Synopsis
A daily chat with your Old School Gaming Bartender
Episodes
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E575 - Where is Yarr! & ENWorld is Weeding Out Fake Promotional Posts
15/12/2019 Duration: 08minOld Man Grognard calls in to remind me about Yarr! ENWorld is addressing fake promotional posts. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/511830989/yarr-the-pirate-arrpg-hardcover-make-100-edition/description https://www.enworld.org/threads/about-fake-promotional-posts.668392/ Voicemail # (347) 509-5168 Support The Tavern www.amazon.com/shop/eriktenkar (affiliate link) https://ko-fi.com/tenkar https://www.patreon.com/tenkarstavern tenkarstavern.com S --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support
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E574 - A Look Back at some Early RPG Kickstarter Funded Failures
14/12/2019 Duration: 12minLast night's Tavern Chat Hangout on the Discord Server brought up some well funded but eventually failed to deliver RPG Kickstarters. Of coure, I backed a number ;) Voicemail # (347) 509-5168 Support The Tavern www.amazon.com/shop/eriktenkar (affiliate link) https://ko-fi.com/tenkar https://www.patreon.com/tenkarstavern tenkarstavern.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support
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E573 - How Best to Handle the Anger Brigade
13/12/2019 Duration: 11minYep, this episode is a few hours late. Last night in Tavern Chat, we discussed what I call the Anger Brigade and their attempts to exert influence on companies and individuals. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support
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E572 - How NOT to Make Tenkar Go Away: A Myth & Magic RPG Story
12/12/2019 Duration: 16minMy "good friend" Tom of New Haven Games has offered me multiple copies of the Myth & Magic Player's Guide (copies that would belong to backers), apparently in an effort to make me go away. It doesn't work with me. https://www.tenkarstavern.com/2019/12/wayward-kickstarter-myth-magic-players.html Voicemail # (347) 509-5168 Support The Tavern www.amazon.com/shop/eriktenkar (affiliate link) https://ko-fi.com/tenkar https://www.patreon.com/tenkarstavern tenkarstavern.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support
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E571 - Publisher Trolls OneBookShelf with Fake Banning Screenshot and Emails- Gets Banned for Real
10/12/2019 Duration: 17minHoly Shit. Some things you just can't make up. Fake getting banned from OBS and they might actually ban you. Yes, I do rant a bit. Adult language is present ;) https://www.geeknative.com/69878/rpg-publisher-transfelinism-creates-a-flame-war-banned-for-slander/?fbclid=IwAR3ab6UarqKtxD1XYS69vSTgFfZZY0QNWDoLR9olxANsjTb_A-i5PYjvGTo http://oneblogshelf.blogspot.com/2019/12/ https://transfelinism.wordpress.com/ https://transfelinism.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/police_procedure.pdf Voicemail # (347) 509-5168 Support The Tavern www.amazon.com/shop/eriktenkar (affiliate link) https://ko-fi.com/tenkar https://www.patreon.com/tenkarstavern tenkarstavern.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support
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E570 - Axes & Anvils Update - Four and a Half years Later
10/12/2019 Duration: 10minMike Nystul passed on the rights, but not the Kickstarter obligations to Axes & Anvils and four and a half years later we have an update. Voicemail # (347) 509-5168 Support The Tavern www.amazon.com/shop/eriktenkar (affiliate link) https://ko-fi.com/tenkar https://www.patreon.com/tenkarstavern tenkarstavern.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support
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E569 - Trails Don't Need to be So Dark for the Kitties - Charity Gaming Bundle Raffle by David Baity
09/12/2019 Duration: 08minDark Trails is David Baity's soon to release Weird West DCC RPG Powered Game. Davis is running a charity raffle to benefit shelters for stray and feral cats. Lots of gaming loot to be won :) paypal.me/mysticmousers Voicemail # (347) 509-5168 Support The Tavern www.amazon.com/shop/eriktenkar (affiliate link) https://ko-fi.com/tenkar https://www.patreon.com/tenkarstavern tenkarstavern.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support
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E568 - New Release - Merlynd the Magician - Robert J Kuntz
08/12/2019 Duration: 09minRob Kuntz is releasing Merlynd the Magician, a special remembrance of Don Kaye, co-Founder of TSR and Gary Gygax's best friend before Don's untimely death in 1975. Voicemail # (347) 509-5168 Support The Tavern www.amazon.com/shop/eriktenkar (affiliate link) https://ko-fi.com/tenkar https://www.patreon.com/tenkarstavern tenkarstavern.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support
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E567 - Just How Much Food and Drink Fits in a 1 foot Cube? AD&D Clerics Want to Know
07/12/2019 Duration: 11minSometimes these podcasts take a mind of their own. Just how much food and drink fit in a one-foot cube waiting to be purified by a cleric in AD&D 1e? Voicemail # (347) 509-5168 Support The Tavern www.amazon.com/shop/eriktenkar (affiliate link) https://ko-fi.com/tenkar https://www.patreon.com/tenkarstavern tenkarstavern.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support
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E566 - The Return of OSR Christmas
06/12/2019 Duration: 07minIts December, and that means the return of OSR Christmas. This year I am trying to do things a bit more sanely ;) Voicemail # (347) 509-5168 Support The Tavern www.amazon.com/shop/eriktenkar (affiliate link) https://ko-fi.com/tenkar https://www.patreon.com/tenkarstavern tenkarstavern.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support
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E565 - Do Your Players Stop After Defeating the BBEG? Is there Someone Behind Even Him?
