Joethelawyer's Analog Mancave

By Joethelawyer

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Episodes: 216

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Joe is an old bastard who puts out videos on D&D, both old school and new. He’s been playing D&D since 1984. He sometimes does videos with his brother Mike, called the Joe and Bro Firepit Show, where they talk about the D&D games they each play and run, while sitting in his brother’s backyard around his firepit. Roscoe the dog, known as “Squirrelbane” to his enemies, sometimes visits while they yammer on. There’s usually much alcohol and other semi-legal things consumed during these shows, so they aren’t for the faint of heart. Often, they aren’t even coherent or comprehensible.

Episode Date
Try GP for XP to Stop the Endless Combat Slogs in Your Game
May 11, 2026
Dark Sun Fans Unite!
May 11, 2026
Hoard of the Dragon Queen: Fixing Castle Naerytar (Old School 5e — Ep 4)
May 11, 2026
WotC Left Every 5e DM To Drown
May 08, 2026
The Battle to Determine the Best Edition of D&D! ...And Other Random Crap
May 05, 2026
Stop Rolling Persuasion in Your 5e D&D Game
May 04, 2026
Wherein I Turn In My Grognard Membership Card
May 01, 2026
I'm a Fraud
Apr 30, 2026
What's It Like Gaming With Your Brother For Decades, Working With Gary, And Bringing Zagyg To Life!
Apr 27, 2026
5e D&D Killed the Thief (And Nobody Noticed)
Apr 27, 2026
How to Actually Fix Hoard of the Dragon Queen (Old School Style) (Pt. 2) | Old School Your 5E
Apr 26, 2026
Live Interview With Solarian Games and Mod Con Founders Peter Bryant and Jayson Elliot!
Apr 26, 2026
These DungeonTubers Are A Bunch Of Quitters!
Apr 26, 2026
Why Character Death is Good for your 5e Campaign...Really!
Apr 20, 2026
How to Actually Fix Hoard of the Dragon Queen (Old School Style) (Pt. 1) | Old School Your 5E
Apr 20, 2026
Sunday Knight Special: Changing Rules In The Middle Of a Game? And Other Awesome Topics
Apr 20, 2026
When and How to Change Rules Mid-Game
Apr 20, 2026
Join Me LIVE to Celebrate 5000 Subs! BYOB and Herb! Random Guests Expected!
Apr 20, 2026
The Best of the Best of Gary Gygax's Appendix N Books...and My Personal Favorite
Apr 20, 2026
Did The Internet Ruin Organic D&D Gaming Culture? What The Heck Am I Talking About?
Apr 20, 2026
Are D&D Game Streamers SCREWING UP Adventure And Game Design and BREAKING What D&D Actually Is?
Apr 20, 2026
As We Go Through Each Stage In Life, We Go Through Similar Stages As D&D Players
Apr 20, 2026
Grab an Ale, a Pipe, and Some Good Pipeweed and Join Us for the First D&D Firepit Show of the Year!
Apr 20, 2026
Lost Livestream! What Makes a Great GM
Apr 20, 2026
Why There is a Big Difference Between Old School DM'ing and Modern DM'ing
Apr 20, 2026
Grab an Ale, a Pipe, and Some Good Pipeweed and Join Us for the First D&D Firepit Show of the Year!
Apr 20, 2026
Sunday Knight Special: New School Skill Checks and Lots of Other Topics
Apr 20, 2026
Stop Writing Your 5e D&D Sessions. Start Writing Situations.
Apr 13, 2026
Why Your 5e D&D Sessions Feel EMPTY (And The Old School FIX)
Apr 06, 2026
Druskara: A Brutal Shadowdark Setting Where Survival is the Only Victory
Apr 05, 2026
What Happened to the OSR? Is it Changing? Evolving? Dying?
Mar 20, 2026
"New Age" Skill Checks Suck
Mar 14, 2026
What D&D Adventure (Other Than Dragonlance!) Would Make The Best Movie? You'll Be Surprised!
Mar 14, 2026
Sunday Knight Special: Weather in Your D&D Games
Mar 14, 2026
Sunday Knight Special: Weather in Your D&D Games
Mar 14, 2026
Totalcon Review and Swag! Game Review! (I Killed a PC in Session One Friday) BYOB!
Mar 14, 2026
Are You On The Hero's Journey With Your PC? Or Is D&D About Self Exploration For You?
Mar 14, 2026
D&D As Therapy...Whether You Like It Or Not! With Special Guest Mr. Welch!
