Podcast
Ship of the Dead Podcast
Limithron's Ship of the Dead, a tabletop roleplaying game podcast with a strong focus on pirate themed games, Dungeons & Dragons, and OSR/NSR games like Mörk Borg and Mothership. GM tips & tutorials, industry interviews, actual plays, and more. Hosted by battle map artist and Pirate Borg creator Luke Stratton (Limithron). Support at www.limithron.com/patreon.
- Episodes
- 57
- Releases
- Every two weeks
- Typical length
- 1 hr
- On air since
- 2022
- Latest episode
- 1 month ago
Episodes
57 episodes, newest first
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1 hr
Fomoria
Season 2, Episode 19
Show notes
Kingdom Death: Monster
Arkham Horror
Mold Lich
Astrolich
SVMP
Making Games Podcast
Kala Mandala
Mew-Tants
The Stygian Library — Emmy Allen
Spa — Erik Svetoft
Uzumaki — Junji Ito
Welcome to Night Vale
Dyson’s Tomb of Horrors — Dyson Logos
Rotblack Sludge
Veins of the Earth — Patrick Stuart
Mutant
Year Zero Engine
Scrap Princess
Hekla
Xiuxiuejar — Hekla
Tales Under the Oak — Dolmenwood Soundtrack
An Old Sad Ghost
Fief
All the Problems in This World
Sangre de Muerdago
DayZ
The Mound: Omen of CthulhuCredits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler StrattonGet Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon
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54 min
Mausritter & Flail
Season 2, Episode 18
Show notes
Mausritter
Flail
Backrooms (Kane Pixels YouTube series)
Making Games Podcast
Brindlewood Bay
Fomoria
Ninajirachi
Past Lives - Patrick Wyman podcast
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Glass Beams
The Sorcerers
Khruangbin
Archon Games
Stormkeep (metal band)
The Black Dragons of Iswylm
Into the Odd
Knave
Mythic Bastionland
Chris McDowall
Brambly Hedge
Mörk Borg
Mothership
Tuesday Knight Games
Nate Treme (writer)
The Estate (Mausritter adventure collection)
The 17th Century Minimalist
Trilemma 1 Page Adventures
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Hexcrawl Tool Kit
Kevin Cannon
Bottled Sea
Apocalypse World
Blades in the Dark
The Job
Masks of Nyarlathotep
Slay the Spire I + IICredits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler StrattonGet Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon
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1 hr
Our Golden Age & Shipwrecked in the Swordfish Islands
Season 2, Episode 17
Show notes
Jacob Hurst - https://shop.swordfishislands.com/
Luka Rejec - https://www.wizardthieffighter.com/
Dark of Hotspring Islands
Ultra Violet Grasslands
Our Golden Ages
Alien RPG
Skorn
Geiger
What Ho! Jeeves
The Painted Wastelands
Tim Molloy (artist)
Mr Unpronouncable
Cascadia board game
Moon board game
Terraformers
Planet Crafter
Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced
The Creative Act - Rick Rubin
Tuesday Knight Games
Father Fog
FOQOS app
Wayward Pines
Obsidian App
Darkest Dungeon
Paths Peculiar
Deep in the Purple Worm - Luka 1 page dungeon
Witch Burner
Shadow Dark
Patrick Stewart
False Machine
Veins of the Earth
Gavin Norman
OSE
Dolmenwood
Arnold K - Goblin Punch
Goblin Law of Gaming
Flail
Echoes from Fomalhaut
Echoes from Fomalhaut #01
Barrier Peaks
Frank Frazetta
Moebius
J. C. Leyendecker
BeardsleyCredits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler StrattonGet Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon
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49 min
Deathbringer RPG - Professor Dungeon Master
Season 2, Episode 16
Show notes
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
Shadowdark RPG
Lamentations of the Flame Princess
Dungeon Crawl Classics
The Keep on the Borderlands
The Lost City
Against the Cult of the Reptile God
The Village of Hommlet
Horror on the Hill
FLAIL RPG
Mausritter
Games Omnivorous
The Ruins of Undermountain
Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master
The Fungus-Licking Cannibal Cult
Mordheim
The Creative Game Master’s Guide to Extraordinary Locations – Duncan Rhodes
Stephanie Plays Games
Sickest Witch RPG
Dolmenwood
Outgunned
Mythic BastionlandTime Stamps
0:00 - Intro: Deathbringer
6:12 - Diving Deeper into the Old School
12:54 - Tools for Adventure Writing
21:39 - What are you into?
