Confessions of a Wee Tim'rous Bushi

S5E2: This is my initial report on session 1 of the Dark Sun adventure “A Little Knowledge…” and 2nd edition AD&D rules. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S5E1: I take a step back from RuneQuest for the time being, at least, and discuss plans to run a short/trial campaign in the Dark Sun setting for 2nd edition AD&D. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S4E19: AD&D Ravenloft session 5 (and 6?) recap, D&D difficulties, and calls-ins from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast (retold by me), “Johnny”, and Chgwz of the Dungeon Master’s Handbook Podcast. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, and Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S4E18: Hexcrawls, AD&D Ravenloft session 4 recap and calls-ins from Jason of Nerds RPG Variety Cast (Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters) and Joe of Hindsightless podcast (Hindsightless • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters). You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter). Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S4E15: In this episode I’m joined with Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast to discuss swords & sorcery, the OSR and #OSRoctober. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S4E13: Discussion of RuneQuest, RoleMaster, pulp fantasy fiction, system exploration, the condensed potential of old-school D&D adventures, GM anxiety, and teamplay enjoyment. Magnificent call in from: Anthony/Runeslinger (Casting Shadows podcast), Jason (Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast podcast), Che (Roleplay Rescue podcast), and MW Lewis (World of MW Lewis podcast). You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S4E11: This episode overflows with wonderful call-ins and rambling replies about CRPGs, the pulps, RuneQuest and GM anxiety. Thanks to fellow podcasters Joe of Hindsightless, Che of Roleplay Rescue, Colin of Spikepit, Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast (Jason’s episode about Grogcon can be found at https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/nerds-rpg-variety-cast/id1494636468?l=en&i=1000569947552). You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

S4E8: In this episode I talk with James about the 1988 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons RPG computer game “Pool of Radiance” and its impact on the gaming scene of the time. Grogtalk airs live at 8am EST on YouTube every other Saturday, and the back catalogue is available from Apple Podcasts at https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/grogtalk-podcast/id1450092161. If you’re interested in the old-school Florida gaming convention Grogcon, please visit https://www.grogcon.com/. The quote about Pool of Radiance was taken from the Wikipedia entry at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool_of_Radiance?wprov=sfti1. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Series 4, episode 5: I walk and talk, giving a fuller recap of my AD&D and Old-School Essentials, and discuss remote attendance at the table, noise, and filling in the narrative gaps with players. Call-ins from Karl of the GMologist Presents podcast and Daniel of Bandits Keep podcast and YouTube channel calls. What was in those sandwiches? Gherkins, marge… You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Series 4, episode 4: I discuss the games I’m running and playing in while making my packed lunch, and Daniel of Bandits Keep podcast and YouTube channel calls in to discuss magic and tournament adventures in D&D. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Series 4, episode 3: I take some call ins from mid-April on my guidelines for XP in old-school D&D and other topics from Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast and Daniel of Bandits Keep podcast and YouTube. After that I discuss the latest developments in my AD&D Greyhawk campaign. Details of my XP guidelines can be found on my blog at https://timrousbushi.blogspot.com/2022/04/xp-guidelines-for-old-school-d.html. Thank you to you the listener for lending me your ears. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Series 4, episode 2: This time I explain my guidelines for XP in old-school D&D, reminisce about GMing RuneQuest and MERP/RoleMaster as a 13 year old, and reply to some call ins from Joe of Hindsightless, BJ of Arcane Alienist, and Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast. Details of my XP guidelines can be found on my blog at https://timrousbushi.blogspot.com/2022/04/xp-guidelines-for-old-school-d.html. Thank you to you the listener for lending me your ears. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/,

