RPG Ramblings
176 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★ - 4 ratingsDiscussions about the various aspects of making both physical and electronic Table Top RPG products. We talk with artists, writers, editors and game designers about their process, what they do, and how to hire them. We also look at the details of making your products available to your audience, including a look at printing your own products, how to publish on DriveThru RPG, as well as running a KickStarter.
Along the way we will ramble about other things of interest or hot topics.
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Episodes
E65. “Round Table: Stretch Goal Strategies for Your Kickstarter Campaign” with Doug Cole, Zac Goins
March 12, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 75.7 MB2.11 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Doug Cole of Gaming Ballistic and Zack Goins of World of Game Design join me. While we do our share of rambling, the focus of this episode is the subject of stretch goal strategies for Kickstarter. s Done correctly, stretch goals can engage you base and grow the number of backers for your Kickstarter campaign. Sisters...
E64. “Turning a Comic Book IP into an RPG” with Peter Petrusha
March 05, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 101 MB2.10 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Pete Petrusha of Imagining Games joins to discuss his game Chew, among other things. Pete does’t take small steps and swings for the fences for his projects. I do have Patreon and for the price of 1 dollar a month you not only support me, but you get outtakes from various shows. Grab your badge and your gun because, ...
E63. “Art!” with Vasili Kaliman
February 26, 2022 12:53 - 2 hours - 123 MB2.9 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Vasili Kaliman joins to discuss art and a variety of other topics, including his newest Kickstarter DNGN which is spelled DNGN. Vasili creates zines with a great visual approach to match with the often surreal subject matter. I do have Patreon and for the price of 1 dollar a month you not only support me, but you get o...
E62. “Tim Kask Stole My Show” with Tim Kask and Jared Nielsen
February 19, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 67.3 MB2.8 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Tim Kask and Jared Nielsen join me. They have a Kickstarter for a new boxed set, The Curse of the Weaver Queen. While the length of the interview is fairly short, it is packed full of Tim’s energy and unabashed opinions. He wasn’t pulling any punches. Jared joins us to explain the Kickstarter in more detail. I have Pa...
E61. “Time Priests and Other Cool Stuff ” with Dan Wilson
February 12, 2022 12:20 - 1 hour - 86.1 MB2.7 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Dan Wilson of Planar Compass joins me. They are in the midst of a Kickstarter for Planar Compass 3, and doing quite well. If you haven’t backed it, do so right now. The time is nigh! For this episode we discuss zines, publishing and a variety of other topics. It is time to sail the seas of the aether. Sisters and bro...
E60. “RPG Zines and Design Aesthetics” with Levi Combs
January 29, 2022 12:14 - 1 hour - 101 MB2.06 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week, Levi Combs joins me. Levi writes adventures and zines often under his company Planet X games. Levi loves grind-house movies and infusing that sensibility into his games. I have Patreon and for low, low price of $1/month you can support me and get access to outtakes from these episodes. In geek terms, that is the same...
E59. “Thoughts on RPG Zine Size and Page Count” with Trevor Stamper
January 22, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 87.7 MB2.05 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Trevor Stamper joins me. You may know him as one of the masterminds behind the zine series, “Tales of the Smoking Wyrm.” Today, we discuss our thoughts regarding which size format suits us best when making a zine and we contemplate how much content should we be packing into our zines. At the end, we delve into a brief ...
E58. “Starting an RPG Business Step by Step” with Zac Goins
January 15, 2022 17:09 - 1 hour - 76.3 MB2.04 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Zac Goins on from Bite–Sized Gaming and World of Game Design. When Zac isn’t running projects and Kickstarter’s he is on the Bite-Sized Gaming podcast. When I grow up, if I cannot be Phil Reed, I want to be Zac Goins. Also, I do have Patreon. For one measly dollar a month, you get the outtakes from various episodes. Just click t...
E57. “Round Table: The Kickstarter Quandary–Questions, Concerns, and Thoughts About Recent ZQ4 “Announcements” with Doug Cole, James Floyd Kelly, Zac Goins
January 09, 2022 12:49 - 1 hour - 72.7 MB2.03 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week I have a discussion with three interesting people: Doug Cole, James Floyd Kelly and Zack Goins. Three times the guests at the same low price. We were scheduled to gather on Wednesday to record a session about Kickstarter and marketing topics. The ZineQuest 4 announcements left the RPG Zine community on Facebook reeling...
