Down in a Heap

By Rob c

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Episodes: 291

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A big pot of old school RPG stew. Cover art photo provided by Mathew Schwartz on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@cadop

Episode Date
Rob & Jason vs. The Universal Monsters: Creature From The Black Lagoon
May 07, 2024
Compleat Adventurer Deep Dive 3
May 04, 2024
The Compleat Adventurer Deep Dive 2, plus THANKS Jason!
Apr 27, 2024
The Compleat Adventurer Deep Dive: Part 1
Apr 10, 2024
The Big Wet Postdiluvian RPG Review
Mar 09, 2024
Throwing Spaghetti
Mar 07, 2024
Cairn RPG 1e Review
Feb 26, 2024
You Blew it Up!
Feb 20, 2024
New Year, New Conversations
Jan 23, 2024
Into the B/oX Holiday Call-in Bonanza
Dec 16, 2023
My Magic-user Attacks with their Axe! ??? How I’d rule on it.
Dec 06, 2023
Into the B/oX Combat Run-through 1
Nov 20, 2023
Different Approaches to Rock’em Sock’em Robots
Nov 13, 2023
Gary’s Appendix Issue 3 and OSR October wrap.
Oct 31, 2023
Into the B/oX: a Peanut Butter Cup Smash-up?
Oct 28, 2023
OSR October: A Guide to Thieves’ Guilds by Todd Leback
Oct 21, 2023
Gary’s Appendix Issue 2 for OSR October
Oct 17, 2023
Call-in OSR October
Oct 10, 2023
OSR October: Tuesday Tidbits - Jazz Up the Fighter
Oct 03, 2023
OSR October 2023: Episode 1
Oct 02, 2023
Placement of Treasure in B/X plus new Gary’s Appendix KS
Aug 04, 2023
Gary’s Appendix: Issue 1 plus calls
Jul 15, 2023
I Hate Bugs!
Jun 23, 2023
Knave 2e Kickstarter Talk plus Thieves, Advantage/Dis and the movie, The Last Valley
May 31, 2023
What’s Up? Knave 2e Kickstarter, S&W KS, Shadowdark KS thoughts.
May 23, 2023
Lore & Rumors on Planet Eris
Mar 03, 2023
“Acquisitions” From Backstory and a Transmission from Planet Eris
Feb 28, 2023
OSE Advanced Fantasy Deep Dive: 4
Jan 28, 2023
OSE Advanced Fantasy Deep Dive 3
Jan 18, 2023
OSE Advanced Fantasy Deep Dive 2
Jan 15, 2023
OSE Advanced Fantasy Deep Dive 1
Jan 10, 2023
Call-in Bonanza Ramble
Jan 08, 2023
Roll For Random Thoughts...December?
Dec 31, 2022
The School of Hard Knocks?
Nov 08, 2022
OSR October Finale: Planet Eris by Jimm Johnson
Oct 31, 2022
OSR October: Call-in Bonanza
Oct 30, 2022
OSR October: Thursday Theories (Friday Edition 🤣)
Oct 28, 2022
OSR October: Wednesday Wanderings - Whisper & Venom
Oct 27, 2022
OSR October: Tuesday Tidbits - Midderzine Tables
Oct 26, 2022
OSR October: Monster Monday - Name That Monster!
Oct 24, 2022
OSR October: Saturday Call-in Bonanza on Sunday 🤦‍♂️
Oct 24, 2022
OSR October: Thursday Theories - Bring Your Pole, Oil, & Rope
Oct 20, 2022
OSR October: Wednesday Wanderings among the clouds of Highfell by Greg Gillespie
Oct 19, 2022
OSR October: Tidbit Tuesday a Lifepath Random Generator
Oct 19, 2022
OSR October Mashup: Monster Friend Monday!
Oct 17, 2022
OSR October: Supplement Sunday going Back to BasiX
Oct 16, 2022
OSR October: Saturday Call-in Bonanza
Oct 15, 2022
OSR October: Thursday Theories - Don’t be a Dope
Oct 13, 2022
OSR October: Wednesday Wanderings into The Fungus Forest!
Oct 12, 2022
OSR October: Tidbit Tuesday - I Can’t Hardly Wait
Oct 11, 2022
OSR October: Monster Monday’s 2
Oct 10, 2022
OSR October: Supplement Sunday - Do you know your A, B, C’s?