Mar 14, 2026
D&D is Not Therapy....But It Can Be Therapeutic
Mar 14, 2026
D&D YouTuber Chillstream! BYOB (and Cheetos!)
Mar 14, 2026
Who Has Narrative Control Over the Game Mechanics and Setting in Your Campaign?
Mar 14, 2026
WOTC Retconning, Breaking and Changing Your Favorite Settings. With Special Guest Mr. Welch!
Feb 03, 2026
Who Has What And Where? Why It Can Mean The Difference Between Life Or Death...And Still Be Fun!
Feb 03, 2026
They Planned It Like Eisenhower Planned D-Day....AND IT WAS FUN!
Feb 02, 2026
Why I Think World Spanning Organizations Like The Harpers Hurt Your Game
Feb 01, 2026
Surely It's A Sign Of The Apocalypse
Jan 31, 2026
Why Are You So Damn Scared?!?!
Jan 30, 2026
There Is No Such Thing As Overprepping. Here's Why!
Jan 29, 2026
How You Can Have Fun Without Rolling Dice For An Entire Session!
Jan 28, 2026
What's The Difference Between Houserules And A List Of Rulings Any Why It Matters
Jan 27, 2026
Lunchtime Unboxing Mycologist's Primer!
Jan 26, 2026
Snowpocalypse D&D Chillstream! BYOB!
Jan 26, 2026
How Many Sessions Should It Take To Level Up?
Jan 26, 2026
Check Out The D&D Goodies Santa Brought Me!
Jan 25, 2026
How The X-Files Show Can Give You Insights Into The Types Of Games You Run
Jan 24, 2026
There's a Lot to Learn From Older Adventures
Jan 23, 2026
My Thoughts On What Is Required Of An Old School D&D Game, Based On My Recent Experiences.
Jan 22, 2026
Here's a Superhack to Make Your Next Game Even Better!
Jan 21, 2026
Lots of DungeonTuber AI Slop and Cheap Content Lately. Authenticity is the New Coin of the Realm!
Jan 20, 2026
Sunday Night Special: Storytelling Killed Exploration...Is That a Good Thing? With Guest Don Semora!
Jan 19, 2026
Sunday Night Special: Gatekeeping in RPG's, D&D, and the OSR
Jan 18, 2026
Sunday Knight Special: Stranger Things and D&D
Jan 18, 2026
Random Encounter Tables: Should You Use Them? The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly!
Jan 18, 2026
Sunday Night Special: PC Death and Why it's a Good Thing. With Special Guest Don Semora!
Jan 18, 2026
The Best And Worst Adventures EVER!!! Sunday Knight Special Simulcast!
Jan 18, 2026
A DM Is Not A Storyteller....But Exploration Isn't The Solution. Hard Work Is Required!
Jan 18, 2026
Gary Said What?!?!
Jan 18, 2026
Why You Shouldn't Shy Away From Killing PC's
Jan 18, 2026
Is AI RPG Slop Inevitable? Should You Use It At Your Game Table?
Jan 18, 2026
Feeling Overwhelmed with the Forgotten Realms? Here's How to Start an Old School D&D Campaign!
Jan 18, 2026
I'm Gonna Do Something Weird...
Jan 18, 2026
Yes, the OSR Does Gatekeep
Jan 18, 2026
Thoughts on D&D Influences After a Visit to the Local Barnes and Noble
Jan 18, 2026
I'm An OSR Heretic
Jan 18, 2026
It's The Hair Show! Join Greg and I As We Discuss His Experience with Daggerheart and Game Design
Jan 18, 2026
Stranger Things and D&D's Resurgence
Jan 18, 2026
If I Owned D&D What Would I Do?
Jan 18, 2026
Adventure Creation With Tim Shorts of Gothridge Manor! Long Weekend Extravaganza!
Jan 18, 2026
Celebrate our Channel Milestones! Plus I'll translate Greg's Sciencey/Mathy Dungeon Analysis!
Jan 18, 2026
More Great Troll Lord Games Books! Live Unboxing!
Jan 18, 2026
Do You Mix Sci Fi and Fantasy at Your Game Table?
Jan 18, 2026
The Best And Worst Adventures EVER!!! Sunday Knight Special Simulcast!
Nov 23, 2025
Why Did We Have Level Limits For Various Races Back in the Day?
Nov 22, 2025
Esper the Bard Gets It! I Was Pleasantly Surprised At This Video
Nov 21, 2025
Enjoy My Session Zero Screwups!
