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Ship of the Dead Podcast

Limithron’s Ship of the Dead, a tabletop roleplaying game podcast with a strong focus on pirate themed games, Dungeons & Dragons, and OSR/NSR games like Mörk Borg and Mothership. GM tips & tutorials, industry interviews, actual plays, and more. Hosted by battle map artist and Pirate Borg creator Luke Stratton (Limithron). Support at www.limithron.com/patreon.

Copyright: © 2022 Limithron LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Latest Episodes:

Running Adventures & Meaningful Choices (Levi Combs, John "Hambone" McGuire, Brian Shutter) Apr 09, 2026

Show notes

John "Hambone" McGuire / John "Hambone" McGuire

Show Notes:

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast

Dwarven Fortress (Dwarf Fortress)

Shroom and Gloom

Robert Conley - Bat in the Attic Games

Forbidden Psalm

Neon Bastardz RPG
Squirmish
JP Coovert
Creature Curation
Raptor Ruckus
Vast Grimm
Yamil - Tales from the Tape Deck

Brian Larkin - Arcane Sword Press
Stillfleet
Brad Kerr
Ben Milton (Questing Beast)

DCC (Dungeon Crawl Classics)
The Quantum Ogre Theory

Paranoia
Marvel Super Heroes
West End Star Wars
Space Gits
Genial Jack
Operation Unfathomable

Credits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler Stratton
Get Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon

Lost to the Locker Deep Dive Apr 01, 2026

Show notes

Down Among The Dead
Mega Map pack & Art

Raymond Lillard: croboy1981
Raptor Ruckus

Teenage Mutant Tunnel Goons - JP Coovert
Mondo Gecko Record
Sewer Scum kickstarter
Knight of the 7 Kingdoms
Mythic Bastionland
Cosmere RPG
Knock
Matrix Experience
Geeky Teas
Magical Industrial Revolution - Skurples
Mordenheim
Daggerheart
Trapped in the Tropics
Graves Left Wanting - Carl Druid
Frontier Scum
Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey
Tales from Monkey Island
Archon Games

Credits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler Stratton
Get Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon

Elements of Great RPG adventures feat. Professor Dungeon Master and Brad Kerr Mar 25, 2026

Show notes

Luke
PAGE
Skullfungus patreon
Neverland
Tomb of Black Sand
Alien RPG
Rapture Protocol

Professor Dungeon Master
Dungeon Craft Youtube
Dungeon Craft Patreon
Dungeon Craft Facebook Group
Deathbringer
Shadowdark
PDM Top 10 Products 2025
Runehammer pamphlet on Drivethru
Roll for Combat (Publisher)
Halls of the Blood King - OSE (Adventure)
Warhammer Fantasy RPG (System)
Blade Runner (Start Set)

Brad Kerr
https://bradkerr.net/
The Dream Shrine (Adventure)
Swamp World (Adventure)
Yeast Ghouls (Adventure)
Between 2 Cairns (Podcast)
Between 2 Cons (Conventions)
Necrotic Gnome (Publisher)
OSE (System)
Mausritter (estate box set)
Mythic Bastionland
Dolmenwood - The book of Lairs
The Black Hack
Winters Daughter - Gavin Norman
Black Wyrm of Bransford - Chance Dudinack
Nate Treme - The Moldy Unicorn (Haunted Almanac)
Marvel Superheroes RPG (System)
Tephrotic Nightmares (Adventure / Box)

Music:
Grant Green - Idle Moments
Rumors - Fleetwood Mac
Tusk - Fleetwood mac
Tango in the Night - Fleetwood Mac
Justine Jones

Credits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler Stratton
Get Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon

Into The Maelstrom Deep Dive Mar 18, 2026

Show notes

Down Among the Dead (Book)

Adventure Ledger
Map Ledger

Luke:
MTG Commander Slime Decks (Deck)
Willow (Movie)
Zadok - Shadow over Innsmouth (Book)
Joseph R. Lewis (Author)
Secret of Monkey Island (Video Game)
Mike Shea - Ravenloft (Blog)
The Monsters Know What They’re Doing (Article)
Keith Ammann (Author) Blog here: Spy and Owl
Penny Dreadful | Timothy Dalton is Sir Benjamin Murray (Character)
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (Song)
Hamilton (Musical)
Hocus Pocus (Movie)
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Movie)
Red Hook - HP Lovecraft (Book)
Red Hook Games (Studio)
A Thousand Thousand Islands (RPG)

