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Thieves’ Cant features news, discussion, and deep dives into the world of RPGs and other tabletop games. Hosts Jeremy and Chris deliver a mix of analysis, opinion, and engaging segments, exploring game mechanics, worldbuilding, and the latest in the industry. Whether you’re a veteran game master or new to the hobby, welcome to the guild.
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TTRPG Show for Jan 19, 2026.
A quick look at D&D’s latest Unearthed Arcana, featuring four new Mystic subclasses. Plus, EN World’s most anticipated RPGs of 2026, Starbeards for Savage Worlds in the crowdfunding spotlight, and listener feedback.
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00:00 Open
02:28 Unearthed Arcana Mystic Subclasses
08:09 EN World’s Most Anticipated
14:39 Starbeards for Savage Worlds
16:39 Listener Feedback
19:15 Wrap
Links:
Unearthed Arcana Mystic Subclasses https://media.dndbeyond.com/compendium-images/ua/mystic-subclasses/mrF6k4xf0yYFJL2m/UA2026-MysticSubclasses.pdf
EN World’s Most Anticipated https://www.enworld.org/threads/here-are-2026s-most-anticipated-ttrpgs-as-voted-by-you.717141/
Starbeards for Savage Worlds https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/fainting-goat-games/starbeards-for-savage-worlds?ref=bk-discover-trending
TTRPG Show for Jan 16, 2026.
Casting Misty Step with no line of sight? Granting a free disarm on a grappled enemy? It’s all about GM rulings and rationale in today’s episode.
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00:00 Open
01:20 Intro: Chris Makes the Call
01:49 Starting Combat Mid-Conversation
03:27 Using Misty Step with No Line of Sight
05:22 A Monk Running On Water at Low-Level Play
06:44 Free Disarm On a Grappled Enemy
08:39 Divine Smite On an Unconscious Foe
12:30 Wrap
TTRPG Show for Jan 15, 2026.
What makes a good TTRPG player? Here are five habits players can develop to keep the game fun.
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00:00 Open
00:33 Intro: Good Habits for TTRPG Players
01:48 Know the Rules
04:44 Engage With the Fiction, Not Just the Mechanics
05:58 Share the Spotlight
08:05 Commit To Choices
10:30 Accept Consequences
12:12 Wrap
TTRPG Show for Jan 14, 2026. We use the Tome of Adventure Design to concoct villainous schemes, uncover a defining event from the past, seed rumors, and determine the opening scenario that hooks the party in this trip to the Forge of Creation.
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00:00 Open
00:37 Intro: Forge of Creation
03:05 Creating a Campaign Framework
22:02 Wrap
Links:
The Tome of Adventure Design https://www.mythmeregames.com/products/tome-of-adventure-design-hardcover-book?srsltid=AfmBOor7-Q2B8pmzzG-g5sRS8ry0vBwHa66js-NCucDecgqude4JQYCm
TTRPG Show for Jan 13, 2026. Who were the Green Children of Woolpit, and where did they come from? Today we turn to another real-life oddity from history for inspiration for RPGs in our latest Unearthed Obscura.
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00:00 Open
01:09 Intro: Unearthed Obscura
01:45 The Green Children of Woolpit
13:25 Wrap
Links:
The Green Children of Woolpit https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/The-Green-Children-of-Woolpit/
TTRPG Show for Jan 12, 2026. Listener feedback on universal subsystems, Goodman Games’ latest crowdfunding campaign, a Themberchaud d20, and more.
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00:00 Open
00:55 2026 Industry Predictions from Scott Thorne
04:22 Ultra PRO D&D Journals
06:21 Themberchaud D20 from Sirius
07:16 Warhammer World in D.C.
08:24 Pinball Crawl Classics and Old School Adventures #1 from Goodman Games
10:19 Listener Feedback
15:18 Wrap
Links:
2026 Predictions https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/61320/rolling-initiative-predictions-2026-goodbye-tim-kask
Ultra PRO Journals https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61317/dungeons-dragons-campaign-journals
Themberchaud d20 https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61315/sirius-traps-d-ds-thumberchaud-giant-die
Warhammer World https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61364/games-workshop-announces-plans-second-warhammer-world-flagship-venue
Goodman Games https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/891f2362-d05c-43a2-857f-417bb038207d/landing?ref=home-page
TTRPG Show for Jan 9, 2026. Be held captive by a chatty dragon who only speaks in slam poetry or goblins obsessed with 6-7? Wrap up the week with Chris and Jeremy as they play a round of Would You Rather.
