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The Vintage RPG Podcast

Dec 24, 2018

Happy holidays, folks!

We’re breaking from format this episode to dig deep into the nostalgia and look at the Sears Wish Book, an important part of our childhood Christmas experiences. Specifically, we’re looking at the catalogs from 1982, 1983 and 1984, which contained, you guessed it, Dungeons & Dragons stuff....


Dec 10, 2018

It is Stu’s Birthday!

We lead things off with Chaosium’s Khan of Khans (01:30), a fast-paced boom and bust board game about cattle thievery in Glorantha, by Reiner Knizia.

The main event: Dragon Magazine (05:38). Stu gives a brief history of the publication (06:00). Hambone remembers seeing it in book stores in the...


Nov 26, 2018

In this episode, we break format to give you some gifts suggestions of the holidays – whether you give them to your favorite tabletop playing pal or add them to your Christmas lists is entirely up to you.

First up, the Dragon Heist platinum edition (02:15).

We chat about dice (07:00). Artisan makes very nice dice.

We...


Nov 12, 2018

After the opening banter, Hambone leads us off with the SRG Super Show, a card-based professional wrestling game (01:30).

The main event arrives: Middle Earth Roleplaying, also known as MERP (08:27). Stu breaks down the dissonance between Tolkien’s work and MERP (10:32) and the weird timeline the setting uses...


Oct 29, 2018

Hambone breaks it down (00:18).

The guys start off with Ghost Fightin Treasure Hunters, a co-op board game about finding treasure in a haunted house (01:33). Stu explains how it reminds him of another co-op game, Flash Point, about fighting fires (03:03). Hambone talks a bit about the games two expansion...