The Weekly Scroll TTRPG Podcast

On this episode, Ryan and guest host Kirby of Disaster Tourism Games read and review Dead Halt by Zonware, a roleplaying game about a megalithic Hotel, clunky computer consoles, modded humans going haywire, and wonderful adventures. Equip your new Maintenence crew at the random Item dispenser Gashapon in the basement, Grab a job from the Bartender, and take the elevator up to endless wonky floors beyond your imagination.

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan read and review Himbos of Myth & Mettle, a high fantasy, high camp role playing game of epic proportions from Max Lander. "You are big. Big arms, big tits, big thighs, big brai- you're big where it matters. In addition to a heaving, throbbing body, glistening lightly with a thin sheen of pleasantly fragrant perspirant, you have one singular unifying trait - come hell or high water, you are going to help."

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan got the chance to sit down with the incredibly multi-talented Max Lander of Huge Boar Games to talk Himbos, Augmented Reality, and Reading the Fucking Manual.

On this episode, Ryan and guest host Kirby of Disaster Tourism Games read and review Slipgate Chokepoint from Andrew Walter and Paul Cronin, a supplement for the Stay Frosty RPG from Casey Garske. Prior to that we spotlight some great projects currently funding on Kickstarter—Wyrd Dungeon, You're In Space and Everything's Fucked, and Hellpiercers.  Slipgate Chokepoint allows you to emulate the explosive action of the first 1990s 3D first-person shooter video games in tabletop roleplaying form. If your players are ready to suit up and save a beleagured planet earth against demonic hordes using explosives, shotguns and nailguns this is the book for you.

On our seventh Creator Cut we got the chance to play You're In Space and Everything's Fucked, a terrifying tribute to sci-fi horror in the form of a visceral no-prep TTRPG, from Nevyn Holmes of Dinoberry Press.  "You're In Space And Everything's Fucked emulates the trappings of isolation space horror video games through the lens of a tabletop role-playing game and is inspired by similarly fucked-up situations found in the Dead Space, System Shock, and Alien franchises. You're In Space and Everything's Fucked is on Kickstarter right now! CLICK HERE

On this week's episode, Hunter and Ryan sit down with Nevyn Holmes of Dinoberry Press to discuss their past and future games, including the upcoming Kickstarter for their gruesome sci-fi horror rpg, You're In Space and Everything's F*****. 

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan sit down with Astrolich and Tyler Lindsey of Rivethead Games to talk their new project, Farwell to Arms REDUX - A World War MÖRK BORG Hack.  "Farewell to Arms REDUX: a shell-shocked, blackened war-punk RPG where trench-raiding and poison-gas are the norm. Take the war to the skies, or on sea - pilot metallic crawlers while dodging landmines and artillery fire. Whatever you do, you're unlikely to survive. It's a MÖRK WAR."

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan sit down with Jon Davis and Matt Morris to discuss their new project, The Bastardized Classics. Using the Bastards. system from Micah Anderson, Jon and Matt are seeking to recreate the classic modules S1 through S4 with modern sensibilities in a compact format with a rules-lite design ethos. The project also has Micah editing, as well as fantastic art from Hodag RPG.  Vault of Doom (S1 Tomb of Horrors) is out now, as well as Bastion on the Frontier (B2 The Keep on the Borderlands) and In Pursuit of what is Hidden (B1 In Search of the Unknown).

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan read and review The Electrum Archive #1 from Emiel Boven, the first issue of the tabletop RPG zine series exploring the science-fantasy setting of Orn, a world where adventurers delve into ancient alien shipwrecks in search of magical ink which is used as both currency and spellcasting fuel.

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan sit down with Emiel Boven, the creator of DURF and The Electrum Archive. 

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan sit down with GameHERS Designer of the Year, Cassi Mothwin, to talk the stress of placing stickers, Cassi's new dark academia ttrpg Tangled Blessings, and of course the Groat Man! Afterwards we read through Cassi's game Clean Spirit, the token based, rules lite ttrpg designed to inspire an emotionally meaningful cleaning session with your new or old characters. 

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan go through some of their favorite projects crowdfunding during the month of February for Zimo/Zine Quest. Every one of these are great and we suggest you go back each one!

