Drink Spin Run: The Rpg Talkshow Podcast

We could suck a little less. Our Guests... couldn't make it, so Donn & Adam recorded anywayShow Notes after the jumpShow NotesDrink (4:35)Twisted Cain, Short's Brewery, Bellaire, MIZhatfig Ghastly Pale Stout, Dark Horse special release, Marshall, MISpin (9:40)Sweet, "Action"MudBrian Eno, Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)Bohren & Der Club of GoreKilimanjaro Dark Jazz EnsembleBowie, "Bewlay Brothers"Motorhead, "Burner" Read (19:00)House on the Borderland, WH HodgsonThe Wendigo, Algernon BlackwoodRun (30:20)Dungeon as mythic underworldDCC RPG: are the modules railroads?5e Ravenloft5e GreyhawkDark SunFrostgraveAdam talks about Kings of War but means Wrath of KingsOther Stuff (49:00)Donn's going to write minis rules, Adam will pay him $5 for itCan players spend too much planning at the table?Donn: No way! Whatever the players are having fun with is cool, also good for the DM to use that time to do stuff on his side of the screen. Adam: Usually no, but if they do, give them something to react to.&nbs

I'll do my Donn voice. "Hi, I'm Donn."Our Guest+Clint KrauseShow Notes after the jumpGuest NotesRed Moon Medicine ShowVacant Ritual Assembly zineDon't Walk in Winter WoodStygian Garden of Abelia PremDriftwood Verses (upcoming)Show NotesClint talks a bit about his Driftwood Verses supplement (1:42)Adam makes up a definition of Weird Horror (4:30)Clint: You can't force creepy, it happens on its own (8:50)Adam: dissonance between player agency and terror (12:00)Clint: build up and absence of a creature (Hitchcock effect?) (13:00)Donn: the unknown! (16:00)Adam: the seductive allure of the unknown (17:50)Donn: ghosts! Give 'em stuff they can't fight! (19:10)Clint: Keep players wondering (20:23)Donn still hates Adam's Senior Sugarskull (21:25)Clint: what's mechanical, what's scenery? (23:00)Clint is prep-heavy. Donn finally has an ally.Adam: ever good GM has a moment of self-doubt right before a game starts (26:00)Clint & Donn: prep makes a session real for the GM (26:30)Adam: communicating a feeling is more im

"We can play it as hard as you want"Our Guest+Clint KrauseShow Notes after the jumpGuest NotesRed Moon Medicine ShowVacant Ritual Assembly zineDon't Walk in Winter WoodStygian Garden of Abelia PremDriftwood Verses (upcoming)Show NotesDrink (2:02)Remnant of Dragon Imperial Red IPA, Greenbush Brewing Co., Sawyer MIClint was boring and drank coffee, but I wish we had a picture of his dragon mug he got from a 1996 Ren FaireEdmund Fitzgerald Porter, Great Lakes Brewing, Cleveland, OHSpin (7:00)HexvesselTech N9neKasey ChambersBlack BlightVoidcrawler by the awesome +Ben DjarumMammoth Weed Wizard BastardAdam's Spotify playlist based on MWWB's Top Ten Metal AlbumsKapela ze Wsi WarszawaSeu Jorge, "Life Aquatic Studio Sessions"Danzig II: LucifugeRead (16:44)"Jade Man's Eyes," Michael MoorcockMan & His Symbols, Karl Jung (has nothing to do with cymbals)Ships of Oak, Guns of Iron, Ronald UttOak Island Quest, William CrookerSinister Stone of Sakkara, Michael SkailRun (22:30)Adam was running the DSR Actual Pla

Donn only talks on a fumbleOur Guests+Noah Stevens+Tim CallahanShow Notes after the jumpGuest NotesTim Callahan - the man, the myth, the legendHNIC of Moon Dice GamesNoah StevensHounds of Halthrag Keep Show NotesDonn & Adam would like to apologize for the crappy quality of the audio on this episode. Long story.Donn loves dice.Tim's most stolen mechanic: from Questlandia - put narrative spaces on index cards, then have the players determine how they connect.Adam steals -- from King of Dragon Pass -- a mechanism for defining a group of people based on the myths they tell themselvesNoah -- from Adventures in Oz -- conflict doesn't need to be deadly. The focus on murder is problematic as a dad. Why all the death?Noah -- from Gangbusters -- non-cooperative narrative? Characters not working toward the same ends.Adam hates rewarding players for rolling well (this happens in many old school games in their original form; players are already rewarded for rolling well by succeeding).Adam steals dice succes

