Wandering Monster
84 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsOn this show we test play new, indie, and cool table top rpgs. One night at a time, one session, to test out the world, the mechanics, and all the bits and bobs to see if this game is fun and if we would recommend it!
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When Monsters Gentrify Your City
June 23, 2020 15:00 - 57 minutes - 39.7 MBLemons and Charles return and save John from himself! John talks about a funky smell haunting his sink, Lemons talks about mass transit and Charles, being Charles can't stop discussing C.H.U.D. Also, we're also donating to BLM and you should too! Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Buy Blood & Mud John's New Book Lemons Clemons of the Rosedale Shakespeare Company John Baltisberger the Kaiju Poet Charles Bernard the Salt City Sinner The Project ...
Setting a Shattered Record Straight
June 15, 2020 16:00 - 56 minutes - 39.2 MBLemons and Charles abandoned John to the darkness! In that dark space John reached out and called for aid, and was answered by the boys from INDE, the makers of the Shattered RPG! We talk game design, monsters, writing, running a Kickstarter and the difference between a mechanical sky whale and a demonic silverfish! Also, we're also donating to BLM and you should too! Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Find Shattered! The Website Website The Di...
The Goodest Episode of Adorable Monsters
June 08, 2020 16:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBWe refuse to focus only on the negative, and boy howdy that is the world right now. Rather than taking part in that dialogue, we are going to talk about the cutest goddamn monsters we can find. We talk about little old man babies, dancing mushrooms and the goodest boy from the greatest video game franchise ever. (You can @ kaijuPoet if you disagree) Also, we're also donating to BLM and you should too! Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons C...
Medically Monstrous
June 01, 2020 15:00 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MBThere seem to be a lot of horrifying things related to medicine huh? A lot of monsters that want to see you get better, or who at least pretend to so they can get close enough to slurp up your delicious yummy fluids! Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons Clemons of the Rosedale Shakespeare Company John Baltisberger the Kaiju Poet Charles Bernard the Salt City Sinner The Project Entertainment Network Buy Lemon's New Book! Find John's Books! ...
A Monstrous Song in Your Heart
May 25, 2020 14:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBWe have a song in our heart and it wants to devour our minds! From the seediest bar in Mexico to the hidden mists of old DnD our intrepid explorers of the monstrous seek out some of the most fun monsters this side of the pentatonic scale. Keep in mind all three hosts play bass guitar, so, not a lot of musical knowledge going on there... I KID! Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons Clemons of the Rosedale Shakespeare Company John Baltisberg...
How to Resort to Cannibalism in Three Easy Steps
May 18, 2020 13:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBWhelp, this episode physically hurt Lemons as John and Charles wax romantic about eating people over a romantic dinner. From insane moments in Mad-Maxian futures to auto-cannibalism for self-preservation, we cover the gamut of delightfully delectable self-exploration! Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons Clemons of the Rosedale Shakespeare Company John Baltisberger the Kaiju Poet Charles Bernard the Salt City Sinner The Project Entertainmen...
A Podcast Out of Space
May 11, 2020 14:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBThis week we celebrate May the 4th by talking about everything except Star Wars, an epic and fun episode where we discuss some amazing literature, amazing games and an amazing gaming system! Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons Clemons of the Rosedale Shakespeare Company John Baltisberger of Madness Heart Press Charles Bernard the Salt City Sinner The Project Entertainment Network Buy Lemon's New Book! Find John's Books! Find Charles' Book...
Rollin' Down the Street, Smokin' Indo Sippin' on Souls
May 04, 2020 11:00 - 59 minutes - 40.6 MBI'm not sure who suggested it, but I think we did soul stealers and soul suckers specifically so we could just yell it out in a funny voice. That said we bring some really really powerful things to this week's episode. Well, Lemons and Charles do, as usual, John is carried through by his stronger compatriots. Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons Clemons of the Rosedale Shakespeare Company John Baltisberger of Madness Heart Press Charles Ber...