Oct 09, 2022
OSR October: Saturday Call-in Bonanza
Oct 08, 2022
OSR October: Friend Friday with Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast
Oct 07, 2022
OSR October: Thursday Theories - Life is Cheap
Oct 06, 2022
OSR October: Wednesday Wanderings in the Slumbering Ursine Dunes
Oct 05, 2022
OSR October: Tuesday Tidbits - Use The Force Luke!
Oct 04, 2022
OSR October: Monster Monday’s 1
Oct 03, 2022
OSR October: Supplement Sunday Blackmarsh, by Rob Conley
Oct 02, 2022
OSR October! Day 1 - What is Rob c’s OSR?
Oct 01, 2022
OSR October: The Rough Outline
Sep 28, 2022
The Crits Keep Rolling...
Sep 21, 2022
Quick Cast: Magic Weapon Boon
Sep 04, 2022
Saturday Call-in Bonanza!
Sep 03, 2022
Crit Talk and How I’d Handle Them in my B/X or OSE Game
Aug 31, 2022
Roll For Random Thoughts Saturday 15
Aug 28, 2022
#RPGaDay 2022 in 30 minutes or less...or it’s free.
Aug 24, 2022
Roll For Random Thoughts Saturday 14
Aug 20, 2022
Fine Tuning OSR October?
Aug 19, 2022
Roll For Random Thoughts Saturday 13
Aug 13, 2022
OSR October: What’s it all About?
Aug 12, 2022
Roll For Random Thoughts Saturday 12
Aug 06, 2022
Wednesday Spotlight: The Barony of Starges by Tim Shorts
Aug 03, 2022
RPG a Day: What’s it All About?
Jul 31, 2022
Roll For Random Thoughts Saturday, 11(?)
Jul 30, 2022
A Wednesday Conversation...Behind a Pile of Dead Bards.
Jul 27, 2022
Roll For Random Thoughts Saturday
Jul 23, 2022
Are you PLAYING the game or playing THE GAME?
Jul 20, 2022
Roll For Random Thoughts Saturday
Jul 16, 2022
The Two Most Common House Rules in B/X (OSE) & My Opinions
Jul 13, 2022
Dice Dice Dice
Jul 12, 2022
Calls and Thoughts About Dice
Jul 02, 2022
My Friend Bill
Jun 28, 2022
Gaming Grab Bag and Cheese Nuggets
May 17, 2022
One for you...Two for me. How do you divvy up the Loot?
Mar 16, 2022
Ray’s OSE “Dilemma”
Mar 08, 2022
Call-in Bonanza 29
Feb 21, 2022
Quickie Thought: The Lord of Avarice
Jan 27, 2022
Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall... Who’s the Biggest Failure of Them All? Me.
Jan 23, 2022
Down in a Heap, the RPG: Advances
Jan 17, 2022
Why the hell do I play these kookie games?
Jan 15, 2022
Holiday Hubbub: Call-in Bonanza 28
Dec 30, 2021
Down in a Heap, the RPG Pt 3: Advancement + Calls
Dec 01, 2021
Call-in Bonanza 27: Let’s Talk DiaH, the RPG
Nov 22, 2021
Down in a Heap, the RPG: Pt. 2, Action!
Nov 20, 2021
Down in a Heap, the RPG - 1st Steps
Nov 13, 2021
Call-in Bonanza 26
Nov 12, 2021
Jason Throws the Gauntlet? Why the dissatisfaction with B/X?
Nov 08, 2021
Call-in Bonanza 25
Nov 06, 2021
Favorite Monster/Horror Movies: Midderzine Contest #4
Nov 02, 2021
Roll for Random Thoughts Saturday: Where an Idle Ref’s Mind Turns To?
Oct 30, 2021
Call-in Bonanza 24: Paladins Cause Heartburn?
Oct 25, 2021
Rob & Jason vs. The Universal Monsters: The Mummy!
Oct 23, 2021
Ride to Work Ramble: The Paladin/Ranger “Dilemma”
Oct 17, 2021
Rob & Jason vs. The Universal Monsters: Here Comes The Bride
Oct 12, 2021
Apprentice to Evoker in how many sessions?
Oct 11, 2021
Rolling Up a New PC plus mini call-in Bonanza
Oct 06, 2021
Rob & Jason vs. The Universal Monsters Pt. 2: Frankenstein!
