Ran my first game of Knave 2E

Ran my first game of Knave 2E

Welcome to Last Roll of the Week with Red Dice Diaries, where we talk about RPGs, offer hints, review books and other stuff to use in your own games. In this episode I’m discussing my recent experience running a one-shot (loosely) based on the Isle of Dread classic module, but using the streamlined Knave 2E by Ben Milton from Questing Beast [https://www.youtube.com/@QuestingBeast]. Knave 1E can be acquired from DrivethruRPG [https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/250888]or itch.io [https://questingbeast.itch.io/knave], Knave 2E can be acquired from itch.io in PDF [https://questingbeast.itch.io/knave-second-edition] or from Swordfishislands.com [https://shop.swordfishislands.com/knave-2e-premium/] in hardcopy. I also respond to a voicemail from long-time listener Ricardo. I’d really love you to get involved in the conversation, you can leave us a voicemail at: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcast [https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcast] Or email us at RDDRPGpodcast@gmail.com or drop me a line on Discord, either sending us a sound file or a written email. The thumbnail for this episode was drawn by my lovely wife Hannah. --oOo-- #RedDiceDiaries #TTRPG #TT #RPG #OSR #OldSchool #DND #Knave #Knave2E #BenMilton #QuestingBeast This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reddicediaries.substack.com [https://reddicediaries.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

NPC Spell-casting in Shadowdark

Welcome to Last Roll of the Week with Red Dice Diaries, where we talk about RPGs, offer hints, review books and other stuff to use in your own games. In this episode I’m discussing a recent idea I had—inspired by The Monster Overhaul: A Practical Bestiary by Skerples—on how I might streamline spellcasting for NPCs/monsters in my Shadowdark games and Hannah is chipping in with her thoughts on the idea. We also answer some voicemails from: 🔹Riley of the Diegetic Advancement [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/diegeticadvancement] Podcast🔹Joe from Hindsightless [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joe-richter9]🔹Menion from Confessions of a Wee Timorous Bushi [https://timrousbushi.blogspot.com/] I’d really love you to get involved in the conversation so we can get some back-and-forth going on this subject, you can leave us a voicemail at: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcast [https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcast] Or email us at RDDRPGpodcast@gmail.com or drop me a line on Discord, either sending us a sound file or a written email. The thumbnail for this episode was drawn by my lovely wife Hannah. --oOo-- #RedDiceDiaries #TTRPG #TT #RPG #OSR #OldSchool #DND #Dinosaur #HexCrawl This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reddicediaries.substack.com [https://reddicediaries.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Dinosaurs in D&D

Welcome to Last Roll of the Week with Red Dice Diaries, where we talk about RPGs, offer hints, review books and other stuff to use in your own games. In this episode Hannah and myself are discussing why we have both dinosaurs and dragons in popular RPGs. I’d really love you to get involved in the conversation so we can get some back-and-forth going on this subject, you can leave us a voicemail at: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcast [https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcast] Or email us at RDDRPGpodcast@gmail.com, either sending us a sound file or a written email. --oOo--- The Podcasts I mentioned in this episode were: 🔹Diegetic Advancement [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/diegeticadvancement]🔹Nerds RPG Variety Cast [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376]🔹Radio Grognard KING SIZE [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/radio-grognardks] --oOo-- #RedDiceDiaries #TTRPG #TT #RPG #OSR #OldSchool #DND #Dinosaur #HexCrawl This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reddicediaries.substack.com [https://reddicediaries.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

Running a Shadowdark OT Game

Welcome to Last Roll of the Week with Red Dice Diaries, where we talk about RPGs, offer hints, review books and other stuff to use in your own games. In this episode I’m discussing my thoughts on SHADOWDARK after running an open-table game set in Greg Gillespie’s BARROWMAZE using the system. I’d really love you to get involved in the conversation so we can get some back-and-forth going on this subject, you can leave us a voicemail at: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcast [https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcast] Or email us at RDDRPGpodcast@gmail.com, either sending us a sound file or a written email. --oOo--- Link to the Pitch Document for the SHADOWS OF THE BARROWMAZE game: 🔹https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pj77ddYyfVDbDMiwbu0tbXOxkWqTh8lo/view?usp=drive_link [https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pj77ddYyfVDbDMiwbu0tbXOxkWqTh8lo/view?usp=drive_link] Link to the Audio Dungeon Discord: 🔹https://discord.gg/gzShPZSQAY [https://discord.gg/gzShPZSQAY] The Podcasts I mentioned in this episode were: 🔹Diegetic Advancement [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/diegeticadvancement]🔹Keep Off the Borderlands [https://freethrall.substack.com/podcast]🔹Nerds RPG Variety Cast [https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jason376]🔹Roleplay Rescue [http://roleplayrescue.com/]🔹The Redcaps Podcast [https://www.theredcaps.net/] --oOo-- #RedDiceDiaries #TTRPG #TT #RPG #OSR #OldSchool #DND #Shadowdark #Barrowmaze #ArcaneLibrary #OpenTable #HexCrawl #MegaDungeon #DungeonCrawl This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reddicediaries.substack.com [https://reddicediaries.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]

WHEN SEA IS CALLING

Welcome to Last Roll of the Week with Red Dice Diaries, where we talk about RPGs, offer hints, review books and other stuff to use in your own games. The good folk at ATELIER CLANDESTINE have kindly provided me with a review PDF of their book WHEN SEA IS CALLING, a guide for nautical adventures, in this video I give my opinion on it. I’d really love you to get involved in the conversation so we can get some back-and-forth going on this subject, you can leave us a voicemail at: https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcast [https://www.speakpipe.com/RDDRPGPodcast] Or email us at RDDRPGpodcast@gmail.com, either sending us a sound file or a written email. --oOo--- WHEN SEA IS CALLING available from: 🔹https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/471274/When-Sea-Is-Calling-A-Guide-for-Nautical-Adventures [https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/471274/When-Sea-Is-Calling-A-Guide-for-Nautical-Adventures] Thumbnail and intro created with: 🔹Canva: https://www.canva.com/ [https://www.canva.com/] --oOo-- #RedDiceDiaries #TTRPG #TT #RPG #OSR #AtelierClandestine #Review #Nautical #Pirate #WhenSeaIsCalling #RPGReview Thanks for reading Last Roll of the Week! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit reddicediaries.substack.com [https://reddicediaries.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_1]