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00:00 Open
00:53 Intro: Would You Rather
01:18 Pause Time 10 Seconds or Rewind Time 10 Seconds
03:00 Held Captive By a Chatty Slam Poetry Dragon or Goblins Obsessed with 6/7
04:35 Face 1 Dragon-Sized Spider or 100 Spider-Sized Dragons
06:01 Marry a Clumsy Goliath or a Hairy-Footed Halfling
08:21 Lightsaber or Magic Wand?
10:11 Play a Jazz-Crooning Bard or a Pretty-Please-Demading Cleric
12:12 Wrap
TTRPG Show for Jan 8, 2026. Today’s Back Booth Banter takes a look at a selection of subsystems from Savage Worlds, Draw Steel, and PBtA that could shine in any game.
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00:00 Open
00:45 Intro: Subsystems for Any RPG
02:04 Savage Worlds Interludes
05:39 Draw Steel Downtime Projects
08:51 Draw Steel Negotiations
11:52 Countdown/Progress Clocks
14:21 Wrap
Links:
Savage Worlds https://peginc.com/savage-settings/savage-worlds/
Draw Steel https://shop.mcdmproductions.com/collections/draw-steel?srsltid=AfmBOopYRXtjoqnB9jzkqHePUqVKg7ZIWRgRVJtrd4JELD5LismpoblO
PBtA http://apocalypse-world.com
TTRPG Show for Jan 7, 2026. Chris and Jeremy use the Tome of Adventure Design to roll up a new creature in this trip to the Forge of Creation.
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00:00 Open
01:51 Forge of Creation: Making a Monster
13:07 Wrap
Links:
The Tome of Adventure Design https://www.mythmeregames.com/products/tome-of-adventure-design-hardcover-book?srsltid=AfmBOor7-Q2B8pmzzG-g5sRS8ry0vBwHa66js-NCucDecgqude4JQYCm
TTRPG Show for Jan 6, 2026. It’s an episode from the Lore Vault as Chris and Jeremy discuss the mythology of the Phoenix and its impact on roleplaying games, primarily Dungeons & Dragons.
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00:00 Open
01:10 Lore of the Phoenix
10:11 The Phoenix in Tabletop RPGs
17:29 Wrap
TTRPG Show for Jan 5, 2026. What elements make for a great experience with an RPG starter set? Plus, a look at how big tabletop predictions shook out in 2025, Warhammer: The Old World, Blood Magic for Shadowdark, and Daggerheart.
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00:00 Open
01:22 2025 Prediction Review
04:19 Warhammer: The Old World
05:41 ENWorld Most Anticipated
06:04 Daggerheart
06:58 Blood Magic for Shadowdark
09:29 What Makes a Great RPG Starter Set?
16:09 Wrap
Links:
2025 Predictions https://icv2.com/articles/columns/view/61293/rolling-initiative-prediction-scorecard-2025
Warhammer: The Old World https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61300/cubicle-7-plans-starter-set
ENWorld Most Anticipated https://www.enworld.org/threads/its-time-to-vote-for-your-most-anticipated-ttrpg-of-2026.716726/
Daggerheart https://www.enworld.org/threads/daggerheart-sold-out-in-two-weeks-has-three-year-plan-in-place.716975/
Blood Magic for Shadowdark https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/greatosradvs/blood-magic?ref=section-homepage-view-more-discovery-p1&category_id=Q2F0ZWdvcnktMzQ=
What are your gaming resolutions for 2026?
Plus, RPG subsystems’ impact on storytelling and Hope Springs Eternal for Daggerheart from Eric Lazure.
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00:00 Open
03:08 Listener Feedback: Subsystem Fatigue
08:19 Hope Springs Eternal for Daggerheart
12:52 Gaming Resolutions
23:32 Wrap
Links:
Hope Springs Eternal https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ericlazure/hope-springs-eternal/
Which aspects of the RPG hobby made our nice list and which ones are naughty?