Oct 05, 2021
Call-in Bonanza 23
Sep 29, 2021
Autumn Ramble: Narrative Currency +
Sep 26, 2021
Melancholy Monday
Aug 16, 2021
Call-in Bonanza 22? Plus a 13th “Tarnished Silver Nugget of Wisdom”
Aug 13, 2021
Cartoons! and the next Midderzine contest.
Aug 10, 2021
Middlemarch: What’s it all about?
Aug 05, 2021
Call-in Bonanza 21: the Mega Bonanza!
Jul 29, 2021
A Host of Henchmen: calls and the Midderzine contest reveal.
Jul 19, 2021
Happy 10th Anniversary Barrowmaze!
Jul 17, 2021
Out on Chaoses Limb with Roy
Jun 27, 2021
Swing & a Miss; Swing & a Hit: What do I Mean by “Swingy”?
Jun 13, 2021
Take Two - More Thoughts on the Swords & Wizardry Box Set
Jun 12, 2021
A Quick Chat About Thieves
Jun 11, 2021
Henchmen, Hirelings, and Sidekicks in your Classic D&D Games
Jun 10, 2021
Swords & Wizardry Box Set Review
Jun 02, 2021
Call-in Bonanza 20
May 18, 2021
Roll for Random Thoughts Thursday
May 06, 2021
Building Bridges with Spikepit
May 04, 2021
Call-in Bonanza 19
May 01, 2021
For the Record...
Apr 27, 2021
The Winner of the Lugosi/Midderzine Contest is....?!?
Apr 22, 2021
D&D Fight Club: 1st Level 5e Fighter vs. 1st Level B/X Fighter with retainers
Apr 20, 2021
Call-in Bonanza 18: D&D Fight Club
Apr 19, 2021
Responding to the Rant: Calls & Conversation
Apr 12, 2021
Name names & Show Specific Examples, please
Apr 08, 2021
Call-in Bonanza 17: Plus a Contest Announcement!
Apr 07, 2021
Rob & Jason vs. The Universal Monsters: Part 1 - Dracula 🧛‍♂️
Apr 03, 2021
Unboxing: Midderlands Goodies from Monkeyblood Design
Apr 01, 2021
Double Vision? Calls about running multiple PCs in the same game.
Mar 31, 2021
Unarmed Combat in Classic D&D (plus the merits of spontaneous casting).
Mar 27, 2021
Let’s Roll up a Dragon (or two)!
Mar 26, 2021
Multiple PC’s? The solution, or a problem?
Mar 25, 2021
Dragon Deep Dive: Swords & Wizardry and my House Rules for Dragons
Mar 19, 2021
Call-in Bonanza 16: “Spellburn”, Subdual, and Auguries
Mar 16, 2021
Call-in Bonanza 15
Mar 12, 2021
A Couple More S&W House Rules + Call-in Bonanza 14
Mar 04, 2021
Barrowmaze Appreciation Day?
Mar 04, 2021
Dragon Deep Dive: AD&D
Feb 28, 2021
My Little Problem: Zinequest 3
Feb 24, 2021
Dragon Deep Dive: B/X
Feb 21, 2021
Call-in Bonanza 13
Feb 18, 2021
Let’s Talk More Dragons!
Feb 12, 2021
Take Two - a Ridealong Ramble
Feb 11, 2021
Let’s talk more SHIELDS!
Feb 07, 2021
Do Dragons Have Opposable Thumbs?
Feb 04, 2021
Mixed Tape 3 -Duck & Cover!
Jan 28, 2021
Call-in Bonanza 12
Jan 28, 2021
Shields Shall Be Splintered!
Jan 24, 2021
Swords & Wizardry House Rules
Jan 22, 2021
Roll For Random Thoughts...Thursday?
Jan 21, 2021
B/X Deep Dive 11: DM Information Pt. 2 by Minions in a Heap
Jan 15, 2021
Call-in Bonanza 11
Jan 14, 2021
Why Swords & Wizardry?
Jan 13, 2021
Catching Up With Jason
Jan 07, 2021
What Color is it?
Jan 01, 2021
Thieves’ Guild After Action Report: Session 3
Dec 23, 2020
B/X Deep Dive 10A: Reading the Sample Dungeon Exploration & Thoughts
Dec 14, 2020
B/X Deep Dive 10: DM Information Pt. 1 by Musings in a Heap
Dec 12, 2020
Another Year of Blathering...and what’s in store for a third year?
