The GROGNARD Files

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  • Summary

  • The GROGNARD RPG files is a podcast that looks at RPGs from 'back in the day and today'. Each episode concentrates on the original rules of a featured game, our experiences of playing the game, PLUS excellent contributions from @dailydwarf selecting highlights from the halcyon days of White Dwarf magazine.
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Episodes
  • Bestiaries in Role Playing Games (with Tomas Harenstam)
    Sep 17 2024

    Welcome to the third and final part of our Monsters in Role Playing Games (RPGs) episode. This time we are joined in the Room of Role Playing rambling by Tomas Harenstam from Free League. He talks about his formative years in Swedish role playing and how to create a great Bestiary.

    Dirk and Blythy answer listener Monster questions before having a chat about When we were Wizards.

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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • More Monsters in RPGs Ep 73 Pt 2
    Aug 11 2024

    We continue to explore the worlds of monsters in role-playing games (RPGs). In this episode, we are joined by James Holloway, from the Monster Man podcast. He adds a new entry into the ever expanding Appendix G.

    Judge Blythy and Dirk talk about the famous monsters of Hollywood and beyond and consider what we can learn from them.

    The end music is Concrete by Omari, from Phunk Media

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    1 hr and 26 mins
  • Monsters in RPGs Ep.73 Pt.1
    Jul 28 2024

    This time we are looking at bestiaries from our book shelves. We talk about:

    Numenera,

    Forbidden Lands,

    Call of Cthulhu,

    Dragon Warriors,

    13th Age,

    Vaesen,

    This was at the request of GROGSQUADer China Miéville who Dirk talked to at an RPG Symposium earlier this year.

    Next time, James Holloway, Monster Man joins us, because monsters are great.

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    1 hr and 18 mins

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