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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Jan 25, 2023 · 1 hr 27 min
Ep. 63 - Chat w/ Prismatic Wasteland
On this episode, Hunter and Ryan sat down with W.F. Smith of Prismatic Wasteland to talk blogs, the post-OSR, and of course his system-neutral pubcrawl pointcrawl adventure Barkeep on the Borderlands. Afterwards we do a few spotlights, unseal a few bundles from The Lost Bay, and preview what's coming up on The Weekly Scroll. Barkeep on the Borderlands is open for preorders right now! CLICK HERE
Jan 25, 2023 · 2 hr 38 min
Creator Cuts 05 - Cloud Empress w/ Worlds by Watt
On our fifth Creator Cut, and first episode of 2023, we got to sit down and chat with the wonderful Watt about their new project Cloud Empress. Then we got to play a more horror themed Cloud Empress adventure in the Land of Ten Thousand Cicadas.
Dec 19, 2022 · 2 hr 44 min
Ep. 62 - Year End Review 2022
This week we had our Year End Review of 2022. We went through the top 5 games in each of the 5 categories that we rate, as well as our overall Top 5 Rated Games and both Hunter and Ryan's Top 5 games of the year. We also talked about some end of the year Itch bundles and resources for Dungeon23. This will be our final episode of 2022. We'll be back in early January, so thank you all so much for listening and have a safe and happy holiday season.
Dec 15, 2022 · 2 hr 10 min
Creator Cuts 04 - GUILD: Sword & Magick for Hire w/ Disaster Tourism RPG
On our fourth Creator Cut we got to play GUILD: Sword & Magick for Hire w/ Kirby of Disaster Tourism RPG. Kirby ran The Tomb of Mother Vix, a stretch goal adventure written by Christian Sorrell of MeatCastle GameWare.
Dec 3, 2022 · 2 hr 27 min
Creator Cuts 03 - The Batrachian Swamps w/ Micah Anderson
Micah Anderson makes their return to Creator Cuts to run their game Bastards using their fetid hexcrawl adventure The Batrachian Swamps, co-written with Nate Treme. "Twisting channels of murky water. Soggy fractals of rotten plant matter and black soil. The whine of mosquitos and swoops of bats. A heavy grey sky, like a humid woolen blanket. And over it all, the dumb, accusing stare of amphibians."
Dec 3, 2022 · 1 hr 29 min
Ep. 61 - Empty Cycle
This week Hunter and Ryan read and reviewed Empty Cycle from Rookie Jet Studio, a game where the melancholy and existential crises we face as teenagers is used as the backdrop for the battle between planet-hopping "Parasites" and the "Reapers" that chase them across the universe.
Dec 3, 2022 · 1 hr 7 min
Ep. 60 - Chat w/ Rookie Jet Studio
This week Hunter and Ryan sat down with Cory Burns of Rookie Jet Studio to talk about their many games that we've reviewed on the show, as well as their current and future projects.
Nov 23, 2022 · 1 hr 18 min
Ep. 59 - 17th Century Minimalist
This week Hunter and Ryan read and reviewed 17th Century Minimalist from Andre Novoa and Games Omnivorous, a fast-paced and highly deadly game with a pinch of black humor that puts characters as wanderers in 17th century Europe.
Nov 23, 2022 · 1 hr 5 min
Ep. 58 - Chat w/ Spicy Tuna RPG
This week Hunter and Ryan sat down with Marco Serrano of Spicy Tuna RPG to talk all things Mothership, including their currently funding project on Kickstarter Constant Downpour Remastered.
Nov 18, 2022 · 1 hr 45 min
Creator Cuts 02 - Helm w/ Jon Davis
On our second TWS AP we got to play Helm with creator Jon Davis. He ran us through Cluster Fuck Inn, an adventure written for 17th Century Minimalist.
Nov 18, 2022 · 1 hr 11 min
Ep. 57 - Supplement Special
This week Hunter and Ryan went over some of their favorite game supplements for Troika, OSE, Mörk Borg, and more.
Nov 18, 2022 · 40 min
Ep. 56 - Chat w/ Knave of Cups
This week Hunter and Ryan got the chance to sit down with the wonderful people at Knave of Cups, an online shop dedicated to supporting inclusion and creativity in the tabletop roleplaying community.
Nov 12, 2022 · 2 hr 4 min
Ep. 55 - Marching Order
This week Ryan went solo to read and review Marching Order, a solo/co-op dungeon delve that plays like Choose your own Adventure and Darkest Dungeon’s analog bastard child. For more insight, be sure to listen to Ep. 54, our interview with Crumbling Keep.
Nov 12, 2022 · 2 hr 5 min
Ep. 54 - Chat w/ Crumbling Keep
This week Ryan sits down with James and Brad from Crumbling Keep to discuss their solo and coop dungeon delving game, Marching Order.
Nov 1, 2022 · 2 hr 3 min
Ep. 53 - We Deal in Lead
This week Hunter and Ryan read and review We Deal in Lead, the new Weird West Wanders Adventure Game from By Odin's Beard RPG. For more insight be sure to listen to Ep. 52, our interview with creator Colin Le Sueur.
Nov 1, 2022 · 57 min
Ep. 52 - Chat w/ Colin Le Sueur
This week Hunter and Ryan sat down with Colin Le Sueur of By Odin's Beard RPG to discuss their new game We Deal in Lead, as well as everything from Vikings to Tik Tok.
Oct 19, 2022 · 1 hr 38 min
Creator Cuts 01 - Troika: Hexdrive w/ Micah Anderson
This week we ran our first TWS Actual Play! Creator Cuts will be a series of APs where the designer or writer of a game or adventure runs it for us on The Weekly Scroll. Kicking this series off is designer, editor, and writer Micah Anderson. They ran their adventure Asteroid of the Fungid Lord which was written for Hexdrive, their sci-fi variation of the space-fantasy game Troika.
Oct 19, 2022 · 2 hr 31 min
Ep. 51 - Sacrifice
This week Jason and Ryan read and review Sacrifice, the new Incense & Iron RPG from Alex T of Blackoath Entertainement. To hear more about Incense & Iron as a genre be sure to listen to Ep. 50, our interview with Alex.
Oct 19, 2022 · 1 hr 4 min
Ep. 50 - Chat w/ Alex T of Blackoath Entertainment
This week Ryan sat down with Alex T of Blackoath Entertainement to discuss their new game Sacrifice, as well as the MANY other games that they are currently working on.
Oct 13, 2022 · 2 hr 58 min
Ep. 49 - Chat w/ Disaster Tourism, WYRD, & WIRD
This week Ryan sat down with Kirby of Disaster Tourism to discuss their new book This House is Haunted, their first year in tabletop games, and what the future holds. Then special guest Thom Owen, aka DiceMaven, joined to discuss Disaster Tourism's ultralight ttrpg framework WYRD and its cyberpunk variant WIRD.