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan sit down with Sophia Tinney, the creator of one of our absolute favorite games, Kingdoms. We deep dive into some of the design choices made for Kingdoms and then talk all about Sophia's new project Fever Dream Nexus, a psychedelic samurai roleplaying game in a kaleidoscopic world of surreal dreams and esoteric cultures. Fever Dream Nexus is funding right now on Kickstater! CLICK HERE

On our sixth Creator Cut we got to play Down We Go, the minimalist OSR (Old School Renaissance) RPG by Markus Linderum that is being developed and published in print by Plus One Exp. Down into the ground they go—The Sneaky, The Mystical, The Holy, The Bloodthirsty—to plumb whatever items of value they can from the depths and bring it back to Infinopolis, The Infinite City. Ever shifting, ever-changing, ever hungry for the gold, treasures, and bodies, Infinopolis is a complex machine of human parts crying out in hunger for more. There is only one way to feed it, so... Presale for Down We Go is open now! CLICK HERE

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan sit down with the Tony Vasinda, the Chief Alchemist of Plus One EXP, to discuss beard balms, toaster-based trauma, Zimo, and the Together We Go system—including Through the Void and Down We Go.

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan sit down with Goblin Archives and Josh Domanski to talk about how Liminal Horror came to be, how Goblin Archives and Josh became writing partners, and what the future holds starting with their next project The Bloom. Then we read through Liminal Horror, the classless, rules-lite, fail forward system for battling horrors that lurk in the dark. The Bloom is itchfunding right now! CLICK HERE (Interview runs until 1:03:11, then we read through Liminal Horror)

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan sit down with Aaron King to talk bad branding, Powered by the Apocalypse, cease and desists, and their new project Low-Res Futures with Max Lander. Then we read through Patchwork World 6E, their weird fantasy PbtA with no playbooks & no stats. Low-Res Futures is funding right now on Kickstarter! CLICK HERE  (Interview goes to 1:10:52, then read through of Patchwork World 6E)

On this episode, Hunter and Ryan sat down with W.F. Smith of Prismatic Wasteland to talk blogs, the post-OSR, and of course his system-neutral pubcrawl pointcrawl adventure Barkeep on the Borderlands. Afterwards we do a few spotlights, unseal a few bundles from The Lost Bay, and preview what's coming up on The Weekly Scroll. Barkeep on the Borderlands is open for preorders right now! CLICK HERE

On our fifth Creator Cut, and first episode of 2023, we got to sit down and chat with the wonderful Watt about their new project Cloud Empress. Then we got to play a more horror themed Cloud Empress adventure in the Land of Ten Thousand Cicadas.

This week we had our Year End Review of 2022. We went through the top 5 games in each of the 5 categories that we rate, as well as our overall Top 5 Rated Games and both Hunter and Ryan's Top 5 games of the year. We also talked about some end of the year Itch bundles and resources for Dungeon23.  This will be our final episode of 2022. We'll be back in early January, so thank you all so much for listening and have a safe and happy holiday season. 

On our fourth Creator Cut we got to play GUILD: Sword & Magick for Hire w/ Kirby of Disaster Tourism RPG. Kirby ran The Tomb of Mother Vix, a stretch goal adventure written by Christian Sorrell of MeatCastle GameWare. 

Micah Anderson makes their return to Creator Cuts to run their game Bastards using their fetid hexcrawl adventure The Batrachian Swamps, co-written with Nate Treme.  "Twisting channels of murky water. Soggy fractals of rotten plant matter and black soil. The whine of mosquitos and swoops of bats. A heavy grey sky, like a humid woolen blanket. And over it all, the dumb, accusing stare of amphibians."

This week Hunter and Ryan read and reviewed Empty Cycle from Rookie Jet Studio, a game where the melancholy and existential crises we face as teenagers is used as the backdrop for the battle between planet-hopping "Parasites" and the "Reapers" that chase them across the universe. 

This week Hunter and Ryan sat down with Cory Burns of Rookie Jet Studio to talk about their many games that we've reviewed on the show, as well as their current and future projects. 

This week Hunter and Ryan read and reviewed 17th Century Minimalist from Andre Novoa and Games Omnivorous, a fast-paced and highly deadly game with a pinch of black humor that puts characters as wanderers in 17th century Europe.

This week Hunter and Ryan sat down with Marco Serrano of Spicy Tuna RPG to talk all things Mothership, including their currently funding project on Kickstarter Constant Downpour Remastered. 

On our second TWS AP we got to play Helm with creator Jon Davis. He ran us through Cluster Fuck Inn, an adventure written for 17th Century Minimalist. 

This week Hunter and Ryan went over some of their favorite game supplements for Troika, OSE, Mörk Borg, and more. 

This week Hunter and Ryan got the chance to sit down with the wonderful people at Knave of Cups, an online shop dedicated to supporting inclusion and creativity in the tabletop roleplaying community.