Nov 20, 2025
Why You Should Start To Worldbuild By Creating Maps Before Anything Else
Nov 19, 2025
What Would Conan Do? The Key to Great Adventure Design
Nov 19, 2025
What Makes a Great Game Convention? How to Recognize Signs of a Bad One.
Nov 18, 2025
Why I'll Never Run a Megadungeon or Long Hexcrawl Again
Nov 17, 2025
They Didn't Even Die... Session One is in the Can!
Nov 17, 2025
Glynn Seal is an Amazingly Talented ENnie Award Winning Artist, Cartographer and Writer.
Nov 17, 2025
Am I a Critter? Yes, No, Maybe? Check Out My Critical Role Experience!
Nov 16, 2025
Come Hang Out and BYOB! Updates on What's Been Going On!
Nov 16, 2025
I've Turned to the Dark Side and No Longer Use Random Encounters. Wanna Know Why?
Nov 15, 2025
Game Conventions: How to Pick a Good One and Avoid the Bad Ones
Nov 15, 2025
The Joys of Playing and Running the More Robust Rules Systems of the OSR
Nov 14, 2025
Am I a Critter? Yes, No, Maybe? Check Out My Critical Role Experience!
Nov 13, 2025
With ALL the Changes, How is My RPG Still a 5e HACK? HERE'S HOW!
Nov 13, 2025
Something is OFF with this Boardgame Posing as an RPG
Nov 12, 2025
He Finally Gets It! My Padawan is Learning!! Greg Gets is RIGHT in His Last Phandelver Video!
Nov 11, 2025
Come Hang Out and Talk! BYOB! 11-9-25 Chillstream
Nov 10, 2025
What I Learned From Prepping and Running My First City Based Campaign
Nov 10, 2025
Progress! Greg Christopher is Mostly Right in His Third Video Reviewing Lost Mines of Phandelver
Nov 10, 2025
DM Wisdom: The True Purpose of Session Zero Point Five and How to Run It
Nov 09, 2025
He's Learning! Pt. Two of Why I Disagree With Greg Christopher's Review of Lost Mines of Phandelver
Nov 09, 2025
Ever Wonder WHY So Many D&D 5e Peeps Moved Into OSR D&D Games? Look No Further!
Nov 08, 2025
Why is Gary Gygax's DMG Still So Good After All These Decades?
Nov 08, 2025
What's in the BOX?!?! Dolmenwood Live Unboxing
Nov 07, 2025
Why I Disagree With Greg Christopher's Review Of Lost Mines Of Phandelver
Nov 06, 2025
Gen X Hardcore 5e! OSR Style!
Nov 05, 2025
The RPG Hobby Is For Everyone. But Is Your Game Table?
Nov 04, 2025
You Have Questions? I Have Answers! Ask Away! Ask Me Anything Livestream
Oct 20, 2025
Radically Improve Your Boring, Slow D&D 5e Combat Slog-Fests w/ These Old School | OSR Combat Tips!
Aug 27, 2025
Grab a Drink and a Smoke and Join Us as We Discuss All Things D&D. Taking Questions!
Aug 27, 2025
YouTube Is Modifying Popular YouTubers' Videos With A. I. Without Their Permission! What's Real?!?
Aug 25, 2025
WOTC Really Screwed This Up. Their FAILED VTT Strategy Produced a LOUSY RPG That Harkens Back To 4e
Aug 22, 2025
Often Wrong But Never In Doubt.....Wrong Again Ben Drops Some More ANTI-WISDOM on us.
Aug 21, 2025
WOTC is Officially DEAD. Seattle Based HR Must Be In Charge of Creative Now
Aug 20, 2025
Three Hearts and Three Lions! Join Me In The Inaugural Appendix N Book Club Livestream
Aug 20, 2025
Join And Be Jealous of MY NEW STUFF!! :) Plus You'll Hear Some EXCITING NEWS!
Aug 20, 2025
Do You Go For Crazy Eyed Women Like Starbuck? DS9 v. BSG! Star Wars v. Game of Thrones! And More!
Jul 29, 2025
Creating a Bridge Between OSR Old School D&D and New School D&D | D&D 2024 and D&D 5e OSR Crossover
Jul 28, 2025
Ask Me Why I Bought The D&D 2024 PHB, Check Out My New Gandalf Pipe, And Talk Battlestar Galactica.