E56. “Discussing Gaming and RPG Projects” with Mark Finn
January 08, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 75.2 MB2.02 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Mark Finn joins me this week and we discuss a variety of topics. This episode is a smorgasbord of content so there is something for everyone…including uncle Bob. Sisters and Brothers, it is time to grab a plate and get rambling. Show Notes: ———————————————————————————————— RPG Ramblings Podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeffrey-jo...
Ep 55. “Self-Publishing RPG Products” with Philip Reed
January 01, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 98.7 MB2.1 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Today, Phil Reed joins me and we discuss self-publishing RPG products. Phil is a veteran in the industry and works for Steve Jackson Games. Those of us in the zine community know him for his high output of innovative work that pushes the boundaries of form. He has been self publishing for decades, and he graciously shares his tho...
Ep 54. “Discussing Runequest” with Jeff Richard
December 24, 2021 16:46 - 1 hour - 92.4 MB1.54 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Today, Jeff Richard, from Chaosium joins me and we discuss Runequest and other groovy things. As man can surmise, Runequest has taken my fancy as of late and it is one of those games I have wanted to play for at least one score and ten years. For those that are interested, I created a Patreon. Even if you don’t pledge, I recomm...
Ep 53. “Another Journey Through Ultan’s Door” with Ben Lawrence
December 18, 2021 12:51 - 1 hour - 61.1 MB1.53 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Today, Ben Lawrence joins me to discuss the success of his ZQ3 project and the ups and downs of having a Kickstarter that achieved that level of success. We talk shop about Kickstarter fulfillment and we take short delve into his projects. For those that are interested, I created a Patreon. Even if you don’t pledge, you can sti...
E52. “Procrastination and Power Outages” with Just Me
December 12, 2021 15:32 - 42 minutes - 39.7 MB1.52 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. Normally, this a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people…but this week it is just me. I don’t have a shortage of upcoming guests, but trying to work a time for recording to fit my schedule has been quick. Saturday, I had an illustrious guest lined up, but my power went out before we went to record. It is Sunday morning. I don’t have any shows in the hopper and I am flying sol...
E51. “Ennies, Gametalk and Misc. Nonsense” with Clayton Notestine
December 04, 2021 13:36 - 2 hours - 115 MB1.51 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Clay Notestine joins me, and we talk about a whole raft of subjects. We start by discussing his experience being on the ballot for an Ennie judge and from there we go free-range chicken. There were no fences to constrain us. This is a long episode, so get comfortable sisters and brothers….it is time to get rambling. ...
E50. “Hanging Out With Diogo!” with Diogo Nogueira
November 27, 2021 16:48 - 1 hour - 61.5 MB1.50 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Today I hang out with Diogo Nogueira, a prolific designer, writer and artists in the RPG industry. A lot has happened since we last talked, include his winning an Ennie for writing “The Halls of the Blood King.” We talk about adventure writing and discuss his newest project, Kosmosaurs. It is an RPG about dinosaurs who protect t...
E49. “RPG Art with Je Shields” with James Shields
November 20, 2021 13:26 - 1 hour - 61 MB1.49 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week I talk with James Shields, a popular artist in RPG circles. We talk about his art and how he prices. We discuss Patreon an how that works. And to top it off, we talk about his current Kickstarter where they are taking his 2d monster art and turning them into 3d models you can print at home. But enough of talking about...
E48. “Shop Talk with Trevor” with Trevor Stamper
November 13, 2021 23:05 - 1 hour - 103 MB1.48 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Trevor Stamper joins me. You may know him as one of the masterminds behind the zine series, “Tales of the Smoking Wyrm.” I am not sure how to title this episode, so I am settling on Shop Talk. After I ended the podcast, we kept talking. There was some good stuff in that section, so I tack that onto the end of the episo...
E47. “Running a Kickstarter - A Round–Table Discussion” with Zac Goins, Doug Cole and James Floyd Kelly
November 06, 2021 12:25 - 1 hour - 58.7 MB1.47 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week a group of us discuss our thoughts and we pondering questions regarding running Kickstarters. Running a project is very stressful and we are all seeking to improve our management of the Kickstarter. James Floyd Kelly, of Delver fame, hosted us on Zoom. Zac Goins, of Bite Sized Gaming, and Doug Cole, from Gaming Ballist...
E46. “Adventures for Weird Frontiers ” with Stefan Surratt
October 30, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 67.8 MB1.46 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Stefan Surratt joins me. He has an upcoming double feature adventure for Weird Frontiers a game system that is a mashup of DCC and Westerns. Imagine Deadlands on steroids. The two adventures are The Brimstone Cradle and The Hills That Have Eyes. We talk about the inspiration for these adventures and the general zanines...