31:17 - GenCon
37:47 - The Carribbean (But not the dark Carribbean)Credits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler StrattonGet Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon
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56 min
Ginny Di & Bob World Builder
Season 2, Episode 15
Show notes
Flail RPG
Scorn
Riven: The Sequel to Myst
Tuesday Knight Games
Charles Ferguson Avery
Gore Chasm Horror
Public Access RPG
I Saw the TV Glow
Brindlewood BayAlone
Cosmere RPG
Dungeon Crawler Carl
Neon Odyssey RPG
TWRP
Gloryhammer
MajesticaLegends of Avantris
Shadowdark
Daggerheart RPG
Into the Odd RPG
Mythic Bastionland RPG
Cairn 2e
Whitehack RPG
Black Sword Hack RPG
Baron DeRopVaesen RPG
Beefy Shotgun Wizards
Electrum Archive
Legend in the Mist
Monomakes
Mothership RPG
Fatherfog RPGCredits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler StrattonGet Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon
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55 min
Pirate Borg Boarding Party
Season 2, Episode 14
Show notes
Wird Games
Westfalia
Joseph R. LewisPirate Map Collection
Pirate Borg Miniatures
Skirmish Game - From the Depths BelowFormoria
Games Omnivorous - Flail RPG
Mike Mignola - Drawling Monsters
Moebius memorial on Heavy Metal
Sergio Toppi memorial on Comicfans
Hugo Pratt / Corto Maltese homepage
Phillipe Druillet page on Lambiek
Yragaelo Urm Le Fou
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Super Mario Bros. Movie
Mothership RPG
Luke Gearing
Pound of Flesh
Gradient Descent
Sunless Sea
Fallen London
Frontier Scum
Karl Druid
Cy Borg
Kill, Sample, Process
Trench Crusade
Endless Horrors Between the Stars
Southern Reach books
Firelock Games
Mordenheim
Castlevania: Belmont’s CurseCredits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler StrattonGet Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon
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52 min
Roundtable with Kelsey Dionne & Joseph R. Lewis
Season 2, Episode 13
Show notes
Kelsey Dionne - Arcane Library
Joseph R. Lewis - YoutubeBen Riggs
Bungie’s Marathon
Shroom and Gloom
Record of Lodoss War
Ninja Scroll
Wicked City
Angel (Anime)
Robert E. Howard Conan Stories
Darkest Dungeon
Mordheim
Deathbringer
The Black Company – Shadows Linger
Mike Mignola
Goblin Punch Blog (Arnold K.)
Caverns of Thracia
Essentialism
BBC Lord of the Rings (1980s)
Elric
Julien Blondel
Aetherdark
Brad Kerr
SkullfungusCredits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler StrattonGet Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon
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58 min
Running & Writing OSR Adventures
Season 2, Episode 12
Show notes
Matt Finch’s Tome of World Building
Nightmare over Ragged Hollow
Neverland
A Pound of Flesh
The Desert Moon of Karth
City State of the Invincible Overlord
Tome of Adventure Design
Deep Carbon Observatory
Ultraviolet Grasslands 2E
Vaults of Vaarn
Thulian Echoes - LotFP
Call of Cthulu RPG
Delta Green
Skerples
Kidnap the Archpriest
The Dark of Hot Springs Island
Secret of the Black Crag
Mothership RPG
The Black Wyrm of Brandonsford
Gradient Descent
Stonehell
Murkdice
Knock!
