The Vintage RPG Podcast

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Mausritter: Tails from the Night Market Nov 24, 2025

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So nice, we recorded it twice (because we lost the first recording). This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we talk to Tiger Wizard and Joey Royale about their entry for Mausritter Month. What happens at the circus while the humans are asleep? Find out in Tails from the Nightmarket!

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Tails from the Night Market is live on Backerkit now, as part of the larger Mausritter Month. Lots of cool projects to check out. You can check out these links for more on Mausritter or The Estate box sets.

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The Spark Devil and Other Horrors Nov 17, 2025

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It's another one of them there pot-pour-ee episodes.

This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, the main game-related topic is the HPL Historical Society's new Call of Cthulhu scenario The Spark Devil. Other topics include how angry Stu is about the horror film Loop Track, excitment for Predator: Badlands and more!

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The Far Side Nov 10, 2025

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Cows, cavemen, monsters and more. No, it isn't a Monster Manual!

This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we go to The Far Side, Gary Larsen's legendary comic strip and a staple of '80s absurdity. Plus: brown corduroy!

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The Vintage RPG illustration is by Shafer Brown. Follow him on Twitter.

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Thousand Year Old Campfire Nov 03, 2025

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It belongs in a museum! Oh, wait, that doesn't work here... This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we check out Thousand Year Old Campfire, also known as Old Morris Cave: A Continuous Use Campsite in Mammoth Cave National Park. A descendant of Thousand Year Old Vampire, this game examines presence, absence and time through the excavation of an archaeological site. It's less emotionally charged than TYOV, but no less thought provoking.

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Murder She Wrote: A Board Game of Strategy and Pursuit Oct 27, 2025

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Send in the clones!

This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, Jessica Fletcher guest stars in a very special episode about Murder, She Wrote: A Board Game of Strategy and Pursuit. In fact, six Jessica Fletchers have shown up. Join us, as we dig into a surprisingly decent retro board game based on one of our favorite old shows (sad there's no Magnum board game, though, for real).

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The Future King Oct 20, 2025

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Remember the twist ending of the Arthurian romances when Bruce Lee appears at Camlann to kick Mordred's ass? Me neither.

This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we check out The Future King, a stand-alone adventure/system by Tom Moldvay. It spins somewhat out of his earlier bat-shit RPG Lords of Creation and sees the players trying to wake King Arthur from his slumber, because the hour of need is at hand. That isn't too crazy, but the pregens are. They include Bruce Lee, Cyrano and Nostradamus!

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The Means of Production Oct 13, 2025

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Brian Colin becomes an ink-stained wretch.

This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, Vast Grimm creator Brian Colin is back. He's got a new crowdfunding campaign for Vast Grimm in zine form, but he's got something even more exciting that we wanted to talk to him about: a printing press!

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The Vintage RPG illustration is by Shafer Brown. Follow him on Twitter.

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The Stars are Right! Oct 06, 2025

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The end was nigh!

This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we welcome the apocalypse(s) with The Stars are Right! (1992), an anthology of scenarios for Cthulhu Now (AKA Call of Cthulhu Modern). As these things go, its a solid set of cases, but the book has a surprising legacy of censorship and controversy over one of Blair Reynolds' fantastic illustrations.

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Edited by the one and only R. Alex Murray.

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The Vintage RPG illustration is by Shafer Brown. Follow him on Twitter.

Tune in next week for the next episode. Until then, may the dice always roll in your favor!

Cults of RuneQuest Sep 22, 2025

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Blurring the line between mythology and roleplaying games. This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we take a look at the first six (!) of ten (!!) volumes of Chaosium's Cults of RuneQuest series of sourcebooks. Taken together, they form an important foundation for bringing mythology to life in RuneQuest campaigns. Important stuff, since RQ is essentially a game about living mythology!

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The Vintage RPG illustration is by Shafer Brown. Follow him on Twitter.

Tune in next week for the next episode. Until then, may the dice always roll in your favor!

The S-Series Continues? Sep 15, 2025

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That is not dead which can eternal lie...wait, no, that's the wrong franchise. This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, Stu learns that there are more than four modules in D&D's S-series. After a brief recap of the originals, we chat about The Dancing Hut of Baba Yaga and Labyrinth of Madness, which revived the line for one brief and brutal moment in 1995.

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Instagram? Old news. Join the Vintage RPG Newsletter! That's where all the cool kids are now!

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Edited by the one and only R. Alex Murray.

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The Vintage RPG illustration is by Shafer Brown. Follow him on Twitter.

Tune in next week for the next episode. Until then, may the dice always roll in your favor!

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