45. On the Road to Gamehole Con
October 23, 2021 13:03 - 40 minutes - 18.6 MBI do a little rambling while driving up to to GameHole Con in Madison Wisconsin --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jeffrey-jones6/message
E44. “We Bless the Rains Down In Africa” with Mark Finn
October 09, 2021 11:00 - 54 minutes - 50.5 MB1.44 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Mark Finn joins me this week and Ito share my thoughts regarding how music is analogous to gaming. We also talk about the last stages of our Kickstarter and briefly discuss the next version of DnD. At the end of the episode I threw in some odds-and-ends that occurred before we started the podcast. Sisters and Brothers, it is ti...
Journey Into The Madlands 7- “Wrapping up the Madlands” with Mark Finn
October 07, 2021 11:00 - 16 minutes - 15.5 MBWelcome to RPG Ramblings. This is a special series to promote my newest Kickstarter project, JOURNEY INTO THE MADLANDS. This a post-apocalyptic supplement that is suitable that for any game that you may have in mind. Each episode will have one of the contributor on to discuss an aspect of the project. Check it out on Kickstarter! Enough with my feeble sale pitch and let’s get on with the podcast. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1580058713/journey-into-the-madlands-a-postapocalyptic-rp...
Journey Into The Madlands 6 - “Inspiration for the Madlands” with José “Chema” Gonzales
October 04, 2021 12:00 - 8 minutes - 8.12 MBWelcome to RPG Ramblings. This is a special series to promote my newest Kickstarter project, JOURNEY INTO THE MADLANDS. This a post-apocalyptic supplement that is suitable that for any game that you may have in mind. Each episode will have one of the contributor on to discuss an aspect of the project. Check it out on Kickstarter! Enough with my feeble sale pitch and let’s get on with the podcast. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1580058713/journey-into-the-madlands-a-postapocalyptic-r...
E43. “Rambling with a Barbarian” with Logar the Barbarian
October 02, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 91.8 MB1.43 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Logar the Barbarian joins me and we talk about podcasting, recruiting players, dealing with problem players, general gaming and other groovy topics. Sisters and Brothers, it is time to get rambling. Show Notes: ———————————————————————————————— RPG Ramblings Podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeffrey-jones6 Facebook: https://www.fa...
Journey Into The Madlands 5- “Art of the Madlands” with José “Chema” Gonzalés
September 30, 2021 12:00 - 10 minutes - 9.52 MBWelcome to RPG Ramblings. This is a special series to promote my newest Kickstarter project, JOURNEY INTO THE MADLANDS. This a post-apocalyptic supplement that is suitable that for any game that you may have in mind. Each episode will have one of the contributor on to discuss an aspect of the project. Check it out on Kickstarter! Enough with my feeble sale pitch and let’s get on with the podcast. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1580058713/journey-into-the-madlands-a-postapocalyptic-rp...
Journey Into The Madlands 4 - “Enclaves” with Mark Finn
September 27, 2021 11:00 - 9 minutes - 8.97 MBWelcome to RPG Ramblings. This is a special series to promote my newest Kickstarter project, JOURNEY INTO THE MADLANDS. This a post-apocalyptic supplement that is suitable that for any game that you may have in mind. Each episode will have one of the contributor on to discuss an aspect of the project. Check it out on Kickstarter! Enough with my feeble sale pitch and let’s get on with the podcast. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1580058713/journey-into-the-madlands-a-postapocalyptic-rp...
E42. “This and That” with Stefan Surratt and Mark Finn
September 25, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 78.2 MB1.42 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Today’s episode has clips from my discussions with both Stefan Surratt and Mark Finn. Normally, each episode has material from both the beginning and the end that gets clipped and tossed into the dustbin. But for this episode, I made use of the extra material. Through the use of early 19th century technology, I cut and spliced t...
Journey Into The Madlands 3 - “Grill, Finder and Royce” with Mark Finn
September 23, 2021 11:00 - 7 minutes - 6.56 MBWelcome to RPG Ramblings. This is a special series to promote my newest Kickstarter project, JOURNEY INTO THE MADLANDS. This a post-apocalyptic supplement that is suitable that for any game that you may have in mind. Each episode will have one of the contributor on to discuss an aspect of the project. Check it out on Kickstarter! Enough with my feeble sale pitch and let’s get on with the podcast. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1580058713/journey-into-the-madlands-a-postapocalyptic-rp...
