selection, and how to play a MU. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify and Google Play or connect to our feed – https://www.grogcon.com/feed/podcast. GROGTALK is on YouTube and on Twitter (@GROGTALK)!!! Support GROGTALK […]
Episode 66 – Extras
Join Dan and James as they talk about the things that couldn’t fit in the main episode. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, or iHeartRadio or connect to our feed – https://www.grogcon.com/feed/podcast. GROGTALK is on YouTube and on Twitter (@GROGTALK)!!! Join the Grog Empire on […]
Episode 66 – Interview with Erol Otus
Join Dan and James as they talk about TTRP games with Erol Otus! Erol’s work in the early days of TSR are legendary and provided many a gamer a visual realization of all the fantasy adventures they played. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify and Google Play […]
Episode 65 – Extras!
Join Dan and James as they talk about the things that couldn’t fit in the main episode. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, or iHeartRadio or connect to our feed – https://www.grogcon.com/feed/podcast. GROGTALK is on YouTube and on Twitter (@GROGTALK)!!! Join the Grog Empire on […]
Episode 65 – Interview with Jayson Elliot
Join Dan and James as they talk to Jayson Elliot (starts at 21:31). Jayson is a long time gamer, music producer, one of the original hosts of the AD&D 1e podcast Roll for Initiative, and owner of TSR Games! We had a great time talking to Jayson about AD&D, and Top Secret – New World […]
Episode 64 – Dragon 39 – Saving Throws vs Attribute Checks, Criticals and Fumbles in AD&D 1e
Join Dan and James as they talk about some questions they have received from viewers. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify and Google Play or connect to our feed – https://www.grogcon.com/feed/podcast. GROGTALK is on YouTube and on Twitter (@GROGTALK)!!! Support GROGTALK by becoming a Patron! – https://www.patreon.com/grogtalk […]
AD&D 1e Live Play Event – Irilian – The Rising of the Dark – Part 3 of 3
Join Dan and James as they DM this classic module from White Dwarf magazine in 1983, issues 42 through 47, written by Daniel Collerton. This event will be truly special for the players scheduled are none other than Jody Nye, Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon, and Bill Fawcett! These accomplished authors, illustrators and game designers are […]
AD&D 1e Live Play Event – Irilian – The Rising of the Dark – Part 2 of 3
Join Dan and James as they DM this classic module from White Dwarf magazine in 1983, issues 42 through 47, written by Daniel Collerton. This event will be truly special for the players scheduled are none other than Jody Nye, Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon, and Bill Fawcett! These accomplished authors, illustrators and game designers are […]
AD&D 1e Live Play Event – Irilian – The Rising of the Dark – Part 1
Join Dan and James as they DM this classic module from White Dwarf magazine in 1983, issues 42 through 47, written by Daniel Collerton. This event will be truly special for the players scheduled are none other than Jody Nye, Mercedes Lackey, Larry Dixon, and Bill Fawcett! These accomplished authors, illustrators and game designers are […]
Episode 63 – Extras!
Join Dan and James as they talk about the things that couldn’t fit in the main episode. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, or iHeartRadio or connect to our feed – https://www.grogcon.com/feed/podcast. GROGTALK is on YouTube and on Twitter (@GROGTALK)!!! Join the Grog Empire on […]
Episode 63 – Interview with Skip Williams
Join Dan and James as they talk to TTRP legend Skip Williams (starts at 21:15). Skip grew up in Lake Geneva and worked at TSR and then WOTC and best known for being one of the designers of third edition D&D and writing Sage Advice for years. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available […]
Episode 62 – A truly random episode.
Now on the twelfth layer of the abyss that is 2020 pandemic, we discuss a bunch of random segments like random encounters, spell selection and we have a visit by Vic Dorso! GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify and Google Play or connect to our feed – […]
Episode 61 – Extras!
Join Dan and James as they talk about the things that couldn’t fit in the main episode. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, or iHeartRadio or connect to our feed – https://www.grogcon.com/feed/podcast. GROGTALK is on YouTube and on Twitter (@GROGTALK)!!! Join the Grog Empire on […]
Episode 61 – Interview with Michael Mornard
Now on the eleventh layer of the abyss that is 2020 pandemic, we speak to Michael Mornard who played with Gary Gygax, Dave Arneson, and Professor Barker! His stories and perspective on gaming is wonderful so join us! GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify and Google Play […]
Episode 60 – Extras!
