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Third Party Classes!

This week on Spellburn we discuss some of the many third-party classes available for DCC RPG. When you deviate from the core book, you can find all manner of strange, exciting, and bizarre classes. Some of them emulate classes from the various editions of the world’s most popular fantasy roleplaying game, others are templates for futuristic or modern day settings, and some are just plain gonzo. We’ll be discussing this and more in our 51st episode of Spellburn! Links mentioned in this episode: Judge Jeff’s DCC Spotify Playlist Paladin Class (Crawl #6) Clownight (Crawling Under A Broken Moon #12) Calavera (Dark Trails G+ community) Marauder (Tales from the Fallen Empire) Faerie Animal (Creeping Beauties of the Wood) Ratfolk (Dungeon Lord – The Wayne Con Issue) Blood Witch (Hubris: A World of Visceral Adventure) Yolovar (Crawljammer #6) Chakas (Goblin Mini Mart blog) Purple Sorcerer Online Game Aids DCC Reference Booklet Assassin Class (Gongfarmers’ Almanac 2015) Nowhere City Nights DCC Lankhmar Kickstarter Noah Stevens’s Great DCC 3P Class List Adventures mentioned in this episode: Tower of the Black Pearl Frozen in Time Boston Crawl The Spellburners always need more reviews on iTunes. Can you help us out by giving us some stars? Click here to support Spellburn! And send us some email!  Send your questions to:  Theband@spellburn.com !

Lankhmar At Last!

This week we dive into the topic of urban adventuring…particularly in the City of Sevenscore Thousand Smokes. That’s right, we’re welcoming back for his fourth appearance – fifth if you count the infamous “lost pilot” – manly DCC RPG scribe Mighty Michael Curtis, who’s going to talk with us about his magnum opus, “Dungeon Crawl Classics Lankhmar,” which also happens to be the latest Kickstarter from Goodman Games.  All this and much more on the 50th (!) episode of Spellburn! Links mentioned in this episode: DCC RPG Lankhmar Kickstarter Mutant Crawl Classics RPG Kickstarter (closed) Rat Snake Secret Antiquities Stormbringer RPG Adventures mentioned in this episode: Dread On Demon Crown Hill Purple Duck Games: Purple Mountain Queen of the Demonweb Pits Gongfarmer’s Almanac 2016 (Vol 4 contains “An Orm Lies Down in Punjar”) The Spellburners always need more reviews on iTunes. Can you help us out by giving us some stars? Click here to support Spellburn! And send us some email!  Send your questions to:  Theband@spellburn.com !

Machinations of the Dark Master!

The Goodman Games crew discusses new products for 2017:  DCC Lankhmar, Mutant Crawl Classics, TSR reprints and more! View the video here: Hey folks! The Spellburners need more reviews on iTunes. Can you help us out by giving us some stars? https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/spellburn-podcast/id661011349?mt=2

Invoke Reid San Filippo!

This week on Spellburn we’re very pleased to have with us… Judge Reid San Filippo, creator of the Crawling Under A Broken Moon magazine and now the successful launcher of “The Umerican Survival Guide” Kickstarter!  We’re going to talk to Reid about the History of Broken Moon and about his new project as well as round up Gary Con events!  All this and more on this episode of Spellburn! Links mentioned in this episode: Umerican Survival Guide Kickstarter Crawling Under A Broken Moon Products DCC RPG Lankhmar Kickstarter SUPERS! Revised Edition Art of Doug Kovacs GENCON 2017 Mutant Crawl Classics RPG Kickstarter (closed) Adventures mentioned in this episode: The Madhouse Meet (in the Free RPG Day 2016 release) Caverns of Thracia (Judges Guild reprint) Tegel Manor (Judges Guild Reprint) Book of Treasure Maps (including Tomb of Aethering the Damned) The Spellburners always need more reviews on iTunes. Can you help us out by giving us some stars? Click here to support Spellburn! And send us some email!  Send your questions to:  Theband@spellburn.com !

Invoke Paul Wolfe!

This week on Spellburn, we’re celebrating the resurrection of D.A.M.N., the DCC RPG Adventure Magazine and News ‘zine.  We’ve brought special guest Paul Wolfe on to talk about spearheading this revival as well as his prolific third-party projects.  We’re also really excited for Gary Con, which is just around the corner, so stay tuned for details on where you can find each of us.  And — if that’s not hard-core enough for you — we’re also welcoming a new permanent co-host to the show, Brooklyn’s own Appendix N and DCC acolyte, Judge Jeff Goad! Links mentioned in this episode: D.A.M.N. Magazine Hobbs & Friends of the OSR Podcast DCC Free Resources Sheet Listing of All DCC RPG Modules Angels, Daemons and Beings In Between Gary Con Con of the North Adventures mentioned in this episode: The Wizardarium of Calabraxis Sepulcher of the Mountain God The God-Seed Awakens In the Prison of the Squid Sorcerer (including Mermaids of Yuggoth) The Tribe of Ogg and the Gift of Suss Steading of the Nergalites (Link in blogpost) The Bog God’s Champion The Spellburners always need more reviews on iTunes. Can you help us out by giving us some stars? Click here to support Spellburn! And send us some email!  Send your questions to:  Theband@spellburn.com !

How to sell newbies on DCC RPG!

This week on Spellburn, we’ll dive into a hot topic:  How to win over the uninitiated to the game of Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG!  We’ve all been there before– trying to sell DCC to oldschool grognards, or devotees of newschool games.   We’ll discuss how to prepare a game for newbies, whether at a convention or a FLGS.  And we’ll talk about resources to find new players, as well as the differences between DCC and other systems and how to handle some common questions or perceptions.  And if that’s not enough, we welcome a new judge to the fold!  All this on Spellburn! Links mentioned in this episode: Mutant Crawl Classics The Dying Earth Walking Dead: All Out War Nowhere City Nights Classic Traveller Petal Hack Hobbs & Friends of the OSR Podcast Adventures mentioned in this episode: The Chained Coffin Box Set (containing both Sour Spring Hollow & Rat King’s River of Death) Glipkerio’s Gambit The One Who Watches from Below Hey folks! The Spellburners need more reviews on iTunes. Can you help us out by giving us some stars? Click here to support Spellburn! And send us some email!  Send your questions to:  Theband@spellburn.com !

Learn how to break the game, then learn how to stop others from breaking yours!

This week on Spellburn, we’re going somewhere totally different.  Over the last 45 episodes, we’ve talked about many different aspects of the games:  The classes, the magic system, the mighty deeds, the monsters, and more.  In this episode, we’re going to talk about how people actually use the rules and specifically how people abuse the rules:  What players do to twist and break the game and what Judges might do to respond to those tactics!  And we’ll do it with an eye on con games as well as long term campaigns. Links mentioned in this episode: Angels, Daemons and Beings Between Nowhere City Nights Sharp Swords and Sinister Spells Fanfic Adventures mentioned in this episode: The One Who Watches from Below The Making of the Ghost Ring Escape from the Shrouded Fen Transylvanian Adventures The Croaking Fane Hey folks! The Spellburners need more reviews on iTunes. Can you help us out by giving us some stars? Click here to support Spellburn! And send us some email!  Send your questions to:  Theband@spellburn.com !

An in-depth look at demons in the world of DCC RPG!