This week Ryan went solo to read and review Marching Order, a solo/co-op dungeon delve that plays like Choose your own Adventure and Darkest Dungeon’s analog bastard child. For more insight, be sure to listen to Ep. 54, our interview with Crumbling Keep. 

This week Ryan sits down with James and Brad from Crumbling Keep to discuss their solo and coop dungeon delving game, Marching Order. 

This week Hunter and Ryan read and review We Deal in Lead, the new Weird West Wanders Adventure Game from By Odin's Beard RPG. For more insight be sure to listen to Ep. 52, our interview with creator Colin Le Sueur. 

This week Hunter and Ryan sat down with Colin Le Sueur of By Odin's Beard RPG to discuss their new game We Deal in Lead, as well as everything from Vikings to Tik Tok. 

This week we ran our first TWS Actual Play! Creator Cuts will be a series of APs where the designer or writer of a game or adventure runs it for us on The Weekly Scroll.  Kicking this series off is designer, editor, and writer Micah Anderson. They ran their adventure Asteroid of the Fungid Lord which was written for Hexdrive, their sci-fi variation of the space-fantasy game Troika.

This week Jason and Ryan read and review Sacrifice, the new Incense & Iron RPG from Alex T of Blackoath Entertainement. To hear more about Incense & Iron as a genre be sure to listen to Ep. 50, our interview with Alex.

This week Ryan sat down with Alex T of Blackoath Entertainement to discuss their new game Sacrifice, as well as the MANY other games that they are currently working on.

This week Ryan sat down with Kirby of Disaster Tourism to discuss their new book This House is Haunted, their first year in tabletop games, and what the future holds. Then special guest Thom Owen, aka DiceMaven, joined to discuss Disaster Tourism's ultralight ttrpg framework WYRD and its cyberpunk variant WIRD.

This week Hunter and Ryan read and review the acid western ttrpg Frontier Scum from Karl Druid, a game about wanted outlaws making their mark on a lost frontier.

This week Ryan sits down with Karl Druid, the creator of the acid western tabletop roleplaying game Frontier Scum.

This week Hunter and Ryan read and review CYBERMETAL 2012, the lofi heavy metal cyberpunk ttrpg from prolific creator Adam Vass. Be sure to check out episode 39 as well, where we interviewed Adam and talked about cybermetal and much more. 

This week Ryan sits down with Janaka Stucky, Peter Bebergal, and friend-of-the-show Max Moon, the creative team behind the Black God's Kiss RPG Box Set. Black God’s Kiss is a perilous adventure setting playable as an RPG module, or as a standalone microgame for two players, based on the Sword and Sorcery fiction of the same name from prolific author C.L. Moore.

This week Hunter and Ryan sit down with prolific editor, writer, and creator Micah Anderson to discuss the updates to their rules-light ttrpg Bastards and much more. Then we read through 3 of their pocket/business card rpgs, Dagger, Chainsaw, and Space Cowboy.

This week Hunter and Ryan sit down with creator Brian Shutter, then read and review their gonzo vomit-punk post-apocalyptic cassette futurism ttrpg Neon Lords of the Toxic Wasteland

This week Hunter and Ryan have a chat with game designer and artist Perplexing Ruins, then read through their baroque and grim fantasy ttrpg Fallen.

This week Hunter and Ryan read through the 3, 2, 1...ACTION! RPG written by Geo Collazo and John McGuire, a game that lets you channel your favorite action movies using only a single d10.  Quick notes: We talk about this episode being stitched to our interview with John McGuire from episode 40, but clearly we didn't do that. Also, at the 11 min mark there is an echo for about 45 seconds. Thats on our end, sorry about that. 

This week Ryan sat down with podcaster and RPG writer John Hambone McGuire to discuss their recent successful Kickstarter for 3, 2, 1 ACTION...The Devil In New Jersey, and a bunch of other topics. 

This week Hunter and Ryan chat with one of our most anticipated guests and favorite creators, Adam Vass of World Champ Game Company! We talk about A LOT, including an in-depth discussion of CYBERMETAL 2012, their new ttrpg of demons, metalheads, and weirdos surviving and thriving in an isolated city of warped technology in an alternate timeline.

This week Jason and Ryan read and review SLAYERS 1.5 from Gila RPGs, the ttprg of mercenaries and monster hunters for hire known by locals of the ever-expanding City as Slayers.

This week Ryan chats with Spencer Campbell of Gila RPGS. We discuss Spencer's new solo soulslike ttrpg RUNE, and then tangent into every topic you can imagine, from game design to running a Kickstarter and more. 