Jul 28, 2025
Rob Closes Out His Kickstarter Live!
Jul 18, 2025
Adventurer Conqueror King LIVE Unboxing!!!
Jul 17, 2025
Why Distinct Spells For Every Class Will Improve Your Game
Jul 16, 2025
A Deep Dive Conversation With Alexander Macris of Autarch. Creator of Adventurer Conqueror King
Jul 15, 2025
The Matt Jackson Celebrity Roast!!!
Jul 14, 2025
A Deep Dive Conversation With James Raggi, Creator of Lamentations of the Flame Princess
Jul 14, 2025
A Deep Dive Conversation with Rob Conley of Bat in the Attic Games
Jul 13, 2025
Is 5e D&D The Most Overrated RPG Product Ever Made?
May 13, 2025
Greg Christopher Goes Over His Incredible Product Catalog
May 09, 2025
Greg Christopher's Advice To Aspiring RPG Publishers
May 08, 2025
Greg Christopher's On Overcoming Failure
May 07, 2025
Greg Christopher's Favorite Things!
May 06, 2025
The Role Of Gods and Religion In Your Fantasy RPG Setting
May 06, 2025
Greg Christopher On Whether Shadowdark Is A True OSR Game
May 05, 2025
A Deep Dive Conversation With Joe Bloch, The Greyhawk Grognard, Of BRW Games
May 05, 2025
Pre-Gym Hangout! Taking Questions For The Big Joe Bloch Interview Saturday!
May 05, 2025
Greg Christopher Shares His Creative Process
May 04, 2025
Greg Christopher Shares His Thoughts On Why You Should Write And Publish RPG Products
May 02, 2025
Greg Christopher Shares His Thoughts On the BROsr, NUsr, Indy, OSR, and DIY Games
May 01, 2025
The Role Of Economics In Your Fantasy RPG Setting
Apr 30, 2025
Live Review: Temple Of Elemental Evil. The Deepest Review On YouTube.
Apr 30, 2025
Joe and Bro Firepit Show is Live For the First Time Ever!
Apr 30, 2025
3500 Member Celebration Livestream! Ask Me Anything! Reading Letters! Bring Your Own Booze!
Apr 25, 2025
How To Handle Wars And Disasters In Your Campaign. Part of My How To Be An Awesome GM Series Episode
Apr 22, 2025
The Chubby Funster Greg Christopher Shares His Thoughts On 5e D&D
Apr 18, 2025
Greg Christopher of Chubby Funster Shares His Thoughts on D&D 5.5 and the Future of WOTC
Apr 16, 2025
Why Genuine Authenticity Is The New Coin Of The Realm On D&D RPG YouTube
Apr 15, 2025
D&D Classic Collection Minis Unboxing!
Apr 15, 2025
Feltothraxis Returns!!! And He's Drunk As F**K.
Apr 15, 2025
The Lord Of ShadowDark Speaks! A Longform Interview With Greg Christopher Of Chubby Funster
Apr 13, 2025
Big Channel News! Plus I Just Want To Hang And BS With You Guys
Apr 13, 2025
Live Review: Night Below. The Deepest Review On YouTube. We'll Be Here For Hours!
Apr 02, 2025
How To Create Immersion Through Developing Your Campaign World's History
Mar 31, 2025
Will There Be A New Edition After The Failure of 5.5 and the Sigil VTT?
Mar 30, 2025
How Playing D&D Can Help With Loneliness, And Maybe Even Help You Find True Love...Like These Peeps!
Mar 27, 2025
How to Create Your Game World From Scratch
Mar 26, 2025
High Fantasy, Low Fantasy, and the Types of Settings You Can GM Games In
Mar 25, 2025
Internal Memo Leaked! It's Worse Than We Thought! WOTC is a DISASTER of a Company to Work For!
Mar 19, 2025
It Seems Like WOTC Gave Up On The VTT. What's This Mean For D&D's Future?
Mar 19, 2025
Does Anyone Believe His Bullsh*t?
Mar 19, 2025
Live Review: The Red Hand of Doom. The Deepest Review on YouTube
Mar 19, 2025
How Has He Never Had This Happen To Him?
