Spellburn

Episode 150: Invoke the Dark Master!

It’s hard to believe but here we are in Spellburn’s 150th episode.  It’s been 13 years of Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG and 12 plus years of Judges J!  We wanted to mark the occasion by breaking things up a little bit with a very special guest tonight– the Dark Master who started at all, sending his thralls far and wide over the land, bringing chaos and cultists to every friendly local gaming store in search of Kovacs covers and funky dice.  And what a ride it has been– Emerald Enchanters, Savage Kings, Lankhmar, Dying Earth, Purple Planet, Shudder Mountains and even MCC RPG, not to mention the million or so multiversal variants out there like Umerica, Weird Frontiers and many many more! We’re going to talk about how we got here in 2025, where we are today and most importantly we’re going to scry the future of DCC RPG (and Goodman Games) with the help of the Dark Master! Pinball Crawl Classics & Old School Adventures! Launching in January 2026! Follow Castle Whiterock for 2026! Game Hole Con 2026 X-Crawl Rodeo! Unnatural Selections Vol. 4 Tales from the Smoking Wyrm #11 Tower of the Black Pearl

Episode 149: On to Zothique!

Marzio Muscadere barely needs any introduction any more!  He’s done a host of DCC RPG adventures, including Star Wound of Abaddon, Veiled Vaults of the Onyx Queen, Across the Veil of Time, House of Jade & Shadow and the beloved holiday adventure the Doom that Came to Christmas Town.  He’s also an authority on Mighty Deeds with his book Steel & Fury, as well as his own products like Death Slaves of Eternity and most recently Murder House.  He’s also just a super fun guest so we welcome him back to talk about his latest project (very near to my heart!), Clark Ashton Smith’s Zothique!  Welcome Judge Marz! Clark Ashton Smith’s Zothique for DCC RPG! Marz Press – Buy Marzio’s 3rd party stuff! The Marz page at Goodman-Games.com! Horror Cinema Classics RPG – Preorders page! Roxie’s Rollers – WHPA Fairhaven 3PP from Shane Kablooey! X-Crawl Classics – Road Trip – by Raorgen Games Stratosfiend 4: Bye Bye All of Stratosfiend (Orbital Intelligence!) Hirelings to Heroes! (Michael Spreademan funnel adventure!)

Episode 148: Invoke Eric Bloat

Hello Peace-friends and welcome to another episode of Spellburn! Eric Bloat, the big cheese over at Bloat Games, has been in the game publishing business since 2017, when he launched his first kickstarter Dark Places & Demogorgons. Since then he has been on a tear. Many other successful crowdfunding campaigns have come and gone. So many I cannot possibly do it justice. Vigilante City, Zombies, Evolved, The Blackest Deaths and, one of my favorites, a space marine zine called Operation: Bughunt. He publishes mainly for his own system, Survive This!, but has also released versions of his games for DCC RPG and 5th ed D&D. Tonight Spellburn invokes Eric Bloat! Bloat Games Website Bloat Games products on Goodman Games site Bloat Games PDF store Bronx Beasts (Anthropomorphic for DCC RPG) Primal Tales (Anthropomorphic for DCC) Rats of Gim (Erica Barlow / MCC RPG!) White Lies RPG

Episode 147: GENCON 2025 Wrap-up!

GENCON – sometimes known as the great gathering of our people!  Gamers come from far and wide to the amazing and fascinating tourist destination of – INDIANAPOLIS…  there they find… about 80,000 other gamers, lots of beer, pizza, food trucks, meeples and lines… especially lines!  But along with that, we have the best selection of RPGs and vendors in the world, and games aplenty on hand all day and all night long!  In 2012 after DCC RPG was released, there was no official presence at the con… NOW, we have a whole section in LucasOil stadium with a van, a gong of doom, organized play, tournaments and much much more!  We’ll review this year’s mighty deeds and fabulous fumbles– with people who were actually there–   on tonight’s Spellburn! Judge Matt’s adventure: A Conspiracy of Ravens Crowdburning inks for this episode! Angels, Daemons and Beings Between V3! Astonishing Heroes of the Public Domain Witch Lords of Skull Mountain V2 – the Malkova Wilds Weird Frontiers Reference Guide Dungeon Dwellng Creatures!

Episode 146: Invoke David Fisher!

DCC RPG codified supernatural patrons as something in between a game mechanic and narrative device. The notion was fresh, novel, and perfectly aligned to the game’s focus on Appendix N. Patrons are so good that the concept has worked its way into other RPGs.  The cast of patrons and gods facilitates a table’s worldbuilding. This unique quality as pieces on the chessboard of the Moorcockian eternal struggle means that the more pieces you have to play with the better. way back in 2013, Daniel Bishop, Paul Wolfe, David Fisher, and Sean Connors collaborated to publish DCC RPG’s first patron supplement, Angels, Daemons & Beings Between.  Of course everyone recognizes Daniel and Paul, but David Fisher was the primary artist on the project and eventually took over as its main publisher. Under the name of Shinobi 27 games he has published a ton of other stuff and has an upcoming project which we will talk about on this month’s Spellburn! Angels, Daemons and Beings Between, Vol 3 – KS promo! Angels, Daemons and Beings Between, Vol 3 – KS launch page Angels, Daemons and Beings Between, Vol 1 Angels, Daemons and Beings Between, Vol 2 – Fae Harder Feast of the Preserver Revelation of Mulmo Trolls of Mistwood Curse of Mistwood The One That Got Away Silam #1: Spike of Dosku Silam #2: Trials of Riao Silam #3: Now live on Kickstarter! Zothique for DCC RPG! Marzio’s new site – Marzpress.com Old John Stuart’s Mill Days of Future Fairhaven Chain Censor #1 by Donn Stroud (Ruination Pilgrimage)