Podcasts by Chaoses Limb
I talk about tabletop RPGs and fiction: D&D, OSR, Dungeon World, TTRPG, analog games, story games, minimalist rule sets, Sword & Sorcery, Sword & Planet, Science Fantasy, Fantasy, Myth, REH, HPL, ERB, CAS, alternate history, Bronze Age Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/chaoseslimb/support
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S5E3 City of the Serpent Men from 2021-07-02T16:20:14
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S5E2: Arion and the Dreaded Isle from 2021-06-30T13:49:21
The continuing adventures of Arion and our play test of Barbaric! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/chaoseslimb/message Support this podcast: Listen
S5:E1 Barbaric from 2021-06-19T19:23:49
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S4E3: Last Stand at Outpost 3 Review from 2021-05-29T18:29:54
A review of Last Stand at Outpost 3 from Dungeon Magazine 110.
For simple rule set to run Dark Sun adventures, check out Crimson Sun: https://minnonartor.itch.io/crimson-sun
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Last Stand at Outpost 3 Review from 2021-05-29T18:29:54
A review of Last Stand at Outpost 3 from Dungeon Magazine 110.
For simple rule set to run Dark Sun adventures, check out Crimson Sun: https://minnonartor.itch.io/crimson-sun
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S4E2 The Forest Maker from 2021-04-15T23:41:24
A scene-by-scene review of the 2e Dark Sun adventure module the Forest Maker plus some of the changes I made to the adventure to better fit my own Dark Sun campaign.
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S4E1 Dark Sun Intro from 2020-12-25T05:15:22
Where I introduce Dark Sun to those who are not familiar with it.
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High School Gaming Club End of Semester Survey from 2020-07-10T00:18:10
Frank from episode 18 sent out a survey to some of his students. I share with you their responses.
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S3E45 OAR Before the Lost City from 2020-06-24T20:51:52
The Goodman Games version of Before the Lost City is delayed at the printers. Once it comes in, I will review it.
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S2E28 VanHelsing Cleric from 2020-06-24T20:47:27
Just learned the 'true' origin of the cleric by listening to Dave Aldridge's DPercentile podcast, Ep 202. Maybe it's old news to others but for me, mind blown.
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20200624 update from 2020-06-24T20:40:29
Just an update on what I’ve been up to since the end of the last season. Also I’ve passed 1000 lessons! Thanks to everyone who made that possible :-) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor....
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S3E45 B4 The Lost City - The Underground Cavern from 2020-06-12T18:09:42
Cynidicea Below
The Garden of Orpheus
The Fungal Forest
The Isle of Death
The Lower Catacombs
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S3E43 B4 The Lost City - The Lower Tiers II from 2020-06-08T13:21:17
What darkness lurks at the heart of the Ziggurat...?
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S3E41 B4 The Lost City - The Lower Tiers from 2020-06-05T01:57:35
The gateway to the underworld is seen as part antiquity and part theatre. Welcome to the lower depths.
Peter Ackroyd
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S3E39 B4 The Lost City - Tier 5 from 2020-06-02T19:13:52
Overview of Tier 5
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S3E37 B4 The Lost CIty - Tier 5 - Factions from 2020-05-31T21:54:31
Children of Nun
Rebel Priest
Followers of the Formless One
Haunted Residence of the Animator
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S3E35 B4 The Lost City - Tier 4 - The Counciler, the Chamberlain and the Lady-in-Waiting from 2020-05-30T05:05:54
This sounds like the title to a bawdy tale by Chaucer
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S3E33 B4 The Lost City - Tier 4 - The Slaves from 2020-05-27T12:58:10
“Dine with the masters and forget the slaves.”
― Pierce Brown
S3E31 B4 The Lost City - Tier 4 - The Thief from 2020-05-25T17:56:15
Though Slith had an experience of twenty years of theft, yet he said little; only if one of the others made a stone roll with his foot, or, later on in the forest, if one of them stepped on ...
