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Synopsis
Welcome to my Anchor channel. You'll find nothing serious here. I talk about tabletop RPG gaming with a focus on the older additions and retro clones. Some folks call it the OSR, I just all it gaming. If you like rolling weird dice, talking in weird voices and just being weird, pull up a chair and stay a while.
Episodes
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Do Dungeons Need to Make Sense?
31/03/2022 Duration: 25minCall ins from Matt Jackson and Rob C. And i take a swing at whether dungeons need to make sense. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gothridgemanor/support
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Divine Acts
24/03/2022 Duration: 20minIn campaigns I run in my Komor Forest setting I use a thing called Divine Acts. I've taken the turn undead ability and fused it with a multipurpose tool. The effects are determined by the player and GM because these are not in the ruleset. It is a freeform tool to allow clerics to get their kiss ass holiness into high gear. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gothridgemanor/support
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Old School GMs are Afraid of High Level Characters
19/03/2022 Duration: 31minI borrow and twist a topic from Rob C from the Down in the Heap podcast. He talked about why campaigns don't usually go much farther than 5th level. I say that old school GMs are afraid of high level characters. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gothridgemanor/support
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Zombie NPCs and Generating Treasure for the Froghemoth
01/03/2022 Duration: 25minA couple of calls about my recent undead episode from Che Webster and John Large which led me to discuss my most recent creations, zombie NPCs. Then Cody M called in about the Froghemoth episode. Which now I need to generate magic items and treasure. I go over a few if items I plan to include. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gothridgemanor/support
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The Froghemoth
23/02/2022 Duration: 09minHow I use high level monsters in your game. In this episode I feature the strange, but wonderful Froghemoth. It turned out to be an epic battle. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gothridgemanor/support
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Failure to Engage
09/12/2021 Duration: 06minSometimes I don't get the job done. This week was one of those instances. I failed to keep each of the party members engaged. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gothridgemanor/support
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Creating Interesting and Boring NPCs for Your Campaign
06/12/2021 Duration: 11minI give a few tactics on how I handle the brain of NPCs on my campaign. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gothridgemanor/support
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After Game Assessment
01/12/2021 Duration: 09minAfter last night's session my players and myself discussed their style of play and what I appreciate about each of their styles. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gothridgemanor/support
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Why System Hopping is Bad
17/11/2021 Duration: 10minMy take on gamers who system jump. How I believe it produces a bad habit and dissatisfaction with gaming. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gothridgemanor/support
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Campaign Random Tables
28/10/2021 Duration: 13minWith the fourth game behind me I thought I'd delve into why and how I use my random encounter tables to create rich and interesting encounters. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gothridgemanor/support
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Touching Base
26/10/2021 Duration: 07minCatching up. Been gone for a bit. New campaign in progress. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gothridgemanor/support
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What's been going on
24/09/2021 Duration: 14minGames I'm playing, my Kickstarter, books I got, and ivy being obnoxious. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gothridgemanor/support
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Bronze Age and Post Apocalyptic RPGs
20/08/2021 Duration: 12minI concluded my urban crawl and Joe is going to run his fantasy heartbreaker Bronze Age rpg. And my attention is on post apocalyptic rpgs of late. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gothridgemanor/support
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A Great Way to Handle a Character's Death
29/07/2021 Duration: 07minIn my game with Rob Conley my character died, but he had a very cool send off. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gothridgemanor/support
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Spear Witch Unboxing
23/07/2021 Duration: 14minA new zine distributor. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gothridgemanor/support
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Deciding How and What Monsters to Use in an Adventure
17/07/2021 Duration: 17minPizza run podcast. My alignment... Hungry! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gothridgemanor/support
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Midderland Zines!
06/07/2021 Duration: 24minI back Glynn Seal's plethora of zines Kickstarter. Got them today. Did an unboxing going through the 6th and 7th issues. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gothridgemanor/support
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Adventure Development: Manifestations of Hate
27/06/2021 Duration: 24minIt's Sunday. I'm on my deck. I'm pondering on an adventure to write. And I recorded it. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gothridgemanor/support
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Robin of Sherwood: The King's Demon
25/06/2021 Duration: 11minRobin of Sherwood is one of favorite TV shows. I never knew they had a choose your own adventure series! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gothridgemanor/support