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349 episodes
Language
EnglishPublisher
Jef Aldrich and Jon TaylorExplicit
No
Date created
2014/06/22
Latest episode
2026/10/30
Average duration
79 min.
Release period
14 days
Description
Jef and Jon review old roleplaying games
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339 - Beast: The Primordial
2026/10/30
Woof.
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338 - Very Horror Stories
2026/10/17
Welcome to Trashween! It's all garbage this time, baby! This game isn't awful, but it is trash-themed. Stay tuned for next time!
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337 - Double Cross
2026/10/01
Big old anime RPG, and actually from Japan for once! Vaguely superhero but realistically sorta shonen, let's talk about Double Cross.
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336 - MisAdventures
2026/09/18
Finally, everyone's favorite thing, a universal OSR system! And in such a straightforward and simple 36 pages!
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335 - Tide Breaker
2026/09/05
It's a rules light game! By which of course we mean it has like several hundred rules, but none of them are especially heavy.
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334 - Delta Green
2026/08/20
Well, at least now people can't keep asking us to talk about it!
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333- Marvel Heroic Roleplaying LIVE
2026/08/05
Recorded live at GenCon 2026, this episode sounds like fuzzy butt because we didn't have a way to test the house equipment. If you can endure it, you're the true Marvel Hero (ic roleplaying RPG).
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332 - 13th Age
2026/07/22
Well, I guess it's better than 5e. How's the 2nd edition of this? Obviously we're taking them in order. Sound off in the comments and smash that like and subscribe or whatever the youtubers say.
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331 - Blood and Vigilance
2026/07/09
Shoot, we accidentally made a supplement episode. I thought this was a core book! Oh well, it's basically a superhero patch to be applied to D20 Modern, so at least it's sorta interesting to take a look at!
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330 - Justice League Unlimited Preview
2026/06/26
We've been pretty clear in our Marvel fanboy natures, especially when it comes to comics (we're pretty equal opportunity with films and cartoons), but that doesn't mean we can't pay equal time when the Distinguished Competition also puts out a preview version of their new RPG, so here we are taking a look at Justice League Unlimited. And it's not D&D or anything!
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329 - Jukebox
2026/06/13
Hey how about we let Jon pick a game, that's what I said. And then of course the moment I said okay we get a game with a karaoke mechanic.
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328 - Heavy Metal Thunder Mouse
2026/05/29
I still can't remember if this is our first FATE game or not, I think it might be? It's about mice, that are bikers. There's also frogs and stuff. It's fun. Let's talk about it.
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327 - Alternity
2026/05/14
Sci-fi, TSR style. I can't figure out why I thought this would be D&D based, maybe because it came out so late in the TSR lifecycle that I thought it was WOTC? Anyway, it's certainly interesting to talk about!
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326 - Ryutaama
2026/05/01
Okay at this point I think it's starting to get obvious that the two of us are down with the cozy games. This one is cute as heck. Get on a little journey. Jef is only moderately puzzled by some decisions!
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325 - Root RPG
2026/04/17
Sure it's PBTA but really we want to talk about the rare-ish process by which specifically board games become specifically RPGs. Plus these animals kill each other and are cute.
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Teem Dodger 2024/08/09
Nobody’s forcing you to make this
You’re not being forced to record a podcast. And nobody’s impressed when an RPG nerd is super performative about not “knowing about” or liking specifi...
Robot BLACK 2024/05/02
Eh
Wanted to like this, but it ends up being 1 of 2 types of episodes: “here’s a game we played when we were 14 and so it must be good” or “I don’t know ...
PimpingMcpimpimgton 2024/04/21
A great podcast
This is good ear food, do yourself a favor and listen then give them tons of money on Patreon.
vernoid 2024/01/12
never found someone who hates/loves h.ō.l and has read the max
thank you
Stack O’ Lee 2023/02/23
Very little to recommend
Crass, loud, inane banter and horribly unfunny. Often ignorant about the topics they go on and about and wrong several times in the episodes I struggl...
Ulphen 2022/11/01
Funny Reviews of Out of Print RPGs
All the news you can’t use about old, usually bad tabletop RPGs! I came for the reviews and stayed for the humor.
enil ni tsal 2022/02/18
Fun, funny and a decent way to be exposed to old ttrpgs
My brother introduced me to System Mastery and ever since I’ve been a fan. The hosts review old tabletop RPGs and crack jokes throughout.
Hamburger Helpful 2021/09/26
They read the rpgs so you don’t have to
They give you everything you need to know to feel like you know the game, condensed down into one funny hour. It’s a great way to go from knowing abou...
horgar 2021/09/20
So woke
Woke, vulgar, hard leftists that are suffering liberal guilt. Maybe it’s for you. Not as much for me.
Somedude, Just 2021/05/21
Insightful and Hilarious
Jon and Jef have taught me a lot about designing TTRPGs over the years, and made it fun along the way. To clarify: they don't provide instruction on g...
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