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S3E29 B4 The Lost City - Tier 4 - A Noble Lady from 2020-05-23T14:31:20
She would rather walk alone in darkness than follow anyone else’s shadow.
R. G. Moon
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S3E27 B4 The Lost City - Tier 4 - the Rat's Nest from 2020-05-21T13:18:21
From rat's nest to zombie rat's nest to necrotic ooze
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S3E25 B4 The Lost City - Tier 4 - A Nobleman's Burial Room from 2020-05-19T14:27:37
“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.”
― Voltaire
Episode 21: Playing at the World Intro from 2020-05-19T00:36:09
I start reading Jon Peterson's Playing At the World
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S3E23 B4 The Lost City - Tier 4 - Ghostly Haunts from 2020-05-17T14:05:58
What may this mean.
That thou, dead corse, again, in complete steel,
Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon.
Making night hideous ; and we, fools of nature,
So horridly to shak...
S3E21 B4 The Lost City - Tier 4 - The Guard Captain from 2020-05-15T20:02:57
The Guard Captain keeps lonely vigil...
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S3E20 Cool ghouls from 2020-05-14T22:17:55
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S3E19 B4 The Lost City - Tier 4 - the High Priest from 2020-05-13T14:01:25
The priest's on the boat and hell is on its way
--Portugal the Man
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S3E18 Dwarven Jester Call Ins from 2020-05-13T04:09:51
Comedy, horror and treasure
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S3E17 B4 The Lost City - Tier 4 - The Jester's Burial Room from 2020-05-11T21:54:41
A simple buffoon or the mastermind behind it all? You decide.
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S3E15 B4 The Lost City - Tier 4 - Overview from 2020-05-10T03:49:52
Burial chambers of Cynidicean nobility in the time of Zenobia and Alexander.
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S3E13 B4 The Lost City - Tier 4 - Overview from 2020-05-07T23:16:39
Followers of the Old Gods factions and their bases of operations .
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S3E11 B4 The Lost City - Tier 4 - North and West from 2020-05-05T22:56:24
Beachheads for the MiGo and Shoggoth.
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S3E9 B4 The Lost City - Tier 2 - South and East from 2020-05-04T00:21:55
The area of Tier 2 controlled by the Sons of Marduk
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S3E7 B4 The Lost City - Tier 2 - A Special Storeroom from 2020-05-01T23:37:07
of Fire Beetles and Mechanical Parts...
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S3E6 Tier 1 Call Ins from 2020-05-01T00:03:26
Ladders and their signifiers
Call ins from:
Josh Beckelhimer from JB Publishing
Larry
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S3E5 B4 The Lost City - Tier 1 from 2020-04-30T04:44:15
Three bronze columns elaborately carved...
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S3E3 B4 The Lost City - Overview of the Lost City from 2020-04-29T00:08:12
An overview of B4 The Lost City
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S3E2 Approach the Ziggurat Call Ins from 2020-04-27T13:32:21
Call ins for Approaching the Ziggurat including:
Josh Beckelhimer from JB Publishing
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S3E1 B4 The Lost City - Approaching the Ziggurat from 2020-04-26T18:17:17
Lost in the desert, food and water gone, mounts dead ... then, rising from the sands, the cyclopean blocks of a lost city...
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Season 3 Intro: Exploring the Lost City from 2020-04-25T00:34:42
In Season 3 I plan to do an in depth exploration of the OSR module B4: The Lost CIty.
Join me.
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S2E27 Ablative Armor from 2020-04-21T22:52:31
If you give a mouse a cookie...
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S2E26 Weapon Damage from 2020-04-21T04:44:18
Call in on weapon damage in CL0e sparks a discussion
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S2E25 call ins on Chaoses Limb 0E part 1 from 2020-04-20T23:43:58
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S2E24 CL 0e from 2020-04-19T06:11:57
What happens if we apply reverse evolution to Chaoses Limb? all sorts of craziness.
