Tag: Old School Gaming

Episode 48 – Extras!

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Join Dan and James, as they are joined by DM Bryan, The Captain General His Astonishing Highness Prince Usurper Light of Appalachia and host of the Grognard’s Guild Online Campaign, as he takes them through the Greyhawk Hexcrawl. They first go over the February 1980 Dragon Magazine.

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Episode 48 – Charisma in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition – The Valentine’s Day Special!

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Episode 48 - Charisma in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition - The Valentine's Day Special!
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Join Dan and James, as they do Valentine’s… Yea baby! Well…not so much. They do do Charisma in AD&D 1e (1:16:33) but before that, they do Random Encounter (10:21) and Spell Selection (58:57). Unfortunately, you can’t see the orange shirts they wore….perhaps they tried to wear red shirts to become red shirts…

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Episode 46 – Extras! Greyhawk HexCrawl

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Join Dan and James, as they are joined by Carlos Lising from casl Entertainment as he leads them through the Greyhawk Campaign setting via hexcrawl! They also go over White Dwarf 16, Random Encounters, and Spell Selection. Finally they announce the date for GrogCon 2020!

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Episode 46 – Interview with Kelly Villemaire and Eric Hotz

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Join Dan and James, as they are joined by their special guest, Kelly Villemaire and Eric Hotz. Kelly is the founder of DELF Entertainment, creature of first encounter magazine and the legendary module, the Lair of Medusa! Eric was the illustrator for First Encounter and Lair. He continues to be a prolific artist. Kelly’s Skype connection wasn’t the greatest but it is still a joy to listen to both of them.

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Episode 45b – Dragon 33 and more!

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We start 1980 off with a review of Dragon 33 which was published in January. Then we go over the segments and bits that didn’t fit in the interview with Ed Greenwood. Random Encounter and Spell Selection and other non-sense!

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Episode 45 – Interview with Ed Greenwood!

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Join Dan and James, as they are joined by their special guest, Elminster himself, Ed Greenwood! We catch up with Ed, how he started into hobby, Forgotten Realms, writing, and whatever else we come up with! We had a great time and so please join us.

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Episode 44 – Interview with David Wesely, live from Blackmoor Studios!

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Join Dan and James, and special co-host Vic “Scourge of the North” Dorso, as they talk with legendary game designer of Braunstein, David Wesely! David was on the phone and we were in an open hallway so the audio is not as great as we would have liked but it is a great chance to hear history on the 51st anniversary of the first running of his seminal game!

Links – https://www.secretsofblackmoor.com to learn more about the background that David Wesely was talking about. The film does a great job describing a history that many never hear of.

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Episode 43 – A Grog Holiday Special!

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Join Dan and James as they become the ghosts of roleplaying past as they look back at the Decembers from the 70’s and 80’s. Then they give each other presents and gift ideas!

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Episode 42 – Multi/Dual Class Characters in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition

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Join Dan and James as they discuss how multi-class and dual-class characters in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st Edition. There are a number of factors that players and DM’s must be considered. Are they worth the effort or should there be just single class characters? We also have our random encounters, spell selection, and suggestion.

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Optional Episode 41 – Psionics in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition

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Join Dan and James as they discuss the optional rules for psionics in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st Edition. These controversial mind powers are both loved and hated due to the completely unbalanced rules they provide.

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Optional Episode 40 – Playing with Class – Bards in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1e

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Join Dan and James as they discuss the optional Bard class in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st Edition. This controversial class is both loved and hated due to the triple class and the potential for overpower characters.

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Episode 39 – EXTRAS!

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Here are the segments and bits that didn’t fit in the main episode. Random Encounter and Spell Selection and other non-sense!

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Episode 39 – Daniel Collerton, author of Irilian

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Join Dan and James as they are joined by Daniel Collerton, prolific White Dwarf author and creator of arguably the best AD&D setting from that esteemed magazine, Irilian. We go through all his works from White Dwarf and focus on how Irilian came to be.

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Episode 38 – Playing with Class – Monks in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition

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Episode 38 - Playing with Class - Monks in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition
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Join Dan and James as they discuss the Monk. Martial art master class or a crippled character that is more trouble than it worth.

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Episode 37 – EXTRAS!

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We were off last week so here are the segments that will make your Grogtalk experience complete. Enjoy!

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Episode 37 – Playing with Class – Assassins in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition

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Episode 37 - Playing with Class - Assassins in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition
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Join Dan and James as they discuss the very controversial class, the Assassin! How powerful are they, can they be part of a good party. They are joined by some special guests.

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Episode 36 – EXTRAS???

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People who watch our YouTube and listen to our podcast know we left something out which we didn’t think anyone would or should want to hear. We were wrong….So hear it is…You are welcome…

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Episode 36 – The Undead in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition

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Join Dan and James as they celebrate Halloween by discussing the “life” of a dungeon, the Undead!. Carlos Lising from casl Entertainment join us for Random Encounters and more importantly to host a segment of Incomprehensible Death! Nick Manido will review a number of Halloween themed adventures from back in the day.

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Episode 35 – Extras!

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Here are the extra parts from the episode. Random Encounter and Spell selection. Find out what Scarlett Rose is going to torture this week!

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Episode 34 – Live from @GROGCON 19!!!

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It is finally here! Join Dan and James with special guests Vic Dorso and Carlos Lising as they talk about the convention and provide tips and advice to DM’s. Listen as the dragon (to be named later) battles….find out!

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Episode 33 – Extras!

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Here are the extra parts from the episode. Random Encounter and Spell selection. Find out if the goat is still the G.O.A.T.!

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Episode 33 – Playing with Class – Illusionists in Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition

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Join Dan and James as they continue their series on the classes, next is Illusionists. Are they just a subpar Magic-User or are they with the right player and working with the DM provide the spark of creativity your game could be looking for!

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Episode 31 – Playing with Class – Rangers in Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition

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Join Dan and James as they continue their series on the classes, next is Ranger. They role for a random encounter and a spell selection!

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Episode 25 – Extras

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Join Dan and James as they continue their series on Demi-humans. Here are the extra parts from the live stream.

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Episode 25 – Demi Humans Series Part Four – Halflings in Dungeons and Dragons 1st Edition.

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Join Dan and James as they continue their series on Demi-humans. Now we discuss Hobbits… er I mean… Halflings……Hobbits….nasty…Hobbits…..

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