Moonbase Blues
The Chair
Witches of Frostwyck
Vibechete (in Hull Breach)
Dolmenwood
Worlds Without Number
Stars Without Numbers
Outcast Silver Raiders
Cairn 2ECredits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler StrattonGet Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon
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52 min
State of the OSR at Gary Con '26
Season 2, Episode 11
Show notes
GUESTS
Kelsey Dionne https://www.thearcanelibrary.com/
Brad Kerr https://bradkerr.net/
Matt Finch https://www.mythmeregames.com/
Yochai Gal https://cairnrpg.com/
Between Two Cairns (Podcast) https://betweentwocairns.com/Mythic Bastionland
Dolmenwood
Necrotic Gnome
Skullboy
OSRIC
Swords and Wizardry
Sailors on the Starless Sea
Keep on the Borderlands B2
Magical Demon Driven to the Maw
Feast of Tegny Wood
Rot Black Sludge
Tome of Adventure Design 2nd Edition
Zedeck Siew
Dark of Hot Springs Island
Index Card RPG
Return of the Obra Dinn
Nomicon
Storyteller’s Thesaurus
Winchester Mystery House
Patrick Stuart
Mythic and Electric Bastionland
Ultraviolet Grasslands
Vaults of Vaarn
Electrum Archive
The Name of the Wind
A Wizard of Earthsea
Garth Nix
Jonathan Hickman
Guy Gavriel Kay
Children of Earth and Sky
The Tegana
Lions of Al-Rassan
The IncalCredits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler StrattonGet Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon
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1 hr 37 min
Venom in the Veins Deep Dive (Jon Pohl and Will Tramp)
Season 2, Episode 10
Show notes
These Bloody Sails - Preorders Now Open
Jack Bedashi - Stinky Goblin Maps
Tomb of the Serpent King - Skerples
Credits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler StrattonGet Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon
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57 min
Running Adventures & Meaningful Choices (Levi Combs, John "Hambone" McGuire, Brian Shutter)
Season 2, Episode 9
Show notes
John "Hambone" McGuire / John "Hambone" McGuire
Show Notes:
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast
Dwarven Fortress (Dwarf Fortress)
Robert Conley - Bat in the Attic Games
Neon Bastardz RPG
Squirmish
JP Coovert
Creature Curation
Raptor Ruckus
Vast Grimm
Yamil - Tales from the Tape DeckBrian Larkin - Arcane Sword Press
Stillfleet
Brad Kerr
Ben Milton (Questing Beast)DCC (Dungeon Crawl Classics)
The Quantum Ogre TheoryParanoia
Marvel Super Heroes
West End Star Wars
Space Gits
Genial Jack
Operation UnfathomableCredits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler StrattonGet Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon
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1 hr 11 min
Lost to the Locker Deep Dive
Season 2, Episode 8
Show notes
Down Among The Dead
Mega Map pack & ArtRaymond Lillard: croboy1981
Raptor RuckusTeenage Mutant Tunnel Goons - JP Coovert
Mondo Gecko Record
Sewer Scum kickstarter
Knight of the 7 Kingdoms
Mythic Bastionland
Cosmere RPG
Knock
Matrix Experience
Geeky Teas
Magical Industrial Revolution - Skurples
Mordenheim
Daggerheart
Trapped in the Tropics
Graves Left Wanting - Carl Druid
Frontier Scum
Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey
Tales from Monkey Island
Archon GamesCredits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler StrattonGet Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon
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1 hr
Elements of Great RPG adventures feat. Professor Dungeon Master and Brad Kerr
Season 2, Episode 7
Show notes
Luke
PAGE
Skullfungus patreon
Neverland
Tomb of Black Sand
Alien RPG
Rapture ProtocolProfessor Dungeon Master
Dungeon Craft Youtube
Dungeon Craft Patreon
Dungeon Craft Facebook Group
Deathbringer
Shadowdark
PDM Top 10 Products 2025
Runehammer pamphlet on Drivethru
Roll for Combat (Publisher)
Halls of the Blood King - OSE (Adventure)
Warhammer Fantasy RPG (System)
Blade Runner (Start Set)Brad Kerr
https://bradkerr.net/
The Dream Shrine (Adventure)
Swamp World (Adventure)
Yeast Ghouls (Adventure)
Between 2 Cairns (Podcast)
Between 2 Cons (Conventions)
Necrotic Gnome (Publisher)
OSE (System)
Mausritter (estate box set)
Mythic Bastionland
Dolmenwood - The book of Lairs
The Black Hack
Winters Daughter - Gavin Norman
Black Wyrm of Bransford - Chance Dudinack
