This Ol’ Dungeon Podcast

After a bit of computer issues, I (Luau Lou) finally got this out out! In this episode I am talking to writer and publisher John Watson about his new RPG setting/DCC source book, Dragon Kings. Catch it here: Dragon Kings for DCC on Backerkit Full disclosure, I am currently working on this Dragon Kings book as a layout artist, but I think even if it wasn't a project that I was involved in, I would have wanted to have it on the program. It's a great touchstone to the past and yet a bridge into new things as well--and DCC is the prefect engine to make this thing feel like it should.

In this episode we discuss what is largely considered one of the great "sleeper adventures" from the classic era of AD&D, "I2: Tomb of the Lizard King." While not much fanfare surrounds this module, most who have played or run it would tell you it is always good for several nights of exciting play. And any module about a "vamperic lizard overlord who's come back from the dead to drink the blood of his conqueror's descendants" is perfectly fit for this Halloween season! Its writer, the great Mark Acres, gives us a bit of insight into its creation, we have a letter from a listener, some talk about Gamehole, and an invitation to play Edwin's "Dungeon Survivor" game (just email [email protected]). Though we are ready for a Geek Credit quiz, Bill had to ditch early so, alas, we will be waiting another month! Keep those letters coming-we sure appreciate your listenership!

Yet again we prove anything is possible with the power of procrastination! Here in the last days of the month we pulled off an 11th hour recording. Bill was out due to family concerns, but Ed and Lou take up the slack with another episode reflecting on one of the greatest Call of Cthulhu adventures ever written, Masks of Nyarlathotep. In this episode we cover the Kenya chapter of that module. Edwin reveals an incredible GM tool to power through narrative elements of an adventure and Lou tries to remember what convention he was just at… (it was “Fractured Realms” https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.fracturedrealms.org/home&ved=2ahUKEwiwlt286JKXAxVkpCsGHdhoCVYQFnoECCQQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0nYZ51ooRD60zCy-4xe3Lf ). Oh and (among other brain blocks) the other writer for Dark Sun (with Timothy Brown) was Troy Denning… (https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/strange-owl-games/dragon-kings/pre-launch). And the gorilla booth folks were Big Boy Game Time!

We have had such a fortunate run of getting killer guest hosts on this program, and this episode is not a departure! We have none-other-than, David "Zeb" Cook! We could have talked about a million different products, because Zeb has been so prolific in the industry, but we had to pick just one. It can't be denied that one of the most prolific products he was involved in was Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd Edition! So on this episode we get the chance to hear about its development and kick around our thoughts on how it changed the game and role-playing as a whole. We get to some listener mail concerning last month's "Forest Oracle" episode and promise to get to those Geek Credit questions in September!  I hope you enjoy this recording just as much as we did!

Often sited as being the WORST of TSR pre-published modules, The Forest Oracle lands front and center on the This Ol' Dungeon door step. Bill claims it was Lou's choice while Lou explains it was meant as a threat! We had no mail this month and are still looking for another multiple choice question to have our next Geek Credit segment... Send questions and comments to [email protected] and your quiz questions to [email protected]. Thanks for listening! If you want to check out Pacesetter's choose-your-own-adventure style fanstasy books, here's the Kickstarter: Click Here.