Save for Half podcast

Back in the day, gaming magazines were the lifeblood of the role-playing hobby. News, plugs, variant rules—it was all in the pages of the magazines at your friendly local game store! Tim Kask joins us for a discussion of his time and work on gaming magazines like The Strategic Review, The Dragon, Adventure Gaming, and Gygax magazine! Part 1 of 2. No cats were harmed in the making of this episode, no matter what you hear. We promise. Links mentioned in this show: Adventure Gaming Magazine (Noble Knight Games) https://www.nobleknight.com/ViewProducts.asp_Q_ProductLineID_E_807781699_A_ManufacturerID_E_1382552970_A_CategoryID_E_12_A_GenreID_E_ Breeyark.org http://breeyark.org/ Curmudgeon in the Cellar with Tim Kask https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy14HVYrC7ZzviWLCJxzE4w Dragon Magazine (- Annarchive) https://annarchive.com/dragon.html The Strategic Review (- Annarchive) https://annarchive.com/files/Strv101.pdf Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast(at)gmail.com to give your opinions of the show! Be sure to check out our forums at: Save for Half at Original D&D Forums http://odd74.proboards.com/board/77/save-half-podcast Save for Half at OSRGaming http://www.osrgaming.org/forums/index.php?board=37.0

This is it, the granddaddy of all the Old School Revival games! Castles & Crusades, published in 2003, has a loyal fan base that has put the PHB on its 7th printing, showing robust life in a field now crammed with retro-clones. Though C&C isn’t a retro-clone per se, it was designed to emulate old-school Fantasy RPGs in a way that Gary Gygax would be happy to write for. Sit down and enjoy as your Save for Halflings crack open this veteran game and see what ticks! No Mikes were harmed in the making of this episode, no matter what you hear. Links mentioned in this show: Castles & Crusades forums: http://www.trolllord.com/forums/ DrivethroughRPG Castles & Crusades: http://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?filters=10126_0_0_0_0 Frog God Games 5E Actual Play – Rappan Athuk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csQcKycMeOo Lone Ranger and Pizza Rolls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SE-NdrzfFOo Shakedown: The Return of the Sontarans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B7-68Ah65I Tabletop Radio Hour (episode 22) https://tabletopradiohour.wordpress.com/2017/08/09/ep-22-steam-spy/ Troll Lord Games http://trolllord.com/ Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast(at)gmail.com to give your opinions of the show! Be sure to check out our forums at: Save for Half at Original D&D Forums http://odd74.proboards.com/board/77/save-half-podcast Save for Half at OSRGaming http://www.osrgaming.org/forums/index.php?board=37.0

Hey all! We survived the summer rush, so we’re back with a new episode! DM Liz reads emails, we chat about our time at the 2017 North Texas RPG Con (finally!), and a new segment about micro-games is premiered for your listening pleasure. No Corbetts were harmed in the making of this episode. This one, anyway!     Links mentioned in this show: Barrel Rider Games (James Spahn) http://barrelridergames.wordpress.com DrivethruRPG Barrel Rider Games (with The Hero’s Journey in pdf) http://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/4417/Barrel-Rider-Games Lulu – The Hero’s Journey (hardcover) http://www.lulu.com/shop/james-spahn/the-heros-journey-fantasy-roleplaying/hardcover/product-22875076.html Maze of the Blue Medusa http://satyr.press/ North Texas RPG Con 2017 https://tabletop.events/conventions/ntrpgcon-2017 Save or Die podcast (SaveorDieSaveorDieSaveorDie!) http://saveordie.info Treasure Vaults of Zadabad http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/176644/The-Treasure-Vaults-of-Zadabad-Swords–Wizardry Victorious http://victoriousrpg.com/ Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast(at)gmail.com to give your opinions of the show! Be sure to check out our forums at: Save for Half at Original D&D Forums http://odd74.proboards.com/board/77/save-half-podcast Save for Half at OSRGaming http://www.osrgaming.org/forums/index.php?board=37.0

Welcome to the Far Future as only 1977 can bring it to you! In this show the Halfling trio covers the granddaddy of all space-traveling Sci-Fi games, Traveller by Marc Miller and Game Designers’ Workshop. Starships, aliens, (non-light) saber-fighting (?), and death during character generation – You get it all!       Links mentioned in this show: Chris “Clangador” Yoder’s Passing https://www.facebook.com/Rassilon/posts/10212271869084243 GURPS Traveller by Steve Jackson Games http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/traveller/ History of Traveller on the Traveller wiki http://wiki.travellerrpg.com/History The Traveller Book on DriveThruRPG.com http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/80192/CTTTBThe-Traveller-Book?src=hottest_filtered Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast(at)gmail.com to give your opinions of the show! Be sure to check out our forums at: Save for Half at Original D&D Forums http://odd74.proboards.com/board/77/save-half-podcast Save for Half at OSRGaming http://www.osrgaming.org/forums/index.php?board=37.0

Once again your intrepid Halflings dive into the murky world of Espionage RPGs. No Cold War this time around, instead we jack into the 21st century with Top Secret: New World Order by TSR Games. We are joined by author Merle Rasmussen and TSR Games head honcho Jayson Elliot to talk over what’s old, what’s new, and how this podcast will self-destruct in only 51 minutes! Links mentioned in this show: Kickstarter for Top Secret: New World Order https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tsrgames/top-secret-new-world-order-the-espionage-roleplayi Top Secret: New World Order http://topsecretnwo.com/ TSR Games http://store.tsrgames.com/ Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast(at)gmail.com to give your opinions of the show! Be sure to check out our forums at: Save for Half at Original D&D Forums http://odd74.proboards.com/board/77/save-half-podcast Save for Half at OSRGaming http://www.osrgaming.org/forums/index.php?board=37.0