Journey Into The Madlands 2 - “Creatures” with Mark Finn
September 20, 2021 11:00 - 8 minutes - 7.73 MBWelcome to RPG Ramblings. This is a special series to promote my newest Kickstarter project, JOURNEY INTO THE MADLANDS. This a post-apocalyptic supplement that is suitable that for any game that you may have in mind. Each episode will have one of the contributor on to discuss an aspect of the project. Check it out on Kickstarter! Enough with my feeble sale pitch and let’s get on with the podcast. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1580058713/journey-into-the-madlands-a-postapocalyptic-rp...
E41. “Writers and Writing” with Gavriel Quiroga and Mark Finn
September 18, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 80.8 MB1.41 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Today’s episode is something a bit different, I am talking to two different RPG writers about the subject of writing. First author is Gavriel Quiroga and the second is Mark Finn. Neither one is a stranger to this podcast. We discuss their methods, habits and thoughts. Grab your fountain pen and parchment. Sisters and Brothers, ...
Journey Into The Madlands 1 - “Origins” with Mark Finn
September 15, 2021 00:23 - 7 minutes - 6.64 MBWelcome to RPG Ramblings. This is a special series to promote my newest Kickstarter project, JOURNEY INTO THE MADLANDS. This a post-apocalyptic supplement that is suitable that for any game that you may have in mind. Each episode will have one of the contributor on to discuss an aspect of the project. Check it out on Kickstarter! Enough with my feeble sale pitch and let’s get on with the podcast. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1580058713/journey-into-the-madlands-a-postapocalyptic-rp...
E40. “Game Design and Other Things” with Gavriel Quiroga
September 11, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 64.8 MB1.40 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week, Gavriel Quiroga joins me. Gavriel is a game designer who hit the ground running. His first RPG project, Neurocity successfully funded but his second Kickstarter WARPLAND was a smash hit. He has a new project, Ascet, that went live recently. It is a card game about medieval monks seeking enlightenment in a world filled...
E39. “Merchants of the Multiverse” with Stefan Surratt
September 04, 2021 12:08 - 1 hour - 85 MB1.39 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Stefan Surratt joins me. This year, Stefan , had a successful Kickstarter “Merchants of the Multiverse.” It is a Mutant Crawl Classics zine focusing on, well, Merchants of the Multiverse. Not only do we discuss Stefan's tongue—cheek look at the destruction of the world, be we also talk about the work it takes to produc...
E38. “Desert Moon of Karth” with Joel Hines
August 28, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 86.1 MB1.38 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Joel Hines joins me. This year, Joel’s inaugural Kickstarter, The Desert Moon of Karth, was an enormous success both in funding and in execution. This setting is a perfect blend of spaghetti westerns and weird sci-fi. To top it off, he put into a point–crawl format. We discuss his motivation to make this and the decisi...
E37. “Rayguns and Robuts” with Levi Combs
August 21, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 74.6 MB1.37 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Levi Combs joins me. Levi writes adventures and zines often under his company Planet X games. His more notable zines include Phylactery as well as Magic and Shit. He grooves to weird fantasy and we discuss that topic and other most excellent things. Levi shares with us how he got started in writing and publishing and p...
E36. “An Astral Journey with the Planar Compass Zine” with Dan Wilson
August 14, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 66.8 MB1.36 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Dan Wilson joins me. He and Sara Brunt have teamed up to provide OSR gaming material for GMs to take the characters to the Astral plane and beyond. We discuss the origins of Planar Compass and discuss how they want to explore additional planes of existence in future products. It is time to sail the seas of the aether....
E35. “Super Hero RPGs” with Jared Rascher
August 07, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 67.8 MB1.35 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Jared Rasher joins. He writes game reviews for Gnome Stew and also for his own blog, What Do I Know. Today we talk about various Super Hero RPGs and what we like and didn’t like about them. It is time to put on your spandex and your cowl and join us. Sisters and brothers…it is time to get rambling. Show Notes: ————...
E34. “Twilight 2000, WW2 and Misc Discussions” with James Langham
July 31, 2021 20:27 - 1 hour - 92.7 MB1.34 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week James Langham joins me from across the pond. James is an avid wargamer and lover of RPGs. James started a YouTube channel a year ago to cover his interests, and he produces an astounding amount of content. We discuss post-Apocalyptic military RPGs which leads, of course, to the upcoming release of Twilight 2000. We dis...
E33. “An Unboxing Episode….” with Me
July 24, 2021 11:00 - 45 minutes - 42.1 MB1.33 This week I do an unboxing! How exciting is that? Stay tuned to find out. Sisters and Brothers, lets get RAMBLING! ———————————————————————————————— RPG Ramblings Podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeffrey-jones6 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2804349736447278 ———————————————————————————————— ———————————————————————————————— Jeff Jones Twitter: @I_Am_Jeffrey Itch.io: https://jeffrey-a-jones.itch.io DriveThru: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?author=Jeffrey%20A%20Jon...
