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Episode 64: Best of The Dragon Vol. 1

Episode 64: Best of The Dragon Vol. 1

This episode is the Best of the Best that’s Best! Best what? Why Best of Dragon magazine, volume 1! This covers the run of Strategic Review and the first few Dragon magazines, as only your Halfling Horde of 4 can bring it to you! Languages, researching wizards, Heavy Giants, and Nazis shooting at Trolls! What more could you ask for, Dear Listener? No Mutants were harmed in the making of this podcast, not even the Green ones!  ...

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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 37: Star Frontiers by TSR

Episode 37: Star Frontiers by TSR

It’s not a Trek, nor Wars…it’s TSR’s 1982 Sci-Fi game Star Frontiers! Your Halflings delve into this box set of space opera goodies with enough counters to warm any wargamer’s (or DM Mike’s) heart. Laser pistols, bizarre creatures, and Sonic Devastators (TM) abound in this episode of Save For Half! No Dralasites were harmed in the making of this podcast, not even after the bad dad jokes!   Links...

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Episode 34: AD&D Players Handbook by TSR

Episode 34: AD&D Players Handbook by TSR

What’s this? Your Fab Four Halflings are covering that venerable book of 1st edition RPG goodness? That’s right, this episode we dive into the foundational rules of that newfangled (for 1978) Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. What did we like? Hate? Actually use in our games? Tune in to find out…with maybe a controversy or two as a side-dish! No Half-orcs were harmed in the making of this podcast, but racial class limits...

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Episode 31: Marvel Super Heroes by TSR

Episode 31: Marvel Super Heroes by TSR

Excelsior, True Believers! The Fab Four Halflings take a dive into that first licensed Superhero RPG of the 1980s, the Marvel Super Heroes Roleplaying Game box set by TSR. Published in 1984, it took a few directions that Supers RPGs hadn’t yet tried such as ranks for both attributes and powers, Karma as both XPs and die roll mods, and of course getting statistics for your favorite Marvel heroes. Well, 8 of them anyway. Sit back and...

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