This episode spends most of its time under the dumpster.Our Guests+Noah Stevens+Tim CallahanShow Notes after the jumpGuest NotesTim Callahan - the man, the myth, the legendHNIC of Moon Dice GamesNoah StevensHounds of Halthrag Keep Donn & Adam had a great time at U Con Gaming Convention in Ypsilanti, MIShow NotesDrinkNaughty Belgian Style Dark Ale, Flying Dog Brewing, Frederick, MDTim didn't drink... againWillpower Artisanal Pale Ale, Right Brain Brewery, Traverse City, MI (Scroll waaaaaay down)Dark Penance Imperial Black IPA, Founders Brewery, Grand Rapids, MINosferatu, Great Lakes Brewery, Cleveland, OHWaterKeeper Catch & Release Seasonal Ale Hefeweizen, SweetWater Brewing, Atlanta, GASpinHandel's MessiahSanctum Secorum Podcast with our friends +Jen Brinkman, +Bob Brinkman & +David BaityNoah has been inundated with Mary Poppins due to his kidsThe Great Old Ones, "Tekeli-Li"Adam gushes about the Warsaw Village Band (Kapela ze wsi Warszawa)Brownout, "Brown Sabbath"Sulf

Your new in-joke: "the Vampire's wife."Our Guests+Nathan Panke+Stan ShinnShow Notes after the jumpGuest NotesStan & Nathan are part of the creative team behind Rogue Comet Games (http://roguecomet.com/)Rogue Comet is currently Kickstarting their "Dungeonesque: World of Redmark" line of adventures at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stanshinn/dungeonesque-world-of-redmark-5e-adventures-and-maShow NotesWe Play "This Old Module"Here's the premise:Adam picks a module from a stack of classic TSR modulesEach panelist picks three ways in which they would do one of the following:Update itImprove itMake it your ownThe Modules In PlayC2: Ghost Tower of InvernessT1: The Village of HommletX1: The Isle of DreadN1: Against the Cult of the Reptile GodWhat would you do with these modules? Send us your three things and we'll try to post them on the website soon. We might even broadcast them!Thanks for joining us for this episode of Drink Spin Run. If you like what you've heard, share us with your friend

Continuity be damned!Our Guests+Nathan Panke+Stan ShinnShow Notes after the jumpGuest NotesStan & Nathan are part of the creative team behind Rogue Comet Games (http://roguecomet.com/)Rogue Comet is currently Kickstarting their "Dungeonesque: World of Redmark" line of adventures at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stanshinn/dungeonesque-world-of-redmark-5e-adventures-and-maShow NotesDrinkOarsman Ale, Bell's Brewery, Kalamazoo, MISnow Roller Hoppy Brown Ale, Magic Hat Brewery,South Burlington, VTDirty Bastard, Founders Brewery, Grand Rapids, MICast Iron Oatmeal Brown, Four Hands Brewery, St. Louis, MOChocolate Milk Stout, Four Hands Brewery, St. Louis, MOTasmanian IPA, Schlafly, St. Louis, MOSpinThe "Berlin Period"David Bowie"Low""Heroes""Lodger"Iggy Pop"The Idiot"Brian Eno"Before And After Science"Star Wars: The Force Unleashed SoundtackGlam rock Christmas music!Downfall of Nur, "Umbras de Barbagia"Vince Guaraldi TrioSnarky PuppyReadWeird of the White Wolf, Michael MoorcockStar Wars: The Force Aw

Let's all talk about why the mainstream sucks togetherOur Guests+Mike Evans+Ripley StonebrookShow Notes after the jumpGuest NotesMike EvansBlogs at https://wrathofzombie.wordpress.com/Creator of the Hubris Campaign Setting for the DCC RPGAt the time this was recorded, Hubris was on Kickstarter. The Kickstarter was very successful and in a few months, we should have more info to share on it!Ripley StonebrookCreator of the Lair of Sword & Sorcery zine, game & blog found here: http://lairofswordandsorcery.blogspot.com/Show NotesDonn was eating a pawpawYoon-Suin by David McGrogan (art by Matthew Adams)Adam has some serious opinions of NumeneraAnother shout out to David McGrogan and his blog Monsters & ManualsScrap Princess and Monster Manual Sewn From PantsWe talk about Zak Smith a bitTrey Causey & Strange StarsWarband InquisimundaWhiteHackDelving DeeperZzarchov Kowalski's Scenic Dunsmouth and Thulian EchoesThird RailWhat's the worst thing to come out of mainstream gaming in the las

