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Logical Monkey is an actual play dungeons and dragons podcast. We use a mix of Dungeons & Dragons 5e, D20 Modern, and homebrew game mechanics. Our first campaign is set in modern day Solihull, a typical town in the heart of England. Our cast of adventurers are plunged into a nightmare struggle against an ancient evil that will leave each of them changed forever. Drawing on Ravenloft's Domains of Dread setting, bringing it to a modern environment, Wendigo seeks to combine horror and humour fo ...
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Never serious, but seriously fun! The Best RP Table Ever focuses on bringing some of our favorite and perhaps lesser known tabletop roleplaying games to light. Cthulhu meets computers in Cubicle 7’s The Laundry, which we feature in our premier season, Case Taciturn Hedge. In Mutants and Masterminds, a modern d20 system, caped crusaders square off against masked marauders, protecting their home from evil. Perhaps we’ll discover together what happens when a poor man named John is receptive to ...
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Save for Half is a podcast about Old School Games and the modern role playing games inspired by them. Join DM Mike, DM Liz, DM Corbett, and DM Jim as they discuss and review all the RPGs that made the 70s and 80s great, as well as their modern descendants and supplements.
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Step through the portals to the worlds protected by the AGEIS! The Adventure Game Engine Interest Series, part of the d20 Radio Network, is your destination for all the AGE all the time! We will discuss book releases, rules, custom content, and record actual plays all centered around the award-winning AGE system from Green Ronin!
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Part 2 of our UK Games Expo coverage including interviews with: Will from Chronicle, GM Dave, Steph from Fist Full of Crits, Russ and Jess from EN World (also sorry to Russ for suggesting that I would have the episode out quickly, you were right, I did not), Kirsty and Amy, the Women Who D&D, Panny from Leyline Press, Lenny from 1985 Games, Steve f…
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Let’s talk about something safe…Cannibalism! Like it or not, it comes up in virtually every Post-Apocalyptic tale you can imagine. Beyond the inevitable questions of “would you or wouldn’t you”, how do these tales treat the ramifications of engaging in this cultural taboo? What games deal with it, and how? Is there a such thing as a “Good Cannibal”…
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It’s August, and you know what that means…or should mean; it’s North Texas RPG Con wrap-up info time! But just so you don’t get too bored listening to con events, we’re also interviewing Stephen Miller of Battlefield Press! We talk the Gaslight Victorian Fantasy RPG, its soon to be revised edition on BackerKit, and answer the most interesting quest…
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It’s the first Smackdown episode of Found in the Ruins! In this corner is Night of the Living Dead, 1968 edition. In the other corner is Night of the Living Dead, 1990 edition. Who will win? Who will lose? Are both great? Neither? Only this podcast (and maybe Shane Plays) can answer the question! Come for the first Zombie Apocalypse, stay for the C…
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Here we have an Advanced Dungeons & Dragons product that’s Licensed to Pulp! Yes, it’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser’s city of Lankhmar, the home base of the two ne’er-do-wells from author Fritz Lieber’s fantasy stories of the mid-20th century. Is it a location worthwhile for adventuring? Are there mysteries, foes, and most of all — loot — for your pl…
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After another long delay (I have a good excuse, I promise!), we're finally back and it's a UK Games Expo interview special! Richard chats to a bunch of the people he met at the UK Games Expo. We also have an exciting competition to announce! All you have to do is get in touch with us (by any means) to tell us what you were up to during the weekend …
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Wendigo is Logical Monkey’s first actual play Dungeons & Dragons campaign. It is set in modern-day Solihull, a typical town in the heart of England. Our adventurers are plunged into a nightmare struggle against an ancient evil that will leave each of them changed forever. Drawing on Ravenloft’s Domains of Dread setting, bringing it to a modern envi…
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Remember…in Space, no one can hear you roll a D20! Your Fab Foursome gather once again to delve into the jungle of D20 products to cover a book that promises all the future you can stand. Does it live up to the hype? Is it useful? Or is it just an excuse to provide more Feats? Listen in and find out, True Believer! No D20s were harmed in the making…
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Greetings, Comrades! Today we discuss that great adversary of yesterday and today, the Red Hordes of Communism. For good or ill, they are the bugaboos of apocalyptic fiction and films from The People of the Ruins by Shanks to the movie remake of Red Dawn. How did they arise? How have they changed over the years? And most importantly of all, are the…
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After an IT enforced hiatus, we're back! The Cheese Squad continue to investigate the Carrington Disappearance. If you're reading this, do let us know what you think of the show on Twitter, Bluesky or by just leaving us a 5 star review on your podcast app of choice. If you're at the UK Games Expo, I will be too. We're bound to run into each other a…
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Welcome to the traditional sideshow where we drag Mike Badolato on air to chat about the North Texas RPG Con this June! Well, we tried to get Gary Oliver but he’s a busy man, you know. We discuss hotel overflows, food trucks, a record number of official games on the schedule…and the pros and cons of having open gaming in the parking lot in June! Co…
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The 1970s and 80s were a time of apocalyptic fears, and what better way to promote them than through cheap paperbacks? That’s right, your favorite Wastelanders Boom Mike and Doc Benny discuss this time as reflected in the book Pulp Apocalypse; a collection of synopses and interviews brought to you by the Paperback Warrior and his crew to scratch th…