Dec 10, 2020
Nerds in a Variety Heap: Reactions to The Dungeon Dudes
Dec 09, 2020
Thieves’ Guild 2020 After Action Reports
Dec 08, 2020
Player : PC - Where’s your emphasis?
Dec 07, 2020
What’s Popular?
Dec 04, 2020
Hi, I’m Rob and I’m a crap 💩 player...
Nov 26, 2020
Call-in Bonanza 10
Nov 20, 2020
Roll for Random Thoughts Saturday 9
Nov 14, 2020
B/X Deep Dive 9: Treasure, by Musings in a Heap
Nov 10, 2020
Calls and an Unenveloping of City of the Sacred Flame
Nov 07, 2020
Raking Ramblings 2
Nov 04, 2020
Happy Halloween! Mixed Tape 2
Oct 30, 2020
Mixed Tape 1
Oct 28, 2020
Uneveloping plus Call-in Bonanza 9
Oct 20, 2020
Raking Rambles
Oct 16, 2020
Roll for Random Thoughts Saturday 8: The Side Project
Oct 10, 2020
B/X Deep Dive 8: Monsters! By Minions in a Heap
Oct 06, 2020
Buried Treasures?
Oct 01, 2020
When does the Magic end?
Sep 29, 2020
The Covid episode and a foggy review of Dice Roll Zine & Hunters in Death
Sep 23, 2020
I’m still alive!
Aug 25, 2020
Pick Your Poison
Aug 04, 2020
This Old Book: Evaluation of OD&D from the Complete Book of Wargames
Aug 03, 2020
Please Hold: A look at Hold Person in B/X & 5e D&D
Aug 02, 2020
A mistake acknowledged plus the Boot Hill evaluation from this Old Book
Aug 01, 2020
This Old Book: a reading from The Complete Book of Wargames
Jul 20, 2020
Call-in Bonanza 8: B/X Encounter Discussions
Jul 05, 2020
Call-in Bonanza 7: 24 Calls!
Jun 19, 2020
B/X Deep Dive 7a: Reading the Example of Combat from Moldvay Basic D&D
Jun 14, 2020
B/X Deep Dive 7: The Encounter
Jun 13, 2020
How much is too much? Lore vs. Fluff in your setting.
Jun 06, 2020
Incentivizing what matters in your RPG
May 19, 2020
Cabin Cast! Spellcasting in Wasteland Wanderers
May 12, 2020
Roll for Random Thoughts Saturday 7: A Taste of Wasteland Wanderers
May 02, 2020
Ettin Cast - Because 2 Heads Are Better Than One: Froth of Thought Eater!
Apr 25, 2020
Roll For Random Thoughts Saturday 6
Apr 11, 2020
Call in Bonanza 5: Champions, Clerics, Cereal, and Player Feedback
Apr 10, 2020
Roll For Random Thoughts Saturday 5
Apr 04, 2020
We Are the Champions!
Apr 03, 2020
Roll for Random Thoughts Saturday 4
Mar 21, 2020
A Trip Through the Back Catalog with Rui Lourenco of Chaoses Limb
Mar 16, 2020
Roll for Random Thoughts Saturday 3
Mar 14, 2020
Roll for Random Thoughts Saturday: 2
Mar 07, 2020
Roll For a Random Thoughts Saturday
Feb 29, 2020
Call-in Bonanza 5
Feb 28, 2020
Call in Bonanza 4: R.E.H., Gaming Art, Swedish Dwarves, & B/X Talk
Feb 18, 2020
B/X D&D Deep Dive 6: The Adventure!
Feb 11, 2020
Call-in Bonanza 3: B/X Spells and further conversations about OSR.
Jan 23, 2020
Is the term OSR meaningless? Only if you’ve made it so.
Jan 19, 2020
B/X D&D Deep Dive Pt 5: Spells
Jan 17, 2020
B/X D&D Deep Dive Part 4: Spell Casting
Dec 16, 2019
A Year of Blathering
Dec 09, 2019
Another Call-in Bonanza!
Dec 06, 2019
B/X D&D Deep Dive Part 3
Dec 04, 2019
B/X D&D Deep Dive Part 2
Dec 03, 2019
Call-in Bonanza!