"Sternum" isn't a dirty word... yet.Our Guests+Mike Evans+Ripley StonebrookShow Notes after the jumpGuest NotesMike EvansBlogs at https://wrathofzombie.wordpress.com/Creator of the Hubris Campaign Setting for the DCC RPGAt the time this was recorded, Hubris was on Kickstarter. The Kickstarter was very successful and in a few months, we should have more info to share on it!Ripley StonebrookCreator of the Lair of Sword & Sorcery zine, game & blog found here: http://lairofswordandsorcery.blogspot.com/Show NotesDrinkDr. Thirty's Blonde, Wychwood Brewing, Oxfordshire, UKMike was unapologetically drinking PBRMaple Bourbon Barrel Black Beer, Dark Horse, Marhsall, MIBell's Best Brown, Bell's Brewery, Kalamazoo, MISpinGhost BC, MelioraBrian Eno, Here Come the Warm JetsBeastie Boys, Check Your HeadNazarethUriah HeapJethro TullThe Dead Weather, Dodge And BurnKMFDM Carrie Nation & the SpeakeasySoggy Bog of Doom is on Mixcloud!Kings Go Forth, "One Day"Warsaw Village Band, "Nord" -- Not at all like Wa

Stanley is this episode's Waldo.Our Guests+Tim Callahan+Stephen NewtonShow Notes after the jumpGuest NotesTim CallahanMoon Dice Games & CrawljammerStephen NewtonThick Skull AdventuresShow Notes(If you listen closely, you can hear Adam's baby Stanley making cute little sounds throughout the episode.)Stephen expressed what pretty much is the best KS advice: "Don't ask for money until it's at least 90% done."More from Stephen:"...[W]rite the thing, outline the story..."Figure out the channels (Print? Pdf?)Later on, Stephen says that you should get into print even if it's Print On DemandPOD means you don't have to do any warehousing/fulfillment/handling distributorsPOD also makes it easier for overseas shipping customersWhat's your format? (Letter? "Digest?" - "digest" size is really half-letter)Adam adds: "your audience isn't everyone"Adam wants to see print/pdf bundles to work the opposite way that they work now: if you buy the PDF, you should get a discount on the print product. [Note: "One Bookshelf"

We start as werewolves, and we turn into more impressive werewolves like Altered Beast.Our Guests+Tim Callahan+Stephen NewtonShow Notes after the jumpGuest NotesDonn now works at Unity Vibration BreweryAdam had a baby named Stanley back in JulyTim is still the Crawljammer & Moon Dice Games guyStephen is still the Thick Skull Adventures guyShow NotesDrinkStephen didn't bring any drinks to his office for some reasonWhistlepig RyeSnozzberries IPA with Cherries, Oddside Ales, Grand Haven, MIWarlock Pumpkin Imperial Stout, Southern Tier Brewing, Lakewood, NYBellaire Brown, Short's Brewing, Bellaire, MIAdam visited Brewery Vivant in Grand Rapids, MI - not just great beer, great food, too.Tim was actually drinking this time, but it was Kahlua, so he was taking it easySpinThe Sword, High CountryDepeche Mode got yanked at Tim's hipster weddingYuggoth RecordsAnechoic, Leng JinJohn Carpenter, Lost ThemesReadAdam was cheating, listening to CA SmithJack Vance Treasury (can't find a current link to the Gumroad page)Ada

