Ahoy there, ye landlubbers! It’s the Halfling crew of the SS SFH here to cut yer jib and keel yer haul…with the role playing game “Privateers & Gentlemen”! Published in 1982, this box set from Fantasy Games Unlimited has sailing ships, mutinous crews, rotten boroughs….but surprisingly few pirates? We delve into the books with the assistance of (brevet) DM Mark from the Tabletop Radio Hour podcast. He’s...
Read MoreEpisode 13: Call of Cthulhu
Happy Halloween, Halfsies! The Halflings are back to celebrate the holiday with the granddaddy of all horror RPGS, Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu! We open the 1st edition box and look over the rules, the extras, and most importantly of all the insanities? Death, carnage, madness and flying head butts await you dear listener—in the internet’s greatest podcast brought to you by a guy from Wyoming and a couple of weirdos from Denton (the Home of...
Read MoreEpisode 12.5: NTRPG Con Wrap-up…with Satan!
Hey all, the Halflings are here again to half the halflings available only to the other “half”! Which means a chat with Satan himself! Right. Well, it’s Mike “BadMike” Badolato; co-owner, marketing hub, and general whipping boy for the North Texas RPG Convention. We know it’s late….but we brought you Satan to make up for the delay! That’s gotta count for something. No innocent people were harmed in the making...
Read MoreEpisode 12: Boot Hill
Saddle up y’all, and go for yer guns! The Halflings rustle up a passel of Western catch-phrases for this episode of the podcast! We’re covering Boot Hill (1st and 2nd editions) and talk about weapons, maps, guns and a surprising lack of “Men with No Name”(TM). No outlaws were harmed in the making of this podcast, except when Liz shot Mike…but she didn’t shoot the deputy! Links mentioned in...
Read MoreEpisode 11.5: Son of Blueholme!
Once again the Save for Halflings dig through the emails in the Halfling Hideaway and answer questions from the listeners…some of them even true! After a break we travel through time and space to sit down with the Blueholme man himself, Michael “Vile Traveller” Thomas. We discuss his RPG, gaming in general, and accents. Lots of accents. No Time Lords were harmed in the making of this podcast, not even the British ones. Links...
Read MoreEpisode 11: No Home Like Blueholme
Now that we’ve given our views on the Holmes Basic D&D game, your Triumphant Trio give the Blueholme Journeymanne RPG a gander. This retro-clone of the Holmes game moves beyond the Prentice rules with levels 1-3 and instead carries characters from levels 1 to 20, from beginner to the heights of power and prestige. Thrills, chills, and 3d6 in order await you in this latest show! No Alignments were harmed in the making of this...
Read MoreEpisode 10.5: Son of Holmes!
It’s email time in the Halflings’ Hideaway, and after responding to some listener feedback we have a discussion with Chris Holmes! For those not in the know, Chris is the son of J. Eric Holmes, the author of Holmes Basic Dungeons & Dragons! We talk characters, his Tales of Peril project, purple worms, and…Herculoids? No Tom Hanks were harmed in the making of this episode, not even Pardue the Holy man! Links...
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