Tyler Stratton:
Cosmere RPG
The Stormlight Archive (Book)
Nightmare Over Ragged Hollow (Adventure)

Abby Wentzel:
MTG: Lorwyn (Deck)

Chapter Markers
0:00 Intro
0:38 What Is Into the Maelstrom
2:15 Adventure Overview
5:02 The Cursed Ship
7:40 The Vampyrate Theme
10:32 Major NPCs
14:18 Running the Adventure
18:07 Key Encounters
22:46 Tips for Harbourmasters
27:12 Player Experience
31:45 Spoilers & Secrets
36:20 Final Thoughts

Credits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler Stratton
Get Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon

State of the OSR at PAGE 3 Mar 11, 2026

Show notes

Philadelphia Area Gaming Expo

Andrew Bellury (Tiger Wizard)

Clark Peterson (Necromancer Games)
Wilderlands of High Fantasy (Judges Guild)
One Page Dungeons (Contest)
Mad Dungeon (Podcast)
Exalted Funeral (Publisher)

Knock! (Magazine)
Rise Up Comus (Blog)
His Majesty the Worm (RPG)
Prismatic Wasteland (Blog)
The Dungeon Dozen (Resource Book)
Operation Unfathomable (Adventure)

Into the Wyrd & Wild (Resource Book)
Into the Cess & Citadel (Resource Book)
Substack

Darkspace (RPG)

Mythic Bastionland (RPG)
Vagabond (RPG)
Erol Otus (Designer)
Skullfungus (Creator)

Chubby Funster (Youtube)
ShadowRim (Setting)
ShadowSun
Hârn - Columbia Games (Setting / RPG)
Ars Magica 5th Edition (RPG)

The Broken Empires (RPG)
Questing Beast We need to talk about Goodman Games (Video)
Joseph R. Lewis (Writer)

Glass Cannon: Shadowdark (Podcast)

Fight On! (Magazine)

Credits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler Stratton
Get Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon

How To Be a Great GM with Mike Shea Mar 04, 2026

Show notes

Mike Shea
Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master (Book)

Mike’s Notes:
Level up Advanced 5e by EN World Publishing (System)
The City of Arches (Campaign Setting)
Ozymandias (Poem)
Forge of Foes (Book)
Tales of the Valiant (System)

Other:
Dragonbane (RPG)
Daggerheart (RPG)
Numenera (RPG)
Shadowdark (RPG)
Shadowdark - Cursed Scroll 1
Dolmenwood (RPG)
Lazy RPG Talk Show Dolmenwood Spotlight – Lazy RPG Talk Show
The Dark Caribbean (Campaign Preview)

Top Tips to Prep as a GM - Lazy Dungeon Master
Prep what you need, and kill the things that aren't helping.
Prepare to improvise.
Have a system, a process.
The first time you interact with a NPC, have the player describe something about them.

Other Tips:
What is Quantum Ogre (Article)
Popcorn Initiative
Foundry VTT
Owlbear Rodeo (VTT)
5e Artisanal Database (Sly Flourish's)
Game Icons (Graphics)
Dwarven Forge (Terrain)
Ghosts of Saltmarsh (Adventure)
Limithron PAX Unplugged Mega-Game (Video)
Obsidian (App)
Notion (App)
Castle Ravenloft in Shadowdark (Sly Flourish Article)
Down Among the Dead (Expansion)
Crypts of Karigulon (Adventure)

Draw Steel (RPG)
CROWS (RPG)
Invasion from the Planet of Tarrasques (Adventure)

Credits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler Stratton
Get Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon

Using RPG Maps with Skullfungus & JP Coovert Feb 25, 2026

Show notes

Karl Stjernberg – Skullfungus
Patreon
Isle of Ixx (Adventure)
Knock (Magazine)
Tomb of Black Sand (Adventure)
Black Hack (RPG)
CY_BORG (RPG)
Dyson Logos Maps (Maps)
Brad Kerr (Designer)
Dream Shrine (Adventure)
Yeast Ghouls (Adventure)

JP Coovert (YouTube)
Patreon
Star Borg (RPG)
Teenage Mutant Tunnel Goons (RPG)
Goons and Ghosts (RPG)
Flik Silverpen's Guide to Exploring Dungeons (Tutorial)
Dragon Town and the Darkness Below (Dungeon Craft Review)
Castle Gloomshroud (Adventure)

