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“What’s This?” You ask? No, probably you didn’t but work with me here! It’s the North Texas RPG Con 2026 Sideshow, double sized for 2 guests. That’s right, not only is BadMike “Satan” in the house, but also the God Emperor of NTRPG himself, Gary “Trains Run on Time” Oliver! There will be thrills, Chills, Excitement, Adventure…and a Cookie Truck? Wait, is that even a thing? Find out in this latest from your Fab Foursome! No Con Hosts were harmed in the making of this podcast, except for BadMike who’s Satan anyway! Links mentioned in this show: Talking Crit Live with Tenkar & BadMike https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8J6oOFX18PeWLTLZv0ln5Z3bFrCeqsHS North Texas RPG Con 2026 https://tabletop.events/conventions/ntrpgcon-2026 Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast(at)gmail.com to give your opinions of the show! Be sure to check out our forums at: Save for Half at Original D&D Forums http://odd74.proboards.com/board/77/save-half-podcast And find us on social media: Save for Half at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/saveforhalf/ Save for Half Patreon https://www.patreon.com/saveforhalf

Welcome to the first game review of 2026, and it’s a doozy. Fantasy Wargaming: The Highest Level of All, edited by Bruce Galloway, and published in 1981, is famous (notorious?) for clunky rules, odd premises, and far too much about how terrible the Dark Ages were. Despite no Halflings or Hobbits in the game, your Fab 4 Halflings review the game and blame DM Mike for choosing it after years of threats to do so. Come for the Lions with one head and two bodies, stay for the Devil Worship! No PCs were harmed in the making of this podcast, though female PCs are pretty ticked off! Links mentioned in this show: Fantasy Wargaming on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Fantasy-Wargaming-Highest-Level-All/dp/0812828623 Fantasy Wargaming on Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1541308.Fantasy_Wargaming Fantasy Wargaming on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_Wargaming Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast(at)gmail.com to give your opinions of the show! Be sure to check out our forums at: Save for Half at Original D&D Forums http://odd74.proboards.com/board/77/save-half-podcast And find us on social media: Save for Half at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/saveforhalf/ Save for Half Patreon https://www.patreon.com/saveforhalf

We really should check our email more often. As an example of this, we provide a show where we catch up with Fall 2025 emails and discuss our goals for the new year. What will we say? What will we plan? Why will you care? Find out in the first Save for Half episode of 2025…er…2026! No emails were harmed in the making of this podcast, because we only barely found them in time!     Links mentioned in this show: Anchorite Amateur Press Association https://sites.google.com/view/Anchorite/home Dekahedron RPG podcast on Apple https://podcasts.apple.com/sv/podcast/dekahedron-rpg-podcast/id1646088568?l=en-GB Mutant Crawl Classics RPG https://goodman-games.com/store/product/mutant-crawl-classics-role-playing-game-2/?srsltid=AfmBOoqsnUo5OixJ3AYpZN8t-hQ5_cMOAbCUiOwjjP9wQPblh25ZmV1L Urban Knights: 1970s Crime Drama RPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/191967/urban-knights-roleplaying-in-the-world-of-1970s-crime-television Victorious RPG website https://victoriousrpg.com/ Victorious RPG on DriveThruRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/169398/victorious-the-role-playing-game Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast(at)gmail.com to give your opinions of the show! Be sure to check out our forums at: Save for Half at Original D&D Forums http://odd74.proboards.com/board/77/save-half-podcast And find us on social media: Save for Half at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/saveforhalf/ Save for Half Patreon https://www.patreon.com/saveforhalf

Welcome Wastelanders to lucky episode 13 of the Found in the Ruins podcast! This time around your bunker buddies are reviewing the 2022 Korean television series “All of Us Are Dead”—a series on a zombie outbreak and a high school’s reaction to it. As you might imagine, it’s not quite what you’d think! So, take a listen and keep in mind we are spoiler-rich! Especially for 40-year old books and movies…   Links mentioned in this show: All of Us Are Dead on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_of_Us_Are_Dead Don’t forget to drop us an email at foundintheruins at that gmail place to give your opinions of the show! And find us on social media: Found in the Ruins at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1430189954589689

The last episode (64) was about the Best of the Dragon, so it’s only right that this episode is about the Best of Stuff. What stuff? The stuff we decide to talk about of course! Our first cons, gaming styles, Combat vs. Role-Playing, and of course the most important things of all, LadderTech! No Player Characters were harmed in the making of this podcast, because those darn PCs thought of ways out of our death traps! Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast(at)gmail.com to give your opinions of the show! Be sure to check out our forums at: Save for Half at Original D&D Forums http://odd74.proboards.com/board/77/save-half-podcast And find us on social media: Save for Half at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/saveforhalf/ Save for Half Patreon https://www.patreon.com/saveforhalf