This week Hunter and Ryan chat with Jon Davis, aka Sivad's Sanctum, and discuss and then read through HELM, his new role-playing game inspired by dark fantasy and sword and sorcery fiction. The world of HELM resembles our own world’s Middle Ages, and the players take on the role of bloody Men-at-arms carving out an existence in the shadow of a crumbling empire.

This week Ryan and special guest co-host Christian Sorrell (aka MeatCastle Gameware) have a chat with game designer and artist Diogo Nogueira about their new game Primal Quest. Then we deep dive this exciting "weird stone and sorcery" adventure game. 

This week Hunter and Ryan chat with friend-of-the-show Kevin Rahman, the creator of the miniatures game Forbidden Psalm. We talk about their current project KILL SAMPLE PROCESS, discuss the many supplements that have released since we last spoke, and tease some things coming soon. 

This week Jason and Ryan read through and review Babes in the Wood, the ENnie Nominated (for Best Family Game) tabletop roleplaying game of kids & critters lost in an endless wood on Halloween night, from World Champ Game Co. 

This week Ryan and special co-host Jason read and review Eyes Beyond the Torchlight from Workhorse RPG Studio, a roleplaying game of fantastic adventures powered by an innovative game system with a single-roll attack and damage mechanic.

This week Hunter and Ryan chat with friend-of-the-show Max Moon. We talk about their current project on Kickstarter, Abyss of Hallucinations Vol. 2, our recent deaths in the intro adventure of vol 1, Unicursal Heptagram, and discuss some of their future projects. 

This week Hunter and Ryan read and review Fléaux!, the brutal medieval/early renaissance/baroque fantasy ttrpg, from Kobayashi. 

This week Hunter and Ryan interview Iko about Skyrealms, their system-neutral RPG fantasy sourcebook and coloring book that is funding right now on kickstarter! Afterwards we read through two great zines from two great creators. First is Bastards by Micah Anderson, their take on dragon games but with higher health than most retroclones, depleting Luck, simple monsters, and an intuitive AC system. And finally, Merger by Michael Elliot, a single player role-playing game about trying to survive in a world of living predatory corporations. You can find Skyrealms here https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thelostbay/skyrealms

This week Hunter and Ryan interview Astrolich and discuss his new Cy_Borg vehicle supplement Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die. Afterwards we read through LUCID, a gm-less ttrpg where the players combat nightmares in the minds of another to protect the veil between dreaming and waking life, from one of our favorite creators, Adam Vass of World Champ Game Co. 

This week Hunter and Ryan do something a little bit different and talk about two zines in one episode. Hunter chose Acid Mages of the Infinite Tower from Parenthesis Press and Ryan chose DURF from Emiel Boven. 

This week Hunter and Ryan read and review Best Left Buried, the fantasy horror game where the monsters are scary and the players are scared, from SoulMuppet Publishing. 

This week Hunter and Ryan read and review Runecairn: Wardensaga, the Soulslike Norse fantasy RPG with rules based on Into the Odd, Cairn, and Knave, from Colin Le Sueur. 

This week Hunter and Ryan read and review Cy_Borg, the nano-infested doomsday RPG about cybernetic misfits and punks raging against a relentless corporate hell, from Christian Sahlén and Johan Nohr of Stockholm Kartell. (Intro and Kickstart the Podcast until 11:23)

This week Hunter and Ryan read and review Over Arms, the rules-light ttrpg designed to replicate media like JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Persona, and more, from Rookie Jet Studio.  (Intro and Kickstart the Podcast until 20:25) 

The week Hunter and Ryan read and review Death in Space, the TTRPG about "adventure and uncertain journeys out into the darkness of space, where the void whispers to the unlucky and imbues travelers’ bodies with strange powers," from Carl Niblaeus Christian Plogfors.  (Intro and Kickstart the Podcast until 23:45)

This week Hunter and Ryan read and review Gun & Slinger, the RPG about a weapon and a wanderer that explore a twisted planet, hunt strange bounties, and unlock hidden powers, by Nevyn Holmes.  (Intro and Kickstart the Podcast until 32:00)

This week Hunter and Ryan read and review Viking Death Squad, the explosive tabletop game of immortal vikings, cybernetic horrors, and demonic legions, from Runehammer.  (Intro and Kickstart the Podcast until 37:00)

This week Hunter and Ryan read and review NOVA, the rules-lite sci-fi tabletop RPG set in a world where the sun exploded and humanity struggles to hold onto what little light they have left by piloting exosuits called Sparks, by Spencer Campbell.  (Intro and Kickstart the Podcast until 22:00, and a special Eye Wizard unboxing can be found on YouTube)