Nate Treme - The Moldy Unicorn (Haunted Almanac)
Marvel Superheroes RPG (System)
Tephrotic Nightmares (Adventure / Box)Music:
Grant Green - Idle Moments
Rumors - Fleetwood Mac
Tusk - Fleetwood mac
Tango in the Night - Fleetwood Mac
Justine JonesCredits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler StrattonGet Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon
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1 hr 9 min
Into The Maelstrom Deep Dive
Season 2, Episode 6
Show notes
Luke:
MTG Commander Slime Decks (Deck)
Willow (Movie)
Zadok - Shadow over Innsmouth (Book)
Joseph R. Lewis (Author)
Secret of Monkey Island (Video Game)
Mike Shea - Ravenloft (Blog)
The Monsters Know What They’re Doing (Article)
Keith Ammann (Author) Blog here: Spy and Owl
Penny Dreadful | Timothy Dalton is Sir Benjamin Murray (Character)
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor (Song)
Hamilton (Musical)
Hocus Pocus (Movie)
Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Movie)
Red Hook - HP Lovecraft (Book)
Red Hook Games (Studio)
A Thousand Thousand Islands (RPG)Tyler Stratton:
Cosmere RPG
The Stormlight Archive (Book)
Nightmare Over Ragged Hollow (Adventure)Abby Wentzel:
MTG: Lorwyn (Deck)Chapter Markers
0:00 Intro
0:38 What Is Into the Maelstrom
2:15 Adventure Overview
5:02 The Cursed Ship
7:40 The Vampyrate Theme
10:32 Major NPCs
14:18 Running the Adventure
18:07 Key Encounters
22:46 Tips for Harbourmasters
27:12 Player Experience
31:45 Spoilers & Secrets
36:20 Final ThoughtsCredits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler StrattonGet Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon
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44 min
State of the OSR at PAGE 3
Season 2, Episode 5
Show notes
Clark Peterson (Necromancer Games)
Wilderlands of High Fantasy (Judges Guild)
One Page Dungeons (Contest)
Mad Dungeon (Podcast)
Exalted Funeral (Publisher)Knock! (Magazine)
Rise Up Comus (Blog)
His Majesty the Worm (RPG)
Prismatic Wasteland (Blog)
The Dungeon Dozen (Resource Book)
Operation Unfathomable (Adventure)Into the Wyrd & Wild (Resource Book)
Into the Cess & Citadel (Resource Book)
SubstackMythic Bastionland (RPG)
Vagabond (RPG)
Erol Otus (Designer)
Skullfungus (Creator)Chubby Funster (Youtube)
ShadowRim (Setting)
ShadowSun
Hârn - Columbia Games (Setting / RPG)
Ars Magica 5th Edition (RPG)The Broken Empires (RPG)
Questing Beast We need to talk about Goodman Games (Video)
Joseph R. Lewis (Writer)Glass Cannon: Shadowdark (Podcast)
Credits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler StrattonGet Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon
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54 min
How To Be a Great GM with Mike Shea
Season 2, Episode 4
Show notes
Mike Shea
Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master (Book)Mike’s Notes:
Level up Advanced 5e by EN World Publishing (System)
The City of Arches (Campaign Setting)
Ozymandias (Poem)
Forge of Foes (Book)
Tales of the Valiant (System)Other:
Dragonbane (RPG)
Daggerheart (RPG)
Numenera (RPG)
Shadowdark (RPG)
Shadowdark - Cursed Scroll 1
Dolmenwood (RPG)
Lazy RPG Talk Show Dolmenwood Spotlight – Lazy RPG Talk Show
The Dark Caribbean (Campaign Preview)Top Tips to Prep as a GM - Lazy Dungeon Master
Prep what you need, and kill the things that aren't helping.
Prepare to improvise.
Have a system, a process.
The first time you interact with a NPC, have the player describe something about them.Other Tips:
What is Quantum Ogre (Article)
Popcorn Initiative
Foundry VTT
Owlbear Rodeo (VTT)
5e Artisanal Database (Sly Flourish's)
Game Icons (Graphics)
Dwarven Forge (Terrain)
Ghosts of Saltmarsh (Adventure)
Limithron PAX Unplugged Mega-Game (Video)
Obsidian (App)
Notion (App)
Castle Ravenloft in Shadowdark (Sly Flourish Article)
Down Among the Dead (Expansion)
Crypts of Karigulon (Adventure)Draw Steel (RPG)
CROWS (RPG)
Invasion from the Planet of Tarrasques (Adventure)Credits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler StrattonGet Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon
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1 hr 6 min
Using RPG Maps with Skullfungus & JP Coovert
Season 2, Episode 3
Show notes
Karl Stjernberg – Skullfungus
Patreon
Isle of Ixx (Adventure)