This episode is the Best of the Best that’s Best! Best what? Why Best of Dragon magazine, volume 1! This covers the run of Strategic Review and the first few Dragon magazines, as only your Halfling Horde of 4 can bring it to you! Languages, researching wizards, Heavy Giants, and Nazis shooting at Trolls! What more could you ask for, Dear Listener? No Mutants were harmed in the making of this podcast, not even the Green ones!   Links mentioned in this show: Best of Dragon vol 1 on Scribd https://www.scribd.com/document/355474163/Best-of-Dragon-Magazine-001-pdf Tractics from TSR on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tractics Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast(at)gmail.com to give your opinions of the show! Be sure to check out our forums at: Save for Half at Original D&D Forums http://odd74.proboards.com/board/77/save-half-podcast And find us on social media: Save for Half at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/saveforhalf/ Save for Half Patreon https://www.patreon.com/saveforhalf

It was MURDER! Then again, isn’t it always? The Halflings delve into the mysteries of murders, semi-lightweight Elder Gods, and worst of all small town book clubs! Join us if you dare for snooping old ladies, gardening, knitting, murder mystery books, and fighting Evil Midwives in this RPG about meddling grandmas outdoing meddling grandkids and finding out just who that Elder God behind the mask really is! No Mavens were harmed in the making of this podcast, except for us falling and not able to reach our beers! Links mentioned in this show: Brindlewood Bay PDF at the Gauntlet https://www.gauntlet-rpg.com/brindlewood-bay.html Brindlewood Bay hardcopy at Studio 2 https://studio2publishing.com/products/brindlewood-bay The Great Brindlewood Bay Bake-off Actual Play on Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aCl3qEe0C0 Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast(at)gmail.com to give your opinions of the show! Be sure to check out our forums at: Save for Half at Original D&D Forums http://odd74.proboards.com/board/77/save-half-podcast And find us on social media: Save for Half at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/saveforhalf/ Save for Half Patreon https://www.patreon.com/saveforhalf

Greetings Wastelanders! It’s the return of the FITR Zombie Smackdown! In this corner is 1971’s The Omega Man with “glistening” Charlton Heston in his Honkey Paradise. Machine guns, Halloween masks, and convenient lighting abound! In this corner is 2007’s I Am Legend with Will Smith. It has Home Alone-style traps, dodgy medical ethics, and CGI night(ish) monsters! All this with guest host and Vampire movie expert extraordinaire Chris Holmes provide more than enough coverage to make a Fair and Balanced choice. Who will win? Who will lose? Will Hollywood ever really make a movie based on Matheson’s story? Some of these answers will be revealed in this episode of Found in the Ruins! So, take a listen and keep in mind we are Spoiler-rich! Especially for 40-year old books and movies… Links mentioned in this show: Bastard of the Apocalypse – Graphic Audio https://www.graphicaudio.net/our-productions/series/a-e/bastard-of-the-apocalypse.html I Am Legend – Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Legend_(film) The Omega Man – IMDB https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067525/ Don’t forget to drop us an email at foundintheruins at that gmail place to give your opinions of the show! And find us on social media: Found in the Ruins at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1430189954589689

Yew’uns better scoot a boot t’wards this here review of the Old West that once shot a man for snorin’ too loud… Save for Half! This episode we discuss Tall Tales, a B/X version of the Wild West as only the OSR can bring it to you. Guns, Steely Nerve…and a shocking lack of ladders are what you can expect in this September Spectacular! No Varmints were harmed in the making of this podcast, because none of us could decide just what a ‘Varmint’ is!   Links mentioned in this show: Tall Tales: Wild West on DTRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/263506/tall-tales-bx-wild-west-rpg Tall Tales print version on Lulu https://www.lulu.com/shop/mark-hunt/tall-tales-bx-western-rpg/hardcover/product-w228pr.html?q=&page=1&pageSize=4 Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast(at)gmail.com to give your opinions of the show! Be sure to check out our forums at: Save for Half at Original D&D Forums http://odd74.proboards.com/board/77/save-half-podcast And find us on social media: Save for Half at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/saveforhalf/ Save for Half Patreon https://www.patreon.com/saveforhalf