Series 4, episode 1: Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast kindly opens the show with some kind words, and then we’re off walking and researching about spell memorization in old-school D&D, and proposing some slight alterations to standard method. After flapping my gums about the minutiae of old games, I take you on an audio tour of Bukkoji temple in central Kyoto. Thank you to you the listener for lending me your ears. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, inclusiveness and much more. Thank you to all the callers for making this episode, and to you the listener for lending me your ear. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Series 3, Episode 21: Recaps of Arduin Grimoire (Village of Hommlet), WFRP (Death on the Reik), AD&D (Secret of the Slavers’ Stockade) and OSE (Incandescent Grottoes) sessions, interspersed with call-ins from Joe of Hindsightless, Karl of The GMologist Presents and Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast.  You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Series 3, Episode 19: I take a New Years ramble, respond to call-ins from Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, Daniel of Bandits Keep and Joe of Hindsightless (discussing AD&D, Dark Sun, OSE and RuneQuest Glorantha), and talk about RPGs, Japan and communication.  You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Series 3, Episode 18: I ask Rob Ricchie of Flipping & Turning zine about the very early days of playing D&D, take a call-in from Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, give a recap of my 23rd session of our Old-School Essentials session, and talk about my RPG plans for 2022.  You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Series 3, Episode 17: Christmas call-ins from Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast and Daniel of Bandits Keep on “play-by-post” games, the US D&D phenomenon and “monoculture”. Finally I give a recap of my 22nd session of our Old-School Essentials.  You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Series 3, Episode 16: This the second part of my collection of interviews on our play-by-post 1st edition AD&D Greyhawk campaign. This time I talk to three of the players: Rob Richie, Rob No.3, and Chris about why they enjoy the campaign and format.  You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Series 3, Episode 11: I talk to Dave Thomson on he uses play-by-post to run a 1st edition AD&D Greyhawk campaign. David’s YouTube channel may be found at https://youtube.com/c/DavidThomson44. Grogtalk may be found on YouTube at https://youtube.com/c/GROGTALK or as a podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/grogtalk-podcast/id1450092161.  You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Series 3, Episode 9: Call ins from Joe of Hindsightless, Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, and BJ of Arcane Alienist on a variety of past topics. I then provide a very general overview of what has been happening in the past 6 weeks or so of my AD&D and OSE campaigns.  You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Series 3, Episode 7: I discuss the pros & cons of engaging in violence in RPGS (yet again), digress into Japanese whisky territory, offer review/recap of the Yellow King, and explain why ICE’s Middle-Earth Role Playing still fills me with joy. Thanks to Joe Richter of Hindsightless and Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast for instigating this episode.  You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Series 3, episode 4: Call of Cthulhu recap and Starter Set overview, and call-ins from Daniel of Bandit’s Keep and Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast. The latest edition of Flipping & Turning zine (free): https://w3g3a5v6.ssl.hwcdn.net/upload2/game/1208395/4538935?GoogleAccessId=uploader@moonscript2.iam.gserviceaccount.com&Expires=1634877871&Signature=C8EOHvs%2FVwjpJxOWbyJ%2FlungeZPJxgpC7FhN9T0xqfQHx1LNGgL0DKsqJwYzoUGtAt5ygPrvQ1zPTp1lYNewPWoXPV2tZU%2Bzm5qTGQKAjOksL2vPI4JSmnc%2BFGcHNnRjxrYlJ6UUdmsqoBA3M2%2FH%2Fo9jYg%2B8x5zfEbLs3uYGqWZku%2BQ0KCdzEMF8qnsWtzq2B1gHr35emNmf6AknHnfrKzioXJnm5cekTsPPjk2Ls4VqoiukhFnCg4L4dzTCf11qZGHUqM9kLt9%2BLATlKiRvDVROypdDlK3waW0YRJX5m0Ds02tVKupbwSxg7F5SrwjA5yLqqmW%2B%2FamYhbjcTOUVSQ==&hwexp=1634878131&hwsig=d9be3b5245a7d52b51d2ae19b3c664f1 You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Series 3, episode 3: Some thoughts on discussions about gaming philosophy and game styles, plans for D&D 50th anniversary celebrations 1974 style, and call-ins from Daniel of Bandit’s Keep and Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Series 2, episode 37: Apologies for the great length! I report on my home groups progression through and experience of 5e D&D and plans to enjoy Call of Cthulhu and Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. I also respond to call-ins, mostly about the knotty issue of play styles and particularly the so-called “rule zero” - I come out as an anarchist, and threaten peaceful Molotovs. Thank you to Spencer/FreeThrall of Keep Off The Borderlands, Jason of Nerd’s RPG Variety Cast, and Joey Richter of Hindsightless. Daniel Norton’s/Bandits Keep’s YouTube vid on rule zero us here: https://youtu.be/9hQXCnI1WmA. You can contact me at: scotinkyoto@yahoo.com, Menion @OldShabbyGamer (Twitter), and here on Anchor. Cheers! Details of the music for this podcast, available free of charge from Free Stock Musical, are as follows:   Otogi2 by PeriTune | http://peritune.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/