05/12/2019 Duration: 09minIs there someone else behind your BBEG? Maybe your players think they've achieved their goal but fail to see the issue further down the line... Voicemail # (347) 509-5168 Support The Tavern www.amazon.com/shop/eriktenkar (affiliate link) https://ko-fi.com/tenkar https://www.patreon.com/tenkarstavern tenkarstavern.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support
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E564 - On Licensing Older Gaming Properties for Modern Eyes
04/12/2019 Duration: 09minMany of us look back with rose-colored glasses on the gaming materials released by publishers like Judges Guild back in the mid / later 70s and early 80s, but making such titles palatable to a modern gaming sensibility requires work - and money. Voicemail # (347) 509-5168 Support The Tavern www.amazon.com/shop/eriktenkar (affiliate link) https://ko-fi.com/tenkar https://www.patreon.com/tenkarstavern tenkarstavern.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support
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E563 - Back in the Saddle - As a Player - and Basic Fantasy Roleplayng is Going OGL
03/12/2019 Duration: 10minWe played in Tim Short's Old School Essentials campaign for the first time in months and we had a blast. Always fun to make the GM improvise ;) Also, Chaosium appears to be planning to release Basic Fantasy Roleplaying under the OGL and provide an SRD. Voicemail # (347) 509-5168 Support The Tavern www.amazon.com/shop/eriktenkar (affiliate link) https://ko-fi.com/tenkar https://www.patreon.com/tenkarstavern tenkarstavern.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support
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E561 - James Raggi Misled a Collaborator on a Project? You Don't Say...
02/12/2019 Duration: 12minJames Raggi (LotFP) misled Jez Gordon on the whole Zak Had Nothing to do with this Book bullshit. Ah, James - burning bridges faster than Sherman in the South. https://coinsandscrolls.blogspot.com/2019/11/osr-on-lamentations-of-flame-princess.html --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support
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E562 - A Bit More Info on the Possible Future of The One Ring
02/12/2019 Duration: 12minWe have a JoeTheLawyer voicemail, some additional info on the possible future of The One Ring RPG and a short James Raggi related followup. Voicemail # (347) 509-5168 Support The Tavern www.amazon.com/shop/eriktenkar (affiliate link) https://ko-fi.com/tenkar https://www.patreon.com/tenkarstavern tenkarstavern.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support
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E560 - Follow Up on AD&D 1e - Call in from The Chgowiz
30/11/2019 Duration: 12minMichael Shorten (Chgowiz) call in regarding surprise in AD&D 1e. Oh, and some Black Friday Sales to jump on. Voicemail # (347) 509-5168 Support The Tavern www.amazon.com/shop/eriktenkar (affiliate link) https://ko-fi.com/tenkar https://www.patreon.com/tenkarstavern tenkarstavern.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support
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E559 - A Day to Be Thankful - Thanksgiving Day
29/11/2019 Duration: 06minI really have a shit ton of reasons and people to be thankful for, as well as being part of an amazing community. Thank you all. Voicemail # (347) 509-5168 Support The Tavern www.amazon.com/shop/eriktenkar (affiliate link) https://ko-fi.com/tenkar https://www.patreon.com/tenkarstavern tenkarstavern.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support
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E558 - Cubicle 7 Withdraws from Licensing Agreement - The One Ring Comes to an End
28/11/2019 Duration: 10minCubicle 7 will cease publishing The One Ring and Adventures in Middle-earth™ in the first half of 2020. Put a fork in it. Voicemail # (347) 509-5168 Support The Tavern www.amazon.com/shop/eriktenkar (affiliate link) https://ko-fi.com/tenkar https://www.patreon.com/tenkarstavern tenkarstavern.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support
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E557 - The AD&D 1e Player's Handbook Unnecessarily Complicates "Surprise" (not a surprise)
27/11/2019 Duration: 10minWhile we claimed to be running AD&D 1e by the book back in the day, I don't recall it ever happening. Voicemail # (347) 509-5168 Support The Tavern www.amazon.com/shop/eriktenkar (affiliate link) https://ko-fi.com/tenkar https://www.patreon.com/tenkarstavern tenkarstavern.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support
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E556 - On Kickstarter - Should "Big Companies" be Able to Use Kickstarter?
26/11/2019 Duration: 12minI hear this question asked a lot, especially in regards to our hobby, RPGs. The funny thing is, these "Big Companies" are usually one project failure away from no longer being a company. Voicemail # (347) 509-5168 Support The Tavern www.amazon.com/shop/eriktenkar (affiliate link) https://ko-fi.com/tenkar https://www.patreon.com/tenkarstavern tenkarstavern.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tavernchat/support