What's at the end of Jobe's rainbow? Listen to find out.Our Guests+Jobe Bittman+James RaggiShow Notes after the jumpGuest Notes+Jobe BittmanHas written for Dungeon Crawl ClassicsMetamorhposis AlphaD&D 5eLamentations of the Flame PrincessHost of Spellburn! podcastRenaissance asshole+James Raggi Writer/publisher of the Lamentations of the Flame Princess Weird Fantasy RPGLots of top tier adventures!Grinding GearDeath Frost Doom (original!)Weird New WorldWriter of the Random Esoteric Creature Generator For Classic Fantasy Role-Playing Games and Their Modern SimulacraShow NotesDrinkCurmudgeon Old Ale, Founder's Brewery, Grand Rapids, MILegal, Marijuana sodaFinnish farm-fresh skim milk... no joke. It was 4am in FinlandDragon's Milk, New Holland Brewery, Holland, MICoconut Brown, Black Rocks Brewery, Marquette, MISpinBlood Ceremony, "the Eldritch Dark"Cradle of Filth, "Cruelty and the Beast"Danzing, s/tThe Exploding Eyes OrchestraTelevision, "Marquee Moon"Rocket From the CryptMinor ThreatBlack FlagBad

The Day the Wizards Took OverOur Guest+Harley StrohShow Notes after the jumpShow Notes"I can say any rap lyric by replacing any objectionable terms with the word 'wizard.'"Vornheim - Zak S.Middenheim - Jeff RussellLast Gasp Grimoire - Logan KnightCity State of the Invincible Overlord - beautiful, but less usefulCity of Carse Medieval Demographics Made EasyInvisible Cities - Italo Calvino Yoon-Suin - David McGroganThanks for joining us for this episode of Drink Spin Run. We'd love to read your comments on the show, suggestions, where exactly we can stick what and other thinly-veiled threats. Send us your thoughts at dsr@kickassistan.net. Once again, thanks for listening, you gorgeous listeners.

The episode where Harley takes over the show.Our Guest+Harley StrohShow Notes after the jumpShow NotesDrinkHornitos TequilaTyskie Gronie, Kompania Piwowarska, Poznan, PolandMaibock, Atwater Brewing, Detroit, MIProject Mayhem, Oddside Ales, Grand Haven, MISpinJurassic 5Mustard PlugSkankin' PickleMinistry - In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing UpMF Doom - Mm... FoodWardruna Sabbath AssemblyFaith No More - Sol InvictusThe Lord Weird Slough Feg ReadThe Art of Not Being Governed: An Anarchist History of Upland Southeast Asia,  James C. ScottShadow Games, Glen CookForever War, Joe HaldemanThe Cat Who Walks Through Walls, Robert HeinleinArmor, John SteaklyShadow of the Torturer, Gene WolfeRunDonn's is playing White Star by friend-of-the-show, +James SpahnThe Nova Scream zine for White Star by Donn & Adam is coming out soonAdam's been sharpening his improv skills with DCC RPG at the barShout Outs+Noah Stevens - Tried to be our correspondent for WayneCon+Tim Callahan - Just becau

Shout outs, drinks, books, more drinks and what folks won't let us play.Our GuestsDon't existShow Notes after the jumpShow NotesShout Outs+Noah Stevens & Greg Heany for show topics!Props to +Gaming and BS! Great show, guys.DrinkSpace Rock American IPA, Shorts Brewery, Bellaire, MIUndertaker Belgian Style Dark Ale, Brewery Vivant, Grand Rapids, MISpinWCBN - 88.3 - University of Michigan's college radio stationWIDR - 89.1 - Western Michigan University's college radio stationMogwai, Rock ActionHombre Lobo's "Howls From the Veil" Lamentations of the Flame Princess playlistAncient Warlocks, "Super Wizard"Wardruna is amazing gaming musicBOLT THROWER!Botch - the hardcore band with a sense of humorReadShadow Games, Glenn CookFear And Loathing In Las Vegas, Hunter S. ThompsonThe Incal, Allejandro Jodorowski & MoebiusRunDonn might be running some White Star soonAdam & Donn are working on Nova Scream, a zine for White StarAdam's Iron Coast ACKS campaign is getting ready to use the Domains At War&nb

Ignoring this episode causes extra Body damage.Our GM+Shane HarschPlayers+Jason Hobbs+Donn Stroud+Adam MuszkiewiczThanks for joining us for this episode of Drink Spin Run. We'd love to read your comments on the show, suggestions, where exactly we can stick what and other thinly-veiled threats. Send us your thoughts at dsr@kickassistan.net. Once again, thanks for listening, you gorgeous listeners.