Go Into the Garden
April 20, 2020 11:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBJohn wanted to talk about gardening really really badly, and so he insisted we all talk about it on the show. Lemons like a champ brought a vengeful goddess, Charles brought one of the greatest demons of cinema practical effects history and John, well, we love John, but thank god he's pretty. Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons Clemons of the Rosedale Shakespeare Company John Baltisberger of Madness Heart Press Charles Bernard the Salt Cit...
Down a Haunted Street to a Haunted Home with a Haunted Occupant
April 13, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBLemons is back! And with them, the suggestion she brought to us of haunted houses! This one was a doozy, each of us stretched our minds and capabilities to the brink to bring you some ultra-cool, rare gems of haunted creatures. I truly believe each and every one of these will bring you joy! Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons Clemons of the Rosedale Shakespeare Company John Baltisberger of Madness Heart Press Charles Bernard the Salt City ...
The Boys Go Hard: Episode 1
April 06, 2020 11:00 - 42 minutes - 29.1 MBTurns out when Lemons isn't there to reign us in, Charles and John made a whole lot of dick jokes. Due to family issues, Lemons had to miss a recording session, but John and Charles press on free spitting some mad dope passages about some obscure and way less obscure bullshit they had laying around. This is a fun episode and a little bit different. It's also our first show as part of the Project Entertainment Network! Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the m...
These Monsters are Sick!
March 30, 2020 11:00 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MBThe world is a plague monster, sent to drain, not so secret destroyer... In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, three writers socially distance together to discuss plague and illness in human storytelling. John talks about 40k... again, Lemons brings an Egyptian Goddess to deal with our bullshit and Charles gets involved in some super sexy STD's to really spice shit up! Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons Clemons of the Rosedale Shakespear...
Wandering Monster Promo
March 26, 2020 15:00 - 30 seconds - 434 KBThree writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons Clemons of the Rosedale Shakespeare Company John Baltisberger of Madness Heart Press Charles Bernard the Salt City Sinner Buy Lemon's New Book! Find John's Books! Find Charles' Books! Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/MHP_Horror) Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/kaijupoet)
The Beast with Far Too Many Heads
March 23, 2020 11:00 - 34 minutes - 24.1 MBJanella gave us a topic for tonight, and so we dive right in to discuss multi-headed monsters! We cover a lot of cool Greek mythology and one of my favorite bits of Barker-Literature out there. A short episode, John kept getting distracted, and Charles got his hackles up a little too much. Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons Clemons of the Rosedale Shakespeare Company John Baltisberger of Madness Heart Press Charles Bernard the Salt City S...
Spirits of Spirits and Poorly Named Spirits
March 16, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBIt's Purim! Or it was Purim, a holiday about drinking and celebration and has often been called the Jewish Haloween! We celebrated by getting very drunk and recording an episode solely about alcohol-based monsters! It was a whale of a time and incredible fun! Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons Clemons of the Rosedale Shakespeare Company John Baltisberger of Madness Heart Press Charles Bernard the Salt City Sinner Buy Lemon's New Book! Fi...
The Unrelenting Hospitality of Southern Monsters
March 09, 2020 10:00 - 52 minutes - 36.4 MBCharles came and visited the Madness Heart Press region of the world, traveling deep into vampire country to see us without seeing us at all. This week we discuss monsters native to the south. John brings deadland's Hangin' Judge, Clemons introduces Big Bird and Charles talks about everyone's (John's) favorite Batman villain! Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons Clemons of the Rosedale Shakespeare Company John Baltisberger of Madness Heart ...
Cyber-Criminals from the E-Dephs of the Techno-Dungeon
February 25, 2020 01:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBAutomatons, Cyborgs, Androids and Killer Trucks named after Spider-Man Villians! This episode has it all! We tackle the strange world of thinking machines in games, pop culture and folklore and some of the topics may in fact surprise you! We also discuss our favorite non-x-rated sex scenes! Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons Clemons of the Rosedale Shakespeare Company John Baltisberger of Madness Heart Press Charles Bernard the Salt City...