It’s that time of year again! Your Fab Foursome (well, 3 anyway) discuss this year’s North Texas RPG Con and its gaming goodness. Danger! Excitement! Semi-open pools! And the answer to the question that baffles us all… Who put the doughnuts on the Save For Half table? No Mummies were harmed in the making of this podcast, though we certainly tried!     Links mentioned in this show: Diplomacy on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_of_Diplomacy Divine Right at Boardgamegeek.com https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/23/divine-right Victorious RPG: https://www.victoriousrpg.com Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast(at)gmail.com to give your opinions of the show! Be sure to check out our forums at: Save for Half at Original D&D Forums http://odd74.proboards.com/board/77/save-half-podcast And find us on social media: Save for Half at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/saveforhalf/ Save for Half Patreon https://www.patreon.com/saveforhalf

Your Post-Apoc duo Boom Mike and Doc Benny are joined once again by that guy who’s a little too fond of BBQ Pork; Doc Jared! We discuss growing up in the Cold War and our favorite RPGs from that period, notably Aftermath and Gamma World. Nostalgia leads to more modern games such as the recent edition of The Morrow Project and our 2 1/2 year campaign to battle The Great Yazoo for control of the Delta Wastelands! So, take a listen and keep in mind we are Spoiler-rich! Especially for 40-year old books and movies… Links mentioned in this show: Aftermath on DTRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/584/aftermath Aftermath box set – FGU https://www.fantasygamesunlimited.net/product-category/aftermathbooks/ Deathlands authors from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathlands Gamma World 1E on archive.org https://archive.org/details/gamma-world-original-rules Tomorrows End Podcast https://tomorrowsend.org/ Don’t forget to drop us an email at foundintheruins at that gmail place to give your opinions of the show! And find us on social media: Found in the Ruins at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1430189954589689

<Insert Waka-chica/Waka-chica/Waka-chica> It’s time to hit the mean streets of San Francisco with Barnaby Jones and Police Woman to save Starsky and Hutch in Vega$! We’ve got the TV goodness of the 1970s with Urban Knights, a RPG based on the television shows and movies of that unforgettable decade. Rogue cops, drug busts, and wild outfits are the norm and death the exception, at least for the heroes. Join the Fab Four as they ponder what polyester outfit would go with their guns? No Police or P.I.s were harmed in the making of this podcast, because they never die on-screen! Links mentioned in this show: C. Michael Hall blog https://cmichaelhall.blogspot.com/p/games.html Urban Knights on DTRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/191967/urban-knights-roleplaying-in-the-world-of-1970s-crime-television Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast(at)gmail.com to give your opinions of the show! Be sure to check out our forums at: Save for Half at Original D&D Forums http://odd74.proboards.com/board/77/save-half-podcast And find us on social media: Save for Half at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/saveforhalf/ Save for Half Patreon https://www.patreon.com/saveforhalf

Welcome to the Bunker, Wastelanders! This time your hosts with the mosts Boom Mike and Doc Benny talk with the Post-Apocalyptic author Lee Beard on her Young Adult book Radio Nowhere; a viral apocalypse that was written well before Covid. We talk about the PA genre, her sequel and third book in the works, and the most important question of all…what wouldn’t you eat in the wastelands? So, take a listen and keep in mind we are spoiler-rich! Especially for 40-year old books and movies… Links mentioned in this show: Elevation (film) on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevation_(film) Homepage of the Dead https://www.homepageofthedead.com/ Radio Nowhere by Lee Beard on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Radio-Nowhere-Lee-Beard/dp/0692879544 Don’t forget to drop us an email at foundintheruins at that gmail place to give your opinions of the show! And find us on social media: Found in the Ruins at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1430189954589689

Behold! We review a book, and it’s…a thing. Your Fab Foursome delve into this informative and controversial book of essays discussing various aspects of Dungeons and Dragons from 1974 to 2024—and beyond? Sit back, grab a cold one and join the SfH Book Club’s first (and possibly last!) meeting! No authors were harmed in the making of this podcast, though Demi-Humans were certainly put through the wringer!   Links mentioned in this show: Fifty Years of D&D – MIT Press https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547604/fifty-years-of-dungeons-and-dragons/ Fifty Years of D&D – Zenopus Archives https://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/2024/04/50-years-of-d-forthcoming-book-from-mit.html Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast(at)gmail.com to give your opinions of the show! Be sure to check out our forums at: Save for Half at Original D&D Forums http://odd74.proboards.com/board/77/save-half-podcast And find us on social media: Save for Half at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/saveforhalf/ Save for Half Patreon https://www.patreon.com/saveforhalf