Plus, voting is open in ENWorld’s Most Anticipated Games of 2026 survey, and a Thundercats RPG is funding on Kickstarter
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00:00 Open
01:50 Revealing the Next Thieves’ Cant Capers Job
03:12 Listener Feedback
05:11 ENWorld Most Anticipated
06:20 Thundercats
09:09 Nice List
14:05 Naughty List
24:03 Wrap
Links:
ENWorld Most Anticipated https://www.enworld.org/threads/its-time-to-vote-for-your-most-anticipated-ttrpg-of-2026.716726/
Thundercats https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/toysandgames/the-thundercats-roleplaying-game-is-here?ref=discovery&term=roleplaying&total_hits=2426&category_id=34
Thousand Year Old Vampire https://thousandyearoldvampire.com/
Mutant: Year Zero https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/mutant-year-zero/
Chris and Jeremy tackle five different ways to establish party cohesion. Plus, Steve Jackson Games announces Toon 2e, MCDM's Draw Steel: Crack the Sun Backerkit campaign surges past its crowdfunding goal, and Orphaned Bookworm Productions is funding the Warmage, a new class for Pathfinder 1e.
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00:00 Open
01:07 Toon 2e
03:25 Draw Steel Crack the Sun
04:35 The Warmage
07:03 Five Ways to Bring the Party Together
23:01 Capers Update
23:43 Wrap
Links:
Toon https://www.sjgames.com/ https://www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/a5976d11-0069-4119-acf2-4d16a54cf8db/landing
Bell of Lost Souls https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/12/dd-five-ways-to-start-your-next-adventure.html
Draw Steel Crack the Sun
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/mcdm-productions/draw-steel-crack-the-sun?ref=bk-discover-hero-feature
Breath of Life–The Warmage https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1868610612/breath-of-life-the-warmage-pathfinder-1st-edition/
Night’s Black Agents https://pelgranepress.com/nights-black-agents/
Call of Cthulhu https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg/
Thousand Year Old Vampire https://thousandyearoldvampire.com/
Mutant: Year Zero https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/mutant-year-zero/
Help us choose which game to feature in our next season of Thieves’ Cant: Capers. We’ve narrowed the list to four finalists.
Plus, ENWorld’s list of most anticipated games of 2026, WizKids’ Kong, Crisis Protocol’s new starter sets, and Draw Steel’s upcoming crowdfunder.
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00:00 Open
01:35 Listener Feedback
03:21 ENWorld Most Anticipated Games
05:03 Kong Mini
06:22 Marvel: Crisis Protocol
07:19 Draw Steel
10:55 Capers Finalists
16:23 Wrap
Links:
ENWorld Most Anticipated https://www.enworld.org/threads/nominate-your-most-anticipated-rpg-of-2026.716454/
WizKids Kong https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/61159/next-wave-wizkids-deep-cuts-miniatures-features-kong
Marvel Crisis Protocol https://www.belloflostsouls.net/2025/12/marvel-crisis-protocol-new-x-men-spider-foes-starter-sets-arrive-this-week.html
Draw Steel https://www.mcdmproductions.com/
Night’s Black Agents https://pelgranepress.com/nights-black-agents/
Call of Cthulhu https://www.chaosium.com/call-of-cthulhu-rpg/
Thousand Year Old Vampire https://thousandyearoldvampire.com/
Mutant: Year Zero https://freeleaguepublishing.com/games/mutant-year-zero/
This week, we’ve got big news for the show: starting January 5, Thieves’ Cant will drop episodes Monday through Friday, with bonus Saturday episodes when Capers is in season.
Plus, we dig into the HPLHS’s prop-packed Call of Cthulhu release The Spark Devil, new Draw Steel content from MCDM—including the Summoner class and The Fall of Blackbottom—and the DarkSpace Kickstarter bringing Shadowdark into space. And in Unearthed Obscura, we explore Centralia, Pennsylvania—the ghost town still burning from the mine fire that started in 1962.