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Episode 20: Larry's RPG bio from 2020-04-18T01:46:15
The latest in my series of interviews with my brothers and former players.
Apologies for the sound quality on this one.
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S2E23 Colin’s part 3 from 2020-04-16T23:28:25
A call in from Mr. Spike Pit about playbooks --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send...
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S2E22 Season 2 Call Ins part 2 from 2020-04-15T04:52:10
More call ins for season 2
Iron and magic, arms and armor for magic users.
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S2E21 Season 2 Call Ins from 2020-04-13T01:33:07
Call ins from:
Tim Shorts - Gothridge Manor - discovering new things in old rules
Colin Green - SpikePit - the joys of game design
Rob C - Down in a Heap - question on magic...
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S2E20 Season 2 Credits from 2020-04-12T13:44:04
Inspirations for the Chaoses Limb Retro Clone
http://zenopusarchives.blogspot.com/
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S2E19 The Dwarven Playbook from 2020-04-10T22:37:15
A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.
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S2E18 The Halfling Playbook from 2020-04-09T22:12:43
“And here he was, a little halfling from the Shire, a simple hobbit of the quiet countryside, expected to find a way where the great ones could not go, or dared not go. It was an evil fate.” Listen
S2E17 The Elf Playbook from 2020-04-08T15:00:07
Sandra’s seen a leprechaun,
Eddie touched a troll,
Laurie danced with witches once,
Charlie found some goblins gold.
Donald heard a mermaid sing,
Susy spied an elf,
But a...
S2E16 The Thief Playbook from 2020-04-07T14:29:33
Steal a little and they'll put you in jail, steal a lot and they'll make you king.
Bob Dylan
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S2E15 The Cleric Playbook from 2020-04-06T17:07:36
From the solemn gloom of the temple children run out to sit in the dust, God watches them play and forgets the priest.
S2E14 Magic User's Playbook from 2020-04-05T14:03:29
In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.
S2E13 the Fighter Playbook from 2020-04-04T12:52
Fighters can use any weapon and wear any kind of armor. As they advance in experience they increase their “hit dice” making them harder to kill.
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S2E12 Quick Start Sheet for Character Creation from 2020-04-03T14:07:28
For Holmes Basic (and Chaoses Limb) all character generation rules can fit on one side of a single sheet of paper--and that's including gear.
Simplicity.
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S2E11 Basic Combat from 2020-04-03T00:16:31
“When you’re short of everything but the enemy, you are in combat.”
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S2E10 Magic in Chaoses Limb from 2020-04-01T14:31:30
The fourth rail of fantasy adventure gaming
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S2E9 Do the Thing: Interacting with the Dungeon Environment from 2020-03-31T20:18:53
Of the 3 (4?) pillars of fantasy adventure gaming one of the broadest is how characters interact with their environment. For OD&D this default environment is the Dungeon.
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S2E8 Holmes Basic Omissions from 2020-03-31T04:50
Rules from Holmes Basic that I left out of Chaoses Limb
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S2E7 Gold & Gear from 2020-03-29T17:40:02
Let's go shopping! The equipment lists and what to do with them.
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S2E6 Race, Class and Race as Class from 2020-03-28T13:34:49
Race, Class and Race as Class in Holmes Basic & Chaoses Limb
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S2E5 3d6 down the line from 2020-03-27T21:12:01
The foundational building blocks of a character: Abilities in Holmes Basic and Chaoses Limb
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S2E4 Chaoses Limb Divergence from 2020-03-26T23:28:46
A brief overview of some things I changed in Chaoses Limb vs the Holmes Basic it was based on
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S2E3 Clone of Holmes from 2020-03-26T03:01:57
Of all the old school games to clone, why Holmes?