Nov 22, 2019
B/X Deep Dive: Part 1
Nov 18, 2019
Setting Flourishes: Holidays & Festivals
Nov 11, 2019
One if my white whales: Initiative
Nov 09, 2019
One of my white whales: Initiative
Nov 09, 2019
No train, no pain, no gain: Leveling Up
Nov 06, 2019
Is there a magic-user in this village? Setting demographics.
Nov 05, 2019
Time Capsule
Oct 13, 2019
Dave!!!
Oct 01, 2019
Lord I Was Born a Ramblin’ Man
Sep 26, 2019
Hand Waving & d6 Discussions
Sep 19, 2019
Hand Waving
Sep 02, 2019
It’s Hip to be Square?
Sep 02, 2019
The 1st Record with Friends Episode: Handouts & Props
Aug 25, 2019
The Anchorites Respond!
Aug 24, 2019
A Podcast about Podcasts
Aug 17, 2019
The Discussion Continues about new game editions...
Aug 05, 2019
New Game Editions - do you get excited or dread them?
Aug 03, 2019
Return to The Odd
Jul 25, 2019
Stick a fork in it!
Jul 12, 2019
World Building 101
Jul 07, 2019
Rip-off Wednesday: My Top 7 Songs for Gaming
Jul 03, 2019
Movie Chat & Neglected Drummers
Jul 01, 2019
Rip-off Wednesday. ;)
Jun 19, 2019
Calls, ANA, job crap, and adventure recap.
Jun 03, 2019
Take a little trip; take a little trip with me.
Jun 01, 2019
Lead Balloon
May 31, 2019
Xpts & Advancement: Incentive & Rewards
May 27, 2019
Endangered PC Species: Humans
May 22, 2019
Movement, Encumbrance, and other physical realities in games.
May 08, 2019
Turning the Preference Dials: Role Playing
May 07, 2019
Game Design Feedback 1: I get lots of calls...even some “Jacksons”!
May 03, 2019
2d12 Game Design Pt 3: Class vs. Skills
May 01, 2019
Game Design series 2: Attributes
May 01, 2019
The Logan Howard Challenge! Top 3 monsters!
Apr 28, 2019
5e D&D Analysis - Part 3: “The Ugly”
Apr 23, 2019
5e D&D Part 2: The Bad
Apr 20, 2019
First in a series about the pros & cons of 5e D&D. I start with the “Good”.
Apr 19, 2019
The Ray Otus Challenge!
Apr 12, 2019
Game Design: the first steps.
Apr 10, 2019
Island of Misfit Games 2: Searching for Atlantis
Apr 09, 2019
It’s broken!
Apr 05, 2019
Calls x4 plus new game series?
Apr 03, 2019
Punk Rock Podcasting and Comfort Zones.
Mar 27, 2019
What’s a DM to do?
Mar 20, 2019
Decoding the song.
Mar 20, 2019
Gaming Grab Bag
Mar 13, 2019
No limitations!
Feb 28, 2019
Poor Old Magic-user.
Feb 28, 2019
Tinkering 2, Electric Bugaloo
Feb 20, 2019
Poor old d12. Why is the d12 so neglected in DnD?
Feb 15, 2019
Tinker, Tailor, Molder, Why?
Feb 08, 2019
Background or Baggage?
Feb 07, 2019
Healing
Feb 03, 2019
Clarifying the rant?
Jan 31, 2019
Survey says!
Jan 31, 2019
DM Expectations - when is enough?
Jan 30, 2019
Call ins and Wrestling my Inner Grognard
Jan 25, 2019
We go Into the Odd
Jan 23, 2019
Morale - another easy (and perhaps essential) way to have that old school feel.
Jan 18, 2019
Reaction rolls in RPGs
Jan 14, 2019
Luck mechanics revisited.
Jan 12, 2019
Luck, Bennies, Fate plus a call from Colin Green of Spikepit fame!
Jan 11, 2019
The Isle of Misfit Games: Thieves’ Guild
Jan 06, 2019
Who are you? Character generation.
Jan 05, 2019
The 3 “E’s” of being a great player.
Dec 17, 2018
0-Level Hit Points
Dec 14, 2018
Rob’ Rules of Gaming
Dec 14, 2018
Tastes and Time
Dec 13, 2018
The Name Game or...Game Name
Dec 10, 2018