The Weekly Scroll Tabletop Podcast

The Weekly Scroll

Discussion and review of ttrpgs, skirmish and war games, board games, solo games, adventures, and more.

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328 episodes
Updated July 23

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Aug 16, 2023 · 1 hr 55 min
Ep. 99 - GUILD: Sword and Magick for Hire
On this episode, Hunter and Ryan read and review GUILD: Sword and Magick for Hire, a rules lite old-school style roleplaying game inspired by heavier frameworks of the same era, from ⁠Disaster Tourism Games.
Aug 4, 2023 · 1 hr 28 min
Ep. 98 - Interview: Jarrett Crader Returns
On this episode, Hunter, Ryan, and Kirby chat with Jarrett Crader, who is returning after the successful launch of Space Penguin Ink! We talk merch (available now), Red Solstice 3 (available now), logistics, and the future of SPI.
Jul 24, 2023 · 51 min
Ep. 97 - Interview: Kayla Dice
On this episode, Ryan talks with award winning creator Kayla Dice of Rat Wave Game House about their journey in TTRPGs, including their digital pirate action rpg TERMINAL, funding now on Kickstarter.
Jul 23, 2023 · 2 hr 12 min
Ep. 96 - Bilge
On this episode, Kirby and Ryan read and review Bilge from Neon Rot, a gm-less body horror mapping game where you and your unwilling volunteers dig deep into a gigantic leviathan.
Jul 13, 2023 · 1 hr 42 min
Ep. 95 - Bloodbeam Badlands
On this episode, Hunter and Ryan read and review Bloodbeam Badlands from Viditya Voleti, a game about vampires stuck surviving a post-apocalyptic world where the sun never sets!
Jul 13, 2023 · 1 hr 24 min
Creator Cuts 09 - ECO MOFOS!!
On this episode, Hunter and Ryan chat with writer David Blandy and artist Daniel Locke about their game, ECO MOFOS, and then get the chance to play! ECO MOFOS!! is a rules lite, mid-future ecopunk ruin-delving survival game based on Into the Odd and Cairn. Player characters (PCs or Punks) seek a safe homestead to start a new community, Weirdhope not Grimdark. ECO MOFOS is funding right now on Kickstarter! CLICK HERE
Jul 9, 2023 · 1 hr 48 min
Ep. 94 - Squishy
On this episode, Ryan and Kirby read and review Squishy, a rules lite system for those who want to run a survival horror scenario in a pinch, from Emmet Kiernan, with art from Mike Wasion and design by Dai Shugars. Then we chat about DEAD HORSE #1, an anthology magazine of horror and the macabre from Disaster Tourism Games, featuring the written and artistic works of over thirty creative minds on the topic of Unsettling Horror!
Jul 9, 2023 · 2 hr 22 min
Ep. 93 - Vaults of Vaarn
On this episode, Hunter and Ryan read and review Vaults of Vaarn, a rules-lite roleplaying game set in a drug-infused, psychedelic desert wasteland, from Leo Hunt, with design by Guilherme Gontijo and printed by Games Omnivorous.
Jun 27, 2023 · 1 hr 39 min
Ep. 92 - Mausritter
On this episode, Hunter and Ryan read and review Mausritter, the sword-and-whiskers role playing game about brave mouse adventurers in a huge and dangerous world, written and illustrated by Isaac Williams and printed by Games Omnivorous.
Jun 17, 2023 · 3 hr 28 min
Crossover Reality Special Part 2: Triangle Agency
On this very special episode, Sean Ireland runs Ryan, Christian Sorrell, and Leona Neelam Maple through One Night at the Shelterwood Inn using Triangle Agency. One Night at the Shelterwood Inn is an official collaborative adventure from the creative teams behind Liminal Horror and Triangle Agency, playable in both game systems. With Liminal Horror, take the role of unfortunate souls stranded in a lonely hotel with something sinister hiding beneath the surface. With Triangle Agency, take the role of Field Agents straddling the line between containing a paranormal phenomenon and maintaining a cover. Find the Adventure here: ⁠https://unenthuser.itch.io/one-night⁠ Liminal Horror: ⁠https://goblinarchives.itch.io/⁠ Triangle Agency: ⁠https://www.hauntedtable.games/⁠
Jun 17, 2023 · 2 hr 44 min
Crossover Reality Special Part 1: Liminal Horror
On this very special episode, Josh Domanski runs Hunter, Andy, and Kirby through One Night at the Shelterwood Inn using Liminal Horror. One Night at the Shelterwood Inn is an official collaborative adventure from the creative teams behind Liminal Horror and Triangle Agency, playable in both game systems. With Liminal Horror, take the role of unfortunate souls stranded in a lonely hotel with something sinister hiding beneath the surface. With Triangle Agency, take the role of Field Agents straddling the line between containing a paranormal phenomenon and maintaining a cover. Find the Adventure here: https://unenthuser.itch.io/one-night Liminal Horror: https://goblinarchives.itch.io/ Triangle Agency: https://www.hauntedtable.games/
