All for one and one for all! We are swashbuckling into this episode with a flurry of our blades and a jaunty feather in our hat. The post Flashing Blades RPG Ep. 74 first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.

The final part of the epic Monster episode features Free League's Tomas Harenstam. The post Bestiaries in Role Playing Games (with Tomas Harenstam) first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.

We are still looking at the role of monsters and how we can learn from screen monsters in our TTRPGs The post More Monsters in RPGs Ep 73 Pt 2 first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.

The first part of an Episode all about Monsters. Which Bestiary should stay? Which should we play? And which could go away? The post Monsters in RPGs Ep.73 Pt.1 first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.

In this episode we look at the culture of cyberspace and cyberpunk in the world of RPGs The post Cyberpunk RPG Ep.72 first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.

Following the interview with Dan Whitehead, we discuss our formative years with computers The post 80s Computers and RPGs Ep71 Pt2 first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.

Special Guest of virtual GROGMEET, Dan Whitehead takes us to the Speccy Nation The post ZX Spectrum Games (with Dan Whitehead) Ep.71 Pt. 1 first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.

More listener questions are answered by Dirk and Blythy. The post ThunderPhase! TTRPG Questions and Answers Ep.70 Pt.2 first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.

Let's look back at the wonderful worlds created by White Dwarf covers. The post White Dwarf RPG Covers (with ThunderPhase) Ep. 70 Pt. 1 first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.

In this episode, we have a very special guest. Marc Miller is the creator of the Traveller Role-Playing game and in this interview he talks to Dirk the Dice about his first encounter with Dungeons and Dragons. He also talks about the origins of Traveller and his trip UK Games Day. Judge Blythy, our resident … Continue reading "Traveller RPG Revisited (with Marc Miller) Ep 69" The post Traveller RPG Revisited (with Marc Miller) Ep 69 first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.

This episode follows the theme of the previous one, where we looked at Adventure Design. This time at the book club we have the amazing Johnn Four who shares his Five Room Dungeon method and explains how story techniques can add to our gaming. Judge Blythy and Dirk the Dice look back at the games … Continue reading "Five Room Dungeons (with Johnn Four) Ep. 68" The post Five Room Dungeons (with Johnn Four) Ep. 68 first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.

A review of the highs and lows of gaming in 2023 with a Book Club visit from Gaz from The Smart Party podcast. The post Review of 2023 in RPGs (with Gaz Bowerbank) first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.

Live from GROGMEET 23, join us as we roll back the years with Mike Mason. We look at the key moments in the history of Call of Cthulhu: its origins and its early campaigns. In Library Use, Blythy and Dirk look at Cults of Cthulhu and Different Worlds and consider the world populated by people … Continue reading "Cults of Cthulhu (with Mike Mason) Ep 66" The post Cults of Cthulhu (with Mike Mason) Ep 66 first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.

A homecoming. The GROGNARD files returns to Glorantha, the setting where our RPG life began. 4mins – Jeff Richard joins us at the Book Club to talk about The King of Sartar, Greg Stafford’s epic book of The Dragon Pass. The discussion also includes The Cults of RuneQuest. 26 mins – Judge Blythy and Dirk … Continue reading "Glorantha (with Jeff Richard)" The post Glorantha (with Jeff Richard) first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.

Behold the man! Michael Moorcock joins us in the room of role-playing rambling to talk about memoir, the multiverse, movies and much more. I recommend Sanctom Secorum and Appendix N Bookclub interviews too. I have appeared on Breakfast in the Ruins talking about Letters from Hollywood. I recommend Moorcock’s latest trilogy The Sanctuary of the … Continue reading "Michael Moorcock Ep. 64" The post Michael Moorcock Ep. 64 first appeared on The GROGNARD Files.

Continuing to find inspiration from urban horror/fantasy, in this episode we look at The Stranger Times and Children of the Stones

Join us as we discover the places and people 'between' with Paul Mitchener, creator of Liminal RPG

Another repeat! This the next in the ongoing campaign to remaster the files from the early GROGPODs. Some of the early ones are difficult to hear, so this has been equalised. It does result in some strange gaps and distortions, but nothing too distracting I hope. The roll of dice are missing from here because … Continue reading "Call of Cthulhu Ep.2 (Part 2) – REMASTERED"

You'll need at least two brews and a whole packet of Hob Nobs while we go on and on about UK Games Expo 2023.

Join Dirk the Dice, climbing to the top of Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh for an episode that we used to label ‘extra’ but who cares if they have an episode number? Jon Cohen from Tale of the Manticore joins us to share his First, Last and Everything. He mentions Mythic and The Quiet Year in … Continue reading "Tale of the Manticore (with Jon Cohen) ep.62"

The early episodes are steadily being remastered with an extra segment reflecting on the episode eight years on.

Star Frontiers returns. This time we are looking for adventure!

This time we look at a TSR classic and consider the history of the company post Gygax

Don't panic, it's only a game, sit back have a hob nob, as we explore satan, RPGs and Tom Hanks .... Aye!