Fear of a Black Dragon

3/30/2021

Prison of the Hated Pretender

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The Basic Crawl
00:00:21 - Overview
00:02:49 - How have we used this in our games?
00:03:08 - Things we liked about this adventure
00:19:29 - Questions we had about this adventure
00:24:14- Chain Lightning Round

The Expert Delve
00:25:41 - Daylight Dungeoneering!

Companion Adventures
00:42:28 - Film
00:47:15 - Games
00:48:23 - Mythology

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3/21/2021

Revolution Comes to the Kingdom

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Jason interviews Tom
00:00:21 - Overview
00:02:38 - Tom, where's the nerd stuff?
00:05:31 - Some quotes from the game and notes on tone
00:07:05 - Mechanics talk
00:13:41 - Squads
00:16:26 - Setting Imagery and Inspirations
00:18:39 - Why did Tom make this game?
00:20:32 - The Supernatural Side of RCTK
00:23:55 - What are the Eight Evil Thoughts?
00:26:24 - A run-through of one of the Fastnesses
00:33:25 - Where can you get RCTK?
https://www.patreon.com/porcupinepublishing

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2/21/2021

Death Ziggurat

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The Basic Crawl
00:00:25 - Overview
00:02:16 - How have we used this in our games?
00:02:39 - Things we liked about this adventure
00:14:07 - Questions we had about this adventure
00:18:13- Chain Lightning Round

The Expert Delve
00:19:54 - Running a frozen-wastes based adventure
00:25:15 - Performance Tips
00:29:19 - Mechanics Ideas
00:34:37 - Thematic Techniques

Companion Adventures
00:41:45 - Film
00:42:32 - Video Games
00:43:37 - Music
00:44:16 - RPG
00:46:19 - YouTube playthrough

Perseverant: A Story Game of Desperate Survival by Ben Dutter was the name of the RPG mentioned but not named in Companion Adventures

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2/14/2021

Dream Factory

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The Basic Crawl
00:00:20 - Overview
00:02:45 - How have we used this in our games?
00:03:04 - Things we liked about this adventure
00:22:03 - Questions we had about this adventure
00:25:21 - Chain Lightning Round

The Expert Delve
00:27:52 - Designing or Modifying Scenarios for Emergent Horror

Companion Adventures
00:45:35 - Film
00:49:25 - Music
00:49:48 - Games

Mother, directed by Vsevolod Pudovkin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlP9uGQ56ag

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1/28/2021

The Bruja, The Beast and The Barrow

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The Basic Crawl
00:00:20 - Overview
00:01:44 - How have we used this in our games?
00:02:05 - Things we liked about this adventure
00:11:52 - Questions we had about this adventure
00:19:47 - Chain Lightning Round

The Expert Delve
00:21:04 - How can you build on a small dungeon?

Companion Adventures
00:39:50 - Film
00:40:38 - Interactive website
00:41:11 - RPG
00:42:22 - YouTube playthrough

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12/14/2020

Christmas Cracker 2020

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TWO Basic Crawls
00:01:22 - Tom reviews Unholy Land
00:06:28 - Jason reviews DCC module - The Doom that Came to Christmas Town

The Expert Delve
00:14:11 - Running RPGs for your non-gamer friends (who you might need to hang out with during the holidays)

New Year's Gamer Resolutions
00:35:30 - Tom's Resolutions
00:38:45 - Jason's Resolutions
0040:14 - Listener Resolutions

Companion Adventures
00:48:48 - Presents for Mystery Gamers
00:49:16 - Movies and TV Shows
00:53:38 - A Poem

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12/3/2020

Trophy Preorder Special Episode

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Trophy RPG is now available for preorder! Check out the Trophy preorder store here.

In this special episode Trophy author Jesse Ross sits down with Trophy publisher Jason Cordova to announce the preorders, give an update on the state of the project, and talk about some of the additions and refinements that are being made to Trophy since it was originally released in Codex.

More links:
To keep the discussion going, join us on the Trophy Discord server!
Check out The Trophy Podcast!

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11/23/2020

Something Rotten in Kislev

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The Basic Crawl
00:00:21 - Overview
00:06:28 - How have we used this in our games?
00:06:47 - Things we liked about this adventure
00:26:48 - Questions we had about this adventure
00:32:35 - Chain Lightning Round

The Expert Delve
00:35:55 - The Middle Eight, from Tom

Companion Adventures
00:45:42 - Games
00:46:32 - Podcast
00:47:59 - TV
00:49:40 - Music

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10/14/2020

The Chained Coffin

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The Basic Crawl
00:00:21 - Overview
00:04:06 - How have we used this in our games?
00:04:55 - Things we liked about this adventure
00:19:43 - Questions we had about this adventure
00:26:15 - Chain Lightning Round

The Expert Delve
00:29:01 - Tom schools us on intertextuality

Companion Adventures
00:45:42 - Books
00:50:04 - Music
00:51:06 - Films
00:52:10 - Podcast
00:53:29 - Game (Southern Holler - https://lhcodega.itch.io/southern-holler)

Texas Monthly article: https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-power/

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9/22/2020

Bandits of Bunglewood

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The Basic Crawl
00:00:21 - Overview
00:03:26 - How have we used this in our games?
00:03:48 - Things we liked about this adventure
00:14:18 - Questions we had about this adventure
00:24:16 - Chain Lightning Round

The Expert Delve
00:26:32 - How to adapt older adventures so they appeal to a modern audience

Companion Adventures
00:46:36 - Film
00:47:41 - Game
00:48:15 - Book
00:49:00 - Some Kobold Ken from Jason

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