Women in Horror Week: Witches, Goddesses and Amazing Talent
February 17, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBIt's February which means those of us involved in the Horror Industry are busy celebrating Women of Horror Month! We wanted to commemorate this special time by really shining a spotlight on some cool women and female monsters. Charles talks about Jennifer Kane's Babadook and how she mastered that storytelling, John brings the Goddess of Evil Dragons, and Lemons Fucking Clemons the storm-bringer, talks up Baba Yaga. Seriously this is some good stuff, so much so that the episode went a littl...
By The Skin of Monstrous Teeth
February 10, 2020 15:00 - 51 minutes - 35.6 MBCONSIDER THIS YOUR TRIGGER WARNING! THE MONSTERS THIS WEEK ARE INVOLVED IN HORRIBLE SEXUAL ACTS. Ok, now that that is out of the way, this week we discuss toothsome foes! Monsters that are defined by their teeth or by the teeth of their obsessions. We have Cenobites and fairies and giants and folklore and some waaaay too crazy personal stories. This is a really really good episode and we had a goddamn blast recording it. We also, all went to the dentist after recording because Wowza! Thre...
Cryptic Cyphers Cataloging Cryptids
February 03, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 43.8 MBLemons talked us into featuring cryptids on this week's episode. Lemons brings the fantastic Moth-Man, Charles introduces us to his personal friend the Jersey Devil and John talks non stop about himself and also the Goat Sucker native to his home town. Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons Clemons of the Rosedale Shakespeare Company John Baltisberger of Madness Heart Press Charles Bernard the Salt City Sinner Buy Lemon's New Book! Buy John'...
Playing With Our Food
January 27, 2020 19:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBWe're changing things up again, we've officially abandoned the battle system for a new chat on the meaning of monsters in culture. This week we set the table with three food-related monsters. Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons Clemons of the Rosedale Shakespeare Company John Baltisberger of Madness Heart Press Charles Bernard the Salt City Sinner Buy John's New Book! Buy Charles' New Book! Find us on Twitter: WanMonCast Support the show...
Puppies: Time, Crime and Castrated Grime
January 20, 2020 22:00 - 47 minutes - 32.4 MBYou know how our dogs keep yelling all throughout our show? Well, we decided to drag them onto the table and yell at them. or at least all canines. We talk about some amazing literary canines and some from modern pop culture. And at the end, Charles proves himself to be the greatest monster by not loving Hyenas. (John wrote this) WHAT DOES THE "R" STAND FOR?? Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons Clemons of the Rosedale Shakespeare Company ...
Shapeshift into my DMs
January 13, 2020 19:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBThis week we talk about shapeshifters, and it's a media frenzy! Lemons brings Inque from the best thing the Batman Franchise has ever produced, John yells about how much he loves John Carpenter's The Thing, and Charles talks about underage orgies and clowns from It. We brought the thunder, you bring the snacks as we talk about these shifty punks! Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons Clemons of the Rosedale Shakespeare Company John Baltisbe...
Oozin' and Cubin': Leonard's Guide to a Bodacious Feast
January 06, 2020 12:00 - 57 minutes - 39.4 MBDisgusting! We discuss the disgust we have for oozes and slimes and molds and all manner of gross things! This episode features a guest host, Michael Leonard! Leonard brings a Gelatinous Cube that we fought against not a fortnight ago in a dnd campaign John was a guest in! Lemons brings our friend the Slimer from ghostbusters, and John, Edgelord as ever, brings a demon prince of slime? Is it Ted Cruz? The only way to find out is by listening! Three writers talking about the thing they love ...
Aquatic Animosity
December 31, 2019 23:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBHope you're ready to take a deep dive into the briny depths of the ocean! In a fervent yet futile attempt to convince John that Godzilla isn't the best at everything Charles and Lemons bring in some awesome watery monsters. Lemons once again brings a myth to life for us, Charles once again dives into his video game safe place and John abides by the ancient pacts against him discussing Kaiju by bringing out an angry alligator demigod! Three writers talking about the thing they love most abou...