Jun 16, 2023 · 1 hr
Ep. 91 - 1978: The Night THEY Came Home
On this episode, Hunter and Ryan sit down with Adam Vass of World Champ Game Co to dig into their new project 1978: The Night THEY Came Home, a 1vs1 horror story game of a supernatural slasher and resilient survivor fated to face off forever. 1978 is currently funding on Kickstarter, go back it now! CLICK HERE "1978: The Night THEY Came Home is a 1-2 player horror roleplaying game telling the story of a fateful showdown between Survivor (a clever and resilient person caught up in horrifying circumstances) and Slasher (a legendary force of evil). Using a deck of poker cards, dual rule books, varied resources, and shared play space, players will recount the events of a forsaken Halloween, zooming closer into the haunting folklore of a small Midwestern town and its inhabitants, and culminating in a violent battle for survival."
Jun 14, 2023 · 2 hr 23 min
Ep. 90 - Black Sword Hack
On this episode, Hunter and Ryan read and review Black Sword Hack: Ultimate Chaos Edition from Kobayashi and The Merry Mushmen, a rules-lite tabletop roleplaying game inspired by old school dark fantasy and David Black's The Black Hack! "Black Sword Hack is a rules-lite tabletop roleplaying game for two to six players and one gamesmaster. It evolves from the old-school renaissance play style (sometimes known as adventure gaming), using straightforward rules that are easy to modify, expand on, or ignore. It will let you run dark fantasy epics inspired by the works of old masters of the fantasy and science-fiction genre, including Michael Moorcock, Fritz Leiber, Karl Edward Wagner, Jack Vance, Robert E Howard, and many more."
Jun 6, 2023 · 2 hr 14 min
Creator Cuts 08 - Triangle Agency
On this episode, Hunter and Ryan chat with Caleb and Sean of Haunted Table about their upcoming project, Triangle Agency, and then get the chance to play this exciting new game! "Triangle Agency is a game about wielding enormous power and navigating bureaucratic red tape, all while tending to the obligations present in your personal life. You play as Resonants: human beings who have bonded with Anomalies and gained supernatural powers." Triangle Agency is funding on Kickstarter right now! CLICK HERE
May 30, 2023 · 1 hr 34 min
Ep. 89 - Skate Wizards
On this episode, Ryan and Kirby of Disaster Tourism Games read and review Skate Wizards, a steezy rpg about radical and arcane shredding of the gnar! We kick off the episode by unboxing Abyss of Hallucinations Vol 2 from Max Moon, and end it with an update from Kirby on what's coming out soon from Disaster Tourism, including the physical release of GUILD: Sword and Magick for Hire, Dead Horse Magazine Vol 1, and their skirmish game AltarShock.
May 24, 2023 · 2 hr 18 min
Ep. 88 - Shadowdark RPG
On this episode, Hunter and Ryan kick it off by unboxing the Fear Bundle and previewing the Fallen Bundle from Iko at The Lost Bay. Then we read and review the Shadowdark RPG from Arcane Library, the game that bills itself as "Old-School Gaming, Modernized" and "Classic adventure gaming for 5E and old-school players alike," and discuss whether Shadowdark succeeds at these claims.
May 24, 2023 · 1 hr 36 min
Ep. 87 - Interview: Jarrett Crader (Space Penguin Ink)
On this episode, Hunter and Ryan have a chat with one of the most prolific editors in TTRPGs, Jarret Crader (Jert!). If you pick up a ttrpg zine there's a very good chance his name will be in it! We talk all things table top games, especially the launch of Jert's new press, SPACE PENGUIN INK!
May 7, 2023 · 2 hr 24 min
Ep. 86 - Gangs of Titan City
On this episode, Hunter and Ryan read and review Gangs of Titan City from SoulMuppet Publishing, a grimdark future roleplaying game that thrusts its characters into a nightmare supercity that wants them dead.
May 7, 2023 · 1 hr 13 min
Ep. 85 - Interview: Zach Cox (Jelly Muppet)
On this episode, Hunter and Ryan have a chat with Zach Cox (Jelly Muppet), of SoulMuppet Publishing and Rowan Rook & Decard, about sad cowboys, the origins of Soul Muppet, and INEVITABLE. INEVITABLE, a doomed Arthurian western roleplaying game of disastrously sad cowboy knights failing to stop the apocalypse, is funding now on Kickstarter! CLICK HERE
May 1, 2023 · 2 hr 12 min
Ep. 84 - Pacts & Blades
On this episode, Ryan and guest host Kirby of Disaster Tourism Games read and review Pacts & Blades by Lucas Rolim, a minimalist TTRPG inspired by the OSR movement and Michael Moorcock fantasy. Welcome to a world of Sword and Witchcraft. Pacts and Blades rule society, raise kings and change the course of decadent empires. The spirits are talking through power and the brave translate their deadly messages into magic. What path will you choose, traveler?