E32. “Game Pitch Clinic” with Jared Rascher
July 17, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 66.3 MB1.32 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Jared Rasher joins. He writes game reviews for Gnome Stew and also for his own blog, What Do I Know. As GMs we often have ideas for the kinds of games we want to run but are not sure of players will go for our pitch. Jared and I discuss some specific game pitches and talk about ways to take those ideas and make them wo...
E31. “Making Monsters and NPCs” with Tim Shorts
July 10, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 75 MB1.31 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Tim Shorts joins me to discuss various points found it Kobold Guide to Monsters. Is a great resource and I heartily recommend it. The podcast did get re-recorded because somebody forgot the hit the record button. It is time to get rambling… Show Notes: ———————————————————————————————— RPG Ramblings Podcast: http...
E30. “Finishing Up Projects and Other Kickstarter Stuff” with Tim Shorts
July 03, 2021 18:15 - 50 minutes - 46.7 MB1.30 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Tim Shorts joins me to talk about lessons learned and thoughts about finishing up Zine Quest projects. We also share some difficulties we faced. Life is messy and so is running projects. It is time to get rambling… Show Notes: ———————————————————————————————— RPG Ramblings Podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeffrey-jones6...
E29. “Delta Green, Kobold Press and Other Stuff”
June 26, 2021 14:10 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MB1.29 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. Normally, this a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Due to scheduling issues I am flying solo. This week I share my thoughts on the Delta Green game I am playing in. Even while playing I cannot shut my GM brain off. There are multiple good things I learned while participating in the game which I will share. I did a quick overview of a new purchase I made - Kobolds Guid...
E28. “Great Elements in The Dwellers of the Forbidden City” with Tim Shorts
June 12, 2021 16:41 - 1 hour - 66.3 MB1.28 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Tim Shorts joins me to talk about that grand TSR module from the eighties. The Dwellers of the Forbidden City. I don’t know WHY the city is forbidden. In fact, I don’t even know that it is forbidden. But what I do know is that it contains some wonderful elements that shine like bullywugs on a moonlit night. The not so...
E27. “You got your Jack Kirby in my RPG Chocolate….” with Mark Finn
June 05, 2021 11:52 - 1 hour - 92.5 MB1.27 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Well….except for today. This week Mark Finn joins me and we cover a wide range of topics. We look at using comic books to build a mythology for a fantasy RPG setting. We delve a bit into Robert E. Howard and Jack Kirby. We also talk about the viability of re-skinning Sci-Fi adventures for use in Sword and Sorcery games. We do, ...
E26. “The Best Laid Plans….” with Me
May 29, 2021 13:24 - 2 minutes - 2.41 MB1.26 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. Well….except for today. I have being doing a weekly show for six months. In fact, this episode is the 26th episode. I made a commitment to myself when starting this that I would do this for at least a year. The weekly schedule has been doable but it is a bit taxing…but I am committed to doing that for the rest of the year as li...
E25. “Discussions with Steve Perrin” with Steve Perrin
May 22, 2021 11:40 - 1 hour - 79.3 MB1.25 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Steve Perrin joins me and we talk about his history with gaming. For those of you who don’t recognize the name, he was a member of the team that developed the revolutionary game, Runequest. He also authored the ElfQuest RPG, SuperWorld RPG and Robot Warriors for the Hero System. This episode has no shortage of history...
E24. “Wandering the Post Apocalypse” with Clayton Notestine
May 15, 2021 11:00 - 2 hours - 146 MB1.24 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Clayton Notestine is back and we discuss all things Post Apocalypse. Two hours and thirty-five minutes of conversation? Does that mean we pack a lot of value into this podcast? Or is it a merely and act self-indulgence at the expense of you, the listener? Well, that is for your to judge. There is no point in making thi...
E23. “Psych Rock Explorations of DnD” with Levi Nunez AKA Loot The Body
May 08, 2021 12:22 - 1 hour - 77.6 MB1.23 Welcome RPG Ramblings with Jeff Jones. This a weekly show exploring the various details of the TableTop RPG hobby through discussions with interesting people. This week Levi Nunez joins me. He is an accomplished musician who turned his talents to writing psychedelic rock songs themed around old school modules. His work is done under the band moniker “LOOT THE BODY”. Levi has two albums out, Random Encounters and The Expedition to Barrier Peaks songbook and is on the threshold of relea...