Knock (Magazine)
Tomb of Black Sand (Adventure)
Black Hack (RPG)
CY_BORG (RPG)
Dyson Logos Maps (Maps)
Brad Kerr (Designer)
Dream Shrine (Adventure)
Yeast Ghouls (Adventure)JP Coovert (YouTube)
Patreon
Star Borg (RPG)
Teenage Mutant Tunnel Goons (RPG)
Goons and Ghosts (RPG)
Flik Silverpen's Guide to Exploring Dungeons (Tutorial)
Dragon Town and the Darkness Below (Dungeon Craft Review)
Castle Gloomshroud (Adventure)Reach of the Roach God (Adventure)
Legends of Avantris (YouTube)
Essentialism (Book)The Creative Act (Book)
King Cat Comics (Comics)
Drawing Monsters (Tutorial)
Making Maps (Tutorial)
Drawing Cities (Tutorial)Looking for maps:
Cze and Peku
Tom Cartos
Low Key Battle Maps
The Map Library
Mad Cartographer
Watabou
Google Maps
Video Strategy Guides
Dyson Logos Maps
Two Minute Table Top
JP Coovert – How to DrawCredits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler StrattonGet Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon
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58 min
Tales from the Locker
Season 2, Episode 2
Show notes
Tales From The Locker Kickstarter (Ends Feb 27 2026)
Ed Bourelle - Skeleton Key Games
Philip Reed
Alexander Jatscha-Zelt - Golem ProductionsEd’s Notes:
The Masticator Gate & Endless Demon Deck
Three from the Locker
Privateer Press
Time Bandits (Movie)
Cutthroat Island (Movie)
On Stranger Tides (Book)
Raptor Ruckus (RPG)
Tome of Adventure Design (RPG Design Book)
How to THINK when you DRAW (Drawing Book)Philip’s Notes:
The Agonizing Resurrection of Victor Frankenstein and Other Gothic Tales
Cabin Fever Jam
Cabin Fever Winner: So Many Ways to Die - A Pirate Borg Sea Shanty (YouTube)
Zine Box (Tomb of Zines)
Dungeon Denizens 2 (Kickstarter)
Forgotten Realms: The Magister - FR4 (Book)Alexander’s Notes:
Ravaged by Storm (Kickstarter)
The Electrum Archive (Setting)
The Desert Moon of Karth (Adventure)
Pirate Borg Design Primer
Mothership (RPG)
Gavin Norman (Dolmenwood Designer)Other
Escape from Monkey Island
Bridgman’s Complete Guide to Drawing from Life
Skerples Monster OverhaulCredits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler StrattonGet Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon
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59 min
Gavin Norman (Dolmenwood, OSE)
Season 2, Episode 1
Show notes
Gavin Norman
See YouTube Video of Episode HERE
Questing Beast on Dolmenwood (Video) — “Dolmenwood is the BEST D&D book of 2025… and it’s not close”
Bastard Quest (YouTube Channel)
Songs of the Dying Earth -Matthew Hughes
Nine Tales of Raffalon -Matthew Hughes
Brad Kerr & Chance Dudinack About
The Black Wyrm of Brandonsford (Adventure)
Questing Beast – DCC Hot Take: We Need to Talk About Goodman Games
Old-School Essentials Month – May 2026 (Backerkit)
Dark Caribbean (Pirate Borg Setting Book)
Over the Garden Wall (TV Series)
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell – Susanna Clarke
The King of Elfland’s Daughter – Lord Dunsany
The Name of the Wind & The Wise Man’s Fear – Patrick Rothfuss
3d6 Down the Line (Actual Play)
LegendKeeper (Worldbuilding Tool)
A Pound of Flesh (Mothership Toolkit)
Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master – Sly Flourish
So You Want to Be a Game Master – Justin Alexander
Credits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler StrattonGet Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon
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1 hr 24 min
State of the OSR (Gary Con '25 Panel)
Season 1, Episode 37
Show notes
Six Cultures of Play
Joe Hines’ Point-Crawl vs. Hex-Crawl
New School Revolution Blog
Primer to Old School Gaming
Principia Apocrypha
Ars Ludi on West Marches
Break RPG
Goblin Archive’s The Mall
Liminal Horror (Cairn hack)
Valley of Flowers
Thousand Thousand Islands
Dungeon World
Maze Rats 1.0
Into the Odd
Joseph R Lewis SotD EpisodeMatt Finch
Mythmere GamesKelsey Dionne
Arcane Library
Shadowdark Western Reaches KickstarterYochai Gal
New School Revolution
Cairn RPG
Between Two Cairns (podcast)
PatreonBrad Kerr
Brad Kerr Website
Merry Mushmen
Between Two Cairns (podcast)Limithron Links
Credits
Music: Alexander Miller
Editing: Matt Kepler
Producing: Tyler StrattonGet Episodes 1 week early on Limithron's Patreon
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