This week Hunter and Ryan interview Kevin Rahman, the creator of Forbidden Psalm. Afterwards, we review Forbidden Psalm, the tabletop miniatures game inspired by and compatible with Mörk Borg. (Intro with Kevin Rahman until 39:13, Kickstart the Podcast until 1:01:56)

The week Hunter and Ryan interview Max Moon, the creator of Twelve Years RPG, Abyss of Hallucinations, and Fairyland. Afterwards, we review their Twelve Years RPG, a solo hexploration and dungeon delve where you assemble an adventuring party and send them off to certain doom attempting to save the world from the Lich King's wrath. (Interview with Max Moon until 26:39, Kickstart the Podcast until 52:30)

This week Hunter and Ryan read and review Kingdoms, the rules-lite horror ttrpg of monster hunting and generational kingdom building in an untamed sunless world, by Sophia Tinney.  (Intro and Kickstart the Podcast until 40:30)

This week Hunter and Ryan read and review Orbital Blues, the lo-fi, Blues-infused Space Western Roleplaying Game from Soul Muppet Publishing.  (Intro and Kickstart the Podcast until 35:40)

On this week's episode Hunter and I have a beer and chat with Johan Nohr—the graphic designer and artist for Mörk Borg, Cy_Borg, Into the Odd, Symbaroum, and much more.

After a tiny tech hiccup at the beginning, Hunter and Ryan read and review the Player's Survival Guide for the Mothership RPG Zero Edition from Tuesday Knight Games. We wanted to go through this before 1st Edition comes out later this year so we can go over the changes they make to the game.  (Intro and Kickstart the Podcast until 30:53)

This week Hunter and Ryan read and review Red Giant: A Cursed World TRPG, a rules-light tabletop RPG inspired by anime like Berserk, Claymore, and Vampire Hunter D set in a cursed world you cannot save, created by Rookie Jet Studio.  (Intro and Kickstart the Podcast until 36:43)

This week Hunter and Ryan read and review ARC: Doom Tabletop RPG, the "rules-lite" tension heavy game where heroes defy the cruel Doomsday Clock to save their world from a looming apocalypse, written by Momatoes and published by Exalted Funeral.  (Intro and Kickstart the Podcast until 26:30)

This week Hunter and I go back and rereview all the games we've looked at so far and adjust their ratings with an updated scoring system.

This week Hunter and I read and review Casket Land, the bleak occult western RPG, by Marie Enger. (Intro and brief touch on KS until 4min)

This week Hunter and I read through and review Into the Odd Remastered, the rules-light, flavour-heavy roleplaying game of industrial horror and cosmic strangeness, by Chris McDowall.  (Intro and Kickstart the Podcast until 42:30)

This week we read through and review Warpland, the primeval science fantasy RPG inspired by Heavy Metal comics and psychedelia, by Gavriel Quiroga.  (Intro and Kickstart the Podcast until 53min)

This week we're reading and reviewing Necronautilus—the science fantasy roleplaying game of emergent storytelling in a galaxy ruled by Death, by Adam Vass. Hunter and I find our groove with this one, so expect the episodes to be a little tighter going forward.  (Intro and Kickstarter the Podcast until 29:20)

This week Hunter and I finish our read through of Lancer from Massif Press. We focus on the games Mech Combat mechanics and give it a score. (Into and Kickstart the Podcast until 47:55)

This week Hunter officially joins the Podcast and we start reading through Lancer, the mud-and-lasers RPG about mechs and the pilots who crew them, from Massif Press. We're still working on getting a flow so bear with us! We definitely don't get as far as we wanted to, so be sure to listen to Lancer Part 2 as well. (Intro and Kickstart the Stream/Podcast until 37:40)

This week we do the second half of our deep dive into the science-fantasy roleplaying game Troika from Melsonian Arts Council. Then we have our guest, one of my best friends Hunter, come on the podcast for an interview and a special announcement. (Intro and Kickstart the Stream/Podcast until 14:10, Interview with Hunter at 1:27:19)

This week we do a deep dive into the science-fantasy roleplaying game Troika from Melsonian Arts Council. I go page by page and get about halfway through in this episode before we bring on our guest Jess, who is a player on The Adventure Archive Twitch channel and recently DM'd her first game, CHEESE.  (Intro and Kickstart the Stream/Podcast until 8:50, Jess interview at 1:48:00)

Our first episode! Jason and I do a read through and review of Mörk Borg, the pitch-black apocalyptic RPG by Ockult Örtmästare Games and Stockholm Kartell. Lots of kinks to work out, but here it is.  (Intro and Kickstart the Stream/Podcast until 48min)