Mar 19, 2025
I Share What I Learned From Running Several Multi-Year Campaigns
Mar 19, 2025
Live Review: The Dark Tower. The Deepest Review of This Adventure You'll Ever Find
Mar 19, 2025
Nothing Good Will Come Of This For Pen and Paper D&D Players
Mar 19, 2025
Live Review: The Lost Mine of Phandelver. The Deepest Review of This Adventure You'll Ever Find
Mar 19, 2025
How to End Campaigns...Using Real Life Examples
Mar 06, 2025
Session Zero-Point-Five. What it is and Why it's Necessary
Feb 18, 2025
Fonzie Says the D&D Rule of Cool is NOT COOL!!
Feb 18, 2025
Live Review: The Keep on the Borderlands B2. The Deepest Review of This Adventure You'll Ever Find
Feb 17, 2025
How to Run Session Zero---Everything You Need to Know
Feb 16, 2025
Classes and Races in Your Campaign World
Feb 13, 2025
Review: The Village of Hommlet T1. The Deepest and Best Review of This Adventure You'll Find Anywhere
Feb 10, 2025
How To Write The Recent History of Your Campaign World
Feb 08, 2025
How Geography Shapes More Than Just the Land in Your RPG Campaigns
Feb 04, 2025
Why Myths and Legends are Important to Your Campaign and How to Create Them
Feb 03, 2025
Saturday Livestream Feb. 1, 2025
Feb 02, 2025
What Sandbox Campaigns Are and Why They Are The Best
Feb 02, 2025
How I Handle Alignment
Jan 31, 2025
LIVE!!! The Nuts and Bolts of GM'ing...The Little Things That Really Matter
Jan 31, 2025
How to Handle Illusions in Your Game as a GM
Jan 30, 2025
All the Important Things You Need To Keep Track of as a GM in Your Games
Jan 28, 2025
How to Handle TPK's as a GM
Jan 27, 2025
Best Practices for Writing Adventures & Should I Start Reviewing Old and New Adventures?
Jan 27, 2025
Quantum Ogres and The Illusion of Free Will
Jan 24, 2025
How to Handle New Players, Mixing it Up With Classes, Social Skill Checks, Running Multiple PC's
Jan 23, 2025
Knowing the Rules, When to Roll and When to Make It Up, Random Tables and AI Use.
Jan 22, 2025
I'm Now Everywhere! Big Thanks to Gary From Nerdrotic!
Jan 21, 2025
Running the Game: It's Your Game! Run It How You Want To, Game Balance, Backstory, Multiple PC
Jan 20, 2025
Running the Game: Issues--Distractions, Food, Cancelations, OOC Yacking, Fighting, Props
Jan 20, 2025
Running the Game: Players: How Many, How to Find Them, Where to Play, and Scheduling.
Jan 20, 2025
GM Prep for Online Games
Jan 20, 2025
GM Prep : General Prep, and Prep for In-Person Games
Jan 20, 2025
The Do's of GM'ing: Part Three of Three
Jan 20, 2025
The Do's of GM'ing: Part Two of Three
Jan 20, 2025
The Do's of GM'ing: Part One of Three
Jan 20, 2025
The Don'ts of GM'ing
Jan 20, 2025
How to Handle Overly Sensitive Players as a GM
Jan 20, 2025
The Fine Art of GM'ing.....Be a CHEF! Not a COOK!
Jan 20, 2025
The GM is NOT a Storyteller! Put the Pen Away Shakespeare!
Jan 20, 2025
The Worst Types of Players You'll Encounter as GM. Ban Them ALL
Jan 20, 2025
The Types of Players You'll Encounter as GM: The Good ones
Jan 20, 2025
The Style of Games You'll Run as a GM.
Jan 20, 2025
The Types of Games You Can GM.
Jan 20, 2025
The Many Hats You'll Wear as a GM.
Jan 20, 2025
What is this Old School Renaissance OSR Thing? Learn Everything About it Here and Join in the Fun!
Jan 20, 2025
Not Happy with One D&D 5e 5.5 6e ? Check Out the OSR! An Introduction
Jan 20, 2025
DM Advice: Setting Player Expectations for Your Old School Style OSR D&D Campaign for 5e Players
Jan 20, 2025
WOTC Hates You. The Digital/Analog Divide is Here. Choose a side.
Jan 20, 2025
Is 2e AD&D Old School | OSR ? Why I'm Using 2e For My Next Campaign
Jan 20, 2025
WOTC Has a Big Problem With DM's...And They Will Pay a Price For It
Jan 20, 2025
How to Help 5e D&D Players Adjust to Your OSR Style Old School Game
Jan 20, 2025
How to Run Your First OSR Campaign if You're Coming From One D&D | 5e | 5.5 | 6e
Jan 20, 2025