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away… Ok, 37 years ago and not so far away the Star Wars RPG was first published by West End Games. We consider the game itself, the idea of dice pools, and answer that age-old question of why are there no ladders to buy in the Star Wars Universe? Come for the enthusiasm of DM Corbett for memories of playing the…
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What’s this, you ask? It’s a side project podcast that covers Post-Apocalyptic books, games, movies, and what not. Hosts Boom Mike and Doc Benny take this first episode to introduce themselves and tell you their interpretations of the Post-Apocalypse. What is it, what isn’t it, and what will be covered in the future on this sorta-monthly podcast by…
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Wendigo is Logical Monkey’s first actual play Dungeons & Dragons campaign. It is set in modern-day Solihull, a typical town in the heart of England. Our adventurers are plunged into a nightmare struggle against an ancient evil that will leave each of them changed forever. Drawing on Ravenloft’s Domains of Dread setting, bringing it to a modern envi…
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Get ready True Believers for a first…a Prequel Save for Half! We’ll be reviewing the West End Games Star Wars D6 RPG in episode 53, but first we invite the Curmudgeon in the Cellar himself Tim Kask on to talk about 1977’s Star Wars and its impact on us and the RPG community. Yes, some of us are really old enough to remember Star Wars when it just r…
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You’ve heard of Christmas in July? Well, welcome to Halloween in January! Your Fab-lings start the new year with a ‘Bleh!’ with everyone’s favorite vampire Strahd in the original AD&D module I6: Ravenloft by Tracy and Laura Hickman. Thrills, chills, and NPCs with Motives abound in this episode of Save For Half! No vampires were harmed in the making…
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It’s December, which means it’s time for the patented Save for Half year-end retrospective and email hot tub time machine! Well, DM Liz reads some emails anyway. Forgive our delay in getting to some of these emails, but we kept them in the same calendar year so that’s got to count for something, right? Right? No Dwarves were harmed in the making of…
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Wendigo is Logical Monkey’s first actual play Dungeons & Dragons campaign. It is set in modern-day Solihull, a typical town in the heart of England. Our adventurers are plunged into a nightmare struggle against an ancient evil that will leave each of them changed forever. Drawing on Ravenloft’s Domains of Dread setting, bringing it to a modern envi…
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Hello and welcome! We're back. After sitting on the audio for 11 months, I have finally released our live recording from Dragonmeet 2022. Recorded with a hugely talented cast of TTRPG idiots including David and Rose from "Who Lives Who Dice", AJ from "Pretending With Dice" and Matt from "Merely Roleplayers", Richard Statham Masters the greatest one…
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What’s this? Your Fab Four covering Gamma World again? Keep patient True Believers, because this isn’t the Gamma World you remember from the late 1970s. This is the 1992 revamp of our favorite game of mutations and murderbots! New rules system, new mutations, and yet the same favorite mutant creatures you know and love. Is it better? Worse? Tune in…
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Hello and welcome! We're back. After sitting on the audio for 11 months, I have finally released our live recording from Dragonmeet 2022. Recorded with a hugely talented cast of TTRPG idiots including David and Rose from "Who Lives Who Dice", AJ from "Pretending With Dice" and Matt from "Merely Roleplayers", Richard Statham Masters the greatest one…
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A show literally months in the making! Your Fab Four Halflings sit down with Skeeter Green to discuss his RPG company Skeeter Green Productions, the Independent Publisher’s Union (#notaunion), and of course…new classes? We discuss all these topics as well as Skeeter’s Mixed Martial Arts activities in this Sideshow of Sideshows! No PC classes were h…
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Wendigo is Logical Monkey’s first actual play Dungeons & Dragons campaign. It is set-in modern-day Solihull, a typical town in the heart of England. Our adventurers are plunged into a nightmare struggle against an ancient evil that will leave each of them changed forever. Drawing on Ravenloft’s Domains of Dread setting, bringing it to a modern envi…
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Hello Listener! We're back with a collection of interviews with delightful folks from the UK Games Expo 2023. we spoke to: Matt from Loke Battlemats Dav from Mammoth Factory Games Rich from Hatchling Games Jess and Russ from EN Publishing The Party RPG Sadly Podomatic has removed the ability to add links but look out for shoutouts to each of these …
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What’s this? A game of Bronze-Age fantasy that mixes ancient cultures from Sumeria to the Celts? A unique world steeped in legend named Glorantha? Guest host Game Master Ed to explain the actual play of this game? Madness! Yet your Fab 4 are here discussing one of the second wave RPGs that came out in the late 1970s and was arguably the one that ga…
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Wendigo is Logical Monkey’s first actual play Dungeons & Dragons campaign. It is set-in modern-day Solihull, a typical town in the heart of England. Our adventurers are plunged into a nightmare struggle against an ancient evil that will leave each of them changed forever. Drawing on Ravenloft’s Domains of Dread setting, bringing it to a modern envi…
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Get ready to gird your Oomph and Marbles, as the kids in the Halfling Clubhouse lead you on a delve into 70s and 80s kids’ shows, both real and imaginary! This show we’re looking at Dare-Luck Club, published by Lou Hoefer and Dandyline Games. Gangsters, aliens, and pirate treasure await you in this RPG for adults about the childhood that never was.…
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