Episode 26 – HeroQuest RPG (with Ian Cooper) from GROGMEET 18
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View ArticleShow us your stuff!
There’s still time to submit your photos of the supporting material that you’ve made for your games. Handouts, minis, floor-plans, counters, character sheets, improvised props or anything you’ve...
View ArticleEpisode 27 (Part One) Robin of Sherwood (with Graham Staplehurst)
Robin of Sherwood (with Graham Staplehurst) Download Episode INTRO: In this episode we are continuing our exploration of the context of gaming in the eighties, by looking at one of the TV series that...
View ArticleEXTRA – Call of Cthulhu Actual Play (with How We Roll and Scott Dorwood)
The auditorium was massive! Call of Cthulhu Actual Play (with How We Roll and Scott Dorwood) Download Episode I attended the first ever PodUk Convention in Birmingham and appeared in a live show. How...
View Article1D6 Bringing Akill-Ease to Heel
Three years ago I had my debut running a con-game at the first ever Con-Vergence in Stockport. The event will always hold a special affection my heart, and last year I hosted Golden Heroes, which was...
View ArticleFanzine Festival
In April virtual GROGMEET, the online version of our annual meet-up, will be in full swing on the 12th and 13th. Patreons are currently signing up, remaining places will be made generally available...
View ArticleShow your stuff – Scrapbook
At the end of February we closed our HeroQuest competition. We asked the GROGSQUAD to “show off your stuff ” the home-made enhancements that made you proud. Our friends at bonhomiegames.uk have been...
View ArticleEpisode 27 (Part 2) Fate (with Robin of Sherwood actual play)
Download Episode We’re continuing our Robin of Sherwood theme. We discuss Fate and use it to provide a sample play in Sherwood Forest created by the TV series. We hope that it will inspire you to...
View ArticleEXTRA – Stormbringer Actual Play (with Red Moon Role-playing)
Stormbringer Actual Play Download Episode I was kindly invited to Games Master a game of Stormbringer by the wonderfully macabre actual play podcast Red Moon Roleplaying. These is a teaser for an...
View Articlevirtual GROGMEET19 – Scrapbook
I’m still cock-a-hoop. The podcast has been selected as the Pod Pick of the Month in Issue 460 of Starburst magazine. Regular listeners will know that the magazine has always been close to my heart. It...
View ArticleEpisode 28 (Part 1) Monsters! Monsters! RPG (with Ken St Andre)
Monsters! Monsters! RPG with Ken St Andre Download Episode INTRO: 00:00:16 – This is the first part of a two part episode looking at the games and worlds created by Ken St Andre. He’s one of the...
View ArticleTortured Souls – Fanzine Scrapbook
Earlier this week, I appeared on What Would the Smart Party Do podcast, celebrating their success at reaching the milestone of 100 episodes. The discussion included a reflection over the past 5 years...
View ArticleQuasits & Quasars – Fanzine Scrapbook
I’ve spent the weekend packing and addressing envelopes stuffed with the GROGZINE19 (and associated extras for Patreon backers at different levels). If you live in the UK, you can expect to receive it...
View ArticleEpisode 28 (Part 2) More Tunnels & Trolls RPG (with Ken St Andre)
More Tunnels & Trolls (with Ken St Andre) Download Episode INTRO: A new review of The GROGNARD files INTERVIEW: A list of interesting things referred to by Ken: His mini, Trollhala Press, Fours,...
View Article1D6 UK Games Expo ’19 Exposed
Sigh. That’s it. Over for another year. This is the third time that I’ve been to UK Games Expo and it was my best experience so far; I know the geography of the place and feel more comfortable than I...
View ArticleUK Games Expo 2019 Scrapbook
I have at least 2 more chins than last year We tromped around those big halls several times: sensory overload, how many copies of Pandemic can you fit in one place? “Hida San uses the full might of his...
View ArticleEXTRA – A RPG GamesMaster Prepares (UK Games Expo 19)
Download Episode This is a GROGPOD extra, made possible thanks to the generosity of the GROGSQUAD patreons. This is a Newstalgia podcast talking about the things we are playing now. It is focused on...
View ArticleWhite Dwarf Book Club – issue 33
A new feature recommended by the GROGSQUAD. A weekly White Dwarf Book Club, so we can read the same issue together and talk about some of the features, scenarios, reviews, adverts, letters and other...
View ArticleWhite Dwarf Book Club – Issue 37
A random roll on the d100 as thrown up 37 (4 issues later than the first one) which was dated January 1983. The magazine had started to get into the stride as a monthly publication after years of...
View ArticleFanzine Scrapbook – The Beholder
White Dwarf helped to shape the ‘zine scene in many different ways. Usually, it provided something for upstart teenagers to push against. Often challenging the orthodoxies of the war gaming luminaries...
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