Get your trench coats and code books, in this show the Halflings enter the murky world of Cold War espionage with 1980s Top Secret RPG from TSR. DM Liz takes the reins as lead host, and won’t give it back! Thrills, chills, and treachery abounds as we strive to answer the question: Can an Old School RPG have too many tables?       Links mentioned in this show: Amazon – Top Secret box set https://www.amazon.com/Top-Secret-Espionage-Role-Playing-Game/dp/0880383488 Gygax FBI Report http://reason.com/blog/2017/06/15/dd-creator-gary-gygaxs-fbi-records-make Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast(at)gmail.com to give your opinions of the show! Be sure to check out our forums at: Save for Half at Original D&D Forums http://odd74.proboards.com/board/77/save-half-podcast Save for Half at OSRGaming http://www.osrgaming.org/forums/index.php?board=37.0

Thanks to intrepid reporter DM Jim, we at Save for Half present the 2017 North Texas RPG Con seminar on the history and future plans of the Judges Guild, presented by Bob Bledsaw Jr. If you didn’t make the con (shame on you!) or missed the seminar then get ready for an hour of JG goodness! Links mentioned in this show: Judges Guild http://judgesguild.org/ North Texas RPG Convention http://www.ntrpgcon.com/ Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast(at)gmail.com to give your opinions of the show! Be sure to check out our forums at: Save for Half at Original D&D Forums http://odd74.proboards.com/board/77/save-half-podcast Save for Half at OSRGaming http://www.osrgaming.org/forums/index.php?board=37.0

This 1987 RPG, produced by Gary Gygax and Frank Mentzer with Kim Mohan, has a reputation in the gaming hobby as one of the worst RPGs ever designed. But is it really that bad? Your determined Save for Halfling DMs take a dive into this game and see if it lives up to its reputation or is instead a gem in the rough! Links mentioned in this show: Designers & Dragons – Evil Hat Productions New Infinities Productions history on Wikipedia Sanctum Secorum – A Library of Dark Thoughts The Kingdoms – Interview with Gary Gygax Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast(at)gmail.com to give your opinions of the show! Be sure to check out our forums at: Save for Half at Original D&D Forums Save for Half at OSRGaming

Welcome to the Save for Half “Sideshow”! These shows are produced erratically and oddly, much like a circus’ sideshow. They are for the bits and bobs we don’t feel fit into the format of the “whole number” shows, so be warned, it gets weird from here on out! In this sideshow we are joined by Mike “BadMike” Badolato, co-owner/runner/responsible adult/sucker of the North Texas RPG Convention, which is held every first Thursday Weekend of June. During this show we cover emails we’ve gotten over the first two episodes of Save For Half. Then we talk to BadMike about the convention; what’s new, what’s old, what’s what for the 2017 NTRPG Con and why YOU should be there! Links mentioned in this show: North Texas RPG Con Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast(at)gmail.com to give your opinions of the show! Be sure to check out our forums at: Save for Half at Original D&D Forums Save for Half at OSRGaming

We’re back and ready to find a dragon in a dungeon…so long as it’s Basic/Expert! The terrible trio of DMs Mike, Liz and Corbett throw down on dragons, ghouls, and rules lawyers in this third episode of Save for Half! Links mentioned in this show: Dungeons & Dragons Basic set by Tom Moldvay – Wikipedia Dungeons & Dragons Expert set by Steve marsh/Zeb Cook – Wikipedia Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast(at)gmail.com to give your opinions of the show! Be sure to check out our forums at: Save for Half at Original D&D Forums Save for Half at OSRGaming

In our second outing* the Save for Half-lings (with guest-star DM Jim!) look at a seminal old school classic – 1st edition Gamma World. James M. Ward and Gary Jaquet’s over-the-top combination of super-science and deadly, earnest danger set the bar for early science fiction and post-apocalyptic role playing games, and its influence is still felt in gaming 38 years later. * Original Recording of this show was April 10, 2016 Links mentioned in this show: Gamma World Playtest rules 1977 found: https://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?778584-Could-someone-help-me-verify-if-a-find-is-real Grognard Files http://armchairadventurerblog.com/ Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast(at)gmail.com to give your opinions of the show! Be sure to check out our forums at: Save for Half at Original D&D Forums http://odd74.proboards.com/board/77/save-half-podcast Save for Half at OSRGaming http://www.osrgaming.org/forums/index.php?board=37.0

No, this isn’t episode 3 of Save for Half. Thanks to the powers of the Time Vortex (and our forgetting to do otherwise) we’re going back in time to give you episode 1 of the Save for Half podcast! DM Corbett joins the podcast posse of DMs Mike, Liz and Jim to discover the mysteries of time and space…according to the 1985 FASA edition of the game. Watch out for disorganized rules, tactical combat movement, and always those pesky Daleks in this episode of Save for Half!     Links mentioned in this show: Diary of the Doctor Who Roleplaying Games #19 Space-Time Vortex – site for FASA Doctor Who stuff Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast (at) gmail (dot) com to give your opinions of the show! Also, be sure to check out our forum at OSR Gaming!

“What’s this?” you ask in your best Adam West Batman narration voice? It’s the all new, repurposed, family-friendly Save for Half podcast! Now with 100% more DM Corbett! DMs Mike, Liz, and C-Daddy join you for a talk about what this show is, our Top 5 wishes for future episodes, and generally prattle on about RPG stuff. No Dungeon Crawl Classics were hurt in the making of this show! Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast (at) gmail (dot) com to give your opinions of the show! Also, be sure to check out our forum at OSR Gaming!