Reach of the Roach God (Adventure)
Legends of Avantris (YouTube)
Essentialism (Book)

The Creative Act (Book)
King Cat Comics (Comics)
Drawing Monsters (Tutorial)
Making Maps (Tutorial)
Drawing Cities (Tutorial)

Looking for maps:
Cze and Peku
Tom Cartos
Low Key Battle Maps
The Map Library
Mad Cartographer
Watabou
Google Maps
Video Strategy Guides
Dyson Logos Maps
Two Minute Table Top
JP Coovert – How to Draw

Credits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler Stratton
Get Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon

Tales from the Locker Feb 18, 2026

Show notes

Tales From The Locker Kickstarter (Ends Feb 27 2026)

Ed Bourelle - Skeleton Key Games
Philip Reed
Alexander Jatscha-Zelt - Golem Productions

Ed’s Notes:

The Masticator Gate & Endless Demon Deck
Three from the Locker
Privateer Press
Time Bandits (Movie)
Cutthroat Island (Movie)
On Stranger Tides (Book)
Raptor Ruckus (RPG)
Tome of Adventure Design (RPG Design Book)
How to THINK when you DRAW (Drawing Book)

Philip’s Notes:

The Agonizing Resurrection of Victor Frankenstein and Other Gothic Tales
Cabin Fever Jam
Cabin Fever Winner: So Many Ways to Die - A Pirate Borg Sea Shanty (YouTube)
Zine Box (Tomb of Zines)
Dungeon Denizens 2 (Kickstarter)
Forgotten Realms: The Magister - FR4 (Book)

Alexander’s Notes:

Ravaged by Storm (Kickstarter)
The Electrum Archive (Setting)
The Desert Moon of Karth (Adventure)
Pirate Borg Design Primer
Mothership (RPG)
Gavin Norman (Dolmenwood Designer)

Other

Escape from Monkey Island
Bridgman’s Complete Guide to Drawing from Life
Skerples Monster Overhaul

Credits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler Stratton
Get Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon

Gavin Norman (Dolmenwood, OSE) Feb 11, 2026

Show notes

Gavin Norman

See YouTube Video of Episode HERE

Old-School Essentials (RPG)

Exalted Funeral (Company)

Dolmenwood (RPG)

Questing Beast on Dolmenwood (Video) — “Dolmenwood is the BEST D&D book of 2025… and it’s not close”

Bastard Quest (YouTube Channel)

Songs of the Dying Earth - Matthew Hughes

Nine Tales of Raffalon - Matthew Hughes

Arkham Horror RPG Starter Set

Brad Kerr & Chance Dudinack About

The Black Wyrm of Brandonsford (Adventure)

Questing Beast – DCC Hot Take: We Need to Talk About Goodman Games

Old-School Essentials Month – May 2026 (Backerkit)

AD&D 1e Monster Manual (PDF)

Dark Caribbean (Pirate Borg Setting Book)

Over the Garden Wall (TV Series)

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell – Susanna Clarke

The King of Elfland’s Daughter – Lord Dunsany

The Name of the Wind & The Wise Man’s Fear – Patrick Rothfuss

3d6 Down the Line (Actual Play)

LegendKeeper (Worldbuilding Tool)

Worlds Without Number (RPG)

A Pound of Flesh (Mothership Toolkit)

Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master – Sly Flourish

Dungeon World (RPG)

So You Want to Be a Game Master – Justin Alexander

Baldur’s Gate 3 (Video Game)

Carcass Crawler (Zines)

Credits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler Stratton
Get Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon

State of the OSR (Gary Con '25 Panel) Apr 10, 2025

Show notes

Six Cultures of Play
Joe Hines’ Point-Crawl vs. Hex-Crawl
New School Revolution Blog
Primer to Old School Gaming
Principia Apocrypha
Ars Ludi on West Marches
Break RPG
Goblin Archive’s The Mall
Liminal Horror (Cairn hack)
Valley of Flowers
Thousand Thousand Islands
Dungeon World
Maze Rats 1.0
Into the Odd
Joseph R Lewis SotD Episode

Matt Finch
Mythmere Games

Kelsey Dionne
Arcane Library
Shadowdark Western Reaches Kickstarter

Yochai Gal
New School Revolution
Cairn RPG
Between Two Cairns (podcast)
Patreon

Brad Kerr
Brad Kerr Website
Merry Mushmen
Between Two Cairns (podcast)

Limithron Links

Credits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler Stratton
Get Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon

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