Join Dan and James as they talk about the things that couldn’t fit in the main episode. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, or iHeartRadio or connect to our feed – https://www.grogcon.com/feed/podcast. GROGTALK is on YouTube and on Twitter (@GROGTALK)!!! Join the Grog Empire on […]
Episode 60 – Interview with Ernie Gygax
In our tenth week journeying in the abyss, we had the pleasure of speaking to Ernie Gygax. Ernie’s role in the formation of AD&D is legendary. Dan and James had a great time speaking to him about his Dad, his role, and what he is doing to today. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is […]
Episode 59 – Extras!
Join Dan and James as they talk about the things that couldn’t fit in the main episode. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, or iHeartRadio or connect to our feed – https://www.grogcon.com/feed/podcast. GROGTALK is on YouTube and on Twitter (@GROGTALK)!!! Join the Grog Empire on […]
Episode 59 – Interview with David “Zeb” Cook
Join Dan and James as they talk to legendary game designer and author Dave “Zeb” Cook. Zeb authored some of the most important works in TTRPG including the D&D Expert Rule Set and AD&D 2nd Edition. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify and Google Play or connect […]
Episode 58 – Extras!
Join Dan and James as they talk about the things that couldn’t fit in the main episode. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, or iHeartRadio or connect to our feed – https://www.grogcon.com/feed/podcast. GROGTALK is on YouTube and on Twitter (@GROGTALK)!!! Support GROGTALK by becoming a […]
Episode 58 – Interview with Jody Lynn Nye
Watch Dan and James speak to author and gamer Jody Lynn Nye (2:02). Jody is the author and co-author of over 50 books and 125 articles and short stories. Her great career includes that she wrote six companion books for the Dragonriders of Pern series by Anne McCaffrey. Those are great accomplishments, but for us […]
Halls of Tizun Thane Live Play – Part 3 of 3
Join Dan and James as they DM a group of Grogtalk patrons in the classic 1980 adventure The Halls of Tizun Thane by Albie Fiore. The adventure was published in White Dwarf magazine in April/May of 1980 (#17). This Live play was streamed on Youtube in May 2020 to celebrate the 40th anniversary. The descent into madness continues […]
Halls of Tizun Thane Live Play – Part Two
Join Dan and James as they DM a group of Grogtalk patrons in the classic 1980 adventure The Halls of Tizun Thane by Albie Fiore. The adventure was published in White Dwarf magazine in April/May of 1980 (#17). This Live play was streamed on Youtube in May 2020 to celebrate the 40th anniversary. The descent into madness continues […]
Halls of Tizun Thane Live Play – Part One
Join Dan and James as they DM a group of Grogtalk patrons in the classic 1980 adventure The Halls of Tizun Thane by Albie Fiore. The adventure was published in White Dwarf magazine in April/May of 1980 (#17). This Live play was streamed on Youtube in May 2020 to celebrate the 40th anniversary. The descent into madness continues […]
Episode 57 – Getting ready to run The Halls of Tizun Thane
The descent into madness continues with Dan and James preparing to run from their Patron the classic 1980 module from White Dwarf, The Halls of Tizun Thane by Albie Fiore. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify and Google Play or connect to our feed – https://www.grogcon.com/feed/podcast. GROGTALK […]
Episode 56 – Extras!
Join Dan and James as they talk about the things that couldn’t fit in the main episode. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Google Play, Spotify, or iHeartRadio or connect to our feed – https://www.grogcon.com/feed/podcast. GROGTALK is on YouTube and on Twitter (@GROGTALK)!!! Support GROGTALK by becoming a […]
Episode 56 – Interview with Dr. Lewis Pulsipher
The descent into madness continues but during our trip Dan and James we had a wonderful discussion with Dr. Lewis Pulsipher, prolific author, game designed and historian. GROGTALK posts episodes every week and is available at www.grogcon.com/podcast/ Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify and Google Play or connect to our feed – https://www.grogcon.com/feed/podcast. GROGTALK is on YouTube […]
Episode 55 – Extras!
Sailing the sea of corpses (not copses....)