And for all things Holmes there's no better source than Zenopus Archives:
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S2E2 Return of the Retro Clone from 2020-03-25T05:01:34
The last thing the world needs is another retro-clone. Am I right fellas?
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S2E1: What OSR means to me from 2020-03-24T04:33:17
As I discuss some of the choices I made in 'designing' my retro clone I want to highlight the parts of the OSR that most appeal to me as a background into what drove some of my design decisions....
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Season 2 Intro: Chaoses Limb Designer Notes from 2020-03-23T04:23:40
I introduce a new season where I'm going to talk about some of the design decisions that went into making my Holmes Basic Retro Clone--Chaoses Limb.
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Episode 19: Rob's Rules of Gaming (Redux) from 2020-03-06T06:21:05
in Down in the Heap, Rob C presents 12 rules of gaming. I go through them here and add my own viewpoint where I have something to add.
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Episode 18: Frank's RPG History and Gaming with High Schoolers from 2020-02-28T05:49:53
Frank and I talk about some of our history with our favorite game and Frank tells us how he has brought gaming to his high school as well as some of the challenges and rewards of gaming with hig...
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Episode 17: DunDraCon Part 2: Cthulhu Dark Ages from 2020-02-20T05:36:15
My impressions of the Call of Cthulhu system in general and my experience with a Cthulhu Dark Ages game that I was lucky enough to be a part of this DunDraCon.
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Episode 16: DDC part 1 from 2020-02-19T06:08:52
Mr Hobbs!
and playing Troika at DunDraCon
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Episode 15: Appendix N Survey Idea and MORE Land of the Lost from 2020-02-05T00:46:40
Great call in from Rob C of Down in a Heap
And some curiosity about Land of the Lost...remember, curiosity killed the Sleestak ;-)
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Episode 14: Cryptic message from the Hobbester from 2020-02-04T22:31:52
An envelope opening (keep your finger on the volume control)
Kane - Bloodstone
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Episode 13: Philip Game History from 2020-01-29T04:41:45
An interview with Philip about his history with role playing games.
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Episode 12: Unbagging Kane from 2020-01-29T01:21:18
The psychology of unboxings
Wagner's Kane
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Episode 11: Land of the Lost part 3 from 2020-01-15T17:45:52
Land of the Lost geography and settings
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Episode 10: Naming and Land of the Lost crystals from 2020-01-15T03:16:06
A message from Jason Hobbs on Naming and reactions to Safety Tools
And Land of the Lost crystal magic
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Episode 9: Railroad into the Land of the Lost from 2020-01-14T06:11:47
A response from Tim Short's of Gothridge Manor fame about railroading and me going on about Land of the Lost.
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Episode 8: When to Railroad from 2020-01-08T04:33:08
Game summary of my last session
Also, is it ever desirable to railroad?
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Episode 7: Personal Appendix N from 2020-01-04T01:21:43
What are the main sources of inspiration for your gaming and for your campaign?
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Episode 6: Naming IV from 2020-01-03T18:12:07
Continued discussion on naming
1) generating random names from board games
2) Good vanilla vs Ethnic
3) Language families and your fantasy proto indo european
4) Usab...
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Episode 5: Safety Tools II from 2020-01-03T02:18:06
Call ins on Safety Tools for OSR
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Episode 4: Safety Tools for OSR from 2020-01-02T04:14:41
Is OSR gaming antithetical to the use of Safety Tools?
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Episode 3: A Rose by any other name... from 2020-01-02T03:25:21
3rd segment on naming and an idea for different versions of names depending on your native language.
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Episode 2: Naming, Part Deux from 2020-01-02T00:37:09
Continue my conversation on naming with a short clip about the use of Google Translate and how it can be used to create regional or racial consistency in your world.
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Episode 1: What's in a Name? from 2019-11-26T02:33:20
First in a series of podcasts where my brother and I discuss our experience at Big Bad Con 2019.
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Session 0 from 2019-09-19T22:57:52
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