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00:00 Open
02:00 Thieves’ Cant Schedule Change
03:33 The Spark Devil
06:43 Draw Steel
07:53 DarkSpace
10:54 Everburning Fire of Centralia
22:52 Listener Feedback
26:15 Wrap
Links:
The Spark Devil:https://store.hplhs.org/products/the-spark-devil
Draw Steel: https://shop.mcdmproductions.com/collections/draw-steel
DarkSpace: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dmingtheworld/darkspace-sci-fi-rules-for-shadowdark
The Centralia Fire: https://www.businessinsider.com/centralia-pennsylvania-underground-fire-town-photos?utm_source=chatgpt.com#centralia-is-a-borough-in-the-northeastern-mountains-of-pennsylvania-1
This week, we ask: digital or analog—what’s your preferred way to game? We debate VTTs vs. physical mats, digital character builders vs. pen and paper, and what tools actually make RPGs better. Plus, we cover new Draw Steel content, upcoming Forgotten Realms releases, and M.T. Black’s Temple of the Lightbringers Kickstarter.
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00:00 Open
01:09 Listener Feedback
02:09 Draw Steel
04:50 Fantasy Grounds
05:26 Forgotten Realms
07:56 Temple of the Lightbringers
10:48 Digital vs Analog Gaming
24:32 Question of the Week
25:00 Wrap
Links:
MCDM/Draw Steel: https://www.patreon.com/c/mcdm/home
Fantasy Grounds https://www.fantasygrounds.com/
Ed Greenwood/Forgotten Realms: https://mythmakers.com/realmsbound/
M.T. Black/Temple of the Lightbringers: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1367769523/temple-of-the-lightbringers?ref=discovery_newest&term=roleplaying%20game&total_hits=61966&category_id=34
Chris and Jeremy return to the Forge of Creation to roll up a brand-new cursed magic item for both Draw Steel and 5e. Plus, a peek at Into the Cess and Citadel, some Listener Feedback, and a Question of the Week about what to do when your dice go cold.
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00:00 Open
02:32 Question of the Week
05:24 Listener Feedback
09:37 Into the Cess and Citadel
12:54 Creating a New Magic Item for Draw Steel and 5e
29:57 Wrap
Into the Cess and Citadel: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wetinkgames/into-the-cess-and-citadel?ref=section-homepage-view-more-discovery-p1&category_id=Q2F0ZWdvcnktMzQ=
Tome of Adventure Design: https://www.mythmeregames.com/products/tome-of-adventure-design-hardcover-book?srsltid=AfmBOooMOoBSWrZBvvNu-In_U8OFVC2aIBad1lYP27Zmw2QdG6AENusY
Chris and Jeremy unearth some real-world lore about a deadly 1518 dancing plague, and explore the potential story hooks it offers. Plus, Draw Steel’s Beastheart class hits public playtesting, Free League announces a new One Ring adventure, and WotC files a new trademark claim for Dark Sun.
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00:00 Open
01:51 Question of the Week
03:56 Listener Feedback
08:43 Beastheart
11:42 One Ring
14:01 Dark Sun
16:32 The Dancing Plague
25:50 Wrap
Links:
Beastheart for Draw Steel: Beastheart Public Playtest.pdf
Hands of the White Wizard: https://us3.campaign-archive.com/?u=2dcfb24fb7c8d0fb9c2f52040&id=f2723d747d
Dark Sun: https://www.enworld.org/threads/wizards-of-the-coast-re-registers-dark-sun-with-uspto.716113/
The Dancing Plague: https://www.history.com/articles/what-was-the-dancing-plague-of-1518
Chris and Jeremy talk cursed items, and roll up a few of their own using the Tome of Adventure Design. Plus, a look at World Wide Wrestling on Kickstarter, scary gaming moments, and a round of listener feedback.
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00:00 Open
01:26 Listener Feedback
07:14 Question of the Week
09:21 World Wide Wrestling
13:10 Tricks and Treats: Cursed Items
30:38 Wrap
Links:
World Wide Wrestling: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ndpaoletta/world-wide-wrestling-2e-repackaged
Tome of Adventure Design: https://www.mythmeregames.com/products/tome-of-adventure-design-hardcover-book?srsltid=AfmBOooMOoBSWrZBvvNu-In_U8OFVC2aIBad1lYP27Zmw2QdG6AENusY
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