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Episode 52.5: Star Wars, 1977 Edition

Episode 52.5: Star Wars, 1977 Edition

Get ready True Believers for a first…a Prequel Save for Half! We’ll be reviewing the West End Games Star Wars D6 RPG in episode 53, but first we invite the Curmudgeon in the Cellar himself Tim Kask on to talk about 1977’s Star Wars and its impact on us and the RPG community. Yes, some of us are really old enough to remember Star Wars when it just referred to a single film instead of the Disney juggernaut it is today....

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Episode 52: I6 Ravenloft by Tracy & Laura Hickman

Episode 52: I6 Ravenloft by Tracy & Laura Hickman

You’ve heard of Christmas in July? Well, welcome to Halloween in January! Your Fab-lings start the new year with a ‘Bleh!’ with everyone’s favorite vampire Strahd in the original AD&D module I6: Ravenloft by Tracy and Laura Hickman. Thrills, chills, and NPCs with Motives™ abound in this episode of Save For Half! No vampires were harmed in the making of this podcast, well…yes they were but there’s always more on the...

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Episode 50: RuneQuest by Chaosium

Episode 50: RuneQuest by Chaosium

What’s this? A game of Bronze-Age fantasy that mixes ancient cultures from Sumeria to the Celts? A unique world steeped in legend named Glorantha? Guest host Game Master Ed to explain the actual play of this game? Madness! Yet your Fab 4 are here discussing one of the second wave RPGs that came out in the late 1970s and was arguably the one that gave AD&D the biggest run for its money. Written by Steve Perrin and friends, this game has...

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