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“What a fantastic find!
Like Dirk and his old mates, I’ve recently rediscovered gaming after a long hiatus. Thankfully no fellow grognards bought my rpgs when I decided to stick them on ebay so I ended up reading the rulebooks and scenarios again and sending my tendrils out into the Podcast feeds for anything rpg oriented. I listened to a lot of US power-gamer live-play feeds etc and was still humming and hawing about whether or not to actually start playing again.
Then I discovered The Gorgnard Files!
Dirk and his mates discuss and reminisce about the glory days of classic rpgs from the 80’s and onwards, White Dwarf and game mechanics. Instead of the sometimes prevalent 'intellect jocks’ on US podcasts (only some of them - I don’t want to generalise), listening to The Grognard Files is like having a blether with your gaming mates in the pub.
Listening to The Grognard Files has given me the impetus to actually get out of my armchair, stop merely reading the rulebooks and actually start gaming again. And it’s every bit as much fun as my memory and The Armchair Adventurers’ would suggest!
And then even something unexpected and new . . . whoever would have thought the Bolton accent could be so addictive? The aural equivalent of rubharb-crumble and custard, I find myself not only smiling at the tones but translating what others are saying to me into a Bolton-esque patois, ‘talking bobbins’ about this and that.
The only awful thing about The Grognard Files is that Dirk and his mates aren’t being payed by some wealthy benefactor to issue new episodes daily, rather than monthly.
Fantastic stuff! Keep it up guys!”Read full review »
Gavnard via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
02/28/16
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“I seriously have to ration this podcast as its equisitely scripted nostalgia takes a lot of time to craft. If only these guys could go pro and release one a week I would be in heaven.”
Goodmania7000 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/19/18
“After initially bouncing off of early episodes I eventually went back to this podcast and I'm glad I did as it's now easily the podcast highlight of my month. For people (mainly men, to be fair) of a certain age and bent, this is like being wrapped in a soft warm blanket of nostalgia with...”Read full review »
Wayne Peters via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
08/10/19
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“I’ve been listening for the last year and has reignited a real RPG passion. I occasionally bought books, read them, then placed back on the shelf. I bought copies of TMNT, Stormbringer, call of Cthulhu all off eBay, all titles I owned as a youngster, looking to revisit those lands perhaps one...”Read full review »
Sinbadthedog via Apple Podcasts ·
Great Britain ·
04/14/19
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