The Warlock of Firetop Mountain

10/6/2017

Jason & Tom are talking about The Warlock of Firetop Mountain!

The Basic Crawl
Overview (00:21)
Things we liked about the module (02:31)
Questions we had about the module (10:44)
Chain Lightning Round (18:33)

The Expert Delve
Staginess and the historical background of the module (22:06)
Running the module as a futuristic theme park (29:48)

Companion Adventures
Out of Body by Dance of the Dead (38:39)
Fighting Fantasy Gamebooks (40:00)
Cheat Your Own Adventure RPG (41:25)

3 Comments

Ivan

12/17/2017 05:05:57 am

Fond nostalgia for WoFM gamebook and boardgame but I can see it not working as a proper RPG module.

I would loooove to hear you discuss the Warhammer classic The Enemy Within campaign, especially since Shadows Over Bögenhafen is now readily available as a pdf!

Sean Smith link

4/12/2018 08:10:49 am

This was great to listen to! I've such nostalgia for WoFTM: we used to read it around the picnic tables at primary school and I still cite it as the reason I teach English now.

It might be of interest to you (especially Tom) that I've hacked Maze Rats to make it feel more Fighting Fantasy; if you'd care to look it over I'm certainly happy to send you a comp copy of QUARREL & FABLE! http://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/231601/Quarrel--Fable

Jason

12/15/2020 12:03:22 pm

Just listened to this episode. I’m from Canada and I grew up on the Fighting Fantasy game books. A local book store carried them and I devoured them! I was 10 or so at the time, and it was a gateway into D&D proper.

I am currently running this module for kids as an intro to TTRPGs because it is not very grim, is a fun house, and has lots of silly encounters.

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