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The Red Dice Diaries

A journey through the world of RPGs from the viewpoint of a long-time GM and player. RSS feed: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1812670.rss Where else to find me: https://wheretofind.me/@Reddic... Read more

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Voicemails & Thoughts following first B/X Essentials Session

Voicemails & Thoughts following first B/X Essentials Session

In this episode I answer some voicemails and chat a bit about my thoughts following my first Thousand Lands hex-crawl ga... Read more

12 Jan 2019

15mins

Ranked #2

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Thoughts on the Stygian Library

Thoughts on the Stygian Library

In this episode I give my thoughts on the Stygian Library supplement I used recently in my Midderlands game, and receive... Read more

4 Sep 2019

12mins

Ranked #3

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Further Burning Wheel Discussion

Further Burning Wheel Discussion

In this episode, Johannes, Mathew and myself discuss our recent Burning Wheel session and chat a little more about this ... Read more

16 Nov 2019

2hr 8mins

Ranked #4

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Just Get to the Damn Game

Just Get to the Damn Game

In the latest episode of our Podcast I talk about the trend for unnecessary prologue pages in some RPGs.--- Send in a vo... Read more

24 Jul 2018

6mins

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What the OSR means to me?

What the OSR means to me?

There has been a discussion on the Audio Dungeon Discord Server recently about what the OSR means to people? So I though... Read more

10 Jan 2020

12mins

Ranked #6

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D&D Market Dominance

D&D Market Dominance

Lloyd Gyan, Johannes Paavola and myself talk about the upsides and downsides of D&D's market dominance, and I use th... Read more

29 Jul 2018

26mins

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The Role of the GM

The Role of the GM

In this podcast episode I'm joined by Whitt, John Drury and Lloyd Gyan to talk about the role of the GM in tabletop RPGs... Read more

7 Mar 2019

1hr 2mins

Ranked #8

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Stars Without Number Unique Foci

Stars Without Number Unique Foci

In this episode Johannes Paavola and myself chat about our recent playtesting of 'Behind the Walls' and also discuss me ... Read more

13 Dec 2018

1hr 14mins

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Maps, coolness vs. functionality

Maps, coolness vs. functionality

In this episode I chat about my the ongoing struggle for map supremacy between functionality and coolness/looking good.-... Read more

1 Aug 2018

5mins

Ranked #10

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Countdowns & Consequences

Countdowns & Consequences

In this episode I'm talking about countdowns, one of the tools that I use to help track plotlines in my games.--- Send i... Read more

6 Aug 2018

6mins

Ranked #11

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Meanderthals

Meanderthals

In this bonus voicemail episode I answer some call-ins concerning the topic of primitive humans, evolution and how civil... Read more

4 Jan 2020

11mins

Ranked #12

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White Star

White Star

In this episode I talk about White Star written by James M Spahn, a game of OSR sci-fi that I had great fun running at U... Read more

16 Jun 2019

17mins

Ranked #13

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GMing Rough Spot

GMing Rough Spot

In this episode I talk a bit about my own recent GM-ing rough spot and how I kept my enthusiasm going, I also answer som... Read more

18 Jun 2019

23mins

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B/X Essentials and Table Fables

B/X Essentials and Table Fables

I chat a bit about some books I've purchased recently.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh... Read more

4 Aug 2018

9mins

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Setting Agnostic vs Setting Specific

Setting Agnostic vs Setting Specific

In this episode I chat a bit about setting agnostic and setting specific RPGs.Theme tune is Exotica by Juanitos, used un... Read more

28 Jun 2019

15mins

Ranked #16

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How Hannah Looks at RPG Books

How Hannah Looks at RPG Books

In this episode my lovely wife Hannah is back to talk about her method of choosing RPG books, and what she looks for.---... Read more

3 Aug 2018

5mins

Ranked #17

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Responding to voicemails about D&D market dominance

Responding to voicemails about D&D market dominance

In this episode I respond to a couple of voicemails received from Old Man Grognard and Colin from the Spikepit about our... Read more

31 Jul 2018

10mins

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Voicemails, Lamentations, Encumbrance and Burning Wheel.

Voicemails, Lamentations, Encumbrance and Burning Wheel.

In this bonus episode I answer some voicemail messages from Pete Jones and Jason Connerley.Links to Burning Wheel actual... Read more

28 Nov 2019

13mins

Ranked #19

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D6 Thieves, Strange Races and Photogenic Dice

D6 Thieves, Strange Races and Photogenic Dice

In this Ostrich Seasonal Roustabout bonus episode of Red Dice Diaries I answer some call-ins about weird races, thieves ... Read more

23 Dec 2019

20mins

Ranked #20

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RPG Bugbears: Thieves Stealing from the Player Party

RPG Bugbears: Thieves Stealing from the Player Party

In this RPG Bugbears episode I talk about player-character thieves stealing from the rest of the party, and why I'm not ... Read more

29 Nov 2019

12mins

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