It’s time to look back at the nightmare that the year 2000 brought us. No, not Y2K; the inevitable war between the US and the USSR in Europe! Don’t remember that? Neither do we! Which is why “Bam Shane” from the Shane Plays podcast is here to help us understand that terrible time in Poland when Command told us, “Good luck. You’re on your own!” So, take a listen and keep in mind we are spoiler-rich! Especially for 40-year old books and movies… Links mentioned in this show: Aftermath! on Save for Half https://saveforhalf.com/2020/01/03/episode-22-aftermath-by-fgu-2/ Metro 2033 on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro_2033_(novel) Shane Plays – Zombie movies https://shaneplays.com/zombie-movies-with-chris-holmes-mike-stewart-podcast/ Twilight: 2000 1E at Far Futures https://www.farfuture.net/ Don’t forget to drop us an email at foundintheruins at that gmail place to give your opinions of the show! And find us on social media: Found in the Ruins at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1430189954589689

Yes! Our favorite Australian Game Designer is in the house! Pauli Kidd the author of several Dungeons & Dragons novels such as White Plume Mountain, Descent into the Depths of the Earth, and Queen of the Demonweb Pits joins your halflings to discuss what she’s been up to over the past few years. We discuss her fiction, games, and many adventures! No authors were harmed in the making of this podcast, though deadlines certainly tried! Links mentioned in this show: Lace & Steel – Youtube https://www.youtube.com/@LaceandSteelchannel Pauli Kidd Author Page on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauli_Kidd The Dungeoneers novel https://perceptionspress.ca/dungeoneers/ Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast(at)gmail.com to give your opinions of the show! Be sure to check out our forums at: Save for Half at Original D&D Forums http://odd74.proboards.com/board/77/save-half-podcast And find us on social media: Save for Half at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/saveforhalf/ Save for Half Patreon https://www.patreon.com/saveforhalf

This episode we celebrate 2025 by looking back…to 1979? That’s right, author, game designer, and all around excellent person Pauli Kidd has released her first setting and megadungeon for those wishing a taste of Old School goodness. We discuss the location, the wilderness encounter areas, and the interesting NPCs….and kill them. Not really, but it is Old School so who knows? Come for the monster-filled castle, stay for the frog sausages! No founts of evil and depravity were summoned in the making of this podcast, not even the chartered accountants! Links mentioned in this show: Wolf’s Head Tor on DTRPG https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/403281/wolf-s-head-tor Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast(at)gmail.com to give your opinions of the show! Be sure to check out our forums at: Save for Half at Original D&D Forums http://odd74.proboards.com/board/77/save-half-podcast And find us on social media: Save for Half at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/saveforhalf/ Save for Half Patreon https://www.patreon.com/saveforhalf

It’s a new dawn….of the dead? This time the Dyspeptic Duo of Boom Mike and Doc Benny talk the second movie smackdown of the show; Romero’s Dawn of the Dead (1978) versus Zack Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead (2004)! Thrills, chills, shuttle buses and pies thrown at zombies abound in this episode of Found in the Ruins. Come for the green makeup, stay for the zombie babies! So, take a listen and keep in mind we are spoiler-rich! Especially for 40-year old books and movies… Links mentioned in this show: Y2K (film) on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y2K_(2024_film) Don’t forget to drop us an email at foundintheruins at that gmail place to give your opinions of the show! And find us on social media: Found in the Ruins at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1430189954589689

What’s this? Not just another retro-clone, the White Box Cyclopedia takes an innovative path that moves the White Box to new heights of simplicity and adventure! Coming to a Kickstarter near you, the Fab 4 Halflings talk with the author James Spahn about his ideas, his development of the game, and most importantly…why are there no ladders on the equipment list? No Halflings were harmed in the making of this podcast, not even with Christmas turkey! Links mentioned in this show: White Box Cyclopedia on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/barrelridergames/white-box-cyclopedia White Box Cyclopedia on Substack https://jamesmspahn.substack.com/p/white-box-cyclopedia-cometh Don’t forget to drop us an email at saveforhalfpodcast(at)gmail.com to give your opinions of the show! Be sure to check out our forums at: Save for Half at Original D&D Forums http://odd74.proboards.com/board/77/save-half-podcast And find us on social media: Save for Half at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/saveforhalf/ Save for Half Patreon https://www.patreon.com/saveforhalf

If you’re stuck on Band Aid brand, cuz Band Aid’s stuck on you…then you’ll enjoy this episode of Found in the Ruins! Boom Mike and Doc Benny are joined again by Doc Jared for some discussions on medical treatment in the Post-Apoc, both how it’s portrayed and ‘reality’ for what it’s worth. Come for the medical debate, stay for the Snake Oil tonics! So, take a listen and keep in mind we are spoiler-rich! Especially for 40-year old books and movies… It’s all here at: https://saveforhalf.com/ Links mentioned in this show: Earth Abides on MGM+ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljLVhUwfdZw Feral Historian – Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sjSPx_zy2w Don’t forget to drop us an email at foundintheruins at that gmail place to give your opinions of the show! And find us on social media: Found in the Ruins at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1430189954589689