Horrors for the Holidays
December 23, 2019 14:00 - 1 hour - 43 MBContent Warning: This episode discusses sexual assault A special holiday episode, we discuss those monsters that exist purely for the holidays, Jack Frost, The Snow Queen, and Gryla all make an awesome appearance as we discuss everything for the worst holiday-themed movie to the greatest holiday-themed cat! As a special bonus, we talk about the easiest way to ruin the holidays, and boy howdy does John bring in a ringer! Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the...
Lawful Good Soap-Box
December 09, 2019 12:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBWow, so we started this week off with great intentions. We were going to talk about those monsters who are not monsters! Lemons brought the might egyptian Sphinx, Charles came in hot with everyone's favorite horticulturist Eddy-Sizzor-Hans, and Johnny went back to his ADnD roots with a Werebear, then they immediately ignored that, stood on top of a soapbox and yelled for 30 minutes. Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons Clemons of the Roseda...
Bloodsuckers
December 02, 2019 17:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBLets get our sparkle on! This week we bring some awesome bloodsucking freaks to the show. Charles gets groovy with a bug from Bethesda, Johnny gets all excited about killing a nazi (for a change) and Lemons dives into African folklore for the most ballingest bad ass monster of all time. Seriously, it's so cool! Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons Clemons of the Rosedale Shakespeare Company John Baltisberger of Madness Heart Press Charles B...
Elementals
November 26, 2019 01:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBDid you know that back during the AD&D days they went plane crazy? I don't mean like, normal crazy, I mean that they had an elemental plane for E'RYTHING! That said, we absolutely ignore the literally thousands of options and cool elemental monsters of DND and bring a bunch of cartoon, animated CGI bullshit to the table! Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons Clemons of the Rosedale Shakespeare Company John Baltisberger of Madness Heart Press...
War of the Spiders
November 18, 2019 12:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MBWhat the hell happened? Combat is streamlined! There is music! This one is pretty damn good! Shelob's offspring goes against a Doctor Who Christmas Special Villian and a creature from the The King In Yellow's menagerie in a 8 legged brawl of spectacular spiders! At one point Lemons disconnected giving John the chance to sing some music for our outro! Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons Clemons of the Rosedale Shakespeare Company John Balt...
Winged Horrors!
November 11, 2019 12:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBJohnny has a head cold, Charles paused the recording, WE INCLUDED MUSIC! this episode is pretty amazing, we talk about winged horrors, and then a lion with the face of Jesus and your father's eyes goes toe to toe with some horrors from beyond the realm of reason. Yeah, this one is fucking lit, fam. Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons Clemons of the Rosedale Shakespeare Company John Baltisberger of Madness Heart Press Charles Bernard the Sa...
Plant Monsters
November 04, 2019 12:00 - 55 minutes - 38.3 MBThree in and we already have a lost episode! How exciting, this episode is pretty amazing, with Harry Potter, the SNES and Toho's Godzilla trademarked monsters all coming together to battle it out in the Wandering Monster Arena, we also discuss Swamp Thing, Audio Books and how much of an asshole Charles Bernard is! Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons Clemons of the Rosedale Shakespeare Company John Baltisberger of Madness Heart Press Charl...
The Undead
October 28, 2019 11:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBThis week is so delicious, we delve into the undead, which is probably one of our favorite themes. I mean this is one we'll hit again and again. Behold as we bring a out the original monster manual's Lich, a Homebrew Masked Horror and John even cracks into the Book of Vile darkness for a Vilewhight! On top of all that we revamped the duke out, John pulls on his DM pants to have all three monsters battle it out in a three way grudge-match! Three writers talking about the thing they love mos...
Ankle Biters
October 21, 2019 11:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBOn our first ever episode of Wandering Monster, we discuss our favorite minuscule monsters, from the pages of the monster manual to the silver screen of Kevin Smith, we bring some strange critters to battle it out. Three writers talking about the thing they love most about games, the monsters! Lemons Clemons of the Rosedale Shakespeare Company John Baltisberger of Madness Heart Press Charles Bernard the Salt City Sinner Find us on Twitter: WanMonCast Support the show (https://www.patreon....