Donn is not younger than Adam. It's a fact.Our Guests+Mark Donkers+Roy SnyderShow Notes after the JumpShow NotesFirst LovesDark Sun - RoyPalladium Multiverse - RoyGreyhawk - MarkForgotten Realms - DonnDragonlance - AdamCurrent FavoritesWarhammer FRP's Old World (more from the 1e rpg materials, less from the WHFB)WH40k Rogue Trader-era universeLankhmar - Fafhrd & the Grey Mouser for life!Thieves' World - all urban adventure!(Mark gives some love to Adam's Ur-Hadad)Hyborian Age - world of Conans!Al-Qadim - world of Aladdins!Aereth - Goodman Games' default settingAihrde - Troll Lord Games' default settingSpelljammer - Adam still loves itEarth Dawn - not just fantasy Shadowrun, it's a post-supernatural-horror-apocalypse fantasy from the folks who brought you ShadowrunEast Mark - From Adventures in the East MarkWhat Do We Change to Make a Setting Our Own?Donn - Races. De-Tolkein-ify them.Adam - Aesthetic. Then I only change things that get us there.Roy - Sandbox or railroad? Then, what sort of rules changes ar

Twelve feet long and highly mobile. Our Guests+Mark Donkers+Roy SnyderShow Notes after the JumpShow NotesDrinkFarm Hand French-Style Farmhouse Ale, Brewery Vivant, Grand Rapids, MI500 BC Double IPA, Humboldt Brewing Co.Drew & Steve's Imperial Mutt Brown Ale, Stone Brewing Co, Escondido, CAThe Cherry Business, Cherry Mead - Mark made it Necromangocon, B. Nektar, Ferndale, MIZombie Killer, B. Nektar, Ferndale, MIDwarf Invasion, B. Nektar, Ferndale, MISinister Vertigo Imperial Stout, Oddside Ale, Grand Haven, MISpinA Year Of No Light, "Nord"Faith No More, "Angel Dust" Mr. Bungle, "Disco Volante"FantomasWitchcraftBlood CeremonyCreedence Clearwater Revival (Do I have to provide links for this stuff? Is this not day one material?)The Books ReadFrederic Brown short storiesMorrow Project 4eDavid Eddings, The BelgariadGlen Cook, the White RoseRunMore from the Donk about Morrow ProjectAdventures in the East MarkDungeon Crawl Classics RPGCastles & Crusades RPGThe Drink Spin Run Monthly Mini N

Our Guests:+R.J. Thompson of Gamers & Grognards+James Spahn of Barrel Rider Games+Bill Webb of Frog God GamesShow NotesFrog God GamesBarrel Rider GamesMythmere GamesRyan's Master List of SWApDay postsOpen Gaming Store - Goldenrod Guides: A Guide To Swords & Wizardry CombatIgnore all sales information! By the time this show is live, they've been over for over a week!Adam's posts on Dispatches from KickassistanJames had released White Box DemihumansRuins & RoninCrypts & ThingsAstonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of HyperboreaBackswords & BucklersSpace Yeast?Thanks for joining us for this episode of Drink Spin Run. We'd love to read your comments on the show, suggestions, where exactly we can stick what and other thinly-veiled threats. Send us your thoughts at dsr@kickassistan.net. Once again, thanks for listening, you gorgeous listeners.

Friendly? Local? Gaming? All of the above, please.Our Guests+Nathan Panke+Todd BunnShow Notes after the jumpGuest NotesTodd BunnGateway Games & MoreShow NotesTodd mentioned some posts from Adam's blog, Dispatches From KickassistanLet's Talk About RailroadingLet's Talk About Prepping To ImproviseFantasy Shop, St. LouisAdam can't find any online details about the old MAGI gaming club in Elkhart, INVault of Midnight, Ann Arbor, MIVallejo Paints List Android App Todd's niche: the stuff that the other folks don't do. "The only way you can sell the independent or obscure stuff is if you know something about it."Todd's Recipe For Success:Listen to your customers and pay attention.Give them a reason to want to be loyal to you. Be passionate about what you're doing.RetroNHoL - Human Occupied Landfill(aff)Supplement: BUTTery wHOLesomeness(aff)Tabletop Game & Hobby, Kansas CityAdam thinks that an RPG resurgence will follow the current tabletop revivalTodd says there's a retro-wave, but not a full-